WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:03.759 Right quid. 2 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:09.800 Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back, and with it an annual 3 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:11.640 postseason tradition. 4 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:13.439 Scam is back. Baby. 5 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.079 This is Sax and Cakes. 6 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:18.760 In the A app forward proway. 7 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:22.879 Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your favorite Dodger 8 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:27.000 pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to talk Dodgers, 9 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:29.440 get in on the show on Ain't six six nine 10 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:32.479 eighty seven two five seven now, while the Dan Patrick 11 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:34.679 Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. 12 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:38.119 We've been banished to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff 13 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:42.240 run concludes. 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It's Tim Kates and Steve Sachs. 15 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:52.679 Dodgers a must win situation in this NLDS down two 16 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:56.159 games to one to the San Diego Padres after dropping 17 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:57.079 Game three last. 18 00:00:56.960 --> 00:00:58.479 Night six to five. 19 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:01.119 Saxon Kates in the A I'm with you here till 20 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:03.560 nine o'clock this morning, one hour down, two to go 21 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:07.200 thanks to Alana Rizzo from MLB Network High Heat, longtime 22 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:10.200 Dodger reporter from Sports in the LA joining this last 23 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.680 hour getting plenty of time for your phone calls is 24 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:15.719 Dodger fans aren't happy with what happened last night, in 25 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:18.480 particular in the second inning, and I don't blame them. 26 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:19.359 A lot of touched on it. 27 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:22.840 We've been touching on Saxy about the fact that many 28 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:26.079 Machado made a played running the second base. The Dodgers 29 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:28.519 didn't challenge it, to even question it. I know you 30 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:30.439 can't review it, but didn't even go out and to 31 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:34.439 argue the base running from Manny Machado, and then a 32 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:37.280 couple of soft contact hits, a play, a miss cue 33 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:39.799 from Miguel Rojas at second base trying to turn to 34 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:43.799 himself extended the inning, and the Dodgers just could not 35 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:46.000 get out from their own cells last night in that 36 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:49.959 second inning, a six run inning for the San Diego Padres. 37 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:52.200 At that point, Saxy, we were going back and forth 38 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:54.079 on text. I thought it was over. I didn't think 39 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:56.359 that Dodgers had a shot until that Grand Slam. All 40 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:58.480 of a sudden, it's a one run game. But then 41 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.879 the Dodgers' offense disappeared for the six innings. 42 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.840 Yeah, Yeah, that's that's the way it goes. Look, I 43 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:08.199 mean in postseason, when you're talking about free passes like 44 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:12.159 a walk, a soft hit, and air these type of things, 45 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:16.520 they all get amplified. They're under the microscope in postseason, 46 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:19.039 and it always happens that way. You put you get 47 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:21.280 a guy that's injured on the field somewhere, Guess where 48 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:23.000 the ball is going to be hit, and it'll be 49 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:25.840 challenging for him to catch it. It'll be to his right, 50 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:28.439 or it'll be a slow, slow roller like we saw 51 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:32.039 with Rohaus when he tried to turn that double play unassisted, 52 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:34.319 and you know what it's gonna find you. You could 53 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:36.159 tell that he was hurt and later you got to 54 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.879 take him out of the game. So that's the way 55 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:40.599 it goes in postseason. But you got to find a 56 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:43.560 way to change the narrative, change it early and turn 57 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:47.199 this thing around and look that this is not insurmountable. 58 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.960 The Dodgers absolutely can do this. Everything has gone the 59 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.400 Padres way. I mean, that's the way I look at it. 60 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.560 They get you know, they got the hype going. They're 61 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.960 in their own house now and they seem to just 62 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.719 be thriving on every little thing happen is their way. 63 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:03.800 That thing is going to change at some point. Hopefully 64 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:04.560 it'll start tonight. 65 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:07.759 Shoey Otani in the leadoff spot had an MVP season 66 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:09.680 part of the fifty to fifty club. We knew what 67 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:11.599 he did over the course of one to sixty two 68 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:13.840 going in to this postseason. But you look at the 69 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:18.120 first three games of this NLDS two for five with 70 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:21.039 the three run home run in the series opener on Saturday. 71 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:23.319 He goes zero for four with a couple of punchouts 72 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:26.360 in game two on Sunday last night, breaks his bat 73 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:28.759 a flair hit to center his only hit. He goes 74 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:33.039 one for four and struck out twice. He's got one 75 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:37.919 extra base hit, He's got zero walks, zero stolen bases, 76 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:41.400 and he struck out six times. I know it's not 77 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:43.599 the postseason he had hoped to have, and Dodger fans 78 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.360 are certainly expecting way more than what he's done so 79 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:50.080 far in only three games. But the Otani we saw 80 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:53.879 during the regular season getting on base, stealing bases, putting 81 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:55.680 the ball where he wanted it in the left field, 82 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:58.759 right field, hitting for power, we just haven't seen it. 83 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:03.120 It is that post in baseball saxy better pitching, or 84 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:06.280 is this just them figuring out Otani and the rest 85 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:08.560 of the lineup around him not helping him out? Kind 86 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:12.199 of leaving him on an island there. Every time he's up, well, everybody's. 87 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:13.680 Figured him out. I mean, they know what he's gonna do. 88 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:15.800 They just can't stop him. That's how good Otani is. 89 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:18.560 They know his pluses and minus is at the plate. 90 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:23.000 And when we're talking about is that Otani in postseason? Nope, 91 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.399 it's just a couple of games. If he goes out 92 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:26.920 there tonight and hits a couple of home runs and 93 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:30.360 gets three hits and steals two bases, we're gonna say, whoa, whoa, 94 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:32.920 this is what we've been waiting for and it's turned around. 95 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:35.879 It's just because it's a couple of games and everybody 96 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:38.439 in the world's watching. That's why it's all. He's had 97 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:40.399 stretches like this during the season. I guarantee it. 98 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:42.800 I mean, you look at the Dodgers last night. Outside 99 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:45.879 of the Grand Slam from Taskar Hernandez, one hit the 100 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:47.800 remainder of the way and that was Freddie Freeman's in 101 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:50.800 the eighth inning. They had no opportunities even to have 102 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:52.879 guys on base to drive him in. They were two 103 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:55.160 for three with runners in scoring position. They left only 104 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.199 two runners on base the entire game. There just wasn't 105 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:01.720 opportunities with guys on base, no traffic on the base pass. 106 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.800 You didn't put pressure on the San Diego Padres defense. 107 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:07.639 And that's because guys are striking out. Guys are going 108 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:10.120 oh for four like maximun See Will Smith has been 109 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:13.959 over the series so far for the Dodgers, Gavin lucks 110 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:16.800 oh for four last night with a punch out. The 111 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:19.879 bottom of the lineup has to do a better job 112 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:22.279 of getting on base. And it doesn't mean they have 113 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:24.519 to be the ones hitting the home run saxy. They're 114 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:26.519 the ones that need to draw walks, They're the ones 115 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:28.120 that need to get on base. There' are the ones 116 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:30.360 that need to get in scoring position. So then when 117 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:33.879 the lineup flips to Otawni, Betts and Freeman, you're giving 118 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:36.959 your three big boppers an opportunity to put runs on 119 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:37.399 the board. 120 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:40.120 Yeah, no question about it. And you know, when we 121 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:43.560 talk about this in all different circles about you know, 122 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:46.920 the construction of a lineup and whatnot and your old 123 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:48.839 school you know, you don't you know, you know, will 124 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:51.439 you know what that that thing comes up more often 125 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.800 than not, there's something about not striking out, you know, 126 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:58.360 and you are going to sacrifice that for the fact 127 00:05:58.360 --> 00:05:59.800 that you got guys that can hit the ball out 128 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:03.680 of the ballpark consistently, and the Dodgers are are built 129 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:07.199 to slug. That's that's how this team is constructed. You 130 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:09.959 don't have guys out there that there are interested in 131 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:12.480 moving guys over, or guys that can bunt for a 132 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:14.399 hit or guys can hit the ball the other way 133 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:16.800 and a hit and run. I don't need the Dodgers 134 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:18.879 hit and run at all this year. I mean the team, 135 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:22.160 the team is not built that way. And that's okay. 136 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:24.040 I mean, look what they did throughout the season. They 137 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:27.279 were phenomenal. That's the way the team is constructed. And 138 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:30.240 so you have to play within the confines of how 139 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:33.879 your team is built. And sometimes you're gonna have, uh, 140 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:37.240 you know, times where it's going to be some some 141 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:40.560 barren uh you know, times where you're just not gonna 142 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:42.079 be able to get any hits. You're not gonna see 143 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:45.759 any you know, any uh, you know, people on the 144 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:48.680 on the basis, and you're gonna have times where you're 145 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:50.680 gonna have a drought, and that's that's how it is. 146 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:52.560 But you're gonna have other times we're gonna say, wow, 147 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:53.319 this is amazing. 148 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:56.000 That's that's the problem, and it's been the problem the 149 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.319 last few years. Come October is is feast or famine. 150 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:02.319 It's hit home runs and bunches and slug or we 151 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:04.439 don't put up any runs on the scoreboard and you 152 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:06.759 get blown out or you lose games because you're just 153 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:09.399 not getting more hits and you're striking out more than 154 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:12.199 more times than nod ye. And it's great over the 155 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:14.079 course of one sixty two because you're gonna win more 156 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:15.959 games than you're not, you're gonna win more series than 157 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:18.120 you're not. And that's fine. But when you get to 158 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:20.199 postseason and all of a sudden, you got twenty seven 159 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:21.839 outs to try to figure out how to beat a 160 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:24.000 team and get a one oh series lead and then 161 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:26.240 a two oh series lead and get a series win. 162 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:28.240 You can't rely on a home run. I mean, the 163 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:30.560 Dodgers were down six to five last night, Saxy and 164 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:32.800 it was the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth inning, and 165 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:35.959 I'm watching these at bats, and I'm watching guys trying 166 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:38.079 to tie the game with one swing at the bat, 167 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:41.000 and rather than punch the ball the other way or 168 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:42.959 or find the gap in right in your left center 169 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:45.639 field or or you know, bunt to get on or 170 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:48.279 whatever they needed to do to get into scoring positions 171 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:50.439 so they can tie the game, or somebody can come 172 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:53.600 up and find the gap and extend it inning. There's 173 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:56.040 just none of that. Max Munsey's swinging for the defences. 174 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.439 You know, Will Smith, I mean, I love Will Smith. 175 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:01.959 He's one of the best all round catchers in baseball. 176 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:04.720 Just signed a brand new ten year deal before this season. 177 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:07.959 Will Smith had an awful twenty twenty four regular season, 178 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.360 and now it's continued to the postseason. We all hoped 179 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:12.959 they would flip the switch come October. Yeah, oh for 180 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.040 four last night, and then you bats every time he 181 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:18.480 was up, you kind of just felt like, man, he's 182 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:22.000 behind on every swing. He's being overpowered by every pitcher 183 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:22.519 he saw. 184 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.600 Yeah, probably trying to do too much. And here here's 185 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:28.879 here's kind of a quick synopsis of the differences right now. 186 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:32.960 In yesterday's game, the Dodgers struck out nine times, the 187 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:36.159 Padres only struck out four times, and the Dodgers only 188 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:38.279 had one walk. And so when you strike out nine 189 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:40.919 and walk one, that's not a good ratio the other 190 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:44.000 you know, in game the other the other day when 191 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.600 the Padres hit the six home runs. Yeah, they struck 192 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:48.960 out only five times. So you hit more home runs 193 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:51.840 than when you struck out. So the key is, you 194 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:56.000 gotta put the ball in play again. Nothing productive comes from, 195 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:58.279 you know, walking back to the dugout in a strikeout. 196 00:08:58.320 --> 00:08:59.279 You gotta put it in play. 197 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:00.919 Let's go out to the phones. A lot of Dodger 198 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:03.240 fans want a way in. We will appreciate you being patient. 199 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:05.600 Chuck in Long Beach is next up here on Sax 200 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:07.639 and Kates, and they am on this Wednesday morning. 201 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:08.360 How you doing, Chuck? 202 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:12.639 Oh, I'm doing very well, very well. I'm kind of disappointing. 203 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:13.639 How about you guys today? 204 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:17.039 Man, very disappointed, Chuck, very very upset that this Dodgers 205 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:18.440 team is down two games to one. 206 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:22.320 Absolutely. I just got a couple of quick comments. First 207 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:26.679 of all, I think that the Dodgers we're playing mcguil 208 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:29.399 rohause and we're playing Freddy Freeman, and it hurt. 209 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:29.679 Man. 210 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:31.759 I mean, Freddy would be a good pension. Right now. 211 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:34.039 We need to get Kiki in, we need to get 212 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:36.720 Taylor in. We need some new blood, man, because right 213 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:40.120 now we're in bad shape. And my other comment is 214 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:43.360 the picture that we signed over from Japan. Man, we 215 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:45.600 could have got two We could have got two top 216 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.679 notch pitchers here and a slugger for the price that 217 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:50.600 he's making. Man, that's all I. 218 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:51.799 Got, all right, Chuck, appreciate it. 219 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:55.159 Yeah, they gave Yoshanova Yamamoto the biggest contract for a 220 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:58.720 picture in the history of baseball. And the transition coming 221 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.679 over to the big league hasn't been a smooth one. 222 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.720 Battle through some shoulder injuries and certainly not the production 223 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:07.320 you'd hoped for in his postseason start against the Padres, 224 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:12.200 but the injuries, Zaxy. I hope Miguil I love Miguel Rojas. 225 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:14.440 I just hope he's not in the lineup tonight because 226 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:16.360 of the injury, because how he's banged up. I know 227 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:18.840 he wants to play through it. I just can't imagine 228 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:22.919 him being out of the shortstop and being a liability defensively, 229 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:26.120 and you can get somebody else's bat in that lineup 230 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:29.279 and his name gets being brought up. You've talked about Alana, 231 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:32.080 brought it up, Key k Hernandez. He's an October player. 232 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:35.679 He's been here before. He's delivered for you in the postseason. 233 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:37.960 They go to Paez last night for some reason off 234 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:40.360 the bench when Rojas got hurt. You're moving Edmond is 235 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:43.200 short to play shortstop. He's really good, so why not 236 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:45.120 put key K in center? He can play outfield for 237 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:47.679 he's done it all year. I just don't understand the move. 238 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:50.679 Yeah, I mean, key K is one of those guys. 239 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:52.600 He's like a Swiss Army Knight. He can play anywhere, 240 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:55.399 and he's more than suitable in the outfield as well. 241 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:58.240 So I think you're gonna probably see that tonight. And 242 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:00.320 I think you're gonna see Edmond at shortstop. I think 243 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:03.320 that's what David had had had pointed out. So they 244 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:04.320 should be good to go tonight. 245 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:04.440 Now. 246 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:06.120 I mean, I know we're gonna go with a with 247 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:07.919 a bullpen game, but you know what, so what they've 248 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:08.559 done it before. 249 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.440 Let's go to Aaron and Sunland is next up here 250 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:13.720 on a FI seventy LA Sports with Sax and Kids 251 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:14.080 in the morning. 252 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:14.679 How you doing, Aaron? 253 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:19.120 Yeah, I'm doing well. Guys, thanks for taking my call. Well, 254 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:22.320 here we go again. I just don't understand it. I 255 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:27.200 don't understand the regression that seems to happen every year. 256 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:32.039 Once the postseason hit. I mean nine guys last night. 257 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:35.240 Of the nine, a lot of them, a few of 258 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:37.840 them had one hit, No one had more than one hit. 259 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:41.279 Five of them had no hits last night. I mean, Sax, 260 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:44.120 maybe you can speak to this. I'm noticing that we're 261 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.759 the team that has been there so many times, yet 262 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:51.039 we seem like we're playing tight, like we're nervous and 263 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:54.679 haven't been there, and the Padres are playing very loosely. 264 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:57.919 I mean, I'm not seeing any patients in the batter's box. 265 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:00.559 I'm seeing guys swinging at the very first pitch and 266 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.679 having a ground out or a pop up. Take a pitch, 267 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:05.519 I mean, even if it is a strike, which it 268 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:09.639 probably will be, get settled in the box, take your time, 269 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.559 stop swinging and everything. Shohy has disappeared. I don't understand 270 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:16.279 MIGGI last night why he didn't just flip that to 271 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:18.919 second base to Lutch and maybe get to double play. 272 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:21.919 I mean, guys, we're playing like we have not been 273 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:24.919 here before, and it's frustrating. We seem to do this 274 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:27.919 every single year. Thanks taking the call, guys. 275 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:31.320 All right, thanks Aaron, Yeah, yeah, I understand that frustration, 276 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:34.519 and like you pointed out Tim in five through eight, 277 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:36.440 you had zero for fifteen. You got to be able 278 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:38.320 to set that table for the top of the order. 279 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.639 And nobody knows it more than they do. They know 280 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:45.039 the numbers, they know the frustration. They feel it more 281 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:47.279 than any caller can call in. I can promise you 282 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:50.279 that they're disappointed. They feel like they're letting people down, 283 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:53.919 and that's they're human beings, man. They feel it more 284 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:56.000 than anybody. But I think they can turn this thing 285 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:59.679 around tonight. I really believe that with your back against 286 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:02.799 the wall, going with the bullpen, nobody's gonna give him 287 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:04.559 a chance. That's when they'll shine. 288 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:07.600 I mean, I think about one play changing a game. 289 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:10.519 And we've talked about the Freeman play in which Machado 290 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:12.759 came out of the base line and hits off his 291 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:15.440 shoulder and his head and goes into left field and 292 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:17.960 he goes the third on the play. But to me, 293 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:20.720 that play from Miguel Rojas where he doesn't flip it 294 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:23.039 to Gavin Lux to least to get the force out, 295 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:24.919 it was probably gonna be a double play because it's 296 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:28.480 Xander Bogart's up at the plate. That could have been 297 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:31.840 a double play. Sure, Manny scores from third and we're 298 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:35.279 tied one to one. But there's two outs and nobody 299 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:39.159 on base for David Peralta, and you're feeling pretty good 300 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:41.679 about all right, we're one one. If Bueller can get 301 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.679 out of this, David Peralta gets out, flies out, grounds out, 302 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:49.440 strikes out. Okay, crisis averted. We don't have to worry 303 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:52.159 about it. And now we're tied one one going to 304 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:54.320 the top half of the third inning. Instead, you try 305 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:56.960 to make a play, it doesn't happen. Runners are on base, 306 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:59.279 and then Paralta clears the bases with a double down 307 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:02.679 the right field line. A single miss cue, a play 308 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:05.200 in which you know you think you can make but 309 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:06.960 you don't and runners are safe. 310 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.440 Can change a game like that. 311 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.639 No, there's no doubt about it. And you know all 312 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:16.120 the talk and everything that's been in the papers for 313 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:18.960 you know, a long time. We all knew that coming 314 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:21.519 into postseason the Dodgers were going to be strapped on 315 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:23.600 their pitches to But look how many guys are hurt 316 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:26.600 on this on this staff, there's a list as long 317 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.879 as your arm. There's a lot of guys that are hurt. 318 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:32.679 We know Freddy's hurt. We know Miguel's hurt and it's 319 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:34.840 nothing you want to just say, well, you know that's 320 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:37.440 that's the reason why all teams are hurt. And you 321 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:39.840 don't want to ever make an excuse, but you got 322 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:41.879 to call it like it is. For instance, look at 323 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:43.679 look at a move that the Padres made this year. 324 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:47.120 This was a brilliant move with David Peralta. This is 325 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:50.200 a guy that's thirty seven years old. He began this 326 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:52.480 season at Triple A with the Cubs. He got released 327 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:55.480 on May tenth. He signed with the Padres eight days later. 328 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:58.679 He got called up on May twenty second, and the 329 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.799 rest is history. I'll tell you what that guy you 330 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:04.159 know from being over here, that guy can flat out hit. 331 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:07.519 And are we surprised that he jammed that ball right 332 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:10.000 inside the bag at first rate? No, he's done in 333 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:12.919 his whole life. This guy can flat out hit. He's 334 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:15.879 not intimidated by the moment. And that was a good 335 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:17.039 pickup for these guys. 336 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:19.519 Huge pickup and guys are delivering. You know, maybe that 337 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:22.279 the biggest names, but when their numbers called, they are 338 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:24.279 making the play when needed, whether it's at the play 339 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:26.759 defensively or guys coming out of the bullpen for the 340 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:29.240 Padres like they did last night. James in North Hollywood, 341 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.039 Welcome to Saxon Kates and am James. 342 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:34.600 How you doing, Hey man? You know what I'm doing. 343 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:37.480 Okay, I know this feeling. I'm used to it after 344 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:39.720 the last few years. But I gotta tell you, Tim, 345 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:42.759 you read my mind. I think the key to turning 346 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:46.919 this around is one simple thing. Don't try to make 347 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:50.879 the excellent play, make the right play. Everything from Mike 348 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:53.639 you said months he's swinging for the fences. Let me 349 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:56.919 see a little more. Tommy admitted people's approaches. Throw the 350 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:58.720 barrel of the bat to the ball and just make 351 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:02.399 contact is Dave Uffarid says, move the ball forward in 352 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:04.279 the field. Of course, you've kind of beaten it to 353 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:07.120 death with his decision to run to the bag. But 354 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:10.559 you know, if there's a chance to make a spectacular 355 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:13.720 catch in the outfield, but it's low probability, let it drop. 356 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:15.559 Take the single, don't let it roll by you in 357 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:17.879 and let it be a triple. Because the Padres have 358 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:21.600 proven that they will make you pay for those sorts 359 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:23.840 of decisions in game, no. 360 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:25.080 Doubt about it. James appreciate it. 361 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:28.080 Real quick saxy on that play at second which Rojas 362 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:30.919 tried to take it himself for an unassisted double play 363 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:33.120 there and not flip it. De Luxe, who was in 364 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:36.519 position ready to go, in a position ready to turn 365 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:40.039 that double play, is lux yelling at him, hey, you know, 366 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:42.200 flip flip flip or me, me me? Or is he 367 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:45.480 saying something to Rojas to let him know and communicate 368 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.440 that let's turn this or is that a decision just 369 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:51.919 completely made by Rojas and there's no verbal communication there. 370 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:54.240 No, there's verbal communication. You can be yelling at each other, 371 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:57.080 but in the moment with the how loud the crowd as, 372 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:01.679 you're really relying on the you know, the shortstops the 373 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:04.839 decision to take that or not. It's mostly the shortstops decision. 374 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:07.920 But the thing is, and those times you gotta get won. 375 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:10.240 I mean, the most important throw on a double play 376 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:12.400 is the first throw because that will set the second 377 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.599 one in motion. So you got to give that guy 378 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:17.160 a good throw. And you know you got the base 379 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.759 runner barreling down there. I believe that was Meryl. Yeah, 380 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.160 and you know he's going to change. You know, the 381 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:24.160 speed of the ball and speed of the runner dictates 382 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:26.400 you know what the infielders are going to do. You 383 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:28.880 got to get that ball quickly, you know, to Lux 384 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:30.440 and then he's going to have an easy throw with 385 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:33.319 with Bogarts, I believe was a hitter on the double play, 386 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:35.960 But that's a decision mostly right at the moment that 387 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:39.440 split second with with Rojas. But you got Merril, that's fast, 388 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:43.400 you got Rojas, that's hurt, and that equals what we saw. 389 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:46.640 Yeah, and it was in and they got away from 390 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:49.960 the Dodgers defensively. Walker Bueler did help himself out with 391 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:52.039 a couple of pitches he certainly wants back, and the 392 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:54.640 next thing you know, it's a six run second inning 393 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:56.480 for the San Diego Padres and they go on and 394 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:58.920 win it by final of six to five. Your reaction 395 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:01.920 on this Wednesday morning continues. Your phone calls eight sixty 396 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:04.599 six nine, eight seven two five seventy. David Veasse will 397 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:07.160 join us next hour. We'll hear from shoey Otani his 398 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:10.599 postgame reaction from last night Last Night showey Otani came 399 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:13.480 up in situations and ye know, just didn't have opportunities 400 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:16.039 to drive in runs because the Dodgers didn't have guys 401 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:18.000