Speaker 1: It's Game two of the NLCS Dodgers and Mets, and
Speaker 1: we're joined right now by a man that helped the
Speaker 1: Dodgers get some good mojo, good karma to beat the
Speaker 1: Padres in Game five. That's number five. No Mare, garciapara,
Speaker 1: No mar, I feel like you earned your playoffs share already.
Speaker 2: I was joking with the guys on set and I said,
Speaker 2: that was the first time I ever realized how critical
Speaker 2: the ceremonial first pitch was to victories. And then we
Speaker 2: were joking around and they were laughing, but I had
Speaker 2: no part of it.
Speaker 1: Really.
Speaker 2: I mean, how fun is it watching this Dodger team.
Speaker 2: They are incredible To watch the word fight Dave Roberts,
Speaker 2: who is quite often, but it is so fitting. I
Speaker 2: think they showed that it's one thing to say it,
Speaker 2: but it's another thing to see it. I think the
Speaker 2: Dodger fans have all seen that so far, and we're
Speaker 2: excited because that's exactly what it's going to take. And
Speaker 2: they have been so entertaining and we should all continue
Speaker 2: to be supportive of them, and they're they're taking us
Speaker 2: on an incredible journey right now.
Speaker 1: No mar I thought about you last night. You must
Speaker 1: have loved the fact the Dodgers scored nine runs without
Speaker 1: hitting a home run and there were two sacrifice bunts
Speaker 1: in the.
Speaker 2: Game, Dave, I was so excited. I'm not gonna lie
Speaker 2: on my way over here today. I was actually talking
Speaker 2: with my wife. We were talking and she's traveling. We
Speaker 2: were talking about the game, and I said, first of all,
Speaker 2: what an amazing pitching performance. I mean, just incredible by Flaarty,
Speaker 2: Just so fun to watch, so in control of the poise,
Speaker 2: the execution was really a joy to watch. And I said,
Speaker 2: then from the offensive side, that was just baseball. It
Speaker 2: was just an unbelievably well played baseball game by the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: defensively doing all the defensively pitching wise. And then from
Speaker 2: the offense side, I said, the sack bunts, recognizing how
Speaker 2: important ninety feet the clutch hits that they had. I said,
Speaker 2: everything about it. And then it was a quality at
Speaker 2: bat after quality at bat, every single inning, trying to
Speaker 2: find a way to maybe score at least one run.
Speaker 2: I mean, it was a great game to watch.
Speaker 1: What do you expect today a day game? Manai has
Speaker 1: been pretty good. Do you expect that this is going
Speaker 1: to go as perfectly as it did for the Dodgers
Speaker 1: in Game four against the Padres.
Speaker 2: We all hope I can't ever doubt these Dodgers again,
Speaker 2: because trust me, I was. I admit, yeah, there was
Speaker 2: even in Game five, I was questioning some of their
Speaker 2: decisions as far as you know yamamotas starting with either
Speaker 2: best choice based on the numbers and based on his
Speaker 2: what history over the course of this season against the Padres.
Speaker 2: But man, he silenced all those critics, which was great
Speaker 2: to see. You know, having a bullpen game, you're going, Okay,
Speaker 2: you better hope every single guy coming out of there.
Speaker 2: They did an unbelievable job. So I don't I can't
Speaker 2: doubt him anymore. There's no nor should anybody. Right, Well,
Speaker 2: we wait and see how it happens. But these guys
Speaker 2: are focused, and we've seen that over the course of
Speaker 2: this last series, and I hope that continues today. And
Speaker 2: I think these guys are pulling for each other no
Speaker 2: matter if somebody get in trouble, they're going to try
Speaker 2: to find a way to pick each other up and
Speaker 2: continue to fight.
Speaker 1: I've got to point out that Nomar Garciapara gets overlooked
Speaker 1: in a lot of different ways about how great of
Speaker 1: a player he was in his place in baseball history.
Speaker 1: Nomar was a three twenty one lifetime playoff hitter. That's
Speaker 1: a playoff performer. What does it take Nomar to be
Speaker 1: able to rise to the occasion on this stage.
Speaker 2: It's funny that you say rise. The reason why I
Speaker 2: say that and because I used to say this to
Speaker 2: my team all the time. They go, no more to
Speaker 2: the playoffs. They said, you don't need to rise to anything.
Speaker 2: I said, you don't have to be I always say,
Speaker 2: you don't have to be extraordinary in the playoffs. You
Speaker 2: already are extraordinary. Just be your ordinary self, I said,
Speaker 2: just be yourself because we're already here. The reason you
Speaker 2: get to this point, the reason you have played one
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty two. You already recognize that one of
Speaker 2: the best teams around. After one hundred and sixty two.
Speaker 2: It's kind of hard to hide that right after that
Speaker 2: many games. So what do we have to do even
Speaker 2: more than that? No, we got to be our ordinary
Speaker 2: selves and recognize that and to be able to be
Speaker 2: in that control. And for me personally, I think I
Speaker 2: had a lot of success in the postseason, so I
Speaker 2: thought it was so much fun. Like sees show. Hey,
Speaker 2: his smile, I'm like, man, he's all right, because that's
Speaker 2: what you're supposed to be doing. I still smile this.
Speaker 2: People ask me, do I miss playing? I don't when
Speaker 2: it's postseason. Now I miss it. This there's nothing like
Speaker 2: the postseason. It is so much fun. I still smiling
Speaker 2: from ear to ear. And that was my mentality, because
Speaker 2: you know what, what didn't matter for you for four
Speaker 2: or four for four? It really doesn't matter. It doesn't
Speaker 2: matter whether I went three twenty one. It doesn't matter
Speaker 2: did we win that day? What did I do? Did
Speaker 2: I move the runner over? We heard about ninety feet?
Speaker 2: Does matter in the postseason? Fo Dave Roberts trying to said,
Speaker 2: we've been saying this all along. You can throw all
Speaker 2: the analytics, all that, you know, when you have a
Speaker 2: lot of big data, big data sample, okay, you can
Speaker 2: make some decisions, some influence, but playoffs isn't about the
Speaker 2: major data. It's about recognizing the moment and recognizing how
Speaker 2: ninety feet. Sometimes it's that I had a friend who
Speaker 2: told me she goes, she goes. It's really the competition
Speaker 2: for second base. I'm like, man, what an unbelievable quote
Speaker 2: and unbelievable observation. As we're discussing about this game and
Speaker 2: the intricacies and the importance, I'm like, yeah, a battle
Speaker 2: for second base is a great way to put it,
Speaker 2: because ninety feet matters, and how that impacts emotionally, the
Speaker 2: pressure everything about it, from uplifting if you're trying to
Speaker 2: knock that guy in to the pressure on the opposing picture.
Speaker 2: There's a lot of little nuances, and I thought in
Speaker 2: yesterday's game we saw that come into play. I think
Speaker 2: that's what made me so excited, because there were so
Speaker 2: many other things that came into play in yesterday's game
Speaker 2: that the Dodgers did right. So to me, for the postseason,
Speaker 2: you have to be focused, but most important, you just
Speaker 2: have to enjoy it, embrace it, and know that everything
Speaker 2: you did, everything you have done to this point, was
Speaker 2: to be in this moment.
Speaker 1: No, Mar, as long as I'm here, nobody will forget
Speaker 1: how great you were. I know the fans in Boston
Speaker 1: that Boston media shortchanged you, but you were one of
Speaker 1: the greatest shortstops and greatest hitters that this game has
Speaker 1: ever seen. And you did it in the playoffs too,
Speaker 1: So thank you. And I don't take this for granted
Speaker 1: being with you.
Speaker 2: Oh, I appreciate David. Listen. I didn't do that for
Speaker 2: any recognition. Listen. I'm so lucky, blessed to be able
Speaker 2: to play this game. I'm so lucky and blessed to
Speaker 2: continue to be able to talk about this beautiful game.
Speaker 2: And I'm here and I'm at home, and I'm surrounded
Speaker 2: by amazing people. I'm part of an amazing organization. I mean,
Speaker 2: nobody needs to tell me I appreciate it. Nobody needs
Speaker 2: to say or anything like that. I don't need any
Speaker 2: of that. I just am lucky. I'm fortunate to be
Speaker 2: a part, a small part of this game that I'm
Speaker 2: so happy that it'll continue on and it's going to
Speaker 2: continue on, and that's what makes it so beautiful.
Speaker 1: That's why Nomar is so great. Siempre suave from Wittier.
Speaker 1: Thanks Nomar, you got it.
Speaker 2: They've always good to talk to you there.
Speaker 1: He is one of the best players in baseball history.
Speaker 1: Nomar Garciapara. You'll see him on sports Net. Laugh of
Speaker 1: the World Series. I said it