Speaker 1: One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles
Speaker 1: that they have.
Speaker 2: This teen is really becoming a family.
Speaker 3: Let's not play one on Tom.
Speaker 4: Let's lend it.
Speaker 5: I love writing me these guys after the show.
Speaker 6: So just thank you.
Speaker 7: Give me are your attention, your fire, not a pisson.
Speaker 8: This is world champion Dodgers, world champion thing.
Speaker 9: Put a small soft time they get up people. What
Speaker 9: they want to die in a row two is special.
Speaker 8: I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache.
Speaker 9: One of the con This ball's gone. You ready to go?
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Speaker 8: eighty seven two five seven.
Speaker 9: And go to the show.
Speaker 8: And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 9: We are live at Dodger Stadium after the Angels defeat
Speaker 9: the Dodgers in Game one of the Freeways series. Welcome
Speaker 9: the Dodger Talk. David Vass with you until eleven thirty tonight,
Speaker 9: taking your phone calls at eight sixty six nine eighty
Speaker 9: seven two five seventy. The Dodgers frustrating night for their
Speaker 9: offense tonight. You don't see many times where the Dodgers
Speaker 9: will hit into five double plays. In fact, the last
Speaker 9: time the Dodgers grounded into five double plays was all
Speaker 9: the way back in August of twenty fifteen. That's when
Speaker 9: they grounded into five double plays in a one nothing
Speaker 9: win over the Reds in Cincinnati on August twenty seventh,
Speaker 9: twenty fifteen. Well, they tied that franchise record tonight as
Speaker 9: they grounded into double plays in the first inning, the
Speaker 9: second inning, the fifth inning, the seventh inning, and finally
Speaker 9: the eighth inning and just really a little bit of
Speaker 9: bad luck where you hit the ball hard right at somebody,
Speaker 9: but that still counts as an out, and there were
Speaker 9: double plays and that killed rallies. Eight six, six, nine,
Speaker 9: eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number coming
Speaker 9: up At eleven, Jose Moto will join us, and also
Speaker 9: in this show tonight, we'll give you an update a
Speaker 9: clear picture on when Tommy Edmund and Taoscar Hernandez will return.
Speaker 9: As you know, tomorrow is the season debut of Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 9: So many of you have asked why does he keep
Speaker 9: doing this and why does he keep pitching? Well, he
Speaker 9: loves the game of baseball, and he's not ready to
Speaker 9: say goodbye. You heard the conversation with Kershaw last night.
Speaker 9: If you did not, it's on the iHeartRadio app. But basically,
Speaker 9: he told us that he doesn't want an injury to
Speaker 9: set him into retirement. He wants to go out on
Speaker 9: his own terms, like many athletes do. A lot of
Speaker 9: times athletes don't have that choice. The game makes the
Speaker 9: choice for them. But Kershaw had left knee and left
Speaker 9: foot surgery during this past offseason to come back at
Speaker 9: some point this year and contribute to the Dodgers trying
Speaker 9: to win a second World Series championship. And don't think
Speaker 9: this is Kershaw's last rodeo. This is not necessarily Kershaw's
Speaker 9: last dance. I'm not saying that he will pitch next year.
Speaker 9: But for anybody to believe that this is the last
Speaker 9: season Kershaw plans on pitching, they haven't talked to him.
Speaker 9: There's a lot of different factors that will go into
Speaker 9: whether or not Clayton Kershaw wants to pitch another season
Speaker 9: in Major League baseball. This is his eighteenth season. Remember,
Speaker 9: his major league debut is right here in June of
Speaker 9: two thousand and eight against the Cardinals. It's now eighteen
Speaker 9: seasons ago that Kershaw made his major league debut here
Speaker 9: at Dodger Stadium, and it's gonna be fun to see
Speaker 9: him tomorrow night here at Dodger Stadium. And like I said,
Speaker 9: it wouldn't be the same without Kershaw. It's something that
Speaker 9: you know, you feel like there's some normalcy in the
Speaker 9: baseball world when he's making a start for the Dodgers
Speaker 9: every five days. And I know he told Major League
Speaker 9: Baseball Network yesterday that maybe if you asked him two
Speaker 9: or three years ago, how much did it mean to
Speaker 9: him to end his career with the Dodgers, he would
Speaker 9: have said, maybe not at the very top of my list.
Speaker 9: But now it means everything to me to finish my
Speaker 9: career pitching only for the Dodgers. Eight six, six nine,
Speaker 9: eight seven, two five seventy is the phone number. So
Speaker 9: as we go through the show between now and eleven thirty,
Speaker 9: your thoughts on Kershaw coming back and pitching again for
Speaker 9: an eighteenth season. I'm all in for as long as
Speaker 9: he wants to pitch. I'm all in. I don't see
Speaker 9: why anybody should say, you know what, Nah, I don't
Speaker 9: think we want a future Hall of Famer, a guy
Speaker 9: that raises the level of intensity of everybody, by the
Speaker 9: way he leads, by his work ethic, and just him
Speaker 9: being around. That's one part part of it, but also
Speaker 9: a guy that competes on the mound and finds a
Speaker 9: way to win. There's certain pitchers that find ways to
Speaker 9: win games, and there are certain pitchers that find ways
Speaker 9: to lose games. And tonight I felt like Dustin May
Speaker 9: found a way to lose the game. I mean, this
Speaker 9: was set up perfectly for the Dodgers to be able
Speaker 9: to jump all over the Angels, but right away Dustin
Speaker 9: May gives up a two run home run to Joann Mankata.
Speaker 9: He strikes out Zach Nato to start the game. He
Speaker 9: walks Shan Well in front of Mankata, and then Mankatta
Speaker 9: jumps all over our first pitch fastball, and he lets
Speaker 9: his emotions get the best of him. But to me,
Speaker 9: what really hurt Dustin May and what he really did
Speaker 9: to lose this game came in the fourth inning. Inexcusable
Speaker 9: to hit the eight to nine hitters, especially on the Angels.
Speaker 9: Matthew Lugo hit by a pitch. Tim Anderson. Yeah, that
Speaker 9: Tim Anderson is on the Angels, hitting ninth and batting
Speaker 9: one ninety seven coming into the game tonight, May promptly
Speaker 9: hits him as well. So you just hit back to
Speaker 9: back hitters, eight nine hitters after giving up a one
Speaker 9: out single to Luis Renhifho, and now you flip the
Speaker 9: lineup over and the Angels best hitter, Zach Netto is
Speaker 9: going to make you pay like he did a two
Speaker 9: run double. So those are ways where you lose the game.
Speaker 9: And Dustin May now is one in four this season.
Speaker 9: I know everybody wants to downplay win loss records. You know,
Speaker 9: I'm not gonna downplay win loss records, especially when you
Speaker 9: have an ERA of four forty three. It would be
Speaker 9: one thing if may Zra was under three, but it's not.
Speaker 9: Let's head downstairs right now to here from Dustin May.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it was kind of all around bad. I'm kind
Speaker 6: of glad they were swaying because if they weren't, I
Speaker 6: might not have gotten out. So it was it was
Speaker 6: good that they were attempting to hit it because I
Speaker 6: wasn't throwing very many strikes.
Speaker 8: Why do you think that was? Was that just kind
Speaker 8: of something you were feeling for yourself personally and kind
Speaker 8: of through this one?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean the bullpen pre game was very good.
Speaker 6: Just felt out of Saint Ottaway this weird night.
Speaker 3: Justin ninety five pitches.
Speaker 10: So, I mean, how satisfying is it for you, though,
Speaker 10: to get out there and get that number of pitches,
Speaker 10: you know, in consecutive starts.
Speaker 6: No, I mean it's good to be able to get
Speaker 6: out and get reps. I definitely wish I could contribute
Speaker 6: a little bit better than I'm contributing right now. Hopefully
Speaker 6: it turns around, but definitely not doing what I expect
Speaker 6: out of myself right now.
Speaker 5: But did it seem in eight strikeouts obviously as good
Speaker 5: stuff out there?
Speaker 3: Was it? Just like, man, any mistake I'm making right now?
Speaker 6: They're hitting No, I mean they were swaying.
Speaker 7: At pitches that were.
Speaker 6: Not really great. So, like I said, I'm glad they
Speaker 6: were swinging at him because I didn't throw her in
Speaker 6: many competitive stretch tonight.
Speaker 2: Hey, you look at batter wise, guys are different witted
Speaker 2: it so well though. I love them to get this
Speaker 2: one today.
Speaker 6: And they put the ball in play when it was
Speaker 6: a strike and hit it hard.
Speaker 9: All right. The best questions came from our guys Stevie Hartman,
Speaker 9: who is down there on the field right now for
Speaker 9: KTLA five, Dustin May, tell me why you hit two batters?
Speaker 9: Eight nine hitters? Yep, that was Steve Hartman's voice. Anyway.
Speaker 9: Not a good night for Dustin May. And he's that
Speaker 9: type of guy, stand up guy that's hard on himself
Speaker 9: and it's gonna tell you how it was. And he's
Speaker 9: self evaluated perfectly. But that's what also separates the good
Speaker 9: pictures from the mediocre pictures. The knights where you don't
Speaker 9: have your best stuff, the nights where you don't feel
Speaker 9: your best. That's what separates the great ones from the
Speaker 9: good ones and the mediocre ones. Sandy Kofex always used
Speaker 9: to say that, you know it's easy when I had
Speaker 9: my curveball going, Uh, those were easy nights. The nights
Speaker 9: where I didn't have my fastball command, the nights where
Speaker 9: I didn't have a feel for my curveball, those were
Speaker 9: more nights than not. And those are the nights that
Speaker 9: you have to grind it out. And tonight Dustin May
Speaker 9: was not able to limit the mistakes. Eight six, six nine,
Speaker 9: eight seven, two five seventy is the phone number. Let's
Speaker 9: go out to Ezekiel. You're on Dodger Talk with David
Speaker 9: vasse Hi Ezekiel, My.
Speaker 10: Favorite part of the game the Freeway series was when
Speaker 10: uh show that home run and this is my first
Speaker 10: Freeway series from really happy.
Speaker 9: Oh that's great. I'm glad you got to see an
Speaker 9: Otaani home run. I know the Dodgers lost tonight, but
Speaker 9: always fun to see a show. Hey, o Tani home run.
Speaker 9: Thanks for the phone call, Ezekiel. Eight six six seven
Speaker 9: two five seventy is the phone number, and with that
Speaker 9: home run, it gives Otani sixteen on the season. He
Speaker 9: came into the game tonight tied for the major league
Speaker 9: lead with Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber at fifteen. O'tanni
Speaker 9: now has sixteen, one more than those guys. Let's go
Speaker 9: out to Danny, who also is at the Dodger game.
Speaker 9: How you doing, Danny?
Speaker 5: Weal Joms great day. Thanks for getting me on tonight.
Speaker 9: Do what I can Doey just call me the dream Maker.
Speaker 5: Oh you are man, dream Maker, dam Shaker Jay Matty
Speaker 5: one and only brother. Yeah, it stinks to lose to
Speaker 5: the Angels. You know it's the ball teams and Dailey
Speaker 5: Danson voted it out not the funnest night, but I
Speaker 5: wanted to ask you about H. I don't want to
Speaker 5: go back in time, but I want to ask you
Speaker 5: about Austin Barnes. Just something I was considering. Know, it's
Speaker 5: I get it, it's it's it's great. It was very
Speaker 5: sad to see him go. H. It's great to see
Speaker 5: this new phase of Dodger baseball with rushing and Kim.
Speaker 5: You know, it's really exciting to see that. And you know,
Speaker 5: it's just how it goes. Sometimes you got to say
Speaker 5: goodbye to the old, familiar faces, the guys you love.
Speaker 5: But here's the thought I had regarding Austin Barnes. You know,
Speaker 5: he he knows all the secrets. He knows, you know,
Speaker 5: it's where all the bodies are buried. And if you're
Speaker 5: a team, say like the Phillies or the Mets, the Diamondbacks,
Speaker 5: I mean, that might be a guy you might want
Speaker 5: to pick up and get on your roster, uh, you know,
Speaker 5: for for future games, for the games to come. And
Speaker 5: I just kind of want to get your thoughts on that,
Speaker 5: because because my idea is he is, he's gonna sign somewhere,
Speaker 5: something's gonna pick him up. And that's the kind of
Speaker 5: team that you know might be interested in getting that
Speaker 5: player on their roster because he knows stuff. Well, what
Speaker 5: do you think about.
Speaker 2: That, David?
Speaker 9: Yeah, it's fine if you know stuff, but can you
Speaker 9: execute what you know is another part of it, right,
Speaker 9: I mean, the Dodgers have a lot of talent. You know,
Speaker 9: there's a lot of teams in the division that are
Speaker 9: still very familiar with the Dodgers, with or without Austin Barnes.
Speaker 9: But yeah, that's that's something that's been bantied about. I'm
Speaker 9: sure Danny from other teams like, hey, what does he know?
Speaker 9: What can he share as far as scouting reports go
Speaker 9: that can maybe give us an edge. Yeah, I'm not
Speaker 9: saying that's not something that teams aren't discussing, But I
Speaker 9: feel like the Dodgers could still overcome it.
Speaker 5: They could overcome anything, I'm sure, but not.
Speaker 9: Worried about that. I mean, what secrets could he give them?
Speaker 9: Like their signs are via PitchCom now, so it's not really,
Speaker 9: you know, a sign stealing situation, But obviously he knows
Speaker 9: a lot of tendencies and things like that, and maybe
Speaker 9: they want to know how the Dodgers do things as
Speaker 9: far as game planning goes. So yeah, I would say
Speaker 9: it's something they're discussing for sure. What was your favorite
Speaker 9: Austin Barnes moment or were you a Barnes fan? Because
Speaker 9: I've taken phone calls for the last three years about
Speaker 9: how bad Austin Barnes was, even though that was irrational, thinking,
Speaker 9: are you now a pro Barnes guy?
Speaker 5: Oh, I've been an ardent Austin Barnes supporter for years nowadaves,
Speaker 5: He's been one of my favorite Dodgers. I was sad
Speaker 5: to see him go. You know, he had a lot
Speaker 5: of big hits for the club. I can remember the
Speaker 5: game five of the twenty seventeen World Series he got
Speaker 5: a rally started with a big base hit. He got
Speaker 5: base hits in twenty twenty. I mean, I was at
Speaker 5: the game last year, the Austin Barnes game. I think
Speaker 5: hit a hole run of the eighth inning or something.
Speaker 5: They won, like one to zero or two to one.
Speaker 5: He's a great player, man, He's an unheralded, underrated player,
Speaker 5: and I think he has a lot to give to
Speaker 5: a club. And I'd love to see him back with
Speaker 5: the Dodgers one day. But I can't say, hey, man,
Speaker 5: I'd be sad to see him in the Phillies or
Speaker 5: Mechino for him telling them all at tendency is telling
Speaker 5: them doc secrets because you know, you want to see
Speaker 5: Austin Barnes come up in a clutch moment against the
Speaker 5: Dodgers later this year. I'm seeing the future. Man, Just worry,
Speaker 5: that's all.
Speaker 9: I love Austin. But yeah, that that seems a little
Speaker 9: extreme right there, Danny, You're you're letting your imagination get
Speaker 9: a little wild there. Appreciate the phone call, but yeah,
Speaker 9: you're right. Great memory on some of the hits that
Speaker 9: Austin Barnes had, but his value was being such a
Speaker 9: great receiver behind the plate and really understanding that. Yeah,
Speaker 9: we had a pregame game plan, but right now what
Speaker 9: I'm seeing is I need to go to this direction
Speaker 9: or this pitch or maybe not give up on this pitch.
Speaker 9: That's what he was good at and that's what pitchers
Speaker 9: over the years with the Dodgers told me about Austin Barnes.
Speaker 9: And he was a fierce competitor. And you know, I'll
Speaker 9: say this, I've exchanged a few texts with Austin. You
Speaker 9: don't want to talk about him like he died. He
Speaker 9: did not die. It feels like people are acting like
Speaker 9: Austin Barnes died. He did not die. He's doing really well,
Speaker 9: his health is in great condition. He just got defaded
Speaker 9: by the Dodgers. Okay, he's he's not He's not dead.
Speaker 9: I guess like this was a peek into Austin Barnes
Speaker 9: eulogy one day, you know, really far down the road.
Speaker 9: But yeah, he did not die. Eight six, six nine
Speaker 9: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go
Speaker 9: out to West La. Trey, you're on Dodger Talk. How
Speaker 9: you doing, Trey, David.
Speaker 3: The dream Maker, appreciate you taking my call.
Speaker 9: That's right, just made your dreams come true, Trey.
Speaker 3: You know I always try to call in with something interesting.
Speaker 3: I really tried to call last night. I think what
Speaker 3: I have to say is still ap with Poe this game.
Speaker 3: You know, it got away, too many double plays. You know,
Speaker 3: May hits the guys eight nine, and you know it
Speaker 3: is what it is, with respect what you said last night.
Speaker 3: We're pumping the brakes. We're always pumping the braakes this
Speaker 3: time of year. We've had this conversation last year. They
Speaker 3: were hitting on Taylor last year. Then it's Monty and
Speaker 3: it's Pa Has. I really just want Dodgers fans out there,
Speaker 3: we need to appreciate this team that we have historically
Speaker 3: of what we're on the customer. The window has just opened,
Speaker 3: right you know where we are. Think about teams that
Speaker 3: have been dynastic in the past, like fifty sixty years,
Speaker 3: When was the last few teams.
Speaker 9: Yeah, this is one of these teams. This team has
Speaker 9: the makings of it, for sure, especially when they get
Speaker 9: Blake Snell back to have that type of pitching staff
Speaker 9: that everybody was hoping for, no doubt about it. But
Speaker 9: you know, you can't make decisions about players after two weeks.
Speaker 9: And that was what I was trying to explain. You know,
Speaker 9: everybody wanted to cut Andy pa Haz after our rough
Speaker 9: first two weeks, but you know, when it clicks for
Speaker 9: a young player, you know, there's no looking back. And
Speaker 9: I feel like that's where things are right now for
Speaker 9: Andy pa Has.
Speaker 3: And I totally agree. And I got a little interesting
Speaker 3: stat here for you. And I know you know baseball
Speaker 3: more than I do, but as a fellow baseball fan,
Speaker 3: a numbers nerd as stat geek, when we're looking at
Speaker 3: what this window we have right now, what were the
Speaker 3: tak last two three peaks that have happened in modern history.
Speaker 9: Well, the last one was the Yankees twenty five years ago.
Speaker 3: Right, ninety eight, ninety nine, two thousand and before that,
Speaker 3: Athletics seventy two, seventy three, seventy four, check this out,
Speaker 3: seventy four, the two thousand or ninety eight. Excuse me, Well,
Speaker 3: you're skipping.
Speaker 9: Your Blue Jays. Blue Jays won back to back World
Speaker 9: Series too.
Speaker 1: How about that tray talking I'm talking to you.
Speaker 9: Yeah, well the Dodgers haven't even won two yet. You're
Speaker 9: talking about three in a row. I'm talking about back
Speaker 9: to back tray.
Speaker 1: I'm talking to three in a row.
Speaker 9: Next year, We're done. You are getting so far ahead
Speaker 9: of yourself, Trey.
Speaker 1: I'm saying, we got this window. Check it out.
Speaker 3: It's twenty four years, right, it's twenty four years. From
Speaker 3: seventy four to ninety eight, and from twenty to twenty
Speaker 3: four it was twenty four years. And that's what we're
Speaker 3: witnessing right now. That's I'm just saying we should have
Speaker 3: pre numerologist.
Speaker 9: You're a numerology.
Speaker 3: I'm a little bit of a stack each in the numbers.
Speaker 3: Nerd Man I'm telling you, let's be positive, Let's be optimistic,
Speaker 3: Let's enjoy what's going on. Let's not nitpick.
Speaker 9: All right, Trey is super optimistic. Dodgers are winning three
Speaker 9: in a row. I'll save this phone call. You call
Speaker 9: back in twenty twenty six, Tray, and I will give
Speaker 9: you the victory.
Speaker 3: Lap Okay, Yes, I appreciate that.
Speaker 9: All right, Trey, thank you for the phone call. Wow, man,
Speaker 9: we have gone, I mean, the wide range of spectrum
Speaker 9: on this show from the beginning of the season to
Speaker 9: where we're at right now. The sky was falling after
Speaker 9: the Dodgers started eight and oh, they were the greatest
Speaker 9: team ever ever. They were going to break the Mariners
Speaker 9: all time regular season record of wins. They were going
Speaker 9: to win the World Series again, be the first team
Speaker 9: to go back to back against the World and dominate
Speaker 9: like the Yankees did twenty five years ago. And then
Speaker 9: all of a sudden, they have a they lose three,
Speaker 9: four in a row. Sky's falling. Get rid of Muncie,
Speaker 9: get rid of Andy Paez, and now the Dodgers back
Speaker 9: on top of the division with twenty nine wins, baseball's
Speaker 9: best record. We just got a call that they are
Speaker 9: going to win three in a row. We're talking about
Speaker 9: the Dodgers winning three in a row. Think about that.
Speaker 9: Somebody just called in and said the Dodgers are going
Speaker 9: to win three in a row. We haven't The Dodgers
Speaker 9: haven't even gotten to their back to back World series yet,
Speaker 9: and somebody's thinking about a three peat. I mean, this
Speaker 9: is a special show. I said, it's an emotional show,
Speaker 9: and I feel like I am right on and people
Speaker 9: call me emotional. I feel like I'm the voice of
Speaker 9: reason right here. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 9: five seventy is the phone number. Whoo. I have to
Speaker 9: take a break from that one. Maybe I'll take my
Speaker 9: first break right now to regroup. But let's go out
Speaker 9: to Mission v A hell and Bill, Bill, I hope, uh,
Speaker 9: I hope you're not thinking about three peat right now. No.
Speaker 4: Actually, I was wondering with a little question that you know.
Speaker 9: What your voice hold on, Bill, hold bring him down?
Speaker 9: See Bill for Mission Viejo is very negative. So he's
Speaker 9: gonna bring us back to the other side of the
Speaker 9: spectrum tonight.
Speaker 4: Hi, Bill, Hi, I just wanted to know why Dave
Speaker 4: brought in the call up to keep the game close.
Speaker 3: And somebody else.
Speaker 9: Yeah, Ryan loutis in a four to two game. Uh.
Speaker 9: The reality is the Dodger bullpen, especially they're high leverage relievers,
Speaker 9: have thrown more innings and more games than anybody else
Speaker 9: in baseball. So when you're down four to two, you
Speaker 9: can't run out Kirby Yates again, you can't run out
Speaker 9: Alex Vesia. You've got to be able to use other
Speaker 9: pitchers when you're down two runs.
Speaker 4: Okay, that sounds fair. And then as far as Dustin
Speaker 4: y do you do you think he'll be in the
Speaker 4: rotation when glass Now and Snell get back or is
Speaker 4: it a.
Speaker 1: Glass in the bubble?
Speaker 9: Huh? I don't know when glass Now is going to
Speaker 9: be back, but uh, you know, and the way you
Speaker 9: know pitchers are going these days, Bill, that's a long
Speaker 9: ways away to predict whether or not Dustin May is
Speaker 9: going to be in the rotation. That's so hard to
Speaker 9: say right now. But they need him right now in
Speaker 9: the here and now. I think once they get to
Speaker 9: that point where glass Now and Snell are healthy, uh,
Speaker 9: let's see when that happens, and then we could decide
Speaker 9: where Dustin May is as far as pitching goes. But
Speaker 9: I will say this. Dustin May said in spring training
Speaker 9: he would be open to pitching out of the bullpen
Speaker 9: just to be part of this team. Right, all right, Bill,
Speaker 9: thank you for the phone call. I thought that was
Speaker 9: going to be a lot more negative than it was.
Speaker 9: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 9: the phone number. Since it is the Freeway Series and
Speaker 9: Major League Baseball has tabbed it Rivalry Weekend, they sent
Speaker 9: out a bunch of notes on every one of these
Speaker 9: geography geographic excuse me, geographic rivalries out there. Right, So,
Speaker 9: I have the Dodgers all time offensive leaders against the
Speaker 9: Angels in the Freeway Series, and breaking news, Andre Ethier
Speaker 9: owns a lot of those offensive leading categories, starting with
Speaker 9: you can't lead offensive leading categories if you don't play games.
Speaker 9: Andre Ethhier, as a Dodger, played more games against the
Speaker 9: Angels than anybody else since interleague plays started, fifty four games.
Speaker 9: He has the most hits against the Angels fifty five.
Speaker 9: He scored the most runs against the Angels twenty three.
Speaker 9: He has the most doubles against the Angels at fifteen,
Speaker 9: and he has driven in the most runs against the
Speaker 9: at twenty eight. And I wanted to hear your favorite
Speaker 9: Freeway Series moments. A couple of mine are Tim Belcher
Speaker 9: and Channho Park going at it the first year interleague play.
Speaker 9: Belcher the former Dodger wearing that ugly and unserious Perrywinkle
Speaker 9: back in the day, and Chanho Park trying to do
Speaker 9: a scissor kick on Tim Belcher running up the first
Speaker 9: base lying on a Saturday afternoon here at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 9: Another one was Clayton Kershaw in twenty twenty two, carrying
Speaker 9: a no hitter into the eighth inning, and the other
Speaker 9: was July of twenty fifteen. Andre Ethier, who had a
Speaker 9: reputation as being mister Clutch for the Dodgers over the
Speaker 9: course of his career, was certainly clutch on that Sunday
Speaker 9: afternoon in twenty fifteen against the Angels, when not only
Speaker 9: did he give the Dodgers the lead, but then after
Speaker 9: Chris Iyanetta the game, he came back and won it
Speaker 9: for the Dodgers with a walk off home run. So
Speaker 9: here's how it went. In the eighth inning, andre Ethier
Speaker 9: broke a tie.
Speaker 11: Here's a three to one fly ball center field drop.
Speaker 11: Going back, He's got a wall and.
Speaker 12: It is gone home run, Andre Eighthier with a home
Speaker 12: run a straight away center field and the Dodgers reclaimed
Speaker 12: the lead three to two.
Speaker 9: Of course, that's the voice of the great Charlie Steiner.
Speaker 9: Then Chris Cyanetta would tie the game, but then mister
Speaker 9: clutch Andre Ethier would come back and walk it off
Speaker 9: for the Dodgers in extra innings against the Angels in
Speaker 9: the Freeway Series twenty fifteen.
Speaker 11: The one to one fly ball right field, well hit,
Speaker 11: it is back and.
Speaker 9: It is gone.
Speaker 12: Home run Andre Eighthier with a walk off home run,
Speaker 12: his seventh of his career, his fourth teenth walk off hit,
Speaker 12: and the Dodgers beat.
Speaker 9: The Angels today five to three on Andre Ethier Sunday.
Speaker 9: Oh what a shot it was into the Angel full band.
Speaker 9: Andre Ethier, mister Freeway Series. I think we can call
Speaker 9: him now with all those type of performances and leading
Speaker 9: the Dodgers all time offense against the Angels in the
Speaker 9: Freeway Series. In case you're wondering which Dodger has homerd
Speaker 9: the most against the Angels during this interleague Freeway Series,
Speaker 9: that distinction belongs to Gary Sheffield, who homered eleven times
Speaker 9: in a very short span wearing a Dodger uniform against
Speaker 9: the Angels. When we continue on Dodger Talk, we will
Speaker 9: check in with Jose Mota, we will give you an
Speaker 9: update on tom Y Edmund and Tiascar Hernandez, and we
Speaker 9: will share with you the most ridiculous traits congestion that
Speaker 9: I have heard in quite some time. And we love
Speaker 9: Jeff Passing, but he went over the top. He jumped
Speaker 9: the shark today and we'll let you know what Jeff
Speaker 9: Passen had to suggest on a national radio show TV
Speaker 9: show today. Dodgers beat the angel six to two on
Speaker 9: five seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 8: Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basset.
Speaker 7: Here's the old one.
Speaker 9: Old Tani hits a high fly.
Speaker 7: Ball right center field in deep, towering shot into the
Speaker 7: batter's iron Gone. Old Tani toss the vat toward his
Speaker 7: old thugout and now rounds the basis for the sixteenth
Speaker 7: time a solo home run and the Dodgers are within two.
Speaker 9: Show Hey Otani with his major league leading sixteenth home
Speaker 9: run of the season. Tonight came with one out in
Speaker 9: the eighth inning. As the Dodgers fall to the Angels
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Speaker 9: in the next game. Daniels Jewelers own The dream. Preceding
Speaker 9: Otani's home run was Hay Sung Kim making a rare
Speaker 9: act out because as he grounded out in the eighth inning,
Speaker 9: that snapped a string of nine consecutive plate appearances that
Speaker 9: Kim had reached safely. That tied Corey Seeger for the
Speaker 9: last time a Dodger rookie had reach base safely and
Speaker 9: nine consecutive plate appearances. Seeger obviously was a rookie in
Speaker 9: twenty fifteen. So Hey Sung Kim certainly making an impression.
Speaker 9: And as I said last night, I don't see any
Speaker 9: way the Dodgers could justify sending down Hay Sung Kim
Speaker 9: with the way he's playing right now and with Tommy
Speaker 9: Edmund and Taoscar Hernandez on their way back. There are
Speaker 9: still opportunities for Kim to get regular opportunities to play,
Speaker 9: especially since the Dodgers are not just gonna run Edmund
Speaker 9: and Taoscar out there every day right away coming off
Speaker 9: the IL. And speaking of those two players, Dave Roberts
Speaker 9: said earlier today that Tommy Edmund is going to come
Speaker 9: back on Sunday without playing a rehab game, but Taoscar
Speaker 9: Hernandez is going to play a rehab game for Rancho Kucamonga,
Speaker 9: who's at Sam Bernardino. And there's a very good chance
Speaker 9: that ta Oscar Hernandez returns Monday or Tuesday. The Dodgers,
Speaker 9: after they close out this weekend series with the Angels,
Speaker 9: will welcome in the Diamondbacks on Monday to close out
Speaker 9: this nine game homestand eight six six seven two five
Speaker 9: seventy is the phone number. Speaking of Sam Bernardino, let's
Speaker 9: go out to Andrew, who's listening to the show tonight. Hi, Andrew,
Speaker 9: what's up?
Speaker 10: Dave?
Speaker 13: Think you were taking my car? I just wanted to say.
Speaker 13: I just wanted to say I work at the Quakes
Speaker 13: and I cannot wait for Dale to get there.
Speaker 9: Nice. I think he's playing, aren't you. Aren't the Quakes
Speaker 9: playing at Sam Bernardino on s.
Speaker 13: No, they're playing fifty six ers, which is Sam Bernardino.
Speaker 13: No worries, but those sam Bordinas don't have nothing against
Speaker 13: the Quakes because we'll we'll make them tremble before their family.
Speaker 9: See what you did there.
Speaker 13: Anyway, I just wanted to Saydale is a little reason
Speaker 13: why I love everything. I remember when he said to
Speaker 13: the spring training last year, say.
Speaker 3: Hi, everyone, show hey Ola.
Speaker 1: I do a wrap then anyway, I know you're.
Speaker 9: Listening to tail. Okay, Andrew, thank you for the phone call. Appreciated,
Speaker 9: very excited out there. I love it, no matter what
Speaker 9: it takes to get that excited. Eight sixty six nine
Speaker 9: eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. We're
Speaker 9: gonna check in with Jose Mota in a moment here,
Speaker 9: But first I just wanted to lay this out. Jeff
Speaker 9: Passen was on the Pat McAfee show earlier today, and
Speaker 9: it feels like every time Passing goes on Pat McAfee's show,
Speaker 9: he's always, you know, pleading like a bleeding heart for
Speaker 9: the pirates to spend and build around Paul Skins. It's
Speaker 9: very well known that Jeff Passing loves Sesame Street's Elmo.
Speaker 9: I feel like Paul Skeins now has eclipsed his love
Speaker 9: for Elmo because he loves Paul Skin so much that
Speaker 9: he would throw out a wild trade idea today. And
Speaker 9: the thought behind Jeff Passing telling Pat McAfee that the
Speaker 9: Pirates should trade Paul's Skiings to the Dodgers is because
Speaker 9: if the Pirates could not resign or give Schemes an extension,
Speaker 9: then there's no reason to keep them and they should
Speaker 9: trade them right now. Paul's Skiings, by the way, has
Speaker 9: less than two years of service time. The Pirates will
Speaker 9: have Paul Skiings for at least four more years at
Speaker 9: minimal cost to them. So his preface is if the
Speaker 9: Pirates could not afford to extend Paul Skins now, and
Speaker 9: they can't afford to keep him when he hits free agency,
Speaker 9: then they basically should just pull the plug on their
Speaker 9: most popular player in Pittsburgh. That gets people to actually
Speaker 9: come see the Pirates and trade them to the Dodgers,
Speaker 9: who already have a loaded superstar laiden team that small
Speaker 9: market owners like the Pirates, the Rockies and the Angels detest.
Speaker 9: And here's something else. If the Pirates right now and
Speaker 9: Jeff Passing's eyes and basically all ours, would not extend
Speaker 9: Paul Skins, then how would they be able to extend
Speaker 9: three or four other players they would be receiving from
Speaker 9: the Dodgers. If they can't extend one guy, how are
Speaker 9: they going to extend three or four really good players
Speaker 9: down the road. So that's the first flaw. The second
Speaker 9: flaw is Jeff passed and floated this out that in
Speaker 9: exchange for Paul Skins, it would be realistic for the
Speaker 9: Pirates to ask for Dalton Rushing, Joseway De paula Emo Morales,
Speaker 9: and Andy pa Has. I mean, that is ridiculou. There
Speaker 9: is no way Andrew Freeman would ever do that. And
Speaker 9: it makes me believe that maybe Jeff pass In got
Speaker 9: that idea from somebody in the Paul Skeins camp to
Speaker 9: try to put pressure on the Pirates to spend around
Speaker 9: Paul Skins or maybe even give him an extension. I mean,
Speaker 9: haven't we seen enough really good pitchers get hurt, not
Speaker 9: only with the Dodgers but around the league. Eventually, I
Speaker 9: hate to say this, Paul Skeins will get hurt, and
Speaker 9: you're gonna give away four of your best young players,
Speaker 9: including a guy in Andy pie Has who has established himself.
Speaker 9: No chance that came from the Dodgers. I think that's
Speaker 9: just Jeff Passing loving Paul skin so much that he
Speaker 9: lost his mind. Today eight six six nine eight seven
Speaker 9: two five seventy is the phone number. Look, I think
Speaker 9: Paul Skeins is phenomenal, but that makes no sense. If
Speaker 9: the Pirates can't aff a Ford Paul Skeins, how are
Speaker 9: they going to afford Andy Pajez, Dalton Rushing, Jose Way
Speaker 9: De Paula and Emilia Morales. And if only two or
Speaker 9: three of those guys hit their potential, they're gonna command
Speaker 9: a lot of dollars. I'm with Jeff Passing, though, the
Speaker 9: Pirates need to spend and be better. They are a
Speaker 9: baseball town, but they don't have a lot of good
Speaker 9: players around a really good pitching staff, and that's disappointing
Speaker 9: and sad. But to suggest that the Pirates trade Paul
Speaker 9: Skins now en of to all teams the Dodgers for
Speaker 9: those players, that's just Pat McAfee stuff right there. All right,
Speaker 9: let's check in with our guy, Jose Moda.
Speaker 8: It's time to go around the horn with Jose Moda.
Speaker 9: Jose Moda, did you hear about Jeff passing suggestion about
Speaker 9: trading Paul's schemes to the Dodgers?
Speaker 2: Of course I did, of course I did. How can
Speaker 2: you miss that he got us all talking about us,
Speaker 2: which is the intent too. So yeah, was that the intent?
Speaker 9: Or was it to bang the drum for Paul's schemes?
Speaker 2: Oh, it's obviously about Paul Skins. We know what a
Speaker 2: tremendous player he is. Dave, there's something we said about
Speaker 2: organizations like the Pirates. You have a premium talent like this,
Speaker 2: you always look to build around that. You don't know
Speaker 2: how much he's gonna cost. You know that you have
Speaker 2: control over him, and he's gonna get paid well, obviously
Speaker 2: not free agent money for the next three or four years,
Speaker 2: but he's gonna be compensated because he's a permium talent.
Speaker 2: But you have a responsibility to your franchise, to your
Speaker 2: fan base to go out and keep that talent and
Speaker 2: use revenue sharing for a reason to make your club better.
Speaker 9: No doubt. And so what's the purpose of even suggesting
Speaker 9: something like that is that to put pressure on the
Speaker 9: Pirates to try to build around Paul Skins, because certainly
Speaker 9: that suggestion did not come from the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: No, it's not coming from any of the organizations. It's
Speaker 2: coming from somebody that's been probow in baseball for a
Speaker 2: long time. And he grabs headlines. He's got obviously an
Speaker 2: end with the with the industry, but he's got people talking,
Speaker 2: and right now that's pretty much what it is right now, Dave, really,
Speaker 2: I I'm kind of done talking about it, to be
Speaker 2: honest with you.
Speaker 9: What do you mean. This is sports Talk Sports Talk Radio.
Speaker 9: That's what we do.
Speaker 1: We talk about it, so we have a longer show tonight. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we do, all right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what, No franchises have responsibility. Take care
Speaker 2: of your talent. They developed you draft number one. He's
Speaker 2: responded to the talent of the big leaguer. He's a
Speaker 2: dominant pitcher. Take care of your fans, get your team
Speaker 2: to be better, draft better, develop better, and then have
Speaker 2: something to talk about. And if it doesn't work out,
Speaker 2: then there'll be a time where you have to consider
Speaker 2: fitting him for better talent.
Speaker 9: That time is not now. Jose Mota is turning us
Speaker 9: after the Dodgers fall in Game one of the Freeway
Speaker 9: Series six to two. I felt like the fourth inning
Speaker 9: tonight was really the worst inning for Dustin May tonight.
Speaker 9: No excuse for hitting the eight to nine hitters tonight, Jose,
Speaker 9: You're only asking for trouble my guy.
Speaker 2: It was a tough night for him. He takes responsibility
Speaker 2: for it, as you heard it and as I heard it.
Speaker 2: But at some point it really comes down to saying,
Speaker 2: those three guys in the bottom have no chance against me,
Speaker 2: and those guys actually got base hits against May and
Speaker 2: the second in the second inning. Unfortunately, it happens with
Speaker 2: different type of pitches because you know when the lineup
Speaker 2: turns around, Now, Nedo's going to see you for a
Speaker 2: third time, and the whole time, I don't know if
Speaker 2: you heard me. Before the pitch, I go, Nedos is
Speaker 2: going to pull the ball here, there's no doubt he's
Speaker 2: going to pull the baseball, and he made a mistake
Speaker 2: inside of Nettle did pole. He got two RBIs. But
Speaker 2: you have to avoid they like that because it's going
Speaker 2: to come a time where a decision.
Speaker 1: Has to be made.
Speaker 2: When you're pitching, death gets a little bit deeper, and
Speaker 2: you want to make sure that you are in the
Speaker 2: best spot to go out there and avoid those big innings. Again,
Speaker 2: he got through five ninety five pitches, but every pitch
Speaker 2: he's counting today. He was quite erratic right from the get.
Speaker 9: Go, no doubt. And the Dodger offense, like we've talked
Speaker 9: about all show, is the fact that they grounded into
Speaker 9: five double plays, tying a franchise record. That's just one
Speaker 9: of those nights O say that you really can't get
Speaker 9: anything going when you do something like that.
Speaker 2: No, I mean a couple of the more it hit hard,
Speaker 2: but Jack Quinanowitz was outstanding. I mean give it to him.
Speaker 2: Forty five sinkers he threw today. He's a change up.
Speaker 2: He's a couple of different fastballs, and one where biggest
Speaker 2: example Lindy Pies as what which swing do I take
Speaker 2: against which fastball? So one time he's taken one with
Speaker 2: a four seamer where he's able to get to the
Speaker 2: ball before you know that ball's in on his hands
Speaker 2: and he's from the sinker inside. So it's a combination
Speaker 2: of things. He not missed much over the plate. He
Speaker 2: did not fall behind very often coming into the game.
Speaker 2: Think about, because how many guys you know nowadays with
Speaker 2: big arms, young pitchers that we'll use seventy percent of
Speaker 2: the pitches that throw his fastballs, That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2: And a guy that came into it with an ERA
Speaker 2: of five twenty three. He'd did a good job neutralizing
Speaker 2: a very, very good offensive team.
Speaker 9: Tonight was just an appetizer for the main event tomorrow,
Speaker 9: Clayton Kershaw making his season debut. What will you be
Speaker 9: looking for? There's been so much talk about where his
Speaker 9: velocity was when he was on his rehab assignment. How
Speaker 9: vital is velocity to what Kershaw? What we see from
Speaker 9: Kershaw tomorrow.
Speaker 2: I'm going to be looking at a commander location. That's
Speaker 2: all I need to see. I just want to see
Speaker 2: how far he can go with throwing sliders for a strike,
Speaker 2: and if it's going to be a punch out pitch,
Speaker 2: he's got to be the slider. So this guy is
Speaker 2: a master at his craft. He's won two hundred and
Speaker 2: twelve games, he's got a two fifty ERA now in
Speaker 2: the eighteenth season. Well we need to see too, though, David.
Speaker 2: That we didn't see last year is he had a
Speaker 2: prolonged rehab stint that he did. You know, before he
Speaker 2: came back last year, he only threw thirty innings. And
Speaker 2: at this point, he's not just gonna be a forigny
Speaker 2: guy and see what happens. Remember, Kershawk costs the Dodgers
Speaker 2: a lot of innings from the bullpen last year. And
Speaker 2: I know it does not the intent, but he needs
Speaker 2: to go out there at least get five, get his
Speaker 2: feedwat and continue to you know, pile up those prodcasts
Speaker 2: because I know it's going to be pretty excited and
Speaker 2: every time we struck somebody out, he's going to get
Speaker 2: closer and closer. But nonetheless, you can see somebody that
Speaker 2: was gonna make every single pitch count compete and look
Speaker 2: for him to be on the mountain to get a win.
Speaker 9: All right, Jose, you're all talked out. We'll see you tomorrow.
Speaker 2: I'm top down on the other stuff too, So okay.
Speaker 9: Sports stock radio, I mean, come on, thanks, Hose. There
Speaker 9: he goes Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast,
Speaker 9: filling in for Rick Monday tonight. I mean, that's what
Speaker 9: we do. We talk. That's what we do on the radio.
Speaker 9: We talk. We talk about baseball. News as related to
Speaker 9: the Dodgers, especially after a game where the Dodgers fall
Speaker 9: six to two. Also, we were talking about some of
Speaker 9: the players that so many of you were out on
Speaker 9: the first couple of weeks of the season, like Andy Pajez,
Speaker 9: who has come to life in a big way. How
Speaker 9: about Max Munsey. I know it's only three games here,
Speaker 9: but Max has really shown some signs alive. Tonight he
Speaker 9: took two walks and he also drove in the first
Speaker 9: run for the Dodgers and RBI double coming off back
Speaker 9: to back games with home runs. So Max Munsey, he
Speaker 9: has a track record, he has a resume, but after
Speaker 9: the last couple of years, it feels like he's become
Speaker 9: a really streaky hitter. When it's cold, it's really cold.
Speaker 9: When he gets hot, he's taking his walks, he's hitting
Speaker 9: extra base hits like he was tonight. So hopefully he
Speaker 9: can get things going, because, like I mentioned last night,
Speaker 9: the same group of players are not going to be
Speaker 9: hot the entire year. You got to have some guys
Speaker 9: contribute to the big three who are obviously the most consistent,
Speaker 9: and you know, obviously Will Smith needs to be included
Speaker 9: in that because he's a really big part of this
Speaker 9: Dodger offense, especially with ta Oscar Hernandez out on the
Speaker 9: injured list and tomorrow who knows, with a day game
Speaker 9: on Sunday, the Dodgers may have Dalton Rushing catch Clayton
Speaker 9: Kershaw tomorrow night. He is familiar with Kershaw. He did
Speaker 9: catch rehab or two start of his this the past
Speaker 9: couple of months, so including his last rehab starts, so
Speaker 9: there is a very good chance you may see Dalton
Speaker 9: Rushing behind the plate Tomorrow night for Clayton Kershaw and
Speaker 9: Will Smith catching the day game in the finale of
Speaker 9: this series. So it should be fun tomorrow night. Really
Speaker 9: looking forward to seeing Clayton Kershaw back on the mound
Speaker 9: for the Dodgers, and he's going up against his good
Speaker 9: buddy Tyler Anderson. They were only teammates for a season,
Speaker 9: but they really formed a bond after having a rocky
Speaker 9: start to their relationship. Remember when Tyler Anderson was pitching
Speaker 9: for the Rockies a few years back, a few years
Speaker 9: before he joined the Dodgers, Kershaw was warming up and
Speaker 9: is obviously very punctual on his start day, whether it's
Speaker 9: getting to the ballpark, getting to the trainer's room, playing
Speaker 9: catch and getting to the mound he expects the game
Speaker 9: to start when it's supposed to start at seven to ten. Well,
Speaker 9: this one time, Tyler Anderson, who was starting against him
Speaker 9: while pitching for the Rockies, not only was done with
Speaker 9: his warm up pitches in the Rockies bullpen as the
Speaker 9: game was about to start, but there is a hallway
Speaker 9: that leads from the visiting bullpen to the visiting clubhouse.
Speaker 9: But for some reason, Tyler Anderson decided to walk through
Speaker 9: the field and into foul territory to go back to
Speaker 9: the Rockies dugout, which delayed first pitch two minutes, and
Speaker 9: Kershaw was barking at Tyler Anderson, and rightfully so. But
Speaker 9: then all of a sudden, Tyler Anderson becomes his teammate,
Speaker 9: and not only are they you know, obviously put that
Speaker 9: behind them, but they form a really tight friendship and
Speaker 9: respect for each other. So funny how all those things
Speaker 9: work out. But nonetheless, Tyler Anderson against Clayton Kershaw Tomorrow,
Speaker 9: Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck begins at five o'clock tomorrow,
Speaker 9: with first pitch at six ten. Thanks to Colinie back
Speaker 9: at our Burbank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here
Speaker 9: at Dodger Stadium, and thanks to you for listening. In
Speaker 9: case you missed any of the show, you can find
Speaker 9: it on the iHeartRadio app. That's also where you can
Speaker 9: hear our pregame conversation with Dalton Rushing coming up next
Speaker 9: Fox Sports Radio Tomorrow night, Kershaw Day. For the first
Speaker 9: time this season, we'll talk to you tomorrow. Have a
Speaker 9: great rest of your night, see you.
Speaker 5: It's time
Speaker 9: Sending away.