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Speaker 2: This team is really becoming a family.
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Speaker 7: Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Basse with you until eleven
Speaker 7: o'clock tonight at eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 7: five seventy. The Dodgers defeat the White Sox tonight by
Speaker 7: a final score of six to one behind a really
Speaker 7: good performance from Yamamoto, who went seven innings tonight and
Speaker 7: had eight strikeouts, allowing just one urn run and only
Speaker 7: walked one batter, which allowed him to throw ninety eight
Speaker 7: pitches in seven innings. Yamamoto has done that three times
Speaker 7: this year for the Dodgers, and three out of the
Speaker 7: four times a Dodgers starter has gone seven innings, it's
Speaker 7: been Yamamoto. The other was Clayton Kershaw on the last
Speaker 7: home stand against the Giants. So Yamamoto has been outstanding.
Speaker 7: I know there's been a couple of bumps in the
Speaker 7: road last month, but for the most part, he's been
Speaker 7: really good for the Dodgers since the beginning of the season.
Speaker 7: And if you look at Yamamoto's last start in Denver,
Speaker 7: he should have been well rested for this game, and
Speaker 7: he should have been expected to go seven innings, if
Speaker 7: not go eight, because he was washed out after five
Speaker 7: scoreless in Denver because of an hour plus rain delay.
Speaker 7: So he with the extra day of rest, with his
Speaker 7: last start going short, I mean, I was expecting this.
Speaker 7: Anything short of this would have been disappointing. So basically,
Speaker 7: Yamamoto did his job tonight. And he's fun to watch
Speaker 7: because he may only grip his pitches two different ways,
Speaker 7: but he certainly shapes them in a lot of different ways.
Speaker 7: He's got the fastball, obviously, he's got the split fingered fastball.
Speaker 7: He's got the curveball, he's got the cutter, he's got
Speaker 7: the two seam fastball, and he only threw his slider
Speaker 7: twice tonight. So it's fun to watch him pitch because
Speaker 7: he's not just using brute force to beat hitters. He's
Speaker 7: actually pitching and throwing ninety six and then taking something
Speaker 7: off or just dotting the inside or the outside part
Speaker 7: of the plates. He's really fun to watch, and certainly
Speaker 7: it was fun to watch him pitch tonight and give
Speaker 7: the White Sox more than they can handle, because the
Speaker 7: White Sox are the worst team record wise in the
Speaker 7: American League. Again. They set the record for most losses
Speaker 7: in a season in baseball history last year with one
Speaker 7: hundred and twenty one, which sets up nicely for Clayton
Speaker 7: Kershaw tomorrow night, as he is on the verge of
Speaker 7: three thousand strikeouts in his career. And if you look
Speaker 7: at Kershaw, it's one thing to have three thousand strikeouts,
Speaker 7: and yes, he is going to join a very distinguished
Speaker 7: list of Hall of Famers and great pitchers in baseball history.
Speaker 7: But when you look at Kershawn, how many innings and
Speaker 7: I know he's been self deprecating saying that it's taking
Speaker 7: longer than he thought it would. And it's true. If
Speaker 7: he didn't have these significant injuries, he probably would have
Speaker 7: been there to or three years ago. But even with
Speaker 7: all that being said, at this point in time, he's
Speaker 7: only thrown two thousand, seven hundred and eighty one innings
Speaker 7: and he's three strikeouts away from three thousand. The guy
Speaker 7: that's right ahead of him at three thousand and eighty
Speaker 7: four strikeouts, John Smoltz. It took him over three thousand
Speaker 7: innings to get three thousand strikeouts. Thirty four hundred seventy
Speaker 7: three innings pitch for Smoltz, and he has three thousand
Speaker 7: and eighty four. So just keep that in mind as
Speaker 7: well if you're listening to the game tomorrow night, or
Speaker 7: if you're here at Dodgers Stadium. Kershaw Yes is going
Speaker 7: to join a nineteen other pitchers in baseball history that
Speaker 7: have recorded three thousand strikeouts in their career. But he
Speaker 7: has done it quicker and in less innings than these
Speaker 7: other pitchers. His strikeouts per nine is at in his career,
Speaker 7: a lot of these guys are at like six or
Speaker 7: seven strikeouts per nine innings, So you know, you look
Speaker 7: at a guy like Phil nkro who's thirteenth on the
Speaker 7: list all time took him over five thousand innings. I mean,
Speaker 7: he's had fifty four hundred innings and has thirty three
Speaker 7: hundred strikeouts. So you got to keep that in mind
Speaker 7: as well, that he is doing this quicker than most
Speaker 7: of these pictures on this list, and that I mean,
Speaker 7: obviously he's a Hall of Fame pitcher. But in my mind,
Speaker 7: and I've never been to Cooperstown, but in my Hall
Speaker 7: of Fame mind, the way I envision it, there is
Speaker 7: the elite of the elite in Cooperstown and there's the rest.
Speaker 7: I mean to me, there's at least two or three
Speaker 7: tiers now in the Hall of Fame. And when Clayton
Speaker 7: Krushaw makes his speech in Cooperstown one day, he's gonna
Speaker 7: be in Tier one in my mind. And I'm not
Speaker 7: just saying that because I host Dodger and I've been
Speaker 7: around him for his entire career. I'm saying that because
Speaker 7: that's the facts, Jack. And you know, now they let
Speaker 7: guys like Harold Baines in, So I mean, come on,
Speaker 7: Bill Mazeroski, I mean, give me a break. So in
Speaker 7: my mind there are different tiers, and I know it's
Speaker 7: so LA right. You get into an exclusive club and
Speaker 7: you're like, wait a minute, this isn't what I thought
Speaker 7: it would be. No, No, there's another rope right there,
Speaker 7: and then you're behind that rope and you're like, uh wait,
Speaker 7: I'm not in that tier either. I got to go
Speaker 7: to the other bouncer to try to get into the best,
Speaker 7: best part of the nightclub, the rooftop bar. That's Kershaw.
Speaker 7: He's behind that big rope that you're not going to sniff.
Speaker 7: Eight six six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is
Speaker 7: the phone number. It is really special that it's going
Speaker 7: to happen tomorrow night here at Dodgers Stadium. It better happened,
Speaker 7: or my All Star Break plans with my family is
Speaker 7: going to be train wrecked. You know, at least I'll
Speaker 7: go to Milwaukee and then find a way back to
Speaker 7: LA and then take my family out of town. It's
Speaker 7: just making things a lot more difficult. But I fully,
Speaker 7: I am very confident that Kershaw is going to be
Speaker 7: able to strike out three White Sox hitters tomorrow night.
Speaker 7: And that's what it's about. It's not about me. It's
Speaker 7: about him, it's about his record, it's about his milestone.
Speaker 7: And I will go as far as saying I won't
Speaker 7: name this former teammate's name because I don't want to
Speaker 7: jinx anything tomorrow night. But one of his former rotation
Speaker 7: mates called me today and said, not only is Kershaw
Speaker 7: going to get those three strikeouts, He's gonna get them
Speaker 7: in the first inning. He predicted striking out the side
Speaker 7: in order in the first inning tomorrow night to get
Speaker 7: that three thousand strikeout. How about that? How about that?
Speaker 7: Eight six, six, nine, eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 7: the phone number Max months. He has gotten hot in
Speaker 7: his last forty games. He has been amazing. But on
Speaker 7: this last road trip, Mike Conforto unveiled a new bat
Speaker 7: that he was specially fitted for and it looks like
Speaker 7: it's made a big difference from what I understand. It's
Speaker 7: a lighter bat and that's a big deal. And also
Speaker 7: the dead fish handshake with Michael Conforto took place that
Speaker 7: first day in Denver, and then tonight he was part
Speaker 7: of that four run, two out rally to give Yamamoto
Speaker 7: an early four to nothing lead. Tonight we caught up
Speaker 7: with CONFORDO after the game.
Speaker 5: No, it hasn't. It feels great.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: Obviously, Amas goes out there and gives us a great,
Speaker 1: great outing every time, and you know, there's been a
Speaker 1: few times we haven't supported him, so to get four
Speaker 1: right away was great, and uh, hopefully we keep doing
Speaker 1: that for him.
Speaker 7: There's been times this first half where he hit the
Speaker 7: ball right on the money and it's spending out. How
Speaker 7: good was it to get that flare to drop in
Speaker 7: the first inning?
Speaker 5: That was beautiful?
Speaker 1: Broke a bat, you know, finally get one to drop
Speaker 1: in there, and you know, I think I think better swings.
Speaker 1: You know, that tends to happen more. So you know,
Speaker 1: just gotta keep putting good swings out there.
Speaker 7: What was happening down the left field line tonight? You
Speaker 7: had a lot of action. You had a lot of interaction.
Speaker 5: I had a lot of action out there.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 1: The fans were telling me to die for the one
Speaker 1: that hit the pole, so I was like, you want
Speaker 1: me to die to hit my teeth on the pole there?
Speaker 1: But anyways, man, yeah, just a lot of action out there,
Speaker 1: and left and came up with two of them.
Speaker 7: So let's make an official dead fish handshake right here.
Speaker 5: Dead fish, that's happening there.
Speaker 7: It is here we are thanks Mike, all right, I
Speaker 7: think that there he goes Michael Confordo with a dead
Speaker 7: fish handshake and a brand new bat. Hopefully he got
Speaker 7: a few of them because, like you heard him say,
Speaker 7: he broke his bat to drive in that run in
Speaker 7: the first inning as he helps the Dodgers beat the
Speaker 7: White Sox tonight six to one. Show. Hey. O'tani also
Speaker 7: had a big game tonight. He hit his thirtieth home
Speaker 7: run of the year, joining Kyle Rawley of the Mariners
Speaker 7: and Aaron Judge of the Yankees to be part of
Speaker 7: that club. Watson caught up with Otani after the game
Speaker 7: on Sports at l A.
Speaker 8: Show, Hey, there's not too much familiarity. When it came
Speaker 8: up to facing Shane Smith. What were you seeing from him?
Speaker 8: Just to put the incredible swing you had today?
Speaker 9: And I Simpoka, thank well, he's there.
Speaker 5: You know, two at bats he really got me.
Speaker 9: But the third third at battle was able to get
Speaker 9: him back. But I think, you know, kudos to Yoshinoba
Speaker 9: who really had a great outing today.
Speaker 8: You've already been voted into the All Star Game. To
Speaker 8: see Yoshinobu have an All Star performance. To see players
Speaker 8: like Andy paj Has, how special would it be for
Speaker 8: them to be competing with you.
Speaker 10: In the game, My YOSSI, I'm at the muskokquotus.
Speaker 5: I should have been.
Speaker 9: I really think they both deserve a nod with the
Speaker 9: way they're performing. It's just so as much as the
Speaker 9: other guys on the team, so very much looking forward
Speaker 9: to having a lot of Dodgers on that squad.
Speaker 8: You guys picked it the first win of this series
Speaker 8: of congratulations on this one, you guys.
Speaker 6: Would pick work.
Speaker 7: There they are Show Aotani and Will Ireton on sports
Speaker 7: Net LA, and yes, Andy pa Has should be part
Speaker 7: of the National League All Star Team. He now leads
Speaker 7: the Dodgers with fifty seven RBIs after driving in two
Speaker 7: more tonight. Max Munsey's second on the team with Shoe
Speaker 7: Aotani at fifty five ta Oscar Hernandez at fifty four.
Speaker 7: So Piz certainly deserves a nod on that National League
Speaker 7: All Star Team to be part of that outfield, and
Speaker 7: Max Munsey deserves to be part of the National League
Speaker 7: All Star Team. Who would have thought that after the
Speaker 7: first couple of months where you were called to release
Speaker 7: Max Mouncy. Here he is in the final phase of
Speaker 7: the All Star voting, going up against Manny Machado. I
Speaker 7: am a big advocate for Max Muncy. Outside of San Diego.
Speaker 7: I'm not sure how many fans are gonna vote for Machado.
Speaker 7: Maybe they will. I know the kids love Machado. He's
Speaker 7: very deserving. But there's another position battle for the All
Speaker 7: Star not at shortstop, Mookie Bets against Francisco Lindor, and
Speaker 7: I'm all about Team Mookie, but I'm a firm believer
Speaker 7: Mookie Bets could benefit by not making the All Star team.
Speaker 7: So I am encouraging you to vote for Lindor to
Speaker 7: give Mooki a mental and physical break so he can
Speaker 7: be rejuvenated for the second half of the season because
Speaker 7: he was playing from behind since Tokyo with that illness
Speaker 7: that he had that had him drop somewhere between fifteen
Speaker 7: and eighteen pounds. He's been just average as an offensive player.
Speaker 7: He hasn't hit a home run in his last nineteen games.
Speaker 7: I would love to see Mookie Betch just hang out
Speaker 7: by the poll, maybe get a massage during the All
Speaker 7: Star break, and be ready to come back for the
Speaker 7: second half in the stretch run. Eight six six nine
Speaker 7: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers
Speaker 7: beat the White Sox tonight six to one. Nestor in
Speaker 7: La You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi Nestor
Speaker 7: pretty good.
Speaker 11: How you doing, David?
Speaker 7: Wonderful, David.
Speaker 12: I'm calling because, like you mentioned earlier, Yoshi's had some
Speaker 12: really good showings, really good outings. Saint Louis comes to mine,
Speaker 12: Arizona comes to mine. His last game against Colorado came
Speaker 12: to mind tonight, comes to mine. How likely do you
Speaker 12: think his push for us I Young this year is?
Speaker 7: Oh? I think he's in the mix for sure right now.
Speaker 7: But Paul Skeens is doing a pretty good job these days,
Speaker 7: so he's gonna have to do a little bit more
Speaker 7: to get over that. He'll because there's a lot of
Speaker 7: fan for Paul Skeins. Thanks a lot for the phone call.
Speaker 7: Eight six six two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 7: Let's go out to La Luis. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: How you doing, Louise.
Speaker 11: Hi, David, I'm a little tired today if I'm working,
Speaker 11: but I did see the game, Okay, just one thing
Speaker 11: I just wanted to ask because I know like Kershaw's
Speaker 11: when he gets he does guys get his three thousand strikeout.
Speaker 11: I don't want any any like the like the PA
Speaker 11: and like noises like once he.
Speaker 4: Gets the strikeout, like the DJ playing songs and things
Speaker 4: like that. I want to hear like the crowd reaction
Speaker 4: for like a good two minutes. I don't want to
Speaker 4: hear any music or any DJs or like even the
Speaker 4: organ I don't want to hear that. I just want
Speaker 4: to hear like the crowd reaction, like an ultiool type
Speaker 4: of thing.
Speaker 7: Yeah, well I got something for you. If it happens
Speaker 7: in the middle of an inning, you're not going to
Speaker 7: hear any of that. But if it's happening after an
Speaker 7: innings over, you might hear a little music. And what's
Speaker 7: wrong with that? DJ Severe is the best, Dieta Rules
Speaker 7: the best. But I feel like they have enough feel
Speaker 7: and have done this for a long time where they
Speaker 7: are going to allow the crowd to be the soundtrack
Speaker 7: to that moment tomorrow night, So you don't have to
Speaker 7: worry about that. Louise.
Speaker 4: I always remember with Vince Scully because he will let
Speaker 4: like the crowd react and he won't like he would
Speaker 4: shut up, honestly, right right.
Speaker 7: That's different calling a game than it is in house entertainment.
Speaker 7: So these guys have done it. They've done it in
Speaker 7: a classy way, and uh, they understand the moment, so
Speaker 7: they won't get in the way of that, Louise. But
Speaker 7: we appreciate your concern and your input. I feel like
Speaker 7: you just like, instead of emailing the Dodgers, you just
Speaker 7: called the show to let them know how you feel.
Speaker 7: So this was like an email phone call.
Speaker 4: Thank you, David say from the heart, I.
Speaker 7: Hear you, Luis, have a good day tomorrow.
Speaker 4: Okay, thank you you too, Thank you so much.
Speaker 7: Hey, my pleasure. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two
Speaker 7: five seventy is the phone number. By the way, we
Speaker 7: were going back to the strikeouts per nine for Kershaw. Uh,
Speaker 7: it would be the fourth best among the players that
Speaker 7: have recorded three thousand strikeouts. Max Schurzer, I mean he
Speaker 7: is known for being a strikeout pitcher. And how about this,
Speaker 7: when the Dodgers acquired Mac Schuerzer, he was on the
Speaker 7: doorstep of three thousand strikeouts and recorded his three thousand
Speaker 7: strikeout right here at Dodgers stadium and got a curtain
Speaker 7: call from the fans here, and he was barely a
Speaker 7: Dodger for a couple of months. That's when we all
Speaker 7: believe Max Schurzer was a tough guy. And then we
Speaker 7: found out during the NLCS that he was a fake
Speaker 7: tough guy. But at that point in time, we were
Speaker 7: throwing flowers at Max Schuzer. So how about this Dodger fans,
Speaker 7: if you the standard has been set. You gave a
Speaker 7: guy that had been a Dodger for two months a
Speaker 7: curtain call after his three thousand strikeout, you better give
Speaker 7: Kershaw a curtain call. And then some after he records
Speaker 7: his three thousand strikeout and goes into the dugout. I
Speaker 7: want him to come back out and I wanted to
Speaker 7: stay out there for a long time if you gave
Speaker 7: Max Schuurser a curtain call. So there we go on that. Anyway,
Speaker 7: Let's go out to Colorado. Tony, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: How you doing, Tony?
Speaker 3: How you doing? David? I don't know if you remember us.
Speaker 3: My son's on the line too. We met you down
Speaker 3: in Kansas City.
Speaker 7: How got I forget Tony and Blake? Yes, I remember
Speaker 7: both of you.
Speaker 3: Of course, then Blake, nobody has ever.
Speaker 7: Wanted to nobody has ever wanted to meet me as
Speaker 7: badly as you and Blake wanted to meet me, Tony.
Speaker 7: It made me very awkward.
Speaker 3: Well, I mean, David, you, I mean going down the
Speaker 3: slide of Milwaukee. I think you did that to yourself.
Speaker 3: But we love you, though.
Speaker 7: Let me ask you a question. Would your son Blake
Speaker 7: have wanted to meet me if I went down that
Speaker 7: slide and came out of it healthy?
Speaker 3: Ask him yourself.
Speaker 7: He's on the line, Blake, would you have cared if
Speaker 7: I went down the slide and didn't get hurt? Would
Speaker 7: you really? Would you have wanted to meet me?
Speaker 3: Then?
Speaker 7: That't Oh, thank you, Blake. I appreciate that you love
Speaker 7: me for who I am, not for going down that
Speaker 7: slide and breaking my ribs and wrist. That means a
Speaker 7: lot to me. Hey, go ahead, what do you want
Speaker 7: to say?
Speaker 3: No, I'm sorry. What we want to say is what
Speaker 3: a great time to be a Dodger fan. I mean,
Speaker 3: we have Showhy on our side, we have Clayton going
Speaker 3: for three thousand, we have all these Dodgers that are
Speaker 3: up for the All Star Game. I mean this, I
Speaker 3: can't remember. And I've been a Dodger town for over
Speaker 3: forty years. I mean, this is one of the best
Speaker 3: times to be a fan.
Speaker 7: No doubt, golden age of Dodger baseball right now, and
Speaker 7: you're living it. And all you wanted to do was
Speaker 7: meet me.
Speaker 3: Hey, no that and I'm saying Blake is very He
Speaker 3: hasn't stopped talking about it, have you, Blake?
Speaker 11: No?
Speaker 7: Okay, Thanks Blake. It was great meeting you, Tony. Thanks
Speaker 7: a lot for the phone call. We'll see you down
Speaker 7: the road. Eight six six nine eight seven two five
Speaker 7: seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to uh
Speaker 7: let's take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When
Speaker 7: we come back, we'll check in with Jose Mota and
Speaker 7: we'll get his thoughts on Yamamoto. Plus, we have an
Speaker 7: update on Blake's now Tyler Glass now Blake Trining and
Speaker 7: also emm it shean. He pitched tonight in Oklahoma City.
Speaker 7: We'll let you know how he did, as he should
Speaker 7: be on his way back to La Very soon to
Speaker 7: pitch in the big leagues, because he certainly is going
Speaker 7: to be a big time factor for the Dodgers the
Speaker 7: second half of the season. Dodgers beat the White Sox
Speaker 7: tonight six to one. I promise Andrew Freeman the show
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Speaker 2: Otani awakes the three to two pitch from Shane Smith.
Speaker 7: Here it comes East wins. It's a high drive to
Speaker 7: right field, way back at does and this ball has
Speaker 7: got a home run. Show Hey oh.
Speaker 2: Tony with a blast his thirtieth of the season and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers lead at six to one.
Speaker 7: Show Hey Otani. One of only two Major leaguers to
Speaker 7: hit at least thirty home runs in each of the
Speaker 7: last five season. He and Aaron Judge had that distinction.
Speaker 7: Otani with his thirtieth home run of the year tonight
Speaker 7: to help the Dodgers beat the White Sox six to one.
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Speaker 7: seventy is the phone number I was gonna tell you
Speaker 7: about Emma Sheehan. He is coming off six perfect innings
Speaker 7: and thirteen strikeouts for Oklahoma City. He came back tonight
Speaker 7: and was not as perfect as Las Vegas beat Oklahoma
Speaker 7: City tonight in Nevada. Sheehan when two and a third innings,
Speaker 7: gave up four earned runs and through fifty nine pitches.
Speaker 7: So he obviously had his worst start since coming back
Speaker 7: from Tommy John surgery, whether it be in the majors
Speaker 7: or minors. But everybody in the Dodger organization is really
Speaker 7: excited about Shean and what he could do for them,
Speaker 7: not only this year, but moving forward. Kind of feels
Speaker 7: like his next start will be with the Dodgers, so
Speaker 7: we'll see whether or not that comes to fruition. Also,
Speaker 7: Dave Roberts said, Tyler Glass now is expected to make
Speaker 7: his final rehab start this upcoming week. He is expected
Speaker 7: to throw seventy five pitches in his next rehab start
Speaker 7: and after that could rejoin the Dodger rotation even before
Speaker 7: the All Star break. After the Dodgers close out this
Speaker 7: homestand they're going to Milwaukee and San Francisco before the
Speaker 7: All Star break. Also good news for our guy Blake Snell.
Speaker 7: He is expected to throw to hitters tomorrow, so is
Speaker 7: Blake try That'll be the first time those two have
Speaker 7: done that exercise, and that's a good sign for both
Speaker 7: of them. Blake Trinon who kind of pulled the ripcord
Speaker 7: early where he kind of felt something that didn't feel
Speaker 7: right in his forearm when the Dodgers were in Texas.
Speaker 7: He did a great job of not trying to push
Speaker 7: it because that has given him this opportunity to come
Speaker 7: back this season. And Blake's now, I mean, he's letting
Speaker 7: it rip and that's why he's able to face hitters tomorrow.
Speaker 7: Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 7: the phone number. Dodgers beat the White Sox tonight six
Speaker 7: to one. Let's go out to Mason who is at
Speaker 7: Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi, Mason, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 13: How's it going, David?
Speaker 7: Good to be on my pleasure? What's up? Mason?
Speaker 13: I was just curious, what is your opinion of Haithon Kim.
Speaker 13: Do you think he has a more permanent place in
Speaker 13: the lineup or is he going to continue to be
Speaker 13: more of a put him where we need him on
Speaker 13: nights where our starters are, you know, taking a break.
Speaker 7: Well, the Dodgers want to give him a little bit
Speaker 7: more of an opportunity to play, but I feel like
Speaker 7: it's going to be that way. Maybe he'll get more
Speaker 7: opportunities at second base since the Dodgers are comfortable now
Speaker 7: with Tommy Edmund's right ankle being healthy enough to play
Speaker 7: center field, so there could be days that Edmunds in
Speaker 7: center and Kim's playing second. Tonight was a scheduled day
Speaker 7: off for Mookie Bets, even before the road trip where
Speaker 7: he really didn't come out of this power powerless streak
Speaker 7: where he hasn't hit a home run in his last
Speaker 7: nineteen games. But you know, I see every team, not
Speaker 7: just the White Sox, basically giving Kim the left side
Speaker 7: of the infield. I would love for him to maybe
Speaker 7: just slap a ball down there or at least bunt
Speaker 7: to get on base, especially when you're hitting ninth in
Speaker 7: front of Otani.
Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean, I totally agree. My dad really thinks
Speaker 13: moving Paz to right, to Oscar to center and then
Speaker 13: Hi fund him play second would be maybe the best future.
Speaker 13: But I don't know that's that's his opinion, not mine.
Speaker 7: But sorry, what about my guy Conforto.
Speaker 13: I don't know. I think my dad's kind of wishy
Speaker 13: washed young Confordo. I like it more than he does,
Speaker 13: but I think that's his opinion more than his mind.
Speaker 7: All right, Well, Conforto Scott between now and July thirty
Speaker 7: first to prove that he can get more opportunities in
Speaker 7: left field, and he did a good job tonight. I
Speaker 7: mean he he hung in there, he hit a high fastball,
Speaker 7: broke his bat and drove in a couple of runs
Speaker 7: there in the first innings. So that was a big
Speaker 7: deal for Conforto coming off a very good road trip.
Speaker 7: All right, let's check in with our guy, Jose Moda.
Speaker 6: It's tough to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 7: All right, Jose Mota. The Dodgers get the win six
Speaker 7: to one over the White Sox. And Yama Moto does
Speaker 7: it again going seven innings to I felt like this
Speaker 7: is what he was supposed to do at the very least.
Speaker 14: Well, you're right, And one thing that I liked the
Speaker 14: most was the fact that you know, he didn't overuse
Speaker 14: any one pitch. He was able to man they played
Speaker 14: the fastball made different ways with a cutter, with the
Speaker 14: sinker or the forcing fastball.
Speaker 2: More than anything, David, he wasn't chasing punchells.
Speaker 14: What he did was what I saw that he did
Speaker 14: so well, was he was pretty much basing everything out
Speaker 14: of the swings. And if there's a time where you
Speaker 14: don't have to waste a pitch, because this is an
Speaker 14: inexperienced lineup some sorts, then he went out there and
Speaker 14: founded the zigne as much as you could, no matter
Speaker 14: what account was. So that's why you know this. Guys
Speaker 14: like this dis tigers themselves because they can change their
Speaker 14: patterns very quickly without chasing strikecoups. They find the strike
Speaker 14: caups because they're strong enough to know where swings would
Speaker 14: be amiss, where guys are swinging over the baseball, where
Speaker 14: guys are chasing more, where they're taking more about Nonetheless,
Speaker 14: it was all about FASTBA comath Tonite.
Speaker 7: Andy pie Has. It feels like he's getting more and
Speaker 7: more recognition for the first half he is putting together.
Speaker 7: He leads the Dodgers and RBIs now with fifty seven
Speaker 7: He's third in the National League with a three eighty
Speaker 7: three batting average with runners in scoring position. He actually
Speaker 7: told me Jose, everybody's trying to break down why he's
Speaker 7: doing so well and doing uh, you know, snapshots of
Speaker 7: his his laid kick or his batting stance. But what
Speaker 7: is it about pie Has this year?
Speaker 14: The number one thing is he's getting He caught them
Speaker 14: and whatever adjustments he needed to make, he did it
Speaker 14: last season towards the end. Carrying into this season. You know,
Speaker 14: just keeping the shoulder square was the main thing for
Speaker 14: him and getting on top some pitches, laid off some
Speaker 14: pitches of repetitions. Dave, you got to stay with guys
Speaker 14: and believe in them, and Dave Roberts has done that.
Speaker 14: There's no doubt that he has carried out. And pie
Speaker 14: Has has told me he is not a big deal
Speaker 14: what I'm doing in terms of major justinson just recognizing
Speaker 14: which pitches I and with which which is I have
Speaker 14: to lay off of uh, not being afraid to take
Speaker 14: a walk, and then not forgetting about the other side
Speaker 14: of the field. I mean, think about the rbos that
Speaker 14: he has and how many balls he's hit a foul
Speaker 14: and then he's able to square things up as he
Speaker 14: did today by just using his hands in a better way.
Speaker 14: He's a smart player who has the right questions. He
Speaker 14: gave him a report today. I'm just kid Shane Smith
Speaker 14: and was like right on the money and I'm glad
Speaker 14: to see that, you know, with the oscars help and
Speaker 14: I'm in the confidence he's getting from the staff.
Speaker 4: But he's able to go through and done.
Speaker 7: Hey, that makes sense. I mean he doesn't get enough
Speaker 7: credit because obviously he doesn't get in front of the
Speaker 7: microphone or the camera as often as other players, but
Speaker 7: it makes a lot of sense. He's prepared. He's not
Speaker 7: just showing up and getting into the batter's box. He's prepared.
Speaker 14: Right all just got back of anybody and understands what
Speaker 14: what concepts he is being toded. One thing young players
Speaker 14: for the Dodgers do tell me is from a time
Speaker 14: designed on to the tun there in the big leagues,
Speaker 14: there's concissius in the messaging for a young player, that's
Speaker 14: all you can ask for. If you see a card
Speaker 14: that car looks the same as a just the levels,
Speaker 14: it just creates less confusion and what your job is.
Speaker 14: And now when you get to a different level in
Speaker 14: testing the big leagues, you try to simplify and the
Speaker 14: these patterns are going to repeat themselves a little bit more,
Speaker 14: including guys we're pitching. That's what has a plant about quite.
Speaker 7: Well, Jose, Before I let you go, If Hayesa on
Speaker 7: Kim and everybody wants to see more of Kim, that's fine.
Speaker 7: But if you're hitting ninth and you have a chance
Speaker 7: to turn the lineup over for Otani and they're giving
Speaker 7: you the left side of the infield, are we going
Speaker 7: to see Kim learn how to bunt or try to
Speaker 7: bunt more? Because I heard he used to bunt a
Speaker 7: lot in Korea, but we just haven't seen it here.
Speaker 2: We have, in fact, I have there never seen anybody
Speaker 2: at any level anywhere defan bunt the way the White
Speaker 2: fig They have the third basement pretty much alive with
Speaker 2: the short supposition and playing in the grass. So if
Speaker 2: you've pushed downe a bad bunt, then the third base
Speaker 2: line hard you're going to be safe.
Speaker 14: And the one thing I asked him about Korea, and
Speaker 14: I asked some of his teammates in Korea, Toui, but
Speaker 14: his team, they were not allowed to butt a whole lot.
Speaker 14: He goes, No, we couldn't bun a whole lot because
Speaker 14: they wanted us to slug ball and try to get based,
Speaker 14: because we had a lot of guys that pretty much
Speaker 14: performed the same way. And I'm like, Okay, that makes
Speaker 14: a lot of sense. But at times, I think it's
Speaker 14: going to have to be part of his game because
Speaker 14: the man can fly with even with a normal, regular bunt,
Speaker 14: with a mediocre bun, he's going to put a lot
Speaker 14: of pressure on people to whether to try to get
Speaker 14: him out. So yeah, at some point I think it
Speaker 14: should be part of his game. And certainly the White
Speaker 14: Soxx know something that we didn't know about because they
Speaker 14: were totally trying to take it away. But to be
Speaker 14: in the wrong way.
Speaker 7: All right, Hose, We'll check in with you. Tomorrow should
Speaker 7: be a very special night here at Dodger Stadium with
Speaker 7: Clayton Kershaw expected to reach that three thousand strike strikeout plateau.
Speaker 14: It's a day when we all become fans.
Speaker 7: It's today, no doubt, that's right. Thanks a lot, Jose,
Speaker 7: appreciate Jose Mota checking in from parts unknown. All right,
Speaker 7: that'll do it for us. On Dodger Talk tonight Tomorrow,
Speaker 7: Kershaw Day and a special one. Three strikeouts away from
Speaker 7: three thousand in his career. He's four and oh this
Speaker 7: season with an ERA three zero three, coming off a
Speaker 7: great start in Denver where he only threw sixty nine pitches,
Speaker 7: the fewest amount of pitches that he has thrown in
Speaker 7: a start this year, and the other was twenty something
Speaker 7: where it was a rain delay. So he was so
Speaker 7: effective that he probably could have gone back out for
Speaker 7: another inning in Denver. But kind of feels like everybody
Speaker 7: wanted this to happen here and here he is just
Speaker 7: three strikeouts away from three thousand against the Chicago White Sox,
Speaker 7: who was throwing out Sean Burke four and with an
Speaker 7: ERA of four to twenty two. Morongo Casino Dodgers on
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Speaker 7: The final score tonight from Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers defeat
Speaker 7: the White Sox six to one. Have a great rest
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