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Speaker 2: What a finish at Dodgers Stadium after the Dodgers walk
Speaker 2: it off in dramatic style against the Rockies for a
Speaker 2: six to five win and hold a three game lead
Speaker 2: over the Padres heading into the Big showdown beginning Tuesday
Speaker 2: night here at Dodgers Stadium. Welcome the Dodger Talk David
Speaker 2: Vasse with you until five thirty tonight. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Jose Moto will check in in about fifteen minutes.
Speaker 3: And also we will hear from.
Speaker 2: Steve Jaeger, who was awarded the Tommy La Sorda True
Speaker 2: Blue Award on Tommy's birthday. His daughter Laura was here
Speaker 2: presenting Steve Yeager, one of the all time great catchers
Speaker 2: in franchise history, the ad and we'll reminisce with Steve
Speaker 2: Jeger before we say good night. But this was all
Speaker 2: about the twenty twenty four Dodgers. What a tale of
Speaker 2: two different games. I was thoroughly unimpressed with the Dodgers
Speaker 2: the first five or six innings of this game. A
Speaker 2: very disappointing start by Yoshi Yamamoto today, in a game
Speaker 2: the Dodgers needed him to pitch big, he did not.
Speaker 3: He only went three innings.
Speaker 2: He put the Dodgers in an early four to nothing
Speaker 2: hole and threw seventy nine pitches.
Speaker 3: Dave Roberts had to.
Speaker 2: Go to his bullpen for the start of the fourth inning.
Speaker 2: That's where Joe Kelly restored order, followed by Ryan Brasier.
Speaker 2: From there, benk Asparius, the rookie right hander who has
Speaker 2: been waiting for his turn to be the long reliever
Speaker 2: in an emergency situation the last few days, well, today
Speaker 2: was that day. Unexpectedly, but Casparras seemed.
Speaker 3: To be ready.
Speaker 2: He pitched three big innings for the Dodgers out of
Speaker 2: the bullpen. He only gave up one run, had five
Speaker 2: strikeouts and two walks. Those were three huge innings pitched
Speaker 2: by the rookie right hander. And then Blake Trenning came
Speaker 2: in struck out the side in order in the bottom
Speaker 2: of the eighth inning to give the Dodgers the opportunity
Speaker 2: to come back down a run in this game, and
Speaker 2: unlike last night, the top of the order was able
Speaker 2: to deliver Sho Haotani with a mammoth game tying home
Speaker 2: run to lead off the ninth inning against the same
Speaker 2: pitcher these guys saw less than twenty four hours ago
Speaker 2: and Seth Halverson. Seth Halverson part of this young Rockies
Speaker 2: bullpen that has the worst team ero in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 3: Okay, he got one over.
Speaker 2: You survived yesterday, But you're telling me Seth Halverson is
Speaker 2: going to be able to survive Otani, Betts and Freeman
Speaker 2: for a second straight game. Wasn't going to happen, and
Speaker 2: it never got to. Freddie Freeman, Otani and Mooki Betts
Speaker 2: took care of it, Mooki with the game winning walk
Speaker 2: off home run, his first as a Dodger, first career
Speaker 2: walk off home run by Mookie Betts, and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: needed this win badly, especially with the Padres beating the
Speaker 2: lowly White Sox, who are now officially the team with
Speaker 2: the most losses in baseball history. The Dodgers needed to
Speaker 2: take care of business against the last place Rockies, who
Speaker 2: have ninety six losses now. Huge win and it would
Speaker 2: have been as big of a loss if the Dodgers
Speaker 2: did not come back today. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. This comeback
Speaker 2: started not in the ninth inning. It started in the
Speaker 2: seventh inning. To asker, Hernandez hit a solo home run
Speaker 2: in the fourth, but the big inning for the Dodgers
Speaker 2: was in the seventh, as they scored three runs against.
Speaker 3: The Rockies bullpen.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman came up big in that seventh inning. After
Speaker 2: hitting into two double plays, he came up big with
Speaker 2: two outs to score show A Otani on an RBI
Speaker 2: single to right field off a left hander Luis Peralta,
Speaker 2: and then earlier in the inning, keik A Hernandez with
Speaker 2: a huge two run home run.
Speaker 3: Kei k A wasn't even in the original starting lineup.
Speaker 2: Max Munsey complained of some side soreness, and Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: put key A Hernandez into the starting lineup about two
Speaker 2: hours before first pitch, and wow, that turned out to
Speaker 2: be a blessing in disguise.
Speaker 3: Keik with two hits and kik A.
Speaker 2: Clutch as always ignited the Dodgers in that seventh inning
Speaker 2: with a two run home run, and from there the
Speaker 2: Big Boys took care of it in the ninth inning,
Speaker 2: back to back home runs. For the twelfth time this season,
Speaker 2: Otani four for five today. What an incredible game by him,
Speaker 2: fifty three home runs and fifty five stolen bases, the
Speaker 2: fifteenth time this season sho Haotani has homered and stolen
Speaker 2: the base in the same game.
Speaker 3: But as I have told you.
Speaker 2: All season long, with the interruption of a broken left hand,
Speaker 2: this was the season of Mookie Bets. And yes, Sho
Speaker 2: Haotani is going to win the National League MVP, But
Speaker 2: to me, the Dodgers team MVP for a number of
Speaker 2: different reasons is Mookie Bets, and I was so happy
Speaker 2: for him to get that big hit for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: his first career walk off home run. Here was Mooky
Speaker 2: after the game. Mookie, how does it feel to be
Speaker 2: celebrated by this crowd and come up with such a
Speaker 2: big win.
Speaker 4: It feels amazing.
Speaker 3: You know, I'm fortunate.
Speaker 5: Uh, but uh it's if everyone is huge And that
Speaker 5: was a good one.
Speaker 2: You saw that closer last night. How much of an
Speaker 2: advantage was that for un show.
Speaker 5: Big advantage anytime you can see a guy over and
Speaker 5: over again. It's gonna kind of work to our advantage. Unfortunately,
Speaker 5: I got a fish to hit and I didn't miss it.
Speaker 2: Mookie, you always seem to come up big and the
Speaker 2: biggest of moments. Where does this rank this year for
Speaker 2: you guys? How big of a win and how big
Speaker 2: of a hit was that?
Speaker 5: I would say it's probably, you know, top five hits
Speaker 5: for me this season for sure, But you know everyone
Speaker 5: is huge and that one, that one, especially knowing that
Speaker 5: the Padres won their game and so we were down,
Speaker 5: but you know we fought back.
Speaker 2: I'll let you celebrate with your team. Man, what a hit, Mookie,
Speaker 2: what a player. You always steal the show.
Speaker 3: I try know, show stills this show.
Speaker 2: I'm just here to support him. Thanks Mookie, sir. And
Speaker 2: that's a pretty good support system right there. Mookie Bets
Speaker 2: and show hey Otani do what they're supposed to do
Speaker 2: and come up big and carry the Dodgers to a win.
Speaker 3: That's what those two MVPs did in the ninth inning.
Speaker 2: Otani with the game tying home run to lead off
Speaker 2: the inning and Mookie Betts down two. That wasn't an
Speaker 2: off speed hangar that he hit for the game winning
Speaker 2: home run.
Speaker 3: That was an two to one hundred fastball.
Speaker 2: On the inner part of the plate that he turned
Speaker 2: on to give the Dodgers a huge six to five win.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number when you look at this game.
Speaker 3: It really was a tale of two games. And now the.
Speaker 2: Dodgers really have to focus on the San Diego Padres
Speaker 2: as they come to town three games back. And the
Speaker 2: math is really simple for the Dodgers. All you have
Speaker 2: to do is win two out of three, whether it's
Speaker 2: the first two, the middle two, the last two. Just
Speaker 2: win two and you are the NLS champions. But they
Speaker 2: are going to face maybe the hottest team in all
Speaker 2: a Major League Baseball, not just the hottest team in
Speaker 2: the National League, but the hottest team in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 2: And we all know how the Padres get up emotionally
Speaker 2: to play the Dodgers. Dave Roberts said before today's game
Speaker 2: that he believes the Dodgers cannot play cool against the Padres.
Speaker 2: They have got to match the intensity and the emotion
Speaker 2: of the Padres. And if you're looking at Dodgers Padres history,
Speaker 2: the last time the Dodgers and Padres were this close
Speaker 2: in a NL West race in a full season. Go
Speaker 2: back to two thousand and six, the Padres and Dodgers
Speaker 2: were tied the last three days of the season. The
Speaker 2: Padres had the tiebreakers, so they won the division that year.
Speaker 2: It's kind of similar this season because if the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Padres finish in a tie, the Padres hold the
Speaker 2: tiebreaker as well, So that's why today's win was so big.
Speaker 2: If the Dodgers are only two games ahead of the
Speaker 2: Padres going into the three game series, the margin for
Speaker 2: error is a lot smaller than it is with a
Speaker 2: three game lead and the Padres holding the season series.
Speaker 2: If you go back a little bit farther as well,
Speaker 2: nineteen ninety six, the Dodgers and Padres went down to
Speaker 2: an exciting finish as well the Eric Harris Mike Piazza
Speaker 2: raoul Mondese Dodgers, where it had two and a half
Speaker 2: games with four to go. Those Dodgers lost four in
Speaker 2: a row to end the season.
Speaker 3: They were the.
Speaker 2: Wildcard team and the Padres were the division win. So wow,
Speaker 2: what a finished year at Dodgers Stadium. Mookie Bets and
Speaker 2: show Hey Otani walk it off for the Dodgers. I'm
Speaker 2: sure if the Dodgers lost today, we would have a
Speaker 2: full border calls. But right now it feels like everybody
Speaker 2: is just relieved, and it feels like that was the
Speaker 2: feeling in that Dodger dugout, a sense of relief by
Speaker 2: that Dodger dugout that Mookie Bets and show hey Otani
Speaker 2: rescued them from what was the first six innings, one
Speaker 2: of the first six worst innings. I have seen the
Speaker 2: Dodgers offense all season long, and Yamamoto just not a
Speaker 2: really good performance.
Speaker 3: And if the.
Speaker 2: Dodgers lose this game, by the way, you don't have
Speaker 2: Yama Moto for the Padres Series. Of course, the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: when Yamamoto came back, obviously lined up his schedule with
Speaker 2: the thoughts they were going to win the NL West. Well,
Speaker 2: what if they lose today and Yamamoto pitches the By
Speaker 2: giving him this schedule and of course giving him extra
Speaker 2: rest like they have all season long, they would not
Speaker 2: have had Yamamoto for the Padres Series.
Speaker 3: And Yamamoto's next start is going to.
Speaker 2: Be next Saturday, the second to last game of the
Speaker 2: regular season. If the Dodgers' worst case scenario are the
Speaker 2: wildcard team. Yamamoto couldn't have started the first or second
Speaker 2: game of that Wildcard series. So this was such a
Speaker 2: big win on so many levels. It's not just another
Speaker 2: win to keep pace with the Padres. There were so
Speaker 2: many different layers to the Dodgers only being up two
Speaker 2: games going into the three game series against the Padres.
Speaker 2: Not to mention the Padres riding high while the Dodgers
Speaker 2: losing two out of three against the Rockies, that would
Speaker 2: not have felt great.
Speaker 3: So this game meant a lot.
Speaker 2: And when the Dodgers are popping bottles, I feel like
Speaker 2: we'll look back at this game among many that was
Speaker 2: maybe the bigest of the Dodgers the final two weeks
Speaker 2: of the season. Eight six, six ninety seven, two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. By the way, the Dodger
Speaker 2: pitching staff today struck out seventeen Rockies, tying a season high.
Speaker 2: Yamamoto had four of those, but the other relievers Joe Kelly,
Speaker 2: Ryan Brasier, Ben Casparius and Blake Trining combined for thirteen
Speaker 2: strikeouts against the Rockies. We're gonna take a time out
Speaker 2: here on Dodger Talk. When we continue, we'll check in
Speaker 2: with Jose Mota and get to your phone calls after
Speaker 2: a big win in dramatic fashion, Otani Mookie Betts back
Speaker 2: to back home runs to give the Dodgers a six
Speaker 2: to five win over the Rockies on AM five to
Speaker 2: seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 3: Oh two pinch to Mochi.
Speaker 2: He swings HiT's adrive, dap left.
Speaker 3: It's heading back to the wall. This ball is done.
Speaker 3: It's gone, It's done.
Speaker 7: A walk up winner, Tomokie.
Speaker 3: Betts, Emma, Dodgers come on the way back to win
Speaker 3: it six to five. Bets with a blast and a
Speaker 3: pokey Poman on a.
Speaker 2: Sunday and blon and the Dodgers win their ninety third
Speaker 2: game of the season. Oh what a beautiful ending on
Speaker 2: a beautiful Sunday afternoon.
Speaker 3: At Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: Show Hey O'tani and Mookie Bets with back to back
Speaker 2: home runs to walk it off against the Rockies six
Speaker 2: to five. The final score here at Dodgers Stadium. As
Speaker 2: the Dodgers now have only six games to play in
Speaker 2: this regular season, with a three game lead over the
Speaker 2: San Diego Padres. The Padres will be year Tuesday night.
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Speaker 2: runs today. Taascar Hernandez hit his thirty first of the year,
Speaker 2: a solo shot in the fourth inning. I still believe
Speaker 2: keyk hernandez Is two run home run in the seventh
Speaker 2: inning was maybe as big of a home run as
Speaker 2: Otani and bats in a different way without that two
Speaker 2: run home run. It takes more than just two solo
Speaker 2: home runs to win the game in the ninth inning.
Speaker 2: So Key K a Hernandez was meant to be in
Speaker 2: this starting lineup a late scratch with Max Munci. Keyk
Speaker 2: gets the start at third base, has two hits, and
Speaker 2: hits a big, one out, two run home run in
Speaker 2: that seventh inning, and it was nice to see Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman gets some redemption with two outs an RBI base
Speaker 2: hit off the left hander Luis Peralta, who the Dodgers
Speaker 2: saw yesterday as well, and of course Otani and Mookie Betts.
Speaker 2: What can you say about two of the best players
Speaker 2: in the game today? Eight six six nine, eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's heat out
Speaker 2: to Jose Mota. Jose, what a win for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: But did you feel like this was a tale of
Speaker 2: two different games.
Speaker 8: On the first half, for it is pretty much a
Speaker 8: reminder of what happened last October against the Diamondbacks. Were
Speaker 8: just okay, where is it? I mean, they're in the
Speaker 8: ball They're still going to pitchers pitches, and but I
Speaker 8: always the hope a bet and I told this on
Speaker 8: the air the pepe I have a feeling that this
Speaker 8: building is one swing away from rocking. And at the
Speaker 8: very end it took the right gas loaned up to
Speaker 8: get it done. I'm so glad it happened.
Speaker 2: If you look at keyk Hernandez, who was not even
Speaker 2: supposed to be in the game today, Jose, I guess
Speaker 2: it was meant to be because nobody is more clutch
Speaker 2: than Keith k as far as the role players go,
Speaker 2: and there's an argument to be made that he may
Speaker 2: be the most clutch player on the team. For him
Speaker 2: to come up with that two run home run, it
Speaker 2: felt like the Dodgers had to come back within them.
Speaker 9: Dave.
Speaker 8: It was like the alarm going off when Kick hit
Speaker 8: that ball, because keik I would put Kick in any
Speaker 8: type of pressure situations against anybody, in front of anybody,
Speaker 8: because he's lived the before. He keeps a moment to himself,
Speaker 8: knows exactly what to try to do. And then that's
Speaker 8: another example too of why you need veteran, tested, proven
Speaker 8: players on your bench who knew but Kick it by
Speaker 8: stunting the ball and hitting ball the other way the
Speaker 8: first time, I just got a sense that he was
Speaker 8: covered the half very well, and then when it's come
Speaker 8: down to pull the ball, he was going to strike.
Speaker 8: But I mean, it's the tail pretty much, David with
Speaker 8: what why do you guys like Kick thrive in these situations?
Speaker 8: Why you trust him and certain why championship caliber teams
Speaker 8: need people like Kei, ca Hernandez.
Speaker 3: Jose Motive is joining us.
Speaker 2: After the Dodgers come from behind to beat the Rockies
Speaker 2: today six to five, Jose Can we stop with the
Speaker 2: doubts that Otani is not clutch? He has hit a
Speaker 2: walk off Grand Slam here he comes up with a huge,
Speaker 2: game tying home run in the ninth inning. Can the
Speaker 2: critics just stop with the doubts that Otani is not clutch?
Speaker 2: I feel like he's proven proven himself already this season.
Speaker 8: What else does a guy need to do? I mean,
Speaker 8: in the abses of Mooki Beats who moved to the
Speaker 8: leadout spot, uh, because the Muki was coming back? Why
Speaker 8: is Bookie so productive to getting RBIs and make RBIs
Speaker 8: And not to take anything away from Muki, but it's
Speaker 8: like one guy's feasts off the other, and there's no
Speaker 8: doubt about it. I mean, people are gonna find whatever
Speaker 8: they're gonna find. Obviously, we know there's you know, a
Speaker 8: little bit of a bias because he's a DH. But
Speaker 8: as I say, uh, you know, Otani didn't decide, and
Speaker 8: David Ortiz didn't decide, and Ego Martinez didn't decide. I'm
Speaker 8: gonna be a dge, say you, I just don't want
Speaker 8: to pay any defense. Hey, it's just the way it is.
Speaker 7: Man.
Speaker 8: Just enjoy it and enjoy the riot, because if you
Speaker 8: think about all the RBIs he has, Are you gonna
Speaker 8: tell me that the other seventy five besides the home
Speaker 8: runs count for nothing.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 8: I mean, his average is a little bit down minute
Speaker 8: scoring position, but he's coming up big in some big
Speaker 8: situitches against very good pitchers when he's been the target.
Speaker 8: The guy with the bullseyes is like to say, don't
Speaker 8: let him beat us. He finds a way to keep
Speaker 8: it very simple and goes out there and beat you.
Speaker 8: So ignore those that talk and let him talk whatever
Speaker 8: they want. But he's proving to everybody that he is
Speaker 8: the best player on the planet today, no doubt.
Speaker 3: And he stole two bases today.
Speaker 2: The second one was huge in the seventh inning with
Speaker 2: two outs. He scores from second base on that two
Speaker 2: out RBI bas hit by Freddie Freeman. So it's not
Speaker 2: just about patting the stats today, it was about those
Speaker 2: stolen bases coming up big to help the Dodgers score runs.
Speaker 8: Great point you make, because let me tell you sounds
Speaker 8: that about stolen bases and how that changes the man
Speaker 8: in which an inning develops, the man in which a
Speaker 8: catcher calls a pitch, even gets into a sequence of
Speaker 8: calling pitches and it's just a matter that you know,
Speaker 8: sometimes just the extra focus that he needed a pitcher
Speaker 8: because now comes Freddy, now comes Mookie is like, oh
Speaker 8: my goodness. There's also a minute scoring position, and if
Speaker 8: I don't pay attention to him, he's going to steal
Speaker 8: third base. They've all those things have to do with
Speaker 8: what you see as a hitter hitting behind show hey,
Speaker 8: and why innings are actually flow better when he is
Speaker 8: on base. There's a lot of things that happen. You know, guys,
Speaker 8: I'm not just gonna throw fastballs because he's on base.
Speaker 8: It's not what I'm saying, get that very clear. But
Speaker 8: the concentration that you take away from a picture that
Speaker 8: wants to be quits the plate or not able to
Speaker 8: repeat the release point and hang something is what has
Speaker 8: really made Mooki and Freddy even better themselves.
Speaker 2: What was the most impressive part of Mookie BET's walk
Speaker 2: off home run? To me, it wasn't so much hitting
Speaker 2: that one hundred fastball. To me, it was not giving
Speaker 2: up on the bat when he was down two.
Speaker 8: Yeah, And I'm I'm glad Mooki said this to you,
Speaker 8: because guys love to see a familiar arm. Back to
Speaker 8: back and some managers will try to avoid that if
Speaker 8: they can, but Mooki knows relief point, pitch selection one
Speaker 8: hundred plus and the young man who's got a very
Speaker 8: good arm who just got away with one last night,
Speaker 8: and then that top of the odor too. When you
Speaker 8: consider that they're not table setters. These are sluggers that
Speaker 8: if you make a mistake, they're gonna hurt you. What
Speaker 8: really cut my eye on that up about is he
Speaker 8: stayed calm and he allowed himself to say, even if
Speaker 8: I'm a little bit late because he throws out splitter,
Speaker 8: I'm gonna trust my hands and drop the barrel in
Speaker 8: the fastball pitcher like that, don't try to overgenerate, use
Speaker 8: the barrel, use your hands in, Mooki. Rob bat Sclawyer
Speaker 8: told me this two days ago. He's coming. He goes,
Speaker 8: look at those hands are working again, Hose, And you
Speaker 8: know what, he's been right on the money, Jose.
Speaker 2: Last night, you said today needed to be the first
Speaker 2: playoff game that the Dodgers are attacked like. Treat this
Speaker 2: like a playoff game. The first five or six innings,
Speaker 2: it did not feel that way. What's the sense you
Speaker 2: get from this team after today's win? Going into Tuesday
Speaker 2: nights matchup against the Padres, who are the hottest team
Speaker 2: in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 8: We all believe in momentum, and we all believe in
Speaker 8: the fact that the first five innings actually did play.
Speaker 8: They looked like a playoff game when somebody is a
Speaker 8: number one starter, number two starters really not allowing you
Speaker 8: to make good swings. And the defense with three double plays,
Speaker 8: you know, responded to sens of delap But a playoff
Speaker 8: game doesn't mean you're gonna blow somebody out. They're gonna
Speaker 8: execute perfect. It's about staying in the moment and knowing
Speaker 8: that if you have opportunities left, Dave, there's a chance
Speaker 8: to do some damage. Now, Casparius, I will give that kid,
Speaker 8: I mean a lot of credit because he at least
Speaker 8: allow only one run and allowed the offense to carry
Speaker 8: that momentum because he allowed them to stay close enough.
Speaker 8: But you know what, I get used to this because
Speaker 8: that's exactly what I want to see. If it doesn't
Speaker 8: go your way the first half of the game, there's
Speaker 8: still a lot of game left, and they responded quite nicely.
Speaker 8: Now going into that serting against the Potters, because I
Speaker 8: you know, only thing I said last night, was you
Speaker 8: know what turned it on? When the pods are here,
Speaker 8: it doesn't help you. It needed to be today. And
Speaker 8: now we have that mentality that, you know what, it
Speaker 8: doesn't matter what's happened in the first few innings. We
Speaker 8: can go out there and compete and they will see
Speaker 8: very good pitching with San Diego. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Very thankful for the Rockies bullpen. Very thankful that the
Speaker 2: Dodgers did not give up on this game. Before I
Speaker 2: let you go, Hoose, we're going to hear from Steve
Speaker 2: Yeager a little bit later in the show. I know
Speaker 2: you were around him during his prime playing days. How
Speaker 2: great was it to see him so happy and so
Speaker 2: touched by what Bill Russell and Rick Monday had to
Speaker 2: say about him and the fans saluting him.
Speaker 8: Oh I loved you know Rick's wars and Bill Russell's
Speaker 8: were was about a guy that was so tough. Dave
Speaker 8: as a as a young kid in the clubhouse. That
Speaker 8: is the player that I saw limping the most in
Speaker 8: the clubhouse, okay, and getting his treatment and coming out
Speaker 8: we think that is he going to be able to
Speaker 8: plug today? But Yan always stuck up. He wanted to
Speaker 8: be in there nobody ever cared about what Steve Jeger
Speaker 8: was hitting, because what he did behind the plate, the
Speaker 8: confidence he's still on guys on the mound, the way
Speaker 8: he blocked and help said he got when he let
Speaker 8: something go by was pretty much what the Dodgers needed
Speaker 8: at that time. And I actually saw him play and
Speaker 8: win Alball Dominican as a young catcher. And let me
Speaker 8: tell you, I said, he's one of those guys that
Speaker 8: he's gonna make everybody better because he has the ability
Speaker 8: to be tough enough and sometimes, you know, be grouch
Speaker 8: enough to make sure that message gets across. So I'm
Speaker 8: so happy for Yang and really about Rick Monday's words
Speaker 8: mean a whole lot too.
Speaker 3: All Right, Jose, thanks for sharing. We'll see you on
Speaker 3: Tuesday night.
Speaker 2: This place will be rocking Ken don't want it any
Speaker 2: other way. Dodgers padres for the NL West. We'll see
Speaker 2: you on Tuesday.
Speaker 8: Oh okay, my friend right in front of them.
Speaker 2: All right, there he goes Jose Motive part of the
Speaker 2: Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast with Pep Bee and Ningez and
Speaker 2: the great Fernando Valenzuela. You know, I'm looking back at
Speaker 2: the replay of Otani's reaction after he hit a home run.
Speaker 2: I never seen that type of emotion from him in
Speaker 2: this type of game. He has never been in this
Speaker 2: type of atmosphere, on this type of team with so
Speaker 2: much at stake, and he has risen to the occasion.
Speaker 2: He really has thrived in this winning environment with the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: It was so great to see him as he was
Speaker 2: rounding second base, screaming at the Dodger dugout.
Speaker 3: Let's go, Let's go.
Speaker 2: You don't see that type of emotion from Otani very often,
Speaker 2: and he and Mookie Betts carry the Dodgers over the
Speaker 2: finish line today in the bottom of the ninth inning
Speaker 2: back to back home runs Mooki. What a home run
Speaker 2: by him to give the Dodgers the six to five win,
Speaker 2: his first walk off.
Speaker 3: Home run as a Dodger.
Speaker 2: All right, let's get out to the phones before we
Speaker 2: hear from Steve Jeger. Let's go out to San Diego. Gilberto,
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Gilberto movie, Hey can't.
Speaker 3: Get any better than this.
Speaker 2: Only time it'll get don was when the Dodgers clinched
Speaker 2: the NL West.
Speaker 7: Listen, they will do that. I mean, I saw the
Speaker 7: game today on TV and he was frustrating the first
Speaker 7: five innings. But somehow they've found a way and it's
Speaker 7: amazing that we have the best player ever, I mean
Speaker 7: in Ottani. This guy is so smart and he's having
Speaker 7: fun and he knows what is what's up now, and
Speaker 7: I really think this thing can go far because not
Speaker 7: a lot of people that give them the credit. I know,
Speaker 7: the pitsion, the starting pision is. You know, it's not
Speaker 7: what we want it to be. But somehow Dave Roberts
Speaker 7: has that team very tight and that's great. And one
Speaker 7: more thing, David, I want to thank you. I received
Speaker 7: my book.
Speaker 3: All right, congratulations, wonderful. I love it, love it. Gilberto,
Speaker 3: thanks a lot for the phone call. Yeah. Give Dave
Speaker 3: Roberts a lot of credit.
Speaker 2: He was able to manage this game with his starter
Speaker 2: yama Moto, only going three innings.
Speaker 3: The Dodgers had.
Speaker 2: Planned on allowing Yamamoto to go at least six innings.
Speaker 2: Today nobody saw this type of performance. Three innings and
Speaker 2: you're down four to nothing with yama Moto on the mound.
Speaker 3: That was not part of the plan. But the Dodger.
Speaker 2: Offense was asleep and lethargic the first six innings. They
Speaker 2: hit into a season high three double plays today. Luckily
Speaker 2: they were able to get Senstela, who was only making
Speaker 2: his second start of the season, out of this game
Speaker 2: after the fifth inning and get to that very shaky
Speaker 2: Rockies bullpen and team bullpen era of almost six the
Speaker 2: worst in baseball.
Speaker 3: So that's the plan.
Speaker 2: Get the starter out, get to that bullpen, and that's
Speaker 2: what they did today, scoring five runs in the last
Speaker 2: three innings.
Speaker 3: Let's go out to go Leada. Sean, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 3: How you doing, Sean? How are you great?
Speaker 10: Awesome? Okay, I'll get to it. Two things. First of all,
Speaker 10: you already touched on it.
Speaker 9: Keik Hernandez in the lineup today, I was a little
Speaker 9: bit oh no, man, that was like a godsend. But
Speaker 9: then secondly, going into the playoffs, I'm thinking like, do
Speaker 9: Walker Bueller and Daniel Hudson have a roster spot and
Speaker 9: does Brent Honeywell actually make it?
Speaker 10: And dark Horse get your thoughts.
Speaker 9: Probably you have something to talk about later, Tony Gonsolin,
Speaker 9: because after last night, I just don't see a way
Speaker 9: where those two guys are additive right now, maybe.
Speaker 3: Right well number one, number one.
Speaker 2: I do believe Bueller and Hudson have a spot on
Speaker 2: the playoff roster. I don't believe Honeywell does. I believe
Speaker 2: that Landon Nak has a spot on the playoff roster.
Speaker 2: And you're right. Tony Gonsolin is a very interesting name.
Speaker 2: After pitching really well yesterday for Oklahoma City, Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: said they are going to talk about whether or not
Speaker 2: he's going to make a start at Course Field next weekend,
Speaker 2: or they are going to decide whether or not Gonsolin
Speaker 2: is going to make the postseason roster or the NLDS,
Speaker 2: because remember you can change your roster every round. So
Speaker 2: just because Gonsolin's not on the NLDS roster doesn't mean
Speaker 2: they may not use him for a seven game series
Speaker 2: in the NLCS. But Tony Gonsolin's name is definitely being
Speaker 2: discussed to be part of a certain point in time
Speaker 2: in this playoff roster, whether it's the first round, the
Speaker 2: LCS or the World Series.
Speaker 9: I love that, you know, I think he's a gamer
Speaker 9: and he's you know, I don't think they'd be pushing
Speaker 9: him to come back or like get back into game
Speaker 9: action if there wasn't a chance. And then just to
Speaker 9: topple on that you'll need him for these games where
Speaker 9: these guys do go three innings. It'll be nice to
Speaker 9: have him some experience. But then secondly, I love that
Speaker 9: this upcoming series is at home and not in San
Speaker 9: Diego because it might it may force our guys to
Speaker 9: care for a change when San Diego comes to town.
Speaker 2: But you know what the biggest reason is to have
Speaker 2: these games the Dodger Stadium. The Dodger offense has the
Speaker 2: last at bat, and that's something that's very important in
Speaker 2: these games against the Padres. So I think, to me,
Speaker 2: that's the biggest reason to have The Dodgers are fortunate
Speaker 2: to have these games here. With the shaky pitching, to
Speaker 2: have the last at bat with those players is a
Speaker 2: huge advantage instead of the Padres having the last at
Speaker 2: bat against the Dodger bullpen.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I totally agree, looking forward to it. I'll be
Speaker 10: there Tuesday night, all right.
Speaker 2: Sean, look forward to seeing you out here at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Long Beach.
Speaker 3: Joe. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 8: How you doing, Joe, Hey, Dave Great.
Speaker 11: I wanted to say something to your guest, or about
Speaker 11: your guest. Steve Dieger, one of my best childhood memories
Speaker 11: was the Dodgers were trying to send off the A's
Speaker 11: at the time. I'm sorry, I fend off the Reds.
Speaker 11: I think this was seventy four. We were home against
Speaker 11: them in the late innings. Jeger hit a three to
Speaker 11: one home run to beat those guys, and the crowd
Speaker 11: Jess wouldn't stop sharing her listen on the radio with
Speaker 11: the skull, the calm, the game and the ovation just
Speaker 11: went on and on and on. But after that we
Speaker 11: never heard from the Reds again. And I always remember that.
Speaker 3: Steve Vieger, Hey, you gotta love that.
Speaker 2: Beating the big Red Machine, the Dodgers supplanting them as
Speaker 2: the kings of the NL West. When those two teams
Speaker 2: were in the same division. That was special times right there.
Speaker 2: And Rick Monday always said, the big Blue wrecking crew
Speaker 2: beat the big Red Machine.
Speaker 11: That's right, all right, Thanks Ae.
Speaker 3: Hey, thank you, Joe.
Speaker 2: And speaking of Steve Jeger, yes, he was awarded the
Speaker 2: Timy lasorda Bleed Blue Dodger Award. It's the third time
Speaker 2: that they have given out that award. It started three
Speaker 2: years ago. John Shoemaker won it last year. Steve Yeger,
Speaker 2: who was a member of the Dodgers for basically his
Speaker 2: entire career except one, fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball,
Speaker 2: fourteen of them with the Dodgers, and Steve is part
Speaker 2: of a long lineage of great catchers going back to
Speaker 2: Roy Campanella, Johnny Roseboro. Those guys passed the torch to
Speaker 2: Steve Jeger and Mike Soosha, And it was great to
Speaker 2: see Steve out here with his family. And here was
Speaker 2: part of our conversation with Steve Jeger on winning such
Speaker 2: a great award named after his former manager, the great
Speaker 2: Tommy la Sorda, who was born on this date back
Speaker 2: in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on nineteen twenty seven.
Speaker 12: Well, you know, David, it it's always nice for an
Speaker 12: athlete to get an award for doing anything, But when you
Speaker 12: get an award that's named after someone that you've known
Speaker 12: for over fifty five years of your life, that's been
Speaker 12: instrumental in some of the things you've done as a
Speaker 12: player and as a person, and has such the lives
Speaker 12: as so many young men with the same dreams that
Speaker 12: we all have, the same dreams of these kids down
Speaker 12: here as we see today go on and his influence,
Speaker 12: his ability to teach you how to play the game,
Speaker 12: teach you how to be together, and to teach you
Speaker 12: what the organization really means. And there's nobody that loves
Speaker 12: the Dodgers anymore than Tommy did.
Speaker 4: No one respected more than Tommy did.
Speaker 12: And of course that just trickles down to the players
Speaker 12: and the guys that had the privilege of being.
Speaker 4: In this organization.
Speaker 12: And when you always say that when you put that
Speaker 12: uniform on at Dodger White's, it's a different uniform, it's
Speaker 12: a different feeling.
Speaker 4: And I've got that feeling. I've had that feeling and
Speaker 4: I'll continue to have that feeling.
Speaker 2: One of the greatest catchers in Dodger history, Steve Jaeger,
Speaker 2: not only loves the Dodgers, but he left body parts
Speaker 2: on the field for the Dodgers, including in nineteen seventy
Speaker 2: nine Steve Dave Parker running you over. Have you recovered
Speaker 2: from that? Can you do you remember that play? Because
Speaker 2: Rick Monday talks about it all the time.
Speaker 12: I remember the player was in Pittsburgh and now Oliver
Speaker 12: was a hitter. Parker was on second base and Olirig
Speaker 12: is a base hit in a four holes based at
Speaker 12: the right field. Reggie's out there. I see Parker. He's
Speaker 12: taking off. Reggie's going out, and I said, okay, so
Speaker 12: I'm watching Reggie, I'm watching Parker. I'm watching Reggie, I'm
Speaker 12: watching the Parker. I'm watching the ball. I'm watching Parker.
Speaker 12: I'm watching the ball. And I'm here in Parker, you know,
Speaker 12: And the Parker and the ball got to be about
Speaker 12: the same time. All I remember was one big bad collision,
Speaker 12: held onto the ball, and boog.
Speaker 4: Pow picked me up and said, I'll carry off a
Speaker 4: little buddy. But the good thing is that he was out.
Speaker 4: We won the ball game.
Speaker 12: And to show you what type of guys that those
Speaker 12: pirates were and Dave, they came in to see if
Speaker 12: I was all right between itnings.
Speaker 4: So that was a nice thing.
Speaker 2: Remarkable. You remember, it's you kidding me, Steve. Another story
Speaker 2: we've heard. You really took it personal when a ball
Speaker 2: got behind you. And in spring training there was a
Speaker 2: string section as it goes in Vero Beach, and I
Speaker 2: guess one day the pitching staff tried to challenge you
Speaker 2: that a ball wouldn't get through your legs.
Speaker 3: Do you remember that.
Speaker 4: I remember knowing.
Speaker 12: The fact is I didn't want to get a ball
Speaker 12: by me, and it was hard to get one by
Speaker 12: me because I didn't want the embarrassment and running back
Speaker 12: there and picking up in front of the fans.
Speaker 4: So I worked very hard on that. But I as
Speaker 4: far as they getting buy me, I probably challenged him,
Speaker 4: I think, and throw one by me, and I I
Speaker 4: just it's just practiced for me.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I heard, no baseball's got through you.
Speaker 4: Well, it was tough, there was something get by.
Speaker 12: But for the most part, I think that that was
Speaker 12: part of my job, was to block the balls and
Speaker 12: to throw runners out and take care of my pitching
Speaker 12: staff and take care of the defense. And the more
Speaker 12: that the little things that I can do to help
Speaker 12: them out, the better it is.
Speaker 2: I just think back to this long lineage of Dodger catchers,
Speaker 2: Roy Campanella, Johnny Roseboro, Jeff Torborg, Steve Jeger. I mean
Speaker 2: this organization. Well, he came after you, Steve, you passed
Speaker 2: the baton to him.
Speaker 4: He's still done a great job for Michael.
Speaker 12: He had a great career as a player and a
Speaker 12: great career as a manager.
Speaker 4: So he's he's I'm proud of him. I really am.
Speaker 3: Well, you were the predecessor, you were the teacher. This
Speaker 3: is awesome.
Speaker 4: I don't I know about the teacher. Buddy watched for
Speaker 4: a while. Anyway.
Speaker 2: Congratulations on an award that you deserve to be celebrated
Speaker 2: by this organization that you gave everything to.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 12: I'm just grateful for the organization. And of course Laurel
Speaker 12: Assorta elected me this year for the winners, so I'm grateful,
Speaker 12: I really am.
Speaker 4: I enjoy it.
Speaker 2: What a great day at Dodgers Stadium as the Dodgers
Speaker 2: walk it off against the Rockies in a big win,
Speaker 2: and also Steve Jeger in the house to be honored
Speaker 2: on Tommy Lasorda's birthday with the Tommy la Sorta I
Speaker 2: Bleed Dodger Blue Award. Steve Jeger left it all out
Speaker 2: on the field and love hearing those stories from one
Speaker 2: of the great Dodger catchers in their franchise history. Tomorrow,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers have a day off, they will get back
Speaker 2: at it with the showdown against the San Diego Padres.
Speaker 2: First pitches at seventy ten. Our coverage begins at six o'clock.
Speaker 2: Landon Neck going up against Michael King, That'll do it
Speaker 2: for us from Dodgers Stadium. An exciting finish of course,
Speaker 2: here on the final Sunday regular season here at Chavez
Speaker 2: Ravine with the Dodgers walking it off with Mookie Betts
Speaker 2: home run his first career walk off home run as
Speaker 2: a Dodger. Our thanks to Colin Yee back at our
Speaker 2: Burbank studios, Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium, and
Speaker 2: to you for listening. In case you missed any of
Speaker 2: the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2: We will talk to you on Tuesday once again. The
Speaker 2: final score from Dodgers Stadium, the Dodgers walking off.
Speaker 3: Against the Rockies six to five. Have a great rest
Speaker 3: of your Sunday, See Yu Say