WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:06.280 The right quot. Dodgers Playoff Baseball is. 2 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:13.439 Back, and with it an annual postseason tradition Scam is back. 3 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:16.399 Baby. This is Sax and Cakes in. 4 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:18.839 The a APPA go with Proway. 5 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:23.399 Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your favorite Dodger 6 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:27.559 pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to talk Dodgers, 7 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:29.960 get in on the show on eighty six six nine, 8 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.000 eighty seven two five seven now. While the Dan Patrick 9 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:36.439 Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. We've been banished 10 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:40.039 to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff run concludes. Here 11 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:44.359 they are broadcasting live on AM five to seven LA Sports. 12 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:46.960 It's Tim Kates and Steve. 13 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:50.719 Sachs sax O, Kate's and AM on this Tuesday morning. 14 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:53.840 Thanks for being with us Southern California as you're waking up, 15 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.159 making your way to work, school, getting the kids ready 16 00:00:57.439 --> 00:00:59.920 on the way of the office. We appreciate you ta 17 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:04.560 making us with you as you make your commute. Dodgers 18 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:08.120 off until Friday with a host the New York Yankees 19 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:10.719 in Game one of the World Series, Dodgers on deck 20 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:13.400 will get it all started at four o'clock, first pitch 21 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:17.760 on Friday from the Galpamotors broadcast booth. He's at five eight. 22 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:20.120 Salona Rizzo from MLB Network will join us. Coming up 23 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:22.519 later on this hour. Jerry Royce, who you heard from 24 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:25.200 the Game one recap of the nineteen eighty one World 25 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:28.000 Series earlier last hour. He was the Game one starter 26 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:30.480 and the loss of the Yankees. He'll join us next 27 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:33.079 hour to relive the nineteen eighty one World Series to 28 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:37.000 get his thoughts on this twenty twenty four World Series matchup. 29 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:38.719 But joining us now as he makes his way to 30 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:41.120 Yankee Stadium. He's covered the Yankees for a long time 31 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.040 now with the athletic Brendan Cutty joins us here on 32 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:46.200 Saxon Kates in the morning. Brandon, how you doing, Thanks 33 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:46.680 for coming on. 34 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:50.200 I'm doing well, guys, Thank you for having me. 35 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:55.799 Absolutely this Yankees team, Aaron Aaron Boone yesterday said the 36 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:59.400 chemistry is like no other team he's seen in recent memory. 37 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:03.480 What is made this Yankees team so tight, so such 38 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:05.840 a good group that Aaron's referring to. 39 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:10.800 I think there's a lot of factors. We'll start with 40 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:15.879 last year, how they had high expectations but finished in 41 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:18.840 fourth place in the American League East, they missed the 42 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:21.599 playoffs for the first time in eight years. That left 43 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:25.719 a bad taste in the mouth of Yankees' leadership and 44 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:31.120 most importantly, Yankees team captain Aaron Judge. A lot of 45 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:35.719 Yankees' players showed up weeks early the spring training this year. 46 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.599 They talked about Tom Roderi, they talked about not having 47 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:44.360 an ego, and they talked about togetherness. And you kind 48 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:48.199 of saw this team build around Aaron even as they 49 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:54.560 brought in, you know, individualistic type of personalities in Marcus 50 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:59.719 Stroman or Alex Ferdugo or Jazz Chishem as the trade 51 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:02.439 dead line, you know this, Uh, they've been able to 52 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:07.759 make it work around one goal to make last year 53 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:08.560 a thing of the past. 54 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:09.759 Wow. 55 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:12.080 Brandan, good to be with you this morning. 56 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:15.919 And uh, there's gonna be a lot of great factors 57 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.360 obviously that are gonna come forth as we get closer. 58 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:21.960 You know this, the superstar status of the players on 59 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:25.360 both teams. I gotta figure, Brendan, this is gonna come 60 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:27.759 down to maybe the bullpens, and both of them are 61 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:30.599 really good. Maybe you can highlight a little bit, uh, 62 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:32.800 some of the big talking points for this bullpen of 63 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.159 the of the Yankees, which is outstanding. 64 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.840 Uh look, yeah, the Yankees bullpen has been pretty good. 65 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:44.759 But make no mistake, it's a it's a ragtag bunch, 66 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:48.360 you know. It's there's a bunch of guys that you know, 67 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:51.400 they're missedit a land of missit toys, if I have 68 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.759 that phrase correct. You know, guys who were cut from 69 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:59.280 other organizations and ended up maximizing their skills with the Yankees. 70 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:02.919 You're looking at Luke Weaver as the closer, a guy 71 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:05.400 who was a former first round pick, and I think 72 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:08.719 he made staffs that sticks different organizations before he found 73 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:11.879 his home in the bullpen with the Yankees. It's Tim Hill, 74 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:18.399 who was dfaid by the historically awful Chicago White Sox. 75 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:22.920 Same deal with with Jake Cousins, who they didn't They 76 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:28.240 didn't want to keep Jake Cousins around, you know. Uh, sorry, 77 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:30.639 I'm driving on the George Washington Bridge in this construction. 78 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:34.639 It's load. I'm sorry. Yeah, And uh, you know, they 79 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:38.439 don't want to keep Jake Cousins around. Play Homes was 80 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:40.639 was their all star closer. He's been an All Star 81 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:44.240 twice now, but they traded for him for spare parts 82 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.600 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. So it's a it's kind of 83 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:50.000 a and I mean this in the best way possible story. 84 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:52.480 No name group. Yeah, it's a great story. 85 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.959 Brendan Jen Carlos Stanton, local kid here in southern California 86 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:58.800 and played baseball just a couple of minutes away from 87 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:00.839 our studio and noted high school. 88 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:03.000 A good regular. 89 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.879 Season hit the home runs, didn't have the greatest of average, 90 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:08.959 but he has certainly turned it on here in the postseason. 91 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:11.399 What is it about him that he has flipped the 92 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:12.720 switch here in October? 93 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:18.959 The man is on a mission, and really he's been 94 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:20.759 on a mission ever since he got in New York. 95 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:24.680 Aaron Boone told the story recently, how in twenty eighteen, 96 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:30.759 coming off of his twenty seventeen National League MVP Award win, 97 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:34.879 you know, he came to the Yankees, hits forty home runs, 98 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:39.079 drives in one hundred runs, and what happens. Yankees fans say, 99 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:43.000 that's all you got, just forty homers in one hundred RBI. 100 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:47.879 He got crap all year that year because you know, 101 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:52.120 he struck out a lot. The team wasn't amazing. Aaron 102 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:56.399 Judge was hurt and John Carlow realized, like, you know, 103 00:05:56.519 --> 00:06:00.439 I could be miserable here, or I could just turned 104 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:02.800 it all off and try to win. And that's what 105 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:05.560 he's trying to do. Look, he's been unhealthy for a 106 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:07.720 lot of his time with the Yankees. 107 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:11.680 You remember even last off season, Brian Cashman made waves 108 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:14.560 when he said, you know, at some point John Carlo 109 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.040 go on the il you know, you don't really say 110 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.279 the quiet part out loud and ended up happening. 111 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:23.519 But he doesn't let anything bother him. And you see 112 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:28.240 it right now. Four hits all in the ALCS and 113 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:32.680 they were all home runs right at crunch time. And 114 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.240 the best thing he said so far and yet that 115 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:39.079 will make Yankees fans happy, is that he hasn't done 116 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:42.519 anything yet. Right, the Yankees are now in the World Series. 117 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:44.879 He's never been in the World Series. But he's got 118 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:48.279 that Kobe Bryant mentality. Job's not finished. 119 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:49.759 Yeah, that's well. 120 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:51.639 You know, I wanted to ask you too about some 121 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:54.879 of the guys hurt as well on this team. Anthony 122 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:58.040 Rizzo playing with two fractured fingers on his right hand. Also, 123 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:02.639 your lefty, Nester Jrtes has got the left elbow flexer strain. 124 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:06.040 I know he's been facing some hitters and some simulated games, 125 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:09.160 but what's the status of these two And and will 126 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:12.480 the Dodger bullpen or the Dodger pitching staff in general 127 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.680 be able to exploit the situation with Rizzo in that 128 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:16.680 right hand. 129 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.639 No, I don't think so. I mean, unless you're gonna 130 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.560 throw at the right hand again, Like, I don't know, 131 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:28.240 I don't know necessarily. What you know that. 132 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:31.240 That right hand is extremely important to pulling the bat 133 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:33.480 through the zone and if you can pitch him up 134 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:33.879 and end. 135 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:34.480 Uh. 136 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:36.720 You know, That's what I kind of saw with Rizzo 137 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.120 and as lasted bats he was able to, you know, 138 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:41.920 flare that ball over the shortstops head for a base. 139 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:44.199 It was a good piece of hitting, but it wasn't 140 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:46.279 the same as you know, you see him before, you know, 141 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:48.199 pulling the ball down the right field line. 142 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:49.639 Right. 143 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:53.319 So I don't know that that Anthony Rizzo necessarily anymore. 144 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.680 From being honest, he might be in the later stage 145 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.519 of his career where he's more trying to be a 146 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.560 content guy, trying to be a guy who digs it 147 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:05.959 out the dirt at first base. You know, last year 148 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:09.319 he dealt with the concussion that the Powers kind of 149 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:12.439 staffed earlier this year, the Powers kind of staffed. That's 150 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:15.079 that's before he broke his hands. So I'm not necessarily 151 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:20.279 sure he's the thirty homer Anthony Rizzo anymore. Respectfully, you know, 152 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:23.959 he he I think that his goal is to you know, 153 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:27.079 make contact, spray the ball kind of like you said, 154 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:29.959 sure you could bust him up and in, but his 155 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:33.320 mo o his whole career. But he's the all time 156 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.440 leader and being hit by pitches. Sorry, active leader, active 157 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:40.080 leader and being hit by pitches. So you'll bust him 158 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:41.840 up and in and he'll just take one off the shoulder. 159 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:46.440 As far as Nesser Court has, it seems like he's 160 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.120 going to be on the Yankees roster. He you know, 161 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:52.919 got hurt in the last week of the regular season, 162 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:56.360 had a strong season in the rotation for the Yankees, 163 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:01.200 but as a lessie out of the bullpen. Look, Shootani 164 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:04.639 is incredible, and he will probably hit a home run 165 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:07.759 or to this World Series and has some incredible moments. 166 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:11.120 But the Yankees might be looking at Nessor Cortes as 167 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:15.559 a Otani killer, you know, left on left seventh inning. 168 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:20.759 You know, Nestor is the kind of intense guy who 169 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:23.320 doesn't wilt under pressure. I think he would like the 170 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:26.120 challenge of in a tight spot needing to go up 171 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:29.759 against a Shoeotani or Freddie Freeman BRITDA. 172 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:31.919 What's the vibe in New York right now as far 173 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:34.720 as the fans and the excitement level of facing the 174 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:37.799 Dodgers in the first World Series matchup between these two 175 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:40.080 franchises since nineteen eighty one. 176 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:44.360 Oh, I haven't been out a whole lot. I live 177 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:46.600 in Jersey and I've been trying to sleep because the 178 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:50.240 Alcs just killed me. But I'll tell you what the 179 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:52.759 vibe is in my group chat with my friends who 180 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:58.000 are Yankees fans, and they're stoked. They're freaking out there. 181 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:00.360 They I gotta I woke up to text the morning 182 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:04.039 from friends of mine saying is it Friday yet? They 183 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:07.080 can't wait to get this thing going. They you know, 184 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:10.279 I mean, I'm thirty seven and in two thousand and 185 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:13.399 nine I was in college. It's just finishing up college. 186 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.879 That's how long it's been since the Yankees have been 187 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:19.240 in the World Series, and they can't wait to get 188 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:22.159 this going. They're excited that it's against the Dodgers. All 189 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.240 the history there, all the marquee names. They respect the 190 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:29.480 Dodgers and the history, and I just think that it's 191 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:31.320 gonna be a great series and everyone's really excited. 192 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.240 Yeah, Brendan, I'm wondering what the overall game plan for 193 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:37.360 the Yankees is. Obviously, with the big star quality on 194 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:39.679 this team show hey Otani and Mookie Bettsy'd like to 195 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:42.120 strike them out, you know, every time they get up 196 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:45.200 and boom, we win. But is it try to limit 197 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:47.960 that what they can do and really contain the bottom 198 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.919 part of that lineup, which has been really good When 199 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:54.159 the Dodgers get those bottom guys on Hotani has been 200 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.519 absolutely just a barn burner as far as getting hits 201 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:01.159 with guys on base. So I'm wondering, really what their 202 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:03.559 attack mode is going to be on this I'm gonna be. 203 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:06.320 I think there are attack mode is gonna be one 204 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:10.039 batter at a time. I Mean, you hate hearing cliches 205 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:13.480 from athletes, You especially hate hearing them from reporters who 206 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.720 hate hearing them from athletes. But they're gonna have to 207 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.000 go one batter at a time, right because that Los 208 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:23.039 Angeles lineup is so dangerous it could hurt you in 209 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:26.840 so many ways, and if you tire yourself out really 210 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:29.200 trying to go crazy after the bottom half of the lineup, 211 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:32.000 I mean, then you're gonna leave a fat slider over 212 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:34.559 the place to show Aotani and he's gonna hit it 213 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:38.399 to the in and out around the block. So I 214 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:40.799 just don't I just don't know that there's a really 215 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:44.480 a one size fits all attack plan for the New 216 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:49.039 York Yankees other than just trying to get everybody out. 217 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:52.240 Brandan, we appreciate a couple of minutes as you make 218 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.960 your way to Yankee Stadium. What's the plan for the Yankees? 219 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:57.399 Are they flying out later today? They're heading out tomorrow? 220 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:59.399 When are they coming out to Southern California. 221 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.360 I believe we're coming out tomorrow. They're gonna work out today. 222 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:08.240 They'll probably do do some kind of light workout tomorrow, 223 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:10.600 and then you get ready for all the pomp and 224 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:16.440 circumstance right the World Series workout day. You know they'll 225 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:20.919 be at their podiums taking questions from everybody and just 226 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:23.840 you know, soaking it in before you get down the 227 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:24.840 business on Friday. 228 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:27.799 Well, Brendan, we appreciate some time. Look forward to seeing 229 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:29.799 you out here in southern California. And thanks for talking 230 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:31.200 a little Yankees Dodgers with us. 231 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:34.200 Thanks, Brennan, thanks for having me on. 232 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.320 All right, there, he goes Brendan Cundy from The Athletic. 233 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:40.600 We'll covering the Yankees on the Yankees beat. It sounds 234 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:43.559 like he I mean Aaron Booney. Yesterday Saxy made the 235 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.399 comments that this is the tightest group he's had as 236 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:49.399 manager of the Yankees. The team chemistry that we have 237 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.360 is off the charts right now. The leadership that we 238 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:55.159 have in this Yankees clubhouse is like nothing I've seen 239 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:58.200 as I've been the manager here at the Yankees. I mean, 240 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:00.679 I don't know if I buy in to it. Is 241 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:03.759 Aaron Judge really that leader that can lead twenty six 242 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:06.240 guys in that clubhouse never came across to me as 243 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:08.759 that guy who's that clubhouse leader, the guy that everybody 244 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:09.480 wants to follow. 245 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:11.240 I could be wrong. I could be wrong. 246 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:14.360 Okay, it gets a little tired when you're talking about 247 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:15.519 leading guys. 248 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:16.360 Okay. 249 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:18.919 The one thing I didn't want when I was playing 250 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:22.320 is just coming from my standpoint, is I didn't want 251 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:26.559 some one of my teammates leading me. Okay, I don't 252 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:28.919 think anybody else did either. They're not the leader. The 253 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:31.639 manager is okay, that's the manager of the team. And oh, 254 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.279 by the way, when guys say this is my team, now, 255 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:37.360 it ain't your team. I don't think you own the team. 256 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.000 The owner owns the team. It ain't your team. So 257 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:42.440 when you hear that kind of thing, it's a bit overrated. 258 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:45.960 The real leaders and the real way that the players 259 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.200 will follow other players is by example guys that don't 260 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:53.200 have to say a word. There's guys that are leaders 261 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:56.559 on teams that don't say anything, and it's because they 262 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:00.120 don't need to. They do it by example. Those of 263 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:02.799 the leaders, the locker room lawyers with the lip service 264 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:04.440 people just tune them out. 265 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:04.639 Man. 266 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.879 I mean, I don't need you to tell me to 267 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:10.960 get excited. I'm a grown ass man and I'm excited. 268 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:11.600 Okay. 269 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:14.120 I went batting practice, I went some ground balls, and 270 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:17.080 then move get out of the way, okay. And I 271 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.879 don't need guys that are my teammates to telling me 272 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.240 how I need to get ready. Okay, we all know 273 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.279 how to do that. I want to see it. I 274 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:25.720 want to see it. I don't want to hear it. 275 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:27.480 That's what the leaders are. 276 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:31.080 I can see where Aaron Judge has taken over as 277 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:34.000 maybe the guy who needs to win. Now he's thirty 278 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.320 two years old. The pressure's on him. He's got the 279 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:38.840 big contract, came back in free agency a couple of 280 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:40.679 years ago when he could have come out West and 281 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:42.799 gone to the Giants and turned down that offer, and 282 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:45.480 now the pressure's on for him to win a championship 283 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:47.200 because they haven't have been back to the World Series 284 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:49.240 since two thousand and nine. But I look at Aaron 285 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:51.679 Boone as well. Aaron Boone's been the manager of this 286 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:54.519 team since twenty eighteen. I mean we're in twenty twenty 287 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:57.720 four now. He hasn't won a World Series. He hasn't 288 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:00.519 even gotten to a World Series as a man. Yet 289 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:03.480 it every year he's like Dave Roberts. But in New York, 290 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:05.399 they're calling for his head and saying he's not the 291 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:07.399 right guy, we got to move on. But yet they 292 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.480 bring him back, and I can see where he's probably 293 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:12.279 happy that the other Aaron, Aaron Judge, is probably taking 294 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:13.759 a little bit of that pressure off of him. 295 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:16.159 Yeah, I mean, it's it's great when you have guys 296 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:18.360 in there that can you know, you have players that 297 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:22.279 are almost like coaches themselves. They they police everything. They 298 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:24.360 do a lot of the conversations at the locker and 299 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.279 those type of things that that's what a you know, 300 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:29.360 sometimes a manager will have to do. But you got 301 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:32.440 players out there that that take the bull by the 302 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:35.639 horns and whatever. They don't have to have group meetings. 303 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:37.600 They just go and they you know, they talk to 304 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:40.559 the guys individually. They leave by example, they see what 305 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:42.399 the guys know. When guys are hurt, they're out there 306 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:44.480 playing when they're hurt. They're not whining about it. And 307 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:46.639 the other guys in the team like, oh, okay, so 308 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:48.519 that's how you do it. You don't talk about it, 309 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.960 you know, So that that's the real leaders on the team. 310 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:54.480 And Aaron's like that, Aaron Place, look at that big body, dude. 311 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:58.120 I guarantee you there's not probably a game throughout the 312 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:01.240 season other than maybe the first week where he doesn't 313 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:03.240 have a little something going on, little something something going 314 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:05.159 on where he's you know, he's not one hundred percent. 315 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.720 I don't know anybody that played in the World Series 316 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:11.159 that didn't have you know, wasn't one hundred percent physically. 317 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.639 There's always things like that, and the guys that go 318 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:16.440 out and play through it. That's when guys take notice 319 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:18.519 and they say, that's that's a guy I can follow. 320 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:21.240 Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven two five seventy. We'll 321 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:23.360 get to your phone calls coming up. On the other side. 322 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:25.320 We'll also check in with a lot of rizzo from 323 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:28.840 High Heat on MLB Network Game one of the World 324 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:33.399 Series on Friday nights at Dodger Stadium. Tickets hard to 325 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:36.320 come by, but five seventy LA Sports has got your 326 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:39.440 chances to win. More on that coming up, as the 327 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:42.840 Dodgers and Yankees meet up for the first time since 328 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:47.480 nineteen eighty one. It's Sax and Kate to the Am 329 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:52.240 looking for the Dan Patrick Show. iHeartRadio app. We're live 330 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:54.639 at local on this Tuesday morning. They should be with 331 00:16:54.720 --> 00:17:03.960 us AFI seventy LA Sports. Sax and Kate's and am 332 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:06.440 on this Tuesday morning, live and local on your home 333 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:09.240 of the Dodgers an FI seventy LA Sports. I was 334 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:12.319 just watching MLB Network TV during the break, SAX see 335 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:14.759 a lot of rizzo from MLB Network TV High Heat 336 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.200 with the Mad Doc. Chris Russo's gonna join us in 337 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:20.559 just a couple of minutes. And I was like, why 338 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:22.440 are they doing this? They did a whole thing about 339 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:24.599 where do they got? Where did this guy come from? 340 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:27.119 And then I watched it. I'm listening, you know, break 341 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:28.599 it down. It's like, okay, I get it. 342 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:28.799 Now. 343 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:31.599 Baseball fans may not know who Tommy Edmond is. So 344 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:34.119 they broke down where'd he come from? Why he was 345 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:38.039 he the nl NLCS MVP. And then they went over 346 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:39.839 the other side to Luke Weaver. Where did this guy 347 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:41.720 come from? It's kind of cool to see these guys 348 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:44.920 who aren't the superstars, and Major League Baseball Network TV 349 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.279 is starting to feature the role players, the guys who 350 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:50.759 you may not know who the superstars, and then the 351 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:52.680 All Star Game every year, so I think that's kind 352 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:55.400 of cool. They're they're spotlighting the players who you're gonna 353 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:59.000 see be impact players in this Fall Classic, but you 354 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:02.000 may not know who they are. Eight sixty six, nine 355 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:04.839 seventy is our numbers. Take some calls. Let's go to 356 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:07.319 Mike in Torrents. Mike Intrance joins is now here on 357 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.400 n FI seventy LA Sports. 358 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:08.680 I do it. 359 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:12.079 Mike, Good guys, goo, good morning, thank you so much 360 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:15.200 for doing this. I don't get anything done during this 361 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:16.960 week in the morning because I got to be near 362 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.839 the radio, So I don't know if there's an app 363 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:20.119 that we can do. You know, if there's an app 364 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:22.160 that I can get this guys on or because it 365 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.440 goes to Dan Patrick, yeah, you help you on that road. 366 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:26.720 But you can check out Twitter. I sit out a 367 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:29.799 link to that. But Dan is on the iHeartRadio app 368 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:31.759 right now for M five seventy. But there's other ways 369 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:34.319 you can find us to wrestle Lee as well. Eric 370 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:36.000 and u Kaipa is next up here on an FI 371 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:37.279 seventy LA Sports. 372 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:37.519 Eric. 373 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:37.960 How you doing. 374 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:40.279 I'm doing good, guys. 375 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:40.640 Thank you. 376 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:45.599 Hey, it's gonna be a heavyweight fight. Uh, it's gonna 377 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:48.400 go to the final round and we're gonna win by knockout. 378 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:51.960 And also have a question for Steve. Hey, Steve, how 379 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:54.279 did you guys prepare for the season, Like, did you 380 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:58.000 guys work out on the off season or just show 381 00:18:58.079 --> 00:19:00.759 up to spring training? And did did you ever hit 382 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:03.960 batty practice off Sandy Kofax or. 383 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:09.160 Tommylsorta, Thank you well, Tommy, Sandy Kofax, No, because I 384 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:12.559 didn't want to strike out work out. Yes, we did 385 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:15.920 that in the off season and Tommy thesorta too many 386 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:20.480 times batting practice. Tommy would Tommy would like live out 387 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:23.039 his fantasies of playing in the big leagues in spring 388 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:25.720 training when he throw batting practice to us and he 389 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:30.119 thought he had this unbelievable great curveball that was like, 390 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:33.920 you know, it was like storytelling type. And he'd be 391 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.920 out there in batting practice in Florida, sweating like a 392 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:42.680 I mean really bad, and he'd throw this big curve 393 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:44.599 ball up there and he's and you know, we'd whack 394 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:46.279 it out there and he go, wow, you must be 395 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:49.079 really on it to hit that curveball, and and whatnot, 396 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:52.759 and just talking up trash like you could not believe. 397 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:56.440 I think Tommy invented trash talking because it was like 398 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:59.720 real bad and we're laughing at him because this is 399 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:02.279 all you got. I mean, you're throwing this gooky up 400 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:05.839 here and you think you're gonna trash talk behind it. 401 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:09.519