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Speaker 4: Welcome to Todgers on Tech. Now your host walking you
Speaker 4: up the first pitch, Tim kas.
Speaker 2: Well everybody, and welcome into Amul Wrongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck.
Speaker 2: Hope you're well on this Saturday afternoon and join your
Speaker 2: fourth of July weekend. You're world champion Dodgers fifty six
Speaker 2: and thirty three on this season, first place a top
Speaker 2: the NL West. Last night night, well it wasn't the
Speaker 2: Dodgers night and they blowout loss to the ass Shows.
Speaker 2: At least there were some cool fireworks afterwards. This afternoon,
Speaker 2: Dodgers back at it with show hay Otani on the mound,
Speaker 2: game two of this three game set against the Houston Astros.
Speaker 2: First pitch from Dodgers Stadium is coming up at four
Speaker 2: to ten. Between then and now, we got a lot
Speaker 2: to get to here on Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck,
Speaker 2: you're gonna hear them from the manager Dave Roberts, get
Speaker 2: his thoughts on what happened last night and how the
Speaker 2: Dodgers need to turn the page here on this Saturday
Speaker 2: and move forward. We'll dive deeper into this pitching matchup.
Speaker 2: David Vassa goes one on one with Blake Snell. Yes,
Speaker 2: it's snell Zilla's Saturday. Here on Dodgers on Deck, we've
Speaker 2: got your Dodgers magical moment. We're also here from Ben Casparius,
Speaker 2: who was last night starting pitcher. In just a few minutes,
Speaker 2: we will check it with Steven Nelson and Rick Monday
Speaker 2: out at the Gallpin Motors Broadcast booth. Well, last night
Speaker 2: at the Ravine, it was full of fireworks, daring, and
Speaker 2: after the game, unfortunately not a lot of pot from
Speaker 2: the Dodgers offense. Ben Casparius have to start. The right
Speaker 2: hander was in trouble early and often. Isaac Pradi's hit
Speaker 2: his first career lead off home run on the first
Speaker 2: pitch of the game. Jose Altuban and doubled and score
Speaker 2: on Christian Walker's RB I single, and the Astros had
Speaker 2: a two to nothing to leave. The Dodgers offense did
Speaker 2: provide a little pop, a little thanks to Will Smith.
Speaker 5: Dodgers got a lead off walk from Otani, but then
Speaker 5: Betts grounded into a double play, ultimately a twelve pitch
Speaker 5: first frame for mccolors. I'm facing the NL batting leader
Speaker 5: in Will Smith swings and drives the ball left field. Indeed,
Speaker 5: this one's on the warning track at the wall gone.
Speaker 5: Will Smith cuts the Dodger deficit in half. It's now
Speaker 5: a two to one ball game thanks to the twelfth
Speaker 5: home run from Will Smith, who is on some kind
Speaker 5: of power. Serge Will Smith with the solo home run,
Speaker 5: his twelfth of the season.
Speaker 1: He's going to the.
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Speaker 2: Dodgers down six to one, and unfortunately it just got
Speaker 2: worse after that and the third Jake Myers doubled leading
Speaker 2: off the inning and then scored on Jose al Tuoby's
Speaker 2: fourteenth home run of the season. Rookie camp Smith, He's
Speaker 2: pretty good. He doubled and scored on Christian Walker's home
Speaker 2: run to cap off four straight hits given up by
Speaker 2: Benkinspirius and gave the Astros a six to one lead.
Speaker 2: After that, it was a bad dream. Houston with one
Speaker 2: of the fifth and exploded for ten runs in the
Speaker 2: sixth inning, capped off by Victor Carrotelli's grand slammed Jose
Speaker 2: Al two Bay's three run home run Noah Davis on
Speaker 2: the receiving end of all of that. It was the
Speaker 2: most runs given up in an inning by the Dodgers
Speaker 2: since April twenty third, nineteen ninety nine, against the Saint
Speaker 2: Louis Cardinals, and the Astros weren't done. They tacked on
Speaker 2: one more of the seventh off Anthony Banda. They got
Speaker 2: the best of the Dodgers last night in an eighteen
Speaker 2: to one win over the Blue They pounded out twenty hits,
Speaker 2: including five home runs. It was a bad loss. How
Speaker 2: bad the worst loss in Dodgers state history.
Speaker 3: That was last night.
Speaker 2: Good news, It's a new day and a new game show.
Speaker 2: Hey o tany on the mound first pitch coming up
Speaker 2: at four ten, and with more we head out to
Speaker 2: the Gallpin Motors broadcast on this beautiful Saturday afternoon as
Speaker 2: we welcome in Stephen Nelson and Rick Monday, guys.
Speaker 3: Sor Ry Tien.
Speaker 5: The sun did come up today for the Dodgers, despite
Speaker 5: what happened and the series opener last night against the Astros,
Speaker 5: the largest loss at home in Dodgers Stadium history.
Speaker 1: It was a blowout.
Speaker 5: It was an embarrassment and it is one that the
Speaker 5: Dodgers male will quickly put behind them because frankly, the
Speaker 5: series is still ahead of them. They have a chance
Speaker 5: to win these next two and make an eight straight
Speaker 5: series win. Well, they have to put it behind them
Speaker 5: quite frankly. Yes, it's embarrassing and it takes a lot
Speaker 5: out of you. But for Dave Roberts, he's actually experienced
Speaker 5: something like this before. Oddly enough, the more history changes,
Speaker 5: the more it remains the same.
Speaker 1: Because we go back on August twenty sixth, two thousand
Speaker 1: and three, the Dodgers playing against the Astros in Houston,
Speaker 1: that ball game eighteen to four. Who was the leadoff
Speaker 1: hitter that day for the Dodgers. Their current manager, Dave Roberts.
Speaker 1: He was in there. Also. Ron Coomer is now broadcaster
Speaker 1: for the Chicago Cubs, the best. He was in that.
Speaker 1: So I just sent Coomber a text in including that
Speaker 1: today he said, Oh, by the way, why you're giving
Speaker 1: me the scores from last night. Don't have too much
Speaker 1: fun because check the light up with the Dodgers and
Speaker 1: Ron Coomer was.
Speaker 3: In it that day.
Speaker 1: That is amazing.
Speaker 5: That's the beauty of baseball, the history that ties things together,
Speaker 5: and it.
Speaker 1: Will humble you in a New York minute. And that's
Speaker 1: exactly what the Dodgers and for Ben casparious against one
Speaker 1: of those hang with hims. I know there was some
Speaker 1: conjecture was he tipping his pitches or not. I didn't
Speaker 1: think it was that big of a deal as far
Speaker 1: as tipping, although he did think that maybe in Kansas
Speaker 1: City he was doing that. He changed his glove, he
Speaker 1: tried to change the routine and everything else. I didn't
Speaker 1: think he pitched well enough as far as location of
Speaker 1: pitches to zero in on. Were they getting his pitches
Speaker 1: in the wind up? They were getting his pitches at
Speaker 1: home blate because there were a lot of pitches that
Speaker 1: were in the middle of the plate.
Speaker 5: Yeah, no question, the execution is lacking for Ben and
Speaker 5: the word is for the Dodgers after last night's game
Speaker 5: that he will transition back into the bullpen because the
Speaker 5: stretching out, the balancing back in between roles, it just
Speaker 5: it wasn't fair to him and it wasn't setting him
Speaker 5: up for success in his rookie season. So now we
Speaker 5: look ahead to today. Happy birthdays, show hey, old Tani.
Speaker 5: He turns thirty one for the first time in his
Speaker 5: major league career. Mo He's going to get a chance
Speaker 5: to pitch on his birthday.
Speaker 1: Well, and the other part too, is he hopes for
Speaker 1: better results because in the untered notes was showing that
Speaker 1: on his birthday he just too for twenty two as
Speaker 1: a hitter. This was a big day quite frankly for
Speaker 1: the Dodgers and being able to rebound because a couple
Speaker 1: of pitchers were throwing earlier today and in one of
Speaker 1: them Blake Snell. To begin with, it was on the
Speaker 1: mound and they brought up some youngsters they hit against
Speaker 1: him for the minor leaguers. But I'll tell you why velocity.
Speaker 1: We didn't get the printouse, but he was rather impressive.
Speaker 5: Uh, show Hey, Otani against from ber Baldez. That is
Speaker 5: the ace of the Houston Astros. He has been one
Speaker 5: of the most consistent and dependable starters in the American
Speaker 5: League the last handful of seasons. Now the Dodgers will
Speaker 5: have their hands full against the left hander from the
Speaker 5: Houston Astros today in Game two.
Speaker 1: Which we'll get on our way shortly. We'll be back
Speaker 1: later with a few keys.
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Speaker 2: the Dodger manager Dave Roberts. It is Snell Zilla Saturday,
Speaker 2: as David Veasse goes one on one with Blake Snell.
Speaker 2: We'll check in with DV of course throughout the pregame show,
Speaker 2: we'll dive deeper to this pitching matchup. But up next,
Speaker 2: Sho Tani rewind and we'll hear from Ben Casparias. Last
Speaker 2: night got roughed up and at eighteen to one, Dodgers
Speaker 2: lost to the Houston Astros. They have turned the page
Speaker 2: though new day, New game. Dodgers back at it against
Speaker 2: the Astros on this Saturday afternoon Thanks for being with us.
Speaker 2: I'm Tim Katson. This is the world champion Los Angeles
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Speaker 2: Dodgers and Astros going at it on this Saturday afternoon show.
Speaker 2: Hey Otani gets to start Happy Birthday to show he
Speaker 2: turns thirty one years old today going up against fromber Valdez.
Speaker 2: First pitch set for four ten.
Speaker 3: This is the Otani rewind.
Speaker 6: Well.
Speaker 2: Last night, the Dodgers didn't have a lot of offense.
Speaker 2: They scored one run on a Will Smith solo home
Speaker 2: run in the second inning. Show Hey Otani hit the
Speaker 2: ball hard, hit one off of Lance McCullers Junior's foot. However,
Speaker 2: it went right to the middle infielder for an out.
Speaker 2: Show Hey last night zero for three on base once
Speaker 2: with a walk, now hitting two eighty two on the season.
Speaker 2: Last night was just a rough night for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: The offense had six hits.
Speaker 1: That was it.
Speaker 2: The Astros had twenty hits, including five home runs. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers had one run on the Will smith solo home run.
Speaker 2: Eighteen runs where the Houston Astros. Lance mccullors pitched into
Speaker 2: the seventh inning. He gets the win, he struck out four.
Speaker 2: Ben Casparius got the start. It gave up a leadoff
Speaker 2: home run. We did up going three innings, got roughed
Speaker 2: up for six runs on nine hits, including three home
Speaker 2: runs through fifty nine pitches before turning it over to
Speaker 2: the bullpen. Didn't do much better after that, but afterwards,
Speaker 2: here's Ben Casparius with the media.
Speaker 7: I think the execution in general, I think teams are
Speaker 7: starting a game plan, obviously a little bit more knowing
Speaker 7: I'm going to go, you know, more than one or
Speaker 7: two in incs, and just you know, mixing on where
Speaker 7: my fastball location is.
Speaker 6: I think it's been kind.
Speaker 3: Of the telltale.
Speaker 2: Do you think that's what kind of led to them
Speaker 2: being so aggressive on the first pitch?
Speaker 4: I think so.
Speaker 7: I think part of it two is just they were
Speaker 7: kind of hunting me out over the plate. I think
Speaker 7: just a lack of going inside and writ he's just
Speaker 7: kind of gotten made to you know, tough spots.
Speaker 8: At least at least been learning experiences for you in
Speaker 8: which you can kind of now prepare for your next outing.
Speaker 2: And kind of use it to make some adjustments.
Speaker 6: For sure.
Speaker 7: I mean it's still new at this level. For me,
Speaker 7: it's just kind of diving into the numbers, seeing what's
Speaker 7: working and what counts, and you know, maybe just being
Speaker 7: a little sharp run game planning.
Speaker 1: I love it.
Speaker 8: As for other teams learning you and how does.
Speaker 3: That process kind of work?
Speaker 7: For sure, I think it's a work in progress every
Speaker 7: single day obviously, you know. So this was a really
Speaker 7: righty levy or righty heavy lineup, and obviously we're game
Speaker 7: planning kind of, you know, going through the week looking
Speaker 7: at who.
Speaker 3: We who we have to face.
Speaker 2: So it kind of differs by week a little bit.
Speaker 6: Morek grabbing a long conversation after you're outing, just what
Speaker 6: kind of feedback or advice has he given you us?
Speaker 2: Fire, Yeah, just stay calm.
Speaker 7: A lot of it was just say we're gonna know,
Speaker 7: take a deep dive of what's going on, maybe tweak
Speaker 7: some things. I just really look at patterning and sequencing
Speaker 7: and and just to tell me that, like, stay calm
Speaker 7: and you know, keep doing my.
Speaker 3: Work and everything like that. We agreeous because the results
Speaker 3: were what they were.
Speaker 2: Was there anything else?
Speaker 3: I'm not really sure.
Speaker 2: I think it was a result driven all right. There's
Speaker 2: Ben Casparius last night got roughed up in a start
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Speaker 2: one years old today on the mound for the Blue.
Speaker 2: First pitch coming up at four ten.
Speaker 1: It's the LA Dodgers Injury Report.
Speaker 2: Presented by UCLA Healthy, Official medical partner of the Los
Speaker 2: Angeles Dodgers. Max Munty on the IL with the left
Speaker 2: knee bone bruise, Michael Kopek on the IL with the
Speaker 2: right knee inflammation, Tony Gonsolin on the sixty day IL
Speaker 2: with the right elbow soreness. Tyler Glass now on the
Speaker 2: IL but should be returning here shortly after a third
Speaker 2: rehab start in Oklahoma City, UH just on Thursday. Blake
Speaker 2: snell More on him coming up. He'll be joining Devid
Speaker 2: Vase coming up at three forty five. It is snell
Speaker 2: Zilla Saturday as he works his way back off the il,
Speaker 2: Blake trying it, also throwing today, working his way back
Speaker 2: from right forearm tightness. Rookie Sasaki hopefully trending in the
Speaker 2: right direction on the IL with the right shoulder impingement.
Speaker 2: Bruce do gratterol sixty day, I L We're all waiting
Speaker 2: and hoping he can return at some point after the
Speaker 2: All Star break. We will see. All right, we head
Speaker 2: back out to Dodger standymom this Saturday afternoon. If we
Speaker 2: checking in with the Dodger Skipper. The questions for Dave Dave,
Speaker 2: can you just describe Dave?
Speaker 1: Can you talk about the pressure.
Speaker 4: In the dugouts with Dave Roberts, Dave Blake went winnings?
Speaker 1: Uh, how did he look?
Speaker 9: And next Blake looked good.
Speaker 1: It looked really good.
Speaker 9: I think the plan next week is he'll probably go
Speaker 9: on rehab. So we'll leave here for Milwaukee tomorrow and
Speaker 9: he'll probably stay back to throw a pen and.
Speaker 1: You know, start his rehab.
Speaker 9: I'm not sure where, but the thought is two innings
Speaker 9: sometime late next week.
Speaker 8: Is he mixed in everything at this point and we'll
Speaker 8: say any kind of step today that he made from
Speaker 8: I don't know what the.
Speaker 9: What the Vlo was, but the ball was coming out
Speaker 9: really well. He used his entire pitch mix. I thought, uh,
Speaker 9: it looked the delivery was clean, sharp, So really positive day.
Speaker 9: Obviously he's gonna want to, you know, be perfect, but
Speaker 9: I really feel that he's ready to go out and
Speaker 9: start making that progression. And Blake trying and I thought
Speaker 9: was really good as well. And so he threw one
Speaker 9: inning versus Blake Snow's two innings, and you know, so
Speaker 9: Blake will probably be going on at some point in
Speaker 9: time too, and both those guys should be ready at
Speaker 9: some point in time shortly after you all start break.
Speaker 1: The second half is really what matters for you, guys.
Speaker 1: You have the best record of baseball, and then you
Speaker 1: have Tyler coming back, you know, Blake right behind.
Speaker 6: And I'm trying to how good does this feel?
Speaker 1: The kind of the team that you envisioned is coloring?
Speaker 1: It feels good.
Speaker 9: You know, we're still not there yet, but I think
Speaker 9: we can see a little squint of light. And so
Speaker 9: it's taken a little bit longer than we've all expected
Speaker 9: or hoped for as far as getting our guys together.
Speaker 9: So we haven't gotten there yet, but we're hopeful and excited.
Speaker 2: Okay, well, have you learn from so far from staying
Speaker 2: in race and when.
Speaker 6: He's going to start tomorrow.
Speaker 9: We'll play him in left field tomorrow, So I still
Speaker 9: don't know a lot about him. Know that he's really
Speaker 9: fast and steal a base. I think our guys come
Speaker 9: on the corner, whether it's right field or left field.
Speaker 9: I really like the kid, so I'm excited to see
Speaker 9: him play tomorrow.
Speaker 3: David nowhere still a week from All Star break.
Speaker 8: When you look at the first half, considering everything that
Speaker 8: you guys have gone through this year, what's your evaluation
Speaker 8: of how all this team has played come together.
Speaker 9: We've come together really well, which which I like. There's
Speaker 9: some things that I just we've got to certainly get
Speaker 9: better at. But the wind, loss, the standings, all that
Speaker 9: stuff that's which certainly matters, has been really good. And
Speaker 9: I think that's kind of a byproduct of coming together,
Speaker 9: not making excuses. Certain guys step up when they need to,
Speaker 9: and that's a sign of a deep, you know, connected team,
Speaker 9: which I really like and I think is very powerful.
Speaker 9: But kind of on the baseball front, there's just some
Speaker 9: things that we have to get better at as we
Speaker 9: and I don't really need to go into it right now,
Speaker 9: but we've there's a lot of room for improvement, which
Speaker 9: is a good thing.
Speaker 2: All Right, there's the manager, Dave Roberts, talking about his
Speaker 2: rotation getting healthy and coming back post All Star break.
Speaker 2: Look Out, this rotation is going to look completely different
Speaker 2: with the arms we expected to have in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: All Right, when we continue here on Dodgers on Deck,
Speaker 2: we will check in with the David Vass says, we
Speaker 2: lead you up to first pitch on this Saturday Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Astros show. Hey o Tani makes the start first
Speaker 2: pitch at four to ten. I'm Tim Kats's the world
Speaker 2: champion Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network.
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Speaker 2: It's the Dodgers and the Astros on the Saturday afternoon show.
Speaker 2: Hey Otani gets to start first pitch from Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 4: Set for four ten, joining Tim Kats on Dodgers on Deck.
Speaker 3: I accept everybody for who they are.
Speaker 4: This is Dodger insider David Bassi.
Speaker 2: All right, Davie, we got a lot to cover we'll
Speaker 2: go back to the last night Ben Ksparius got roughed
Speaker 2: up in his start. What is his role now realistically
Speaker 2: moving forward with a lot of arms possibly on the return.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's part of the equation.
Speaker 8: Tim And after the game last night, Dave Roberts said
Speaker 8: he will be going back to his role of being
Speaker 8: a multi inning, high leverage believer. He has a very
Speaker 8: good chance of going back to being the Evan Phillips
Speaker 8: role in that bullpen because tomorrow Emmitt Shean officially will
Speaker 8: rejoin the Dodger rotation. No more being sent down unless
Speaker 8: it gets a little bit too crowded. So Emmit Sheen
Speaker 8: is back tomorrow to start the game. Justin Robleski is
Speaker 8: expected to follow show Hao Tani today, So Ben Casparius
Speaker 8: goes back to the role that everybody was raving about
Speaker 8: going back to spring training, saying that his stuff plays
Speaker 8: up in the bullpen more than it does as a
Speaker 8: starting pitcher, so he can excel in that role between
Speaker 8: now and whenever the Dodgers season ends.
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Speaker 2: the most arms that we keep hearing, is going to
Speaker 2: be coming back soon. He's mad a couple of triple
Speaker 2: A rehab starts. What's the latens on Glass now? How
Speaker 2: soon could he be back?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 8: Well, Dave Roberts alluded to the fact that he'll return
Speaker 8: on this upcoming road trip in Milwaukee. In fact, and
Speaker 8: if you count the days out, there's a good chance
Speaker 8: he's going to pitch one of the last two games
Speaker 8: in Milwaukee. And that is a huge boost and a
Speaker 8: great a great way to end the first half to
Speaker 8: have Tyler Glass now back in the rotation. And I've
Speaker 8: ti to other pitchers on this staff, including Clayton Kershaw,
Speaker 8: and he just says, when Glass now is healthy and
Speaker 8: he's feeling right, and albeit that hasn't happened a lot
Speaker 8: so far this year, he is.
Speaker 3: His stuff is some of the best you'll see in baseball.
Speaker 8: And that's part of the reason why the Dodgers acquired him,
Speaker 8: that's part of the reason why they gave him an extension.
Speaker 8: So hopefully it starts and it never looks back for
Speaker 8: the rest of this year for Tyler Glass.
Speaker 2: Now, yeah, no doubt about that. Snell's zellow Saturday. We're
Speaker 2: gonna hear from Blake Snell coming up in about fifteen
Speaker 2: minutes TV. But can't wait show I know, show Hey
Speaker 2: Otani gets to start as well. Last time we saw
Speaker 2: him pitching Kansas City two innings. What do we expect today?
Speaker 2: And to start a Dodger stadium on his birthday?
Speaker 3: That's right.
Speaker 8: Show Helotani pitching for the first time in his career
Speaker 8: on his birthday. And when he walked into the Dodger clubhouse,
Speaker 8: he was dressed very casually. I wished him a happy
Speaker 8: birthday and Espanol as he walked by. He got a
Speaker 8: chuckle out of that, so everybody knows it's his birthday.
Speaker 8: He is going to go two innings again today, Tim
Speaker 8: and Robleski is going to follow him. Remember, in each
Speaker 8: of his first three starts, it's been Ben Casparius that
Speaker 8: has followed O'tani. But because the Dodgers want a Caspirius
Speaker 8: to start last night and move back to his role
Speaker 8: where he has thrived as a reliever, it is going
Speaker 8: to be Robleski after Otani today.
Speaker 2: And then two innings. David that's part of the plan,
Speaker 2: right of building up and not building up too fast
Speaker 2: with the All Star break coming and it's still only July.
Speaker 3: That's my understanding.
Speaker 8: Back to back starts of one inning, back to back
Speaker 8: starts of two innings, and we'll see where it goes
Speaker 8: on the next road trip. He may be pitching in
Speaker 8: San Francisco a week from today or a week from tomorrow,
Speaker 8: which is a pitcher's ballpark, and we'll see whether or
Speaker 8: not he steps it up to three innings next weekend.
Speaker 2: All right, David, great stuff. We'll check back in with you.
Speaker 2: Just a couple of minutes still to come. You're on
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Speaker 2: coming up in less than fifteen minutes. We'll hear from
Speaker 2: Rick Monday.
Speaker 1: Coming up.
Speaker 2: We'll have deeper in this pitching matchup. But up next
Speaker 2: your Dodgers magical moment, Don't go anywhere, Dodgers and Astros
Speaker 2: on this Saturday afternoon show. Hey Otani on the mound
Speaker 2: on his birthday. First pitch coming up at four ten.
Speaker 2: I'm Tim Kas's the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network.
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Speaker 2: It's the Dodgers and the Astros on this Saturday afternoon
Speaker 2: game two of this three game set. Dodgers put in
Speaker 2: last night behind them except for the postgame fireworks, which
Speaker 2: were cool. Show Hey Otani on the mount on his birthday.
Speaker 2: First pitch coming up at four ten.
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Speaker 4: by Hawfey hot to hops.
Speaker 2: Well, the All Star Game fast approaching. We go back
Speaker 2: to nineteen seventy eighth, the All Star Game at San
Speaker 2: Diego Jack Murphy Stadium. Steve Garvey, in the height of
Speaker 2: his Dodger career, with a big afternoon against the American League.
Speaker 5: Is developed a distressing habit for the Yankees of throwing
Speaker 5: a home run.
Speaker 1: Boy Barby HiT's.
Speaker 4: A deep.
Speaker 2: Hot Tarbo hot two here about for three.
Speaker 3: Is it Ricochet's back.
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Speaker 8: A great ceremonial first pitch yesterday for our very own
Speaker 8: Rick Monday.
Speaker 3: How are you feeling today, Rick.
Speaker 1: I'm on the aisle. Yeah, I'm over work. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: one pitch of the last. Actually it's the first baseball
Speaker 1: that I've thrown in like six years.
Speaker 3: What was it like throwing it to Blake Trent and
Speaker 3: he seemed very excited.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you what. I'm glad you brought this up.
Speaker 1: And Blake is wonderful. And in the follow up to
Speaker 1: a brief conversation have with Blake, right through the pitch
Speaker 1: to him, I asked him and said, look, how are
Speaker 1: you doing? Because I feel great? And he showed that
Speaker 1: today because he was pitching to simulate the game along
Speaker 1: with Blake Snow and that's the really positive standpoint. And
Speaker 1: I just related to trying to is, look, we need you,
Speaker 1: but don't rush it if you're not ready. He goes, no,
Speaker 1: I'm right there. So that's that's a very good news
Speaker 1: and the update and other than Will Smith getting some
Speaker 1: hits and getting a home run, other than that, really
Speaker 1: the highlight for the Dodgers last night was a fireworks show.
Speaker 8: No doubt, and for Blake Tryning, it was catching your
Speaker 8: first pitch. From what I was told, Blake was very.
Speaker 3: Excited when he was asked to be the catcher for
Speaker 3: that first.
Speaker 1: Page I made. I made a comment to him. Evidently
Speaker 1: he drew short straws and lost. He had the catch.
Speaker 1: He had the catch. I just told him was look,
Speaker 1: I promise I will not bounce it. I heard a
Speaker 1: scout inside a few minutes ago and it and it
Speaker 1: bears true, and I'll be honest. This conversation goes back
Speaker 1: this scout with the late Jenfergosi outstanding short sty I've
Speaker 1: been wonderful guy, he told this guy a number of
Speaker 1: years ago. He says, I was never nervous on the
Speaker 1: field of baseball except after his career, if he would
Speaker 1: throw out the first pitch. And I can relate to
Speaker 1: that because all of a sudden, everybody's expecting you, former player,
Speaker 1: and you throw the ball and happen to be just
Speaker 1: happened to be right there, but it was not. It
Speaker 1: was a good night basically the circle of wagons last
Speaker 1: night for the Dodgers, they didn't do much in the
Speaker 1: right direction.
Speaker 3: Did you feel that way yesterday? Rick, you said you
Speaker 3: might have some butterflies?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, no, one wants to embarrass yourself. I
Speaker 1: don't care what it is that did any of us do.
Speaker 1: And everybody's looking at you, and by the way, to
Speaker 1: get everybody's attention, Hey, by the way, there's a guy
Speaker 1: right there watching it to throw the ball. You know,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers losing in last night's game. Obviously it was lopsided,
Speaker 1: so you know, you start to this computer thing that's
Speaker 1: going to catch on? Yeah, AYI yeah, yeah, I'm no kidding.
Speaker 1: So for the Dodgers, Dave Roberts has seen this before
Speaker 1: what happened last night, Because if we go back to
Speaker 1: the twenty sixth of August two thousand and three, the
Speaker 1: Dodgers were in Houston, and they lost the ball game
Speaker 1: that night, eighteen to four. Who was the leadoff hitter
Speaker 1: for the Los Angeles Dodgers that day, the current manager,
Speaker 1: It was Dave Roberts. Here's another fill for you. Who
Speaker 1: was on the other team in that game? Oh no, yeah,
Speaker 1: oh yes.
Speaker 3: One of his teammates and also on his coaching.
Speaker 1: At former Dodger now was on the Dodger coaching staff.
Speaker 1: So the more things change, the more they go full
Speaker 1: circle and come back again. By the way, what day
Speaker 1: is it, David?
Speaker 8: Today is not only July fifth, but it's snell Zilla Saturday.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that means they're coming up right after us.
Speaker 1: Since it's Saturday, you're you're going to be doing an
Speaker 1: interview with whom.
Speaker 8: That's right, Blake Snell aka snell Zilla, who looked nasty
Speaker 8: on the mound today getting ready.
Speaker 1: And watched him, and the reports were very good.
Speaker 6: I thought.
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts came up with a very interesting line talking
Speaker 1: to the members of the media a little bit earlier
Speaker 1: today and he was asked about the ball club obviously
Speaker 1: last night, and you'll wash that away. Yeah it hurts,
Speaker 1: it's embarrassing, but it's gone. But Dave said, and here's
Speaker 1: a ball club that's eight games in front of everybody
Speaker 1: else in the Western Division of the National League. He said,
Speaker 1: and here's a quote. There's a lot of room, and
Speaker 1: there's a lot of room for improvement. There's a ball club.
Speaker 1: And then he says, I don't need to go into it.
Speaker 1: You guys have been watching the games and how they've
Speaker 1: been played. We need to improve in a few areas.
Speaker 1: And I think that's the difference between the teams and
Speaker 1: eight games in front of first place. I mean, that's
Speaker 1: where they are. That's the difference between teams that have
Speaker 1: high goals and high expectations and say, okay, fine, we
Speaker 1: should be a little bit farther out in front of
Speaker 1: everybody than what the eight games are and let's kind
Speaker 1: of tighten the belts and get down to what we
Speaker 1: can do instead of saying this is good enough, no doubt.
Speaker 3: And even guys feel that way on the team, the
Speaker 3: guys that actually that's.
Speaker 1: The difference between upper echelon teams and those everybody else.
Speaker 3: Rick, eight more games to go. Let's see if the
Speaker 3: Dodgers can starts to hit their stride.
Speaker 1: Yeah, look forward to your interview coming up.
Speaker 3: Thanks. Rick, appreciate it. I had a good time with Blake.
Speaker 1: Snell and he's really a course down right now.
Speaker 3: Sounds good. Rick, We'll get you that icy hot We'll
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Speaker 8: You know what day it is it's the fifth of
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Speaker 8: of that is true, but and it's his birthday. The
Speaker 8: real thing going on today is snell Zilla Saturday with
Speaker 8: my guy, Blake Snell. Before first pitch, thanks a lot
Speaker 8: for the time, and happy Saturday.
Speaker 6: Hey, thank you. It's good to be back on Oh
Speaker 6: he's in a.
Speaker 8: Great mood because he threw for the second time on
Speaker 8: this home Standay hitters, How did it feel today?
Speaker 4: Not?
Speaker 6: Felt good. It's good to be back.
Speaker 10: It's good to you know, learn again and feel and
Speaker 10: know that it's getting closer to pitching and getting back
Speaker 10: to that. So happy with today. I just I felt
Speaker 10: like the fastball was better. I feel like I got
Speaker 10: a lot better from the first one to this one.
Speaker 10: So starting to repeat stuff and feel stuff that's right wrong,
Speaker 10: and yeah, getting getting better.
Speaker 8: You had a big leaguer in the mix today, Hayes
Speaker 8: Sung Kim. Did you request that or did he want
Speaker 8: to see what snail Zilla is all about?
Speaker 10: He needed some AB's yeah, so he got in there,
Speaker 10: and uh no, that was good. You know you need
Speaker 10: facing big leader is always good. So I appreciate him
Speaker 10: doing that.
Speaker 3: When the games are going on.
Speaker 8: You've explained to me how you read hitter swings in
Speaker 8: a situation like today. Is that what you're doing or
Speaker 8: you more focused on what you're doing?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean focus on what I'm doing.
Speaker 10: And then you know, trust and feel and understanding hitters
Speaker 10: when they get into the box what they're presenting, and
Speaker 10: and you know what that tells me, And then you know,
Speaker 10: how do I plan on dissecting you know, the bat?
Speaker 6: And just more strikes, you know, I mean, the more
Speaker 6: I get ahead, the better.
Speaker 10: And Yeah, as I've gotten older, I felt like I've
Speaker 10: done a lot better job of that and understanding that.
Speaker 6: So, yeah, they just get in the box.
Speaker 10: You just learn what they're telling you, and then you
Speaker 10: just pitch and see if you're right or wrong, and
Speaker 10: you adjust.
Speaker 8: This is the first time I've been around you every day,
Speaker 8: and I knew it was rough for you when you
Speaker 8: had to go on the I l I know it
Speaker 8: was tough for you when you couldn't throw.
Speaker 3: But I feel like there's a change.
Speaker 8: There's been a change the last three weeks and even
Speaker 8: on this homestand it feels like you believe you're close.
Speaker 6: Yeah, No, I know I'm close. I feel good, I
Speaker 6: feel healthy.
Speaker 10: Put a lot of work in to get to where
Speaker 10: I'm at right now, and I'm really happy about it.
Speaker 10: You know, got a lot more to do before I
Speaker 10: come back, but I really can't wait. This is this
Speaker 10: is what I do, It's what I love, and I
Speaker 10: just it's all I want to do.
Speaker 8: So since I am and this is the platform of
Speaker 8: Nolzilla on Saturdays, what's the next step?
Speaker 10: I think I want to rehab start next. They'll let
Speaker 10: me know, but I think that's what's next. And the Yeah,
Speaker 10: just get go and get closer to getting back here.
Speaker 3: Does it make it easier with the lead this team
Speaker 3: has built without.
Speaker 6: You, Yeah, I mean it definitely helps.
Speaker 10: It's fun to watch and see, you know, guys get
Speaker 10: there their opportunities and then the boys that you know
Speaker 10: are here for a long time just doing what they've
Speaker 10: been doing their whole career. But it's not surprising or
Speaker 10: anything to me. I think we should be even better
Speaker 10: and I think the best is yet to come.
Speaker 3: I know players never feel the pressure.
Speaker 8: I mean, that's why you guys are the best of
Speaker 8: the best, and you're a two time cy Young winner.
Speaker 3: But to have this type of team, to have this
Speaker 3: type of lead.
Speaker 8: They really don't need you to come in here and
Speaker 8: save the season, unlike other teams you've been on.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 10: No, I just need to come back and be ready
Speaker 10: to dominate and finish the year strong and then you know,
Speaker 10: figure out what I need to do to make sure
Speaker 10: I'm healthy for the full season next year.
Speaker 8: Blake Snell is our guest. You know what it is,
Speaker 8: Noil Zilla Saturday at Dodgers Stadium. You were here for
Speaker 8: Clayton Kershaws three thousand strikeout. You had the best seat
Speaker 8: in the house in the dugout.
Speaker 3: What was that moment like for you?
Speaker 10: You know, it was cool to see a part of history,
Speaker 10: only for her to do it left handed. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 10: I'm chasing after him, seeing if I can do what
Speaker 10: he's been able to do and to see if I
Speaker 10: could be better. And that's that's you know, that's a
Speaker 10: big feat to try to do. But it's something that
Speaker 10: I look forward to and I get to see it
Speaker 10: every day, and you know, it's just it's impressive to
Speaker 10: see what he's still able to do with you know,
Speaker 10: just how competitive he is and and that's why he's
Speaker 10: so good.
Speaker 3: He's just he competes and he.
Speaker 10: Never gives in and he's always finding a way to
Speaker 10: get better. He works his butt off and you know,
Speaker 10: it's just fun to be around, fun to learn and observe.
Speaker 10: And yeah, I mean, what a privilege to be able
Speaker 10: to watch that, you know, in the dugout and see
Speaker 10: that and in the moment itself, just how special it was,
Speaker 10: and the fans.
Speaker 6: That have watched it for you know, so many years
Speaker 6: to see that. It's just so special and surreal. And yeah,
Speaker 6: I was just so so happy, you know, for him
Speaker 6: and what he's done in this game.
Speaker 3: Isn't it crazy?
Speaker 8: That was a game first week of July against the
Speaker 8: White Sox, who do not have the best of records,
Speaker 8: yet it felt like a playoff atmosphere that night.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, he got two strikes on so many hitters.
Speaker 10: I'm like, well, like come on, and you could tell.
Speaker 6: I mean, you know he's trying to get it get
Speaker 6: it as well.
Speaker 10: And for him to do it in the you know,
Speaker 10: at the sixth the end of the sixth and you
Speaker 10: had to battle and to finally get it and then
Speaker 10: that's it.
Speaker 6: I mean, it was it was perfect.
Speaker 8: So how about when he went out for the sixth
Speaker 8: inning the crowd he erupted, gave him a standing ovation.
Speaker 3: That was that was special.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think you know, he went out just you
Speaker 10: know the guys that were coming up, and the possibility
Speaker 10: of a strikeout was pretty high, and yeah, I mean
Speaker 10: that was amazing. I think everyone knew that was going
Speaker 10: to happen. We wanted everyone wants him to get it,
Speaker 10: you know, get three thousand here.
Speaker 6: You don't want him to get it on the road.
Speaker 3: What do you think about his toast after the game?
Speaker 6: Yeah, no, awesome, Yeah, everything, I mean that's who he is. Yeah, awesome.
Speaker 8: Blake Snell is our guest, two time, two time cy
Speaker 8: Young Award winner, on his way back very soon after
Speaker 8: the All Star break, Blake Snell will pick up where
Speaker 8: he left off in a much better way. And certainly
Speaker 8: pitching herd is not fun. I was gonna ask you
Speaker 8: about just Michael Conforto because you were teammates with him
Speaker 8: in San Francisco. I don't know if you've heard about
Speaker 8: the reason why he's come out of his slump. Have
Speaker 8: you heard about how he's come out of his slump ideas?
Speaker 6: But what do you got?
Speaker 8: Well, I mean, there is one scenario about the new
Speaker 8: bat all that that's part of the equation.
Speaker 6: But JD.
Speaker 8: Martinez, his only year with the Dodgers, was struggling. So
Speaker 8: we did a pregame interview, and because I broke my
Speaker 8: wrist going down the slide, he did get the dead
Speaker 8: fish handshake. So I felt like CONFORDO needed that. Do
Speaker 8: you want to feel the dead fish handshake right now?
Speaker 5: Chance?
Speaker 6: No, you keep that to yourself.
Speaker 8: You're making it sound a lot more creepy than it is.
Speaker 8: Are you sure you don't want to feel the dead
Speaker 8: fish headshay, No, learn how to go down a slide.
Speaker 8: I'm staying back from Milwaukee just to be safe this time.
Speaker 8: I want to keep the marriage attack for one more year.
Speaker 6: Yeah I like that. Yeah, No more Milwaukee trips.
Speaker 8: Okay, if you need me to take the Zilla national
Speaker 8: team down some slides or something before a game to
Speaker 8: inspire them, let me know.
Speaker 6: I think you've lost your privilege of going down a slide.
Speaker 8: All right, man, Well, thank you for the time. Can't
Speaker 8: wait to see you back, can't wait to see seven
Speaker 8: back on the mound. And today was another step in
Speaker 8: that direction. So keep the hair tight, keep the dreams alive.
Speaker 3: You know what it is.
Speaker 6: Wow, appreciate it.
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Speaker 5: All right, TC back here with Rick Monday one more
Speaker 5: time on a sunny Saturday at Dodgers Stadium. The Dog
Speaker 5: is going to try and put behind them the blowout
Speaker 5: loss in Game one of the series against the Astros,
Speaker 5: and they will face the stud left hander from Barvaldez,
Speaker 5: and the Astros have won each of his last ten
Speaker 5: games that he has started in from Barvaldezmos So he
Speaker 5: is going to be a tough task.
Speaker 1: What are the keys to get to them? Well, I think,
Speaker 1: first of all, he's a guy that throws a lot
Speaker 1: of strikes. There's no ifens and bunch about it. He
Speaker 1: is now coming into this ballgame thirteen consecutive scoreless innings,
Speaker 1: and it all began towards the end of May. In fact,
Speaker 1: if you look at how he started this season, it
Speaker 1: was not really exemplary. The first seven starts, he was
Speaker 1: one in four, Era was at four. But since May seventh,
Speaker 1: he's gone eight and two. That's in ten starts, as
Speaker 1: Era is under two, and it really parallels to last year.
Speaker 1: He got off to a rugged starter of a sudden
Speaker 1: dialed it in and became one of the better pitches
Speaker 1: that you're mentioning aga in baseball.
Speaker 5: He is not allowed a run in thirteen innings, thirteen
Speaker 5: consecutive scoreless innings for the astro starter.
Speaker 1: So the Dodgers have their left handed hitting lineup in there.
Speaker 5: Will Smith will bat third and Freddie Freeman will jump
Speaker 5: down to the cleanup spot to Oscar Hernandez and Andy
Speaker 5: Paie has to follow, and of course you got three
Speaker 5: lefties sitting on the bench. Show hey Otani's thirty first birthday,
Speaker 5: first time starting a game on his birthday. Then again, well,
Speaker 5: as you alluded to earlier, hitting on his birthday has
Speaker 5: not been easy for him either.
Speaker 1: No, it hasn't, I mentioned earlier on his birthdays two
Speaker 1: for twenty two. But it's going to be interesting to
Speaker 1: see Otani today and Dave Roberts the plan is at
Speaker 1: least coming into the game to stretch him out multiple
Speaker 1: innings in today's game. We'll see how we reacts. Still,
Speaker 1: kind of it seems a little weird the transition from
Speaker 1: pitching at home where he's on the abound to begin with,
Speaker 1: and then the leadoff hitter in the transfers that, hey
Speaker 1: to the bat boy, here's my glove, here's my hat.
Speaker 1: Now he give me the banning gloves and everything else.
Speaker 1: Transition is still trying to get smoothed down.
Speaker 5: Well, you've looked at his first three starts of the season.
Speaker 5: He has struck out in the first hitting every single time,
Speaker 5: So you wonder how that may evolve as the year
Speaker 5: goes on. But tonight we'll get another chance to see him.
Speaker 5: The fact is ball in his last outing against Kansas
Speaker 5: City that was the most crisp that we have seen
Speaker 5: him today, and.
Speaker 1: The highest velocity that he has thrown too is over
Speaker 1: one hundred miles an hour. A couple of pitches here
Speaker 1: and there. I'm more interested in how he attacks the
Speaker 1: strength zone, in particular the breaking both fast bowl has
Speaker 1: been there. Now we'll see about the breaking stuff and
Speaker 1: the continuation of throwing strikes.
Speaker 5: And whenever he comes out of the game, we know
Speaker 5: Justin Robleski will eventually come into it. And Robo has
Speaker 5: been on an absolute role. He has turned himself into
Speaker 5: a weapon. But dot He can't wait to get the baseball.
Speaker 5: Oh and we love watching him. He's made some tweaks
Speaker 5: with Dave Anderson down in the minor leagues. They widened
Speaker 5: his base and they got a more linear down the mound,
Speaker 5: and the results are speaking for themselves the last four turns.
Speaker 5: So Justin Robleski following show, Hey Otani, the Dodgers gonna
Speaker 5: try and even this series against the Houston Astros.
Speaker 1: Can't wait. First pitch, It'll be here in a minute.
Speaker 2: All right, first pitch is next Dodgers an Astros show,
Speaker 2: Hey Otani on the mountain, enjoy it. This has been
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