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<v Speaker 1>It's always our pleasure to celebrate one of the greatest

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<v Speaker 1>Dodgers in franchise history. World Series MVP Cy Young Award,

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<v Speaker 1>a man that certainly left his shoulder on the mound

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<v Speaker 1>for the Dodgers, and today we are celebrating the Bulldog

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<v Speaker 1>for his sixty sixth birthday. Oral, Happy birthday from all

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<v Speaker 1>of us. You know how much La and Dodger fans

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<v Speaker 1>love you, so I hope you're having a great day.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. You know the reason they love me is

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<v Speaker 2>we got to go back to eighty eight, right, and

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<v Speaker 2>that was the year that changed everybody's life and the

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<v Speaker 2>memory of the Dodgers and everything that happened all the

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<v Speaker 2>way from being drafted in the seventeenth round in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>seventy nine to here. I am still talking to Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>fans and loving the fact that they love me. So

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for the birthday wishes.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of nineteen eighty eight, obviously you were in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of your record setting consecutive scoreless inning streak on

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<v Speaker 1>September sixteenth, nineteen eighty eight. Do you remember that birthday

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<v Speaker 1>more than others?

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<v Speaker 3>I guess so.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess I remember it more, not because of the streak.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, the streak is there.

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<v Speaker 2>Baseball fans in my mind. But September fifteenth was my

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<v Speaker 2>second son was born, Jordan, So Jordan Douglas Herscheizer was

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<v Speaker 2>born September fifteenth, and then my birthday September sixteenth. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's always a special time of year. And here we

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<v Speaker 2>are on the road in Atlanta on when Jordan's birthday

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<v Speaker 2>was yesterday and mine is today. We will celebrate when

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<v Speaker 2>we get home to La So we're already playning a

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<v Speaker 2>special dinner and every year it's a special celebration where

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<v Speaker 2>he gets presents and I get cards.

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<v Speaker 3>At this stage, right, oh for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>You know he might even get a check in his card,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just get a nice card and maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>new tie for broadcasting.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I guess now that you're a broadcaster, you find

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<v Speaker 1>yourself in these weird cities like Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 3>Were you able to celebrate last night?

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<v Speaker 2>I really just stayed in my room, cocooning, watching football,

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<v Speaker 2>watching the Dodgers, hanging out. So it's one of those

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<v Speaker 2>days that you know, when you have a busy life,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes that hotel room gets to be a nice oasis

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<v Speaker 2>you get away. You get to sleep in you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to do anything, and with an off day. It

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<v Speaker 2>has been an odd road trip for me because we

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<v Speaker 2>had Apple TV do the first game. We had ESPN

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<v Speaker 2>do the game last night, so of the four days,

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<v Speaker 2>we're only broadcasting too. But we're back at it tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Orl Herscheiser, the birthday Boy, is our guest here in Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned you watched the game last night. I know

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<v Speaker 1>you're extremely close to Walker Buehler. How optimistic are the

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<v Speaker 1>Dodgers after that type of start?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think we continue to see him grow and

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<v Speaker 2>this is a different guy coming back from rehab because

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<v Speaker 2>he's coming back with different tools and the fastballs back

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<v Speaker 2>down maybe you know, three mile an hour or so.

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<v Speaker 2>The stuff is not as quite as sharp and as

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<v Speaker 2>much break, but he's learning to pitch with it, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's the good thing. And once he learns

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<v Speaker 2>to pitch with it, I think then the stuff is

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<v Speaker 2>going to go up. And I think we saw that

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<v Speaker 2>last night. It's you know, it's about counts, it's about

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<v Speaker 2>learning to pitch, it's about learning who you are again.

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<v Speaker 2>And for Walker, I think it's a bigger step because

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<v Speaker 2>he had such amazing stuff before, and he had such

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<v Speaker 2>a big ego when he was out there, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>now with enough embarrassment and failure, his ego has kind

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<v Speaker 2>of checked at the door, and now he's using his intelligence.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking about a kid who went to Vanderbilt, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and he could argue with you about almost any subject

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<v Speaker 2>and be right probably about any subject. So he's learning

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<v Speaker 2>through this process and it was really nice for him

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<v Speaker 2>to get results because I think those results are going

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<v Speaker 2>to not only be analyzed and he's going to see

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<v Speaker 2>what he did well and what he did poorly, but

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's going to all of a sudden create

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<v Speaker 2>a better path for him to know where success is.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's important for the Dodgers right now. There is

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<v Speaker 2>no silver lining to these injuries. I know, maybe some

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<v Speaker 2>of the silver that we're finding, like with Walker Buehler

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<v Speaker 2>or Flaherty or Yamamoto tonight, maybe that silver can turn

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<v Speaker 2>into gold in a World Series championship. But boy, we're

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<v Speaker 2>getting we're walking on thin ice now. As far as injuries.

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<v Speaker 1>Going back to Walker Buehler, ooral, does it all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden click for him, because last night we did

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<v Speaker 1>see what you were describing more of a pitcher. He

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<v Speaker 1>used seven different pitches and was able to not just

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<v Speaker 1>try to bully with the fastball.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't think you're going to see him bully

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<v Speaker 2>with the fastball. I think he needs to locate and

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<v Speaker 2>get ahead. It's about counts, it's about fundamentals of baseball

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<v Speaker 2>and using the stuff that he has. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff will get better once he gets the rhythm,

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<v Speaker 2>once he gets that, this is who I am and

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<v Speaker 2>not over trying. You can see sometimes when the effort,

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden takes him away from some rhythm,

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<v Speaker 2>which then takes you away from location, which then takes

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<v Speaker 2>you into bad counts, which then leads to walks and

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<v Speaker 2>leads to crooked numbers and bad innings. And so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you give up two runs in the third inning last

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<v Speaker 2>night without having the ball leave the infield. Gavin Lux

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<v Speaker 2>gets the ball out of his glove. Maybe it's a

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<v Speaker 2>different inning. And I don't understand why that's called an

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<v Speaker 2>infield hit and on an error, because when you drop

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<v Speaker 2>a ball as an infielder or an outfielder, that's an error.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can't get it out of your glove, that's

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<v Speaker 2>an error. Also, it's kind of like hesitating on a

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<v Speaker 2>throw or bobbling. So I'm not against Gavin and the

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<v Speaker 2>play as much as thinking about Walker and what that

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<v Speaker 2>out could have been for his confidence.

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<v Speaker 3>Oral Herscheizer is our guest.

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<v Speaker 1>He's back in the saddle tonight with Joe Davis on Sportsnet,

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<v Speaker 1>La Yamamoto might be the most important pitcher to the

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<v Speaker 1>Dodgers in October. Like you said, with all these injuries,

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<v Speaker 1>what was the biggest takeaway you saw from him at

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<v Speaker 1>Dodgers Stadium the last time?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the swing and miss is just there. It's immaculate.

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<v Speaker 2>And for him to come back, there are guys that

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<v Speaker 2>can hit falling out of bed and not have to

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<v Speaker 2>go on rehab. He looked like the kind of pitcher

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<v Speaker 2>that didn't need rehab, even though the two rehab starts

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<v Speaker 2>were really just exercise, not good stats at all, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and he dominated in that outing, and I just think

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<v Speaker 2>that he's a tremendous talent. We've got to keep him healthy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be interesting on the usage as we

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<v Speaker 2>go forward. I mean, you get him up to seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five pitches, maybe you get him up to one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>or just ninety in the next outing. But the key

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<v Speaker 2>is Otani is the headline.

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<v Speaker 3>With the fifty to fifty Chase.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers are a secondary headline with the National League

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<v Speaker 2>West Chase. Each time, each day, those headlines can shift.

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<v Speaker 2>But every time Flaherty takes the mount, takes the mound,

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<v Speaker 2>Yamamoto takes the mount, and even knack Now takes the mound,

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<v Speaker 2>it becomes the headline.

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<v Speaker 3>For this team.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is a different year for the Dodgers and

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<v Speaker 2>a different year as a broadcaster for us because there's

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<v Speaker 2>storylines right now. Before it was like fifteen games up,

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<v Speaker 2>they've already clinched. What do we talk about Now We've

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<v Speaker 2>got headlines and stories and everything that we can talk about,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's an exciting time of year.

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<v Speaker 1>We've talked about it the last two years, where the

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<v Speaker 1>five days of rest may have worked against the Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 1>How vital is it for them to get five days

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<v Speaker 1>of rest considering where their pitching staff is.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they got to stay in front of a Milwaukee.

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<v Speaker 2>They've got the tiebreaker with Milwaukee, so that gives them

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of cushion. Every game that we win

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<v Speaker 2>or every game that they lose makes it even better.

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<v Speaker 2>It's got to stay in front of San Diego you've

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<v Speaker 2>got two races there, three and a half.

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<v Speaker 3>Games with San Diego.

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<v Speaker 2>If you get to only three or two and a

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<v Speaker 2>half with them, they own the tiebreaker there, and you've

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<v Speaker 2>got three games head to head. Could be very, very exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's a lot of baseball, a lot of stories left.

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<v Speaker 3>Or thanks a lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's story is Yamamoto and also the bulldog Oral Hersheiser's birthday.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope you celebrate it with a Dodger win on the

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<v Speaker 1>way to Miami. I'll take you out once we land

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<v Speaker 1>in South Beach tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thank you so much for you. I think at

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<v Speaker 2>one o'clock in the morning we'll go to bed O.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks a lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I can get the senior discount when you take

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<v Speaker 2>me out at five o'clock.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, no doubt, let's do it.