Speaker 1: Now your host walking you up to first pitch. It's
Speaker 1: David Vasse.
Speaker 2: We are live at Wrigley Field in Chicago for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers and Cubs to close out their regular season series
Speaker 2: with two here in the Friendly Confines. Welcome inside to
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Speaker 2: Dodgers have a sixteen and seven record after taking two
Speaker 2: out of three over the weekend in Texas. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: road trip now continues here at Wrigley Field with Dustin
Speaker 2: May on the mound going up against Shota Imanaga. First
Speaker 2: pitch from Wrigley Field is coming up at four point forty.
Speaker 2: It's a beautiful day as of now here in the
Speaker 2: North Side. Coming up over the next hour on Marongo
Speaker 2: Casino Dodgers on Deck, we'll hear from Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2: You'll hear from one of the bullpen dogs we caught
Speaker 2: up with Brent Honeywell in Texas. Also will go one
Speaker 2: on one with former Dodger and now a thorn in their.
Speaker 3: Side, Michael Bush.
Speaker 2: Plus, we've got your Dodgers magical moment, and as always,
Speaker 2: we'll check in with Rick Munday and Steven Nelson. Sunday
Speaker 2: in Texas, another great pitching duel between the Dodgers and Rangers.
Speaker 2: Tyler glass Now against Tyler Malee. Malley would go seven
Speaker 2: shutout innings, scattering just two hits while striking out four.
Speaker 4: Along the way.
Speaker 2: Glass Now, on the other hand, had four shutout innings,
Speaker 2: but had to leave the game early with lake cramps,
Speaker 2: similar to what he experienced last year in Toronto, so
Speaker 2: the Dodger bullpen had to pick him up. The Dodger
Speaker 2: offense couldn't figure out Tyler Malley finally got something going
Speaker 2: in the eighth inning against the Rangers' bullpen. Will Smith
Speaker 2: led off with a single. A walk by O'tani set
Speaker 2: up Freddie Freeman to deliver what would what turned out
Speaker 2: to be the difference making run.
Speaker 5: Artn out of the stretch is two to oh. Freeman
Speaker 5: swings I'm left field, pushes backs lanker to make the catch,
Speaker 5: tagging from third and Smith He'll come home without a throw.
Speaker 5: Sacrifice five for Freddie Freeman and at long last, we
Speaker 5: have a run in this game, and it belongs to
Speaker 5: your boys in Blue.
Speaker 1: Well nothing, Dodgers.
Speaker 2: That was the only run scored in the game. On
Speaker 2: Sunday in Texas, the Dodger bullpen needed to cover five
Speaker 2: innings for glass Now Luis Garcia, Anthony Banda, Ben Casparius
Speaker 2: pitch an inning in two thirds of scoreless relief, and
Speaker 2: of course, his fellow rookie mate Jack Dryer continued his
Speaker 2: scoreless inning streak. He is now at twelve and a
Speaker 2: third consecutive scoreless innings. Evan Phillips, who was just activated
Speaker 2: over the weekend, came back with two outs in the
Speaker 2: eighth inning with a runner on second to face a
Speaker 2: very dangerous Adules Garcia.
Speaker 6: Semion on second.
Speaker 5: After the leadoff walk, Jack Dryer got the next two outs.
Speaker 5: Evan Phillips needs one more strike to finish the eighth.
Speaker 5: Here's the pitch got him swinging. Heaven Phillips three pitch choose,
Speaker 5: three strikes and.
Speaker 1: A huge last out.
Speaker 3: Of the eighth. Huge strikeout by Evan Phillips.
Speaker 2: Then his buddy Tanner Scott would come in to pitch
Speaker 2: the ninth inning, and Tanner Scott would be able to
Speaker 2: record his eighth save of the season. The Dodgers take
Speaker 2: two out of three in Texas. Like I mentioned earlier,
Speaker 2: there's sixteen and seven and here they are in Chicago
Speaker 2: for our first look at today's game. Let's check in
Speaker 2: with my buddies here in the Gallup and Motors broadcast booth.
Speaker 3: Rick Monday and Steven Nelson appreciate you DV.
Speaker 5: Not far from you, Rick Monday and I looking out
Speaker 5: at bring you field to friendly comfine some unfriendly skies
Speaker 5: mo here in the Windy City tonight. What are your
Speaker 5: sources telling you about the forecast?
Speaker 6: Well, my sources and I go directly, and I'm not
Speaker 6: afraid to reveal my sources. Ron Coomer, No, not the
Speaker 6: most reliable. Well, I'm kidding, longtime friends and one of
Speaker 6: the really nice people. Well, the Cubs have issued a
Speaker 6: little bit of a statement, at least up here to
Speaker 6: the Cubs broadcasters that there could be rain somewhere coming
Speaker 6: after six o'clock local time and somewhere around seven thirty
Speaker 6: local time. It could get well dicey, that's the possibility.
Speaker 6: But one thing about it. If we look out down
Speaker 6: the rightfield line, see that big patch of blue, Yes,
Speaker 6: that water out there, I see Lake Michigan with the
Speaker 6: Lake effect. You don't really know what's going to happen,
Speaker 6: but at least that is a prediction that something that
Speaker 6: could happen tonight the Midwest Ocean, of course, yes, like
Speaker 6: Michigan get up.
Speaker 3: Of course, no roof here.
Speaker 5: We feel like there was a Globe Life Field in
Speaker 5: Arlington where the Dodgers won a second consecutive series. Really
Speaker 5: three tremendous baseball games mo and three incredible performances by
Speaker 5: both pitching staffs. Obviously the edge going to the Dodgers
Speaker 5: because they want seeing.
Speaker 6: Those nice trying to analyze if we look at the
Speaker 6: last well two series, the Dodgers have played okay, they
Speaker 6: handled the Rockies very well, and we saw the pitching
Speaker 6: that they had against the Rockies. Rockies have not been
Speaker 6: in it. Now we go to t Texas, Texas Rangers,
Speaker 6: leading the Western Division of the American League. They put
Speaker 6: the ball into play. They had been scoring a lot
Speaker 6: of runs, and yet the Dodgers' pitching staff held the
Speaker 6: Rangers to very few runs. They lost one game of
Speaker 6: the three in that series. That was a walk off
Speaker 6: home run to win that win in Game two. But
Speaker 6: the pitching was right there. The timely hitting. The other
Speaker 6: thing that I don't want to have overlooked the Dodgers
Speaker 6: defense has enabled the pitching staff to throw some zeros
Speaker 6: up on the scoreboard.
Speaker 3: No doubt.
Speaker 5: So they're coming off their third shoutout win of the season,
Speaker 5: their first won nothing win since August of twenty twenty
Speaker 5: three for your Dodgers. So now they're playing the Cubs again.
Speaker 5: This is the sixth meeting. These are the final two
Speaker 5: games between these two clubs for the rest of twenty
Speaker 5: twenty five. And we're still not at the end of April.
Speaker 5: But these two teams, based on what we've seen so far,
Speaker 5: Mo definitely look like they are a true content that
Speaker 5: come out of the nationality.
Speaker 6: And for the Cubs, I mean, they were fourth in
Speaker 6: Major League Baseball in team average. They have scored more
Speaker 6: runs than any other team in Major League Baseball to
Speaker 6: this particular point, if we look at their pitching staff
Speaker 6: the last eight games, they have given up thirty three runs,
Speaker 6: but that comes over a lot of innings. They're era
Speaker 6: In fact, for the last eight games collectively, the Cubs
Speaker 6: pitching ERA is below two. So don't take them for granted.
Speaker 6: And the other part that they have is we saw
Speaker 6: in that series in Dodger Stadium they will be aggressive
Speaker 6: if they're on the basis.
Speaker 5: Well, no doubt about that. All right, Dustin may Showta
Speaker 5: Yu Managa. It's a tremendous pitching matchup. Runs probably will
Speaker 5: be at a premium depending on the wind. Of course,
Speaker 5: we'll talk more about that matchup. We visit with you again, dB.
Speaker 3: All right, thanks guys.
Speaker 2: We will check in with Rick and Steven a little
Speaker 2: bit later, and we are counting you down to first pitch.
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Speaker 2: First pitch between the Dodgers and Cubs from Wrigley Field
Speaker 2: coming up at four forty. I'm David Vasse and this
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Speaker 1: Y'all on the official home of LA Dodgers Baseball.
Speaker 2: David Vasse live at Wrigley Field in Chicago, getting you
Speaker 2: set for first pitch from Wrigley Field at four forty.
Speaker 1: This is the otanis Free Wide Well Show.
Speaker 2: Hey, Otani returned after welcoming his first child into the world.
Speaker 2: They had a brand new baby girl. Everyone happy and healthy.
Speaker 2: O'tanni flew back to Texas to being the starting lineup
Speaker 2: on Sunday, but was zero for three with a walk.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers beat the Rangers one to nothing. Out here
Speaker 2: in Chicago. Otani came out here to play catch as
Speaker 2: he continues his throwing program to one day pitch again
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers.
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Speaker 2: very messy car. I hope before he donates he cleans
Speaker 2: it up, Kirsten. It says a lot about a person
Speaker 2: how messy their car is.
Speaker 3: Don't you agree?
Speaker 7: I do, because mine is spotless. Yes, this means I
Speaker 7: think I'm a really great person.
Speaker 3: I agree.
Speaker 2: Very very stylish, very stylish and always well groomed.
Speaker 3: Yep.
Speaker 7: And I have told Jack that you know just the
Speaker 7: beautiful thing. Every time you park at the stadium, there
Speaker 7: is a trash can as soon as you walk in,
Speaker 7: so you could just empty it on your way in.
Speaker 7: And you know what, no doubt, no doubt that's true.
Speaker 7: It was clean in the app, it was clean in
Speaker 7: the docu series though.
Speaker 2: All right, yeah, fine, yeah, we saw that. We won't
Speaker 2: talk about how Apple completely torpedoed me. Yes, right, yes,
Speaker 2: it's okay, wasted a lot of our time.
Speaker 4: We I don't know if I'll say all that.
Speaker 7: It was fun to be like interviewed, but we were not.
Speaker 3: In the show.
Speaker 2: And no, they only had me say Jack flaerty didn't
Speaker 2: have it in game five. That's what everybody saw me anyway,
Speaker 2: Kiersten one.
Speaker 7: So it's fine, either here nor there. We're now in Chicago.
Speaker 3: We'll move on. We don't need Apple.
Speaker 2: I'm unsubscribing by the way, you were talking about pickle juice?
Speaker 2: Are we still talking about Tyler glassnow? Some fortunate dehydration.
Speaker 7: We are more of though, just kind of the impact
Speaker 7: that we saw last year of it. So last year
Speaker 7: in April he actually dealt with the same thing when
Speaker 7: he played the Blue Jays, and he even said that,
Speaker 7: you know, it's a very similar experience. I think a
Speaker 7: part of it is just we're super tall. You know,
Speaker 7: it takes a lot to hydrate all these bodies. So
Speaker 7: I actually have tried pickle jew shots before.
Speaker 3: Now what does that do?
Speaker 7: I mean, I think it just hydrates you with potassium. Yeah,
Speaker 7: I think it's the potassium from the pickles.
Speaker 3: All right, Yeah, good to know. There you go. You
Speaker 3: got your health tip of the day from Kirstin.
Speaker 7: Hopefully that's not right. That is not provided by a
Speaker 7: medical official. That is just from my own thoughts.
Speaker 3: So let's be very clear.
Speaker 7: But he said it worked for him last year, and
Speaker 7: hopefully I mean he's out there playing catch right now,
Speaker 7: so he seems to be all good. So hopefully that
Speaker 7: might have been the remedy this year as well.
Speaker 2: When you saw him, did you remind Glass now, maybe
Speaker 2: a pickle juice shot could help.
Speaker 7: I did not remind him, But if he is still
Speaker 7: experiencing the cramping today, I will remind him. But they
Speaker 7: have they have pickle juice shots in the clubhouse. It
Speaker 7: is a thing that athletes have used in the past.
Speaker 7: I tried the pickle juice shot that they give them,
Speaker 7: and I will say it's kind of nasty. If I'm
Speaker 7: being honest, I do. I can drink pickle juice.
Speaker 3: Though, all right, yeah sounds good.
Speaker 2: My daughter loves pickles, same same. I like bread and
Speaker 2: butter pickles.
Speaker 7: Oh I don't Actually those are too sweet. But I
Speaker 7: do like if there's the ones in the pack and
Speaker 7: I all chopped up, they get a little spicy. One
Speaker 7: ten out of ten.
Speaker 2: I feel like this segment is way better than anything
Speaker 2: you've done with Tim Kates all season long.
Speaker 7: I think this might win us a lot of awards,
Speaker 7: maybe like in the dal Pickole Awards. I just kidding.
Speaker 3: We've learned.
Speaker 2: We've learned three things Apple did a bad job on
Speaker 2: the docu series using us. Jack Harris's car is super messy.
Speaker 2: And number three, pickle juice can help you stay hydrated.
Speaker 3: We'll do this again tomorrow.
Speaker 7: Do it again tomorrow, see you then see then.
Speaker 2: Kirsten Watson still to come here on Morongo Casino.
Speaker 3: Dodgers on Deck. We'll preview tonight's pitching matchup.
Speaker 2: I'll go one on one with Dodger killer Michael Bush
Speaker 2: and we'll get you an injury report. And here from
Speaker 2: the Dodgers manager, Dave Roberts Dodgers and Cubs, Game one
Speaker 2: of a two game set here at Wrigley Field.
Speaker 3: Coming up at four forty.
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Speaker 3: It's time now for the injury report.
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Speaker 3: So I have an update on Blake Snell.
Speaker 2: He played catch today and Dave Roberts said, if all
Speaker 2: went well, Snell is going.
Speaker 3: To throw a bullpen session.
Speaker 2: Not sure the details, but the Dodgers have decided not
Speaker 2: to have Snell throw a bullpen session tomorrow. And also,
Speaker 2: a future Hall of Famer is making his second rehabs
Speaker 2: start tonight for the Tulsa Drillers. Clayton Kershaw is in
Speaker 2: Arkansas getting ready for his second rehab start, so we'll
Speaker 2: give you an update on that after the game. For now,
Speaker 2: let's head downstairs and let you hear from Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: in the dugout questions.
Speaker 6: For Dave, Dave, can you just describe Dave?
Speaker 1: Can you talk about the pressure in the dugouts with
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts?
Speaker 8: You know, it is challenging, it's different, unusual. This team
Speaker 8: is a completely different ball club than we saw in Tokyo.
Speaker 8: They're playing a lot better, and so I expect to
Speaker 8: see the same team we saw in La. So it's
Speaker 8: gonna be a good series. I think runs gonna be
Speaker 8: hard to come by. Hopefully we do a better job
Speaker 8: of preventing runs against these guys that here than we
Speaker 8: did at home. But it should be a good series.
Speaker 8: And I think that it's more of a yeah, you know,
Speaker 8: we saw Imanaga, we saw BOYD. You know, they saw
Speaker 8: our so a little bit of the cat and mouse
Speaker 8: kind of comes into play.
Speaker 6: Now.
Speaker 2: He was obviously pretty busy, but did showing brow when
Speaker 2: he was on leaving his drowing progression change and all
Speaker 2: of lace.
Speaker 8: I know it hasn't changed.
Speaker 6: I don't know if he threw when he.
Speaker 8: Was back home, he played catch today he's out there.
Speaker 8: I think we're just just out there.
Speaker 3: We'll be out there.
Speaker 8: He's gonna throw a light pen tomorrow and then he'll
Speaker 8: go back to his kind of full blown bullpen on Saturday.
Speaker 2: All right, there's manager Dave Roberts in the visiting dugout
Speaker 2: here at Wrigley Field. When we continue on Arongo Casino
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Speaker 2: world champion Brent Honeywell and case he missed it. Over
Speaker 2: the weekend, Honeywell came to Globe lie Field and was
Speaker 2: surprised with his.
Speaker 3: World Series ring. We got a lot more to go
Speaker 3: until first pitch at four forty.
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Speaker 2: Law Dustin May and showta Imanaga is the pitching matchup
Speaker 2: at Wrigley Field tonight.
Speaker 3: First pitch coming up at four forty.
Speaker 2: Coming up later in the show, we'll dive deeper into
Speaker 2: tonight's pitching matchup. Rick and Steven will have the keys
Speaker 2: to the game. Out in Texas, we caught up with
Speaker 2: Brent Honeywell. You'll hear from him in a moment, but
Speaker 2: I want to remind you that Dodger baseball is driven
Speaker 2: by Ford.
Speaker 3: If there's one thing we like, it's choices.
Speaker 2: Find yours with the Ford F one fifty gas hybrid
Speaker 2: or all electric tough This mark can only be called
Speaker 2: for F one fifty. All right, Brent Honeywell, funny guy
Speaker 2: and mean a lot to the Dodgers and their bullpen.
Speaker 2: He did a lot of unselfish things to be a
Speaker 2: great teammate to help the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Win the World Series.
Speaker 2: Here was our conversation with Honeywell after he was surprised
Speaker 2: with his World Series ring by his teammates.
Speaker 9: Thanks for having me. Good to see you guys. Oh
Speaker 9: y'all talk to y'all.
Speaker 3: Yes you're talking to David.
Speaker 4: I know I was a little bit under the weather.
Speaker 3: Yeah you were.
Speaker 9: I've felt so bad all off season two about it.
Speaker 2: No way, nothing to feel bad about your World champion
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers surprised champions.
Speaker 3: You did all the work. I was along for the ride.
Speaker 4: Well, nobody better to have along.
Speaker 2: Thank you appreciate it. Hey man, I knew the Dodgers
Speaker 2: were going to surprise you with the ring. You had
Speaker 2: no idea, no clue, no clue.
Speaker 4: I wanted it on the field, but hadn't worked out
Speaker 4: just yet. But I'm glad I got it now.
Speaker 3: So I'm sure that was the last thing on your
Speaker 3: mind when you showed up today.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean it kind of was, because I just
Speaker 9: it was good to see the guys, see Dog, see
Speaker 9: the pitching guys.
Speaker 4: And everybody that it took to win, like win one.
Speaker 4: I mean, going having some time to.
Speaker 9: Think about it and talk to friends about it, Like
Speaker 9: all the experiences are cool, but something that you can't
Speaker 9: do with it is like you'll never get rid of it.
Speaker 9: You know, it's a weird feeling. But now, I mean
Speaker 9: ultimately now I want another one. But no, I just
Speaker 9: know how how hard it was for all of us
Speaker 9: in here. It's a when Clayton went down, Blast went down,
Speaker 9: and it's like you see, like you finally understand like
Speaker 9: what it actually takes to to win. It takes every person,
Speaker 9: every fan, you like, it takes us all to takes
Speaker 9: us all to win it, so I appreciate you guys.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 2: It was such a special run, unprecedented type of run
Speaker 2: where you only had two and a half starters. But
Speaker 2: the dogs in that bullpen, including Brent Honeywell, saved the day.
Speaker 9: Hey, you know that's what they say. We saved the day.
Speaker 9: But these guys can hit. Man, these guys can hit
Speaker 9: big leagues. Isn't easy, but these guys made it easy
Speaker 9: on me. I felt like and no, I'm oh a
Speaker 9: lot to everybody that was in this clubhouse, and it
Speaker 9: was good to see it.
Speaker 2: What was your reaction when you saw the ring? Did
Speaker 2: you know that it opened at the top? What did
Speaker 2: you feel?
Speaker 9: I knew it opened because I seen it on social media,
Speaker 9: but I wasn't expecting to get it here because I didn't.
Speaker 9: I didn't tell anybody that I was coming except one.
Speaker 9: But he's a I guess he ratted me out.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he ain't a good way, but.
Speaker 9: No, I mean, it's just a the jersey. The jersey
Speaker 9: is the one that I really liked the jersey. But
Speaker 9: like I said, man, you know, it was good to
Speaker 9: see the guys. It's good to see the bullpen guys
Speaker 9: to see everybody in there, man, I mean it means
Speaker 9: a lot to me.
Speaker 4: Man. I mean it just you know, more she in,
Speaker 4: the more she into the game a little bit, you know.
Speaker 4: And the cool part about.
Speaker 9: It is is when you throw fifty pitches in one
Speaker 9: inning in the World Series, you can get a record
Speaker 9: etching stone right now. Yeah, but you get intertwined in
Speaker 9: the sport for eternal and your eternal.
Speaker 4: Man, it just is what it is.
Speaker 9: I mean, there's only one man that's eternal. But it
Speaker 9: makes you internal in the sport and you get intertwined.
Speaker 4: And and I think, which is the greatest game in
Speaker 4: the whole world.
Speaker 2: So hey, one thing nobody can ever take away from
Speaker 2: Brent Honeywell is a world championship, a world champion. Brent
Speaker 2: Honeywell has been our guest. Great to see you, and
Speaker 2: I look forward to seeing you again soon.
Speaker 4: I look forward to seeing y'all every day.
Speaker 2: Man, there is Brent Honeywell. Awesome guy, great teammate last year.
Speaker 2: He's thirty years old, in a free agent trying to
Speaker 2: pick where he wants to pitch. As we continue live
Speaker 2: from Wrigley Field, we will hear from another former Dodger,
Speaker 2: Michael Bush will break down the pitching matchup.
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Speaker 1: and World Series Champion Dodger Rick Monday.
Speaker 2: Rick, we got fancy things going on on this pregame show.
Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely, you know, I tell you what haffe has
Speaker 6: really aged well, you know, for being listening to you
Speaker 6: and everything you say. I take his gospel. Cru so
Speaker 6: been around for a thousand years.
Speaker 3: Yeah, can you believe that?
Speaker 6: Well, you might as well associate yourself with winners, you.
Speaker 3: Know, oh man, one hundred years of Hafey.
Speaker 2: Rick certainly Rickleyfield has been around that long as well.
Speaker 6: Well, this seems like and hopefully the weather's going to
Speaker 6: hold out, you know, if it comes. They showed me
Speaker 6: some information about an hour and a half ago that
Speaker 6: they were projecting somewhere around seven thirty local time that
Speaker 6: it could get a little bit ugly. It's been kind
Speaker 6: of strange. It was a beautiful afternoon. Then we saw
Speaker 6: some clouds here at Wrigley Field. Well the clouds have
Speaker 6: gone away. They're starting to sneak back in a little
Speaker 6: bit more. But one thing about it here in Wrigleyville.
Speaker 6: I remember Joey Malfatano, who coached here in Chicago with
Speaker 6: the Cubs, obviously coached with the Dodgers, and an excellent
Speaker 6: coach and a very good friend. He would talk about
Speaker 6: one of the things he wanted to do is to
Speaker 6: get here to Wrigley Field and in this area and
Speaker 6: watch Wrigleyville, as they call it, all the surrounding area
Speaker 6: really become and come to life, if you will. And
Speaker 6: there's one establishment out beyond center field that they understand
Speaker 6: that the team buses come through that area. And they
Speaker 6: posted another sign today and I don't know if you
Speaker 6: saw it.
Speaker 3: I did not come that way.
Speaker 6: It just said the Cubs in Monaga is on the
Speaker 6: mound and so and Otani's not so. And every day
Speaker 6: they try and agitate the visiting team that is coming
Speaker 6: in and they put up on their on their billboard
Speaker 6: some letters. So over the years has been somewhat entertaining, uh,
Speaker 6: sometimes a little frustrating, and sometimes depending upon if they're
Speaker 6: getting on you or not, maybe a little bit painful.
Speaker 2: I find it hard to believe the hometown fans would
Speaker 2: ever get on Rick Monday when you were patrolling center
Speaker 2: field here.
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, we had good times here. You know what
Speaker 6: people don't understand. I don't know if it's the same
Speaker 6: way now, but it used to be a totally separate
Speaker 6: group in the left field bleachers versus the right field bleachers.
Speaker 6: And there were times when I was playing here, did
Speaker 6: you would get one side of the bleachers start yelling
Speaker 6: at the other side and giving them what for and
Speaker 6: back back and forth. So you know, you either a
Speaker 6: right field bleacher person or a left field bleacher person.
Speaker 3: What are the feelings you get coming back here since
Speaker 3: you played here?
Speaker 6: Well, you know, both my children were born in this city.
Speaker 6: It obviously has a special meaning. And I think the
Speaker 6: way that you are received because I went from the
Speaker 6: America League to the National League, and I was exposed
Speaker 6: to the Dodgers when they came to LA and I
Speaker 6: enjoyed the National League better than the America I knew
Speaker 6: more about it. So for me, it was an opportunity
Speaker 6: to come to the National League. I had to learn
Speaker 6: the hitters all over again. This is when you look
Speaker 6: at it, you say, well, the friendly confines, well, it's
Speaker 6: three hundred and sixty eight feet to left center and
Speaker 6: the right center. I didn't have to turn around to
Speaker 6: look at the numbers. I know those numbers, and straightaway
Speaker 6: center is a little bit deeper. But the reason I
Speaker 6: bring up to three sixty eight and left center right
Speaker 6: center it really cuts off your angle of attack as
Speaker 6: a center fielder because you're playing deep and if you
Speaker 6: go to left center to right center, the wall will
Speaker 6: really shorten your opportunity. And you get a good look
Speaker 6: at it right now because the ivy has not blossomed,
Speaker 6: it has not come out full, so you see the
Speaker 6: vines and underneath the vines cold red brick. So if
Speaker 6: your angle to cut off a bolt or trying to
Speaker 6: go up and make a ketch is going to be
Speaker 6: interrupted by the wall. The brick has been there for
Speaker 6: a long time.
Speaker 3: Yes, and the brick always wins.
Speaker 6: Yep. I found out about it too as I was
Speaker 6: in the hospital for three days trying to challenge that wall.
Speaker 6: I couldn't move it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe they sent you a thousand year old Hoffey
Speaker 2: hot dogs in the hospital.
Speaker 6: They have been and you feel like that fence has
Speaker 6: been there for a thousand years too.
Speaker 3: Thanks Rick, so great to hear you.
Speaker 6: See you, David Man.
Speaker 3: It's special to be here with Rick Monday.
Speaker 2: A lot of history between him and the Chicago Cubs
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Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for the time and great to see
Speaker 2: that beard up close and personal.
Speaker 12: Again, I appreciate that and uh garing it for a
Speaker 12: little bit now.
Speaker 6: So thanks for having me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought it was the Justin Turner influence, but
Speaker 2: he said, you're a hockey guy, so that's what you're
Speaker 2: trying to go for.
Speaker 6: We go a little bit of both, for sure.
Speaker 3: What's it been like being teammates with him again?
Speaker 6: It's been amazing.
Speaker 12: Yeah, just just spending a little bit of time with
Speaker 12: him in spring training in the clubhouse. Mainly it's been
Speaker 12: you know, it's been a joy. He's obviously knows so
Speaker 12: much about the game. He's a great player. He's been
Speaker 12: around for a long time, knows how to win, knows
Speaker 12: what it takes, all those things. But he's you know,
Speaker 12: great in the clubhouse too, just all around great player,
Speaker 12: great human.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 12: I couldn't ask for anything more.
Speaker 2: So at Dodger Stadium, I saw the same group of
Speaker 2: hitters that included yourself with Justin Turner and Pete grow Armstrong.
Speaker 2: Out here at Wrigley Field, same group of guys. What
Speaker 2: is that group about.
Speaker 3: Out here early? Yeah, it's it's good.
Speaker 12: I think there's just you know, guys you know, know
Speaker 12: what they need and know what they like to do,
Speaker 12: and you know, Pete myself, and it seems like JT
Speaker 12: just you know, like getting out on the field. There's
Speaker 12: a lot of guys who just you know, are out
Speaker 12: there whenever it's hard.
Speaker 6: You're playing every.
Speaker 12: Day, six seven games a week, just try and get
Speaker 12: outside whenever you can see a little velocity. You know,
Speaker 12: VP's usually armed, So I like to do a little
Speaker 12: bit of velocity. And I think, you know, guys here
Speaker 12: and there like to pick and choose what they want
Speaker 12: to do. But it's fun coming out there and you know,
Speaker 12: getting a little bit of work, having some fun and
Speaker 12: enjoying the weather.
Speaker 2: So it's not an organized thing with you three, it's
Speaker 2: just that you all three like to hit early.
Speaker 12: Yeah, I think it's I think we just kind of
Speaker 12: established that group a little bit. But you know, we
Speaker 12: might have to make it an organized thing for for
Speaker 12: the season.
Speaker 2: Hey, there's not too many times when two teams make
Speaker 2: a trade that it's a win win for both. But
Speaker 2: I know you loved your time with the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: wanted to stay. But how grateful are you for this
Speaker 2: opportunity to play every day?
Speaker 6: Yeah? Super grateful.
Speaker 12: I think you know, it's the it's the business part
Speaker 12: of sports that just you know, it's a little different,
Speaker 12: you know, coming over there and you know, being a
Speaker 12: Dodger for a little bit and then getting traded mixed
Speaker 12: of emotions. But at the same time, all I can
Speaker 12: ask for is an opportunity and to kind of go
Speaker 12: out there and you know, showcase my skills and showcase
Speaker 12: my work and no matter where I'm at, no matter
Speaker 12: who I'm playing for. But at the same time, I've been,
Speaker 12: you know, super grateful for just the Cubs and what
Speaker 12: they've done and what they've you know, given me and
Speaker 12: you know, I honestly, you know, I love my time
Speaker 12: with the Dodgers, but I'm happy to be a Cub.
Speaker 2: What is what is the thing that's clicked for you
Speaker 2: going back to last year?
Speaker 12: I think, you know, it's just it's just learning, learning
Speaker 12: a lot from you know, older players and what it takes,
Speaker 12: you know, to stay consistent through one sixty two. I think,
Speaker 12: you know, in the minor leagues, that was you know,
Speaker 12: kind of one of the things that I wanted to do.
Speaker 12: I knew I could do it, and just you know,
Speaker 12: there's a lot of games, a lot of season and
Speaker 12: just trying to be consistent was always something that I've
Speaker 12: tried to do and tried to learn. And I think
Speaker 12: last year it was the same thing. I know there's
Speaker 12: gonna be ups and downs, but you know, just trying
Speaker 12: to be consistent and you know, you know, try to
Speaker 12: just you know, improve continuously each and every year, each
Speaker 12: and every month. I think it's still a growing process,
Speaker 12: but enjoy doing it.
Speaker 2: When you talk about consistency, aren't you describing the preparation
Speaker 2: as well? Being consistent with your preparation.
Speaker 12: Absolutely, I think that's the key, is just how do
Speaker 12: you no matter you know, you might you might face
Speaker 12: a guy who's nasty, who's you know, dotting up the
Speaker 12: corners and is a tough tough picture that day, But
Speaker 12: how can you just kind of move on from that
Speaker 12: and you know, know what it takes to just kind of,
Speaker 12: you know, no matter how well you did or how
Speaker 12: bad you did the day before, just kind of just
Speaker 12: go out the next day and just try and you know,
Speaker 12: keep the same thing, the same thing. It's hard to do,
Speaker 12: but just definitely learning from the older guys like uh
Speaker 12: JT and Belly last year and Nico and Happ and
Speaker 12: Dansby and you know, I could go down the list
Speaker 12: of some of the guys, but just learning about, you know,
Speaker 12: the consistency of kind of what it takes to just
Speaker 12: not only physically be prepared to today, but but mentally
Speaker 12: as well.
Speaker 2: Michael Bush is our guest, one of the great guys
Speaker 2: out there. When you look at when your time at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium with the Cubs on the last road trip
Speaker 2: for Chicago, when you guys came to Dodger Stadium, you
Speaker 2: had a great series, but Andy Pae has robbed you
Speaker 2: of extra bases, maybe a grand Slam. Did you play
Speaker 2: with pa has in the minor leagues? How well do
Speaker 2: you guys know each other?
Speaker 12: Yeah, I played with them quite a bit. Yeah it
Speaker 12: was it was you know, one of that one, right,
Speaker 12: one of that one would have put four runs on
Speaker 12: the board in a close game. But he's a great player.
Speaker 12: He's a great player, and he's young, and you know,
Speaker 12: it was I don't want to say it was cool
Speaker 12: that he took away a home run for me at all,
Speaker 12: because I really wanted that one. But at the same time,
Speaker 12: you know, just looking back, you know, got the win.
Speaker 12: That was what matters, That's what you know. I was
Speaker 12: kind of a little upset that those were four runs
Speaker 12: that could have mattered, but we ended up winning, and
Speaker 12: you know, looking back, you know, the fact that he
Speaker 12: took it away, I was like, dang, But he's a
Speaker 12: great player and something I'll probably remember for a long time.
Speaker 2: So the Dodgers and Cups have played each other a
Speaker 2: lot in the first month of the season. These two
Speaker 2: games are it after Tokyo and la I haven't talked
Speaker 2: to you about your experience in Tokyo. Did you like
Speaker 2: it or do you feel like now you're starting to
Speaker 2: get into the season.
Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely, Tokyo was awesome.
Speaker 12: Loved loved the experience, loved the games, loved everything that
Speaker 12: they did for us.
Speaker 6: You know, it was cool.
Speaker 12: And then to you know, Showcase what show Hey and
Speaker 12: Saya and Shoda and Susaki kind of just where they
Speaker 12: came from, where they played, and then the culture that
Speaker 12: they have out there. It was it was really cool
Speaker 12: to experience that, and I can only imagine how cool
Speaker 12: it was for them.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 12: It's it's experiences like that that you know, you show
Speaker 12: up to the field trying to win, and you show
Speaker 12: up to the field trying to do your job, but
Speaker 12: at the same time you can kind of reflect on
Speaker 12: some of those experiences, especially for them.
Speaker 6: I can.
Speaker 12: I can only imagine that it was, you know, a
Speaker 12: lifelong memory.
Speaker 6: All right.
Speaker 2: Before I let Michael Bush go, he has the hockey beard.
Speaker 2: So I would be remiss as the Stanley Cup playoffs
Speaker 2: have started not to ask you who your pick to
Speaker 2: win the Stanley Cup Finals?
Speaker 3: Are the Stanley Cup this year?
Speaker 12: I'm a Minnesota Wild fan, yes, so I hope, I
Speaker 12: hope they can pull it off, and I think they will.
Speaker 6: I do.
Speaker 12: I think they got a good group. Caprice off his back.
Speaker 12: But I think, you know, just playoff. Playoff hockey has
Speaker 12: always been one of my favorite you know, If not
Speaker 12: the Wild I hope the Chicago Blackhawks. Can you do
Speaker 12: it sometime soon?
Speaker 2: Okay, there we go, playing it very safe here at
Speaker 2: Wrigley Field. Given the Blackhawks a token.
Speaker 3: I hope. Thanks a lot for the time. You're a
Speaker 3: great guy.
Speaker 2: I'm glad we've continued to stay in touch and everybody's
Speaker 2: rooting for the best.
Speaker 3: For Michael Bush.
Speaker 6: You're the best.
Speaker 3: Appreciate you seriously.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 3: There he is my guy, Michael Bush.
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Speaker 2: the Cubs. They got left hander Shota Emanaga on the mound.
Speaker 2: It's his sixth start of the season, the second time
Speaker 2: the Dodgers have seen him. Remember he went up against
Speaker 2: Yamamoto and the season opener in Tokyo when he pitched
Speaker 2: four shutout innings. He is going to throw a heavy
Speaker 2: dose of fastballs to the Dodgers and a lot of
Speaker 2: his split fingered fastballs to the Dodgers. The Dodgers are
Speaker 2: just two for twelve against Emonaga's split fingered fastball. For
Speaker 2: Dustin May, it's his fourth start of the year. Where
Speaker 2: would the Dodgers be without him. He's one and one
Speaker 2: with an ERA one zero six. His last time out
Speaker 2: was against the Rockies when he pitched six innings and
Speaker 2: he got fourteen swings and misses. So Dustin May has
Speaker 2: really been a much needed addition to this rotation with Yamamoto,
Speaker 2: and he's doing it against lefties and Righty's left. He's
Speaker 2: only hitting a buck away right, He's only hitting a
Speaker 2: buck thirty six. And when he has two strikes on
Speaker 2: a hitter, it's lights out. Hitters are just one for
Speaker 2: thirty two when May has two strikes on him. Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Cups, we're just fifteen minutes away from first pitch.
Speaker 2: Keys to the game with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson
Speaker 2: are coming up next. I'm David Vassey. This is the
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Speaker 2: Rick Monday and Steven Nelson one last time.
Speaker 5: Thank you VASSA all right, final segment for us, Rick
Speaker 5: Day Before first pitch, Imanaga will throw that to Shohey Otani.
Speaker 5: Otani is zero for seven against his fellow countrymen and
Speaker 5: fellow World Baseball Classic teammate in Imanaga in his career.
Speaker 5: But let's start with Dustin May, because he has been
Speaker 5: a terrific he of course, he won the fifth starter's
Speaker 5: job out of spring and kind of by default because
Speaker 5: of Tony Gonsolin's injury. But putting that aside, he has
Speaker 5: pitched like the number two behind Yoshioba Goama Moto up
Speaker 5: to this point.
Speaker 6: And he's been a wonderful story too, knowing what he
Speaker 6: went through last year with the Tommy John and then
Speaker 6: the emergency surgery on the esophagus that have been torn.
Speaker 6: But if we look at Dustin May, you know he's
Speaker 6: gone back to back starts now, six innings in each
Speaker 6: of those, and he's done just a reasonable job. The
Speaker 6: other part two is in those back to back starts
Speaker 6: he's not walked a battern, so he gets a high
Speaker 6: chase rate. Here's something to talk about is that the
Speaker 6: pitching coach, Mark Pryor was talking about he has lightning
Speaker 6: in his arm and he delivers the ball and let's
Speaker 6: look for the slider. The reason I mentioned the slider.
Speaker 6: Looking some numbers earlier today, posting hitters are zero for
Speaker 6: twenty one when he throws the slider. That's a devastating bitch,
Speaker 6: especially that upper ninety mile one hour fastball with movement.
Speaker 5: He has eight strikeouts on that revamped slider. He changed
Speaker 5: the grip at the beginning of the year, and it
Speaker 5: has been a tremendous pitch. Still no ivy. I don't
Speaker 5: think the Dodgers have seen the ivy at Rigby Field.
Speaker 6: In close to a decade.
Speaker 5: But we are going to see some good baseball the
Speaker 5: final two games between the Dodgers and Cubs here in
Speaker 5: twenty twenty five. We're looking forward to game one of
Speaker 5: this little two game set starting shortly DV back to.
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