WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:09.400 This team is really becoming a family. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:10.839 Let's not play one on Tom. 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:11.720 Let's lend it. 6 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:13.679 I love writing me these guys after the show. 7 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:16.120 So just thank you, give me are your attention, your 8 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:17.440 fire and not a pisson. 9 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.239 This is world champion, Dodgers, world championing for a small 10 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:22.719 soft time. 11 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:24.440 They get a people what they want to die too 12 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:26.760 in a row two is special. I'm like, yeah, it's 13 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:31.359 not a headache one of a con. This balls gone. 14 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:32.560 You ready to go. 15 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:36.119 Hell time, go to the su grab your phone to 16 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.799 get in on the show called eight six six nine 17 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.399 eighty seven two five seven. I'll go to the show 18 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.119 and now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 19 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:51.600 We are live at Dodgers Stadium after the Dodgers fall 20 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:55.359 to the A's tonight eleven to one. Welcome the Dodger 21 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:59.359 Talk David vas Say, live at Dodgers Stadium with you 22 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:03.000 until at eleven o'clock tonight. Phone lines are open at 23 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:06.760 eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. It 24 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:08.959 was not a good night for the Dodgers, but it 25 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:14.200 certainly was a great welcome home to Jacob Wilson at 26 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:17.920 one thousand Oaks High School, who hit two home runs tonight, 27 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:21.280 two run home runs, both of them off a land 28 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.719 and neck, one in the third inning, the other in 29 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.799 the fifth inning. The first two run home run was 30 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.680 on a slider by neck when he had his fastball 31 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:33.799 working through a slider first pitch, Wilson hit a home run, 32 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:38.239 the second one a ninety one fastball. No issues with that, 33 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:42.640 but why is he trying to go high with that fastball? 34 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:47.439 If you miss, it's right where Jacob Wilson wants it, 35 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:50.920 and it's not ninety five ninety six. The margin for 36 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:54.480 air is a lot slimmer when you're only throwing ninety 37 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:57.799 one miles an hour high in the strike zone. The 38 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:00.599 best pitch and somewhat of a lost start for a 39 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:04.319 lot of pitchers these days, is throwing a fastball down 40 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:07.159 and a way for a strike or something that appears 41 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.759 to be a strike. And to me, that's where when 42 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:13.800 Landon Nak was going good tonight, he was living. Eight 43 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.639 six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 44 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.879 phone number the two home runs given up by Landon 45 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:24.800 Nack tonight gives the Dodger starters, twenty five home runs allowed. 46 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:28.360 That's top ten in Major League Baseball. That is not 47 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:32.680 very characteristic of the Dodger pitching staff. And right now 48 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:36.080 they are hurting for starting pitching with Glass now and 49 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:40.560 Snell on the injured list, and then earlier today the 50 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:44.560 Dodgers announcing that Roki Sizaki was going on the injured 51 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:49.039 list with the right shouldern pingement. That's why JP fireheis 52 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:51.599 in was called up and put into the game tonight 53 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:52.800 during garbage time. 54 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:56.840 But not great for Suzaki or the Dodgers. 55 00:02:56.840 --> 00:03:00.080 And it really hadn't been great for Suzaki for the 56 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:03.639 last two or three starts, you know, even in Atlanta 57 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.439 he was getting away with ninety four, and we heard 58 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:10.199 so much about this electric fastball, and we just hadn't 59 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:13.520 seen it. We saw glimpses of it in his first 60 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:16.319 couple of starts, but we hadn't seen the command, we 61 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:17.759 hadn't seen the velocity. 62 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:20.680 And now maybe this explains it. 63 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:26.719 Right now, you're looking at a Dodger rotation that has Yamamoto, 64 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:34.120 Dustin may, Tony Gonsolin, Landon Knack, and thankfully Clayton Kershaw. 65 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:35.199 Coming back on Saturday. 66 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:39.199 And then you have a bullpen Ben Kasparius type of 67 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:42.879 spot in the rotation that we very well may see 68 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:47.199 on Thursday, because that's when Sazaki was supposed to pitch. 69 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:51.159 So that's where the Dodger rotation stands right now. 70 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:52.800 And I have said this. 71 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:57.919 I have said this many times over the years, Even 72 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:03.000 at this stage of Kershaw's when the Dodgers seem to 73 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.800 need him the most, he always seems to be there. 74 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:11.439 And the Dodgers really need Clayton Kershaw, and he's going 75 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:14.879 to be there. He is going to start on Saturday. 76 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:18.959 His first start is Saturday against the Angels, when the 77 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:22.920 Dodgers are in desperate need of not just starting pitching, 78 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:26.319 but quality is starting pitching. And I know it's his 79 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:29.319 first start of the year, so he's not going seven innings, 80 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:33.800 but you never know with Kershaw, you never know. He's 81 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.319 at least going to give them five. He's going to 82 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:40.040 compete against an Angels team that's not very good these days. 83 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:43.680 They are without Mike Trout. So I wouldn't put anything 84 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:48.160 past Kershaw going more than five innings if he's economic 85 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:50.800 with his pitches, and who's to say he won't be 86 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:55.560 so again, when the Dodgers need Kershaw the most. He's 87 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:58.199 there for them and he's going to be there Saturday. 88 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:01.879 And we caught up with Kershew yeah before today's game, 89 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:06.079 and you can hear that conversation on the iHeartRadio app. 90 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:10.040 Eight six six two five seventy is the phone number. 91 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:13.600 Let's go out to the phones, Manny in Valencia. You're 92 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.879 on Dodger Talk live from Dodgers Stadium. 93 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:19.120 Hi, Manny, Hey days. 94 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:21.480 I think Colin got my name wrong. It's actually Awestome Blest, 95 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:23.480 but it's okay. I just wanted to ask and to 96 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:26.439 reiterate again, how concerned are we about the starting pitch 97 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.839 and regarding Roki going down today? And I know Kershaw's 98 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:34.720 coming back, but outside of Yamamoto and Rokieers the other 99 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:38.279 you know, Blake, Snow and Glass now haven't been able 100 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:39.800 to show up and haven't been able to eat and 101 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:42.759 as we needed so far. So I just wanted to 102 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:45.000 say how concerned we are. And then the second comment 103 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:47.439 I had is, I know at the beginning of the 104 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:50.480 year you said we were able to share where we 105 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.720 were for the World Series, the first Tame the World 106 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:55.720 Series last year, and I just wanted to mention that 107 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:59.680 I was here alone, went once to the game by 108 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:02.480 myself and I sat in top deck in section in 109 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:04.920 the third row by myself, and it was an amazing 110 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:08.680 time and to be a Lucie Freddy Freedman's grand slas. Anyways, 111 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:11.000 always for your answerper thank you so much, David. 112 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:13.600 All right, thank you for the phone call. Yeah, that's 113 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:17.160 pretty cool. You know, World Series tickets are expensive. Sometimes 114 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:20.120 you got to go solo, and that's a great memory 115 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:24.240 for you. As far as the concern over the Dodgers 116 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:28.360 starting pitching, look, as much as everybody was hyping it 117 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.720 up to start the year, I wasn't on that train. 118 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.000 By the second half of the season, I thought the 119 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:37.920 Dodgers starting pitching rotation was going to look a lot 120 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.920 better than what it did on opening day. You had 121 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:45.759 an inexperienced Roki Sazaki. He obviously is still going through 122 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.399 the growing pains, and now he's got something going on 123 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:52.759 with his shoulder and maybe a breather mentally is good 124 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:56.160 for him as well. You had Kershaw starting the year 125 00:06:56.199 --> 00:07:00.319 on the il. You had Tyler Glass now coming off 126 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.040 missing the second half of last year with really no 127 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:07.519 indication on what exactly was going on. And then now 128 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:10.959 we're seeing kind of the same thing where the Dodgers 129 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.600 Dave Roberts really haven't given us a clear answer of 130 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:17.079 what really is going on with him, but it seems 131 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:20.120 like last now may be picking up a baseball sooner 132 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:24.079 than Blake Snell. We had Blake Snell on the pregame 133 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:26.800 show during the road trip. He didn't seem that concern, 134 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:30.600 but his demeanor today told me otherwise. And the reality 135 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:34.319 is that Blake Snell picks up a baseball tomorrow and 136 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:37.680 starts playing catch from sixty feet, there's going to be 137 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:40.720 a build up that is going to take time for 138 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:43.160 him to be able to pitch and be Blake Snell 139 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.319 in a major league game. So that's probably going to 140 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.759 take at least four weeks, So don't expect him back 141 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:52.680 on a major league noun for at least four weeks. 142 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:55.160 So that's where things are right now. 143 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:58.279 And if we want to get more clarity on what's 144 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:02.480 going on with Roki Sazaki, let's head downstairs to the 145 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.800 press conference room, because that's all Dave Roberts was asked 146 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:08.639 about after tonight's eleven to one loss. 147 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:11.160 What's going on with Roki Sazaki. 148 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:17.439 I think everything that we know is he has there's 149 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:23.120 an impingement in his shoulder that it's similar to what 150 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:29.319 he had last year. We became aware of this after 151 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:35.279 his last start in Arizona, and from what we gather 152 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.600 is he's felt some discomfort for the last few weeks, 153 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:44.679 but given where we're at as a pitching staff, he 154 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:48.320 wanted to continue to go and persevere and fight through 155 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:52.919 everything until he felt that his performance is going to 156 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:57.039 be compromised, and so that's when he let us know 157 00:08:57.399 --> 00:09:01.080 where he was at physically. Point in time. We wanted 158 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:03.600 to make sure that he was taken care of physically, 159 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:08.759 so we got some scans yesterday and it showed an 160 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:15.679 impingement in the shoulder. And so with that information, as 161 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.039 benign edited as it is, unfortunately where he's that, we 162 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:23.360 felt what as we've done with most of our pictures, 163 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:26.480 potentially all of our pictures, is air on the side 164 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:29.320 of caution, and so that's why we felt to put 165 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:33.639 him on the il. Let this thing calm down and 166 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:36.399 build him back to where he is and he can 167 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.320 be one hundred percent and then get him back out there. 168 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:40.440 Just give him the. 169 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:42.679 Chance to maybe you start over as ads to shift 170 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:43.799 through some camples. 171 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:47.080 Overall, basic how before times you guys would have wanted to. 172 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:47.720 Sort of do the him. 173 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:52.600 I think so. And obviously, you know, we didn't know 174 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:54.879 what to expect this year, but to think that he 175 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:58.200 was going to go wired to wired, given his track 176 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:03.039 record and history of innings, probably unrealistic. So this could 177 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:04.960 be that little bit of reprieve in the middle of 178 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.759 a season that we can get him back to being healthy, 179 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:11.639 feeling strong on one hundred percent and you know, help 180 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:15.279 us get you know, through the World Series. 181 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:19.080 All right, there's manager Dave Roberts telling us as much 182 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:23.159 as he wants to tell us about Roki Sazaki's. 183 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:23.879 Right shoulder impingement. 184 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:27.120 And when he's talking about a reprieve in a season, 185 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:31.080 that tells me he's not coming back in two weeks. Uh, 186 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:33.480 this is going to be an extended period of time. 187 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:37.480 And you heard Dave talk about last year. And that's 188 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:40.919 what I was told from the people with his team 189 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:45.519 Lote in Japan and the writers that covered him in 190 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:49.360 Japan that he did, you know, be they don't have 191 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:52.399 an injured list in the Japanese league, so he was 192 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:55.879 removed from the roster with some shoulder discomfort. So that's 193 00:10:55.960 --> 00:11:00.240 what is popping up again. And you know, honestly, this 194 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:04.279 is the right thing to do, because Sazaki was pitching 195 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:07.519 once a week, and when he was pitching, he wasn't 196 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:10.559 pitching well, let's be quite honest. And if that's what 197 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:14.080 was causing the reason for him only going four innings, 198 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:18.039 because he had only gone four innings in half of 199 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:22.360 his starts this season. So that's putting the Dodger pitching 200 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:26.039 staff in a compromised position just to give him extra 201 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:27.200 days of rest. 202 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:29.120 And then when you're. 203 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.799 Only pitching once a week and going four or less 204 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:35.399 innings and half of your starts, you're putting the pitching staff, 205 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:39.720 the bullpen in a really bad position, not only the 206 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:43.159 day that you're pitching, but the next couple of games 207 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:46.279 as well. So there's a domino effect. And like I 208 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:49.440 said about the starts that Tyler glassnow is having, it's 209 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:52.320 not just about Glass now, It's not just about Sazaki, 210 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:56.159 it's about the team. It's not just about one pitcher, 211 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:59.960 it's about a pitching staff. So this was the right decision. 212 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:04.159 Eight six six two five seventy is the phone number. 213 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:07.120 Let's go out to Cessan. You're on Dodger Talk. Did 214 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:07.960 I get that right? 215 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:10.799 Yes, so I got that way, Thank you so much. 216 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:11.039 Save. 217 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:13.879 I just what was at the game today? I just 218 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:17.720 wanted to say today the highlight for me was seeing 219 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:20.759 Mookie bets son during the first pitch. That was a 220 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.559 great experience and really funny to see him run out 221 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:28.080 almost the little guy for the outfield, you know, maybe 222 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.320 one day like his dad. 223 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:32.320 Yeah. 224 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:34.679 Yeah, he's uh, he's got it. I mean he's got 225 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:37.600 the jeans right, so that's cool. Yeah, and how about 226 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:41.159 the bobblehead tonight? Sasan it's Mookie Betts running the first 227 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:44.159 base in last year's Game five of the World Series 228 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:50.000 and uh, perfectly done because Anthony Ruzzo is still nowhere 229 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:52.320 close to first base even with this bobblehead. 230 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:55.960 Yeah, that was a great, great uh job by the 231 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:59.840 you know, Dodgers team to make that bobble ahead. 232 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:00.200 Uh. 233 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.000 I guess my question was really just a follow up 234 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:07.879 just about the rokiesa situation just about you know, is 235 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:12.240 it too early for the Dodgers to, you know, consider 236 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:14.360 making a move to bring in more pitching. I just 237 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:14.960 I don't know. 238 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:21.320 A lot of pitching. They've got quantity, they need some quality. 239 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:23.279 Now, Yeah that's true. 240 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:28.080 I mean, yeah, trades are not made. Trades are not 241 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:30.240 made at this time. You know what I would do, Sissan, 242 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:34.120 quite honestly. Yeah, and he has been the most underrated 243 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:38.440 pitcher on this pitching staff, starter bullpen. Just let Ben 244 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:42.120 Caspiraus go back to being a starting pitcher. You need 245 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:46.120 a starting pitcher. Ben Casparius could be that guy. And 246 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:48.240 I didn't have an issue with what we saw the 247 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.759 last time he appeared in a game where it was 248 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:54.240 Jack Dryer opening for an inning and a third and 249 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:58.399 then Caspirius. Those two guys have been phenomenal. But if 250 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:02.000 we're gonna do this, why not just stretch out Caspiraus 251 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:05.679 to be a starting pitcher. This guy started Game four 252 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.039 the World Series. His first start in baseball and Major 253 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:11.960 League Baseball was in the World Series. He's good enough 254 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:15.600 to be a starter. But I'm fine also with the 255 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:19.759 bulk innings type of situation for now. But I have 256 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:22.840 full confidence that Ben Cospiraus could be a starting pitcher, 257 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:25.440 especially where the rotation's. 258 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:25.639 At right now. 259 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:29.279 Yeah, I agree. I think that could be a good move, 260 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:32.240 especially since he's already in house and has that experience. Anyway, 261 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:34.080 I appreciate it. Dave, Thank you so much for all 262 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:35.799 that you do, and you hope to call in tomorrow 263 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:38.159 after tomorrow's game against the Athletics. 264 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:40.519 Take care, all right, I hope you do too. Thanks 265 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:41.320 for the phone call. 266 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:43.480 Yeah, at this point, you know, I like what we 267 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:46.799 saw the last time, the combination of Dryer and Conspiraus 268 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:50.320 as a one to two punch at the beginning of 269 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:50.799 the game. 270 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.879 That really worked out well. 271 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:56.919 But I have full confidence Casparius could start the game 272 00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:00.080 on his own, no doubt about it. Eight six to six, 273 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:03.200 nine seven, two, five seventy is the phone number. How 274 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:06.879 about a Major League baseball tonight? What a night. Five 275 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:10.879 walkoff hits, four two homer games. One of them was 276 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:14.240 here Jacob Wilson at a Thousand Oaks High school hitting 277 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:19.120 a pair of two run home runs, three walkoff homers, 278 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:23.320 two grand slams. Just an incredible, dramatic night in Major 279 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:27.000 League baseball. And you will hear coming up after we 280 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:32.399 check in with Jose Mota, two former Dodgers involved in 281 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:35.960 three of their two out of the three walk off 282 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:39.639 wins tonight. So we will share that with you. The 283 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:43.919 radio calls of what took place in the Cubs game 284 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:48.080 and the Angels Padres game. Let's go out to Sandy 285 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:49.759 who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight. 286 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:51.360 Hi Sandy, you're on Dodger Talk. 287 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:55.879 Hi David. Well, this wasn't exactly the worst game. I 288 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:58.039 think it was two years ago. It was a twelve 289 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:02.080 to one loss. At least there were fireworks after that game. 290 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:07.039 Sixteenth lost earlier this year too, that. 291 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:10.399 Was the worst franchise history. 292 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:16.919 I wasn't there for that one, but for that fit 293 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:20.320 in the load section and directly next to us are 294 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:25.480 the visitors, So we had tons of Yankees right directly 295 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:28.279 across the aisle from it, and they were pounding on 296 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:30.320 the seats in the top of the beginning and just 297 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:34.080 going crazy. And then Freddy hit that home run and 298 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:37.960 we were like, we were going crazy and hugging everybody, 299 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:40.159 and then a bunch of us turned to them and 300 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:43.840 just said bye bye and wave and they were just silent. 301 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:52.559 It was the best, the best, it really was. Yeah, definitely, 302 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.720 it was great. 303 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:55.559 Hey, sounds great. 304 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:57.879 Thanks a lot for sharing that great story on a 305 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:00.240 night that Dodgers lose eleven to one. 306 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:00.919 Thanks Sandy. 307 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:03.679 Love hearing it, and all season long, I don't care 308 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:06.880 if the Dodgers lose eleven to one. They went fifteen 309 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:10.400 to nothing all year long, randomly. If you call in 310 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:12.400 and say I want to tell you where I was 311 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:16.319 when Freddie Freeman hit his walk off Grand Slam, you 312 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:20.839 are more than welcome. Even Holly Robinson Pete shared where 313 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:23.880 she was when Kirk Gibson hit his home run in 314 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:27.720 eighty eight and where she was when Freddie Freeman hit 315 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:32.160 his walk off Grand Slam last year here at Dodgers Stadium. 316 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:36.720 A little hint, Holly Robinson Pete was in two different 317 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:40.319 countries when those home runs were hit. You can call 318 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:43.599 in anytime, Holly, don't let Rodney hold you back. Eight 319 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:46.359 six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 320 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:48.759 phone number. We're gonna take a time out here on 321 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:51.279 Dodger Talk. When we continue, we'll check in with Jose 322 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:54.880 Mota and we'll share with you how two former Dodgers 323 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:59.720 were involved in two of the four walk off and 324 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:04.039 in Major League Baseball. Tonight no walk off here tonight 325 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:07.799 A's beat the Dodgers going Away eleven to one on 326 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:09.279 AM five to seventy LA. 327 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:16.119 Sports on air at AM five to seventy, online at 328 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:20.039 AM five seventy LA sports dot com, and available by 329 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:22.240 podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 330 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:25.359 This is Dodger Talk with David Bassein. 331 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:29.519 One out and one on and the pitch to Wilson 332 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:32.279 is lifted down the left field side toward the bullpen. 333 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:35.880 Gone. That's a home run for Jacob. 334 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:38.319 Wilson and the Athletics on the board it is two 335 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:42.240 to nothing. Jacob Wilson with his fourth home run. 336 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:48.079 Jacob Wilson at On Thousand Oaks High School comes back 337 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:52.200 home and has a four hit game, a pair of 338 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:54.920 two run home runs off of land and neck. That 339 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:57.720 one was the first one in the third inning. The 340 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:01.599 second one came in the fifth inning. Jacob Wilson a 341 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:04.880 career high four RBIs tonight. He has four hits and 342 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:09.200 he's hitting three sixty three. Daniels Jewelers presents the home 343 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:12.599 run Forecast. 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Before we hear from the two 351 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:40.119 former Dodgers and their involvement in two of the five 352 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:43.400 walk off finishes in Major League Baseball. 353 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:46.519 Tonight, let's check in with our guy, Jose Moda. 354 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:50.880 It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota. 355 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:55.759 Jose Mota filled in for Rick Monday, who is with 356 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:59.480 his family for a wedding. His stepson is getting married 357 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:03.200 this week, so Jose is pinch hitting like his father 358 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:06.559 always used to. And who knows, maybe Manny Mota pinch 359 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:09.119 hit for Rick Monday a couple of times, right, Jose. 360 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:12.519 I bet he did, and I bet Ricardo Lunaz was 361 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.960 not very happy sometimes about that. 362 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:18.000 Not too many people were. How is your pops? 363 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:21.960 He is doing much better on his outpatient rehab, doing 364 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:24.119 quite well. Got to see him today. We'll go see 365 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:26.559 him to the next few days. We're home. So he's 366 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:28.640 in good spirits and hopefully he'll make an appearance at 367 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:30.880 the ballpipe very soon that. 368 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:35.039 Will make him feel really well, which shows up here. Hey, 369 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:37.480 I got Let's talk about the good stuff with the 370 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:42.640 Dodgers tonight. I've dissected the bad stuff already. Michael Confordo 371 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:46.079 busting out of a slump tonight, Jose with three doubles, 372 00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.960 a career high. 373 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:49.920 What do you think about that? The conviction of the 374 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:53.079 swing is quite different, The foul balls were different, the 375 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:56.119 play coverage was different, and the confidence obviously has gon 376 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:58.319 since he started hit the ball so hard over at 377 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:02.279 Miami get some results. Over in Arizona, goes three for 378 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:04.960 ten and before you know it today with two strikes, 379 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:07.480 driving the ball gap to gap, So a good sign 380 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:10.160 they needed this. He needed this really bad and it 381 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:12.119 comes in and not with everybody else pretty much was 382 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:15.799 off beyond he and Will Smith and I love the 383 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:18.200 fact that he's started together but really swinging the ball 384 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:19.160 with confidence today. 385 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:23.480 Dave Robertson was talking about that in Arizona, that even 386 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:27.559 though Confordo wasn't getting the results, he liked the advance 387 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:30.480 that he was taking all of a sudden, Now a 388 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:33.079 three double night. Is that kind of the work that 389 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:35.680 Dave roberts was seen paying off tonight. 390 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:38.440 Of course, and you mentioned it very well too. Remember 391 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:40.640 during spring training how much time Dave roberts spent with 392 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:43.880 Michael in the backfield and just instituting in him the 393 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:45.359 fact that sometimes he's got to go out there and 394 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:48.319 take a very aggressive swing, don't be afraid of missing 395 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:51.480 sometimes forget about the mechanics, to see the ball, hit 396 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:53.279 it as hard as he can. So it's good to 397 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:55.480 see a guy like this because Dave Roberts quite you know, 398 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:58.400 clearly say last week we're gonna stick with him because 399 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:00.960 we know there's a track record, and Michael Gofordo has 400 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:03.960 never been this slow of a starter. So he figured 401 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:05.759