WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:04.320 The right quot. 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.359 Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back, and with it an annual 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.240 postseason tradition. 4 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:13.439 Scam is back. 5 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:14.160 Baby. 6 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:16.519 This is Sax and Kate's in the. 7 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:18.839 A APPA go with proway. 8 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:23.399 Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your favorite Dodger 9 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:27.559 pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to talk Dodgers, 10 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:29.960 get in on the show on eighty six six nine, 11 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.000 eighty seven two five seven now. While the Dan Patrick 12 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:36.439 Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. We've been banished 13 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:40.039 to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff run concludes. Here 14 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:43.320 they are broadcasting live on AM five to seven e 15 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:47.280 LA Sports. It's Tim Kates and Steve Sacks. 16 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:50.679 Sax and Kate's in the AM on this Thursday morning. 17 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:52.840 Thanks for being with us, say as you get up, 18 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:57.240 get ready for work, school, take the kids to school, 19 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:00.520 make that commute wherever you're aheaded on this Thursday morning, 20 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.479 Thanks for taking us with you on A five seventy 21 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:06.359 LA Sports. Thanks to Charlie Steiner. David Basse caught up 22 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:10.159 with the voice of the Dodgers as he is now 23 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:14.560 in remission, which is great news to hear battling melanim 24 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:17.000 of blood cancer. He has been doing that all season long. 25 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:19.480 That's why you haven't heard the great Charlie Steiner here 26 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:22.760 on a FI seventy LAS Sports Bud fully expects to 27 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:25.079 be ready to go in twenty twenty five. And pretty 28 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:27.959 fitting to have Charlie talk about the Yankees and Dodgers 29 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:31.640 since he called play by play for both of these franchises. 30 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:33.920 Yea, he's seen a lot of it, boy, and we 31 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:36.480 talk about seeing it all, you know. I wouldn't say 32 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:39.040 he's seen it all for the amount of years he's 33 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:40.480 been here, but he's seen a lot of it, and 34 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:43.040 you know, to be with both franchises a pretty good 35 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:45.799 perspective he's got on this particular world series too. But 36 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:49.359 glad and so happy that Charlie's gonna beat this. He's 37 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:50.280 gonna be back next year. 38 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:52.000 Yeah, so great to hear. If you missed it, you 39 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:55.200 can podcast it on the iHeart Radio app. David Vassa 40 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:57.000 will join us later on in the show as well. 41 00:01:57.000 --> 00:01:59.640 Steve Jaeger Boomer will join us the Boomer in eight 42 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.280 o'clock hour get his thoughts on Fernando and certainly get 43 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:04.840 his thoughts on this rematch of the nineteen eighty one 44 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:08.360 World Series between the Dodgers and the Yankees. Saxon case 45 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:11.680 brought to you by Chef Maditos Seasoning, the seasoning partner 46 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:14.719 of the Dodgers. It's World Series time. Bring out the 47 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:18.000 chef in you. We got into it last hour. The 48 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:21.199 Dodgers already have two statues at it the center field 49 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:24.719 plaza at Dodger Stadium, Jackie Robinson the first in twenty seventeen, 50 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:28.439 and in twenty twenty two the Sandy Kofex statue was 51 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.479 put in. The Dodgers will need to put in a third. 52 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:34.319 But who would be? And we brought up Fernando Valenzuela, 53 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:37.639 going right to the front of the line. Certainly Vinnie 54 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:40.599 will get one. Certainly Tommy Lasorda well deserved, and we'll 55 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:44.159 get one in due time. But brought it up the 56 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:47.120 way that Fernando passed at the young age of sixty three, 57 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:50.000 the what he did to the community, what it would 58 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:52.439 mean for the community to have it as a rallying 59 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:54.280 point at Dodger Stadium. And I got a couple of 60 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.400 texts about that, for Buddy saying, you don't understand what 61 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:00.159 it would mean to have a statue for Fernando at 62 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:02.560 center field. We can only use it as a meetium spot. 63 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:04.159 We can use it as a spot to take our 64 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:06.879 kids who are younger. My buddy has a young kids 65 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:09.560 that will teach him about Fernando and what he meant 66 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:11.120 to him growing up, and he can go out to 67 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:14.439 the statue and show him. It would mean so much 68 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.120 for so many Dodger fans. I think it just makes sense. 69 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:20.879 And again not to put Vinnie or Tomulas sort it 70 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.879 to the side because they're gonna get statues. But I 71 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.719 just think right now, in the moment where we're at, 72 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:29.000 I think Fernando would be just the perfect one. 73 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:31.159 And you know, you know what the statue is going 74 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:32.960 to look like, right, We already know that. 75 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:35.840 It's him looking to the sky right correct, Yeah. 76 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:37.360 And being his wind up looking up, and that's a 77 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:40.159 such a great picture. You know. I look at Fernando 78 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:42.719 real quickly, Tim because I know you want to get up. 79 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:45.520 But I look at Fernando as a is almost like 80 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:49.240 a connector between the past. You know what it was, 81 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:52.919 you know in la before, and you know certainly what 82 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:56.639 he did in the present, but now it's especially looking 83 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:58.680 forward to the future and what he does and bringing 84 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:03.280 people together. The absolutely brought people together from before when 85 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:05.759 he was playing, it was crazy. And now he's still 86 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:09.680 bringing people together even in his even in his passing, 87 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:12.479 he's going to be able to bring people together. So 88 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:15.759 that transcends everything. And that's why you gotta have a 89 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.399 big statue Fernando out there too, no question. 90 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:20.720 Every Jackie Robinson Day when the Dodgers are home and 91 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:25.000 they've been home, because it's Jackie Robinson Day on April fifteenth, 92 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:28.560 Dave Roberts takes the team out to the center field 93 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:31.600 place before the statue was up in the reserve area, 94 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:35.160 and the last few years the visiting teams have come 95 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:37.720 out as well with their managers and they'll gather around 96 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.759 the statue of Jackie Robinson. And it's mostly for a 97 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:44.519 history lesson for the young players, maybe the international players 98 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.959 who don't know the history of Jackie Robinson, what he 99 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.600 meant for baseball and what he meant for the Dodgers organization. 100 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:53.879 And Dave Roberts does a great job explaining talking about Jackie, 101 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:58.279 the importance of Jackie, the importance of baseball, and the 102 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.480 influence of Jackie in nineteen forty seven and what he 103 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:03.639 meant and It's a history lesson for these baseball players too, 104 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:07.360 so they don't forget yeah, right, who came before them. 105 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:10.480 This would be right in line for Fernando to go 106 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.959 out there and talk about what Fernando meant to this community, 107 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:15.240 what he meant to baseball. But hey, you're a Dodger now, 108 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.040 this is what it would mean and what it means 109 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:20.319 to be a Dodger based on Fernando, what he meant 110 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:21.839 to this community. Look around when you drive to the 111 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:23.639 stadium and you come up the one on one or 112 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:25.959 the two, or the five or the ten freeway, and 113 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.800 you're going through these communities rout here, it's Fernando. They 114 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:30.720 love Fernando, and this is why you need to know 115 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:31.160 about them. 116 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:33.560 Yeah, and just just thinking as we talked before about 117 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:37.360 how you know, Fernando could be that connection between now 118 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:40.160 and what's happened before and certainly in the future. Jackie 119 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:43.439 Robinson of course, really did that and still today, look 120 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:46.879 at everybody still talks about they've retired number forty two. 121 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:49.680 Most organizations have, I think they all have. They wear 122 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:53.720 the number forty two on Jackie Robinson Day. This thing 123 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.600 goes way beyond just what they did when they were here, 124 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:00.399 It travels and it will forever. That's what Fernando brings. 125 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.879 Armando in Ontario, Welcome to Saxon, Kate to the am 126 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:05.399 here on Amphire seventy LA Sports. 127 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:08.360 How you doing, Armando, Hi, this is. 128 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:11.079 Veronica, Armanda's wife. He stepped away, But I have a 129 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:14.920 lot to say about Fernando, all right, and what he 130 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:19.279 is to the community. You know, there's that whole history 131 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:23.120 of the Dodgers displacing the Mexican community, Mexican American community. 132 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.759 Fernando brought us back. Give you a little trivia. I 133 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:29.000 was born October twenty ninth, nineteen eighty one, hours after 134 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.720 they played and One, and I grew up thinking Fernando's 135 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.680 La Royalty and he really is what he did for 136 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:38.319 the community in his later years. I had the opportunity 137 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:40.519 to spend a whole day with him last year and 138 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:43.360 the Dodgers on their community tour, And just to your 139 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:45.800 point what you just said, he was a walking history 140 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:48.959 lesson for those new Dodgers coming in. And the Dodgers 141 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:51.079 organization has taken us through all these places in San 142 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:53.560 Gabrio Valley in LA and telling these new Dodgers this 143 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:58.040 is Dodger Country. These are Mexican American, you know, children 144 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:01.360 of immigrants that Fernando brought back to the stadium. And 145 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.399 to see his statue up there, like you said, you 146 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:05.920 see a rally point. He's up there with Kobe. For me, 147 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:08.360 he's my childhood and he's just a part of LA 148 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:10.759 and he'll he'll be forever. It's his LA history. 149 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:13.439 Well, Veronica, no offense to Armando, but we're proud we 150 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:15.759 got to talk to you for Armando. 151 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:20.199 Yeah. 152 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:23.040 Well, Veronica, thanks for chiming in this morning and bring 153 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:24.160 give us your thoughts. 154 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:24.920 We appreciate it. 155 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.160 Thank you, thank you, Take care all right, had. 156 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:31.120 A nice, little pleasant surprise there. Who's Who's Armando? Yeah, exactly. 157 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:33.120 Armando just came in there and nailed it. 158 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:36.439 Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy. Again 159 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:39.680 is our number, eight sixty six nine eight seven two 160 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:44.360 five seventy. The statue would be phenomenal at Dodger Stadium. 161 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.519 And to think of it, what they're trying to build 162 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:48.639 in the center field plaza and to be a spot 163 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:50.839 that is not just there when you go and watch 164 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:52.720 a game for ninetings, that's great. You get to see 165 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:55.639 great baseball in a in an awesome setting in the 166 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:59.040 most beautiful area, and now you get to go. Make 167 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:01.279 it a spot where you go visit the history at 168 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:03.120 Dodgers Stadium. And you can go to the top deck 169 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.399 of the reserve area and see the Legends of Baseball 170 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.040 plaques that are up there. You can go out to 171 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:09.879 the center field area and also so the history of 172 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:13.079 the Dodgers from the awards individually, rookies of the years, 173 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:15.959 the MVPs of the cy Youngs, to see the retired 174 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:18.879 jersey numbers up on the Ring of Honor in the 175 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:21.959 left field, to see the World Championship years along the 176 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:23.839 right field by the stadium club up there on the 177 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:24.480 club level. 178 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:26.439 It's a spot. 179 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:29.879 Not to say it'd be like Yankee Stadium, because Yankee 180 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:31.920 Stadium was the first to do it with the museum 181 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:34.840 they have in center field and the rich history they 182 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:38.399 have there. Yeah, the plaques, but it's the Dodgers Museum. 183 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:40.360 It's a spot where you can go and just learn 184 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:42.240 about the history of the Dodgers at a young age. 185 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:44.840 Tim for our fans listening that haven't been to on 186 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:48.279 a tour to Dodgers Stadium must go. You know, if 187 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:51.039 you like history. I love history. I love Civil War history. 188 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:54.200 I've gone to the battlefields and studied that and read 189 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:56.320 as much as I can about Civil War and I 190 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:58.919 still do. I love that. Well, you know what, you 191 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:01.440 get a big dose of that in baseball when you 192 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:03.720 go to Dodger Stadium. So when I go there, I'm 193 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.720 I'm in. I'm underneath the underneath there near the locker 194 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:09.080 rooms and looking at all this stuff. They're all the 195 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:13.480 you know, the the the Hall of Famers, and you know, 196 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:16.080 the most viable players and you know, the Gold Glove 197 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:18.879 Award winners and all those things are in there. So 198 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:23.639 Dodger Stadium is a bastion of great of great history. 199 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:25.639 For people that love to see that, you gotta go 200 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:28.200 and take a tour and and really check out all 201 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:29.960 the things there because they have a ton of it. 202 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:32.440 It's going to be on full display tomorrow night, Game 203 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:33.879 one of the World Series. 204 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:34.120 Again. 205 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:37.519 Today is Media Day out of Dodgers Stadium. For those 206 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:39.799 who don't don't know what media day is, It's think 207 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:42.360 of the Super Bowl week that Monday night in which 208 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:44.200 both teams go out in the field that that whatever 209 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:46.679 stadium is hosting it, and you get all the international 210 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.360 national media, and every player is set up in a podium. 211 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:53.080 It's a little smaller venue being in the center field plaza, 212 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:54.559 but each player is gonna have an area where they're 213 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:56.440 set up, and you can go talk to these players 214 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:58.240 and they're gonna be up there for forty five minutes. 215 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:00.000 The Dodgers and then the Yankees will be out there 216 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:02.200 for the forty five minutes, and you can talk to 217 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:05.120 all the players and you're gonna get all those ridiculous questions. 218 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:08.240 And I think it's good for baseball. I'll put it 219 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:11.039 this way. Steve, as a purest, I know these players 220 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.360 don't want to do this. These players are so locked 221 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.440 into Game one tomorrow. They want to go over tape, 222 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:17.600 they want to go over scouting reports, they want to 223 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:20.919 get ready and are dialed in for this game. 224 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:22.399 They're tolerating it. 225 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:24.919 Yeah, they're tolerating it. I'm sure some of them are 226 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:26.720 looking at it as a great opportunity to get their 227 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:29.440 brand and their name out there, certainly, but I think 228 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:32.720 the superstars per se probably don't want to do it 229 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:35.120 and are feel like, you know what, this isn't football, 230 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:37.759 where we are a helmet and we're faceless players for 231 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:39.159 the most part. And now we get to take the 232 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:41.360 helmet off and here we are in full display and 233 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:44.240 outside of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey, you know, we 234 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:46.240 get to be on full display now because we're the 235 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:49.440 other guys on this roster. I mean, we know who 236 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:52.159 these guys are. We understand that there's no more storylines 237 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:52.720 to be told. 238 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:54.559 No, I think some guys, like you said, they're going 239 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:56.639 to want to improve their brand. And with this era 240 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.679 of social media, you know, it took me a while 241 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:02.879 to really understand just how impactful and how big it 242 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:05.399 can be for these players. And you know, some guys 243 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:07.600 are gonna really benefit from from being out there in 244 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:10.559 social media and improving that brand and whatnot. But you know, 245 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:12.320 for the guys that have been there and done that before, 246 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:15.840 this is a tolerating part of the whole process. Right now, 247 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.879 they just want to get through it and they're gonna 248 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:19.919 smile and do the right thing, because most guys I've 249 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:22.000 met in baseball are good dudes, and they're gonna do 250 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:23.639 the right thing. But they want to they want to 251 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:26.000 cut loose and get this thing on. They're actually gonna 252 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:27.720 feel you know, what's you know, what's crazy about this 253 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:32.240 is when these games start and they're often running and 254 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:36.200 you're playing these games, they're gonna feel most comfortable and 255 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:40.480 the most freedom that they felt in this whole scenario 256 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:43.679 when they're actually playing the game. That's where they're gonna 257 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:47.039 feel the most free and the and the most amount 258 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:50.559 of freedom and the most natural when they're playing the game. 259 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.320 All the other stuff is is hectic, it's tough, and 260 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:55.679 they kind of tolerate through it. 261 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:58.840 Do you think Aaron Boone and Dave Roberts have to 262 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:02.240 gather his teams in the clubhouse before they walk out 263 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:04.399 to the center Field Plaza today for media day for 264 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:08.200 their respective teams and say, guys, just a reminder all 265 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:10.320 of you, look at all you in the eyes right now. 266 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:14.159 Don't say anything stupid. Don't put any bullets on board 267 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:17.279 material out there. Yeah, don't say something that you think's 268 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:20.759 gonna be funny and taken sarcastically and it's gonna be 269 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.200 written and look differently in print, and all of a 270 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:24.399 sudden they're using. 271 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:27.519 It against us. I would think, So, I know that's 272 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:30.159 Tommy said that to you guys. Yeah, Hey, guys, shut up, 273 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:32.799 don't say anything. Yeah, there's been times when they say 274 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:34.919 things like, remember that you're gonna always have to pay 275 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:37.360 for what you say, and you're gonna be the you 276 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:39.279 know you're doing to be the slave of that. You know, 277 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.919 you're gonna have to be answered all that stuff, but 278 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:45.720 you're gonna be able to always be on top of 279 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:48.679 things that you don't say. And so you know there's 280 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:51.679 a there's a message in there is don't say something stupid. 281 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:54.080 You're gonna have to own it and don't go there. 282 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:57.000 Why take that luggage on? And yeah, they they've said 283 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.759 that to us before. Usually it's sometime in spring training 284 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:02.840 when you have all those meetings with the Players Association 285 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:04.720 and whatnot. They cover all that ground. They like to 286 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:07.200 do it one day, but very very poignant. 287 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.600 Yeah, it's gonna be an interesting day at a Dodgers 288 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:12.320 stadium to see the masses of media, to see all 289 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:15.120 the questions that are asked, to see show Altani on 290 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:18.320 the biggest stage along with all these superstars that are 291 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:21.159 playing in this World Series Game one tomorrow night right 292 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:23.279 here on five to seventy LA Sports. 293 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:25.679 Yeah, doesn't show Hey, really have it made in this 294 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:30.360 whole thing? Seriously talk to the interpreter. Yeah, he doesn't 295 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:32.720 have to talk much. Just talk to him. I can't 296 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:34.759 speak Cling, I can't speak English. 297 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:38.080 I wonder what else you could ask show Hey Altani 298 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:39.399 that hasn't been asked already. 299 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.919 Who knows what he's telling the interpreter. He probably hasn't 300 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:44.440 mean with the interpreter, it says, say all the right stuff. 301 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:46.279 If they ask me some I'll give you like a 302 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:49.320 two word answer in Japanese and japan Japanese, and then 303 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:50.919 you can tell them what you already think. 304 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:54.440 It is interesting easy to see him give these long 305 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:57.360 answers than Will Ireton give us a smaller answer. 306 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:00.240 But I guess now where's Will from? Is he from here? Yeah? 307 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:03.759 But he's a Japanese descent obviously, and has worked for 308 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.679 the organization for a long time. Was an interpreter for 309 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:09.960 the Dodgers about a decade ago, and then got into 310 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:12.879 a role working in baseball ops with the team in 311 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:16.639 athletic training as well. Uh And when the whole issue 312 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:19.600 with show Hey before the season started with his previous interpreter, 313 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.720 the Dodgers were scrambling and needed to get a new 314 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:25.240 interpreter there, and Will Ireton, already working for the team, 315 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:28.159 did a great job before was inserting it to that place, 316 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:31.399 and uh, yeah, it has been has been a great 317 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:34.960 uh guy to have stand next to show Ayotani because 318 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:38.360 he's been a Dodger employee and on top of that, 319 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:41.360 it's somebody that show Hey can trust and there's a 320 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:43.919 there's a communication already there between the two of them, 321 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:46.879 and again the organization trusts him. So it was a 322 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.360 perfect person to have slide into that responsibility. And he's 323 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:50.039 a great guy. 324 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:52.000 Too, Tim, do you have more of a family background 325 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:53.679 you can give me on on will? I mean, I'll 326 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:55.360 just asked you a simple question and you gave me 327 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:59.279 like the ten minute rendition of a very very well 328 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:01.799 thought out into find answer. And I appreciate that. Well, 329 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:04.720 I that is amazing. You ask you what time it is, nil, 330 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:07.240 tell you how to make a watch? Amazing. 331 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:10.200 I appreciate that. Yeah, I appreciate that. 332 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:10.840 It's a compliment. 333 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:13.399 He actually began back in nineteen eighty eight, when he 334 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.279 was the son of a Japanese American father Spanish mother. 335 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:18.679 His family moved to Hawaii when he was fifteen. He 336 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:20.799 was born in Japan in nineteen eighty eight. He spent 337 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:23.600 his teenage years in Honolulu, where he played for the 338 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:26.720 High school baseball team. Oh yeah, and his worked in 339 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:29.480 baseball for a long time after graduating from Menlo College. 340 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:32.120 Wow yeah, okay, geez. 341 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:32.000 You go. 342 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:34.639 There's that full background. They got to start working as 343 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:37.519 a translator in the World Baseball Classic and from there 344 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.600 got into baseball. 345 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:40.159 That's amazing. 346 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:42.320 There's your will Ireton Info. 347 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:45.840 Only get it from Tim Kate. That's right. I'm here 348 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:46.519 for it if you need me. 349 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:49.000 Eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy He is 350 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:51.600 Steve Saxon, Tim Kate, Sax and Kate's and Am your 351 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:54.039 phone calls coming up next hour. Steve Yeager will join 352 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.120 us also next hour, be by your phones. If you're 353 00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:59.720 one of the hundreds that signed up at a Hollywood park, 354 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:03.080 you know yesterday with Rogan and Rodney, you have a 355 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:05.879 chance to win Game one World Series tickets. They're gonna 356 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:07.679 pull a winner at eight o'clock and we'll announce the 357 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:11.240 winner and call them on the air right after. It's 358 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:13.600 Sax and Kates in the Am on n FI seventy 359 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:21.799 LA Sports. Sax and Kates in the Am here on 360 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:24.120 A five seventy LA Sports. You can listen to the 361 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:28.000 Dan Patrick Show on the iHeartRadio app live and local 362 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:30.600 during the Dodgers playoff run. Game one of the World 363 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:34.600 Series is tomorrow night, first pitch at five to eight. 364 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:37.600 Hey Dodger fans, MLB Tonight on MLB Network as you're 365 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:40.919 home this World Series with live coverage before and after 366 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.440 every game with highlights, interviews, expert analysis, and more from 367 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:51.039 each Dodgers Yankees World Series game. Visit mlbnetwork dot com 368 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:55.080 for more information. As Game one tomorrow, we'll have Garrett 369 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:58.120 Cole on the mound from Orange Lutheran, UCLA. He'll be 370 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:00.240 on the mound for the Yankees against the Pride the 371 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.480 eight one eight Jack Flaherty who will go for the Dodgers, 372 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:06.079 and again both teams will meet the media later on 373 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:09.559 today for their respective media days in the center field plaza. 374 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:12.599 A little bit more on Will Ireton, the translator for 375 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:15.319 Shoheo Tani. Yeah, for those who don't know, we came 376 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:18.079 to the Dodgers in twenty sixteen when Kenta Maida was 377 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:21.519 signed by the Dodgers and had previous experiences we mentioned 378 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:24.680 before in the World Baseball Classic. He was born in Japan, 379 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:26.640 grew up in Honolulu, went to college here in the 380 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:28.720 United States, and a great guy and been with the 381 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:31.920 organization since twenty sixteen. When kent I left and went 382 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:34.400 to the Minnesota Twins, he did not follow. 383 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:34.960 He stayed. 384 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:36.480 In fact, he went to go work in Tripa, A, 385 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:41.200 Oklahoma city and player development and analytics and has worked 386 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:44.160 for the organization since then in different levels. And in 387 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:47.160 this past spring when the Dodgers were over in Seul, 388 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:50.200 Korea and the incident with the previous translator was Shoheyo Tani, 389 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:52.920 Will Ireton was moved back into that position, and that's 390 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.839 where he came from this season. So cool, nice rundown 391 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:58.200 because people wonder about him too. 392 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.680 You know what's really we we kind of knew the 393 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:04.759 sad thing about the former transfer, but this but Will 394 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:06.640 seems to be you know, he's off to a great start. 395 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:09.799 People seem to really like him. He resonates good with 396 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:12.279 the press, and so yeah, I think it's a great choice. Yeah. 397 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.119 I mean, and you see him all the time because 398 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:18.359 wherever sho hey Otani goes, Will Ironton is right there 399 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.640 on and off the field. So yeah, he is in 400 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:22.680 tandem with show Hey, So you see him all the time, 401 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:24.279