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 wind it. 6 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:13.679 I love writing me these guys after the show. 7 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.519 So just thank you, give me are your attention, your fire, 8 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:21.120 not a pisson. This is world champion, Dodgers, world champion. 9 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:23.440 Put a small soft time they get up people what 10 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:26.000 they want to die in a row two is special. 11 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:29.359 I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. One of a con. 12 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:32.479 This ball's gone. You ready to go? 13 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:36.119 Hell time go to the South, grab your phone to 14 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.799 get in on the show called eight six six nine 15 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:40.880 eighty seven two five seven. 16 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:41.399 And go to the show. 17 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.119 And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 18 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:51.880 We are alive at Dodgers Stadium after the Dodgers defeat 19 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:55.560 the Pirates tonight by a final score of eight to four. 20 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:59.439 David vass with you until ten thirty tonight. We have 21 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:01.799 phone line. It's open at eight six six nine eight 22 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:05.439 seven two five seventy. And No, the tarp is not 23 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:09.439 on the infield tonight. Obviously it rained in Los Angeles 24 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:12.920 during the morning time in early afternoon, but there was 25 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:16.560 no hitch to Dave Roberts, baballhead night and first pitch 26 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:20.959 between the Dodgers and Pirates, which saw the Pirates trying 27 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.200 to hand this game to the Dodgers a few different times, 28 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:27.599 and until the eighth inning, the Dodgers were not taking it. 29 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.319 In fact, it felt like the Pirates were saying, here, 30 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.480 you take it, and the Dodgers were saying to them, no, no, 31 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:36.000 you take it, you take it. Get We got enough wins. 32 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:38.560 We're gonna get wins. But it was good to see 33 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.640 the Dodgers win this game. It would not have been 34 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:43.000 pretty if the Dodgers had lost four in a row 35 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:46.879 in a game like tonight, But looks that's what the 36 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:50.519 Dodgers have against teams like the Pirates. They just got more. 37 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:53.640 They got too much for teams like the Pirates when 38 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:56.640 it's a close game going into the seventh, eighth, and 39 00:01:56.719 --> 00:01:59.719 ninth innings of games. And that was evident tonight. Too 40 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:03.799 much Tani, too much Taoscar Hernandez. And then you add 41 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:06.799 in Andy Paz, who is starting to heat up and 42 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:10.199 play better defense in center field. It's just too much 43 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:13.400 for a team like that. Andy pa has three for 44 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:17.800 four tonight, including robbing Brian Reynolds of what would have 45 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.879 been extra bases at the very least in the fifth inning. 46 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.360 So all the Andy pa has haters are quiet for 47 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:28.960 the last week or so, Taoscar Hernandez. Everybody loves Tao 48 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:33.800 and thank goodness the Dodgers resigned him because him and 49 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:37.199 Tommy Edmond and Will Smith had basically been carrying this 50 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:41.439 offense for the first three weeks of the season. Taoscar 51 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:44.319 Hernandez drove in the tying run in the first inning 52 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:47.639 with two outs, and Taoscar Hernandez, just to put this 53 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:50.840 in context, you know he's clutch and was clutched last 54 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:54.159 year with runners in scoring position, But how about this season, 55 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:58.400 Taoscar Hernandez, when he comes to the plate with two outs, 56 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:02.280 he's sitting three to twenty three with fourteen RBIs. There's 57 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:04.680 not too many players that can say that on the 58 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:08.000 Dodgers or in Major League Baseball. And then, of course 59 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:10.719 his go ahead home run in the eighth inning, which 60 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:13.599 opened up the floodgates for a four run eighth for 61 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:17.080 the Dodgers to beat the Pirates tonight eight to four. 62 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:21.599 So ta Oscar Hernandez did everything tonight. He drove in runs. 63 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.159 He gave the Dodgers the lead in the eighth inning, 64 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:27.159 and then he threw out Joey Bart, who made an 65 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:30.680 awful base running play in the second inning, trying to 66 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:36.120 tag up when Taoscar caught Tommy FAM's fly ball as 67 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:39.159 he was running in in shallow right field, the former 68 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:43.120 Giant catcher not five Beta Kappa, trying to tag up 69 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:47.479 on Taoscar Hernandez. And then you look at Freddie Freeman. 70 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:49.879 He had a really good night tonight. He drove in 71 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:53.080 a run and he also made a great defensive play 72 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:55.759 that is going to go overlooked in the scheme of things, 73 00:03:55.800 --> 00:04:00.479 but because Jack Dryer was a little wild again, the 74 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.560 Pirates had opportunities to score not only just one run, 75 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:07.520 but multiple runs. And Freddie Freeman made a great play 76 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:12.280 in the seventh inning off of the cleanup hitter Emmanuel Valdez. 77 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:16.040 If Freddy Freeman doesn't make that play, the Pirates are 78 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:18.720 scoring more than one run, and who knows where the 79 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:22.160 momentum goes after that. So there was some really good 80 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:25.920 defensive plays by the Dodgers tonight and certainly that helped 81 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:28.519 them win. And that's something we've been talking about the 82 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:32.240 Dodger defense has not been very good so far to 83 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:36.000 start the year, at least consistently good, and their base 84 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:40.879 running hasn't been that great either consistently to start the year. Tonight, 85 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.040 both things were really good, and both things helped the 86 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:47.000 Dodgers win tonight. Yeah you might look at the three 87 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.240 run pinch hit home run by Key k Yeah, you're 88 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:52.279 gonna look at ta oscars go ahead home run. But 89 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:55.439 it was these other things, the base running in defense 90 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:58.160 that helped them win this game tonight and pick up 91 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:02.279 their pitchers. Whether it was or Jack Dryer, it was 92 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:05.800 the defense that helped the Dodgers win this game tonight 93 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:08.680 and show, Hey, Otani came to life tonight for the 94 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:12.240 first time in a while. He's human. But you know, 95 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:15.160 every baseball player goes through slumps. It's the ones that 96 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:18.680 don't let it extend into one for twenty one for 97 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:22.519 twenty fives. Otani coming into the game tonight was one 98 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:25.759 for his last fifteen. That's over with because he was 99 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:29.560 three for five tonight with two doubles, a triple, a 100 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:32.480 stolen base, and he drove in a run and scored twice. 101 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:35.079 So I would say it was the ta Oscar and 102 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:40.279 Otani show offensively for the Dodgers tonight. And Otani I 103 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:42.600 thought once he got on base, he was trying to 104 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.160 change the game with his base running. He was intent 105 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:48.920 on forcing the issue and making the Pirates make mistakes. 106 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:51.800 So a great job by him, A great job by 107 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:56.360 Dino Ebel, who was waving Andy Paez around from first base. 108 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:59.959 A great read on the outfielders. Dino's job doesn't start 109 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:02.439 it's seven to ten either. He's doing a lot of 110 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:06.720 extensive scanner reports on what the outfielders can do when 111 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:11.000 they move side to side, laterally, arm strength, all those 112 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:14.839 things to be able to uh make great judgments in 113 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:18.000 the third base coaching box. Eight sixty six nine eight 114 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:21.600 seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go 115 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:23.680 out to the phones for the first time tonight. 116 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:24.360 Ed. 117 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.360 Who is at Dodger Stadium tonight? Hi, Ed, You're on 118 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:28.120 Dodger Talk. 119 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.839 Hey Dave, thanks for taking my call. Just leaving Dodger 120 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:36.480 Stadium right now. What a great night, Dave Roberts boblehead, 121 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.560 Such a fun time, Dodgers got the w Hey, I 122 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.079 just wanted to talk about something really fast. I feel like, 123 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:46.000 you know, Smith's something that was overlooked Will Smith's catching. 124 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.040 Roki Esaki did a great job. We need that more 125 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:52.480 consistent offense from the catcher position when Rokie's pitching, So 126 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.439 I just really we got to stick with him. Thanks 127 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:57.120 so much, Dave. Do you have a great time all right? Ed? 128 00:06:57.160 --> 00:06:59.040 Thanks for the phone call. Hey, if you're trying to 129 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.439 take a backhanded shot at Austin Barnes. The last time 130 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:05.079 Barnes caught, he had two hits, including a double. But 131 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:08.759 I mean, nobody's on Will Smith's offensive level. He's the 132 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:11.680 best hitting catcher in baseball. And yeah, he did a 133 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:16.000 great job with Sasaki tonight. You know one thing about Sasaki, 134 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:19.000 it's still a work in progress. He pitches once a week. 135 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:21.879 In case you haven't noticed, he's like a college pitcher. 136 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:25.920 He pitches every Saturday night, and Yamamoto pitches every Friday night. 137 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:30.160 It's like UCLA Baseball here at Dodger Stadium. But I 138 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:34.639 mean it's basically for Sasaki. Yamamoto would be able to 139 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:38.040 pitch on regular rest, which is four or five days. 140 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:40.839 But this is to try to keep those guys fresh 141 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:44.639 and healthy for October. And I would love to see 142 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:48.680 Sasaki have more mound presence. He still seems to be 143 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:52.399 unsure of himself, and you know, he's starting to throw 144 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:55.639 more strikes, which is helping him. But I would just 145 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:58.120 say he was fine tonight. I'm not going to gush 146 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:01.120 over him tonight. It's a work in progress, and the 147 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:04.720 Dodgers were fully aware of that when they signed him 148 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:07.920 and brought him in under this type of contract. It's 149 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:11.240 not a three hundred million dollar contract, it's a normal 150 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:16.319 minimum salary, and they understood he was not a finished product. 151 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:20.920 But are hoping that by the time August rolls around, 152 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:23.600 he'll be a better picture than what we saw tonight, 153 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:27.000 and a better picture than what we saw two starts ago. 154 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:30.120 Let's go out to Ken in Newport Beach, a rare 155 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:32.679 phone call from Ken on a winning night. 156 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:37.480 How you doing, Ken, Hey, David, thank you? Good come 157 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:41.679 Buck and Goodwin. Even though they are all last place 158 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:44.960 team Pittsburgh, they're actually pretty good. But I think it's 159 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:48.159 time to take a look at keyk one of your 160 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:52.120 best infielders who now has five home runs, and I 161 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:55.679 think it's time for him to play or third base, 162 00:08:56.279 --> 00:09:00.639 because I don't see Muncey coming out of this slumpy 163 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:04.039 as no home runs and strikes out way too much. 164 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:09.960 Key K, We'll take your five home runs and multiplayers feel. 165 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.320 Yeah, you know, I'm not a post to that, Ken, 166 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:16.720 And tomorrow is probably a day Max Munsey is going 167 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.720 to sit. I could see Dave Roberts doing that with 168 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:22.759 a lefty on the mound and Kik Or Rojas getting 169 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:27.039 the start at third base, and I'm not opposed to that. 170 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:30.799 I don't believe Max Munsey has earned just the blind 171 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:33.639 getting into the starting lineup. But I don't believe the 172 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:36.559 Dodgers are giving up on Max Munsey yet either. We've 173 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:40.080 seen starts like this, We've seen stretches like this, so 174 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:44.120 hopefully this is similar to the other years where he 175 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:48.159 gets out of it some way, somehow. But yeah, I'm 176 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:50.919 not opposed to having more Rojas and more key K 177 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:54.279 at third base until Munsey comes out of this. 178 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:57.519 All right, great, thank you? 179 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:01.200 Hey, we agree, And you called on a winning night. Wow, 180 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:02.320 this is a big Saturday. 181 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.440 I was getting a little frustrated, so I had to 182 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:05.759 do it. 183 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:09.080 I bet you were. I bet you were. Thanks Ken, 184 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:12.039 Thanks for the phone call. Everybody was getting frustrated, no 185 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:16.279 more than those players in that clubhouse and in that dugout. 186 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:19.360 There's a lot of professional pride by those guys who are, 187 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:22.519 by the way, just five months removed from winning the 188 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:25.799 World Series. I feel like a lot of times in 189 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.200 the moment, you forget the fact that these are the 190 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:32.720 defending World Series champions. They did deliver a World Series 191 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:35.240 to you last year for the second time in what 192 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:38.080 five years. I mean, they did give you a parade 193 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:41.720 for the first time since nineteen eighty eight. So let's 194 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:46.559 give these guys a little wiggle room here. But the 195 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:49.519 last year was last year, and they talked about trying 196 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.440 to win the World Series again. The front office spent 197 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:54.559 a lot of money to try to make that happen. 198 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:58.600 I will just say this, A lot of times players 199 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.679 come into the season because they put in a lot 200 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:04.919 of work during the off season. And you're looking at 201 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:07.879 probably two out of the three at the top of 202 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.039 the Dodger lineup that didn't have the opportunity to do 203 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:15.759 that because of surgeries Shoe Aotani with the left labrum 204 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:21.360 shoulder surgery, Freddie Freeman with the right ankle surgery. How 205 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:24.360 much time did they have to get baseball ready? Were 206 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:27.679 they just trying to get their bodies put back together 207 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:31.919 after having significant surgeries. I think we all forget that, 208 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:35.559 and maybe there's some guys in this starting lineup that 209 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:39.159 maybe celebrated too much during the offseason and did not 210 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:43.159 really get prepared for this upcoming year. I'll say this 211 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:46.720 about Mookie Bets. I saw him at Justin Turner's golf 212 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:50.600 tournament in mid November, and he told me he started 213 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:54.159 working a couple of weeks after the World Series was over. 214 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:57.679 No matter what you want to say about Mookie Bets, 215 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.480 I would venture to say, no, nobody worked harder during 216 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:04.159 the off season to get ready for this year than 217 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:07.679 Mookie Betts. Eight six six, nine eighty seven two five 218 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:11.320 seventy is the phone number. The Dodgers beat the Pirates 219 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:14.399 tonight by a final score of eight to four. It 220 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:17.799 was a big night by Taioscar Hernandez and show hey Otani, 221 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:21.120 but also Andy PA has not too many phone calls 222 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:25.279 coming into praise Pa Haz these days. Everybody was calling 223 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:28.200 in ready to pull the plug on Pa Haz. And 224 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:31.000 that's why you know, it's a long season, and I 225 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:35.639 know we're emotional, and that's what feeds this show emotions, 226 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:38.519 and even the host can get emotional at times, and 227 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:41.639 I would say, I'm an emotional person, no doubt about it, 228 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:46.720 But it's early in the season, you know. Quite honestly, 229 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.320 I couldn't even tell you who is where in the 230 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:54.360 standings because I don't even look at the standings until 231 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:57.679 the beginning of May. And I would advise you, for 232 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:00.799 your own sanity not to look at the standard until May. 233 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.960 And the Dodgers won their seventeenth game this year, how 234 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:06.559 do you think Braves fans are feeling? You know, that 235 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:08.320 would be the only time I would look at the 236 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:11.960 standings as if a team is off to a really 237 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:14.960 red hot start, or if a team is off to 238 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:18.360 a horrible start like the Braves were. And by the way, 239 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:21.480 the Braves, with their win tonight in Arizona in ten innings, 240 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:26.639 have climbed back to five hundred. They're not done. Trust me. 241 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:30.600 They got a lot of talent. But Alexanthopolis did a 242 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:32.840 little bit too much over the last couple of years 243 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:35.720 after winning the World Series in twenty twenty one, and 244 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:38.120 the Braves are kind of paying the price for that. 245 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:43.759 But nonetheless, I'm just saying, it's what twenty one games 246 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:47.080 into the season, twenty seven games into the season are 247 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:50.759 we really going to overreact to one game in April. 248 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:53.759 I mean, the Dodgers are seventeen and ten. It's not 249 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:57.000 like they're ten and seventeen. If they were ten and seventeen, 250 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:00.480 I would welcome all the calls and the sky is falling. 251 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:03.240 But just because a couple of players are off to 252 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:07.240 a slow start, I don't feel like it's time to overreact. 253 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:11.039 Just think about this. The Dodgers are seventeen and ten. 254 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:16.960 They haven't got any offensive production from two main starters 255 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:21.840 in Michael Confordo and Max Muncy. Their defense has been marginal, 256 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:25.159 Their base running has been marginal. In fact, I would 257 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:29.639 venture to say both have been subpar to the Dodgers standards. 258 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:33.320 They haven't had Otani, Betts, and Freeman in the lineup 259 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:37.320 more than half of their games, and those three guys 260 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:41.559 have not really caught fire yet. You haven't had Blake 261 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:45.480 Snell for more than two starts. You don't have Blake 262 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.600 Trinan now for the next probably two or three months. 263 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:52.320 You don't have Michael Kopak. You just got Evan Phillips back. 264 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:55.639 Do I need to keep going? And the Dodgers are 265 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:00.279 seventeen and ten, They're seventeen and ten, second pl place 266 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:04.279 in the NL West. I think we all should take 267 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:09.279 a step back and re examine all of that and say, oh, wow, 268 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:13.080 the Dodgers are seventeen and ten and all that is happening. 269 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:17.240 That's pretty scary for the rest of the league. Eight six, six, 270 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:20.120 nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number. 271 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:24.320 Let's go out to Malibu, Bob, Malibu's most wanted. You're 272 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:26.639 on Dodger Talk, Dave. 273 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:29.200 Always great to hear your voice. Thanks for having me on, Man, 274 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:31.559 and you know what, big thanks to you to call 275 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:33.519 in to Dwayne. I know the travel you guys do 276 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:36.000 at your time in Chicago, it means a lot to 277 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.440 of all us Dodger fans. You guys are on the 278 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:39.519 field with that team and you keep us up to date. Man, 279 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:42.039 So thank you guys, first and foremost appreciated day. 280 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:45.080 Hey, thank you, Bob. I know it's a tough life 281 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:46.799 going to Chicago, horrible city. 282 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:51.960 Whoa Hey, I'm calling to cash in my andy Pojez 283 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.759 praised shit. I called about a week ago on a 284 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:57.000 rough night where PA has looked to improve at the plate, 285 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:59.559 but still at an air in the field. I see 286 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:01.879 improvement that guy. And my only hope is that he 287 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:04.240 continues on this path man and keeps putting in the work. 288 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:07.039 I feel like it's paying off, and it seems like 289 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:08.879 it's firing up the other guys a little bit to 290 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:11.200 see him succeeding. So I hope he continues with that. 291 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:15.799 He's putting in the work every day and that work 292 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:18.320 is starting to pay off in games. He's out here 293 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:21.879 early every day working with Dino Ebol, who is now 294 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:25.279 the outfield coach, and it's it's working. You heard Rick 295 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:29.600 Monday talk about how his foot his feet are grounded 296 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:32.039 when the pitch is being delivered and he is in 297 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:36.240 better positioned defensive athletic position to make plays like he 298 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:39.320 did tonight against Brian Reynolds in the fifth inning and 299 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:42.200 he shortened his swing. I mean, Rick Monday's talked about 300 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:44.440 that as well. So he's put in a lot of 301 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:47.240 work and I'm happy to see a payoff and the 302 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:50.679 Dodgers need him to get on base hitting ninth. Thanks 303 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:52.919 for the phone call, Bob, appreciate it. We're gonna take 304 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:55.600 a time out here on Dodger Talk when we come back. 305 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:58.080 More of your phone calls at eight sixty six nine 306 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:00.919 eight seven two five seventy. We're going to check in 307 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:03.919 with Jose Mota as we take you to the bottom 308 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:07.200 of the hour after the Dodgers defeat the Pirates tonight 309 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.359 eight to four. 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Daniels Jewelers Own the Dream. 329 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:29.680 It's time to go around the Horn with Jose Mota. 330 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:34.799 A man that's not emotional at all, always steady, our guy, 331 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:39.720 Jose Mota, and everybody's emotions are on the happy side tonight, Jose. 332 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:43.839 Oh my god, I just learned something about this show today, David. 333 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:46.599 I did not realize it was about emotions. 334 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.359 Really. 335 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:50.480 Yeah, it's a roller coaster. 336 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:53.240 Some nights you're so revealing. 337 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:55.720 Hey, you know what, it is an emotional game. It 338 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:58.359 could drive you crazy so quickly. He could be so 339 00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:02.039 good and score ten uns and lose a game in Chicago, 340 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:04.119 then scores six runs and lose a game. 341 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:06.599 In Chicago, and then we think the offense is terrible. 342 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:09.640 Right, Well, the pitching was not good, but that's just 343 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:11.920 the way it goes. I'm glad you covered so many things, Dave, 344 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:15.039 including you know it really cut my ear was Among 345 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:19.039 many things is the fact that you know the rookie 346 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:22.640 Sasaki steps are getting better. He is throwing the ball 347 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:25.680 a little more confidence. He is not there yet, but 348 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:28.960 gradually we see that the confidence being given to him 349 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:31.839 is getting better. And again I think, oh Westing, this 350 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:33.799 guy right now is to keep the team in the 351 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:36.039 game and get the team a chance. And he did 352 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:38.000 it again today. Just a couple of little mistakes here 353 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:40.519 and there. But he can't blame it Forneil Cruz in 354 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.920 the first any of My goodness, how do you have 355 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:43.240 that kind of length and wing span? 356 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:48.680 My goodness, Yeah, he's he's really physically imposing, that's for sure. 357 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:53.319 Let's talk about ta Oscar Hernandez. He has been great 358 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:58.480 for the Dodgers since he arrived last year. What makes 359 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:01.359 him so special in how better of a hitter is 360 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:04.200 he now than what he was in Toronto even just 361 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.480 three years ago. 362 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:09.960 Well, Mookie Bets describe j Oscar to me as a 363 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:11.839 guy that comes into the clubhouse and you don't know 364 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:15.000 what happened the day before, good or terrible, you don't know. 365 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:17.799 That's number one, That's where his life is. That's where 366 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:20.359 he lives, and that's where he plays. And he's understood that. Yeah, 367 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:23.440 there's a bigger responsibility now with a bigger life magic 368 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:26.720 thing used to be the same player among that also, 369 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:28.680 you know, a big part of the Jostus has told 370 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:31.920 me that there's some resources here with the Dodgers available 371 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:34.359 to him when he came from as a free agent 372 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:36.799 that he did not know where available to make him 373 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:38.680 a better hitter. And he's been made aware of those 374 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.839 and he's taking advantage of it. You mentioned about the 375 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:44.279 two strike and two out approach and things like that. 376 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:46.440 The important that he plays and he's not a guy 377 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:48.000 who's gonna go out there in final walk. He's going 378 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:50.160 to find a way to square a ball, make adjustments 379 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:52.880 and be productive. So it's been fun to watch his 380 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:56.200 production and where would they be without him today? And 381 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.559 for an offense that's still a little sputtery. I think 382 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:00.480 he has been a key clock of the whole. 383 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:04.039 Thing, no doubt about it. And what was Joey Bart 384 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:06.920 doing in the second inning? I think Tae Oscar was 385 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:09.920 even taken off guard by a catcher trying to tag 386 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.640 up on him. 387 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.839 Yeah, that's the main thing, though. You got to be 388 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:15.839 aware of those situations and never never play, you know, 389 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:18.799 don't be the umpire. In other words, don't think the 390 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:21.359 guy's not going to go on. You just player be aware. 391 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:23.599 And I also saw a lot of communications with the 392 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:26.160 guys in front of him, just alerting him to be 393 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:28.680 on a gult because the guy was tagging up and 394 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:32.160 he pretty much threw the ball into the home played area. 395 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:34.599 Lock and infielder very much adjustable the feat too. 396 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:38.599 Jose Mota is joining us. After the Dodgers beat the 397 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:41.559 Pirates tonight eight to four, all right, talking about two 398 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:46.559 strike approach, Rick Monday pointed this out and highlighted Otani's 399 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:49.920 at bat which tied the game against former Dodger Caleb 400 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:53.440 Ferguson in the seventh inning. He was down two. He 401 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:56.440