WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:04.320 The right quist. 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 --> 00:00:14.160 Scam is back. Baby. 5 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:17.839 This is Saxon Kates in the A app BA Go 6 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:22.399 with Proway. Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your 7 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:26.719 favorite Dodger pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to 8 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:29.280 talk Dodgers, get in on the show on eighty six 9 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:32.159 six nine, eighty seven two five seven now. While the 10 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:35.240 Dan Patrick Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. 11 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:38.640 We've been banished to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff 12 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:39.679 run concludes. 13 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:43.200 Here they are broadcasting live on AM five to seven 14 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:47.240 e LA Sports. It's Tim Kates and Steve Sacks. 15 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:51.000 It's Sax and Kate's and AM on this Wednesday morning, 16 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:55.280 October sixteenth, twenty twenty four. Thanks for being with us 17 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.320 as you make your way to school to work, that 18 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:03.439 commute back and forth wherever you may be. We appreciate 19 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:05.799 you taking us with you here on A five to 20 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:09.239 seventy LA Sports as the Dodgers and Met square off 21 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:12.680 tonight at City Field in New York, Game three of 22 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.400 the National League Championship Series, which is tied at one 23 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:18.000 game a piece. Dodgers on deck will get started at 24 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:20.239 four pm. First pitch at five oh eight, powered by 25 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:23.959 Zenci Sushi, Fast, Fresh and Easy. Walker Bueller and Luis 26 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.359 Severino the pitching matchup in Game three. Walker Bueller going 27 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:30.920 into Tonight's is the man and they need him to 28 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:33.760 be the Walker. Bueller of Old out on the mound 29 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:37.680 tonight for Game three and sixteen starts in the postseason 30 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:41.560 eighty four and two third innings, a three forty rray 31 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:44.400 for the Dodger right hander who is looking to build 32 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:46.640 on what he did in his start in San Diego 33 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.879 outside of that one big inning then put up zeros afterwards, 34 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:52.519 and looking to continue to do that tonight in New York. 35 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:54.920 It's just thinking about this game, the series sacks, he 36 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:58.200 the stage that it's on La versus New York. This 37 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:00.719 is what Shoho Tani wanted. He wanted to get out 38 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:04.000 of baseball purgatory that was Anaheim for six years. He 39 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:07.040 signs with the Dodgers. Wants to be with the biggest 40 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:09.919 franchise on the West Coach, one of the biggest franchises 41 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:12.680 in sports. He's here with the Dodgers on the biggest 42 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:14.960 stage now in the NLCS with the chance to go 43 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:18.080 to the World Series. It is time for the greatest 44 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:21.840 player on Earth, the Goat, to be on full display tonight. 45 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:24.479 This is his moment, this is the time he needs 46 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:25.120 to shine. 47 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:27.680 Yes, there's no other way to put it. I mean 48 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:31.759 expect it, and he's putting that on his shoulders. He's 49 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:35.240 gladly accepting it. There's only one show, hey, Otani, and 50 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:38.240 you know he can do this, There's no question about it. 51 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:41.159 He's got Severino coming from the right side, which should 52 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:44.400 really help Otani. I like the fact that they're facing 53 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:48.639 the workhorse of the New York Mets that sever Reno was, 54 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:52.560 because they're very familiar with what he's going to bring 55 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:56.120 to the table. He's pitching on an inordinate amount of rest, 56 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:59.080 which I'm not so sure that's always great. But he's 57 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:01.479 got nine in in nine days where he hasn't pitched, 58 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:04.240 and I think it's gonna line up pretty good for 59 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:05.439 the Dodgers Right now. 60 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:07.639 I just think this is it show, Hey, this is 61 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.599 what you wanted. You wanted to be on the biggest stage. 62 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:12.879 You wanted to be in the playoffs. You wanted to 63 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:15.280 be on full display for the world to see you 64 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:19.000 in a Dodger uniform, putting up numbers and being the 65 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:21.599 best that there ever was. And now it's time to 66 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:24.199 put that on display tonight in game three of this 67 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:28.240 nldn LD NLC has excuse me, when they need him 68 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:30.840 to be the biggest and to shine the brightest. 69 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:32.039 This is that night. 70 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:34.360 And if he can do that, the guys around him 71 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:36.840 could just give him something. I mean, this team, look, 72 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:38.879 look they did in game one. They put up nine 73 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:41.840 runs against the New York Mets in that game one. 74 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:43.800 But again, the top of the lineup, and it all 75 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:46.120 starts with showeo Tani, the head of the snake, so 76 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:49.400 to speak. If he doesn't perform, you go, oh for 77 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:51.280 nineteen at the top of the lineup, and now you 78 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.280 find yourself tied to the gamafiees. 79 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:55.639 And that's you know what. Look if that continues, if 80 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:58.120 we get an over nineteen from the top the top 81 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.319 five guy, well you know we know it's gonna happen. 82 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:02.840 No matter how good of a pitching performance you have, 83 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:06.000 you have to score runs. There's no getting around it. 84 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:08.719 And so they know what they got to do. It's 85 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.439 a two tier thing. Walker's got to come out and 86 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:14.479 shove and you know, and the offense has got to 87 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:16.519 put it out. But we can break that down the 88 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:19.680 keys of the games later on. That'll be more detailed 89 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:22.759 than that, but that's basically the overall, you know, synopsis 90 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:24.560 I have for this thing. They just got to play 91 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:24.920 their game. 92 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.759 Joining us now from New York City, he is our 93 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.160 Dodger inside of the best of the best, The one 94 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:30.519 and only. 95 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:31.879 David Vasse joins us. 96 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:35.160 David, good morning, I Dodgers going a workout yesterday at 97 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:35.759 City Field. 98 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:37.439 You were there for the entirety. 99 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:40.399 What was the mood of this Dodgers team anticipation for 100 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:41.240 Game three to night? 101 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:46.480 Yeah, just about a lot of confidence from this team. Guys. 102 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.240 They understand that they have an opportunity here to take 103 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:52.800 two out of three. It starts tonight with Walker Buehler. 104 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:55.879 And that's the one thing that Dave Roberts always talks about, 105 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:59.279 the momentum of a series starts with your starting pitcher, 106 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:04.199 and walk ker Bueller was really, as always Walker Bueller 107 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:06.879 type of confident getting ready for this game. 108 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.199 Yeah. Hey, David, I wanted to ask you, certainly back 109 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:14.519 in New York, another huge media capital, what is the 110 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:18.839 what has the intensity been like? Has it been crazy 111 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:20.879 more or is it has been just kind of more 112 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:23.680 of the same, because as years go on, it seems 113 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:25.800 to get more and more in depth and intense. And 114 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:28.920 I can only imagine what it was like back there 115 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:29.879 playing against the Mets. 116 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.879 Yeah, honestly, Steve, yesterday, while the workout was going on, 117 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:38.399 the Yankees and Guardians were playing Game two in the Bronx, 118 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:41.240 So that's where all the New York media was. And 119 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:44.040 you know, here on the streets of New York that 120 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:47.720 seems to be the focus of every fan that is 121 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:50.480 a sports baseball fan. They're all in with the Yankees, 122 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:53.560 and you know there are some Mets fans here, but 123 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:55.720 it's all about the Yankees out here in New York. 124 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:57.959 Wow, David, I thought you had a great question. 125 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:01.480 We heard it earlier in Showyotan's press conference that we 126 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:04.680 played for the listeners and asking him about his confidence 127 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:08.759 and you know, you reference Mookie Betts needing reassurance and 128 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:12.040 you know, you know, being up and down mentally, hitting wise, 129 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:13.360 and does he ever get like that? 130 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:14.800 And he had an answer where. 131 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:18.480 Sounded very much like a confident showy Otani and almost 132 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:21.839 like a robotic showy Otani and what he had to 133 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:23.480 say to you tell us what he had to say 134 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:25.800 and what the vibe you got from what he described 135 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:27.639 as how he just is even keel all the time. 136 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.199 Yeah, and he really knows himself really well as a hitter, 137 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:34.600 and that's what he was saying. He said he only 138 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:37.199 doubts himself when he doesn't feel great at the plate. 139 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.800 Even if he's not getting the result, and he feels 140 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:42.920 good at the plate, he's not going to deviate from 141 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.680 whatever he's doing. Remember earlier this season, when he wasn't 142 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.319 feeling great at the plate, he started to swing a 143 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:52.879 cricket bat, and that helped him keep his bat in 144 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:56.360 the strike zone longer and maybe on an even plane. 145 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:59.680 So I'm wondering if he's gone back to that because 146 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:03.759 he's had some mixed results so far in this postseason. 147 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.279 And you can hear it in my voice and you 148 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:08.680 could hear it in Showy's voice. There's a little cold 149 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:12.519 going around the team these days, so everybody's fighting a 150 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:15.360 little something, and you heard it in Showy's voice, and 151 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:17.920 I felt like maybe he got a little bit of 152 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:18.319 it too. 153 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:23.480 Yeah, Hey, David, in matching up against Luis Severino, you 154 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:25.120 know he kind of pointed out some of the things 155 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:28.040 about him. On the plus side, as far as the 156 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:31.800 Mets outlook goes, he is well rested. He was their workhorse. 157 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:34.879 He has a sub four ERA throughout the year. But 158 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:37.120 I'll tell you what, this is a guy. I think 159 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.639 that no matter what his numbers are, I think he's 160 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:44.839 right in the target for the Dodgers. This this guy 161 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:47.160 is a kind of a guy. A left handed team 162 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:48.519 like the Dodgers could feast on. 163 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:53.680 What say you, Steve, I think the biggest thing the 164 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:57.439 Dodgers are realizing is they can't give the opposing pitcher 165 00:07:57.480 --> 00:07:59.839 too much credit. A lot of them were talking to 166 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:01.839 out how much credit they gave Sean and I a 167 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:02.839 maybe through a fault. 168 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:03.560 I agree. 169 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:06.480 So I think the Dodgers have to recalibrate again like 170 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:09.720 they did during the Padres series, and remember how good 171 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:12.800 they are and not get the starting pitcher that much credit. 172 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.160 David Veasse is live in New York City ahead of 173 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.759 Game three of this NLCS. First pitch right here in 174 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:21.319 a FI seventy l A Sports is coming up at five. 175 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:24.279 Oh A, David, you talked about Will Smith all season long. 176 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:26.720 You talked about it in the series last week time 177 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:29.439 against the padres As as a possible X factor and 178 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:32.399 a guy if he gets going, look out, he hasn't 179 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:36.519 got going yet. He's two for the postseason. What what 180 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:39.159 is the what's the psyche around Will Smith right now? 181 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:41.360 Is he just gonna just fight his way through this? 182 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:44.480 So what's the what's the fiber getting from him? 183 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:47.039 Yeah? You know, it's hard to really get a beat 184 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:51.360 on Will He's really a stoic type of guy. But 185 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:54.720 the facts are he hasn't hit fastball as well the 186 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:59.159 last two years. Uh, he really hasn't made the adjustments 187 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:02.399 to what pitch are doing to him now. So I 188 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:05.440 think he's got to be a little less stubborn on 189 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:08.279 what he's trying to accomplish at the plate and realize 190 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:11.799 that he does need to make adjustments. You know, this 191 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.120 is not a small sample size now, and pitchers have 192 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:20.960 figured out that he loves the fastball inside and he's 193 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.559 getting hurt by fastballs away from him. So I think 194 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:26.879 he has to realize that and be a little less stubborn. 195 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:30.840 Yeah, Dave, Basically, a team is going to come back 196 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:33.080 to what makes them great, and this team is a 197 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:36.600 built for slug ball club, but they have been relying 198 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:38.799 on the seven, eight, and nine for this club to 199 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:40.559 kind of give it a different flairity, hit the ball 200 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:43.399 the other way, to steal the base and those type 201 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:46.919 of things. How long can they ride that wave as 202 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:50.120 opposed to getting back to what really makes this team great, 203 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.279 and that's the ability to slug. 204 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:59.360 Well. You know, in the NLDS Steve they scored twenty 205 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:02.519 four runs on sixteen home runs, So that's a big 206 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:06.279 part of the identity of the Dodgers. And City Field 207 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:09.600 is not really a great hitters ballpark. I was talking 208 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:13.000 to JD. Martinez before Game two and he was just 209 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:16.759 telling me how the ball really doesn't fly there, especially 210 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:20.159 to the opposite field. So if you're going to hit 211 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:22.919 a home run, you're going to have to pull it, 212 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:26.519 especially if you're a right handed hitter. So, you know, 213 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:29.399 I don't know, you might know how to relate to 214 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:31.600 this better, but if you're trying to hit a home 215 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.759 run in a ballpark that it's hard to hit home runs, 216 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.799 you're going to be in a bad spot. And I 217 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:40.519 just feel like the Dodgers are going to have to 218 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:42.480 rely on what they did in Game one to be 219 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:44.240 successful offensively here. 220 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:46.559 All Right, Dan the big question for you is Deavante 221 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:49.480 Adams goes from the Raiders to the Jets. How excited 222 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:51.559 is New York right now? And how disappointed is a 223 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:53.759 Raider fan? Are you to see DeVante leave? 224 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:58.440 Tim? I'm telling you again, last night was game two 225 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:01.919 of the ALCS. It's all Yankees twenty four to seven year. 226 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:05.039 I know it got a little bit of a solar 227 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:09.480 flare of excitement, but everybody in New York is talking Yankees, 228 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:12.399 especially since they're in the playoffs too. Wow. 229 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:14.279 Yeah, well, let me tell you how I feel about it. 230 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:19.639 I think it sucks because the Raiders need so much. 231 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:21.879 I mean, they lost their running back to free agency 232 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:23.720 this year. They don't have a quarterback and now they 233 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:27.440 don't have Davante Adams. Look at Thank God for. 234 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:30.840 The forty nine ersul knowledge right there from a great baseball. 235 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:32.919 Player, right, thank you? Well? 236 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:35.320 It is what it is, a games. Did you go 237 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:36.879 to Sacks when you were in la? 238 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:40.279 Oh? I love the Raiders. I mean they're my second 239 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:43.200 favorite team and uh you know I I've gone to 240 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.279 games in Oakland with a black hole was there? And 241 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.279 let me tell you, I gotta I gotta, I gotta, 242 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:51.440 I gotta knock out some of these, uh, some of 243 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:54.639 these you know, bad things they say about the black Hole. 244 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:57.679 Those people were so nice. There were no fights, there 245 00:11:57.679 --> 00:11:59.799 were no bad things. They get they look mean and 246 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:03.200 they're ferocious looking, but they were some of the nicest people. 247 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:05.360 I went down there. I was great. I had a 248 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:07.720 great time. So no problem with the black Hole there 249 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:08.200 in Oakland. 250 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:11.840 As long as you're wearing silver and black, you're okay. 251 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:14.639 Oh yeah, No, Dodger or LA uniforms, you can't. You 252 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:16.440 can't do that. That's that's dangerous territory. 253 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:19.600 But well, Dave, rest up, get the voice right, and 254 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:21.600 we'll check with you in a couple hours and look 255 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:24.159 forward to all your great coverage from New York later today. 256 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:26.639 All right, guys, thanks, all right, thanks Dave. 257 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:30.080 There he goes David Vasse or Dodger insider. Yeah, a 258 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:32.559 cup of tea little chi tea latte, a little cup 259 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:33.639 of coffee, something for Dave. 260 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:36.320 Get that throat right, yes, yeah, hey, can you see that. 261 00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:40.600 That's usually what happens coming down the stretch. I remember 262 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:43.559 World Series year. Everybody on our team when the when 263 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.360 the World Series is over, more than half of the 264 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:47.120 team had the flu. 265 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:47.480 Bad. 266 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:49.360 We were on the we were on the parade, and 267 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:53.080 everybody was sick. And that's generally what happens with the stress, 268 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:56.799 the moment, the the travel, all that stuff. I man, 269 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:58.919 every somebody's gonna get sick and then it's gonna go 270 00:12:59.039 --> 00:12:59.679 throughout the team. 271 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:03.159 So is that why it's better to keep riding momentum 272 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.919 and keep playing and not have a long layoff, Because 273 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:07.759 as soon as you do, as you mentioned, guys start 274 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:10.559 getting sick, your body wears down, maybe the grind of 275 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:12.519 a season. All of a sudden, you come to a 276 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:14.279 holt even for a day, a day and a half, 277 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:16.159 and then start to ramp it back up, and even 278 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:18.279 a day and a half out and between between games 279 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:21.120 two and three, you know, your body slows down, your 280 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:23.759 mind slows down. All of a sudden, though, those colds 281 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:24.639 start catching up with you. 282 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:28.039 Defenses get down, and that's the thing is, it's so 283 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:31.799 much intensity, it's so much that that you kind of 284 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:34.799 override that and the defenses kind of kick in and 285 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.320 hold that stuff off. But then when you let it down, 286 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:39.799 you know, everybody's going to get sick. And that's no 287 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:41.759 question that's going to happen with the team. Once this 288 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:42.279 is all over. 289 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:44.679 Now, David didn't mention it, but when they flew from 290 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:48.919 la to New York after Game two on Monday afternoon evening, 291 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:53.200 there was two flights that went from lax to New York. 292 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:56.120 One plane had the team on it and the other 293 00:13:56.200 --> 00:14:00.559 plane had the traveling party and family on that plane. 294 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:03.600 This is a business train. Now, this is a business 295 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.159 trip for this Dodgers team sexy going down to San Diego. 296 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:09.200 Remember they had their own team bus. They didn't want 297 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:10.960 the distractions of the family. They want to make sure 298 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:14.960 they were a cohesive unit together focus, no outside distractions. 299 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.360 And the same as going in New York. There was 300 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:19.960 two planes going in to New York. So the players on 301 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.840 that flight can get rest. Most importantly get a little 302 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:24.840 shut eye if andy'd be because they weren't getting ntil the 303 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.200 middle of the night. Last thing you need is, you know, distractions. 304 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:29.759 Of a family screaming kids. Yeah. 305 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:33.080 Absolutely, so I thought that was a great idea. Hey, family, 306 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:36.120 you're on that plane. Players, you're on this plane, and 307 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:38.240 glad you know, when you land, you get to hotel, 308 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:40.320 you're with the family, which is great. I mean, I 309 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:43.720 think that's a plus. But on the way there, I 310 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:45.759 don't want screaming kids. I don't want to have to 311 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:47.519 watch movies. I don't want to watch I want to 312 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:50.159 just go to sleep. And that's great, that's fantastic the 313 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:53.399 organization does that. Yeah, no doubt, this is something that 314 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.360 they needed. Going to New York was rest and a 315 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:59.679 little isolation from everybody and all the distractions of the 316 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:01.559 out side world is certainly going to New York and 317 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.840 all the distractions that you're gonna get there and all 318 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:06.000 the media covers and now you're gonna have for for 319 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:09.200 Game three tonight. There is no ALCS tonight, that's an 320 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:12.240 off day as the series there goes to Cleveland for 321 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:15.200 Games three, four, and five. So all eyes will be 322 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:19.240 on Game three of the NLCS tonight from Queens, New York. 323 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:21.159 Will take a break, we'll come back. We'll get to 324 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:24.720 more of your phone calls. How you feeling going into 325 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:27.919 Game three? Walker Bueller on the mound, it's been a 326 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:30.480 big game picture before. Does he have it in him 327 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:34.639 again for Game three tonight, a pivotal game three to 328 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:36.679 take a two to one series lead. He is Steve Sax, 329 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:38.600 I'm Tim Kates. Thanks for being with us on this 330 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:40.759 Wednesday morning on a FI seventy l. 331 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:43.320 A Sports. 332 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:50.200 Game three of the NLCS tonight right here on your 333 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:52.759 home of show Otani and the Dodgers an five seventy 334 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:56.480 LA Sports. It's Sax and Kate's and the Am Damn 335 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:58.679 Patrick Show. You can listen to Dan and the Boys 336 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.919 on the iHeart Radio from six am to nine AM. 337 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:05.120 But during this Dodger run, we are live and local 338 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:07.240 here in the mornings on your home at the Dodgers 339 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:10.399 A five seventy LA Sports, Morocco Casino Dodgers on deck. 340 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:12.279 We'll get our coverag started at a four PM. First 341 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:15.120 pitch from City Field is coming up at five. Oh wait, 342 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:18.240 don't forget Tomorrow one lucky Dodger fan a chance to 343 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.879 win a and autograph Steve Sax Dodger jersey. So we'll 344 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:24.240 be listening for more details on that. And then on 345 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:27.240 Friday when lucky Dodger fan's gonna win a two hundred 346 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:30.159 and fifty dollars gift card to the Dodger Clubhouse store 347 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.279 at Universal City Walks, So we'll be listening for more 348 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:35.879 details on that. You'll see more details on an fi 349 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:39.720 seventy la Sports is, Instagram and Twitter pages later on today. 350 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:42.240 All right, Saxy, A lot of Dodger fans. You've been patient. 351 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:44.919 You're on hold, and I appreciate that. Saxy appreciates that. 352 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.720 Let's go out to the phones, Ish in Riverside. 353 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.399 You are next up. 354 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:50.519 Keep things rolling here on this Wednesday morning. 355 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:50.720 Ish. 356 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:53.679 How are you feeling, hey, man, I'm doing pretty good. 357 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:59.159 Tim good, good, all right on, right on. Well, hey, listen, 358 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:01.240 I gotta give you shout out whoever signed up that 359 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:03.879 Rick Dempsey interviewed. Man, that was such a breath of 360 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:09.240 fresh air. Just the baseball knowledge, the IQ, the acumen. Amazing, man, amazing, 361 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:11.200 especially you know, with what's going on the game. 362 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:12.640 I totally agree with that he says. 363 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:17.279 You know, but in terms of our chances, man, honestly, 364 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:20.440 I just want to let everybody know I'm putting on 365 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:22.640 my Istra Domas Hatter. 366 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:26.039 Domas has nothing to be worried about. You guys, We 367 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:30.759 are going to the World Series. Keep your PTO, get 368 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:33.119 your vacation time, whatever you gotta do. We are going 369 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:34.720 to the World Series. Thank you, fellas. 370 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.079 All right. 371 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:38.079 I love the confidence somehow, some way, I don't know 372 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.799 how they get there, but it's just confident they will. 373 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:44.400 It'll start with the Walkerbealer tonight in this game three starts, 374 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:47.119 Richard and the OC down in Orange County. 375 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:50.200 Richard, good morning, Good morning, sir. 376 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:51.519 I'm not a Dodger fan. 377 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:55.319 I'm just a baseball fan. If the Doctors don't win 378 00:17:55.400 --> 00:18:00.640 the World Series, would you consider this a a loss 379 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:04.400 or just a wash or would you consider this a 380 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:04.839 good year? 381 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:05.839 Appreciate it? 382 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:08.039 Rich I would consider it a good year, but a 383 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:11.640 failed year, because anytime you don't win a championship, it's 384 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:13.799 the ultimate goal that every team sets out for in 385 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:16.440 spring training. Saxee, that's what you guys gather around the 386 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:19.359 clubhouse and hear the managers raw rob beginning of the 387 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:21.839 year's speech about how we're gonna come together as one 388 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:23.839 and go win a World Series championship. 389 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:25.359 And if you don't, only one team. 390 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:27.240 Gets to do it, it's a failure. But you can 391 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:28.680 still have a good season, right Yeah. 392 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:32.759 Well said, well said. And you know there's some internal 393 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:35.079 parts that they're gonna come and they're gonna pay dividends 394 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:39.680 for your team later, like getting maybe signed up healthy 395 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:42.400 Walker Bueller and free agency. Maybe that'll help you. Maybe 396 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:45.200 you know, you got guys like Pajes that are coming 397 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:48.000 along and his career starting, and you got a lot 398 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:49.880 of good things coming up through the pipeline that are 399 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:52.079 gonna be great for years to come. But the goal 400 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:54.720 is to win that World Series. And nothing better than 401 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:56.880