Speaker 1: Now your host walking you up to first pitch. It's
Speaker 1: David Basse.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are back in ten and we've got a
Speaker 2: great pitching matchup tonight. As the Dodgers and Pirates get
Speaker 2: ready for Game one of this three game weekend series,
Speaker 2: we got the whole family in the booth. Rick Monday's
Speaker 2: kissing babies making dreams come true on the anniversary of
Speaker 2: him making the great play in American history saving the
Speaker 2: American flag.
Speaker 3: We will hear from Rick and Steven in just a moment.
Speaker 2: But your world champion Los Angeles Dodgers are now sixteen
Speaker 2: and nine and no, the sky is not falling. Even
Speaker 2: though they did not have a great road trip, which
Speaker 2: saw them win just two of the five, they're one
Speaker 2: game back of the Padres in the NLS and a
Speaker 2: half game back of the Giants, who are in second place. Tonight,
Speaker 2: like I mentioned, the Dodgers and Pirates are squaring off
Speaker 2: for the first of three games. It is Paul's Schemes
Speaker 2: for the Pirates and Yoshi Yamamoto for the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Two of the.
Speaker 2: Best baseball has to offer coming up over the next
Speaker 2: hour on Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck we'll hear from
Speaker 2: Dodger manager Dave Roberts. Plus we'll preview this great pitching matchup.
Speaker 2: I'll go one on one with Sunday starter Tyler Glass
Speaker 2: now for the first time this season. So a lot
Speaker 2: to get to as we continue on this hour journey
Speaker 2: to first pitch between the Dodgers and Pirates. All the
Speaker 2: way back Wednesday in Chicago, it was a bullpen game
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. It did not go as scripted. Ben
Speaker 2: Caspirius got the start. The young right hander was really
Speaker 2: good for two and two thirds shutout innings, and he
Speaker 2: allowed US one hit while striking out four.
Speaker 3: The Dodger offense gave Caspiraus a lead to work with.
Speaker 2: In the third inning, ta Oscar Hernandez delivered again with
Speaker 2: two outs.
Speaker 4: Ta Oscar with five homers, with five doubles, eighteen RBIs
Speaker 4: so far this season. He's trying to produce the first
Speaker 4: RBI the game. No scoring with two balls, two strikes.
Speaker 4: Here's the pitch and Tascar early, so nobody's hit to
Speaker 4: the field. Conferdo scores Barnes hustling home.
Speaker 3: The throw home is late.
Speaker 5: Ta Oscar Hernandez starts the party with a two run single.
Speaker 2: Ta Oscar Hernandez has been tremendous over the last year
Speaker 2: with runners in scoring position for the Dodgers, and he
Speaker 2: delivered again a two out, two run single put the
Speaker 2: Dodgers up two nothing. That lead did not last long
Speaker 2: because in the fourth inning, Harvard Westlake's own and now
Speaker 2: becoming a very big thorn in the Dodgers' side. Pete
Speaker 2: Crow Armstrong hit a three run home run and the
Speaker 2: Cubs took a three to two lead. In the top
Speaker 2: of the fifth, the Dodgers tied it up Mookie Betts
Speaker 2: with an RBI double and then the next batter, who
Speaker 2: was it? You guessed it, ta Oscar Hernandez, giving the
Speaker 2: Dodgers the.
Speaker 4: Lead, two out, two strike, two run single. In the
Speaker 4: third inning, he gave the Dodgers a two to nothing lead.
Speaker 4: It's now tied at three. Here's the pitch. Swinging a
Speaker 4: fly ball left field, hit well back toward the wall.
Speaker 3: It has gone.
Speaker 5: Title tays off and the Dodgers jumped back in front.
Speaker 5: Six to the season for Tioscar Hernandez, a two run shot.
Speaker 5: He has driven in four of the Dodger runs today.
Speaker 2: Two run homer for Tioscar Hernandez a four RBI game,
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Speaker 3: The Dodgers had a five to three lead at that point,
Speaker 3: but it was short lived.
Speaker 2: The bottom of the fifth inning, the Cubs took advantage
Speaker 2: of a wild Jack Dryer, who walked the bases loaded
Speaker 2: with one out, then gave up a two run single
Speaker 2: and a sacrifice fly. It was a learning lesson for
Speaker 2: young Jack, and the Cubs scored four runs in that
Speaker 2: fifth inning and took a seven to five lead. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers got it close, it came up short seven to six,
Speaker 2: and that's as close as they would get. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: lose two out of five on the road trip, or
Speaker 2: three out of five on the road trip. They get
Speaker 2: swept in a two game series in Chicago, but they
Speaker 2: are home against the Pirates of Marlins a homestand to
Speaker 2: get healthy and for more on tonight's marquee matchup, Let's
Speaker 2: check in with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson for the
Speaker 2: first time.
Speaker 4: Guys, Thanks TV long toss from you to us down
Speaker 4: here in the front row of this booth, Rick Monday.
Speaker 4: But the Dodgers back home and gosh, I mean they
Speaker 4: have to be happy at least that's the way that
Speaker 4: the baseball has been reflected this year. The Dodgers ten
Speaker 4: and two here at Dodgers Stadium, and they're going off
Speaker 4: another losing road trip. There's six and seven away from
Speaker 4: LA this year.
Speaker 6: You know, I started to think about the road trip,
Speaker 6: just reflecting upon a little bit earlier today. They got
Speaker 6: some guys that did not have particularly good trips, and
Speaker 6: really over the last seven games, if you're looking at it,
Speaker 6: a lot of guys are down in the average. It
Speaker 6: is good to get home when you've had success, but
Speaker 6: you get that success by playing better baseball than what
Speaker 6: they played on the just completed road trip. And if
Speaker 6: we look at it, it's been expanded even before they
Speaker 6: went on that trip. I'm talking about cutoffs and relays.
Speaker 6: We didn't see that base running obviously, timely hits their opportunities. Yes,
Speaker 6: the Dodgers have had some injuries in their bullpen and
Speaker 6: also in the starting rotation, but this is a ball
Speaker 6: club that can play better, will play better, and no
Speaker 6: better time to do it tonight, because I tell you what,
Speaker 6: from both sides of the field, runs should be at
Speaker 6: a premium with this pitching matchup.
Speaker 4: Which you led me perfectly into my next point mode,
Speaker 4: This is the one that is being circled all around
Speaker 4: the major leagues. You know, m WIB network scrambling to
Speaker 4: add this to their showcase schedule as a national game
Speaker 4: outside of course the LA and Pittsburgh markets. That is
Speaker 4: because of what we have on the Mountain night, Yoshinobu
Speaker 4: Yamamoto against Paul Skeins. Yamamoto has continued his ascent into
Speaker 4: a status in the major leagues, and Paul Skeins is
Speaker 4: simply a phenomenon. I mean, it wasn't that long ago
Speaker 4: he was pitching LSU to a College World Series championship,
Speaker 4: and now many around the game are anointing him as
Speaker 4: the best pitcher in baseball already despite his inexperience. So
Speaker 4: that's what we get to watch tonight.
Speaker 6: Well, we'll talk about him a whole lot, but there's
Speaker 6: a lot to talk about too. In the same way
Speaker 6: with the Yama Moto, don't get lost in the shuffle.
Speaker 6: I mean, and for Yama Moto in particular against left
Speaker 6: handed batters, just a one thirty seven average. But again
Speaker 6: I go back to what the Dodgers are looking at.
Speaker 6: They need to get it in gear with again, get
Speaker 6: back to better approaches, and you need that tonight against
Speaker 6: the power pitcher that also can throw the slider. That
Speaker 6: slider can be devastating. So the Dodgers have some adjustments
Speaker 6: to make, including the way that they played defense or
Speaker 6: lack thereof on the recently completed road trip.
Speaker 4: Skeens is an Orange County kid. He actually grew up
Speaker 4: an Angel fan and grew up a fan of Shohey
Speaker 4: Otani is called Otani an inspiration in many ways. They
Speaker 4: went at it last year. Otani struck out the first
Speaker 4: time and then took Skeen's dead Central in Pittsburgh Park.
Speaker 4: So we'll get another square face off of phenoms tonight
Speaker 4: here at Dodgers Stadium'm gonna dive more into show Hey
Speaker 4: Otani's recent struggles DV next time we chat with you.
Speaker 3: All right, Thanks, guys.
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Speaker 3: Plus we'll check in with Tyler Glass.
Speaker 2: Now we got the Otani rewind things have not been
Speaker 2: great to relive, but he's the goat, so we'll see
Speaker 2: how it goes tonight here against Paul s Keenes and
Speaker 2: the Pirates. First pitch coming up at seven to ten
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Speaker 2: Dodgers and Pirates, Yamamoto versus Schemes. We're getting set for
Speaker 2: first pitch at Dodgers Stadium at sevent ten.
Speaker 1: This is the Otani.
Speaker 3: Three wide.
Speaker 7: All right.
Speaker 2: Well, it's been a struggle of late for Otani, who
Speaker 2: has just won for his last eleven since coming off
Speaker 2: the paternity list.
Speaker 3: On Wednesday.
Speaker 2: He only had a single in the third inning. He
Speaker 2: had a golden opportunity with two runners on, but popped
Speaker 2: up in the infield, like I mentioned, one for eleven
Speaker 2: with five strikeouts. Dave Roberts has said, Otani just seems
Speaker 2: over anxious. We'll see how I ferris against one of
Speaker 2: the best in baseball and Paul schemes. But Otani is
Speaker 2: one of the best as well. You gotta respect that.
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Speaker 2: The Dodgers are back in LA and what an exciting
Speaker 2: day here at Dodgers Stadium. Paul Skeins against Yama Moto.
Speaker 2: You got to be excited too, you got a front
Speaker 2: row seat.
Speaker 8: I am honestly thrilled. I think first, Yoshinovo has been
Speaker 8: having the best season thus far, and so to be
Speaker 8: able to see him go toe to toe with Paul Skeins,
Speaker 8: who's also been off to a fantastic start coming off
Speaker 8: of winning Rookie of the Year for the National League.
Speaker 8: So for these two guys to be going against each
Speaker 8: other for the conversation of the cy Young for the
Speaker 8: National League. What are we in April still? But just
Speaker 8: that we're having this conversation right now and seeing this matchup,
Speaker 8: I think it's gonna be awesome. Get your popcorn ready
Speaker 8: and see what happens.
Speaker 3: I like that. I like that you're back in LA.
Speaker 3: How did you enjoy the road trip?
Speaker 8: Well, I think I had enjoined Texas more than Chicago.
Speaker 8: But I also feel like we brought Chicago weather with
Speaker 8: us back to LA. It's a bit cloudy here. It
Speaker 8: might be a little bit, might be a little rainy tomorrow.
Speaker 8: But anytime we're back here at Dodger Stadium, you can
Speaker 8: just feel the energy here. Tonight should be interesting. It's
Speaker 8: date night here at Dodger Stadium. Yes, I hope you
Speaker 8: told your wife to come because it's date night.
Speaker 3: He actually is coming tonight.
Speaker 8: Just look at that you're on it. Then, Wanderado, who
Speaker 8: is on the PR side for the Dodgers, tried to
Speaker 8: convince me though it's for singles for people to meet
Speaker 8: as if.
Speaker 3: I guess, I don't know.
Speaker 8: Maybe Dodger Stadium dating show, which maybe we could pitch,
Speaker 8: could be awesome, but it's actually not. It is just
Speaker 8: couples will be here. We'll see what happens, but it
Speaker 8: should be a fun one for the dates.
Speaker 3: What are the Dodgers given away for that date night?
Speaker 9: Do you?
Speaker 3: What would you give away? Well?
Speaker 8: I think it's a blanket, which is actually perfect for tonight.
Speaker 8: What would I give away for date night?
Speaker 3: A Blanket's nice? That's nice touch.
Speaker 8: I think that's like perfect. To be honest, I don't know.
Speaker 8: I we'll have to think about that. Maybe a drink coupon.
Speaker 8: That's what I think I would give away.
Speaker 3: I like that.
Speaker 7: I like that.
Speaker 3: Would you ever host a date night at Dodger Stadium?
Speaker 8: Absolutely, but I think I should host singles and then
Speaker 8: they can meet each other like a mixer, a Dodger
Speaker 8: Stadium mixer.
Speaker 3: I should host that centerfield plaza.
Speaker 8: Absolutely yes. It'll be like the Bachelor style, and then
Speaker 8: it would have even cooler if we had some of
Speaker 8: the guys like they get to like vote on like
Speaker 8: the relationship, I'd be like, no, we don't know if
Speaker 8: we like him, yeah, he can stay like that would
Speaker 8: be I think this would be a great show. We
Speaker 8: should probably pitch this.
Speaker 3: I think it sounds better than the hat Shuffle.
Speaker 8: I think it does you'll see me go all of
Speaker 8: a sudden for an ending. I'll just go up there
Speaker 8: and we can have like I don't know, I had
Speaker 8: to think about the vision more. But I'm seeing singles
Speaker 8: and bringing people together at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 7: Love it.
Speaker 3: We just brought people together right now here there it is.
Speaker 3: Thanks Kirsten. We'll see on Sports in La tonight.
Speaker 8: Thank you.
Speaker 2: As always should be fun. Dodgers pirates, Paul Skens and
Speaker 2: Yamamoto and Austin Barnes loves that idea. Maybe he'll bring
Speaker 2: his wife to date night.
Speaker 3: Still to come.
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Speaker 2: of the Los Angeles dodg Well. Will Smith's back in
Speaker 2: the Dodgers starting lineup after kind of twisting his left
Speaker 2: wrist awkwardly in the sixth inning of Tuesday night's game.
Speaker 3: On a play at the play tagging out ian Halp.
Speaker 2: Will told me yesterday was the day that he knew
Speaker 2: he could be in the lineup today. The Dodgers played
Speaker 2: it smart, giving him Wednesday off with the off day yesterday.
Speaker 2: It worked out well, and he said, actually, the thing
Speaker 2: that hurt him the.
Speaker 3: Most was just trying to wash his right arm.
Speaker 2: Nothing else really hurt, but that was the one movement
Speaker 2: that affected him. Also had a chance to talk to
Speaker 2: Blake Snell. We'll get into it more, but the Dodgers
Speaker 2: are shutting down his throwing program and are going to
Speaker 2: give him a quarter zone injection hoping to free up
Speaker 2: that left shoulder. I got also good news about Tony
Speaker 2: Gonsolin coming up.
Speaker 3: Later as well.
Speaker 2: But now let's check in with the Dodger manager, Dave Roberts.
Speaker 7: Questions for day, Dave, can you just describe Dave? Can
Speaker 7: you talk about the pressure.
Speaker 10: In the dugouts with Dave Robberts, Well, I think what
Speaker 10: excites me is there are two of the better pitchers
Speaker 10: in the big leagues, so that matchup alone is exciting.
Speaker 10: I think with Yoshinobu, it's something where he's mindful of
Speaker 10: getting better each time out, but there's different gears that
Speaker 10: he's shown to kind of turn to or go to
Speaker 10: on a specific outing, and so it'll be interesting to see,
Speaker 10: you know, what he has in store for us tonight.
Speaker 2: I actually talked to a hero, Yamamoto's right hand man,
Speaker 2: his interpreter, and he told me that Yamamoto's not even
Speaker 2: thinking about Paul Skeins.
Speaker 3: He just has that much confidence.
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Speaker 3: Dave Roberts talk to the media about blake Snell.
Speaker 2: He said, officially, they're going to shut Snail's throwing program.
Speaker 3: Down for now.
Speaker 2: But I had a chance to talk to Blakesnell earlier today.
Speaker 2: He is not concerned about this. He had an MRI
Speaker 2: taken yesterday. It showed no more structural damage, if anything,
Speaker 2: than it showed the first time when he went on
Speaker 2: the injured list. So the MRI came back clean. He
Speaker 2: just has tightness in his shoulder and pitched with it
Speaker 2: for the first couple of weeks of spring training and
Speaker 2: into the first two starts of the regular season. A
Speaker 2: quarter zone injection is probably going to free that shoulder up,
Speaker 2: get rid of the inflammation, and then he'll be off
Speaker 2: and running with The Dodgers don't want to happen with
Speaker 2: blake Snell is for him to come back and then
Speaker 2: have to return on the il because they rushed it
Speaker 2: or he's trying to force it.
Speaker 3: That's not what's happening here.
Speaker 2: The Giants forced Blakesnell last year because of necessity. This year,
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Speaker 2: April twenty fifth, nineteen seventy six, Dodgers hosting the Chicago
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Speaker 2: During the game, two protesters ran onto the field and
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Speaker 2: then playing for the Cubs, ran over from his position
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Speaker 9: I'm not sure what he's doing out there. It looks
Speaker 9: like he's gonna burn a flag.
Speaker 11: And Rick Monday runs.
Speaker 9: Then takes it away from him. And on Monday, I
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Speaker 9: Can you imagine that?
Speaker 11: Well, they got to lose him in Ahri and.
Speaker 9: Monday when he realized what he was gonna do, Ray
Speaker 9: schober And took the flag away from him. For this guy,
Speaker 9: I was gonna try and perform the indignity of shutting
Speaker 9: fire to the American flag. And Rick, we'll get an
Speaker 9: ovation and properly show.
Speaker 3: So great to hear.
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Speaker 1: And now joined by David Basseying, Here's La Dodgers broadcaster
Speaker 1: and World Series champion Dodger Rick Monday.
Speaker 2: Forty nine years ago, our very own Rick Monday made
Speaker 2: a great play in center field saving the American flag
Speaker 2: while play for the Chicago Cubs. And I think you
Speaker 2: already knew it was the anniversary, but people don't have
Speaker 2: to remind you.
Speaker 6: Well, it's something I reflect upon. Yeah, people reminded me
Speaker 6: of it to morning, especially those on the East coast
Speaker 6: realizing that hey, it's three hours earlier on the West coast.
Speaker 6: But it's something, David, that it is right there. Someone
Speaker 6: asked me a long time ago. He said, you know,
Speaker 6: you were fortunate to play nineteen years at the Big
Speaker 6: league level and playing World Series in a World Championship
Speaker 6: in eighty one, and they asked me and said, well,
Speaker 6: does it bother you that maybe you're going to be
Speaker 6: better known for taking the flag away from two guys?
Speaker 7: And I said, well, if that's the case, it's not bad.
Speaker 6: I've never been one about wondering how people are going
Speaker 6: to remember me. I hope it's in a nice way
Speaker 6: that he was a nice guy, But yeah, it's been
Speaker 6: associated with the flag against it and very proud of
Speaker 6: the fact that I was close enough to do something
Speaker 6: about it, and having been in the military while I
Speaker 6: was playing in Major League Baseball with the Marine Corps Reserves.
Speaker 7: It meant maybe a little bit more to me at.
Speaker 6: That particular moment, and especially in the scene set nineteen
Speaker 6: seventy six. You know, things have changed a lot around
Speaker 6: the world since that particular time, But you know, that flag.
Speaker 6: I've said this before and I'll say it again. That
Speaker 6: flag is pieces of cloth, but it represents the rights
Speaker 6: and freedoms that all of us have, at least the
Speaker 6: opportunity to extend those rights and freedom. Now, what we
Speaker 6: do with those rights and freedoms is us is up
Speaker 6: to us individually. And collectively, but it represents a lot
Speaker 6: of people that have given life and limb to make
Speaker 6: sure that we can live in a free world.
Speaker 2: I'm glad you brought that up because many may not
Speaker 2: be aware of the fact that you didn't just frame
Speaker 2: that American flag. You've used it to help our veterans.
Speaker 6: Yeah, my wife, BARBARIAI and I have been able to
Speaker 6: take that. In fact, she took it across country with
Speaker 6: the Patriotard Writers was the organization that she came out
Speaker 6: with from our home of Duro Beach, Florida, and brought
Speaker 6: it to Dodger Stadium many many years ago when fourteen states,
Speaker 6: fourteen days, stopped off at every military installation that they could,
Speaker 6: military hospitals on top of it, and were escorted and
Speaker 6: at every state line that they had a handoff ceremony
Speaker 6: to the next group of Patriot Guard Writers that would
Speaker 6: then transfer it to Barbarleywood with them, she wrote on motorcycles.
Speaker 6: You know our daughter went as well. It was a
Speaker 6: great experience and it's something. Then again, the lifespan of
Speaker 6: that flag, we still are able to use it here
Speaker 6: and there to they raise some money for some wonderful
Speaker 6: charities From time to time.
Speaker 2: We know what your life's been like, you know, since
Speaker 2: the nineties, But what was it like in the immediate
Speaker 2: aftermath after saving the flag in nineteen seventy six and
Speaker 2: when you came to the Dodgers in seventy seven.
Speaker 6: I'll reflect back to that Sunday afternoon when it took
Speaker 6: place in the fourth ending of a game here at
Speaker 6: Dodger Study, and there were people in the visiting locker room.
Speaker 6: After the game. Obviously, they confiscated the flag, took that
Speaker 6: for evidence.
Speaker 7: The two people went through the court.
Speaker 6: They were fined eighty dollars a piece on trespass and
Speaker 6: they were put on two year probation. And then a
Speaker 6: few months later, Ol Campaigns the Dog came into Chicago
Speaker 6: presented me of that flag. I'd asked for it that day,
Speaker 6: but after the game, I thought, well, it was another event.
Speaker 7: There was an.
Speaker 6: Interruption in the game, and I reacted with something that
Speaker 6: I thought was the right thing to do. I thought
Speaker 6: it was the right thing in nineteen seventy six. Here
Speaker 6: we are in twenty twenty five. I still think it
Speaker 6: was the right thing to do. I was angered by
Speaker 6: it also because they came on the field disrupted the game.
Speaker 6: But that was kind of a minor incident. But yet
Speaker 6: different time, different plays. Had no idea that this focus
Speaker 6: was going to blow up on me, and at times
Speaker 6: has been unsettling to me because I didn't do anything
Speaker 6: that my friends would not have done had they been
Speaker 6: in the same geographical location as I was.
Speaker 2: What's the like meeting presidents over the years, because I'm
Speaker 2: sure they want to shake your hand for what you did.
Speaker 6: You know what it is when we received an invitation,
Speaker 6: In fact, I called Parbarly from this booth a number
Speaker 6: of years ago and I said, hey, maybe all star break,
Speaker 6: let's go and have dinner. Let's fly out of town,
Speaker 6: go somewhere. And says, yeah, where do you want to go?
Speaker 6: I said, why don't we go to our nation's capital.
Speaker 6: I said, We've actually been invited to have dinner with
Speaker 6: the president. She's the president of what I said, our country.
Speaker 6: So and when President Bush, it was Junior that did
Speaker 6: ask will you bring the flag with you on top
Speaker 6: of it? When the President asked for that, you have
Speaker 6: no idea how many.
Speaker 7: People it touches.
Speaker 6: And from time to time, I mean there have been
Speaker 6: instances when we have visited military hospitals and people would
Speaker 6: ask do you have the flag with you?
Speaker 7: Yes? Can we have a picture taken with it? Yes?
Speaker 7: And one gentleman, very very quickly.
Speaker 6: There was a young lieutenant at Walter Reed Army Medical
Speaker 6: Center years ago that had just arrived at Walter Reed
Speaker 6: maybe two days before we got there when biz wounds.
Speaker 6: He asked about the flag. His wife was there and
Speaker 6: asked if he could have a picture with us, and
Speaker 6: we took the photo with the flag, and he said,
Speaker 6: all of a sudden to the doctors, says please take
Speaker 6: the flag. And he was beginning to bleed at the time.
Speaker 6: And I said, Lieutenant's okay. He says, no, I will
Speaker 6: not bleed on the flag, but I will die representing
Speaker 6: the rights and freedoms that we have as a result.
Speaker 2: That's powerful stuff, Rick, thanks a lot for sharing that,
Speaker 2: and happy anniversary.
Speaker 3: You made a great play.
Speaker 6: Well, we've got a great country right here, and we've
Speaker 6: got to take charge of it and make sure it
Speaker 6: continues on it and gets even better.
Speaker 2: No doubt the Dodgers will replay that play of the game.
Speaker 2: April twenty fifth, nineteen seventy six during tonight's ballgame.
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Speaker 3: Still to come.
Speaker 2: Here on Dodgers on Deck, we'll preview tonight's pitching matchup
Speaker 2: Marquee matchup. As you already know, Rick Monday and Stephen
Speaker 2: Nelson will rejoin us.
Speaker 3: For the Keys to the game.
Speaker 2: But up next, I go high and tight with Sunday
Speaker 2: starter Tyler Glass. Now I'm David Vase and this is
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Speaker 2: Right, Join right now by one of the key Dodger
Speaker 2: starters in their rotation. It's a big night here with
Speaker 2: Skeens and Yamamoto, but a big day on Sunday when
Speaker 2: Tyler Glass now will take the mound. Thanks a lot
Speaker 2: for the time, appreciate it.
Speaker 11: Yeah, thanks for having me, dude.
Speaker 3: I know you're a big baseball fan.
Speaker 2: So on a night like tonight Skiens and Yamamoto, what's
Speaker 2: it like for you and for guys that really love
Speaker 2: the game.
Speaker 11: Yeah, it's awesome. I'm sure everyone will be watching today.
Speaker 11: I think if you're a fan of your good baseball,
Speaker 11: good pitching, especially tonight is the night you tune in
Speaker 11: and watch.
Speaker 2: I feel like guys get ask this all the time,
Speaker 2: but it's so cliche. What does it mean to go
Speaker 2: against the other guy? But it seems like you guys
Speaker 2: don't even view it that way.
Speaker 11: Yeah. I think a lot of times pitching is such
Speaker 11: an individual, like you got to care or like we're
Speaker 11: kind of worry about what you're doing on the mound
Speaker 11: or like how to execute pitches and game plan and
Speaker 11: everything like that. Like you're not really, at least for
Speaker 11: me anyway, I'm not really concerned with what like the
Speaker 11: other starter is doing. You know, you kind of like
Speaker 11: take care of business, do what you gotta do, and
Speaker 11: then when you go out there and put up some zeros,
Speaker 11: hopefull your team, your team wins.
Speaker 2: Is it different now because you spend most of your
Speaker 2: career in the American League, but when pitchers could hit
Speaker 2: in the National League you don't even see each other.
Speaker 3: Yeah exactly. Yeah, I mean, like, yeah, you really don't.
Speaker 11: I think it's a good point. Maybe it was a
Speaker 11: little bit more of a thing in the I now,
Speaker 11: like always facing pitchers and kind of having that like
Speaker 11: not really a free out, but sort of a free
Speaker 11: out type of thing. So that was always kind of
Speaker 11: a weird situation. Hitting was always fun too, But yeah,
Speaker 11: maybe that's that's the difference.
Speaker 3: I know, we hear about Paul Schemes a lot. You
Speaker 3: got to worry about your own business. How much have
Speaker 3: you seen him pitch? I haven't.
Speaker 11: I haven't seen him pitch it all this year, so
Speaker 11: to not it'll be cool just to watch him pitch,
Speaker 11: And yeah, I didn't. I haven't really kept up or
Speaker 11: anything like that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, what about Yamamoto, There just seems to be a
Speaker 2: different swagger confidence about him.
Speaker 3: Have you noticed that?
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, he's definitely still the same dude. But
Speaker 11: I think it's tough for anyone to come into the league,
Speaker 11: especially being so young, Like the first year you're kind
Speaker 11: of getting a footing and kind of understanding what the
Speaker 11: league's all about.
Speaker 3: And I think he just kind.
Speaker 11: Of got that footing last year and then came in
Speaker 11: with the confidence knowing how good he is and he's
Speaker 11: doing what everyone thought he would do.
Speaker 2: Now, do you really believe the Japanese pitchers have a
Speaker 2: bigger adjustment because of the baseball, because of the mound?
Speaker 3: Is that a real thing?
Speaker 11: Probably takes some time, I think so, for sure.
Speaker 3: I think too.
Speaker 11: Probably if you have like Humong his hands, it's probably
Speaker 11: a bit easier, But like for Yamamoto's he's got like
Speaker 11: relatively small hands. Yeah, I think the grip is probably
Speaker 11: a lot different, just the ball being bigger and learning
Speaker 11: how to leverage. It seems differently, and I'm sure there
Speaker 11: definitely is some adjustment there.
Speaker 7: For sure.
Speaker 2: Tyler lastnow's got some meat hooks. What's the challenge of
Speaker 2: having larger hands and does it feel like sometimes it's hard.
Speaker 3: To get a feel?
Speaker 2: I know, longer levers as well all of that. What's
Speaker 2: it like to be to control the baseball?
Speaker 11: I think it's probably harder to just staying connected. I
Speaker 11: think when everything lines up, it's a lot better just
Speaker 11: because you have like more leverage and like longer limbs
Speaker 11: and all that stuff. But I think on the flip side,
Speaker 11: when things are disconnected, it happens.
Speaker 3: Maybe it's harder.
Speaker 11: To line up for a tall guy than it is
Speaker 11: for like a short guy. I guess that's what they
Speaker 11: tell me anyway. And I think it's just the more
Speaker 11: you do, like anyone, the more you learn your body
Speaker 11: and the more you pitch, the easier just to make adjustments.
Speaker 11: But I mean it's easier now for me than it
Speaker 11: was five years ago, and hopefully five years from now
Speaker 11: it'll be easier than this today.
Speaker 2: So connected means not only just being connected to the ground,
Speaker 2: but all of these long body parts being connected.
Speaker 3: Yeah, right, that's what I mean.
Speaker 11: Kind of like when your foot hits the ground, where
Speaker 11: your arm is in space, like where everything is, where
Speaker 11: your glove arm is, And I think it's really a
Speaker 11: game of inches, And I think like any small little
Speaker 11: adjustment you make out front, it really has a huge
Speaker 11: effect on where the ball ends up. So it's just
Speaker 11: for any good picture, it's about repeating mechanics.
Speaker 2: And being consistent with where your front foot lands. Is
Speaker 2: that like the key to timing where everything is coming
Speaker 2: together when your front foot lands not.
Speaker 11: I mean, for I think that's when you can like
Speaker 11: kind of look at video and decipher that way. But
Speaker 11: I think for everyone it's different, Like if you're landing
Speaker 11: in the same spot, it doesn't necessarily mean that your
Speaker 11: hands in a good spot, or like there's certain things
Speaker 11: that you have to line.
Speaker 7: Up, but.
Speaker 11: It could be like a ton of reasons. People's adjustments
Speaker 11: are all different. Like if mine might be at my
Speaker 11: foot strike someone else's might be their balance plat. Like,
Speaker 11: there's a ton of different things you can kind of
Speaker 11: look at.
Speaker 2: Sunday's your next start day. Obviously you got the cramps
Speaker 2: in the last start. How you feeling leading up to it?
Speaker 3: Good?
Speaker 11: Everything feels good. I'm just gonna do a bunch of
Speaker 11: hydration stuff and figure all that out and then hopefully
Speaker 11: all can get out there and pitch hundred pitches or so.
Speaker 3: Hey, whatever you do, it's work.
Speaker 2: So you were an All Star last year for a reason,
Speaker 2: and certainly it will get on.
Speaker 3: Track for you. So thank you for the time.
Speaker 11: Yeah, thank you, appreciate it.
Speaker 3: Dude, there he goes Tyler Glass.
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Speaker 2: The Pirates are coming back from playing all the way
Speaker 2: in Anaheim, where Paul Skeens grew up being an Angels
Speaker 2: fan going to El Toro High School. The twenty two
Speaker 2: year old Rookie of the Year certainly has a reputation
Speaker 2: and has been a winner in fact, with the struggling
Speaker 2: Pirates where they're at. Last year, the Pirates were fifteen
Speaker 2: and eight and skiing starts. When Skeens was not starting games,
Speaker 2: they were just sixty one and seventy eight. That's seventeen
Speaker 2: games below five hundred. Skeens has been good, better than
Speaker 2: a two and two record, but the facts are the
Speaker 2: Pirates have not surrounded him and the rest of the
Speaker 2: team with talent to score runs. The last time he pitched,
Speaker 2: he went seven innings, allowed just two runs, but the
Speaker 2: Pirates were shut out three nothing by the Guardians. For
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, they have their National League Say Young candidate
Speaker 2: going tonight and Yoshi Yamamoto, who is three and one
Speaker 2: with an ERA of zero ninety three, including last time
Speaker 2: out going seven shutout innings, having ten strikeouts, no walks,
Speaker 2: and outdueling.
Speaker 3: Jacob de Grom.
Speaker 2: In case you didn't realize this, Yamamoto has not given
Speaker 2: up and earned run in the last twenty one innings
Speaker 2: and has not given up a run period in the
Speaker 2: last eighteen innings. From what I've been told from his teammates,
Speaker 2: he's not even firing on all cylinders because he understands
Speaker 2: better the one sixty two season, understands October means a lot,
Speaker 2: and he's pitching with a lot of confidence. We're just
Speaker 2: fifteen minutes away from this marquee pitching matchup. Keys to
Speaker 2: the game are next with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.
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Speaker 2: once more with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.
Speaker 3: Guys, appreciate you, dv look Mo.
Speaker 4: This segment is always about keys to the game, right,
Speaker 4: and one of the keys for the Dodgers in terms
Speaker 4: of getting to play better baseball is getting more out
Speaker 4: of their big names, their MVPs at the top, both
Speaker 4: of whom have cooled off. Muki had had his first
Speaker 4: three hit game in a minute the finale in Chicago.
Speaker 4: But show, hey, Otani, Mo has not looked himself. And
Speaker 4: look before I'm gonna preface my question by saying this,
Speaker 4: he just welcomed his first child to the world, and
Speaker 4: Annie and every parent out there, they feel empathy and
Speaker 4: they're giving Otani grace in that because they know it
Speaker 4: is such a stressful, exhausting and emotionally draining thing. You're
Speaker 4: not worried about one hundred miles prior or a devastating slider.
Speaker 4: You're making sure that your baby's healthy and your partners. Okay, yeah,
Speaker 4: so I think that is part of the calculus here.
Speaker 4: But the fact is he does not look right the
Speaker 4: at bats, the swings, the swing decisions, they've all been off.
Speaker 6: No, And you wonder about the focus, and understandably, the
Speaker 6: only thing about bringing first child or second child or
Speaker 6: third child, end of the world is normal. There is
Speaker 6: no normal. And then if we look at Otani the
Speaker 6: last seven games, just a one ninety four batting average
Speaker 6: against In fact, I started a little deeper diving, you know,
Speaker 6: against relievers, He's done exceptionally well this year three forty
Speaker 6: three against the starters two eleven average. Mookie Betts the
Speaker 6: last seven games is hitting at one forty eight. If
Speaker 6: we look at Michael Conford of the last seven games,
Speaker 6: hitting at one fifty. Andy Pan has starting today starting
Speaker 6: this swing the bat a little bit better the last
Speaker 6: seven games two fifty. Hopefully that continues up on the upswing,
Speaker 6: including with Max Munci who is starting to swing the
Speaker 6: bat a little bit better. Watched him closely in batting
Speaker 6: practice and just watching him at VP much better session.
Speaker 4: You are right, I think you know the obviously the
Speaker 4: stars draw all the attention, all the concern Right now,
Speaker 4: what's wrong with Otani, what's wrong with Bets? But I
Speaker 4: think this team proved last year at the end of
Speaker 4: the year, the ups and downs of one sixty two, Otani, Bets, Freeman, Tasker, Hernandez,
Speaker 4: those four you're not really stressed about. It's the other five,
Speaker 4: and right now they're not getting enough from them either,
Speaker 4: So hopefully they can pick that up in this homestand
Speaker 4: way easier said than done, David Vasse for the Dodgers
Speaker 4: or any hitter when you're facing Paul Skeens. But the
Speaker 4: Dodgers got a great one on the mound as well,
Speaker 4: Yoshinobu Yamoto. We cannot wait for this battle of the
Speaker 4: aces here tonight at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: All right, guys, can't wait for Paul Skansa Yama Moto.
Speaker 3: Right around the corner.
Speaker 2: After the game is over, we'll have postgame and Dodger
Speaker 2: talk for you.
Speaker 3: Enjoy the game. It's gonna be a great one.
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