October 18, 2025 • 5 mins
Mark Walter, Andrew Friedman, and Dave Roberts speak after the Dodgers are awarded the 2025 Warren C. Giles Trophy. Shohei Ohtani wins the 2025 NLCS MVP.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here's Laurence Shahati.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Take it away, adelas you ready to run it back
or what?
Speaker 1 (00:07):
For the second.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Straight year, the National League pennant goes to the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Congratulations.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
So many people instrumental in their success with us tonight
on this.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Podium, Owner Chairman.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Mark Walter, President of Baseball Operations, Andrew Friedman, President and CEO,
Stan Kusten's.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
General manager EVP.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Randon Gomes, and the man pulling all the right strings
in the dugout Nightly.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Dave Roberts. The Warren C.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Giles Nationally Trophy belongs to you, Mark.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Hold it up for all to see.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Congratulations Mark, you brought a winning brand of baseball to
Los Angeles. What sets this group apart?
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Well? I think first we need to thank and congratulate
the Walke Brewers.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
They had the best.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Record in the National League, and they.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Had a little bit of trouble this week, but they
were a better team than they played today.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Congratulations to you, Andrew. I remember in spring we all
said this was the best team on taper ever assembled,
but we know baseball it doesn't always work that way.
Why did this work so well?
Speaker 4 (01:23):
I mean these guys to watch them prepare every day,
how much they care about winning and representing these amazing fans.
It was evident as we got going through the season
that these guys had their eye on the ultimate prize,
and that's to bring a championship back and back to
back years to the greatest fans in all of baseball.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Thank you. Rave.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
You always talk about how this is an organization wide
success story, from scouting, player development, front office. How did
the sum of the parts get you here?
Speaker 5 (01:58):
Dave her team Wellcas Andrews said, it starts with the passion,
the knowledge, the care of the fans, and you guys
set the bar for all of us. So thank you.
This has been a great year. This has been a
tough year. I gotta give a lot of credit to
(02:21):
these players, to the coaches, the support staff, scouts, everybody
that's not here. This is a one team, one dream operation.
And I'll tell you, before this season started, they said
the Dodgers are ruining baseball.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Let's get four.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
More wins and really ruin baseball.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Let's go.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
You always talk about other people, but I think why
we all love this great game is it takes us
back to our childhood in the backyard mom, Dad, sister, brother,
What is Dodger Stadium? Remind you of the people who
got you here, David.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
I mean, we had Bill Russell, we had Reggie Smith.
You know, the great Tommy Lasord is looking down on
us right now, Fernando. And when you put this Dodger
uniform on, there's something special.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
We all feel it.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
We all believe blue.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
We got four more wins. We got a lot of
work today to do. Edis the great Kobe Bryant said,
the job's not done, and.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
The presentation's not done.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
I think we need an NLCS MVP.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
What do you think.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
The National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player goes to
the best.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Player on this planet?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Show Hey Otani, congratulations, and his interpreter will show hey, congratulations.
What's more fun striking out ten or threading from hitting
three home runs?
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Home? Now?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Give there?
Speaker 3 (04:06):
I don't know saying God, it's gotten much sat It
was really, you know, fun on the both sides of
the ball today, you know, really, as a representative, I'm
taking this trophy and let's get four more wins.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
To the people, to the people of Los Angeles, show hey,
and back at home in Japan, who tune in to
Dodger Baseball every night because of you. What do you
want to say to them about their support?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
I did and ship you know, we want it as
a team. Man. This is really a team effort. So
(05:02):
I hope everybody in LA and Japan and all over
the world could enjoy a really good sake.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
I'm sure they will. I'm sure they will. I wasn't
expecting that.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
And to the kids, there are kids everywhere who dream
of being in your shoes.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
What can you tell.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Them about being great at something?
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Show this sage you only got my You know, this
is really a wonderful team that I'm part of, And
I hope that the kids I inspired and want to
(05:43):
play baseball.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
An historic day in this great game we love. Let's
hear it one more time for the National League champion
Los Angeles Dodgers.
Here's Laurence Shahati.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Take it away, adelas you ready to run it back
or what?
Speaker 1 (00:07):
For the second.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Straight year, the National League pennant goes to the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Congratulations.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
So many people instrumental in their success with us tonight
on this.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Podium, Owner Chairman.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Mark Walter, President of Baseball Operations, Andrew Friedman, President and CEO,
Stan Kusten's.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
General manager EVP.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Randon Gomes, and the man pulling all the right strings
in the dugout Nightly.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Dave Roberts. The Warren C.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Giles Nationally Trophy belongs to you, Mark.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Hold it up for all to see.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Congratulations Mark, you brought a winning brand of baseball to
Los Angeles. What sets this group apart?
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Well? I think first we need to thank and congratulate
the Walke Brewers.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
They had the best.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Record in the National League, and they.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Had a little bit of trouble this week, but they
were a better team than they played today.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Congratulations to you, Andrew. I remember in spring we all
said this was the best team on taper ever assembled,
but we know baseball it doesn't always work that way.
Why did this work so well?
Speaker 4 (01:23):
I mean these guys to watch them prepare every day,
how much they care about winning and representing these amazing fans.
It was evident as we got going through the season
that these guys had their eye on the ultimate prize,
and that's to bring a championship back and back to
back years to the greatest fans in all of baseball.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Thank you. Rave.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
You always talk about how this is an organization wide
success story, from scouting, player development, front office. How did
the sum of the parts get you here?
Speaker 5 (01:58):
Dave her team Wellcas Andrews said, it starts with the passion,
the knowledge, the care of the fans, and you guys
set the bar for all of us. So thank you.
This has been a great year. This has been a
tough year. I gotta give a lot of credit to
(02:21):
these players, to the coaches, the support staff, scouts, everybody
that's not here. This is a one team, one dream operation.
And I'll tell you, before this season started, they said
the Dodgers are ruining baseball.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Let's get four.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
More wins and really ruin baseball.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Let's go.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
You always talk about other people, but I think why
we all love this great game is it takes us
back to our childhood in the backyard mom, Dad, sister, brother,
What is Dodger Stadium? Remind you of the people who
got you here, David.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
I mean, we had Bill Russell, we had Reggie Smith.
You know, the great Tommy Lasord is looking down on
us right now, Fernando. And when you put this Dodger
uniform on, there's something special.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
We all feel it.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
We all believe blue.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
We got four more wins. We got a lot of
work today to do. Edis the great Kobe Bryant said,
the job's not done, and.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
The presentation's not done.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
I think we need an NLCS MVP.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
What do you think.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
The National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player goes to
the best.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Player on this planet?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Show Hey Otani, congratulations, and his interpreter will show hey, congratulations.
What's more fun striking out ten or threading from hitting
three home runs?
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Home? Now?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Give there?
Speaker 3 (04:06):
I don't know saying God, it's gotten much sat It
was really, you know, fun on the both sides of
the ball today, you know, really, as a representative, I'm
taking this trophy and let's get four more wins.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
To the people, to the people of Los Angeles, show hey,
and back at home in Japan, who tune in to
Dodger Baseball every night because of you. What do you
want to say to them about their support?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
I did and ship you know, we want it as
a team. Man. This is really a team effort. So
(05:02):
I hope everybody in LA and Japan and all over
the world could enjoy a really good sake.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
I'm sure they will. I'm sure they will. I wasn't
expecting that.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
And to the kids, there are kids everywhere who dream
of being in your shoes.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
What can you tell.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Them about being great at something?
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Show this sage you only got my You know, this
is really a wonderful team that I'm part of, And
I hope that the kids I inspired and want to
(05:43):
play baseball.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
An historic day in this great game we love. Let's
hear it one more time for the National League champion
Los Angeles Dodgers.
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