October 21, 2025 • 44 mins
Off-day Dodger Talk with David Vassegh as the Dodgers get ready to travel to Toronto for game 1 of the 2025 World Series.
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We are your attention, your firing. This is world Champion, Dodgers,
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The show called eight six six nine eighty seven two
five seven that comes to the show and now your
host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
We are on the eve of the Dodgers leaving for
Canada for Game one of the World Series. Welcome the
Dodger Talk David Vase with you until eight o'clock tonight
here on AM five to seventy LA Sports and we
have phone lines open at eight sixty six nine eight
seven two five seventies. So many of you say you
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can't get in uh during or after a game, So
this is a great time to get in and talk
Dodgers as your Dodgers are headed back to the World
Series for a second straight year, looking to become the
first team in a quarter century to win back to
back World Series championships. That was the three peat Yankees
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of Jeter Pasada, Bernie williams Andy Pettitt, those guys, and
the Dodgers certainly would carve out some history for themselves
if they're able to win this World Series and go
back to back, because not many teams have done that
over the course of baseball's history. You go back to
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the sixty one and sixty two Yankees, the seventy two
seventy four A's that was a three peat. Seventy two,
seventy three, seventy four, they beat the Dodgers back to
back years. The Reds the Big Red Machine, went back
to back in the seventies, as did the Yankees beating
the Dodgers back to back years. And these Blue Jays.
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Last time the Blue Jays were in the World Series
was when they went back to back in ninety two
and ninety three Joe Carter's famous World Series ending walk
off home run in nineteen ninety three. So not many
teams in baseball's history have won back to back championships,
and the Dodgers are looking to become just the first
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Dodger team ever to win back to back championships. That
has never been done in franchise history. So we got
a lot to talk about between now and eight o'clock.
Of course, your Dodger coverage begins at six am here
on a five to seventy LA Sports with Tim Kats
and Steve sax scam every weekday morning during the postseason
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and back to back years. They have new life, extended
life to be able to take it deep into October.
And look, you could come up with all the different
reasons why the Blue Jays can beat the Dodgers, similar
to how you could come up with your nine reasons
on how the Phillies can beat the Dodgers or your
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nine reasons why the Brewers can beat the Dodgers. The
reality is these are two the top five payrolls in baseball.
These are heavyweights in each coast. Just like last year,
Yankees Dodgers, Blue Jays Dodgers both have a lot of
heavyweights and superstar power in this series. And arguably the
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hottest player, hottest hitter in this World Series is not
wearing a Dodger uniform. And no he's not George Springer.
That's Vladimir Guerrero Junior, who has been red hot this
postseason getting the J's to the World Series. So that's
one guy you have to watch out for. If the
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Dodgers are able to execute their pitches. I already know
they have a game plan and they actually showed it
how to pitch Vladimir Guerrero Junior earlier in the summer
because he didn't do much of anything against the Dodgers
when the Dodgers took two out of three. And you
may be wondering, why do the Blue Jays have home
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field advantage over the Dodgers. And it's not just because
the Dodgers were a division wildcard team. That's not the
reason why. The reason why is that the Blue Jays
won one more game than the Dodgers did during the
regular season. So you think back to the Angels sweeping
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the Dodgers, you think back to leads that were blown
in the eighth and ninth innings this season, well, they
do matter. It cost you home field advantage. But the
Dodgers have gone into very hostile environments. The Phillies and
Blue Jays have two of the best records at home.
The Dodgers won the first two there and they won
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the first two in Milwaukee as well, so they're no
stranger to not having home field advantage and shocking the
other team quite frankly, and going back to Dodgers Stadium
up two games to nothing, and that's something that they're
hoping to do this time. It's gonna be, in my estimation,
just as challenging as it was to win two in Philadelphia.
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This is the Dodgers' biggest test this side of the
Phillies in this postseason, with the Blue Jays right in
front of them and in their way of trying to
win four more games to win the World Series. Similar
to the Brewers. I mentioned this with Petros and Money
earlier today, I kind of feel like the Blue Jays,
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I'm not going to say, are satisfied by going to
the World Series, but it is the first time in
what thirty three years that the Blue Jays Canada has
an American League Championship team, and they will have World
Series games for the first time since Joe Carter. I mean,
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it felt like that was the big victory. Similar to
what Pat Murphy conceded after Game five excuse me after
Game four of the NLCS, where he said playing the
Cubs and that rivalry and just everything that was going
on between Craig Council leaving and just how badly both
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cities wanted that. To me, it kind of feels like
the Blue Jays might have emptied the tank to be
able to get to the World Series. Certainly the emptied
the tank on a few pitchers, and all of their
pitchers Chris Bassett Kevin Gossman were used last night in
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Game seven. Also Louis Varland, who has been used in
ten postseason games already. I mean, he's on track to
be used just as many times or pretty close to it,
as Brandon Morrow was by the Dodgers in twenty seventeen.
Brandon Morrow pitched in every single World Series game that
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year and through seventeen, and pitched in seventeen postseason games
that year. Think about that, and Louis Varland is one of,
if not the most relied upon reliever for the Blue Jays.
So here's my question, how much do the Blue Jays
have left for the Dodgers, who are extremely well rested.
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They will have their starting rotation on extra rest starting
with the Game one starter in Blake Snell snail Zilla
again will start Game one, and this will be his
first World Series since the Dodgers beat the Rays in
twenty twenty and game two Yamamoto. And when the series
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comes back to LA, whether it's Game three, game four
for Tyler glass Now and Show Hey Otani, certainly for
glass Now because the Dodgers have been fortunate that glass
Now has pitched at home number one and the start
times were when the shadows were a big factor. All
of these World Series games are starting at five o'clock
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Pacific time. Once this series returns back to Dodgers Stadium
and Glass Now is on the mound and show hey
Otani is on the mound, they are going to have
a huge advantage with those shadows and that start time
of five o'clock. And by the way, Rick Mundane and
Stephen Nelson will be on the call right here on
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AM five to seventy LA Sports, and Joe Davis and
John Smoltz will be on the call for Fox Sports.
Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number before we go to break and coming
up on the show tonight, your phone calls, we have
two lines open. We will hear from Dino Ebol, who
had one of the best views of the best game
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ever played by a single player, Shoe a Otani's incredible
Game four and also coming up later in the show,
Keik Hernandez will share his emotional feelings about being on
the verge of tyme Justin Turner for playing the most
playoff games in Dodger franchise history. And we had a
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chance to also catch up with Pedro Martinez and he
had incredible things to say about the Dodgers Game one
starter Blake Snell. But here's something to consider, and this
kind of hit me earlier today. Isn't it about time
Los Angeles embraces Dave Roberts. I know you have one
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foot in, but isn't it time for you to call
in and really praise Dave Roberts. He's going to his
second consecutive World Series. He did that in seventeen and eighteen.
He's managing a veteran team that at times didn't give
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you everything you wanted, and he never panicked. And he
had a couple of meetings with the hitters with a
bullpen and with the entire team in September in Baltimore.
It doesn't sit right with me if you're going to
blame Dave Roberts for everything when it goes wrong and
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not give them credit for when things go right. And look,
I've been pretty fair with Dave. I'm not just Dave
does everything right type of guy. There have been times
since he took over, since twenty sixteen where I have
been critical and I feel fairly but at some point
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ever since twenty twenty, he has taken it to another level.
And it just seems like him and Andrew Friedman are
more on the same page in the last five seasons
than they were in the first four years. And I
think at a certain point in time you have to
give Dave Roberts some credit. Eight six six nine eight
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seven two five seventy is the phone number when we
continue on Off Day Dodger Talk on this NBA Opening
Night Tuesday, we'll hear from Dino Ebol, We'll hear from
T K Hernandez and Pedro Martinez, and we'll hear from you.
Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy. David
Vase with you until eight o'clock right here on AM
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five seventy LA Sports advat A with you until eight
o'clock right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports
Off Day Dodger Talk World Series Week Edition, Game one
will be Friday, at five o'clock Pacific time from the
Rogers Center in Toronto. Rick Monday and Steven Nelson will
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be on the call, tim Cats, We'll get you set
with Morongo Sino Dodgers on deck at four o'clock and
Game two Saturday night in Toronto, same time, same bat channel,
all of that Dodgers Radio and five to seventy LA
Sports coming up in a moment. I can't wait to
share with you what Dino Ebel told me about his
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perspective in the third base coaching box when shoe he
Otani hit his three home runs, including one over the
right field pavilion. We'll get to that. We'll also get
to key A Hernandez and Pedro Martinez. And just in
case you were wondering who the special guest may have
been calling in, well, that special guest got a better offer.
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He got tickets to the Laker game and that was
the game one starter himself, Blake Snell. He's probably court
side right now, hob nobbing it up with Luca over there.
Eight six six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is
the phone number. Let's get out to the calls. Let's
go out to Manuel and Guardina. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
Lead us off, Oh, dv Man just excited, brou What
can we say not only.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
About Roberts, about Freeman, but first.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Off, Man Am five seventy, from scam, from working Kate's
twenty five hours a day, from you being so accessible
down there, you know, in the champagne.
Speaker 5 (13:27):
Showers and all that. Man, none of it would be
possible without AM five seventy. And that's why I always say,
man La is lucky to have AM five seventy. As
far as smells Dler Man, who could blame him?
Speaker 6 (13:39):
Right?
Speaker 5 (13:39):
I mean opening night or calling into Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
You know, are you saying that's a better offer than
calling into Dodger Talk and talking to his boy?
Speaker 5 (13:50):
Well, he could talk to you all the time, man,
So you know, yeah it is Dave.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
You know that.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
You know you would have done the same thing.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
You'd be right. But I'm stuck here. I'm stuck here
talking to Man Gardena. Yeah, I'm stuck here talking to
Manny and Gardena instead of being with Snelzilla at the
Laker game.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
I'm an eggingt. But aye, that's why we appreciate you,
DV Hey five five games this thing's gonna go tops.
You know, the Dodgers are primed right now. They're running
on all cylinders. Like you say, They're that free train
coming down.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
The track that you can't avoid. And uh, I'm just
hyped up for it.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Man Let's kick Canada's ass, Baby gold Dodgers back to back.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Love it, Manny. Thank you for the phone call. I
guess like his order was coming up right there. We
heard the drive through in the background. Eight sixty six
nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number. Look.
The best part of the Dodgers not having home field
advantage in this year's World Series is that with the
two three two format, it gives them an opportunity to
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do something that they have only done once in their
franchise's history, including Brooklyn in nineteen fifty five. The Dodgers
have only won the World Series clinched the World Series
at home once. Can you believe that nineteen fifty five
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that was at Yankee Stadium. It wasn't at EBITs Field.
The only time the Dodgers celebrated a World Series championship
in front of their home fans was when the Dodgers
swept Mickey Mannal Roger Maris in the nineteen sixty three
World Series. That's the last time and only time the
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Dodgers have ever won the World Series on their home field.
Think about it. Nineteen fifty nine, that was against the Twins,
Game seven, they beat them in Minneapolis. Nineteen sixty five,
same thing, they beat the Twins in Minnesota. Fast forward
to nineteen eighty one. That was at Yankee Stadium, Game six.
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Nineteen eighty eight, the Dodgers beat the A's in Oakland
in Game five, famous photo of Oral Herscheizer being hoisted
up by Rick Dempsey in their road grays twenty twenty,
the pandemic obviously in Texas, and last year at Yankee
Stadium Game five. So with this format of two three
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to two, if the Dodgers can win at least one
game in Toronto, they will have a chance to do
something that they have only done once in their franchise's history,
and that celebrate winning the World Series on their home field.
Let's go out to Northridge. Jd. You're on Dodger Talk
with David basse I.
Speaker 7 (16:44):
Jd oh, Dave, Hey, it's great to hear your show.
I've been living in New York the last couple months
and following the Dodgers late night. But then the playoffs
come around, and I had to be with my people
and I'd go what games in bars and for Godden
Friendly and that's been awesome now that the playoffs started.
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I watched that gut wrencher in Game one against the
Brewers and in a bar called Tuckeria Grammercy and high
fives all around after tryning got that last out, and
then the barkeeper handed out free victory shots, and that
great night to be a Dodger fan in Manhattan.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Where you gonna watch Game one this year? Maybe Monty's
and Woodland Hills.
Speaker 7 (17:28):
You know, I'm it's good to be home. I may
just be here in my living room, but you never know.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
HQ Pub in Woodland Hills. Those would be my top
choices in the valley right there.
Speaker 7 (17:40):
Hey, you're making a great case. I also have to
tell you this yesterday, because I just got home, I
went to the final resting place of George Herman Ruth Aliens. Really,
I just had to go there because of all of
the comps to Otani and just at one hundred years apart,
these two guys are the only only two men of
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the what more than twenty two thousand have played Major
League baseball that could be compared to each other at
the top of the heap, and it was, it was.
It was an important pilgrimage for me being a Dodger
fan and a baseball junkie.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
All Right, well, it's great to visit a dead person.
Thanks for the phone call, JD. Appreciate it. Let's celebrate
the people that are living, including show Heo Tani, who
is doing things that not even Babe Ruth was doing
back then. And speaking of show Heyo Tani, I did
have a chance to speak to Dodgers third base coach
Dino Ebol last night at the workout and had to
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ask him he was there. He was the one high
fiving show Hao Tani when he rounded third base. He
had a great dvantage point along with Chris Woodward at
first base in the coaching box there of Otani's three
home runs, and I was wondering what it was like
to be on the field as history would being made.
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Is that the single greatest performance by any player in
postseason history?
Speaker 6 (19:05):
Absolutely, and like you said, have been in a lot
of postseason games and World Series, and just in and
that you know, the normal uh one hundred and sixty
two game season. Anybody who goes deep three times in
one game, that's special. But to go out there and
pitch the way he did, had ten punch outs. And
you know what, David, I could honestly sit sit here
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and tell you today that in the box, in the
moment and his first at bat, the way he started
taking pitches, I knew he was locked in because he
wasn't flying out. He was staying in himself. It looked
like now the head was more you know, steel, He
wasn't moving. And after that first homer, I said, this
is what the show, hey, you know is about, because
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once he wasn't moving a whole lot with a body movement.
I said, he's locked in and his strength is to
left center. I know he hit some bombs to right,
but the show, hey, I know is when he's hitting
the ball, well, you know, he's staying in there and
driving that bottle leftl center field, which he had a
home run in his lastly.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Bat, the one that he hit over the right field
pavilion four hundred and sixty nine feet. Could you tell
it was going over the roof and when it did
go over the roof? Did you have to do a
double take? And I'm just curious from your standpoint, could
you tell it went over?
Speaker 6 (20:15):
I could honestly sit here today and tell you the
ball was so high I knew it was gone, and
when it was hit, it was so high. When I
looked up in the bill of my helmet, I got
like a blur in the lights. I actually had to
put my hand in front of me to block the
lights because it was so high. And I go, this
ball has a chance to hit like in that upper
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tank there where the people are walking. And when I
saw it go over the roof, I said, I cannot
believe it.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
I just witnessed.
Speaker 6 (20:42):
I mean, nobody even does that in batting practice, which
he did when he took batting practice.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Out like a few days earlier.
Speaker 6 (20:48):
But to go that far over the pavilion something that
I'll never forget.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
What was it like before the game, when you maybe
passed by him in the cage or in the dugout.
Could you sense a different look about him?
Speaker 6 (21:00):
Yes, because one he's he is a little different when
he pitches. He's more locked in on the pitching side
of it. Again, we need him as an offensive player.
But there's something about that first at bat that I
even told our guys in the dougout, I said, I
like what I'm watching right now with show Hey. And
I'm not a hitting coach. I'm that's not one of
my lanes that I ever get involved in. But as
standing out here all the years I've been watching good hitters.
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That's when I saw show Hay in his first at bat,
the way he was taking pitches, I said, look out,
he's he's going to run into one, but to run
into three something I'll never forget something in the world,
would never.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Forget anything extra. When he came around third base on
any one of those three home runs.
Speaker 6 (21:39):
Nope, same same show Hey gives me the little you know,
you know, high five, and I just saw, you know,
I saw a little smile as he looks in our dugout.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
But what a moment.
Speaker 6 (21:49):
One for himself, one, two for the Dodgers, and three
to do it at home and here at Dodgers Stadium
to see our fans. I mean, just as loud as
you can get.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
It was.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
It was a special night.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
There. He is the Dodgers third base coach, Dino Ebol
with a front row seat to history in Game four
the NLCS when showe Heotani not only pitched six scoreless
innings and had ten strikeouts, but also hit three home runs,
and the second one over the right field pavilion four
hundred and sixty nine feet And Janet Marie Smith, who
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does a great job at Dodgers Stadium and has been
an integral part of the renovations at Dodgers Stadium, I'm
sure she'll have a four to sixty nine home plate
sign attached to that right field pavilion. And that's a
place that everybody can go and check out and remember
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one of the greatest games ever played by a single
player in shoe Aotani in Game four of the NLCS.
And look, I'll tell you this, you know, talking to
people around the team the night that Otani came out
to take batting practice on the field, something that he
hasn't done since he joined the Dodgers. His name was
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on the list and guys were saying, hey, is this right?
Are you really hitting on the field, And he was
joking on I'm not good at baseball, And the day
of Game four, there wasn't an anger about him. Maybe
a more focus a more edge because he's pitching. But
everybody told me they never sensed anger from Shoho Tani.
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Never sensed anger before that game, just a lot of focus,
the same demeanor. But you have to believe that focus
maybe came from so many people doubting him leading up
to that game, and he certainly made a statement NLCSMVP
And look, he has a flair for the dramatics on
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the biggest stages, right, whether it's his babb ahead night,
whether it's you know, the game in Miami where he's
three or four or home runs away, or a couple
of home runs away, three or four stolen bases away,
fifty to fifty boom in one game, in a dramatic,
theatrical way, walk off Grand Slam last year at Dodgers Stadium.
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He just seems to have a sense for the biggest
lights and delivers. And that's what separates the not only
great players, but the elite of the elite from the others.
And that's show Hao Tani eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy is the phone number. Game one
of the World Series is on Friday at five o'clock.
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You will hear it as you have heard every single
Dodger game all season long right here on A five
to seventy LA Sports. I will be live at Rogers
Center in Toronto. I'm flying out with the team tomorrow afternoon.
I'll be there for Media Day on Thursday. We will
have a Dodger Talk show from Media Day in Toronto.
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So we have you covered wall the wall from six
to eight pm every single night leading through the Dodgers
hopefully having another parade, which I fully expect to happen.
We're gonna take a time out when we come back.
More of your phone calls and also Keith Aernandez and
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Pedro Martinez on Dodger Talk until eight o'clock right here
on AM five seventy LA Sports Essay with you until
eight o'clock tonight here on AM five seventy LA Sports
Dodger Talk. The week of the World Series, the Dodgers
headed back to the World Series for the fifth time
in the last nine years. Yeah, how about that. My
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son was born in twenty fifteen. The Dodgers have gone
to the World Series five times in his lifetime. During
my lifetime, before this stretch of time, the Dodgers only
went to the World Series twice and it was far
and few between, and and certainly a lot of heartache
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between nineteen eighty one and nineteen eighty eight, and certainly
a long time between nineteen eighty eight and the Dodgers
going back to prominence in twenty thirteen. So this, without
a doubt, is the greatest time to be alive if
you're a Dodger fan. This franchise has never seen anything
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like this type of sustained success. And Dave Roberts, Mookie Betts,
Keik Hernandez, they're all on the verge of winning more rings.
Dave Roberts would have you know, obviously he won the
World Series as a player with the four Red Sox,
but as a manager, he certainly would put himself and
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rarefied elite company with guys like Joe Tory, Sparky Anderson,
those type of guys. If he wins back to back
World Series championships, Let's go out to Torrence Ilana. You're
on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Hey, b.
Speaker 8 (27:02):
V, I'm great. I just wanted to call and tell
you exactly where I was for the Freddie Freeman Grand
Slam last.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
I love this. This is perfect since we are getting
closer to game one of the World Series, maybe we'll
have another hero, but go ahead, Ilana. I can't wait
to hear this.
Speaker 8 (27:22):
I know it because you know it's so special. We
need to have these.
Speaker 9 (27:26):
Moments going into this next series here. But I was
honestly at my house on my couch making homemade Dodger
dogs with my family and my friends, and it was
fricking awesome, and the whole neighborhood was going off. You
could hear people honking and screaming outside of their houses.
We were, you know, doing a champagne shower, our version
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of it in our living room. It was incredible and
those memories will last a lifetime. My sister and I
were fortunate enough to go to the World Series Game
six in twenty seventeen. We were at two last year,
and I'm really hoping to bring some of that energy
into this next series and I really hope to go.
That's something that we're genuinely looking forward to. And if
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you need an assistant in the come out for I could.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Be available, Okay, Alana, I'll keep that in mind. Thank
you for the phone call and great story, and I
have enjoyed all of them all year long. Fans calling
in letting me know where they were they when they
watched Freddie Freeman hit his dramatic heroic Game one walk
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off Grand Slam in last year's World Series. And who
knows who's going to be the hero this year. You
know there is going to be a hero that is
going to emerge to help one of these teams win
the World Series. And look, I'm not gonna say it's
the Dodgers a slam dunk that they're gonna win this,
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but this team has an incredible focus about themselves. They're
not acting like they're lucky to be there. You saw it,
and other former players were marveling at the fact after
they swept the Brewers in Game four, they lined up
for their high five line the way they do after
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every single one of their wins, and then celebrated with
each other. That's why I believe the Dodgers their experience.
The Blue Jays only have George Springer, who has had
World Series experience. The Dodgers have so much experience, so
much talent, so much starting pitching, that I don't believe
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the the Blue Jays have enough to keep up with
and the Brewers didn't have enough. They had the best
record in the National League. Everybody thought the Phillies were
gonna knock off the Dodgers. That did not happen. So
what makes anybody believe the Blue Jays, after going in
a seven game series, emptying everything, their bullpen, their starting staff,
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and their emotional guest tank have enough to come back
and beat the Dodgers in the World Series. And let's
face it, Blake Snell set the tone in Game one
of the NLDS, and he's set the tone in game
one of the NLCS on the road. I'm looking at
Blake Snell to set the tone again in Game one
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of the World Series. And that guy is hungry and
he's locked in. Don't get it twisted. This guy came
to sign with the Dodgers for this opportunity and he
is not going to let it slip away. He is
not going to try to perform at his best. And look,
nobody feels their best this time of the year. But
it's the ones that pushed through that really separate themselves,
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and Blake Snell is that guy. Let's go out to
Arthur in Marina del Rey. You're on Dodger Talk, Hi, Arthur.
Speaker 10 (30:55):
All right, David, thanks to take my call. I've been
playing my friends. This year is one of the best
years in baseball. It forever, you know, as the data
and it goes back to this came up. Uh, you
same the seasons with the parade, and I just had
a good feeling about this year. And it's just amazing
because the things that happened, like Chris Shaws, this streckout
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and the celebration of that, and then uh the one hitter,
which was we were suping a no hitter. Yeah, and
it's just been it's just been a I mean go
on and on. Then if we talk about, well it's happened,
on it with this latest round and I say, the
best is not is that to come. I just feel
something's going on here and I'm just enjoying it. I'm
during the season, you know, even to Officer September, you know, Uh,
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it's just staying president being Uh. I'm hearing up from
the players too, from a universial, but Clayton especially.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Nobody wants to go home. Arthur, nobody has wanted to
go home. They have all wanted to stay and let
this ride go to the very end. Dan, I think
it would be great, you know, once this season is
over after the Dodgers are done celebrating that, we replay
some of those great games and let you enjoy those again,
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because you're right. It's been a great year. It's been
a great last two years, and certainly the Dodgers deserve it.
And the Blue Jays they're a team that is very resilient.
They started off slow, overtook the Yankees. Everybody thought that
was not real. I mean, Michael Ka from the Yankees
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broadcast was demeaning the Blue Jays because their run differential
didn't match up. Well, I guess it paid off at
the end and they had fifty two come from behind victories.
So you can't discount the Blue Jays. They're a really
good team. I don't believe their lineup is as deep
as the Dodgers. There's word that bobashett is going to
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try to give it a go, but is that going
to ruin any sort of chemistry the Blue Jays had.
So there's a lot in play here, but I just
don't believe. It just comes down to the fact the
Dodgers have too much talent up and down their lineup,
too much experience, and too much great starting pitching. I mean,
it's it's historic what the Dodgers are doing starting pitching wise. Hey,
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Key k Hernandez, speaking of history, he his next game,
which will be Game one in the postseason, will be
his eighty sixth postseason game in a Dodger uniform. So
in this World Series, keyk Hernandez is going to tie
Justin Turner in Game one and pass Justin Turner for
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the most games played in the Dodgers' postseason history. That
fact was presented to him before Game four the NWCS
by Eric Steven and Key k got a lot a
little emotional.
Speaker 11 (33:56):
This is not just any franchise, man. This this is
the La Dodgers. They've been around for a long time
and they have a lot of history. And for a
guy like me from Puerto Rico kind of swamp swam
against the current my entire life, to be sitting in
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this position is pretty special. But at the same time,
I haven't really wanted to reflect too much on it,
because There's going to be a time for that once
I'm done playing, and I'm gonna have a lot of
years to reflect on it. But for now, I'm just
I mean, it's as cool as that is, and I'm
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going to take that to the grave with me. I'm
just focused on today, and it would be cool if
my name is up there with the most Dodger World
series ever.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
You know, But.
Speaker 11 (34:53):
To be creeping out, creeping up on, you know, one
of playing the most playoff games as a dog, something
that I never really dreamed of or thought that would happen.
So that's something that's pretty special. And I wasn't really
aware of it till you just said that. So that's
why I'm caught a little off guard.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
Sorry, Yeah, a little emotional for Key k Hernandez. This
franchise means a lot to him, and the city of
La means a lot to him, and I think we
see that every time he plays the game and how
much emotion he has before, during, and after playoff games.
And Game one he'll tie Justin Turner for the most
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postseason games played in Dodger franchise history, and in Game
two he'll pass Justin Turner for the most games played
in postseason history. You're likely to see Key K starting
in left field in both of those games. I can't
think off the top of my head which lefty, if any,
the Blue Jays have in their rotation. And you know,
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what I want. It would be phenomenal for Max Scherzer
to come back to Dodgers Stadium and start one of
those World Series games and the Dodgers win the World
Series that game. That's what I would love. You talk
about karma. This guy tapped out on his teammates for
free agency in game six of the twenty one NLCS.
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And also George Springer was part of the twenty seventeen
Astros and he won the World Series MVP, and look
that will never be forgotten. In Los Angeles. Eight six
six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Let's go out to Manny in LA. You're on Dodger Talk.
(36:42):
How you doing, Manny?
Speaker 5 (36:44):
How you doing?
Speaker 11 (36:45):
Dave?
Speaker 2 (36:46):
First of all, I've been trying so hard to get on.
I tried ninety two times to get on.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
After well, here you are, Manny, here I am.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
And first all day, really gotta give you, give me
your flowers and apologize to you, because when you first
sit over as a Dodging guy, I was like, come on,
David guy, say who's this guy?
Speaker 5 (37:12):
He doesn't know much, but man, you showed me so much.
Speaker 7 (37:16):
You're You're bad.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
You're a bad man.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Dave, Hey, thank you.
Speaker 3 (37:20):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
I gotta earn it, gotta win you over, Manny, I
gotta earn it. That's the way I want.
Speaker 5 (37:24):
It, you know what.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
And you did, you did because I'd rather listen to
Dodging Town when you're on.
Speaker 5 (37:31):
Against Kates.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
But you know, okay, a lot of a lot of
bad compliments tonight, Manny.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
Well look, Kate is very row Rod Dodgers, and you
sell it to them straight. They they they're horrible. You
called them out on it, you know so. And and
I was gonna try to justify it. I was there
for a game game three when you called out the
fans for being too quiet. Yeah we yeah, yeah, well
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I was. But it's like this, this is my my
attempt at justifying the crickets in the stand. We have
to give credit where credit is due, like I just
did for you. And that the miss was he took
us out. He took out the fans. Did I? We
took out the fans and Milwaukie did I? We took
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out the fans out in Philly?
Speaker 4 (38:27):
You know?
Speaker 2 (38:28):
And it felt like even the batters, the batter is,
the advants were just quiet and they were just walking
up there strit once strike to We'll see you later.
I'll be back next time until Temmy edmar came through.
Speaker 1 (38:43):
All right, well it was you got a rally. You
got to rally. You can't let the miss or anybody
else shut you guys down. So hopefully that doesn't happen
in the World Series because the Dodgers have spoiled this
fan base for the last fourteen years. I don't want
us to just sit on our hands and wait for
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these guys to get to the World Series. To get
behind them. Manny, thank you for calling in. Awesome to
hear from you. Call back anytime. Eight six six nine
eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Speaking
of keeping receipts on Thursday Night show, I have some
receipts of during the season when you called in and
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gave up on this team. But there was one man
that believed in the resume and the credibility of these players,
and you're listening to them right now. So sorry, I
got some receipts that I'm going to bring out on
our next off day show the night before Game one
of the World Series this Thursday night at seven o'clock
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before we close it out, Game one starter Blakes. Now
he's really coming into his own and he's won two
cy Young Awards, and people believe there's a lot more
in there which is scary, including Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez.
Speaker 12 (40:04):
Uh, it is an honor to be here, back where
I I was deveailoped to be uh, to be honest,
and UH what I made my debut. A lot of uh,
you know, memories in here, A lot of great memories
and one nuts of great which was having to leave
the Dodgers. I remember crying like a baby because I
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didn't know what what I was gonna do. Actually, I
was so young. I didn't know what to expect, what
the future will holde for me. And but now I'm
glad I findly mature and I understand that baseball can
also be in business as well.
Speaker 1 (40:42):
No doubt, you had a great career, a Hall of
Fame career, and you talk about maturity and changing teams
and learning how to grow When you had that postgame
interview with Blake SNeW the other day, he really appreciated
the questions that you had for him and how much
growth have you seen in him?
Speaker 12 (41:00):
Well, I'm really impressed with his growth right around us
in front of our eyes, and I wanted to ask
him because I see him so elite. It's such a
player that it's intriguing to actually get to know Blake Snell.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
Blake Snell is one of those rare breed.
Speaker 12 (41:23):
Of players that you can actually say has everything that
you want to see in a picture and then the
area that he has for the big moment. I played
for eighteen years and in a lot of postseason games,
but to see a guy that can be so dominant
during the postseason.
Speaker 1 (41:45):
He's a rare breed of player.
Speaker 12 (41:47):
He's a rare breed, and I think that's a guy
that everybody should should be keeping an eye on to
see how everything just comes around for him.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
He has a great change up. He had a great
change up. Do you see any similarities on how he
uses it? Because he was really excited about the fact
that he had three different speeds for his changeup.
Speaker 12 (42:11):
I was the same way, but for some reason for him,
it seemed like it came later than it did for me.
But the way he's using it now is actually scary
because I'm gonna say this for the first time. I
still think he's got a space to improve and to
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become better, which is really really impressive from a guy
like Blake Snell. I think Blake Snell still has a
little ways to go when it comes to developing everything
he has. I think he's gonna have some space to
improve even more his location. I think his change up
is gonna get even better than it is. I think
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his fat ball he's gonna learn how to locate better.
Speaker 1 (43:00):
Just carry the thing.
Speaker 12 (43:02):
As good as he is, he still has ways to
go when it comes to improving everything is and what
he can do.
Speaker 1 (43:10):
All right, there's Pedro Martinez, who obviously knows a thing
or two about pitching. I believe he's the best in
studio analyst any baseball network has. Pedro Martinez is the best.
He's got a great personality, he knows the game, he
understands the game, and he's entertaining on top of it.
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And for him to say that Blake Snell's changeup can
be better and his fastball command could be better, I
know Blake always feels like there is no ceiling for him.
And as good as he's pitched, he could pitch even better.
So that just falls in line with what Blake believes
about himself. So awesome to catch up with Pedro Martinez,
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who obviously is one that got away from the Dodgers,
no doubt about it. That'll do it for us tonight
on Dodger Talk. Thanks to Ronnie Fossil for all his help.
Thanks to you for listening. In case you missed any
of the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app.
Don't Forget. Game One of the World Series is this Friday,
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five o'clock First Pitch with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.
We will be live from Rogers Center in Toronto and
Tomorrow morning Scam with Sax and Kate's at six am.
And our next Dodger Talk show will be on the
eve of Game one of the World Series this Thursday
night at seven o'clock. Will bring you all the interviews
(44:39):
from Media Day the day before Game one of the
World Series, So you want to come back for that
as well. Have a great rest of your Tuesday. We'll
talk to you tomorrow morning. See you
Well with me.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
I have you shows and just thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:02):
We are your attention, your firing. This is world Champion, Dodgers,
World Champion for the small song.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Time we get a people what they want to die too?
Speaker 1 (00:12):
In a row two is special.
Speaker 4 (00:14):
I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache'll hosts.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
This ball's gone. You ready to go? Now grab your
phone to get in on.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
The show called eight six six nine eighty seven two
five seven that comes to the show and now your
host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
We are on the eve of the Dodgers leaving for
Canada for Game one of the World Series. Welcome the
Dodger Talk David Vase with you until eight o'clock tonight
here on AM five to seventy LA Sports and we
have phone lines open at eight sixty six nine eight
seven two five seventies. So many of you say you
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can't get in uh during or after a game, So
this is a great time to get in and talk
Dodgers as your Dodgers are headed back to the World
Series for a second straight year, looking to become the
first team in a quarter century to win back to
back World Series championships. That was the three peat Yankees
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of Jeter Pasada, Bernie williams Andy Pettitt, those guys, and
the Dodgers certainly would carve out some history for themselves
if they're able to win this World Series and go
back to back, because not many teams have done that
over the course of baseball's history. You go back to
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the sixty one and sixty two Yankees, the seventy two
seventy four A's that was a three peat. Seventy two,
seventy three, seventy four, they beat the Dodgers back to
back years. The Reds the Big Red Machine, went back
to back in the seventies, as did the Yankees beating
the Dodgers back to back years. And these Blue Jays.
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Last time the Blue Jays were in the World Series
was when they went back to back in ninety two
and ninety three Joe Carter's famous World Series ending walk
off home run in nineteen ninety three. So not many
teams in baseball's history have won back to back championships,
and the Dodgers are looking to become just the first
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Dodger team ever to win back to back championships. That
has never been done in franchise history. So we got
a lot to talk about between now and eight o'clock.
Of course, your Dodger coverage begins at six am here
on a five to seventy LA Sports with Tim Kats
and Steve sax scam every weekday morning during the postseason
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and back to back years. They have new life, extended
life to be able to take it deep into October.
And look, you could come up with all the different
reasons why the Blue Jays can beat the Dodgers, similar
to how you could come up with your nine reasons
on how the Phillies can beat the Dodgers or your
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nine reasons why the Brewers can beat the Dodgers. The
reality is these are two the top five payrolls in baseball.
These are heavyweights in each coast. Just like last year,
Yankees Dodgers, Blue Jays Dodgers both have a lot of
heavyweights and superstar power in this series. And arguably the
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hottest player, hottest hitter in this World Series is not
wearing a Dodger uniform. And no he's not George Springer.
That's Vladimir Guerrero Junior, who has been red hot this
postseason getting the J's to the World Series. So that's
one guy you have to watch out for. If the
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Dodgers are able to execute their pitches. I already know
they have a game plan and they actually showed it
how to pitch Vladimir Guerrero Junior earlier in the summer
because he didn't do much of anything against the Dodgers
when the Dodgers took two out of three. And you
may be wondering, why do the Blue Jays have home
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field advantage over the Dodgers. And it's not just because
the Dodgers were a division wildcard team. That's not the
reason why. The reason why is that the Blue Jays
won one more game than the Dodgers did during the
regular season. So you think back to the Angels sweeping
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the Dodgers, you think back to leads that were blown
in the eighth and ninth innings this season, well, they
do matter. It cost you home field advantage. But the
Dodgers have gone into very hostile environments. The Phillies and
Blue Jays have two of the best records at home.
The Dodgers won the first two there and they won
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the first two in Milwaukee as well, so they're no
stranger to not having home field advantage and shocking the
other team quite frankly, and going back to Dodgers Stadium
up two games to nothing, and that's something that they're
hoping to do this time. It's gonna be, in my estimation,
just as challenging as it was to win two in Philadelphia.
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This is the Dodgers' biggest test this side of the
Phillies in this postseason, with the Blue Jays right in
front of them and in their way of trying to
win four more games to win the World Series. Similar
to the Brewers. I mentioned this with Petros and Money
earlier today, I kind of feel like the Blue Jays,
(05:49):
I'm not going to say, are satisfied by going to
the World Series, but it is the first time in
what thirty three years that the Blue Jays Canada has
an American League Championship team, and they will have World
Series games for the first time since Joe Carter. I mean,
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it felt like that was the big victory. Similar to
what Pat Murphy conceded after Game five excuse me after
Game four of the NLCS, where he said playing the
Cubs and that rivalry and just everything that was going
on between Craig Council leaving and just how badly both
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cities wanted that. To me, it kind of feels like
the Blue Jays might have emptied the tank to be
able to get to the World Series. Certainly the emptied
the tank on a few pitchers, and all of their
pitchers Chris Bassett Kevin Gossman were used last night in
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Game seven. Also Louis Varland, who has been used in
ten postseason games already. I mean, he's on track to
be used just as many times or pretty close to it,
as Brandon Morrow was by the Dodgers in twenty seventeen.
Brandon Morrow pitched in every single World Series game that
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year and through seventeen, and pitched in seventeen postseason games
that year. Think about that, and Louis Varland is one of,
if not the most relied upon reliever for the Blue Jays.
So here's my question, how much do the Blue Jays
have left for the Dodgers, who are extremely well rested.
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They will have their starting rotation on extra rest starting
with the Game one starter in Blake Snell snail Zilla
again will start Game one, and this will be his
first World Series since the Dodgers beat the Rays in
twenty twenty and game two Yamamoto. And when the series
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comes back to LA, whether it's Game three, game four
for Tyler glass Now and Show Hey Otani, certainly for
glass Now because the Dodgers have been fortunate that glass
Now has pitched at home number one and the start
times were when the shadows were a big factor. All
of these World Series games are starting at five o'clock
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Pacific time. Once this series returns back to Dodgers Stadium
and Glass Now is on the mound and show hey
Otani is on the mound, they are going to have
a huge advantage with those shadows and that start time
of five o'clock. And by the way, Rick Mundane and
Stephen Nelson will be on the call right here on
(08:42):
AM five to seventy LA Sports, and Joe Davis and
John Smoltz will be on the call for Fox Sports.
Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number before we go to break and coming
up on the show tonight, your phone calls, we have
two lines open. We will hear from Dino Ebol, who
had one of the best views of the best game
(09:04):
ever played by a single player, Shoe a Otani's incredible
Game four and also coming up later in the show,
Keik Hernandez will share his emotional feelings about being on
the verge of tyme Justin Turner for playing the most
playoff games in Dodger franchise history. And we had a
(09:26):
chance to also catch up with Pedro Martinez and he
had incredible things to say about the Dodgers Game one
starter Blake Snell. But here's something to consider, and this
kind of hit me earlier today. Isn't it about time
Los Angeles embraces Dave Roberts. I know you have one
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foot in, but isn't it time for you to call
in and really praise Dave Roberts. He's going to his
second consecutive World Series. He did that in seventeen and eighteen.
He's managing a veteran team that at times didn't give
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you everything you wanted, and he never panicked. And he
had a couple of meetings with the hitters with a
bullpen and with the entire team in September in Baltimore.
It doesn't sit right with me if you're going to
blame Dave Roberts for everything when it goes wrong and
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not give them credit for when things go right. And look,
I've been pretty fair with Dave. I'm not just Dave
does everything right type of guy. There have been times
since he took over, since twenty sixteen where I have
been critical and I feel fairly but at some point
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ever since twenty twenty, he has taken it to another level.
And it just seems like him and Andrew Friedman are
more on the same page in the last five seasons
than they were in the first four years. And I
think at a certain point in time you have to
give Dave Roberts some credit. Eight six six nine eight
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seven two five seventy is the phone number when we
continue on Off Day Dodger Talk on this NBA Opening
Night Tuesday, we'll hear from Dino Ebol, We'll hear from
T K Hernandez and Pedro Martinez, and we'll hear from you.
Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy. David
Vase with you until eight o'clock right here on AM
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five seventy LA Sports advat A with you until eight
o'clock right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports
Off Day Dodger Talk World Series Week Edition, Game one
will be Friday, at five o'clock Pacific time from the
Rogers Center in Toronto. Rick Monday and Steven Nelson will
(11:56):
be on the call, tim Cats, We'll get you set
with Morongo Sino Dodgers on deck at four o'clock and
Game two Saturday night in Toronto, same time, same bat channel,
all of that Dodgers Radio and five to seventy LA
Sports coming up in a moment. I can't wait to
share with you what Dino Ebel told me about his
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perspective in the third base coaching box when shoe he
Otani hit his three home runs, including one over the
right field pavilion. We'll get to that. We'll also get
to key A Hernandez and Pedro Martinez. And just in
case you were wondering who the special guest may have
been calling in, well, that special guest got a better offer.
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He got tickets to the Laker game and that was
the game one starter himself, Blake Snell. He's probably court
side right now, hob nobbing it up with Luca over there.
Eight six six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is
the phone number. Let's get out to the calls. Let's
go out to Manuel and Guardina. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
Lead us off, Oh, dv Man just excited, brou What
can we say not only.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
About Roberts, about Freeman, but first.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Off, Man Am five seventy, from scam, from working Kate's
twenty five hours a day, from you being so accessible
down there, you know, in the champagne.
Speaker 5 (13:27):
Showers and all that. Man, none of it would be
possible without AM five seventy. And that's why I always say,
man La is lucky to have AM five seventy. As
far as smells Dler Man, who could blame him?
Speaker 6 (13:39):
Right?
Speaker 5 (13:39):
I mean opening night or calling into Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
You know, are you saying that's a better offer than
calling into Dodger Talk and talking to his boy?
Speaker 5 (13:50):
Well, he could talk to you all the time, man,
So you know, yeah it is Dave.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
You know that.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
You know you would have done the same thing.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
You'd be right. But I'm stuck here. I'm stuck here
talking to Man Gardena. Yeah, I'm stuck here talking to
Manny and Gardena instead of being with Snelzilla at the
Laker game.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
I'm an eggingt. But aye, that's why we appreciate you,
DV Hey five five games this thing's gonna go tops.
You know, the Dodgers are primed right now. They're running
on all cylinders. Like you say, They're that free train
coming down.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
The track that you can't avoid. And uh, I'm just
hyped up for it.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Man Let's kick Canada's ass, Baby gold Dodgers back to back.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Love it, Manny. Thank you for the phone call. I
guess like his order was coming up right there. We
heard the drive through in the background. Eight sixty six
nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number. Look.
The best part of the Dodgers not having home field
advantage in this year's World Series is that with the
two three two format, it gives them an opportunity to
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do something that they have only done once in their
franchise's history, including Brooklyn in nineteen fifty five. The Dodgers
have only won the World Series clinched the World Series
at home once. Can you believe that nineteen fifty five
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that was at Yankee Stadium. It wasn't at EBITs Field.
The only time the Dodgers celebrated a World Series championship
in front of their home fans was when the Dodgers
swept Mickey Mannal Roger Maris in the nineteen sixty three
World Series. That's the last time and only time the
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Dodgers have ever won the World Series on their home field.
Think about it. Nineteen fifty nine, that was against the Twins,
Game seven, they beat them in Minneapolis. Nineteen sixty five,
same thing, they beat the Twins in Minnesota. Fast forward
to nineteen eighty one. That was at Yankee Stadium, Game six.
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Nineteen eighty eight, the Dodgers beat the A's in Oakland
in Game five, famous photo of Oral Herscheizer being hoisted
up by Rick Dempsey in their road grays twenty twenty,
the pandemic obviously in Texas, and last year at Yankee
Stadium Game five. So with this format of two three
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to two, if the Dodgers can win at least one
game in Toronto, they will have a chance to do
something that they have only done once in their franchise's history,
and that celebrate winning the World Series on their home field.
Let's go out to Northridge. Jd. You're on Dodger Talk
with David basse I.
Speaker 7 (16:44):
Jd oh, Dave, Hey, it's great to hear your show.
I've been living in New York the last couple months
and following the Dodgers late night. But then the playoffs
come around, and I had to be with my people
and I'd go what games in bars and for Godden
Friendly and that's been awesome now that the playoffs started.
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I watched that gut wrencher in Game one against the
Brewers and in a bar called Tuckeria Grammercy and high
fives all around after tryning got that last out, and
then the barkeeper handed out free victory shots, and that
great night to be a Dodger fan in Manhattan.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Where you gonna watch Game one this year? Maybe Monty's
and Woodland Hills.
Speaker 7 (17:28):
You know, I'm it's good to be home. I may
just be here in my living room, but you never know.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
HQ Pub in Woodland Hills. Those would be my top
choices in the valley right there.
Speaker 7 (17:40):
Hey, you're making a great case. I also have to
tell you this yesterday, because I just got home, I
went to the final resting place of George Herman Ruth Aliens. Really,
I just had to go there because of all of
the comps to Otani and just at one hundred years apart,
these two guys are the only only two men of
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the what more than twenty two thousand have played Major
League baseball that could be compared to each other at
the top of the heap, and it was, it was.
It was an important pilgrimage for me being a Dodger
fan and a baseball junkie.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
All Right, well, it's great to visit a dead person.
Thanks for the phone call, JD. Appreciate it. Let's celebrate
the people that are living, including show Heo Tani, who
is doing things that not even Babe Ruth was doing
back then. And speaking of show Heyo Tani, I did
have a chance to speak to Dodgers third base coach
Dino Ebol last night at the workout and had to
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ask him he was there. He was the one high
fiving show Hao Tani when he rounded third base. He
had a great dvantage point along with Chris Woodward at
first base in the coaching box there of Otani's three
home runs, and I was wondering what it was like
to be on the field as history would being made.
(19:01):
Is that the single greatest performance by any player in
postseason history?
Speaker 6 (19:05):
Absolutely, and like you said, have been in a lot
of postseason games and World Series, and just in and
that you know, the normal uh one hundred and sixty
two game season. Anybody who goes deep three times in
one game, that's special. But to go out there and
pitch the way he did, had ten punch outs. And
you know what, David, I could honestly sit sit here
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and tell you today that in the box, in the
moment and his first at bat, the way he started
taking pitches, I knew he was locked in because he
wasn't flying out. He was staying in himself. It looked
like now the head was more you know, steel, He
wasn't moving. And after that first homer, I said, this
is what the show, hey, you know is about, because
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once he wasn't moving a whole lot with a body movement.
I said, he's locked in and his strength is to
left center. I know he hit some bombs to right,
but the show, hey, I know is when he's hitting
the ball, well, you know, he's staying in there and
driving that bottle leftl center field, which he had a
home run in his lastly.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Bat, the one that he hit over the right field
pavilion four hundred and sixty nine feet. Could you tell
it was going over the roof and when it did
go over the roof? Did you have to do a
double take? And I'm just curious from your standpoint, could
you tell it went over?
Speaker 6 (20:15):
I could honestly sit here today and tell you the
ball was so high I knew it was gone, and
when it was hit, it was so high. When I
looked up in the bill of my helmet, I got
like a blur in the lights. I actually had to
put my hand in front of me to block the
lights because it was so high. And I go, this
ball has a chance to hit like in that upper
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tank there where the people are walking. And when I
saw it go over the roof, I said, I cannot
believe it.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
I just witnessed.
Speaker 6 (20:42):
I mean, nobody even does that in batting practice, which
he did when he took batting practice.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Out like a few days earlier.
Speaker 6 (20:48):
But to go that far over the pavilion something that
I'll never forget.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
What was it like before the game, when you maybe
passed by him in the cage or in the dugout.
Could you sense a different look about him?
Speaker 6 (21:00):
Yes, because one he's he is a little different when
he pitches. He's more locked in on the pitching side
of it. Again, we need him as an offensive player.
But there's something about that first at bat that I
even told our guys in the dougout, I said, I
like what I'm watching right now with show Hey. And
I'm not a hitting coach. I'm that's not one of
my lanes that I ever get involved in. But as
standing out here all the years I've been watching good hitters.
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That's when I saw show Hay in his first at bat,
the way he was taking pitches, I said, look out,
he's he's going to run into one, but to run
into three something I'll never forget something in the world,
would never.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Forget anything extra. When he came around third base on
any one of those three home runs.
Speaker 6 (21:39):
Nope, same same show Hey gives me the little you know,
you know, high five, and I just saw, you know,
I saw a little smile as he looks in our dugout.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
But what a moment.
Speaker 6 (21:49):
One for himself, one, two for the Dodgers, and three
to do it at home and here at Dodgers Stadium
to see our fans. I mean, just as loud as
you can get.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
It was.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
It was a special night.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
There. He is the Dodgers third base coach, Dino Ebol
with a front row seat to history in Game four
the NLCS when showe Heotani not only pitched six scoreless
innings and had ten strikeouts, but also hit three home runs,
and the second one over the right field pavilion four
hundred and sixty nine feet And Janet Marie Smith, who
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does a great job at Dodgers Stadium and has been
an integral part of the renovations at Dodgers Stadium, I'm
sure she'll have a four to sixty nine home plate
sign attached to that right field pavilion. And that's a
place that everybody can go and check out and remember
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one of the greatest games ever played by a single
player in shoe Aotani in Game four of the NLCS.
And look, I'll tell you this, you know, talking to
people around the team the night that Otani came out
to take batting practice on the field, something that he
hasn't done since he joined the Dodgers. His name was
(23:05):
on the list and guys were saying, hey, is this right?
Are you really hitting on the field, And he was
joking on I'm not good at baseball, And the day
of Game four, there wasn't an anger about him. Maybe
a more focus a more edge because he's pitching. But
everybody told me they never sensed anger from Shoho Tani.
(23:29):
Never sensed anger before that game, just a lot of focus,
the same demeanor. But you have to believe that focus
maybe came from so many people doubting him leading up
to that game, and he certainly made a statement NLCSMVP
And look, he has a flair for the dramatics on
(23:50):
the biggest stages, right, whether it's his babb ahead night,
whether it's you know, the game in Miami where he's
three or four or home runs away, or a couple
of home runs away, three or four stolen bases away,
fifty to fifty boom in one game, in a dramatic,
theatrical way, walk off Grand Slam last year at Dodgers Stadium.
(24:14):
He just seems to have a sense for the biggest
lights and delivers. And that's what separates the not only
great players, but the elite of the elite from the others.
And that's show Hao Tani eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy is the phone number. Game one
of the World Series is on Friday at five o'clock.
(24:36):
You will hear it as you have heard every single
Dodger game all season long right here on A five
to seventy LA Sports. I will be live at Rogers
Center in Toronto. I'm flying out with the team tomorrow afternoon.
I'll be there for Media Day on Thursday. We will
have a Dodger Talk show from Media Day in Toronto.
(24:56):
So we have you covered wall the wall from six
to eight pm every single night leading through the Dodgers
hopefully having another parade, which I fully expect to happen.
We're gonna take a time out when we come back.
More of your phone calls and also Keith Aernandez and
(25:16):
Pedro Martinez on Dodger Talk until eight o'clock right here
on AM five seventy LA Sports Essay with you until
eight o'clock tonight here on AM five seventy LA Sports
Dodger Talk. The week of the World Series, the Dodgers
headed back to the World Series for the fifth time
in the last nine years. Yeah, how about that. My
(25:40):
son was born in twenty fifteen. The Dodgers have gone
to the World Series five times in his lifetime. During
my lifetime, before this stretch of time, the Dodgers only
went to the World Series twice and it was far
and few between, and and certainly a lot of heartache
(26:02):
between nineteen eighty one and nineteen eighty eight, and certainly
a long time between nineteen eighty eight and the Dodgers
going back to prominence in twenty thirteen. So this, without
a doubt, is the greatest time to be alive if
you're a Dodger fan. This franchise has never seen anything
(26:24):
like this type of sustained success. And Dave Roberts, Mookie Betts,
Keik Hernandez, they're all on the verge of winning more rings.
Dave Roberts would have you know, obviously he won the
World Series as a player with the four Red Sox,
but as a manager, he certainly would put himself and
(26:44):
rarefied elite company with guys like Joe Tory, Sparky Anderson,
those type of guys. If he wins back to back
World Series championships, Let's go out to Torrence Ilana. You're
on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Hey, b.
Speaker 8 (27:02):
V, I'm great. I just wanted to call and tell
you exactly where I was for the Freddie Freeman Grand
Slam last.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
I love this. This is perfect since we are getting
closer to game one of the World Series, maybe we'll
have another hero, but go ahead, Ilana. I can't wait
to hear this.
Speaker 8 (27:22):
I know it because you know it's so special. We
need to have these.
Speaker 9 (27:26):
Moments going into this next series here. But I was
honestly at my house on my couch making homemade Dodger
dogs with my family and my friends, and it was
fricking awesome, and the whole neighborhood was going off. You
could hear people honking and screaming outside of their houses.
We were, you know, doing a champagne shower, our version
(27:47):
of it in our living room. It was incredible and
those memories will last a lifetime. My sister and I
were fortunate enough to go to the World Series Game
six in twenty seventeen. We were at two last year,
and I'm really hoping to bring some of that energy
into this next series and I really hope to go.
That's something that we're genuinely looking forward to. And if
(28:09):
you need an assistant in the come out for I could.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Be available, Okay, Alana, I'll keep that in mind. Thank
you for the phone call and great story, and I
have enjoyed all of them all year long. Fans calling
in letting me know where they were they when they
watched Freddie Freeman hit his dramatic heroic Game one walk
(28:33):
off Grand Slam in last year's World Series. And who
knows who's going to be the hero this year. You
know there is going to be a hero that is
going to emerge to help one of these teams win
the World Series. And look, I'm not gonna say it's
the Dodgers a slam dunk that they're gonna win this,
(28:53):
but this team has an incredible focus about themselves. They're
not acting like they're lucky to be there. You saw it,
and other former players were marveling at the fact after
they swept the Brewers in Game four, they lined up
for their high five line the way they do after
(29:15):
every single one of their wins, and then celebrated with
each other. That's why I believe the Dodgers their experience.
The Blue Jays only have George Springer, who has had
World Series experience. The Dodgers have so much experience, so
much talent, so much starting pitching, that I don't believe
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the the Blue Jays have enough to keep up with
and the Brewers didn't have enough. They had the best
record in the National League. Everybody thought the Phillies were
gonna knock off the Dodgers. That did not happen. So
what makes anybody believe the Blue Jays, after going in
a seven game series, emptying everything, their bullpen, their starting staff,
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and their emotional guest tank have enough to come back
and beat the Dodgers in the World Series. And let's
face it, Blake Snell set the tone in Game one
of the NLDS, and he's set the tone in game
one of the NLCS on the road. I'm looking at
Blake Snell to set the tone again in Game one
(30:23):
of the World Series. And that guy is hungry and
he's locked in. Don't get it twisted. This guy came
to sign with the Dodgers for this opportunity and he
is not going to let it slip away. He is
not going to try to perform at his best. And look,
nobody feels their best this time of the year. But
it's the ones that pushed through that really separate themselves,
(30:47):
and Blake Snell is that guy. Let's go out to
Arthur in Marina del Rey. You're on Dodger Talk, Hi, Arthur.
Speaker 10 (30:55):
All right, David, thanks to take my call. I've been
playing my friends. This year is one of the best
years in baseball. It forever, you know, as the data
and it goes back to this came up. Uh, you
same the seasons with the parade, and I just had
a good feeling about this year. And it's just amazing
because the things that happened, like Chris Shaws, this streckout
(31:18):
and the celebration of that, and then uh the one hitter,
which was we were suping a no hitter. Yeah, and
it's just been it's just been a I mean go
on and on. Then if we talk about, well it's happened,
on it with this latest round and I say, the
best is not is that to come. I just feel
something's going on here and I'm just enjoying it. I'm
during the season, you know, even to Officer September, you know, Uh,
(31:42):
it's just staying president being Uh. I'm hearing up from
the players too, from a universial, but Clayton especially.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Nobody wants to go home. Arthur, nobody has wanted to
go home. They have all wanted to stay and let
this ride go to the very end. Dan, I think
it would be great, you know, once this season is
over after the Dodgers are done celebrating that, we replay
some of those great games and let you enjoy those again,
(32:10):
because you're right. It's been a great year. It's been
a great last two years, and certainly the Dodgers deserve it.
And the Blue Jays they're a team that is very resilient.
They started off slow, overtook the Yankees. Everybody thought that
was not real. I mean, Michael Ka from the Yankees
(32:32):
broadcast was demeaning the Blue Jays because their run differential
didn't match up. Well, I guess it paid off at
the end and they had fifty two come from behind victories.
So you can't discount the Blue Jays. They're a really
good team. I don't believe their lineup is as deep
as the Dodgers. There's word that bobashett is going to
(32:54):
try to give it a go, but is that going
to ruin any sort of chemistry the Blue Jays had.
So there's a lot in play here, but I just
don't believe. It just comes down to the fact the
Dodgers have too much talent up and down their lineup,
too much experience, and too much great starting pitching. I mean,
it's it's historic what the Dodgers are doing starting pitching wise. Hey,
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Key k Hernandez, speaking of history, he his next game,
which will be Game one in the postseason, will be
his eighty sixth postseason game in a Dodger uniform. So
in this World Series, keyk Hernandez is going to tie
Justin Turner in Game one and pass Justin Turner for
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the most games played in the Dodgers' postseason history. That
fact was presented to him before Game four the NWCS
by Eric Steven and Key k got a lot a
little emotional.
Speaker 11 (33:56):
This is not just any franchise, man. This this is
the La Dodgers. They've been around for a long time
and they have a lot of history. And for a
guy like me from Puerto Rico kind of swamp swam
against the current my entire life, to be sitting in
(34:17):
this position is pretty special. But at the same time,
I haven't really wanted to reflect too much on it,
because There's going to be a time for that once
I'm done playing, and I'm gonna have a lot of
years to reflect on it. But for now, I'm just
I mean, it's as cool as that is, and I'm
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going to take that to the grave with me. I'm
just focused on today, and it would be cool if
my name is up there with the most Dodger World
series ever.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
You know, But.
Speaker 11 (34:53):
To be creeping out, creeping up on, you know, one
of playing the most playoff games as a dog, something
that I never really dreamed of or thought that would happen.
So that's something that's pretty special. And I wasn't really
aware of it till you just said that. So that's
why I'm caught a little off guard.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
Sorry, Yeah, a little emotional for Key k Hernandez. This
franchise means a lot to him, and the city of
La means a lot to him, and I think we
see that every time he plays the game and how
much emotion he has before, during, and after playoff games.
And Game one he'll tie Justin Turner for the most
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postseason games played in Dodger franchise history, and in Game
two he'll pass Justin Turner for the most games played
in postseason history. You're likely to see Key K starting
in left field in both of those games. I can't
think off the top of my head which lefty, if any,
the Blue Jays have in their rotation. And you know,
(35:58):
what I want. It would be phenomenal for Max Scherzer
to come back to Dodgers Stadium and start one of
those World Series games and the Dodgers win the World
Series that game. That's what I would love. You talk
about karma. This guy tapped out on his teammates for
free agency in game six of the twenty one NLCS.
(36:21):
And also George Springer was part of the twenty seventeen
Astros and he won the World Series MVP, and look
that will never be forgotten. In Los Angeles. Eight six
six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Let's go out to Manny in LA. You're on Dodger Talk.
(36:42):
How you doing, Manny?
Speaker 5 (36:44):
How you doing?
Speaker 11 (36:45):
Dave?
Speaker 2 (36:46):
First of all, I've been trying so hard to get on.
I tried ninety two times to get on.
Speaker 1 (36:53):
After well, here you are, Manny, here I am.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
And first all day, really gotta give you, give me
your flowers and apologize to you, because when you first
sit over as a Dodging guy, I was like, come on,
David guy, say who's this guy?
Speaker 5 (37:12):
He doesn't know much, but man, you showed me so much.
Speaker 7 (37:16):
You're You're bad.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
You're a bad man.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Dave, Hey, thank you.
Speaker 3 (37:20):
Hey.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
I gotta earn it, gotta win you over, Manny, I
gotta earn it. That's the way I want.
Speaker 5 (37:24):
It, you know what.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
And you did, you did because I'd rather listen to
Dodging Town when you're on.
Speaker 5 (37:31):
Against Kates.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
But you know, okay, a lot of a lot of
bad compliments tonight, Manny.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
Well look, Kate is very row Rod Dodgers, and you
sell it to them straight. They they they're horrible. You
called them out on it, you know so. And and
I was gonna try to justify it. I was there
for a game game three when you called out the
fans for being too quiet. Yeah we yeah, yeah, well
(38:03):
I was. But it's like this, this is my my
attempt at justifying the crickets in the stand. We have
to give credit where credit is due, like I just
did for you. And that the miss was he took
us out. He took out the fans. Did I? We
took out the fans and Milwaukie did I? We took
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out the fans out in Philly?
Speaker 4 (38:27):
You know?
Speaker 2 (38:28):
And it felt like even the batters, the batter is,
the advants were just quiet and they were just walking
up there strit once strike to We'll see you later.
I'll be back next time until Temmy edmar came through.
Speaker 1 (38:43):
All right, well it was you got a rally. You
got to rally. You can't let the miss or anybody
else shut you guys down. So hopefully that doesn't happen
in the World Series because the Dodgers have spoiled this
fan base for the last fourteen years. I don't want
us to just sit on our hands and wait for
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these guys to get to the World Series. To get
behind them. Manny, thank you for calling in. Awesome to
hear from you. Call back anytime. Eight six six nine
eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Speaking
of keeping receipts on Thursday Night show, I have some
receipts of during the season when you called in and
(39:25):
gave up on this team. But there was one man
that believed in the resume and the credibility of these players,
and you're listening to them right now. So sorry, I
got some receipts that I'm going to bring out on
our next off day show the night before Game one
of the World Series this Thursday night at seven o'clock
(39:47):
before we close it out, Game one starter Blakes. Now
he's really coming into his own and he's won two
cy Young Awards, and people believe there's a lot more
in there which is scary, including Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez.
Speaker 12 (40:04):
Uh, it is an honor to be here, back where
I I was deveailoped to be uh, to be honest,
and UH what I made my debut. A lot of uh,
you know, memories in here, A lot of great memories
and one nuts of great which was having to leave
the Dodgers. I remember crying like a baby because I
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didn't know what what I was gonna do. Actually, I
was so young. I didn't know what to expect, what
the future will holde for me. And but now I'm
glad I findly mature and I understand that baseball can
also be in business as well.
Speaker 1 (40:42):
No doubt, you had a great career, a Hall of
Fame career, and you talk about maturity and changing teams
and learning how to grow When you had that postgame
interview with Blake SNeW the other day, he really appreciated
the questions that you had for him and how much
growth have you seen in him?
Speaker 12 (41:00):
Well, I'm really impressed with his growth right around us
in front of our eyes, and I wanted to ask
him because I see him so elite. It's such a
player that it's intriguing to actually get to know Blake Snell.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
Blake Snell is one of those rare breed.
Speaker 12 (41:23):
Of players that you can actually say has everything that
you want to see in a picture and then the
area that he has for the big moment. I played
for eighteen years and in a lot of postseason games,
but to see a guy that can be so dominant
during the postseason.
Speaker 1 (41:45):
He's a rare breed of player.
Speaker 12 (41:47):
He's a rare breed, and I think that's a guy
that everybody should should be keeping an eye on to
see how everything just comes around for him.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
He has a great change up. He had a great
change up. Do you see any similarities on how he
uses it? Because he was really excited about the fact
that he had three different speeds for his changeup.
Speaker 12 (42:11):
I was the same way, but for some reason for him,
it seemed like it came later than it did for me.
But the way he's using it now is actually scary
because I'm gonna say this for the first time. I
still think he's got a space to improve and to
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become better, which is really really impressive from a guy
like Blake Snell. I think Blake Snell still has a
little ways to go when it comes to developing everything
he has. I think he's gonna have some space to
improve even more his location. I think his change up
is gonna get even better than it is. I think
(42:56):
his fat ball he's gonna learn how to locate better.
Speaker 1 (43:00):
Just carry the thing.
Speaker 12 (43:02):
As good as he is, he still has ways to
go when it comes to improving everything is and what
he can do.
Speaker 1 (43:10):
All right, there's Pedro Martinez, who obviously knows a thing
or two about pitching. I believe he's the best in
studio analyst any baseball network has. Pedro Martinez is the best.
He's got a great personality, he knows the game, he
understands the game, and he's entertaining on top of it.
(43:34):
And for him to say that Blake Snell's changeup can
be better and his fastball command could be better, I
know Blake always feels like there is no ceiling for him.
And as good as he's pitched, he could pitch even better.
So that just falls in line with what Blake believes
about himself. So awesome to catch up with Pedro Martinez,
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who obviously is one that got away from the Dodgers,
no doubt about it. That'll do it for us tonight
on Dodger Talk. Thanks to Ronnie Fossil for all his help.
Thanks to you for listening. In case you missed any
of the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app.
Don't Forget. Game One of the World Series is this Friday,
(44:16):
five o'clock First Pitch with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.
We will be live from Rogers Center in Toronto and
Tomorrow morning Scam with Sax and Kate's at six am.
And our next Dodger Talk show will be on the
eve of Game one of the World Series this Thursday
night at seven o'clock. Will bring you all the interviews
(44:39):
from Media Day the day before Game one of the
World Series, So you want to come back for that
as well. Have a great rest of your Tuesday. We'll
talk to you tomorrow morning. See you
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