July 2, 2025 • 32 mins
DV takes your calls and talks to Jose Mota after the Dodgers defeat the White Sox, 6-1. DV shares his postgame interview with Michael Conforto. Shohei Ohtani talks to Kirsten Watson after hitting his 30th HR of the season.
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that they have.
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This team is really becoming a family.
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This ball's gone.
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the show.
Speaker 6 (00:35):
Grab your phone to get in on the show called
eight six six nine eighty seven two five seven and
go to the show. And now your host of Dodger Talk,
David Vasse.
Speaker 7 (00:47):
Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Basse with you until eleven
o'clock tonight at eight six six nine eight seven two
five seventy. The Dodgers defeat the White Sox tonight by
a final score of six to one behind a really
good performance from Yamamoto, who went seven innings tonight and
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had eight strikeouts, allowing just one urn run and only
walked one batter, which allowed him to throw ninety eight
pitches in seven innings. Yamamoto has done that three times
this year for the Dodgers, and three out of the
four times a Dodgers starter has gone seven innings, it's
been Yamamoto. The other was Clayton Kershaw on the last
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home stand against the Giants. So Yamamoto has been outstanding.
I know there's been a couple of bumps in the
road last month, but for the most part, he's been
really good for the Dodgers since the beginning of the season.
And if you look at Yamamoto's last start in Denver,
he should have been well rested for this game, and
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he should have been expected to go seven innings, if
not go eight, because he was washed out after five
scoreless in Denver because of an hour plus rain delay.
So he with the extra day of rest, with his
last start going short, I mean, I was expecting this.
Anything short of this would have been disappointing. So basically,
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Yamamoto did his job tonight. And he's fun to watch
because he may only grip his pitches two different ways,
but he certainly shapes them in a lot of different ways.
He's got the fastball, obviously, he's got the split fingered fastball.
He's got the curveball, he's got the cutter, he's got
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the two seam fastball, and he only threw his slider
twice tonight. So it's fun to watch him pitch because
he's not just using brute force to beat hitters. He's
actually pitching and throwing ninety six and then taking something
off or just dotting the inside or the outside part
of the plates. He's really fun to watch, and certainly
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it was fun to watch him pitch tonight and give
the White Sox more than they can handle, because the
White Sox are the worst team record wise in the
American League. Again. They set the record for most losses
in a season in baseball history last year with one
hundred and twenty one, which sets up nicely for Clayton
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Kershaw tomorrow night, as he is on the verge of
three thousand strikeouts in his career. And if you look
at Kershaw, it's one thing to have three thousand strikeouts,
and yes, he is going to join a very distinguished
list of Hall of Famers and great pitchers in baseball history.
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But when you look at Kershawn, how many innings and
I know he's been self deprecating saying that it's taking
longer than he thought it would. And it's true. If
he didn't have these significant injuries, he probably would have
been there to or three years ago. But even with
all that being said, at this point in time, he's
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only thrown two thousand, seven hundred and eighty one innings
and he's three strikeouts away from three thousand. The guy
that's right ahead of him at three thousand and eighty
four strikeouts, John Smoltz. It took him over three thousand
innings to get three thousand strikeouts. Thirty four hundred seventy
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three innings pitch for Smoltz, and he has three thousand
and eighty four. So just keep that in mind as
well if you're listening to the game tomorrow night, or
if you're here at Dodgers Stadium. Kershaw Yes is going
to join a nineteen other pitchers in baseball history that
have recorded three thousand strikeouts in their career. But he
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has done it quicker and in less innings than these
other pitchers. His strikeouts per nine is at in his career,
a lot of these guys are at like six or
seven strikeouts per nine innings, So you know, you look
at a guy like Phil nkro who's thirteenth on the
list all time took him over five thousand innings. I mean,
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he's had fifty four hundred innings and has thirty three
hundred strikeouts. So you got to keep that in mind
as well, that he is doing this quicker than most
of these pictures on this list, and that I mean,
obviously he's a Hall of Fame pitcher. But in my mind,
and I've never been to Cooperstown, but in my Hall
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of Fame mind, the way I envision it, there is
the elite of the elite in Cooperstown and there's the rest.
I mean to me, there's at least two or three
tiers now in the Hall of Fame. And when Clayton
Krushaw makes his speech in Cooperstown one day, he's gonna
be in Tier one in my mind. And I'm not
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just saying that because I host Dodger and I've been
around him for his entire career. I'm saying that because
that's the facts, Jack. And you know, now they let
guys like Harold Baines in, So I mean, come on,
Bill Mazeroski, I mean, give me a break. So in
my mind there are different tiers, and I know it's
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so LA right. You get into an exclusive club and
you're like, wait a minute, this isn't what I thought
it would be. No, No, there's another rope right there,
and then you're behind that rope and you're like, uh wait,
I'm not in that tier either. I got to go
to the other bouncer to try to get into the best,
best part of the nightclub, the rooftop bar. That's Kershaw.
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He's behind that big rope that you're not going to sniff.
Eight six six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is
the phone number. It is really special that it's going
to happen tomorrow night here at Dodgers Stadium. It better happened,
or my All Star Break plans with my family is
going to be train wrecked. You know, at least I'll
go to Milwaukee and then find a way back to
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LA and then take my family out of town. It's
just making things a lot more difficult. But I fully,
I am very confident that Kershaw is going to be
able to strike out three White Sox hitters tomorrow night.
And that's what it's about. It's not about me. It's
about him, it's about his record, it's about his milestone.
And I will go as far as saying I won't
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name this former teammate's name because I don't want to
jinx anything tomorrow night. But one of his former rotation
mates called me today and said, not only is Kershaw
going to get those three strikeouts, He's gonna get them
in the first inning. He predicted striking out the side
in order in the first inning tomorrow night to get
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that three thousand strikeout. How about that? How about that?
Eight six, six, nine, eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number Max months. He has gotten hot in
his last forty games. He has been amazing. But on
this last road trip, Mike Conforto unveiled a new bat
that he was specially fitted for and it looks like
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it's made a big difference from what I understand. It's
a lighter bat and that's a big deal. And also
the dead fish handshake with Michael Conforto took place that
first day in Denver, and then tonight he was part
of that four run, two out rally to give Yamamoto
an early four to nothing lead. Tonight we caught up
with CONFORDO after the game.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
No, it hasn't. It feels great.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
You know.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Obviously, Amas goes out there and gives us a great,
great outing every time, and you know, there's been a
few times we haven't supported him, so to get four
right away was great, and uh, hopefully we keep doing
that for him.
Speaker 7 (08:41):
There's been times this first half where he hit the
ball right on the money and it's spending out. How
good was it to get that flare to drop in
the first inning?
Speaker 5 (08:49):
That was beautiful?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Broke a bat, you know, finally get one to drop
in there, and you know, I think I think better swings.
You know, that tends to happen more. So you know,
just gotta keep putting good swings out there.
Speaker 7 (09:02):
What was happening down the left field line tonight? You
had a lot of action. You had a lot of interaction.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
I had a lot of action out there.
Speaker 6 (09:10):
You know.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
The fans were telling me to die for the one
that hit the pole, so I was like, you want
me to die to hit my teeth on the pole there?
But anyways, man, yeah, just a lot of action out there,
and left and came up with two of them.
Speaker 7 (09:23):
So let's make an official dead fish handshake right here.
Speaker 5 (09:26):
Dead fish, that's happening there.
Speaker 7 (09:27):
It is here we are thanks Mike, all right, I
think that there he goes Michael Confordo with a dead
fish handshake and a brand new bat. Hopefully he got
a few of them because, like you heard him say,
he broke his bat to drive in that run in
the first inning as he helps the Dodgers beat the
White Sox tonight six to one. Show. Hey. O'tani also
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had a big game tonight. He hit his thirtieth home
run of the year, joining Kyle Rawley of the Mariners
and Aaron Judge of the Yankees to be part of
that club. Watson caught up with Otani after the game
on Sports at l A.
Speaker 8 (10:05):
Show, Hey, there's not too much familiarity. When it came
up to facing Shane Smith. What were you seeing from him?
Just to put the incredible swing you had today?
Speaker 9 (10:12):
And I Simpoka, thank well, he's there.
Speaker 5 (10:30):
You know, two at bats he really got me.
Speaker 9 (10:32):
But the third third at battle was able to get
him back. But I think, you know, kudos to Yoshinoba
who really had a great outing today.
Speaker 8 (10:39):
You've already been voted into the All Star Game. To
see Yoshinobu have an All Star performance. To see players
like Andy paj Has, how special would it be for
them to be competing with you.
Speaker 10 (10:48):
In the game, My YOSSI, I'm at the muskokquotus.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
I should have been.
Speaker 9 (11:08):
I really think they both deserve a nod with the
way they're performing. It's just so as much as the
other guys on the team, so very much looking forward
to having a lot of Dodgers on that squad.
Speaker 8 (11:18):
You guys picked it the first win of this series
of congratulations on this one, you guys.
Speaker 6 (11:21):
Would pick work.
Speaker 7 (11:23):
There they are Show Aotani and Will Ireton on sports
Net LA, and yes, Andy pa Has should be part
of the National League All Star Team. He now leads
the Dodgers with fifty seven RBIs after driving in two
more tonight. Max Munsey's second on the team with Shoe
Aotani at fifty five ta Oscar Hernandez at fifty four.
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So Piz certainly deserves a nod on that National League
All Star Team to be part of that outfield, and
Max Munsey deserves to be part of the National League
All Star Team. Who would have thought that after the
first couple of months where you were called to release
Max Mouncy. Here he is in the final phase of
the All Star voting, going up against Manny Machado. I
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am a big advocate for Max Muncy. Outside of San Diego.
I'm not sure how many fans are gonna vote for Machado.
Maybe they will. I know the kids love Machado. He's
very deserving. But there's another position battle for the All
Star not at shortstop, Mookie Bets against Francisco Lindor, and
I'm all about Team Mookie, but I'm a firm believer
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Mookie Bets could benefit by not making the All Star team.
So I am encouraging you to vote for Lindor to
give Mooki a mental and physical break so he can
be rejuvenated for the second half of the season because
he was playing from behind since Tokyo with that illness
that he had that had him drop somewhere between fifteen
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and eighteen pounds. He's been just average as an offensive player.
He hasn't hit a home run in his last nineteen games.
I would love to see Mookie Betch just hang out
by the poll, maybe get a massage during the All
Star break, and be ready to come back for the
second half in the stretch run. Eight six six nine
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eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers
beat the White Sox tonight six to one. Nestor in
La You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi Nestor
pretty good.
Speaker 11 (13:25):
How you doing, David?
Speaker 7 (13:26):
Wonderful, David.
Speaker 12 (13:28):
I'm calling because, like you mentioned earlier, Yoshi's had some
really good showings, really good outings. Saint Louis comes to mine,
Arizona comes to mine. His last game against Colorado came
to mind tonight, comes to mine. How likely do you
think his push for us I Young this year is?
Speaker 7 (13:46):
Oh? I think he's in the mix for sure right now.
But Paul Skeens is doing a pretty good job these days,
so he's gonna have to do a little bit more
to get over that. He'll because there's a lot of
fan for Paul Skeins. Thanks a lot for the phone call.
Eight six six two five seventy is the phone number.
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Let's go out to La Luis. You're on Dodger Talk.
How you doing, Louise.
Speaker 11 (14:12):
Hi, David, I'm a little tired today if I'm working,
but I did see the game, Okay, just one thing
I just wanted to ask because I know like Kershaw's
when he gets he does guys get his three thousand strikeout.
I don't want any any like the like the PA
and like noises like once he.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
Gets the strikeout, like the DJ playing songs and things
like that. I want to hear like the crowd reaction
for like a good two minutes. I don't want to
hear any music or any DJs or like even the
organ I don't want to hear that. I just want
to hear like the crowd reaction, like an ultiool type
of thing.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
Yeah, well I got something for you. If it happens
in the middle of an inning, you're not going to
hear any of that. But if it's happening after an
innings over, you might hear a little music. And what's
wrong with that? DJ Severe is the best, Dieta Rules
the best. But I feel like they have enough feel
and have done this for a long time where they
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are going to allow the crowd to be the soundtrack
to that moment tomorrow night, So you don't have to
worry about that. Louise.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
I always remember with Vince Scully because he will let
like the crowd react and he won't like he would
shut up, honestly, right right.
Speaker 7 (15:33):
That's different calling a game than it is in house entertainment.
So these guys have done it. They've done it in
a classy way, and uh, they understand the moment, so
they won't get in the way of that, Louise. But
we appreciate your concern and your input. I feel like
you just like, instead of emailing the Dodgers, you just
called the show to let them know how you feel.
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So this was like an email phone call.
Speaker 4 (15:59):
Thank you, David say from the heart, I.
Speaker 7 (16:02):
Hear you, Luis, have a good day tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Okay, thank you you too, Thank you so much.
Speaker 7 (16:07):
Hey, my pleasure. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two
five seventy is the phone number. By the way, we
were going back to the strikeouts per nine for Kershaw. Uh,
it would be the fourth best among the players that
have recorded three thousand strikeouts. Max Schurzer, I mean he
is known for being a strikeout pitcher. And how about this,
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when the Dodgers acquired Mac Schuerzer, he was on the
doorstep of three thousand strikeouts and recorded his three thousand
strikeout right here at Dodgers stadium and got a curtain
call from the fans here, and he was barely a
Dodger for a couple of months. That's when we all
believe Max Schurzer was a tough guy. And then we
found out during the NLCS that he was a fake
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tough guy. But at that point in time, we were
throwing flowers at Max Schuzer. So how about this Dodger fans,
if you the standard has been set. You gave a
guy that had been a Dodger for two months a
curtain call after his three thousand strikeout, you better give
Kershaw a curtain call. And then some after he records
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his three thousand strikeout and goes into the dugout. I
want him to come back out and I wanted to
stay out there for a long time if you gave
Max Schuurser a curtain call. So there we go on that. Anyway,
Let's go out to Colorado. Tony, you're on Dodger Talk.
How you doing, Tony?
Speaker 3 (17:33):
How you doing? David? I don't know if you remember us.
My son's on the line too. We met you down
in Kansas City.
Speaker 7 (17:42):
How got I forget Tony and Blake? Yes, I remember
both of you.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Of course, then Blake, nobody has ever.
Speaker 7 (17:49):
Wanted to nobody has ever wanted to meet me as
badly as you and Blake wanted to meet me, Tony.
It made me very awkward.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
Well, I mean, David, you, I mean going down the
slide of Milwaukee. I think you did that to yourself.
But we love you, though.
Speaker 7 (18:06):
Let me ask you a question. Would your son Blake
have wanted to meet me if I went down that
slide and came out of it healthy?
Speaker 3 (18:14):
Ask him yourself.
Speaker 7 (18:15):
He's on the line, Blake, would you have cared if
I went down the slide and didn't get hurt? Would
you really? Would you have wanted to meet me?
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Then?
Speaker 7 (18:24):
That't Oh, thank you, Blake. I appreciate that you love
me for who I am, not for going down that
slide and breaking my ribs and wrist. That means a
lot to me. Hey, go ahead, what do you want
to say?
Speaker 3 (18:41):
No, I'm sorry. What we want to say is what
a great time to be a Dodger fan. I mean,
we have Showhy on our side, we have Clayton going
for three thousand, we have all these Dodgers that are
up for the All Star Game. I mean this, I
can't remember. And I've been a Dodger town for over
forty years. I mean, this is one of the best
times to be a fan.
Speaker 7 (19:00):
No doubt, golden age of Dodger baseball right now, and
you're living it. And all you wanted to do was
meet me.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Hey, no that and I'm saying Blake is very He
hasn't stopped talking about it, have you, Blake?
Speaker 11 (19:13):
No?
Speaker 7 (19:16):
Okay, Thanks Blake. It was great meeting you, Tony. Thanks
a lot for the phone call. We'll see you down
the road. Eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to uh
let's take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When
we come back, we'll check in with Jose Mota and
we'll get his thoughts on Yamamoto. Plus, we have an
update on Blake's now Tyler Glass now Blake Trining and
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also emm it shean. He pitched tonight in Oklahoma City.
We'll let you know how he did, as he should
be on his way back to La Very soon to
pitch in the big leagues, because he certainly is going
to be a big time factor for the Dodgers the
second half of the season. Dodgers beat the White Sox
tonight six to one. I promise Andrew Freeman the show
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Speaker 2 (20:27):
Otani awakes the three to two pitch from Shane Smith.
Speaker 7 (20:30):
Here it comes East wins. It's a high drive to
right field, way back at does and this ball has
got a home run. Show Hey oh.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Tony with a blast his thirtieth of the season and
the Dodgers lead at six to one.
Speaker 7 (20:52):
Show Hey Otani. One of only two Major leaguers to
hit at least thirty home runs in each of the
last five season. He and Aaron Judge had that distinction.
Otani with his thirtieth home run of the year tonight
to help the Dodgers beat the White Sox six to one.
That one coming with two outs in the fourth inning.
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the Dream. Eight six, six, nine, eighty seven two five
seventy is the phone number I was gonna tell you
about Emma Sheehan. He is coming off six perfect innings
and thirteen strikeouts for Oklahoma City. He came back tonight
and was not as perfect as Las Vegas beat Oklahoma
City tonight in Nevada. Sheehan when two and a third innings,
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gave up four earned runs and through fifty nine pitches.
So he obviously had his worst start since coming back
from Tommy John surgery, whether it be in the majors
or minors. But everybody in the Dodger organization is really
excited about Shean and what he could do for them,
not only this year, but moving forward. Kind of feels
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like his next start will be with the Dodgers, so
we'll see whether or not that comes to fruition. Also,
Dave Roberts said, Tyler Glass now is expected to make
his final rehab start this upcoming week. He is expected
to throw seventy five pitches in his next rehab start
and after that could rejoin the Dodger rotation even before
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the All Star break. After the Dodgers close out this
homestand they're going to Milwaukee and San Francisco before the
All Star break. Also good news for our guy Blake Snell.
He is expected to throw to hitters tomorrow, so is
Blake try That'll be the first time those two have
done that exercise, and that's a good sign for both
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of them. Blake Trinon who kind of pulled the ripcord
early where he kind of felt something that didn't feel
right in his forearm when the Dodgers were in Texas.
He did a great job of not trying to push
it because that has given him this opportunity to come
back this season. And Blake's now, I mean, he's letting
it rip and that's why he's able to face hitters tomorrow.
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Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number. Dodgers beat the White Sox tonight six
to one. Let's go out to Mason who is at
Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi, Mason, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 13 (23:43):
How's it going, David?
Speaker 7 (23:44):
Good to be on my pleasure? What's up? Mason?
Speaker 13 (23:49):
I was just curious, what is your opinion of Haithon Kim.
Do you think he has a more permanent place in
the lineup or is he going to continue to be
more of a put him where we need him on
nights where our starters are, you know, taking a break.
Speaker 7 (24:02):
Well, the Dodgers want to give him a little bit
more of an opportunity to play, but I feel like
it's going to be that way. Maybe he'll get more
opportunities at second base since the Dodgers are comfortable now
with Tommy Edmund's right ankle being healthy enough to play
center field, so there could be days that Edmunds in
center and Kim's playing second. Tonight was a scheduled day
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off for Mookie Bets, even before the road trip where
he really didn't come out of this power powerless streak
where he hasn't hit a home run in his last
nineteen games. But you know, I see every team, not
just the White Sox, basically giving Kim the left side
of the infield. I would love for him to maybe
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just slap a ball down there or at least bunt
to get on base, especially when you're hitting ninth in
front of Otani.
Speaker 13 (24:53):
Yeah, I mean, I totally agree. My dad really thinks
moving Paz to right, to Oscar to center and then
Hi fund him play second would be maybe the best future.
But I don't know that's that's his opinion, not mine.
Speaker 7 (25:07):
But sorry, what about my guy Conforto.
Speaker 13 (25:12):
I don't know. I think my dad's kind of wishy
washed young Confordo. I like it more than he does,
but I think that's his opinion more than his mind.
Speaker 7 (25:21):
All right, Well, Conforto Scott between now and July thirty
first to prove that he can get more opportunities in
left field, and he did a good job tonight. I
mean he he hung in there, he hit a high fastball,
broke his bat and drove in a couple of runs
there in the first innings. So that was a big
deal for Conforto coming off a very good road trip.
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All right, let's check in with our guy, Jose Moda.
Speaker 6 (25:46):
It's tough to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 7 (25:51):
All right, Jose Mota. The Dodgers get the win six
to one over the White Sox. And Yama Moto does
it again going seven innings to I felt like this
is what he was supposed to do at the very least.
Speaker 14 (26:05):
Well, you're right, And one thing that I liked the
most was the fact that you know, he didn't overuse
any one pitch. He was able to man they played
the fastball made different ways with a cutter, with the
sinker or the forcing fastball.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
More than anything, David, he wasn't chasing punchells.
Speaker 14 (26:20):
What he did was what I saw that he did
so well, was he was pretty much basing everything out
of the swings. And if there's a time where you
don't have to waste a pitch, because this is an
inexperienced lineup some sorts, then he went out there and
founded the zigne as much as you could, no matter
what account was. So that's why you know this. Guys
like this dis tigers themselves because they can change their
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patterns very quickly without chasing strikecoups. They find the strike
caups because they're strong enough to know where swings would
be amiss, where guys are swinging over the baseball, where
guys are chasing more, where they're taking more about Nonetheless,
it was all about FASTBA comath Tonite.
Speaker 7 (26:58):
Andy pie Has. It feels like he's getting more and
more recognition for the first half he is putting together.
He leads the Dodgers and RBIs now with fifty seven
He's third in the National League with a three eighty
three batting average with runners in scoring position. He actually
told me Jose, everybody's trying to break down why he's
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doing so well and doing uh, you know, snapshots of
his his laid kick or his batting stance. But what
is it about pie Has this year?
Speaker 14 (27:30):
The number one thing is he's getting He caught them
and whatever adjustments he needed to make, he did it
last season towards the end. Carrying into this season. You know,
just keeping the shoulder square was the main thing for
him and getting on top some pitches, laid off some
pitches of repetitions. Dave, you got to stay with guys
and believe in them, and Dave Roberts has done that.
There's no doubt that he has carried out. And pie
(27:52):
Has has told me he is not a big deal
what I'm doing in terms of major justinson just recognizing
which pitches I and with which which is I have
to lay off of uh, not being afraid to take
a walk, and then not forgetting about the other side
of the field. I mean, think about the rbos that
he has and how many balls he's hit a foul
and then he's able to square things up as he
(28:13):
did today by just using his hands in a better way.
He's a smart player who has the right questions. He
gave him a report today. I'm just kid Shane Smith
and was like right on the money and I'm glad
to see that, you know, with the oscars help and
I'm in the confidence he's getting from the staff.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
But he's able to go through and done.
Speaker 7 (28:33):
Hey, that makes sense. I mean he doesn't get enough
credit because obviously he doesn't get in front of the
microphone or the camera as often as other players, but
it makes a lot of sense. He's prepared. He's not
just showing up and getting into the batter's box. He's prepared.
Speaker 14 (28:51):
Right all just got back of anybody and understands what
what concepts he is being toded. One thing young players
for the Dodgers do tell me is from a time
designed on to the tun there in the big leagues,
there's concissius in the messaging for a young player, that's
all you can ask for. If you see a card
that car looks the same as a just the levels,
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it just creates less confusion and what your job is.
And now when you get to a different level in
testing the big leagues, you try to simplify and the
these patterns are going to repeat themselves a little bit more,
including guys we're pitching. That's what has a plant about quite.
Speaker 7 (29:26):
Well, Jose, Before I let you go, If Hayesa on
Kim and everybody wants to see more of Kim, that's fine.
But if you're hitting ninth and you have a chance
to turn the lineup over for Otani and they're giving
you the left side of the infield, are we going
to see Kim learn how to bunt or try to
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bunt more? Because I heard he used to bunt a
lot in Korea, but we just haven't seen it here.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
We have, in fact, I have there never seen anybody
at any level anywhere defan bunt the way the White
fig They have the third basement pretty much alive with
the short supposition and playing in the grass. So if
you've pushed downe a bad bunt, then the third base
line hard you're going to be safe.
Speaker 14 (30:10):
And the one thing I asked him about Korea, and
I asked some of his teammates in Korea, Toui, but
his team, they were not allowed to butt a whole lot.
He goes, No, we couldn't bun a whole lot because
they wanted us to slug ball and try to get based,
because we had a lot of guys that pretty much
performed the same way. And I'm like, Okay, that makes
a lot of sense. But at times, I think it's
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going to have to be part of his game because
the man can fly with even with a normal, regular bunt,
with a mediocre bun, he's going to put a lot
of pressure on people to whether to try to get
him out. So yeah, at some point I think it
should be part of his game. And certainly the White
Soxx know something that we didn't know about because they
were totally trying to take it away. But to be
in the wrong way.
Speaker 7 (30:50):
All right, Hose, We'll check in with you. Tomorrow should
be a very special night here at Dodger Stadium with
Clayton Kershaw expected to reach that three thousand strike strikeout plateau.
Speaker 14 (31:02):
It's a day when we all become fans.
Speaker 7 (31:04):
It's today, no doubt, that's right. Thanks a lot, Jose,
appreciate Jose Mota checking in from parts unknown. All right,
that'll do it for us. On Dodger Talk tonight Tomorrow,
Kershaw Day and a special one. Three strikeouts away from
three thousand in his career. He's four and oh this
season with an ERA three zero three, coming off a
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great start in Denver where he only threw sixty nine pitches,
the fewest amount of pitches that he has thrown in
a start this year, and the other was twenty something
where it was a rain delay. So he was so
effective that he probably could have gone back out for
another inning in Denver. But kind of feels like everybody
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wanted this to happen here and here he is just
three strikeouts away from three thousand against the Chicago White Sox,
who was throwing out Sean Burke four and with an
ERA of four to twenty two. Morongo Casino Dodgers on
Decks begins at six o'clock tomorrow with first pitch at
seven ten. Right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.
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Rick Monday and Tim Neverett will be on the call
tomorrow night right here on Dodgers Radio. Thanks to Dwayne
McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to our
broadcast intern Dylan Knight who hung out for a while postgame,
didn't just stay for the game, appreciate that. Thanks to
Colin Ye back at our Burbank studios, and thanks to
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you for listening. In case you missed any of the show,
you can find it on the iHeartRadio app once again.
The final score tonight from Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers defeat
the White Sox six to one. Have a great rest
of your night. See y
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David Vasse.
Speaker 7 (00:47):
Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Basse with you until eleven
o'clock tonight at eight six six nine eight seven two
five seventy. The Dodgers defeat the White Sox tonight by
a final score of six to one behind a really
good performance from Yamamoto, who went seven innings tonight and
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had eight strikeouts, allowing just one urn run and only
walked one batter, which allowed him to throw ninety eight
pitches in seven innings. Yamamoto has done that three times
this year for the Dodgers, and three out of the
four times a Dodgers starter has gone seven innings, it's
been Yamamoto. The other was Clayton Kershaw on the last
(01:30):
home stand against the Giants. So Yamamoto has been outstanding.
I know there's been a couple of bumps in the
road last month, but for the most part, he's been
really good for the Dodgers since the beginning of the season.
And if you look at Yamamoto's last start in Denver,
he should have been well rested for this game, and
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he should have been expected to go seven innings, if
not go eight, because he was washed out after five
scoreless in Denver because of an hour plus rain delay.
So he with the extra day of rest, with his
last start going short, I mean, I was expecting this.
Anything short of this would have been disappointing. So basically,
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Yamamoto did his job tonight. And he's fun to watch
because he may only grip his pitches two different ways,
but he certainly shapes them in a lot of different ways.
He's got the fastball, obviously, he's got the split fingered fastball.
He's got the curveball, he's got the cutter, he's got
(02:36):
the two seam fastball, and he only threw his slider
twice tonight. So it's fun to watch him pitch because
he's not just using brute force to beat hitters. He's
actually pitching and throwing ninety six and then taking something
off or just dotting the inside or the outside part
of the plates. He's really fun to watch, and certainly
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it was fun to watch him pitch tonight and give
the White Sox more than they can handle, because the
White Sox are the worst team record wise in the
American League. Again. They set the record for most losses
in a season in baseball history last year with one
hundred and twenty one, which sets up nicely for Clayton
(03:22):
Kershaw tomorrow night, as he is on the verge of
three thousand strikeouts in his career. And if you look
at Kershaw, it's one thing to have three thousand strikeouts,
and yes, he is going to join a very distinguished
list of Hall of Famers and great pitchers in baseball history.
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But when you look at Kershawn, how many innings and
I know he's been self deprecating saying that it's taking
longer than he thought it would. And it's true. If
he didn't have these significant injuries, he probably would have
been there to or three years ago. But even with
all that being said, at this point in time, he's
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only thrown two thousand, seven hundred and eighty one innings
and he's three strikeouts away from three thousand. The guy
that's right ahead of him at three thousand and eighty
four strikeouts, John Smoltz. It took him over three thousand
innings to get three thousand strikeouts. Thirty four hundred seventy
(04:29):
three innings pitch for Smoltz, and he has three thousand
and eighty four. So just keep that in mind as
well if you're listening to the game tomorrow night, or
if you're here at Dodgers Stadium. Kershaw Yes is going
to join a nineteen other pitchers in baseball history that
have recorded three thousand strikeouts in their career. But he
(04:52):
has done it quicker and in less innings than these
other pitchers. His strikeouts per nine is at in his career,
a lot of these guys are at like six or
seven strikeouts per nine innings, So you know, you look
at a guy like Phil nkro who's thirteenth on the
list all time took him over five thousand innings. I mean,
(05:14):
he's had fifty four hundred innings and has thirty three
hundred strikeouts. So you got to keep that in mind
as well, that he is doing this quicker than most
of these pictures on this list, and that I mean,
obviously he's a Hall of Fame pitcher. But in my mind,
and I've never been to Cooperstown, but in my Hall
(05:35):
of Fame mind, the way I envision it, there is
the elite of the elite in Cooperstown and there's the rest.
I mean to me, there's at least two or three
tiers now in the Hall of Fame. And when Clayton
Krushaw makes his speech in Cooperstown one day, he's gonna
be in Tier one in my mind. And I'm not
(05:57):
just saying that because I host Dodger and I've been
around him for his entire career. I'm saying that because
that's the facts, Jack. And you know, now they let
guys like Harold Baines in, So I mean, come on,
Bill Mazeroski, I mean, give me a break. So in
my mind there are different tiers, and I know it's
(06:17):
so LA right. You get into an exclusive club and
you're like, wait a minute, this isn't what I thought
it would be. No, No, there's another rope right there,
and then you're behind that rope and you're like, uh wait,
I'm not in that tier either. I got to go
to the other bouncer to try to get into the best,
best part of the nightclub, the rooftop bar. That's Kershaw.
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He's behind that big rope that you're not going to sniff.
Eight six six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is
the phone number. It is really special that it's going
to happen tomorrow night here at Dodgers Stadium. It better happened,
or my All Star Break plans with my family is
going to be train wrecked. You know, at least I'll
go to Milwaukee and then find a way back to
(07:01):
LA and then take my family out of town. It's
just making things a lot more difficult. But I fully,
I am very confident that Kershaw is going to be
able to strike out three White Sox hitters tomorrow night.
And that's what it's about. It's not about me. It's
about him, it's about his record, it's about his milestone.
And I will go as far as saying I won't
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name this former teammate's name because I don't want to
jinx anything tomorrow night. But one of his former rotation
mates called me today and said, not only is Kershaw
going to get those three strikeouts, He's gonna get them
in the first inning. He predicted striking out the side
in order in the first inning tomorrow night to get
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that three thousand strikeout. How about that? How about that?
Eight six, six, nine, eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number Max months. He has gotten hot in
his last forty games. He has been amazing. But on
this last road trip, Mike Conforto unveiled a new bat
that he was specially fitted for and it looks like
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it's made a big difference from what I understand. It's
a lighter bat and that's a big deal. And also
the dead fish handshake with Michael Conforto took place that
first day in Denver, and then tonight he was part
of that four run, two out rally to give Yamamoto
an early four to nothing lead. Tonight we caught up
with CONFORDO after the game.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
No, it hasn't. It feels great.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
You know.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Obviously, Amas goes out there and gives us a great,
great outing every time, and you know, there's been a
few times we haven't supported him, so to get four
right away was great, and uh, hopefully we keep doing
that for him.
Speaker 7 (08:41):
There's been times this first half where he hit the
ball right on the money and it's spending out. How
good was it to get that flare to drop in
the first inning?
Speaker 5 (08:49):
That was beautiful?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Broke a bat, you know, finally get one to drop
in there, and you know, I think I think better swings.
You know, that tends to happen more. So you know,
just gotta keep putting good swings out there.
Speaker 7 (09:02):
What was happening down the left field line tonight? You
had a lot of action. You had a lot of interaction.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
I had a lot of action out there.
Speaker 6 (09:10):
You know.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
The fans were telling me to die for the one
that hit the pole, so I was like, you want
me to die to hit my teeth on the pole there?
But anyways, man, yeah, just a lot of action out there,
and left and came up with two of them.
Speaker 7 (09:23):
So let's make an official dead fish handshake right here.
Speaker 5 (09:26):
Dead fish, that's happening there.
Speaker 7 (09:27):
It is here we are thanks Mike, all right, I
think that there he goes Michael Confordo with a dead
fish handshake and a brand new bat. Hopefully he got
a few of them because, like you heard him say,
he broke his bat to drive in that run in
the first inning as he helps the Dodgers beat the
White Sox tonight six to one. Show. Hey. O'tani also
(09:50):
had a big game tonight. He hit his thirtieth home
run of the year, joining Kyle Rawley of the Mariners
and Aaron Judge of the Yankees to be part of
that club. Watson caught up with Otani after the game
on Sports at l A.
Speaker 8 (10:05):
Show, Hey, there's not too much familiarity. When it came
up to facing Shane Smith. What were you seeing from him?
Just to put the incredible swing you had today?
Speaker 9 (10:12):
And I Simpoka, thank well, he's there.
Speaker 5 (10:30):
You know, two at bats he really got me.
Speaker 9 (10:32):
But the third third at battle was able to get
him back. But I think, you know, kudos to Yoshinoba
who really had a great outing today.
Speaker 8 (10:39):
You've already been voted into the All Star Game. To
see Yoshinobu have an All Star performance. To see players
like Andy paj Has, how special would it be for
them to be competing with you.
Speaker 10 (10:48):
In the game, My YOSSI, I'm at the muskokquotus.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
I should have been.
Speaker 9 (11:08):
I really think they both deserve a nod with the
way they're performing. It's just so as much as the
other guys on the team, so very much looking forward
to having a lot of Dodgers on that squad.
Speaker 8 (11:18):
You guys picked it the first win of this series
of congratulations on this one, you guys.
Speaker 6 (11:21):
Would pick work.
Speaker 7 (11:23):
There they are Show Aotani and Will Ireton on sports
Net LA, and yes, Andy pa Has should be part
of the National League All Star Team. He now leads
the Dodgers with fifty seven RBIs after driving in two
more tonight. Max Munsey's second on the team with Shoe
Aotani at fifty five ta Oscar Hernandez at fifty four.
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So Piz certainly deserves a nod on that National League
All Star Team to be part of that outfield, and
Max Munsey deserves to be part of the National League
All Star Team. Who would have thought that after the
first couple of months where you were called to release
Max Mouncy. Here he is in the final phase of
the All Star voting, going up against Manny Machado. I
(12:07):
am a big advocate for Max Muncy. Outside of San Diego.
I'm not sure how many fans are gonna vote for Machado.
Maybe they will. I know the kids love Machado. He's
very deserving. But there's another position battle for the All
Star not at shortstop, Mookie Bets against Francisco Lindor, and
I'm all about Team Mookie, but I'm a firm believer
(12:30):
Mookie Bets could benefit by not making the All Star team.
So I am encouraging you to vote for Lindor to
give Mooki a mental and physical break so he can
be rejuvenated for the second half of the season because
he was playing from behind since Tokyo with that illness
that he had that had him drop somewhere between fifteen
(12:53):
and eighteen pounds. He's been just average as an offensive player.
He hasn't hit a home run in his last nineteen games.
I would love to see Mookie Betch just hang out
by the poll, maybe get a massage during the All
Star break, and be ready to come back for the
second half in the stretch run. Eight six six nine
(13:13):
eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers
beat the White Sox tonight six to one. Nestor in
La You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi Nestor
pretty good.
Speaker 11 (13:25):
How you doing, David?
Speaker 7 (13:26):
Wonderful, David.
Speaker 12 (13:28):
I'm calling because, like you mentioned earlier, Yoshi's had some
really good showings, really good outings. Saint Louis comes to mine,
Arizona comes to mine. His last game against Colorado came
to mind tonight, comes to mine. How likely do you
think his push for us I Young this year is?
Speaker 7 (13:46):
Oh? I think he's in the mix for sure right now.
But Paul Skeens is doing a pretty good job these days,
so he's gonna have to do a little bit more
to get over that. He'll because there's a lot of
fan for Paul Skeins. Thanks a lot for the phone call.
Eight six six two five seventy is the phone number.
(14:07):
Let's go out to La Luis. You're on Dodger Talk.
How you doing, Louise.
Speaker 11 (14:12):
Hi, David, I'm a little tired today if I'm working,
but I did see the game, Okay, just one thing
I just wanted to ask because I know like Kershaw's
when he gets he does guys get his three thousand strikeout.
I don't want any any like the like the PA
and like noises like once he.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
Gets the strikeout, like the DJ playing songs and things
like that. I want to hear like the crowd reaction
for like a good two minutes. I don't want to
hear any music or any DJs or like even the
organ I don't want to hear that. I just want
to hear like the crowd reaction, like an ultiool type
of thing.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
Yeah, well I got something for you. If it happens
in the middle of an inning, you're not going to
hear any of that. But if it's happening after an
innings over, you might hear a little music. And what's
wrong with that? DJ Severe is the best, Dieta Rules
the best. But I feel like they have enough feel
and have done this for a long time where they
(15:14):
are going to allow the crowd to be the soundtrack
to that moment tomorrow night, So you don't have to
worry about that. Louise.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
I always remember with Vince Scully because he will let
like the crowd react and he won't like he would
shut up, honestly, right right.
Speaker 7 (15:33):
That's different calling a game than it is in house entertainment.
So these guys have done it. They've done it in
a classy way, and uh, they understand the moment, so
they won't get in the way of that, Louise. But
we appreciate your concern and your input. I feel like
you just like, instead of emailing the Dodgers, you just
called the show to let them know how you feel.
(15:55):
So this was like an email phone call.
Speaker 4 (15:59):
Thank you, David say from the heart, I.
Speaker 7 (16:02):
Hear you, Luis, have a good day tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Okay, thank you you too, Thank you so much.
Speaker 7 (16:07):
Hey, my pleasure. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two
five seventy is the phone number. By the way, we
were going back to the strikeouts per nine for Kershaw. Uh,
it would be the fourth best among the players that
have recorded three thousand strikeouts. Max Schurzer, I mean he
is known for being a strikeout pitcher. And how about this,
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when the Dodgers acquired Mac Schuerzer, he was on the
doorstep of three thousand strikeouts and recorded his three thousand
strikeout right here at Dodgers stadium and got a curtain
call from the fans here, and he was barely a
Dodger for a couple of months. That's when we all
believe Max Schurzer was a tough guy. And then we
found out during the NLCS that he was a fake
(16:51):
tough guy. But at that point in time, we were
throwing flowers at Max Schuzer. So how about this Dodger fans,
if you the standard has been set. You gave a
guy that had been a Dodger for two months a
curtain call after his three thousand strikeout, you better give
Kershaw a curtain call. And then some after he records
(17:13):
his three thousand strikeout and goes into the dugout. I
want him to come back out and I wanted to
stay out there for a long time if you gave
Max Schuurser a curtain call. So there we go on that. Anyway,
Let's go out to Colorado. Tony, you're on Dodger Talk.
How you doing, Tony?
Speaker 3 (17:33):
How you doing? David? I don't know if you remember us.
My son's on the line too. We met you down
in Kansas City.
Speaker 7 (17:42):
How got I forget Tony and Blake? Yes, I remember
both of you.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Of course, then Blake, nobody has ever.
Speaker 7 (17:49):
Wanted to nobody has ever wanted to meet me as
badly as you and Blake wanted to meet me, Tony.
It made me very awkward.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
Well, I mean, David, you, I mean going down the
slide of Milwaukee. I think you did that to yourself.
But we love you, though.
Speaker 7 (18:06):
Let me ask you a question. Would your son Blake
have wanted to meet me if I went down that
slide and came out of it healthy?
Speaker 3 (18:14):
Ask him yourself.
Speaker 7 (18:15):
He's on the line, Blake, would you have cared if
I went down the slide and didn't get hurt? Would
you really? Would you have wanted to meet me?
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Then?
Speaker 7 (18:24):
That't Oh, thank you, Blake. I appreciate that you love
me for who I am, not for going down that
slide and breaking my ribs and wrist. That means a
lot to me. Hey, go ahead, what do you want
to say?
Speaker 3 (18:41):
No, I'm sorry. What we want to say is what
a great time to be a Dodger fan. I mean,
we have Showhy on our side, we have Clayton going
for three thousand, we have all these Dodgers that are
up for the All Star Game. I mean this, I
can't remember. And I've been a Dodger town for over
forty years. I mean, this is one of the best
times to be a fan.
Speaker 7 (19:00):
No doubt, golden age of Dodger baseball right now, and
you're living it. And all you wanted to do was
meet me.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Hey, no that and I'm saying Blake is very He
hasn't stopped talking about it, have you, Blake?
Speaker 11 (19:13):
No?
Speaker 7 (19:16):
Okay, Thanks Blake. It was great meeting you, Tony. Thanks
a lot for the phone call. We'll see you down
the road. Eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to uh
let's take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When
we come back, we'll check in with Jose Mota and
we'll get his thoughts on Yamamoto. Plus, we have an
update on Blake's now Tyler Glass now Blake Trining and
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also emm it shean. He pitched tonight in Oklahoma City.
We'll let you know how he did, as he should
be on his way back to La Very soon to
pitch in the big leagues, because he certainly is going
to be a big time factor for the Dodgers the
second half of the season. Dodgers beat the White Sox
tonight six to one. I promise Andrew Freeman the show
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Speaker 6 (20:13):
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Speaker 2 (20:27):
Otani awakes the three to two pitch from Shane Smith.
Speaker 7 (20:30):
Here it comes East wins. It's a high drive to
right field, way back at does and this ball has
got a home run. Show Hey oh.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Tony with a blast his thirtieth of the season and
the Dodgers lead at six to one.
Speaker 7 (20:52):
Show Hey Otani. One of only two Major leaguers to
hit at least thirty home runs in each of the
last five season. He and Aaron Judge had that distinction.
Otani with his thirtieth home run of the year tonight
to help the Dodgers beat the White Sox six to one.
That one coming with two outs in the fourth inning.
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the Dream. Eight six, six, nine, eighty seven two five
seventy is the phone number I was gonna tell you
about Emma Sheehan. He is coming off six perfect innings
and thirteen strikeouts for Oklahoma City. He came back tonight
and was not as perfect as Las Vegas beat Oklahoma
City tonight in Nevada. Sheehan when two and a third innings,
(21:58):
gave up four earned runs and through fifty nine pitches.
So he obviously had his worst start since coming back
from Tommy John surgery, whether it be in the majors
or minors. But everybody in the Dodger organization is really
excited about Shean and what he could do for them,
not only this year, but moving forward. Kind of feels
(22:22):
like his next start will be with the Dodgers, so
we'll see whether or not that comes to fruition. Also,
Dave Roberts said, Tyler Glass now is expected to make
his final rehab start this upcoming week. He is expected
to throw seventy five pitches in his next rehab start
and after that could rejoin the Dodger rotation even before
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the All Star break. After the Dodgers close out this
homestand they're going to Milwaukee and San Francisco before the
All Star break. Also good news for our guy Blake Snell.
He is expected to throw to hitters tomorrow, so is
Blake try That'll be the first time those two have
done that exercise, and that's a good sign for both
(23:06):
of them. Blake Trinon who kind of pulled the ripcord
early where he kind of felt something that didn't feel
right in his forearm when the Dodgers were in Texas.
He did a great job of not trying to push
it because that has given him this opportunity to come
back this season. And Blake's now, I mean, he's letting
it rip and that's why he's able to face hitters tomorrow.
(23:29):
Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
the phone number. Dodgers beat the White Sox tonight six
to one. Let's go out to Mason who is at
Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi, Mason, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 13 (23:43):
How's it going, David?
Speaker 7 (23:44):
Good to be on my pleasure? What's up? Mason?
Speaker 13 (23:49):
I was just curious, what is your opinion of Haithon Kim.
Do you think he has a more permanent place in
the lineup or is he going to continue to be
more of a put him where we need him on
nights where our starters are, you know, taking a break.
Speaker 7 (24:02):
Well, the Dodgers want to give him a little bit
more of an opportunity to play, but I feel like
it's going to be that way. Maybe he'll get more
opportunities at second base since the Dodgers are comfortable now
with Tommy Edmund's right ankle being healthy enough to play
center field, so there could be days that Edmunds in
center and Kim's playing second. Tonight was a scheduled day
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off for Mookie Bets, even before the road trip where
he really didn't come out of this power powerless streak
where he hasn't hit a home run in his last
nineteen games. But you know, I see every team, not
just the White Sox, basically giving Kim the left side
of the infield. I would love for him to maybe
(24:46):
just slap a ball down there or at least bunt
to get on base, especially when you're hitting ninth in
front of Otani.
Speaker 13 (24:53):
Yeah, I mean, I totally agree. My dad really thinks
moving Paz to right, to Oscar to center and then
Hi fund him play second would be maybe the best future.
But I don't know that's that's his opinion, not mine.
Speaker 7 (25:07):
But sorry, what about my guy Conforto.
Speaker 13 (25:12):
I don't know. I think my dad's kind of wishy
washed young Confordo. I like it more than he does,
but I think that's his opinion more than his mind.
Speaker 7 (25:21):
All right, Well, Conforto Scott between now and July thirty
first to prove that he can get more opportunities in
left field, and he did a good job tonight. I
mean he he hung in there, he hit a high fastball,
broke his bat and drove in a couple of runs
there in the first innings. So that was a big
deal for Conforto coming off a very good road trip.
(25:42):
All right, let's check in with our guy, Jose Moda.
Speaker 6 (25:46):
It's tough to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 7 (25:51):
All right, Jose Mota. The Dodgers get the win six
to one over the White Sox. And Yama Moto does
it again going seven innings to I felt like this
is what he was supposed to do at the very least.
Speaker 14 (26:05):
Well, you're right, And one thing that I liked the
most was the fact that you know, he didn't overuse
any one pitch. He was able to man they played
the fastball made different ways with a cutter, with the
sinker or the forcing fastball.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
More than anything, David, he wasn't chasing punchells.
Speaker 14 (26:20):
What he did was what I saw that he did
so well, was he was pretty much basing everything out
of the swings. And if there's a time where you
don't have to waste a pitch, because this is an
inexperienced lineup some sorts, then he went out there and
founded the zigne as much as you could, no matter
what account was. So that's why you know this. Guys
like this dis tigers themselves because they can change their
(26:42):
patterns very quickly without chasing strikecoups. They find the strike
caups because they're strong enough to know where swings would
be amiss, where guys are swinging over the baseball, where
guys are chasing more, where they're taking more about Nonetheless,
it was all about FASTBA comath Tonite.
Speaker 7 (26:58):
Andy pie Has. It feels like he's getting more and
more recognition for the first half he is putting together.
He leads the Dodgers and RBIs now with fifty seven
He's third in the National League with a three eighty
three batting average with runners in scoring position. He actually
told me Jose, everybody's trying to break down why he's
(27:19):
doing so well and doing uh, you know, snapshots of
his his laid kick or his batting stance. But what
is it about pie Has this year?
Speaker 14 (27:30):
The number one thing is he's getting He caught them
and whatever adjustments he needed to make, he did it
last season towards the end. Carrying into this season. You know,
just keeping the shoulder square was the main thing for
him and getting on top some pitches, laid off some
pitches of repetitions. Dave, you got to stay with guys
and believe in them, and Dave Roberts has done that.
There's no doubt that he has carried out. And pie
(27:52):
Has has told me he is not a big deal
what I'm doing in terms of major justinson just recognizing
which pitches I and with which which is I have
to lay off of uh, not being afraid to take
a walk, and then not forgetting about the other side
of the field. I mean, think about the rbos that
he has and how many balls he's hit a foul
and then he's able to square things up as he
(28:13):
did today by just using his hands in a better way.
He's a smart player who has the right questions. He
gave him a report today. I'm just kid Shane Smith
and was like right on the money and I'm glad
to see that, you know, with the oscars help and
I'm in the confidence he's getting from the staff.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
But he's able to go through and done.
Speaker 7 (28:33):
Hey, that makes sense. I mean he doesn't get enough
credit because obviously he doesn't get in front of the
microphone or the camera as often as other players, but
it makes a lot of sense. He's prepared. He's not
just showing up and getting into the batter's box. He's prepared.
Speaker 14 (28:51):
Right all just got back of anybody and understands what
what concepts he is being toded. One thing young players
for the Dodgers do tell me is from a time
designed on to the tun there in the big leagues,
there's concissius in the messaging for a young player, that's
all you can ask for. If you see a card
that car looks the same as a just the levels,
(29:13):
it just creates less confusion and what your job is.
And now when you get to a different level in
testing the big leagues, you try to simplify and the
these patterns are going to repeat themselves a little bit more,
including guys we're pitching. That's what has a plant about quite.
Speaker 7 (29:26):
Well, Jose, Before I let you go, If Hayesa on
Kim and everybody wants to see more of Kim, that's fine.
But if you're hitting ninth and you have a chance
to turn the lineup over for Otani and they're giving
you the left side of the infield, are we going
to see Kim learn how to bunt or try to
(29:47):
bunt more? Because I heard he used to bunt a
lot in Korea, but we just haven't seen it here.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
We have, in fact, I have there never seen anybody
at any level anywhere defan bunt the way the White
fig They have the third basement pretty much alive with
the short supposition and playing in the grass. So if
you've pushed downe a bad bunt, then the third base
line hard you're going to be safe.
Speaker 14 (30:10):
And the one thing I asked him about Korea, and
I asked some of his teammates in Korea, Toui, but
his team, they were not allowed to butt a whole lot.
He goes, No, we couldn't bun a whole lot because
they wanted us to slug ball and try to get based,
because we had a lot of guys that pretty much
performed the same way. And I'm like, Okay, that makes
a lot of sense. But at times, I think it's
(30:31):
going to have to be part of his game because
the man can fly with even with a normal, regular bunt,
with a mediocre bun, he's going to put a lot
of pressure on people to whether to try to get
him out. So yeah, at some point I think it
should be part of his game. And certainly the White
Soxx know something that we didn't know about because they
were totally trying to take it away. But to be
in the wrong way.
Speaker 7 (30:50):
All right, Hose, We'll check in with you. Tomorrow should
be a very special night here at Dodger Stadium with
Clayton Kershaw expected to reach that three thousand strike strikeout plateau.
Speaker 14 (31:02):
It's a day when we all become fans.
Speaker 7 (31:04):
It's today, no doubt, that's right. Thanks a lot, Jose,
appreciate Jose Mota checking in from parts unknown. All right,
that'll do it for us. On Dodger Talk tonight Tomorrow,
Kershaw Day and a special one. Three strikeouts away from
three thousand in his career. He's four and oh this
season with an ERA three zero three, coming off a
(31:28):
great start in Denver where he only threw sixty nine pitches,
the fewest amount of pitches that he has thrown in
a start this year, and the other was twenty something
where it was a rain delay. So he was so
effective that he probably could have gone back out for
another inning in Denver. But kind of feels like everybody
(31:50):
wanted this to happen here and here he is just
three strikeouts away from three thousand against the Chicago White Sox,
who was throwing out Sean Burke four and with an
ERA of four to twenty two. Morongo Casino Dodgers on
Decks begins at six o'clock tomorrow with first pitch at
seven ten. Right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.
(32:11):
Rick Monday and Tim Neverett will be on the call
tomorrow night right here on Dodgers Radio. Thanks to Dwayne
McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to our
broadcast intern Dylan Knight who hung out for a while postgame,
didn't just stay for the game, appreciate that. Thanks to
Colin Ye back at our Burbank studios, and thanks to
(32:34):
you for listening. In case you missed any of the show,
you can find it on the iHeartRadio app once again.
The final score tonight from Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers defeat
the White Sox six to one. Have a great rest
of your night. See y
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