September 28, 2025 • 30 mins
DV takes your calls after the Dodgers beat the Mariners, 5-3. Blake Treinen talks to the media after striking out the side in the 7th. DV and the callers share their favorite Clayton Kershaw memories.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
One thing about this team is the invisible and tangibles
that they have. This teen is really becoming a family.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Let's not play one on too.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Let's I love writing these guys after the shows and
just thank you me are.
Speaker 4 (00:15):
Your attention, your fire.
Speaker 5 (00:17):
This is world champion Dodgers, world champion thing.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
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what they want to die to in a row two
is special. I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache one
of a con. This ball's gone. You ready to go
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Speaker 5 (00:36):
On the show called eight six six nine eighty seven
two five seven. I'll come to the show and now
your host of Dodger Talk, David Basse.
Speaker 6 (00:47):
Welcome to Dodger Talk David vas Say live at T
Mobile Park in Seattle. After the Dodgers beat the Mariners
tonight five to three, thrilling ninth inning for the Dodgers
as keyk Hernandez hits a go ahead two run double
off of one of the best closers in baseball Andres
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Munios and the Dodgers relievers heading into the postseason on
an emphatic note. Blake Trinan in the seventh inning, Alex
Vesia in the eighth inning and Edgardo Enriquez in the
ninth inning, closed out the game, striking out nine consecutive Mariners.
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That has never happened to finish the game in the
modern era of Major League Baseball. How about that nine
straight strikeouts and Blake trying to look phenomenal tonight He
pitched a scoreless seventh inning after he competed in the
eighth last night. And Alex Vesia, who if if you
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take a look at Alex Vesia's playoff performances, he is
the relief pitcher version of keyk Hernandez.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
And the ninth inning, it was great to see a
Guardo and Riquez.
Speaker 6 (02:01):
Be in that type of environment and be able to
strike out cal Riley, Randia, Rose Arena and Julio Rodriguez.
I mean, that was that was pretty impressive by the
Dodgers and by Blake Trining as well. Blake Trining in fact,
struck out those hitters in the eighth inning. And Blake
Trenon was our pregame guest before the game today and
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he just had a different feel about himself, more confidence
about himself, and he was able to strike out Suarez
Dominic Canzoni and Luke Raley, and you know, for the
Dodgers it was it was pretty impressive.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
I'm sorry. Tryon struck out a Rose Arena.
Speaker 6 (02:43):
Cal Raley and Julio Rodriguez and Jorge Polanco, and then
in the eighth inning, Vesia struck out Suarez, Canzoni and
Luke Raley. And then in the ninth inning, at Guardo
and Riquez struck out Leo Rivas, Harry Ford and Randia
Rose Arena nine straight strikeouts to close out the game.
Let's head downstairs right now to here from Blake trying
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on Sports at LA.
Speaker 7 (03:08):
I think we're just obviously getting closer to the playoffs,
and you can kind of feel these last two weeks,
albeit not always like smooth, the intensity is ramped up,
and you know, playing the Giants team that's competing for
a playoff spot, Philly being a great team that they are,
Arizona now here obviously one of the hottest teams in
the American League. So I think just trying to heighten
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your senses of execution. Super grateful, you know that outing
went the way it did for a lot of our guys,
and our offense was great, you know, getting big hits
and we needed it, and especially shortening the game there
at the end. So yeah, I think it just seems
like all of us, myself included, that there's just a
little bit more focus. Not that I'm not explained it,
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not that there was a lack of focus before, but
maybe just another added sense of intensity looking.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
To finish hitters.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
Was there anything that either adjustments that you made or
that you've seen that you were able to do tonight.
Speaker 7 (04:04):
I don't know. I don't know. It's nice to smile
after a game and say that, so, but I think
the biggest takeaway that we've had is, you know, the
stuff's been good. It's more or less getting pitches to
the right spot, and tonight we did, so we'll just
build off it. Yeah, that's the confidence of a bullpen
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group kind of swing, especially as you get closer to
the playoffs and more guys start kind of having success
like they have the last couple of days. Well in
years past, I've always believe that anytime anybody gets on
a run, it's because you've had a couple of things
go your way and you're executing, and then like success
breeds more confidence, which breeds more success. And then you
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just write it as long as you can and if
this is step one for us, then great. I feel
like we've been honestly pitching and competing really well lately,
but as a collective group, this one was pretty awesome.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Is this something you guys felt last share as a
bullpen in the postseason? Just building off of that success
with each outing, I.
Speaker 7 (05:05):
Think we were at a place of desperation, you know,
like you don't really want to go home, and you
feel like we were too good to go home, really,
and you're playing a division rival, And when we played
the Padres, I think it just allowed us to see
how how focused you can get for a situation, how
to minimize the surroundings. And you know, they're arguably the
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best team in the playoffs. Yankees also up there. I mean,
all the teams we faced are really good, but they
were arguably the most complete team we faced. So when
we saw what our guys were able to do, I
think that gave us a confidence maight before Yeah, all.
Speaker 6 (05:42):
Right, there's Blake trying to post game on sports In
at LA. He got a little bit more in depth
about his own personal struggles and how he's come out
on the other side of it, and tonight he was
part of striking out the final nine batters that the
Dodger bullpen faced trying to striking out the side in
the seventh, Vesia striking out the side in the eighth,
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and Riquez striking out the side in the ninth for
his first save of the season, and the Dodgers beat
the Mariners tonight five to three. Now, the playoffs start
on Tuesday at Dodgers Stadium, and we do have a
pair of tickets to give away for Game one of
the Wildcard Series at some point during Dodger Talk tonight,
And keep listening to AM five seventy LA Sports, your
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home for Dodger Baseball, because on Monday we will be
giving away tickets every hour on Rogan and Rodney Petro
some money Dan Patrick to Tuesday's game as well. But
we do have the first pair of tickets to give
away tonight. I want to hear some of your great
Kershaw stories as we are on the eve of Kershaw's
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final regular season start tomorrow afternoon here in Seattle, And
as far as Tuesday goes, here's what the Dodgers may
be facing. They don't know their opponent yet, Will it
be the Reds, will it be the Mets. They both
won today, so tomorrow here's the scenario. The Reds can
clinch the final wildcard spot with a win in Milwaukee.
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It's gonna be tough. They're facing Freddy Peralta. I don't
know how long they're going to pitch Freddy Peralta. They
have Brady Singer, who's been pretty good for the Reds
lately on the mound, or the Reds can get to
Dodger Stadium with the Mets losing in Miami, win or
lose for the Reds. If the Mets lose, the Reds
are in for the Mets. They can get to Dodger
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Stadium with a win tomorrow and a Reds loss.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
So that's how it works out.
Speaker 6 (07:41):
The Mets will be at Dodger Stadium if they win
tomorrow and the Reds lose.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
The Reds control their own destiny.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
All they have to do is win and nothing in
Miami will matter to them. For the Mets, Sean Mania
will be on the mound against Edward Cabrera. Eight nine
eighty seven seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
to Josh and Ontario. You're on Dodger Talk Live from Seattle.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
Hi, Josh, Hey Dave.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
How are we going.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Great? It's been a great couple of days here in Seattle.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Yeah. I was actually gonna call for some key gig concerns,
but on the spirit of the Kershaw eve, I wanted
to tell the story.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
But that's okay, Sure, I'm not guaranteeing tickets, though.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I want to share it. I think it's a cool story.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
All right, let's see it.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Actually it was in the twenty eleven. It was back
in the day when before like the spring train would
get sover full. But it was only probably like five
of us, Like I'm still watching them the pictures, like
they were in a group, and I remember they were
switching fields. I think they were gonna go practice Bunny.
And I remember the the It was before they had
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the renovations now that it's more like it's more luxury
now these days. But they had the fence locked and
they couldn't get to the other field. And I remember
it was it was probably like a group of like
ten pitchers, And I remember Kershaw was the first one
that threw his glove over the fence. It was trying
to jump over the fence, and all the five people
that were there were telling them, no, don't do it, like,
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don't do it, We don't want to rescue you it
get injured. And I remember I was filming it and
Chad Billisley looked at me and told me, oh, this
is going on YouTube. And Kershaw looked at me and
said you better not put it on YouTube. And I
was eighteen at the time, and I never put it
on YouTube just because he told me to put it
on there.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
That's a great story. You won the tickets. First caller,
I like that story.
Speaker 6 (09:36):
You're going to the game on Tuesday, Josh, I like
that Kershaw story. So hold on and Colin, you will
get your information. Just tell me who provides you the
tickets that nobody else can give you.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
AM five seventy Radio, All.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Right, baby, there you go.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
Hold on eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy.
Look I was I wasn't gonna give him the tickets,
but that was a pretty good story. Eight six six
nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number Kershaw.
Speaking of Kershaw, you know everybody wants to throw dirt
on him. As far as his postseason record goes You know,
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I've said this a million times that each postseason game
that he or anybody else starts has its own identity.
If you look back at what he did in Game
five of the NLDS in twenty thirteen, he was pitching
on short rest, pitched six scoreless innings. How come nobody
ever brings that up. Why doesn't anybody ever bring up
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Game four of the twenty fifteen NLDS, where he pitched
the Dodgers to a Game five at Dodger Stadium against
the Mets. He was pitching at City Field with the
Dodgers facing elimination in Game four in New York against
the Mets, and he had eleven strikeouts pitched seven innings.
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He was phenomenal and handed the ball to Zach Granke,
who gave up a home run to Daniel Murphy in
Game five of the NLDS at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
Nobody ever brings that up.
Speaker 6 (11:07):
Nobody brings up the fact that he was phenomenal in
the twenty twenty World Series games won and Games five.
He'd beat Tyler Glasnaw on both of those games. Nobody
ever brings that up either. How About Game one of
the twenty seventeen World Series. Nobody ever brings that up.
Why doesn't anybody ever bring that up? They're selective narrative.
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People like that clown and Seemi Valley want to look
at the negative games, and nobody's perfect. There's guys that
have had great careers where they did not have good
postseason games all the way from even Kurt Schilling with
the Phillies or Pedro Martinez with the Red Sox.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
Nobody's perfect.
Speaker 6 (11:48):
And the Dodgers frankly put Kershaw in a lot of
bad spots early in his career because they had no
bullpen behind him in thirteen and fourteen, and they didn't
have any starters early in his career that they trusted,
or he wouldn't be pitching on three days rest. So
that's the reality of Kershaw and his postseason track record,
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and it's pretty good. Eight six six nine, eight seven
two five seventy is the phone number. We're gonna take
a time out when we continue more of your phone calls.
And also you'll hear from Keiky Hernandez, who came up
big again tonight to help the Dodgers beat the Mariners
five to three on a five seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 5 (12:33):
On air at AM five seventy, online at AM five
seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on
the iHeartRadio app. This is Dodger Talk with David Bassan.
Speaker 6 (12:46):
Two outs, runner of second, no score, top of the
fifth pitch, the rushing the Schwan's belt. It tape to
right field, way back and gone home on Dalton Rushing
with a Sports Major League home run.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
Catch the Dodgers on the board. It is tune to uphing.
Speaker 6 (13:05):
Dalton Rushing his second straight start tonight, back behind the plate.
A big two run home run for Dalton Rushing after
two hits last night and an insurance run RBI single.
He has had a very good first two games in Seattle.
He helps the Dodgers beat the Mariners by a final
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Speaker 6 (13:45):
The next game is the final regular season game of
the season, the final regular season start of Clayton Kershaw's
Hall of Fame career. It's going to be a special
day here in Seattle, a historic day and Dodger franchise history,
because Kershaw has meant so much to this franchise and
has meant so much to different incarnations of Dodger teams
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and Dodger players. He has set a standard that nobody
can live up to, but everybody can strive to.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
And the work ethic.
Speaker 6 (14:21):
That he had day in and day out was a
tone setter for every one of the teams that he
was on, including this one.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
So it's gonna be special.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
And look, I'm not gonna get emotional yet either, because
it's not the last time we're gonna see Kershaw pitch
for the Dodgers. He's gonna pitch in October. I'm not
sure if it's the Wildcard Series, but at some point,
the deeper they go, they're going to need Kershaw in
that bullpen, and I expect him to pitch really well.
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And if you look at his season this year, this
was not just a victory parade for Clayton Kershaw. The
Dodger needed him when Glass now is hurt, when Blake
Snell is hurt. When Otani wasn't pitching, they needed Kershaw.
This is not just a ceremonial season for him. And
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he's pitched really well and hasn't missed a start. He's
pitched twenty one. He's had twenty one starts. Tomorrow's gonna
be his twenty second start. He's ten and two with
an ELRA of three point fifty two. That doesn't seem
like a guy that was just along for the ride.
He played a vital role for the Dodgers this season,
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and is Kershaw.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
That's all you have to say.
Speaker 6 (15:39):
He's a great player, one of the greatest of all time,
and tomorrow's gonna be phenomenal. Let's go out to Pomona, George,
you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 4 (15:48):
How you doing, George?
Speaker 1 (15:49):
And Pomona also happy that you took my call again, David,
appreciate you and your worth. And I have a Kershaw
story that i'd like to tell you about.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
All right, ready, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
It took place twenty ten to twenty eleven, so early
in his career. You know, he was definitely showing all
kinds of promise and it was when I was tracking
his starts and looking to see when I could go
actually catch him live at Dodger Stadium, and it was
a little easier, I think, to get tickets in the
load section behind home plate. So I calculated one of
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his starts, got myself a ticket, and there in a
load section, it was a pitch off of Kershaw's hands
and it was a foul ball and I was able
to catch it, and I was just so thrilled. And
the people next to me, there was plenty of seats,
you know, in between me and a group over a
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few maybe a n aisle or two down to the
ride of me, and they saw how excited I was,
and they said that they were Kershaw's friends from Texas,
and I had a hunch about that because they looked
young in Texan. And they offered to get my ball signed,
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and I was I had to hope that actually I
was going to meet Kershaw, but that didn't happen. They
actually just took my ball and brought it back after
the game, and there it was a ball off of
Kershaw's hand with his signature. And this was a good
thirteen years ago, and David, I'm holding that ball right now.
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I've had it. I've had it, you know, as my
little trophy being Kershaw's fan all these years. But it's
been you know, sitting on the man's in my bedroom
all this time. And thank you for the chance telling
you my little Kershaw story.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
Hey, I love that, George.
Speaker 6 (17:45):
I love those stories from when he was just starting
to emerge as a dominant pitcher. We all remember, you know,
his prime from twenty eleven to twenty twenty.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
But I love hearing those type of stories. Or thank
you for the phone call.
Speaker 6 (18:01):
Eight six six nine seven two five seventy is the
phone number. Let's uh, let's go back downstairs. Had a
chance to catch up with Key k Hernandez after tonight's game.
Key k three hits in his third straight start at
third base tonight last night, a big two run home
run Tonight, three hits, including the game winner, a go
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ahead two run double in the top of the ninth inning.
It's felt like in the last two games you kind
of set the tone to not concede any of these games.
Speaker 8 (18:31):
Yeah, I think this is a really important series. Regardless
of whether we won the division or not, It's very
important for us to go into the postseason playing good baseball,
and then you know, whoever won this series, if we
meet in the during the World Series, you know secured
home field advantage.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
For that series.
Speaker 8 (18:49):
So winning this series is huge, and you know, if
we face them in the World Series, we get there,
they get there. We started the game, we started a
series of doctor Stadium. That's huge for US.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
Munios is one of the best closers in baseball. You
throw was hard.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
Were you expecting to see a first pitch slider?
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Uh?
Speaker 8 (19:03):
No, man, you gotta respect the fastball. You cannot sit
off against that guy, you know who.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
He's got a hundred and.
Speaker 8 (19:08):
Two of them, and he's got a hundred and two
in his back, So you need to be ready for
the fastball. Worried for a mistake, and the slider kind
of popped it. He hung it, and uh I hit
it and I had no clue where the ball went.
I kind of reacted with the crowd, and when I
looked over, Randy was running. So I had to really
run hard a second base to gains to get that double.
Speaker 6 (19:27):
Even as good as you are, it's hard in Major
League baseball to play once a week. Have these last
three games kind of given you some momentum going into
the postseason.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
Yeah, totally.
Speaker 8 (19:37):
Man, Obviously I missed a lot of time, and then
coming back from the I l my rehab as Simon,
you know, wasn't wasn't ideal in terms of uh the
pitchers I face and you know, getting back into the
rhythm of things.
Speaker 4 (19:49):
Uh, it was tough.
Speaker 8 (19:51):
It felt like it was kind of playing catch up.
And then obviously the sporadic playing time is a is
another thing to deal with. But you know, I've done
it for a while, so I kind of used to
I'm kind of used to it, and but uh, you
know when whenever you get a few starts in a row,
it's it totally makes it a little slightly easier.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
Yeah, no doubt. Thanks a lot for stopping Key K.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (20:10):
All right, there's keyk Hernandez after a big night and
Dalton rushing a big night, a two run, a home run.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
You heard the highlight there, And you know.
Speaker 6 (20:18):
Maybe people are just trying to ignore the fact that
Will Smith more than likely is not going to play
in the Wildcard Series and a chance that he may
not be ready even for the NLDS, And I know
everybody's all over Ben Rortvid and he's kind of like this,
this Cinderella story. But I'm going to tell you this,
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and I'm not afraid to say it. I'm all in
with Dalton Rushing. The more I talk to him, the
more that he has such a great understanding about what
pitchers are trying to do, what the sequence scene is
supposed to be. And like Jose Modis said, I think
competition is good. And for Ben Rortfitz to play as
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well as he has, I'm sure has pushed Rushing to
try to be better, whether that's better receiving, better understanding,
better at controlling his emotions. But if I'm the Dodgers,
I'm sorry Dalton Rushing for me is starting Game one
behind the plate because of what he can do, what
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he can do with one swing of the bat. I
think he's a really good receiver. He has a good
arm to throw runners out. Just as long as he
controls his emotions, he's a really good player. He can
allow a strikeout to get the best of him. Guys
are going to strike out. You can't allow that to
bleed into what you do behind the plate.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
Because the pitcher needs you, the team needs you.
Speaker 6 (21:45):
I'm a look Ben Rodfitt has served his purpose, and
I think he's really good, and I think under these
circumstances he's.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
Played really well.
Speaker 6 (21:55):
But if I'm the Dodgers and Will Smith is not
ready to go with that broken right hand, Dalton Rushing
is the guy for me, I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
And if he's your top catching.
Speaker 6 (22:08):
Prospect, you're really gonna have Ben Rohtfitt start over him.
That just doesn't add up. And look what he's done
in these two games. He played first base. Yesterday, he
had two hits. He had a big hard hit through
the right side for an insurance run. Tonight changed the
game with one swing off a pretty good pitcher in
Logan Gilbert. So I know this is not a topic
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of conversation that sexy. Everybody wants to go after the bullpen,
but the catching position is a big position, a very
important position, and I like, I've always enjoyed Dalton Rushing
and talking catching, talking about the picture catcher relationship. He
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emphasizes all that he cares about that. So I'm this
is not a guy that just cares about hitting. He
cares about sequencing, he cares about the game plan, he
cares about the pitchers. The only thing you could say
about Dalton Rushing that he's guilty of is that he
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cares too much. That's the only thing you could say
negative about Dalton Rushing. He cares too much and sometimes
it gets the best of him. But if he can
control his emotions, he's a really good player. And hopefully
after watching a lot while Ben Roort fits been playing
a lot, he's been able to realize that eight six
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six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
Tosh and Hawthorne, You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9 (23:40):
How you doing, Tosh doing fantastic. I've listened to the
exciting game today and even yesterday, great ending, and I'm
so excited, you know, I'm literally sitting in my car
just you know, enjoying the show, and I wanted to
just call and just say thank you so much. You know,
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It's it's been a great, great, great you know listening
to you.
Speaker 6 (24:06):
You're going to be in the car for all of October, gosh,
because the Dodgers are going to take you all the
way to the World Series. So you better get comfortable,
get your big golp, get your water, be ready, have
your snacks ready in that car.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Oh my God sounds fantastic.
Speaker 4 (24:25):
Absolutely all right Toosh, thank you for the phone call.
Speaker 6 (24:28):
Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is
the phone number. Let's take one more phone call, John
and Santa Barbara's on hold. We'll get to you in
a second, John, But I just want to remind you
that Tomorrow's game, like every other game in Major League Baseball,
will start at twelve ten and our coverage begins at
eleven AM on the final regular season Kershaw Day of
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Clayton Kershaw's career. Aj Ellis will be here, Rick Honeycutt
will be here. Rick Honeycut's going to be our pregame guest.
So it should be a big day. And we'll find
out who's going to be at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday
for the Wildcard Series. Will it be the Reds or
will it be the Mets. The Reds win their game,
if they beat Milwaukee, they're coming to Dodger Stadium. If
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the Mets can win and the Reds lose, then it'll
be the Mets. I personally believe it's going to be
the Reds. And here's how I feel about how the
Dodgers match up against both these teams. The Mets have
a more dangerous lineup. Juan Soto can carry you to
two wins. I mean, how many times have we seen
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teams sweep the Dodgers in a three game series or
win two out of three. Jan Soto, Pete Alonzo, Jeff McNeil,
Brandon Nimmo. Those type of guys can get hot and
if they get momentum, they can beat you. The Reds
don't have that great of a lineup. They have Gavin
Lux who's a minus war player hitting cleanup for them.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
They don't have a great lineup.
Speaker 6 (26:02):
They do have better pitching, better starting pitching, and they
will have Hunter Green available for a game one start
at Dodgers Stadium on Tuesday, But how are they gonna
score runs? They're winning a lot of games two to one,
and I just feel like the Dodgers can outslug them,
especially at Dodgers Stadium in that environment for an inexperienced team,
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they are a much better team at home than they
are on the road.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
So that's how I feel the Reds.
Speaker 6 (26:29):
Even though they're playing better than the Mets right now
and they would have Hunter Green starting Game one, I
still feel like the Dodger offense is much better than
the Reds than the Reds offense. All right, let's go
out to John and Santa Barbara. John, you're our final
caller of the night. Let's hear your Kershaw story.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Yeah, hey, Dave, listen, thanks for the thanks for taking
me and the best radio station and the best talk show, okay,
and the best team. So Dodgers, all right, Kershaw the
best pitcher in so many ways, and I'm just off
attempted to say the greatest ever. Okay. I saw him
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when he when he pitched against Colorado to clinch the division,
and I'm pretty sure this was his first year when
we went down there. I'll never forget that game, okay,
because it was so cool to see him starting and
he was he was new, and he was different. Okay,
He's just got that, you know. He does the stretch
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and the wind up and the delivery and it was
just it was just I can still see it right now,
and it was so impressive to see that beginning. And
then from there he really created just the platinum or
titanium age for the Dodgers with all the all the
games that have gone on since. I mean, he led
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the way and he brought along with him so many
great pitchers. I mean, I can't even name them all,
but you know Reu remember him pitching and Granky, all
these great pitchers that came up along into the Dodgers following.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
The eighth and.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
I think he's the eighth of all time. If you
want to put in the body of work, did he
put to.
Speaker 6 (28:16):
Eighteen years to work eighteen years? It's not just a
six year career. It's an eighteen year career. So hard
to argue with that. And John, thank you so much
for the kind words. Appreciate it. Tomorrow should be an
awesome day here in Seattle for the Dodgers, for Clayton Kershaw,
and for major League Baseball. I mean, like John just mentioned,
it's not just the greatest to pitch for the Dodgers,
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but one of the greatest to ever pitch in the
game of Major League Baseball. Kershaw, like I said, not
just along for the ride. He has made every start.
He's ten and two this season with an ERA at
three point fifty two going up against Bryce Miller Morongo Casino.
Dodgers on deck begins at eleven am tomorrow, with first
pitch at twelve ten and since so many of you
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have sent me messages on social media, you should be
happy that Key a Hernandez acknowledged the fact that the
Dodgers do have a better record now than the Mariners.
Speaker 4 (29:10):
In case they do face.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
Each other in the World Series, the Dodgers would have
home field advantage. So there you go, Key a Hernandez,
aware of all that, mister October for the Dodgers, thanks
to Colin ye back at our Burbank Studios. Thanks to
Dwayne McDonald out here in Seattle. They've done a phenomenal
job all season long. Without them, this show, this broadcast
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would not be as smooth as it has been going
back for the last ten years.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
So thank you to both of them.
Speaker 6 (29:41):
They are the unsung heroes of Dodgers Radio and appreciate
Colin Yee and Dwayne McDonald.
Speaker 4 (29:48):
We appreciate you too. We appreciate you.
Speaker 6 (29:50):
Downloading the Dodger Talk shows on the iHeartRadio app and
streaming it live on the iHeartRadio app, you can hear
our pregame conversation with Blake Trining definitely worth listening to.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
Once again.
Speaker 6 (30:04):
The final score tonight from Seattle, the Dodgers defeat the
Mariners five to three. We'll talk to you tomorrow on
Kershaw Day. Have a great rest of your night, see
you
One thing about this team is the invisible and tangibles
that they have. This teen is really becoming a family.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Let's not play one on too.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Let's I love writing these guys after the shows and
just thank you me are.
Speaker 4 (00:15):
Your attention, your fire.
Speaker 5 (00:17):
This is world champion Dodgers, world champion thing.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
It for a small salt time they get a people
what they want to die to in a row two
is special. I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache one
of a con. This ball's gone. You ready to go
to South Grab your phone to get in.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
On the show called eight six six nine eighty seven
two five seven. I'll come to the show and now
your host of Dodger Talk, David Basse.
Speaker 6 (00:47):
Welcome to Dodger Talk David vas Say live at T
Mobile Park in Seattle. After the Dodgers beat the Mariners
tonight five to three, thrilling ninth inning for the Dodgers
as keyk Hernandez hits a go ahead two run double
off of one of the best closers in baseball Andres
(01:08):
Munios and the Dodgers relievers heading into the postseason on
an emphatic note. Blake Trinan in the seventh inning, Alex
Vesia in the eighth inning and Edgardo Enriquez in the
ninth inning, closed out the game, striking out nine consecutive Mariners.
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That has never happened to finish the game in the
modern era of Major League Baseball. How about that nine
straight strikeouts and Blake trying to look phenomenal tonight He
pitched a scoreless seventh inning after he competed in the
eighth last night. And Alex Vesia, who if if you
(01:50):
take a look at Alex Vesia's playoff performances, he is
the relief pitcher version of keyk Hernandez.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
And the ninth inning, it was great to see a
Guardo and Riquez.
Speaker 6 (02:01):
Be in that type of environment and be able to
strike out cal Riley, Randia, Rose Arena and Julio Rodriguez.
I mean, that was that was pretty impressive by the
Dodgers and by Blake Trining as well. Blake Trining in fact,
struck out those hitters in the eighth inning. And Blake
Trenon was our pregame guest before the game today and
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he just had a different feel about himself, more confidence
about himself, and he was able to strike out Suarez
Dominic Canzoni and Luke Raley, and you know, for the
Dodgers it was it was pretty impressive.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
I'm sorry. Tryon struck out a Rose Arena.
Speaker 6 (02:43):
Cal Raley and Julio Rodriguez and Jorge Polanco, and then
in the eighth inning, Vesia struck out Suarez, Canzoni and
Luke Raley. And then in the ninth inning, at Guardo
and Riquez struck out Leo Rivas, Harry Ford and Randia
Rose Arena nine straight strikeouts to close out the game.
Let's head downstairs right now to here from Blake trying
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on Sports at LA.
Speaker 7 (03:08):
I think we're just obviously getting closer to the playoffs,
and you can kind of feel these last two weeks,
albeit not always like smooth, the intensity is ramped up,
and you know, playing the Giants team that's competing for
a playoff spot, Philly being a great team that they are,
Arizona now here obviously one of the hottest teams in
the American League. So I think just trying to heighten
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your senses of execution. Super grateful, you know that outing
went the way it did for a lot of our guys,
and our offense was great, you know, getting big hits
and we needed it, and especially shortening the game there
at the end. So yeah, I think it just seems
like all of us, myself included, that there's just a
little bit more focus. Not that I'm not explained it,
(03:50):
not that there was a lack of focus before, but
maybe just another added sense of intensity looking.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
To finish hitters.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
Was there anything that either adjustments that you made or
that you've seen that you were able to do tonight.
Speaker 7 (04:04):
I don't know. I don't know. It's nice to smile
after a game and say that, so, but I think
the biggest takeaway that we've had is, you know, the
stuff's been good. It's more or less getting pitches to
the right spot, and tonight we did, so we'll just
build off it. Yeah, that's the confidence of a bullpen
(04:26):
group kind of swing, especially as you get closer to
the playoffs and more guys start kind of having success
like they have the last couple of days. Well in
years past, I've always believe that anytime anybody gets on
a run, it's because you've had a couple of things
go your way and you're executing, and then like success
breeds more confidence, which breeds more success. And then you
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just write it as long as you can and if
this is step one for us, then great. I feel
like we've been honestly pitching and competing really well lately,
but as a collective group, this one was pretty awesome.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Is this something you guys felt last share as a
bullpen in the postseason? Just building off of that success
with each outing, I.
Speaker 7 (05:05):
Think we were at a place of desperation, you know,
like you don't really want to go home, and you
feel like we were too good to go home, really,
and you're playing a division rival, And when we played
the Padres, I think it just allowed us to see
how how focused you can get for a situation, how
to minimize the surroundings. And you know, they're arguably the
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best team in the playoffs. Yankees also up there. I mean,
all the teams we faced are really good, but they
were arguably the most complete team we faced. So when
we saw what our guys were able to do, I
think that gave us a confidence maight before Yeah, all.
Speaker 6 (05:42):
Right, there's Blake trying to post game on sports In
at LA. He got a little bit more in depth
about his own personal struggles and how he's come out
on the other side of it, and tonight he was
part of striking out the final nine batters that the
Dodger bullpen faced trying to striking out the side in
the seventh, Vesia striking out the side in the eighth,
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and Riquez striking out the side in the ninth for
his first save of the season, and the Dodgers beat
the Mariners tonight five to three. Now, the playoffs start
on Tuesday at Dodgers Stadium, and we do have a
pair of tickets to give away for Game one of
the Wildcard Series at some point during Dodger Talk tonight,
And keep listening to AM five seventy LA Sports, your
(06:27):
home for Dodger Baseball, because on Monday we will be
giving away tickets every hour on Rogan and Rodney Petro
some money Dan Patrick to Tuesday's game as well. But
we do have the first pair of tickets to give
away tonight. I want to hear some of your great
Kershaw stories as we are on the eve of Kershaw's
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final regular season start tomorrow afternoon here in Seattle, And
as far as Tuesday goes, here's what the Dodgers may
be facing. They don't know their opponent yet, Will it
be the Reds, will it be the Mets. They both
won today, so tomorrow here's the scenario. The Reds can
clinch the final wildcard spot with a win in Milwaukee.
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It's gonna be tough. They're facing Freddy Peralta. I don't
know how long they're going to pitch Freddy Peralta. They
have Brady Singer, who's been pretty good for the Reds
lately on the mound, or the Reds can get to
Dodger Stadium with the Mets losing in Miami, win or
lose for the Reds. If the Mets lose, the Reds
are in for the Mets. They can get to Dodger
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Stadium with a win tomorrow and a Reds loss.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
So that's how it works out.
Speaker 6 (07:41):
The Mets will be at Dodger Stadium if they win
tomorrow and the Reds lose.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
The Reds control their own destiny.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
All they have to do is win and nothing in
Miami will matter to them. For the Mets, Sean Mania
will be on the mound against Edward Cabrera. Eight nine
eighty seven seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
to Josh and Ontario. You're on Dodger Talk Live from Seattle.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
Hi, Josh, Hey Dave.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
How are we going.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Great? It's been a great couple of days here in Seattle.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Yeah. I was actually gonna call for some key gig concerns,
but on the spirit of the Kershaw eve, I wanted
to tell the story.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
But that's okay, Sure, I'm not guaranteeing tickets, though.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I want to share it. I think it's a cool story.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
All right, let's see it.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Actually it was in the twenty eleven. It was back
in the day when before like the spring train would
get sover full. But it was only probably like five
of us, Like I'm still watching them the pictures, like
they were in a group, and I remember they were
switching fields. I think they were gonna go practice Bunny.
And I remember the the It was before they had
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the renovations now that it's more like it's more luxury
now these days. But they had the fence locked and
they couldn't get to the other field. And I remember
it was it was probably like a group of like
ten pitchers, And I remember Kershaw was the first one
that threw his glove over the fence. It was trying
to jump over the fence, and all the five people
that were there were telling them, no, don't do it, like,
(09:13):
don't do it, We don't want to rescue you it
get injured. And I remember I was filming it and
Chad Billisley looked at me and told me, oh, this
is going on YouTube. And Kershaw looked at me and
said you better not put it on YouTube. And I
was eighteen at the time, and I never put it
on YouTube just because he told me to put it
on there.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
That's a great story. You won the tickets. First caller,
I like that story.
Speaker 6 (09:36):
You're going to the game on Tuesday, Josh, I like
that Kershaw story. So hold on and Colin, you will
get your information. Just tell me who provides you the
tickets that nobody else can give you.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
AM five seventy Radio, All.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Right, baby, there you go.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
Hold on eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy.
Look I was I wasn't gonna give him the tickets,
but that was a pretty good story. Eight six six
nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number Kershaw.
Speaking of Kershaw, you know everybody wants to throw dirt
on him. As far as his postseason record goes You know,
(10:14):
I've said this a million times that each postseason game
that he or anybody else starts has its own identity.
If you look back at what he did in Game
five of the NLDS in twenty thirteen, he was pitching
on short rest, pitched six scoreless innings. How come nobody
ever brings that up. Why doesn't anybody ever bring up
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Game four of the twenty fifteen NLDS, where he pitched
the Dodgers to a Game five at Dodger Stadium against
the Mets. He was pitching at City Field with the
Dodgers facing elimination in Game four in New York against
the Mets, and he had eleven strikeouts pitched seven innings.
(10:56):
He was phenomenal and handed the ball to Zach Granke,
who gave up a home run to Daniel Murphy in
Game five of the NLDS at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
Nobody ever brings that up.
Speaker 6 (11:07):
Nobody brings up the fact that he was phenomenal in
the twenty twenty World Series games won and Games five.
He'd beat Tyler Glasnaw on both of those games. Nobody
ever brings that up either. How About Game one of
the twenty seventeen World Series. Nobody ever brings that up.
Why doesn't anybody ever bring that up? They're selective narrative.
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People like that clown and Seemi Valley want to look
at the negative games, and nobody's perfect. There's guys that
have had great careers where they did not have good
postseason games all the way from even Kurt Schilling with
the Phillies or Pedro Martinez with the Red Sox.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
Nobody's perfect.
Speaker 6 (11:48):
And the Dodgers frankly put Kershaw in a lot of
bad spots early in his career because they had no
bullpen behind him in thirteen and fourteen, and they didn't
have any starters early in his career that they trusted,
or he wouldn't be pitching on three days rest. So
that's the reality of Kershaw and his postseason track record,
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and it's pretty good. Eight six six nine, eight seven
two five seventy is the phone number. We're gonna take
a time out when we continue more of your phone calls.
And also you'll hear from Keiky Hernandez, who came up
big again tonight to help the Dodgers beat the Mariners
five to three on a five seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 5 (12:33):
On air at AM five seventy, online at AM five
seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on
the iHeartRadio app. This is Dodger Talk with David Bassan.
Speaker 6 (12:46):
Two outs, runner of second, no score, top of the
fifth pitch, the rushing the Schwan's belt. It tape to
right field, way back and gone home on Dalton Rushing
with a Sports Major League home run.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
Catch the Dodgers on the board. It is tune to uphing.
Speaker 6 (13:05):
Dalton Rushing his second straight start tonight, back behind the plate.
A big two run home run for Dalton Rushing after
two hits last night and an insurance run RBI single.
He has had a very good first two games in Seattle.
He helps the Dodgers beat the Mariners by a final
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Speaker 6 (13:45):
The next game is the final regular season game of
the season, the final regular season start of Clayton Kershaw's
Hall of Fame career. It's going to be a special
day here in Seattle, a historic day and Dodger franchise history,
because Kershaw has meant so much to this franchise and
has meant so much to different incarnations of Dodger teams
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and Dodger players. He has set a standard that nobody
can live up to, but everybody can strive to.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
And the work ethic.
Speaker 6 (14:21):
That he had day in and day out was a
tone setter for every one of the teams that he
was on, including this one.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
So it's gonna be special.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
And look, I'm not gonna get emotional yet either, because
it's not the last time we're gonna see Kershaw pitch
for the Dodgers. He's gonna pitch in October. I'm not
sure if it's the Wildcard Series, but at some point,
the deeper they go, they're going to need Kershaw in
that bullpen, and I expect him to pitch really well.
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And if you look at his season this year, this
was not just a victory parade for Clayton Kershaw. The
Dodger needed him when Glass now is hurt, when Blake
Snell is hurt. When Otani wasn't pitching, they needed Kershaw.
This is not just a ceremonial season for him. And
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he's pitched really well and hasn't missed a start. He's
pitched twenty one. He's had twenty one starts. Tomorrow's gonna
be his twenty second start. He's ten and two with
an ELRA of three point fifty two. That doesn't seem
like a guy that was just along for the ride.
He played a vital role for the Dodgers this season,
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and is Kershaw.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
That's all you have to say.
Speaker 6 (15:39):
He's a great player, one of the greatest of all time,
and tomorrow's gonna be phenomenal. Let's go out to Pomona, George,
you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 4 (15:48):
How you doing, George?
Speaker 1 (15:49):
And Pomona also happy that you took my call again, David,
appreciate you and your worth. And I have a Kershaw
story that i'd like to tell you about.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
All right, ready, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
It took place twenty ten to twenty eleven, so early
in his career. You know, he was definitely showing all
kinds of promise and it was when I was tracking
his starts and looking to see when I could go
actually catch him live at Dodger Stadium, and it was
a little easier, I think, to get tickets in the
load section behind home plate. So I calculated one of
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his starts, got myself a ticket, and there in a
load section, it was a pitch off of Kershaw's hands
and it was a foul ball and I was able
to catch it, and I was just so thrilled. And
the people next to me, there was plenty of seats,
you know, in between me and a group over a
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few maybe a n aisle or two down to the
ride of me, and they saw how excited I was,
and they said that they were Kershaw's friends from Texas,
and I had a hunch about that because they looked
young in Texan. And they offered to get my ball signed,
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and I was I had to hope that actually I
was going to meet Kershaw, but that didn't happen. They
actually just took my ball and brought it back after
the game, and there it was a ball off of
Kershaw's hand with his signature. And this was a good
thirteen years ago, and David, I'm holding that ball right now.
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I've had it. I've had it, you know, as my
little trophy being Kershaw's fan all these years. But it's
been you know, sitting on the man's in my bedroom
all this time. And thank you for the chance telling
you my little Kershaw story.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
Hey, I love that, George.
Speaker 6 (17:45):
I love those stories from when he was just starting
to emerge as a dominant pitcher. We all remember, you know,
his prime from twenty eleven to twenty twenty.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
But I love hearing those type of stories. Or thank
you for the phone call.
Speaker 6 (18:01):
Eight six six nine seven two five seventy is the
phone number. Let's uh, let's go back downstairs. Had a
chance to catch up with Key k Hernandez after tonight's game.
Key k three hits in his third straight start at
third base tonight last night, a big two run home
run Tonight, three hits, including the game winner, a go
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ahead two run double in the top of the ninth inning.
It's felt like in the last two games you kind
of set the tone to not concede any of these games.
Speaker 8 (18:31):
Yeah, I think this is a really important series. Regardless
of whether we won the division or not, It's very
important for us to go into the postseason playing good baseball,
and then you know, whoever won this series, if we
meet in the during the World Series, you know secured
home field advantage.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
For that series.
Speaker 8 (18:49):
So winning this series is huge, and you know, if
we face them in the World Series, we get there,
they get there. We started the game, we started a
series of doctor Stadium. That's huge for US.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
Munios is one of the best closers in baseball. You
throw was hard.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
Were you expecting to see a first pitch slider?
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Uh?
Speaker 8 (19:03):
No, man, you gotta respect the fastball. You cannot sit
off against that guy, you know who.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
He's got a hundred and.
Speaker 8 (19:08):
Two of them, and he's got a hundred and two
in his back, So you need to be ready for
the fastball. Worried for a mistake, and the slider kind
of popped it. He hung it, and uh I hit
it and I had no clue where the ball went.
I kind of reacted with the crowd, and when I
looked over, Randy was running. So I had to really
run hard a second base to gains to get that double.
Speaker 6 (19:27):
Even as good as you are, it's hard in Major
League baseball to play once a week. Have these last
three games kind of given you some momentum going into
the postseason.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
Yeah, totally.
Speaker 8 (19:37):
Man, Obviously I missed a lot of time, and then
coming back from the I l my rehab as Simon,
you know, wasn't wasn't ideal in terms of uh the
pitchers I face and you know, getting back into the
rhythm of things.
Speaker 4 (19:49):
Uh, it was tough.
Speaker 8 (19:51):
It felt like it was kind of playing catch up.
And then obviously the sporadic playing time is a is
another thing to deal with. But you know, I've done
it for a while, so I kind of used to
I'm kind of used to it, and but uh, you
know when whenever you get a few starts in a row,
it's it totally makes it a little slightly easier.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
Yeah, no doubt. Thanks a lot for stopping Key K.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (20:10):
All right, there's keyk Hernandez after a big night and
Dalton rushing a big night, a two run, a home run.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
You heard the highlight there, And you know.
Speaker 6 (20:18):
Maybe people are just trying to ignore the fact that
Will Smith more than likely is not going to play
in the Wildcard Series and a chance that he may
not be ready even for the NLDS, And I know
everybody's all over Ben Rortvid and he's kind of like this,
this Cinderella story. But I'm going to tell you this,
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and I'm not afraid to say it. I'm all in
with Dalton Rushing. The more I talk to him, the
more that he has such a great understanding about what
pitchers are trying to do, what the sequence scene is
supposed to be. And like Jose Modis said, I think
competition is good. And for Ben Rortfitz to play as
(21:01):
well as he has, I'm sure has pushed Rushing to
try to be better, whether that's better receiving, better understanding,
better at controlling his emotions. But if I'm the Dodgers,
I'm sorry Dalton Rushing for me is starting Game one
behind the plate because of what he can do, what
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he can do with one swing of the bat. I
think he's a really good receiver. He has a good
arm to throw runners out. Just as long as he
controls his emotions, he's a really good player. He can
allow a strikeout to get the best of him. Guys
are going to strike out. You can't allow that to
bleed into what you do behind the plate.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
Because the pitcher needs you, the team needs you.
Speaker 6 (21:45):
I'm a look Ben Rodfitt has served his purpose, and
I think he's really good, and I think under these
circumstances he's.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
Played really well.
Speaker 6 (21:55):
But if I'm the Dodgers and Will Smith is not
ready to go with that broken right hand, Dalton Rushing
is the guy for me, I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
And if he's your top catching.
Speaker 6 (22:08):
Prospect, you're really gonna have Ben Rohtfitt start over him.
That just doesn't add up. And look what he's done
in these two games. He played first base. Yesterday, he
had two hits. He had a big hard hit through
the right side for an insurance run. Tonight changed the
game with one swing off a pretty good pitcher in
Logan Gilbert. So I know this is not a topic
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of conversation that sexy. Everybody wants to go after the bullpen,
but the catching position is a big position, a very
important position, and I like, I've always enjoyed Dalton Rushing
and talking catching, talking about the picture catcher relationship. He
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emphasizes all that he cares about that. So I'm this
is not a guy that just cares about hitting. He
cares about sequencing, he cares about the game plan, he
cares about the pitchers. The only thing you could say
about Dalton Rushing that he's guilty of is that he
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cares too much. That's the only thing you could say
negative about Dalton Rushing. He cares too much and sometimes
it gets the best of him. But if he can
control his emotions, he's a really good player. And hopefully
after watching a lot while Ben Roort fits been playing
a lot, he's been able to realize that eight six
(23:35):
six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
Tosh and Hawthorne, You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9 (23:40):
How you doing, Tosh doing fantastic. I've listened to the
exciting game today and even yesterday, great ending, and I'm
so excited, you know, I'm literally sitting in my car
just you know, enjoying the show, and I wanted to
just call and just say thank you so much. You know,
(24:01):
It's it's been a great, great, great you know listening
to you.
Speaker 6 (24:06):
You're going to be in the car for all of October, gosh,
because the Dodgers are going to take you all the
way to the World Series. So you better get comfortable,
get your big golp, get your water, be ready, have
your snacks ready in that car.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Oh my God sounds fantastic.
Speaker 4 (24:25):
Absolutely all right Toosh, thank you for the phone call.
Speaker 6 (24:28):
Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is
the phone number. Let's take one more phone call, John
and Santa Barbara's on hold. We'll get to you in
a second, John, But I just want to remind you
that Tomorrow's game, like every other game in Major League Baseball,
will start at twelve ten and our coverage begins at
eleven AM on the final regular season Kershaw Day of
(24:52):
Clayton Kershaw's career. Aj Ellis will be here, Rick Honeycutt
will be here. Rick Honeycut's going to be our pregame guest.
So it should be a big day. And we'll find
out who's going to be at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday
for the Wildcard Series. Will it be the Reds or
will it be the Mets. The Reds win their game,
if they beat Milwaukee, they're coming to Dodger Stadium. If
(25:14):
the Mets can win and the Reds lose, then it'll
be the Mets. I personally believe it's going to be
the Reds. And here's how I feel about how the
Dodgers match up against both these teams. The Mets have
a more dangerous lineup. Juan Soto can carry you to
two wins. I mean, how many times have we seen
(25:35):
teams sweep the Dodgers in a three game series or
win two out of three. Jan Soto, Pete Alonzo, Jeff McNeil,
Brandon Nimmo. Those type of guys can get hot and
if they get momentum, they can beat you. The Reds
don't have that great of a lineup. They have Gavin
Lux who's a minus war player hitting cleanup for them.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
They don't have a great lineup.
Speaker 6 (26:02):
They do have better pitching, better starting pitching, and they
will have Hunter Green available for a game one start
at Dodgers Stadium on Tuesday, But how are they gonna
score runs? They're winning a lot of games two to one,
and I just feel like the Dodgers can outslug them,
especially at Dodgers Stadium in that environment for an inexperienced team,
(26:24):
they are a much better team at home than they
are on the road.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
So that's how I feel the Reds.
Speaker 6 (26:29):
Even though they're playing better than the Mets right now
and they would have Hunter Green starting Game one, I
still feel like the Dodger offense is much better than
the Reds than the Reds offense. All right, let's go
out to John and Santa Barbara. John, you're our final
caller of the night. Let's hear your Kershaw story.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Yeah, hey, Dave, listen, thanks for the thanks for taking
me and the best radio station and the best talk show, okay,
and the best team. So Dodgers, all right, Kershaw the
best pitcher in so many ways, and I'm just off
attempted to say the greatest ever. Okay. I saw him
(27:09):
when he when he pitched against Colorado to clinch the division,
and I'm pretty sure this was his first year when
we went down there. I'll never forget that game, okay,
because it was so cool to see him starting and
he was he was new, and he was different. Okay,
He's just got that, you know. He does the stretch
(27:30):
and the wind up and the delivery and it was
just it was just I can still see it right now,
and it was so impressive to see that beginning. And
then from there he really created just the platinum or
titanium age for the Dodgers with all the all the
games that have gone on since. I mean, he led
(27:51):
the way and he brought along with him so many
great pitchers. I mean, I can't even name them all,
but you know Reu remember him pitching and Granky, all
these great pitchers that came up along into the Dodgers following.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
The eighth and.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
I think he's the eighth of all time. If you
want to put in the body of work, did he
put to.
Speaker 6 (28:16):
Eighteen years to work eighteen years? It's not just a
six year career. It's an eighteen year career. So hard
to argue with that. And John, thank you so much
for the kind words. Appreciate it. Tomorrow should be an
awesome day here in Seattle for the Dodgers, for Clayton Kershaw,
and for major League Baseball. I mean, like John just mentioned,
it's not just the greatest to pitch for the Dodgers,
(28:38):
but one of the greatest to ever pitch in the
game of Major League Baseball. Kershaw, like I said, not
just along for the ride. He has made every start.
He's ten and two this season with an ERA at
three point fifty two going up against Bryce Miller Morongo Casino.
Dodgers on deck begins at eleven am tomorrow, with first
pitch at twelve ten and since so many of you
(29:00):
have sent me messages on social media, you should be
happy that Key a Hernandez acknowledged the fact that the
Dodgers do have a better record now than the Mariners.
Speaker 4 (29:10):
In case they do face.
Speaker 6 (29:11):
Each other in the World Series, the Dodgers would have
home field advantage. So there you go, Key a Hernandez,
aware of all that, mister October for the Dodgers, thanks
to Colin ye back at our Burbank Studios. Thanks to
Dwayne McDonald out here in Seattle. They've done a phenomenal
job all season long. Without them, this show, this broadcast
(29:34):
would not be as smooth as it has been going
back for the last ten years.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
So thank you to both of them.
Speaker 6 (29:41):
They are the unsung heroes of Dodgers Radio and appreciate
Colin Yee and Dwayne McDonald.
Speaker 4 (29:48):
We appreciate you too. We appreciate you.
Speaker 6 (29:50):
Downloading the Dodger Talk shows on the iHeartRadio app and
streaming it live on the iHeartRadio app, you can hear
our pregame conversation with Blake Trining definitely worth listening to.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
Once again.
Speaker 6 (30:04):
The final score tonight from Seattle, the Dodgers defeat the
Mariners five to three. We'll talk to you tomorrow on
Kershaw Day. Have a great rest of your night, see
you
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