August 9, 2025 • 48 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles
that they have.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This team is really becoming a family.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Let's not play one on Tom.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Let's I love writing to these guys after the show.
Speaker 4 (00:13):
So just thank you, give me are.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Your attention, your fire and not a pisson.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
This is world champion, Dodger, world champion being for the.
Speaker 5 (00:21):
Small soft time they get a people what they want
to die in a row two is special. I'm like, yeah,
it's not a headache.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
As one of a con. This ball's gone. You ready
to go hell time to the sound grab your phone.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
To get in on the show called eight six six
nine eighty seven two five seven. I'll go to the
show and now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vassey.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Thank you again to Miguel Rojas for being a man
of the people. He is getting ready for the meat
in Greeds starting in a mere minute. Here at Superiod
Grossers in Huntington Park. If you want to try to
get in line, get inside, meet Miguel Rojas, a world
champion and a champion of the Peo Bulls. Sixty ten
Pacific Boulevard in Huntington Park is where you can do it. Miguel,
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thank you for joining us on the show in the
last hour. In case you missed any of that, we
will have it for podcast coming up in after the show.
Zach gel Caldius back in the studio. We got Canadian
Tuxedo Ralph here. We got Joe Edward who never misses
a meet and greet. We got Dave Wee's VP of
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got one more hour to go. You'll hear my conversation
with no mar Garcia Para on the art of hitting,
how he believes Mookie Bets can get his season on track.
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Also how Freddie Freeman got himself out of a career
worst slump earlier this year. So you'll hear from Nomar
in about ten minutes, and we are taking your phone
calls until noon. At eight six six nine eight seven
two five seventy it is snell Zilla Day for the Dodgers.
Blake Snell back on the mound at Dodgers Stadium for
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the first time since he got injured April second. He
will be facing Chris Bassett of the Toronto Blue Jays
first pitch from Dodger Stadium at six' ten. Tonight we
will be. There Miguel rojas will be, THERE i will be.
There Rick monday will be, There Steven nelson will be.
There and we hope you join us At Dodgers. Stadium if,
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not join us From Dodger stadium at six' ten right
HERE on am five TO Seventy. La sports, and yes
it is a day night Doubleheader Of. Dodger Talk dodger talk,
Until Noon dodger talk until the night after the game
tonight HERE on am five TO Seventy. La sports, last
Night the dodgers Beat The blue jays five. To One
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clayton kershaw six, innings allowed just one. Earn run Kershaw
Beat schurezer schurzer also went, six innings but did give
up a pivotal, go ahead two run home Run To
mookie betts in the fifth inning. Last night Here was
mooky right after.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
The, game yeah it feels good to. Deliver anyway so
BUT like, i said it's just been a lot of.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Hard WORK like.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
I said to curiously, My wife my wife really has
talked to me a lot through this, whole process and,
You know I'm just i'm just glad to.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Feel normal do you think it's more mental confidence than
it is about anything with your swing at? This, point
no it was. Definitely both it was.
Speaker 5 (04:00):
Definitely both but, you know now is just locking in
on the confidence and. Really believing, YOU know i saw a,
couple fall and, you know earlier throughout, THE year i
would get a couple of hits and then go over.
Fifteen after BUT now i FEEL like i found SOMETHING
that i can sustain.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
To deliver on a night. Like tonight you Had kershawan
schurzer to make that play in the, second inning to
get a big double play to in. The inning how
big is this to?
Speaker 5 (04:24):
Be, You again it's just it just feels good to come.
To play it's like one of the FIRST games, i
PLAYED and i haven't really had to think about my
swing or think about playing. The game it's just kind
of let myself naturally. Do it AND so i was
super dope to see shures are. Encourase me, you know
obviously they're them their, forties now and they've been pitching
against each other for a, long time and so it's.
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Just abuse that's the beauty about.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
This, Game Hey mookie betts. SAID it i mean he
just went out there and. Wasn't thinking and some of
the greatest hitters you will hear talk about hitting when people,
ask them what were you thinking when you went? Up
there nothing empty. Your mind you just got to go
up there have, a, plan obviously but you can't be
thinking about where your, hands are where your front. Foot
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is I'm Sure miguel rojas knows that you got to
have a free mind to be able to play the
game of baseball and excel at the. Highest levels and
You heard miguel said it was great to see The
Vibe mookie beds had in the. Dugout Yesterday dave roberts
also said that. As Well when mookie's playing, that WAY
when mooki has that type, of energy it lifts up the.
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Entire team but you know this Is. On mookie it
can't Be On. Freddie freeman it can't Be On. Miguel
rojas it can't be on, MY. Guy, Jd MARTINEZ america's
dh on his Yacht In, fort lauderdale probably right now
fishing for lobster, right now somewhere Off The. Florida keys at,
some point you have to take responsibility and accountability. For
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yourself you can't be looking at somebody across. The diamond
you got to be looking at yourself in the mirror
on how you can help. The team and it feels
Like maybe Mookie's wife brianna helped him out, with that
And maybe mookie himself helped himself out. With that, but
whatever you're only as good as your. Last game we
want To See mooki bets string together at least three
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or four games to basically say. He's back and for
all those that were Saying the dodgers need To Move
mookie bets down in, the order that's Not the. Dodgers'
style you Don't Move mooki bets down, to seven eight.
Or Nine. In, AUGUST now i did say this a
couple of nights ago on the, Off day dodger talk
that it would be interesting to See if mooki did continue,
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to struggle whether or not if push came, to Shove
the dodgers, would say you, know what for the betterment of,
the team it might be best to have somebody else
Hit between Otani And. Freddie freeman and the GUY that
i was thinking Of Was, will smith who is one
of the best Hitters In Major. League baseball but last
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night was a great example of why you don't make
those type of decisions in the first Week. Of august
You Give, mookie betts who has had an, incredible career
the benefit of the doubt to still try to find
it Because the Dodgers Need, mooki bets They Need, taoscar
hernandez They Need tommy edmond to get to where they're going.
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To go, And Certainly miguel rojas is a big part
Of the dodgers Winning The world series for a second.
Straight year he has, been Phenomenal and i'm not sure
People give miguel enough credit for doing what he has done.
This year coming into, the season, you know everybody Was
saying miguel was gonna play maybe two three times. A,
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week well things happen during one hundred and sixty, two
games and having a Player Like miguel rojas on your team.
Is invaluable how many teams around the league, can say you,
Know What tommy edmund, Went down you, know what we
need To Give momoki bets a. Day off, you Know
Even max munsey, Goes down We Need. Miguel rojas you
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need a guy Like key K a hernandez who's been
out with the left. Elbow injury those two guys bring
a lot of energy and a lot of leadership To,
the dodgers where, you know they got a lot of
guys that go about, their business but who brings The
Energy tay oscar with the, Sunflower Seeds But miguel rojas
And key K a hernandez certainly bring a lot of
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that energy and leadership That the dodgers need to Win
A world. Series championship you Heard What miguel rojas Said About.
Kevin kiermeyer we all Remember when kermeyer was not playing
During The world series run and not even active for
certain rounds of. The postseason he was on the top
step of the dugout trying to rattle the starting pitchers
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that's the type of energy and unselfishness. You need and
Guys Like, Miguel Rojas, Kevin kiermeyer key K, a hernandez
they understand in their role and understand how you can't
get down on yourself when things don't work out to play,
every day but you're always ready and you're always there for.
(09:11):
The Team and i'm looking Forward To miguel rojas And
the dodgers having another one of those series win Salutes
on Sunday At. Dodger, Stadium Tomorrow david, Vas Say Dodger. Talk,
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sixty six nine eight seven two. Five seventy and, You
Know blake snail's on. The MOUNTAINNIGHT and i WAS Watching
mlb network yesterday and it is way too early to,
say This But ryan Dempster And, kevin malar we're already
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lining Up the dodgers starting staff for a. Playoffs SERIES
and i couldn't disagree. With, them more Show hey otani
to me if you were gonna stack Up a dodger
rotation for a best OF five, nlds today, to me,
Show hey otani is your game one starter for a
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multiple array. Of reasons You, got otani who has been,
absolutely dominant top five Pitcher In Major league baseball. This
year You get otani to do to pitch four or
five innings In a game one that allows you To
have otani to do what he did In The World
baseball classic last year and close out a series clinching
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game For the dodgers the way he Did For team
japan In The World. Baseball classic and if you go
back and look at some Of the dodgers' biggest playoff,
series wins it's not their closer of the regular SEASON
that i have closed. Out Games julio orias in twenty
twenty closed Out The. World Series max scherzer closed OUT
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the nlds in twenty. Twenty one so there is a
lot of Examples In walker buehler, last year, of Course
in game five Of The world series closed Out The world.
Series wins so, for me it Would, Be Otani blake
snell And then yamamoto to be able to start a
best of, five series Because is yamamoto going to be
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able to pitch twice in a best of? FIVE series
i don't. Think so Game, Four, glass now Where does
kershaw fit? Into that maybe Piggyback that otani start in.
Game one that's that's. My vision, eight, six, six, eight
seven two. Five seventy who would be your first three
starters in a best of? Five series let's say they're
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Playing the. Padres again let's see if they're. Doing that
tell me who would be your first? Three starters, eight six,
six nine eight seven. Two Five the dodger fans are
lined up Outside Of. Superior grocers they are letting just
a small group of fans in at, a time so
we have a controlled atmosphere so people don't really freak
Out Over. MIGUEL rojas a Lot of dodger fans here
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to celebrate a guy that has been part of the
glue Of the dodgers the last three seasons and continues
to be so. THIS year a world Champion In. MIGUEL
rojas i love to. See it adults. With kids the
kids want To See. Miguel rojas in case you want
to try to get. Down here miguel is going to
be here until noon at Sixty Ten, Pacific Boulevard superior
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Grocers And. HUNTINGTON park, i mean the fans. Are Giddy.
There's miguel You See miguel rojas. Right there. Don't worry
he's a. Nice guy he's, a dad he's, a father he's,
A husband he's a man of the people out Here At.
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will give us some insights On the, dodgers Offense On,
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Ap David bes say Live At superior Grocers In. Huntington
Park the dodger fans are filing In For miguel rojas
Sixty Ten. Pacific boulevard miguel is gonna be here until noon. Taking,
photos hey great to. See you you, Want This, bill
Plunkett book otani And the dodgers he dropped. Them off.
(14:27):
It's free i'm giving it to you because you listen to,
The show so. THANK you i need as many listeners.
As possible miguel and the rest of the team thinks
nobody listens to. The show look. At this. Everybody's listening.
Everybody's Here, See. Hey miguel you DIDN'T think i had anybody.
LISTENING here i got one guy, right here my. One
guy hey stick With. The dodgers, thank you. Appreciate it
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and it's kind of surreal how the fans are Coming
Into superior Grocers In huntington park to take a Photo
With miguel rojas and everybody's so quiet and REVERENT they
i think it's like. A church, you know you could,
be loud you can have a, good time have. That
energy miguel is a. Great guy you can have the
energy that he brings To. The dodgers it's so quiet
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in here between aisles twelve and Thirteen At superior Grocers In.
HUNTINGTON park i think it's it's funny how people just
react when they see one of, their heroes And That's.
Miguel rojas and thank you Again To. Superior grocers and,
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seventy is the. Phone number and, DON'T forget i do
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dodgers and a season For. The ages let's go back
out to. The phones Frank. In monrovia you're Live On
dodger Talk From. Huntington, Park, Hi Frank.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
Hey dave there.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
RIGHT now I wish i could, be there but you
know what. Life happens two things. Last night last night's
game was the stuff. Of legends that was MUST. Be
tv you know that may be the last time we
see the two giants go at it with. Each other
but you know who else? Could say you know who
else to say you saw two first Start of Hall
of famers right there on. The field that's the. First
thing the second THING is i see the playoffs at
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starting now as we're Gonna See san diego if he's
upcoming Too series, right Now The blue j's are also
studying their.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
Line up.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
You know right now is when we are jockeying. For
Position it's meil prep time for all. These teams, you
Know even anaheim is looking for bragging rights. Right Now,
but august knowing how these teams are, Lighting up i'm
going to tell you, RIGHT now I, See smell Sasaki
and yoshi right there as our starting three in that in,
that rotation and you Know what i'm looking forward to.
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It is there's going to be some. Exciting games and
to everybody, who's there, you know get Love To.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Niggy road, All, right frankie thank you for the. Phone
call eight. Six seventy. That's right After the dodgers close
it out Against The blue jays tomorrow they will play
three Games in anaheim Against. The angels And the angels
they are a. Scrappy team they do fight to the
finish and they have Given former Dodger Closer kenley jansen
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enough opportunities to have seventeen saves this season And win
reliever Of the month In The american league for the Month.
Of july let's go Out To, carson manny You're On
dodger talk Live From superior Grocers In. Huntington park how
you DOING.
Speaker 7 (17:34):
Many dv, good morning and shout Out To. Huntington park
you guys better represent.
Speaker 4 (17:39):
Out there.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Get loud, That's Right huntington park's gotta get a little
Louder For miguel rojas. Out here everybody's. So Quiet Where's?
HUNTINGTON park i can't hear you? Out? Here there there. We,
go hey it's not. A church you. Could talk you
could talk in the. Grocery store it's not. A church.
Let's go it's not, the, library, right.
Speaker 7 (17:59):
Yeah tell them the way up and tell them they
get excited Because these dodgers are now firing on. All
cylinders We Got max, munsey BACK and i just read
a really incredible Stat. The Dodgers when mounsey is starting
forty eight and, twenty seven that's, that's amazing and without
him though eighteen and. Twenty TWO so i just want
to throw it, Out there Welcome. Back MAX and i
Was a max little bit of a hater in the
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beginning of, the year but he's completely shut my Mouth
and i'm all about. IT now i Love having showhy
leading off, the playoffs Followed By. Blake snell and just
like You said Yoshinobu with glassnell, A spree i did not.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
SAY that i did not. SAY that I said otani,
NUMBER one I Said blake snell, number TWO and I
said yamamoto. Number three those are my. First Three and
I've got kershaw coming In. After otani uh pitches the
first four or five Innings of, game one and then
you have the flexibility To use otani in A possible
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game five Or a game four to close.
Speaker 7 (19:01):
It, Out yeah i'm not opposed to adding a shaheen in,
there too Right behind otani to back. Them Up, so.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Hi, all right, all right we'll cut it off, Right.
THERE manny i think he did a good enough job
right there delivering and thank you for that Stat When max,
munsey starts because he means a lot to, this lineup
and all of, a sudden now it Feels like dodger
fans are starting To Appreciate max munsey and how much
he means to. This, team uh it doesn't feel like
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he got a lot of. Love, before hey how. You
doing what's?
Speaker 6 (19:32):
Your?
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Name? Ernie, Ernie, hey yeah come on. Over here let's
take a. Photo together Ernie And huntington park here getting
to meet The Great. Miguel rojas, thank you, thank you
hey for saying that you get This Book bill plunkett. La,
story see all you have to do is say nice
things to ME and i give. You gifts and we
do have a raffle going On for, Dodger Tickets superior grocer.
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Gift cards so we got a lot going. On here
but the centerpiece of this sabatohe gante is that man,
Right There miguel rojas taking a photo with all of
the people Here In. Huntington, park hey how? You doing what's?
Speaker 8 (20:07):
Your?
Speaker 1 (20:07):
NAME oh i, Love. It fred great to. Meet, you
yeah there. We go great to. See, everybody hey the
main events, right there he's waiting. For you forget. About Me,
miguel rojas the world. Champions, here hey how? You doing
you want to take? A photo he'll take it for you. Right, There,
hey yeah let's do this. All right eight six six
nine eight seven two five seventy is the Phone number
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David vas Say At superior Grocers In huntington park and
loving to see all the fans, out Here Celebrating miguel
Rojas And, miguel rojas embracing this, great community these great
People Of. Huntington park let's go Out to fred in the.
Miracle mile You're On Dodger talk LIVE. From hb how, You, DOING, Fred,
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hp sorry spelling in math was not.
Speaker 4 (20:55):
My, favorite well radio as long as. RADIO play i
guess you're in the.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Right, place yeah we're in the, Right, Place fred what
do you have for us tonight? OR today i have
a couple.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
OF questions i have a couple. Of questions the FIRST
is i don't know if you Perused like dodger blogs
or things. LIKE that i try not to like the
role of The, HITTING yeah i, do too but, often
invariably when, you do the role of a hitting coach.
Comes up can you speak to what a hitting? Coach,
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does like each player must have their. Own coach so
what's the difference between the club coach and like a.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Player's, coach okay, number one let me take this, Picture.
First fred, all, right, geez there we. Did it we, Did,
it fred here's the role of a. Hitting coach hitting
coach can only do, so much but the player has
got to. Embrace it, right now, hitting coach they might
be there right Now At. Dodger stadium they get there
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six seven hours before. First pitch they're trying to filter
information for the hitters, to face not only the, starting
pitcher but also the. Relief pictures so there's a lot
of information that goes in to getting guys ready for.
The game and it's not just about. Hitting mechanics it's
not just about taking. Betting practice it's about giving them
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the right information so they're prepared to face not only
the starters but also. The, relievers hey what's, Your? Name?
Victor nice to meet you, all right we're taking, Photos,
here fred thanks a lot for the. Phone call eight
sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
PHONE number i Promised you No. Mar garciapara you will
Hear from No mar garciapara when we continue Live From
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Grocers In. HUNTINGTON park a lot of smiles Here In
huntington park because we have World Champion miguel rojas meeting,
and greeting, taking photos, kissing babies even being presented with
Gifts from. Dodger fans so awesome to see the Turnout
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everybody the Main Event miguel rojas. Over here, but yeah
if you want to, STOP by i don't mind taking
photos with. YOU either I know i'm like. The appetizer
i'm the Appetizer For. Miguel rojas you Come For, miguel
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rojas and then maybe on the way out you. Say
hello eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
is the. Phone number we had a chance to catch
up with one of the greatest hitters in. Baseball history
he does not get enough credit for being as great
of a hitter as he was in his. Illustrious career
it made a Stop At, dodger town With the dodgers
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moving no more To. First space in two thousand, and
six he finally came home and put on the number
five And that. Dodger uniform you now see him on SPORTS.
Net la he has a wealth, of knowledge and we
tapped into It, with, nomar who by, the way never
seems to want to come To the grade one eight
my area Of The San. FERNANDO valley i.
Speaker 6 (25:14):
Appreciate, It dave and you, KNOW what i would go to.
Your area you just have never invited me for dinner
or anything, like that so don't blame me for not going.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
OVER there i feel like you're the type of FRIEND
where i have to come.
Speaker 6 (25:24):
See you that'd, be, Nice though but YOU know i
am by, the beach so, you know as, a friend, i'd,
say listen why don't you come. Over here the, weather's
nice nice little.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
Cool breeze we can. Eat, outside hey that's the. Veteran
attitude you have to come to me if you. WANT
help i wasn't thinking.
Speaker 6 (25:38):
THAT way i was just thinking.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
About, surroundings hey the, Valley's Great, no mark you gotta
get a taste one day but you're the. Hit doctor in,
my opinion you obviously are very cerebral about, hitting offense,
team offense. Individual offense what do you see With this
dodger offense right now in the last not even, ten
games but thirty?
Speaker 6 (25:57):
Forty games, you KNOW it's, i know it seems like
collectively there's a lot of guys who are struggling or in.
The slump, you know obviously Looking At freddy freeman him
coming out. Of it you see show Hey ou tani,
right now he's struggled a lot of swings. AND miss
i think that's one of the THINGS that i think
is more startling, than anything just the amount of swing
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and miss by. THIS offense i think, early on even
if they may not have been scoring or we were
even questioning about, this offense remember early in, the season, we're,
like man the bottom part of the slide up really
needs to. Get going the top part was, carrying them
but there was no. Bottom PART and I Thought andy
pie is when he really started going really linked in,
the lineup really, changed things, You know max, munthsy two,
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you know and then he got started. Getting hot that
started changing the combination. Of THOSE but i think the
swing and miss wasn't as much as it wasn't, as
prevalent like they may not have been, getting hits but
there wasn't as much swing and miss as what we're seeing,
right now and more swing and miss maybe it's. More
amplified it's because you're seeing it more From the superstars.
Than anything, you Know So freddy freeman, obviously have But,
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show hey there has been an. AWFUL lot i think
from a mechanical standpoint With, show hey, YOU know I
think i could tell that he feels like he's not
where he's supposed. To be so we, as hitters we
have a tendency always when we're in, a slump like
we're gonna. Feel beat so we are already maybe deciding before,
the pitchers before he even releases, the ball before we even.
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See it AND so i think his front side. IS
clearing i think you have that feeling of, being beat
so you want to clear that front. Shoulder out your
body naturally instinctively, SAYS okay I gotta i gotta get
the barrel to it so you, fly OPEN and i
think he's. Doing that so both his hips and his
shoulder are flying. Open together this top half usually stays
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closed while his bottom. Half GOES so i think that.
Has IT so i think you see a lot of
these guys who are maybe later swinging. Underneath it it's
that feeling right now and not trusting that you can
let the. Ball travel you always hear when guys are, Doing,
well dave don't you always hear, That term i'm letting it,
Get deep i'm trusting, My hands i'm letting the. Ball
travel that's because you feel like you're in a. Good
spot you're not going to feel beat by this picture on,
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his fastball and you can wait for it to maybe
when they, release it to maybe make your decision before
trying to make a decision.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Before, That, No, Mar Garciapara. No mar everybody seems to
have a Solution For. Mooki bets what do you See.
From mooki this is not, a month this is not,
two months it's a. Whole.
Speaker 6 (28:19):
Season, yeah well if you watch, our show and there's
a lot of times. You hoo jerry and myself we
talk about the top hand an, awful lot and we
always Believe When mooki betts is, going right that top
hand really comes. Into play and the reason why we
talk about the top hand. So much is a lot
of times that top hand when you're holding your bat
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helps you keep the barrel above the ball almost as long.
As possible you think about keeping that barrel above, the
ball and then it eventually falls into the hitting zone
as you're. Swinging through, you know, old school when, everybody's,
like oh you swing down on the ball on, your, tage,
like oh they're thinking about, swinging down you don't swing
down on. The, ball well the reason that guys old
school would think about swinging, down is, you know you're
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really trying to think about keeping the barrel above your
hands as long. As Possible, tony gwynn, for example would
always talk about knob to. The ball he was a
big knob to, the. Ball, right well if you think,
about that if you took the knob toward, the ball
where the ball is down below your, you know going
towards your waist or wherever, it is it's below your
hands when, they start. For example but as you put
that knob to, the ball where's, the barrel the barrel
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still above. Your hands so he might have been maybe
bottom hand dominant with thinking that bottom hand taking the
knob to the ball to keep the barrel above. The
hands some people are, doing that BUT then i use
my top hand, a LOT so i thought top hand
to keep my barrel above my hands as long as
possible and then fire. It Through mookie betts says a
tendency where that barrel lags early on as he's starting,
to swing it starts going down it's. Already underneath so
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you see a lot of balls where he's underneath when
he swings the misses or when he does, make contact
it's that pop up, or honestly it's a flare to.
Right field you don't see the backspin going the. Right
field you see that sliced to. Right field we actually
even saw it Yesterday when lars made that amazing play.
On it that was what we call a flair the
spin on the ball because he was underneath, the ball
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or he's almost to the side of the ball as
he's making contact because that barrel's dropping way.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
Too, Early nomar i've heard different players say you could
be in a hitting cage for three hours and find
any little thing and put yourself into. A slump do you, feel,
like obviously work ethic Is Not mookie, betts's issue but
do you feel like he's doing.
Speaker 6 (30:26):
Too, much LISTEN it's i will never knock somebody, say
hey you're doing too much or you're doing it's it's
not a matter of doing. Too much it's a matter
of understanding what. YOU'RE doing, i mean, it's like, you
know you, always, say hey practice, makes perfect well does
it's then you but we always, say perfect practice, makes
perfect and you're never going to. Be perfect but with
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that's more talent, is, like listen you got to practice
the right way in order to get to where you want.
TO be, i mean if you're doing something that's wrong
and you're just, you, know SWINGING and i swung, for
HOURS but i was still continuing doing the same thing
wrong over and, over Again while i'm just making, it
worse not necessarily making. It better, TRUST me i do
that on the driving range all, the time.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Trying to figure out WHAT am i? Doing? Wrong Here,
No Mare garcia para knows hitting better than most is
joining us here before. First, pitch, no mar let's talk
about SOMEBODY that i think you can relate to as
far as just the way you. See Hitting freddie freeman
in a long slump but found his way out. Of
it now on the last, road TRIP how, i mean
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can you Relate? To FREDDY am i saying?
Speaker 8 (31:31):
That?
Speaker 6 (31:32):
Correctly well you, KNOW what i love talking Hitting with
freddy or listening to him talk hitting, as well just
because he. Understands himself he. Knows himself he knows when
things are, going bad he knows when things are.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
Going well.
Speaker 6 (31:51):
And you always hear Him like i'm Grinding or. I'm struggling.
It's true just because you know when things are going
well about yourself doesn't mean you. Always have it doesn't
mean you but you. Understand it like, You Know freddy
freeman talks about ballflight, at times, you know or they'll
spin of the ball coming off, his bat he recognizes, to,
understand okay if it's not coming off the way you
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like or what you're, used to you know something's off in.
Your swing may not know what at. That moment you're
maybe grinding to try to, find that but you know
there's something that's. Causing that but you're LIKE, Man i
so he's practicing maybe to try to get a certain
spin off the ball or a. Certain Area if, i'm not,
you know this ball on the, INNER half i should
be turning on it BETTER or i should be staying
inside of it. Better whatever maybe he understands himself and
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that's what's just, so IMPRESSIVE which i, always say he
minimizes his sumps. Very well you can go through. A
slump we're all going to go. Through him but he
does an excellent job minimizing his slumps. Very well and
then when he, finds it has a tendency to stay
in those zones a lot longer. As well so he's
so impressive. To watch but the OTHER thing i Love
About freddie freeman is when he is in, a slump
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he has something that like he goes to or that
like when the game is, telling him like you, gotta
battle you, gotta grind you have to find. A way
you see him, Do that like it's not the, same
swing but maybe he's working on something in one at
bat and nobody on and he's trying to find it
and he misses a, Pitch whatever but there's a man
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on third base and there's less than two outs. That
swing all of a sudden changes it's no longer about
worried about my mechanics, Are offer i'm struggling On try, he's,
GOING listen i, AM grinding i have a go to
SWING that i got to figure out how to put
this ball play BECAUSE that rbi guy's mine and we've
seen him. Do that and when he was in, a,
slump like he finds, a way whether it's a rollover
to second basement because the second, basement's back or the,
short stuff but he's finding. A way and THAT'S what
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i also love about him is that he also knows
he has to go to that when they push him
To shub. I'm winning i'm a.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
Big Believer the dodgers have a great resource here before
every home game that he's working on sports AND at
la he's in, a tie he's in a. Dress shirt he's.
Always here No, More Garciapara, no mar thanks a lot for,
the time And man art four five six is coming.
Up soon you're, The, BEST dave i. Appreciate, It, Hey,
No mar garciapara is. The best He's a he's a
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guy that is at the disposal Of any dodger any
time because he's on the field during. Batting practice so
If any dodger ever wanted to tap into one of
the best hitters in, baseball history a two time, batting
champion a guy that was flirting with Four hundred he's
right there in a suit and tie before every home
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Game in No. Mar garciapara eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy is the. Phone Number the dodgers
are back in action tonight Against The Toronto. Blue jays
it is game two of this three. Game series it
Is Snell. Zilla Saturday blake snell will be back on
the mound For the dodgers after a solid outing in
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his Return in Tampa. Last saturday he's going Up Against
chris bassett Of The Toronto blue Jays and moogie last
night having his best game of. The, season well we
all know if you've Been Following mookie bets With, the
dodgers at least he loves the Month. Of august it
feels like the Month of August is. Mookie's month and how.
(35:13):
About this back in, Twenty eighteen, August Ninth mookie bets
hit for the cycle when he was playing For The
Boston red sox on his way to AN. Al mvp
so maybe this time of, The year August is mookie's
time of. The year eight six six nine eight seven
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two five seventy is the. Phone Number the dodgers looking
to not only win tonight but even as You Heard
miguel rajas say he's Hoping the dodgers can find a
way to sweep the best team In The American league
east in this three. Game series So the dodgers certainly
(35:56):
played much better last night than they did in the
final game of that series Against The Saint. Louis cardinals
it's about now. Keeping Momentum the dodgers need to keep.
Some momentum They let Max schus are off the hook
in the first inning. Last night they had the, Bases
Loaded will smith hit a ball to left Field that
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schneider made a great catch on and Then Ta oscar
hernandez struck out to strand the. Bases loaded But the
dodgers are going to need More Than mookie betts to
get the best out of. This, offense yes They, need
mookie but they Also Need. Taoscar hernandez they need A Healthy,
tommy EDMOND and I Thought miguel rojas echoed everything that
(36:39):
you guys always call in about after, every game about more.
Team offense So the dodgers certainly need that. As well
eight six, six seven two five seventy is the. Phone
number we are Live At superior Grocers In. Huntington park
the fans are very Happy Because miguel rojas is still
in the house for fifteen. More minutes it's a Lot
(37:00):
of dodger fans have gotten their photo with. Him already
they're still hanging out Here At. Superior grocers it's all
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back out to, The phones Terry. And ventura you're on
a very Special Sabato, hey gant the Edition Of. Dodger
talk how, You? Doing terry?
Speaker 8 (37:22):
Very good first, of all you're a gift that keeps.
ON giving i love. Your insights you're so tuned. Into
everything THE reason i, CALLED it I saw. YOU'RE welcome I.
Saw kurry i've Been a dodger fan for. Sixty years
i'm kind of an. Old GUY but I saw kershaw
on the mount when he was taken Out by roberts
And The All star games standing ovation, was AMAZING and,
i saw, you Know the padres, third baseman, you know
(37:47):
just like sort, of SMIRKING and i know he kind
Of owns, kershaw LATELY but i just wondered what the
interplay Was between roberts. And him in the Dugout the padres.
THIRD basement i don't you want to say, his Name
the shadow and and and the SMIRK that. I saw
did anybody else pick up on that or was it
just me.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
Say? That, Again terry, i'm sorry say it one.
Speaker 8 (38:08):
More, time Okay my shadow was on the Mound when
kershaw was. Taken out who was on the matter? Standing
Ovation my shadow and all the infielders were on the
Mound when kershaw was taken out Of The All star Game.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
By, roberts, oh okay going back To The All, star,
Game YES.
Speaker 8 (38:27):
And i just wondered if anybody saw the smirk On the.
SHADOW'S face i Understand my shadows kind Of. Owned, KERSHAW
lately i wondered what the interplay was in the Dugout
when roberts is the manager In. The shadows you know
they had this interplay during the playoffs. LAST year i
just wondered how that Was with Roberts, and Shadow my Shadow.
And kershaw it just seemed like bizarre to me That
the shadow made that kind of a Smirk when kershaw
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was getting his.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
Like, ovation okay, NUMBER one i think you're reading too much,
into THAT but i will say this FROM what i
was told from people that were In The national league
clubhouse During The All, star game there was a little
bit of Tension Between, dave roberts some Of, the dodgers
and some Of the padres that were On The National
League All. Star Team manny machado obviously threw a Baseball
(39:13):
At dave roberts DURING the nlds. Last year there obviously
was benches Clearing Between dave Roberts And. Mike shilt and
my understanding is there needed to be some sort of
icebreaker to really alleviate some of the tension in that
clubhouse During The All, star game that pregame meeting Of
The National League all Stars With dave roberts being. The
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manager so at, THAT point I don't machado just enjoys.
THE game i don't think he was smirking in a.
SINISTER way i think you're reading too much. Into that
but certainly there needed to be some ice breaking tension
in that pregame meeting FROM when i.
Speaker 8 (39:51):
Was, told SO can i ask one? Other, question yeah, All,
RIGHT listen i played baseball in high school a little Bit,
in coyle and back then the strike zone was the
knees to the letters and now it's like from the
cast to two inches above the. Belt line maybe it's
because they want offense to. Sell tickets it drives me
enoughs to see what the strike zone? Is NOW am
(40:12):
i the only one that steels?
Speaker 1 (40:13):
This way you're not a lot of hitters and a
lot of pitchers have been very frustrated with the. Strike
zone and it also feels like, you're right the umpires
are not calling the traditional. Strike zone they're actually, calling
it so, they're not, you know graded poorly with this
new automated. Strike zone that's that number one is being
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currently grading umpires. These DAYS and i guess the biggest
difference is there is a buffer zone where it's a
little bit an inch outside a, full baseball outside inside
high low of the strike zone that umpires were given
a grace. Period for but this year it feels like
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they're not really calling those pitches. For STRIKE and i
could tell, you this other pitchers are not happy with
the fact that there doesn't seem to be a high.
Strike anymore there doesn't seem to be a top of the.
Strike ZONE so i feel like you're. Onto something nobody
is ever going to, Admit it but the Reality Is
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Major league baseball has made no secret about it that
they do want. More offense and, next year if they
bring IN that, abs system you're going to see a
lot more offense because there's nowhere for pitchers, to, go especially,
you know if they're shrinking the, strike zone you're going
to have to throw pitches down, the middle and it's
going to force hitters, to swing and there is going
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to be a lot. More offense and pitchers are not
going to, like it but Guys Like miguel rojas are
going to like it because there's going to be more
opportunities for pitchers to throw pitches in the, strike zone
in the.
Speaker 8 (41:52):
Hitting Zone Hey, dave day keep up the. Good work you're.
A gift you're.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
The, best hey thank you for the. Phone call really
appreciate you CALLING to I, LOVE ventura i love going
Up To. Channel islands thank you for the. Phone call
don't forget We got dodger baseball for, You Tonight Dodgers,
Blue jays game two of this three. Game Series snell
zilla on the mound For the. Dodgers tonight HE is,
(42:16):
i love by, the Way Seeing blake snell in his
full uniform in his last Start. In tampa he was in.
Full uniform the game is going to be at One
ten eastern Time, last Sunday And blake snell was in
his full uniform by ten thirty in. The morning that
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was stuff that you don't see a lot. Of anymore,
and look you, could, say, okay yeah so what he
was in his. Full uniform but then he goes out
and pitches, five innings has, eight strikeouts doesn't walk, a
guy and we're talking about a Two Time Cy young.
AWARD winner i actually Feel Like blake snell is the
most disrespected Pitcher In Major. League baseball they act like
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he hasn't won On Two Cy. YOUNG awards, i mean
this guy has. Done it he just needs to stay
healthy and obviously this year it didn't work out for
the first half of. The season but Similar to yamamoto,
last year nobody ever talks about the Fact that yamamoto
missed two and a. Half months all they talk about
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is how great he Was, in october which, He was
So If blake snell Can, dominate october nobody will even
talk about the fact that he missed Time from April.
To august it reminds me a lot about yamamoto season.
Last year eight six, six nine eight seven two five
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seventy is the. Phone number let's go back out to
the phones as we are Live In huntington Park At.
Superior Grocer's, miguel rojas a champion of, the people has
been such a great host Here At superior Grocers In,
huntington park All the dodger fans not only taking photos
but also giving Back. To miguel he got. SOME shirts
(44:01):
i saw a nice lady give him a braceletat he's wearing.
Right now if he comes to the, plate tonight you
might see that turquoise bracelet on. His wrist so, really
special really special to see the Interactions between miguel and
these great people that have come out to celebrate him
and Celebrate. The dodgers let's go back out to the
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phones one last time before We Host dodger talk after
the game Tonight From. Dodgers stadium Mark, In torrence You're On.
Dodger talk walk us. Off Tonight miguel rojas is out.
The building he said It To chavez ravine to get
Ready for game two of this series Between the Dodgers And. Blue,
jays mark what do you got.
Speaker 4 (44:42):
By just wondering when you're going to be ready to
give your prediction for the total wins for the season Of.
Speaker 1 (44:49):
The, dodgers mark if you've been listening to me since,
day one YOU know i never bought into Chasing The
seattle mariners for the most wins in a. RAG season
i always thought that, was, ridiculous.
Speaker 8 (45:04):
RIGHT so, i know but last year. They, won.
Speaker 1 (45:11):
Yeah last year they won ninety. Nine games i'll go
ninety eight ninety. Nine again this year they're. Being pushed
they better win those many games or they might not
be a. Division winner they may not be one of
the top two seeds In The. National league, So yeah
i'm going in that, range again somewhere between ninety seven
and ninety nine wins to win. This division.
Speaker 4 (45:32):
Thank you for.
Speaker 1 (45:33):
The, truth hey let me ask you, A, question mark
why is it so Important, for okay, He's gone but
why is it so important for me to predict how
many Wins the dodgers are going to have in the.
Regular Season superior grossers is Full of dodger fans that
care about Wins, in, October right nobody cares about ninety
nine or ninety five Wins in september or the. Regular
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season we care about Wins in october to become the
first Team In Major league baseball Since the yankees of
two thousand to win back To Back world. Series championships
that's why the fans. Are here that's the reason Why the.
Dodgers play so thank you to all of You In
huntington park that came out here To Celebrate, miguel Rojas.
(46:17):
The Dodgers miguel rojas gives so much. To us it's
great for you guys to come out here And Celebrate.
Miguel rojas and it's been great to embrace this great
City Of huntington park that deserves to be celebrated because
it is the great People Of los angeles that deserve to.
Be celebrated so thank you to all of you from
coming out here and being part of a, great day
(46:39):
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(47:00):
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That's where i'm headed because we will have a Doubleheader
Of dodger, talk tonight not only two Hours on saturday
Morning From, superior grocers but we got ninety minutes coming
for you After tonight's. Dodgers Win On Snell's. Zilla day
It Is Snell zilla's Saturday In. Los Angeles blake snell
(47:25):
on the mountainnight For the dodgers Against The Toronto. Blue
jays first pitch at six' Ten with Rick Monday. And
steven nelson our coverage begins at Five o'clock and casey
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Speaker 2 (00:07):
This team is really becoming a family.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Let's not play one on Tom.
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Let's I love writing to these guys after the show.
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So just thank you, give me are.
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Your attention, your fire and not a pisson.
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Speaker 1 (00:47):
Thank you again to Miguel Rojas for being a man
of the people. He is getting ready for the meat
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got one more hour to go. You'll hear my conversation
with no mar Garcia Para on the art of hitting,
how he believes Mookie Bets can get his season on track.
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Also how Freddie Freeman got himself out of a career
worst slump earlier this year. So you'll hear from Nomar
in about ten minutes, and we are taking your phone
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two five seventy it is snell Zilla Day for the Dodgers.
Blake Snell back on the mound at Dodgers Stadium for
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the first time since he got injured April second. He
will be facing Chris Bassett of the Toronto Blue Jays
first pitch from Dodger Stadium at six' ten. Tonight we
will be. There Miguel rojas will be, THERE i will be.
There Rick monday will be, There Steven nelson will be.
There and we hope you join us At Dodgers. Stadium if,
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HERE on am five TO Seventy. La sports, and yes
it is a day night Doubleheader Of. Dodger Talk dodger talk,
Until Noon dodger talk until the night after the game
tonight HERE on am five TO Seventy. La sports, last
Night the dodgers Beat The blue jays five. To One
(03:20):
clayton kershaw six, innings allowed just one. Earn run Kershaw
Beat schurezer schurzer also went, six innings but did give
up a pivotal, go ahead two run home Run To
mookie betts in the fifth inning. Last night Here was
mooky right after.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
The, game yeah it feels good to. Deliver anyway so
BUT like, i said it's just been a lot of.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Hard WORK like.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
I said to curiously, My wife my wife really has
talked to me a lot through this, whole process and,
You know I'm just i'm just glad to.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Feel normal do you think it's more mental confidence than
it is about anything with your swing at? This, point
no it was. Definitely both it was.
Speaker 5 (04:00):
Definitely both but, you know now is just locking in
on the confidence and. Really believing, YOU know i saw a,
couple fall and, you know earlier throughout, THE year i
would get a couple of hits and then go over.
Fifteen after BUT now i FEEL like i found SOMETHING
that i can sustain.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
To deliver on a night. Like tonight you Had kershawan
schurzer to make that play in the, second inning to
get a big double play to in. The inning how
big is this to?
Speaker 5 (04:24):
Be, You again it's just it just feels good to come.
To play it's like one of the FIRST games, i
PLAYED and i haven't really had to think about my
swing or think about playing. The game it's just kind
of let myself naturally. Do it AND so i was
super dope to see shures are. Encourase me, you know
obviously they're them their, forties now and they've been pitching
against each other for a, long time and so it's.
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Just abuse that's the beauty about.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
This, Game Hey mookie betts. SAID it i mean he
just went out there and. Wasn't thinking and some of
the greatest hitters you will hear talk about hitting when people,
ask them what were you thinking when you went? Up
there nothing empty. Your mind you just got to go
up there have, a, plan obviously but you can't be
thinking about where your, hands are where your front. Foot
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is I'm Sure miguel rojas knows that you got to
have a free mind to be able to play the
game of baseball and excel at the. Highest levels and
You heard miguel said it was great to see The
Vibe mookie beds had in the. Dugout Yesterday dave roberts
also said that. As Well when mookie's playing, that WAY
when mooki has that type, of energy it lifts up the.
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Entire team but you know this Is. On mookie it
can't Be On. Freddie freeman it can't Be On. Miguel
rojas it can't be on, MY. Guy, Jd MARTINEZ america's
dh on his Yacht In, fort lauderdale probably right now
fishing for lobster, right now somewhere Off The. Florida keys at,
some point you have to take responsibility and accountability. For
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yourself you can't be looking at somebody across. The diamond
you got to be looking at yourself in the mirror
on how you can help. The team and it feels
Like maybe Mookie's wife brianna helped him out, with that
And maybe mookie himself helped himself out. With that, but
whatever you're only as good as your. Last game we
want To See mooki bets string together at least three
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or four games to basically say. He's back and for
all those that were Saying the dodgers need To Move
mookie bets down in, the order that's Not the. Dodgers'
style you Don't Move mooki bets down, to seven eight.
Or Nine. In, AUGUST now i did say this a
couple of nights ago on the, Off day dodger talk
that it would be interesting to See if mooki did continue,
(06:39):
to struggle whether or not if push came, to Shove
the dodgers, would say you, know what for the betterment of,
the team it might be best to have somebody else
Hit between Otani And. Freddie freeman and the GUY that
i was thinking Of Was, will smith who is one
of the best Hitters In Major. League baseball but last
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night was a great example of why you don't make
those type of decisions in the first Week. Of august
You Give, mookie betts who has had an, incredible career
the benefit of the doubt to still try to find
it Because the Dodgers Need, mooki bets They Need, taoscar
hernandez They Need tommy edmond to get to where they're going.
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To go, And Certainly miguel rojas is a big part
Of the dodgers Winning The world series for a second.
Straight year he has, been Phenomenal and i'm not sure
People give miguel enough credit for doing what he has done.
This year coming into, the season, you know everybody Was
saying miguel was gonna play maybe two three times. A,
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week well things happen during one hundred and sixty, two
games and having a Player Like miguel rojas on your team.
Is invaluable how many teams around the league, can say you,
Know What tommy edmund, Went down you, know what we
need To Give momoki bets a. Day off, you Know
Even max munsey, Goes down We Need. Miguel rojas you
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need a guy Like key K a hernandez who's been
out with the left. Elbow injury those two guys bring
a lot of energy and a lot of leadership To,
the dodgers where, you know they got a lot of
guys that go about, their business but who brings The
Energy tay oscar with the, Sunflower Seeds But miguel rojas
And key K a hernandez certainly bring a lot of
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that energy and leadership That the dodgers need to Win
A world. Series championship you Heard What miguel rojas Said About.
Kevin kiermeyer we all Remember when kermeyer was not playing
During The world series run and not even active for
certain rounds of. The postseason he was on the top
step of the dugout trying to rattle the starting pitchers
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that's the type of energy and unselfishness. You need and
Guys Like, Miguel Rojas, Kevin kiermeyer key K, a hernandez
they understand in their role and understand how you can't
get down on yourself when things don't work out to play,
every day but you're always ready and you're always there for.
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The Team and i'm looking Forward To miguel rojas And
the dodgers having another one of those series win Salutes
on Sunday At. Dodger, Stadium Tomorrow david, Vas Say Dodger. Talk,
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Know blake snail's on. The MOUNTAINNIGHT and i WAS Watching
mlb network yesterday and it is way too early to,
say This But ryan Dempster And, kevin malar we're already
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lining Up the dodgers starting staff for a. Playoffs SERIES
and i couldn't disagree. With, them more Show hey otani
to me if you were gonna stack Up a dodger
rotation for a best OF five, nlds today, to me,
Show hey otani is your game one starter for a
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multiple array. Of reasons You, got otani who has been,
absolutely dominant top five Pitcher In Major league baseball. This
year You get otani to do to pitch four or
five innings In a game one that allows you To
have otani to do what he did In The World
baseball classic last year and close out a series clinching
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game For the dodgers the way he Did For team
japan In The World. Baseball classic and if you go
back and look at some Of the dodgers' biggest playoff,
series wins it's not their closer of the regular SEASON
that i have closed. Out Games julio orias in twenty
twenty closed Out The. World Series max scherzer closed OUT
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the nlds in twenty. Twenty one so there is a
lot of Examples In walker buehler, last year, of Course
in game five Of The world series closed Out The world.
Series wins so, for me it Would, Be Otani blake
snell And then yamamoto to be able to start a
best of, five series Because is yamamoto going to be
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able to pitch twice in a best of? FIVE series
i don't. Think so Game, Four, glass now Where does
kershaw fit? Into that maybe Piggyback that otani start in.
Game one that's that's. My vision, eight, six, six, eight
seven two. Five seventy who would be your first three
starters in a best of? Five series let's say they're
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Playing the. Padres again let's see if they're. Doing that
tell me who would be your first? Three starters, eight six,
six nine eight seven. Two Five the dodger fans are
lined up Outside Of. Superior grocers they are letting just
a small group of fans in at, a time so
we have a controlled atmosphere so people don't really freak
Out Over. MIGUEL rojas a Lot of dodger fans here
(12:14):
to celebrate a guy that has been part of the
glue Of the dodgers the last three seasons and continues
to be so. THIS year a world Champion In. MIGUEL
rojas i love to. See it adults. With kids the
kids want To See. Miguel rojas in case you want
to try to get. Down here miguel is going to
be here until noon at Sixty Ten, Pacific Boulevard superior
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Grocers And. HUNTINGTON park, i mean the fans. Are Giddy.
There's miguel You See miguel rojas. Right there. Don't worry
he's a. Nice guy he's, a dad he's, a father he's,
A husband he's a man of the people out Here At.
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Ap David bes say Live At superior Grocers In. Huntington
Park the dodger fans are filing In For miguel rojas
Sixty Ten. Pacific boulevard miguel is gonna be here until noon. Taking,
photos hey great to. See you you, Want This, bill
Plunkett book otani And the dodgers he dropped. Them off.
(14:27):
It's free i'm giving it to you because you listen to,
The show so. THANK you i need as many listeners.
As possible miguel and the rest of the team thinks
nobody listens to. The show look. At this. Everybody's listening.
Everybody's Here, See. Hey miguel you DIDN'T think i had anybody.
LISTENING here i got one guy, right here my. One
guy hey stick With. The dodgers, thank you. Appreciate it
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and it's kind of surreal how the fans are Coming
Into superior Grocers In huntington park to take a Photo
With miguel rojas and everybody's so quiet and REVERENT they
i think it's like. A church, you know you could,
be loud you can have a, good time have. That
energy miguel is a. Great guy you can have the
energy that he brings To. The dodgers it's so quiet
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in here between aisles twelve and Thirteen At superior Grocers In.
HUNTINGTON park i think it's it's funny how people just
react when they see one of, their heroes And That's.
Miguel rojas and thank you Again To. Superior grocers and,
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seventy is the. Phone number and, DON'T forget i do
have two more Copies Of bill plunkett's book about Last
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dodgers and a season For. The ages let's go back
out to. The phones Frank. In monrovia you're Live On
dodger Talk From. Huntington, Park, Hi Frank.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
Hey dave there.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
RIGHT now I wish i could, be there but you
know what. Life happens two things. Last night last night's
game was the stuff. Of legends that was MUST. Be
tv you know that may be the last time we
see the two giants go at it with. Each other
but you know who else? Could say you know who
else to say you saw two first Start of Hall
of famers right there on. The field that's the. First
thing the second THING is i see the playoffs at
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starting now as we're Gonna See san diego if he's
upcoming Too series, right Now The blue j's are also
studying their.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
Line up.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
You know right now is when we are jockeying. For
Position it's meil prep time for all. These teams, you
Know even anaheim is looking for bragging rights. Right Now,
but august knowing how these teams are, Lighting up i'm
going to tell you, RIGHT now I, See smell Sasaki
and yoshi right there as our starting three in that in,
that rotation and you Know what i'm looking forward to.
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It is there's going to be some. Exciting games and
to everybody, who's there, you know get Love To.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Niggy road, All, right frankie thank you for the. Phone
call eight. Six seventy. That's right After the dodgers close
it out Against The blue jays tomorrow they will play
three Games in anaheim Against. The angels And the angels
they are a. Scrappy team they do fight to the
finish and they have Given former Dodger Closer kenley jansen
(17:19):
enough opportunities to have seventeen saves this season And win
reliever Of the month In The american league for the Month.
Of july let's go Out To, carson manny You're On
dodger talk Live From superior Grocers In. Huntington park how
you DOING.
Speaker 7 (17:34):
Many dv, good morning and shout Out To. Huntington park
you guys better represent.
Speaker 4 (17:39):
Out there.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Get loud, That's Right huntington park's gotta get a little
Louder For miguel rojas. Out here everybody's. So Quiet Where's?
HUNTINGTON park i can't hear you? Out? Here there there. We,
go hey it's not. A church you. Could talk you
could talk in the. Grocery store it's not. A church.
Let's go it's not, the, library, right.
Speaker 7 (17:59):
Yeah tell them the way up and tell them they
get excited Because these dodgers are now firing on. All
cylinders We Got max, munsey BACK and i just read
a really incredible Stat. The Dodgers when mounsey is starting
forty eight and, twenty seven that's, that's amazing and without
him though eighteen and. Twenty TWO so i just want
to throw it, Out there Welcome. Back MAX and i
Was a max little bit of a hater in the
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beginning of, the year but he's completely shut my Mouth
and i'm all about. IT now i Love having showhy
leading off, the playoffs Followed By. Blake snell and just
like You said Yoshinobu with glassnell, A spree i did not.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
SAY that i did not. SAY that I said otani,
NUMBER one I Said blake snell, number TWO and I
said yamamoto. Number three those are my. First Three and
I've got kershaw coming In. After otani uh pitches the
first four or five Innings of, game one and then
you have the flexibility To use otani in A possible
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game five Or a game four to close.
Speaker 7 (19:01):
It, Out yeah i'm not opposed to adding a shaheen in,
there too Right behind otani to back. Them Up, so.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Hi, all right, all right we'll cut it off, Right.
THERE manny i think he did a good enough job
right there delivering and thank you for that Stat When max,
munsey starts because he means a lot to, this lineup
and all of, a sudden now it Feels like dodger
fans are starting To Appreciate max munsey and how much
he means to. This, team uh it doesn't feel like
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he got a lot of. Love, before hey how. You
doing what's?
Speaker 6 (19:32):
Your?
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Name? Ernie, Ernie, hey yeah come on. Over here let's
take a. Photo together Ernie And huntington park here getting
to meet The Great. Miguel rojas, thank you, thank you
hey for saying that you get This Book bill plunkett. La,
story see all you have to do is say nice
things to ME and i give. You gifts and we
do have a raffle going On for, Dodger Tickets superior grocer.
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Gift cards so we got a lot going. On here
but the centerpiece of this sabatohe gante is that man,
Right There miguel rojas taking a photo with all of
the people Here In. Huntington, park hey how? You doing what's?
Speaker 8 (20:07):
Your?
Speaker 1 (20:07):
NAME oh i, Love. It fred great to. Meet, you
yeah there. We go great to. See, everybody hey the
main events, right there he's waiting. For you forget. About Me,
miguel rojas the world. Champions, here hey how? You doing
you want to take? A photo he'll take it for you. Right, There,
hey yeah let's do this. All right eight six six
nine eight seven two five seventy is the Phone number
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David vas Say At superior Grocers In huntington park and
loving to see all the fans, out Here Celebrating miguel
Rojas And, miguel rojas embracing this, great community these great
People Of. Huntington park let's go Out to fred in the.
Miracle mile You're On Dodger talk LIVE. From hb how, You, DOING, Fred,
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hp sorry spelling in math was not.
Speaker 4 (20:55):
My, favorite well radio as long as. RADIO play i
guess you're in the.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Right, place yeah we're in the, Right, Place fred what
do you have for us tonight? OR today i have
a couple.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
OF questions i have a couple. Of questions the FIRST
is i don't know if you Perused like dodger blogs
or things. LIKE that i try not to like the
role of The, HITTING yeah i, do too but, often
invariably when, you do the role of a hitting coach.
Comes up can you speak to what a hitting? Coach,
(21:28):
does like each player must have their. Own coach so
what's the difference between the club coach and like a.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Player's, coach okay, number one let me take this, Picture.
First fred, all, right, geez there we. Did it we, Did,
it fred here's the role of a. Hitting coach hitting
coach can only do, so much but the player has
got to. Embrace it, right now, hitting coach they might
be there right Now At. Dodger stadium they get there
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six seven hours before. First pitch they're trying to filter
information for the hitters, to face not only the, starting
pitcher but also the. Relief pictures so there's a lot
of information that goes in to getting guys ready for.
The game and it's not just about. Hitting mechanics it's
not just about taking. Betting practice it's about giving them
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the right information so they're prepared to face not only
the starters but also. The, relievers hey what's, Your? Name?
Victor nice to meet you, all right we're taking, Photos,
here fred thanks a lot for the. Phone call eight
sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
PHONE number i Promised you No. Mar garciapara you will
Hear from No mar garciapara when we continue Live From
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rojas and then maybe on the way out you. Say
hello eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
is the. Phone number we had a chance to catch
up with one of the greatest hitters in. Baseball history
he does not get enough credit for being as great
of a hitter as he was in his. Illustrious career
it made a Stop At, dodger town With the dodgers
(24:51):
moving no more To. First space in two thousand, and
six he finally came home and put on the number
five And that. Dodger uniform you now see him on SPORTS.
Net la he has a wealth, of knowledge and we
tapped into It, with, nomar who by, the way never
seems to want to come To the grade one eight
my area Of The San. FERNANDO valley i.
Speaker 6 (25:14):
Appreciate, It dave and you, KNOW what i would go to.
Your area you just have never invited me for dinner
or anything, like that so don't blame me for not going.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
OVER there i feel like you're the type of FRIEND
where i have to come.
Speaker 6 (25:24):
See you that'd, be, Nice though but YOU know i
am by, the beach so, you know as, a friend, i'd,
say listen why don't you come. Over here the, weather's
nice nice little.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
Cool breeze we can. Eat, outside hey that's the. Veteran
attitude you have to come to me if you. WANT
help i wasn't thinking.
Speaker 6 (25:38):
THAT way i was just thinking.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
About, surroundings hey the, Valley's Great, no mark you gotta
get a taste one day but you're the. Hit doctor in,
my opinion you obviously are very cerebral about, hitting offense,
team offense. Individual offense what do you see With this
dodger offense right now in the last not even, ten
games but thirty?
Speaker 6 (25:57):
Forty games, you KNOW it's, i know it seems like
collectively there's a lot of guys who are struggling or in.
The slump, you know obviously Looking At freddy freeman him
coming out. Of it you see show Hey ou tani,
right now he's struggled a lot of swings. AND miss
i think that's one of the THINGS that i think
is more startling, than anything just the amount of swing
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and miss by. THIS offense i think, early on even
if they may not have been scoring or we were
even questioning about, this offense remember early in, the season, we're,
like man the bottom part of the slide up really
needs to. Get going the top part was, carrying them
but there was no. Bottom PART and I Thought andy
pie is when he really started going really linked in,
the lineup really, changed things, You know max, munthsy two,
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you know and then he got started. Getting hot that
started changing the combination. Of THOSE but i think the
swing and miss wasn't as much as it wasn't, as
prevalent like they may not have been, getting hits but
there wasn't as much swing and miss as what we're seeing,
right now and more swing and miss maybe it's. More
amplified it's because you're seeing it more From the superstars.
Than anything, you Know So freddy freeman, obviously have But,
(27:00):
show hey there has been an. AWFUL lot i think
from a mechanical standpoint With, show hey, YOU know I
think i could tell that he feels like he's not
where he's supposed. To be so we, as hitters we
have a tendency always when we're in, a slump like
we're gonna. Feel beat so we are already maybe deciding before,
the pitchers before he even releases, the ball before we even.
(27:20):
See it AND so i think his front side. IS
clearing i think you have that feeling of, being beat
so you want to clear that front. Shoulder out your
body naturally instinctively, SAYS okay I gotta i gotta get
the barrel to it so you, fly OPEN and i
think he's. Doing that so both his hips and his
shoulder are flying. Open together this top half usually stays
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closed while his bottom. Half GOES so i think that.
Has IT so i think you see a lot of
these guys who are maybe later swinging. Underneath it it's
that feeling right now and not trusting that you can
let the. Ball travel you always hear when guys are, Doing,
well dave don't you always hear, That term i'm letting it,
Get deep i'm trusting, My hands i'm letting the. Ball
travel that's because you feel like you're in a. Good
spot you're not going to feel beat by this picture on,
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his fastball and you can wait for it to maybe
when they, release it to maybe make your decision before
trying to make a decision.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Before, That, No, Mar Garciapara. No mar everybody seems to
have a Solution For. Mooki bets what do you See.
From mooki this is not, a month this is not,
two months it's a. Whole.
Speaker 6 (28:19):
Season, yeah well if you watch, our show and there's
a lot of times. You hoo jerry and myself we
talk about the top hand an, awful lot and we
always Believe When mooki betts is, going right that top
hand really comes. Into play and the reason why we
talk about the top hand. So much is a lot
of times that top hand when you're holding your bat
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helps you keep the barrel above the ball almost as long.
As possible you think about keeping that barrel above, the
ball and then it eventually falls into the hitting zone
as you're. Swinging through, you know, old school when, everybody's,
like oh you swing down on the ball on, your, tage,
like oh they're thinking about, swinging down you don't swing
down on. The, ball well the reason that guys old
school would think about swinging, down is, you know you're
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really trying to think about keeping the barrel above your
hands as long. As Possible, tony gwynn, for example would
always talk about knob to. The ball he was a
big knob to, the. Ball, right well if you think,
about that if you took the knob toward, the ball
where the ball is down below your, you know going
towards your waist or wherever, it is it's below your
hands when, they start. For example but as you put
that knob to, the ball where's, the barrel the barrel
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still above. Your hands so he might have been maybe
bottom hand dominant with thinking that bottom hand taking the
knob to the ball to keep the barrel above. The
hands some people are, doing that BUT then i use
my top hand, a LOT so i thought top hand
to keep my barrel above my hands as long as
possible and then fire. It Through mookie betts says a
tendency where that barrel lags early on as he's starting,
to swing it starts going down it's. Already underneath so
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you see a lot of balls where he's underneath when
he swings the misses or when he does, make contact
it's that pop up, or honestly it's a flare to.
Right field you don't see the backspin going the. Right
field you see that sliced to. Right field we actually
even saw it Yesterday when lars made that amazing play.
On it that was what we call a flair the
spin on the ball because he was underneath, the ball
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or he's almost to the side of the ball as
he's making contact because that barrel's dropping way.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
Too, Early nomar i've heard different players say you could
be in a hitting cage for three hours and find
any little thing and put yourself into. A slump do you, feel,
like obviously work ethic Is Not mookie, betts's issue but
do you feel like he's doing.
Speaker 6 (30:26):
Too, much LISTEN it's i will never knock somebody, say
hey you're doing too much or you're doing it's it's
not a matter of doing. Too much it's a matter
of understanding what. YOU'RE doing, i mean, it's like, you
know you, always, say hey practice, makes perfect well does
it's then you but we always, say perfect practice, makes
perfect and you're never going to. Be perfect but with
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that's more talent, is, like listen you got to practice
the right way in order to get to where you want.
TO be, i mean if you're doing something that's wrong
and you're just, you, know SWINGING and i swung, for
HOURS but i was still continuing doing the same thing
wrong over and, over Again while i'm just making, it
worse not necessarily making. It better, TRUST me i do
that on the driving range all, the time.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Trying to figure out WHAT am i? Doing? Wrong Here,
No Mare garcia para knows hitting better than most is
joining us here before. First, pitch, no mar let's talk
about SOMEBODY that i think you can relate to as
far as just the way you. See Hitting freddie freeman
in a long slump but found his way out. Of
it now on the last, road TRIP how, i mean
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can you Relate? To FREDDY am i saying?
Speaker 8 (31:31):
That?
Speaker 6 (31:32):
Correctly well you, KNOW what i love talking Hitting with
freddy or listening to him talk hitting, as well just
because he. Understands himself he. Knows himself he knows when
things are, going bad he knows when things are.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
Going well.
Speaker 6 (31:51):
And you always hear Him like i'm Grinding or. I'm struggling.
It's true just because you know when things are going
well about yourself doesn't mean you. Always have it doesn't
mean you but you. Understand it like, You Know freddy
freeman talks about ballflight, at times, you know or they'll
spin of the ball coming off, his bat he recognizes, to,
understand okay if it's not coming off the way you
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like or what you're, used to you know something's off in.
Your swing may not know what at. That moment you're
maybe grinding to try to, find that but you know
there's something that's. Causing that but you're LIKE, Man i
so he's practicing maybe to try to get a certain
spin off the ball or a. Certain Area if, i'm not,
you know this ball on the, INNER half i should
be turning on it BETTER or i should be staying
inside of it. Better whatever maybe he understands himself and
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that's what's just, so IMPRESSIVE which i, always say he
minimizes his sumps. Very well you can go through. A
slump we're all going to go. Through him but he
does an excellent job minimizing his slumps. Very well and
then when he, finds it has a tendency to stay
in those zones a lot longer. As well so he's
so impressive. To watch but the OTHER thing i Love
About freddie freeman is when he is in, a slump
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he has something that like he goes to or that
like when the game is, telling him like you, gotta
battle you, gotta grind you have to find. A way
you see him, Do that like it's not the, same
swing but maybe he's working on something in one at
bat and nobody on and he's trying to find it
and he misses a, Pitch whatever but there's a man
(33:17):
on third base and there's less than two outs. That
swing all of a sudden changes it's no longer about
worried about my mechanics, Are offer i'm struggling On try, he's,
GOING listen i, AM grinding i have a go to
SWING that i got to figure out how to put
this ball play BECAUSE that rbi guy's mine and we've
seen him. Do that and when he was in, a,
slump like he finds, a way whether it's a rollover
to second basement because the second, basement's back or the,
short stuff but he's finding. A way and THAT'S what
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i also love about him is that he also knows
he has to go to that when they push him
To shub. I'm winning i'm a.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
Big Believer the dodgers have a great resource here before
every home game that he's working on sports AND at
la he's in, a tie he's in a. Dress shirt he's.
Always here No, More Garciapara, no mar thanks a lot for,
the time And man art four five six is coming.
Up soon you're, The, BEST dave i. Appreciate, It, Hey,
No mar garciapara is. The best He's a he's a
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guy that is at the disposal Of any dodger any
time because he's on the field during. Batting practice so
If any dodger ever wanted to tap into one of
the best hitters in, baseball history a two time, batting
champion a guy that was flirting with Four hundred he's
right there in a suit and tie before every home
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Game in No. Mar garciapara eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy is the. Phone Number the dodgers
are back in action tonight Against The Toronto. Blue jays
it is game two of this three. Game series it
Is Snell. Zilla Saturday blake snell will be back on
the mound For the dodgers after a solid outing in
(34:51):
his Return in Tampa. Last saturday he's going Up Against
chris bassett Of The Toronto blue Jays and moogie last
night having his best game of. The, season well we
all know if you've Been Following mookie bets With, the
dodgers at least he loves the Month. Of august it
feels like the Month of August is. Mookie's month and how.
(35:13):
About this back in, Twenty eighteen, August Ninth mookie bets
hit for the cycle when he was playing For The
Boston red sox on his way to AN. Al mvp
so maybe this time of, The year August is mookie's
time of. The year eight six six nine eight seven
(35:34):
two five seventy is the. Phone Number the dodgers looking
to not only win tonight but even as You Heard
miguel rajas say he's Hoping the dodgers can find a
way to sweep the best team In The American league
east in this three. Game series So the dodgers certainly
(35:56):
played much better last night than they did in the
final game of that series Against The Saint. Louis cardinals
it's about now. Keeping Momentum the dodgers need to keep.
Some momentum They let Max schus are off the hook
in the first inning. Last night they had the, Bases
Loaded will smith hit a ball to left Field that
(36:16):
schneider made a great catch on and Then Ta oscar
hernandez struck out to strand the. Bases loaded But the
dodgers are going to need More Than mookie betts to
get the best out of. This, offense yes They, need
mookie but they Also Need. Taoscar hernandez they need A Healthy,
tommy EDMOND and I Thought miguel rojas echoed everything that
(36:39):
you guys always call in about after, every game about more.
Team offense So the dodgers certainly need that. As well
eight six, six seven two five seventy is the. Phone
number we are Live At superior Grocers In. Huntington park
the fans are very Happy Because miguel rojas is still
in the house for fifteen. More minutes it's a Lot
(37:00):
of dodger fans have gotten their photo with. Him already
they're still hanging out Here At. Superior grocers it's all
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back out to, The phones Terry. And ventura you're on
a very Special Sabato, hey gant the Edition Of. Dodger
talk how, You? Doing terry?
Speaker 8 (37:22):
Very good first, of all you're a gift that keeps.
ON giving i love. Your insights you're so tuned. Into
everything THE reason i, CALLED it I saw. YOU'RE welcome I.
Saw kurry i've Been a dodger fan for. Sixty years
i'm kind of an. Old GUY but I saw kershaw
on the mount when he was taken Out by roberts
And The All star games standing ovation, was AMAZING and,
i saw, you Know the padres, third baseman, you know
(37:47):
just like sort, of SMIRKING and i know he kind
Of owns, kershaw LATELY but i just wondered what the
interplay Was between roberts. And him in the Dugout the padres.
THIRD basement i don't you want to say, his Name
the shadow and and and the SMIRK that. I saw
did anybody else pick up on that or was it
just me.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
Say? That, Again terry, i'm sorry say it one.
Speaker 8 (38:08):
More, time Okay my shadow was on the Mound when
kershaw was. Taken out who was on the matter? Standing
Ovation my shadow and all the infielders were on the
Mound when kershaw was taken out Of The All star Game.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
By, roberts, oh okay going back To The All, star,
Game YES.
Speaker 8 (38:27):
And i just wondered if anybody saw the smirk On the.
SHADOW'S face i Understand my shadows kind Of. Owned, KERSHAW
lately i wondered what the interplay was in the Dugout
when roberts is the manager In. The shadows you know
they had this interplay during the playoffs. LAST year i
just wondered how that Was with Roberts, and Shadow my Shadow.
And kershaw it just seemed like bizarre to me That
the shadow made that kind of a Smirk when kershaw
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was getting his.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
Like, ovation okay, NUMBER one i think you're reading too much,
into THAT but i will say this FROM what i
was told from people that were In The national league
clubhouse During The All, star game there was a little
bit of Tension Between, dave roberts some Of, the dodgers
and some Of the padres that were On The National
League All. Star Team manny machado obviously threw a Baseball
(39:13):
At dave roberts DURING the nlds. Last year there obviously
was benches Clearing Between dave Roberts And. Mike shilt and
my understanding is there needed to be some sort of
icebreaker to really alleviate some of the tension in that
clubhouse During The All, star game that pregame meeting Of
The National League all Stars With dave roberts being. The
(39:35):
manager so at, THAT point I don't machado just enjoys.
THE game i don't think he was smirking in a.
SINISTER way i think you're reading too much. Into that
but certainly there needed to be some ice breaking tension
in that pregame meeting FROM when i.
Speaker 8 (39:51):
Was, told SO can i ask one? Other, question yeah, All,
RIGHT listen i played baseball in high school a little Bit,
in coyle and back then the strike zone was the
knees to the letters and now it's like from the
cast to two inches above the. Belt line maybe it's
because they want offense to. Sell tickets it drives me
enoughs to see what the strike zone? Is NOW am
(40:12):
i the only one that steels?
Speaker 1 (40:13):
This way you're not a lot of hitters and a
lot of pitchers have been very frustrated with the. Strike
zone and it also feels like, you're right the umpires
are not calling the traditional. Strike zone they're actually, calling
it so, they're not, you know graded poorly with this
new automated. Strike zone that's that number one is being
(40:34):
currently grading umpires. These DAYS and i guess the biggest
difference is there is a buffer zone where it's a
little bit an inch outside a, full baseball outside inside
high low of the strike zone that umpires were given
a grace. Period for but this year it feels like
(40:55):
they're not really calling those pitches. For STRIKE and i
could tell, you this other pitchers are not happy with
the fact that there doesn't seem to be a high.
Strike anymore there doesn't seem to be a top of the.
Strike ZONE so i feel like you're. Onto something nobody
is ever going to, Admit it but the Reality Is
(41:16):
Major league baseball has made no secret about it that
they do want. More offense and, next year if they
bring IN that, abs system you're going to see a
lot more offense because there's nowhere for pitchers, to, go especially,
you know if they're shrinking the, strike zone you're going
to have to throw pitches down, the middle and it's
going to force hitters, to swing and there is going
(41:39):
to be a lot. More offense and pitchers are not
going to, like it but Guys Like miguel rojas are
going to like it because there's going to be more
opportunities for pitchers to throw pitches in the, strike zone
in the.
Speaker 8 (41:52):
Hitting Zone Hey, dave day keep up the. Good work you're.
A gift you're.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
The, best hey thank you for the. Phone call really
appreciate you CALLING to I, LOVE ventura i love going
Up To. Channel islands thank you for the. Phone call
don't forget We got dodger baseball for, You Tonight Dodgers,
Blue jays game two of this three. Game Series snell
zilla on the mound For the. Dodgers tonight HE is,
(42:16):
i love by, the Way Seeing blake snell in his
full uniform in his last Start. In tampa he was in.
Full uniform the game is going to be at One
ten eastern Time, last Sunday And blake snell was in
his full uniform by ten thirty in. The morning that
(42:36):
was stuff that you don't see a lot. Of anymore,
and look you, could, say, okay yeah so what he
was in his. Full uniform but then he goes out
and pitches, five innings has, eight strikeouts doesn't walk, a
guy and we're talking about a Two Time Cy young.
AWARD winner i actually Feel Like blake snell is the
most disrespected Pitcher In Major. League baseball they act like
(42:59):
he hasn't won On Two Cy. YOUNG awards, i mean
this guy has. Done it he just needs to stay
healthy and obviously this year it didn't work out for
the first half of. The season but Similar to yamamoto,
last year nobody ever talks about the Fact that yamamoto
missed two and a. Half months all they talk about
(43:19):
is how great he Was, in october which, He was
So If blake snell Can, dominate october nobody will even
talk about the fact that he missed Time from April.
To august it reminds me a lot about yamamoto season.
Last year eight six, six nine eight seven two five
(43:40):
seventy is the. Phone number let's go back out to
the phones as we are Live In huntington Park At.
Superior Grocer's, miguel rojas a champion of, the people has
been such a great host Here At superior Grocers In,
huntington park All the dodger fans not only taking photos
but also giving Back. To miguel he got. SOME shirts
(44:01):
i saw a nice lady give him a braceletat he's wearing.
Right now if he comes to the, plate tonight you
might see that turquoise bracelet on. His wrist so, really
special really special to see the Interactions between miguel and
these great people that have come out to celebrate him
and Celebrate. The dodgers let's go back out to the
(44:21):
phones one last time before We Host dodger talk after
the game Tonight From. Dodgers stadium Mark, In torrence You're On.
Dodger talk walk us. Off Tonight miguel rojas is out.
The building he said It To chavez ravine to get
Ready for game two of this series Between the Dodgers And. Blue,
jays mark what do you got.
Speaker 4 (44:42):
By just wondering when you're going to be ready to
give your prediction for the total wins for the season Of.
Speaker 1 (44:49):
The, dodgers mark if you've been listening to me since,
day one YOU know i never bought into Chasing The
seattle mariners for the most wins in a. RAG season
i always thought that, was, ridiculous.
Speaker 8 (45:04):
RIGHT so, i know but last year. They, won.
Speaker 1 (45:11):
Yeah last year they won ninety. Nine games i'll go
ninety eight ninety. Nine again this year they're. Being pushed
they better win those many games or they might not
be a. Division winner they may not be one of
the top two seeds In The. National league, So yeah
i'm going in that, range again somewhere between ninety seven
and ninety nine wins to win. This division.
Speaker 4 (45:32):
Thank you for.
Speaker 1 (45:33):
The, truth hey let me ask you, A, question mark
why is it so Important, for okay, He's gone but
why is it so important for me to predict how
many Wins the dodgers are going to have in the.
Regular Season superior grossers is Full of dodger fans that
care about Wins, in, October right nobody cares about ninety
nine or ninety five Wins in september or the. Regular
(45:55):
season we care about Wins in october to become the
first Team In Major league baseball Since the yankees of
two thousand to win back To Back world. Series championships
that's why the fans. Are here that's the reason Why the.
Dodgers play so thank you to all of You In
huntington park that came out here To Celebrate, miguel Rojas.
(46:17):
The Dodgers miguel rojas gives so much. To us it's
great for you guys to come out here And Celebrate.
Miguel rojas and it's been great to embrace this great
City Of huntington park that deserves to be celebrated because
it is the great People Of los angeles that deserve to.
Be celebrated so thank you to all of you from
coming out here and being part of a, great day
(46:39):
a great two Hours of dodger talk right here on
five TO Seventy. La sports and we want to say
thank you to our Friends At superior grossers for hosting
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us thank You To miguel rojas for coming out here
and being part of. This community we will talk to
(47:00):
you Tonight From. Dodgers stadium miguel Left For. Dodger stadium
That's where i'm headed because we will have a Doubleheader
Of dodger, talk tonight not only two Hours on saturday
Morning From, superior grocers but we got ninety minutes coming
for you After tonight's. Dodgers Win On Snell's. Zilla day
It Is Snell zilla's Saturday In. Los Angeles blake snell
(47:25):
on the mountainnight For the dodgers Against The Toronto. Blue
jays first pitch at six' Ten with Rick Monday. And
steven nelson our coverage begins at Five o'clock and casey
missed any. Of the show you can drive home on
your Way Back from superior grocers on your way to
do whatever you gotta do today and listen to this
Show on. The iHeartRadio app that's also where you can
(47:47):
Stream all. The Dodger, Games dodgers radio iHeartRadio and FIVE
To seventy la sports is where you can get all the.
Content you Need And, here miguel rojas who joined us,
at ten thirty took some phone calls before he. Took
Some photos the iHeartRadio app is what you got to,
have all right that'll do it for us For Now
(48:08):
from Superior Grocers. In huntington park thank you to all
of you for having. Us Out Here the street team.
A great job say Thank, You to Mikey. Nate and
matt they did a. Great job today Thank You, to
DAVE louiz the vp Of. Marketing for iheartsports thank you
for everybody for, coming out here and thank. You For
(48:28):
listening dodger baseball is back on the air at. Five
o'clock tonight have a great Rest. Of Your Saturday snail
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