July 4, 2025 • 41 mins
Tim Cates gets you ready before the Dodgers start a 3-game series against the Astros on The 4th of July. Dave Roberts talks about the plan for third base without Max Muncy. A Rick Monday Hoffy Magical Moment. Rick talks to DV before throwing out the first pitch. DV catches up with Mr. 3,000, Clayton Kershaw.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Do you think you can beat this team in a series?
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our top ring.
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Speaker 6 (00:36):
Welcome to Dodgers on Deck. Now your host walking you
up to first pitch. Tim Case, Hi.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Everybody, and a happy Fourth of July.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
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pregame show. As your world champion Los Angeles Dodgers fifty
six and thirty two on the season, first place atop
the NL West as after a sweep of the White Sox.
Rogers have now won four in a row, nine of
their last ten, and tonight, the homestand continues with the
start of a three game series against the Houston Astros.
(01:09):
Ben Casparius on the mount of the series opener, first
pitch from Dodger Stadium is coming up at six to ten.
Between then and now, we got a lot to get to,
including hearing from mister three thousand, Clayton Kershaw. Dv sits
down with Clayton coming up in forty five minutes, we'll
hear from the manager, Dave Roberts, the latest on the
injury report. We'll dive deeper into this pitching matchup. We
got your magical moment which you don't want to miss.
(01:31):
Shortly we'll visit with Kirsten Watson and in just a few
minutes we will head out to the Galpin Motors broadcast
both on this fourth of July and checking with Steven
Nelson and Rick Monday Well. Last night at the Ravine,
somebody ordered a code red as Dustin May was dialed.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
In arguably his best start of this season.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Seven plus innings, he allowed just two runs on four
hits while striking out nine.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Along the way.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
He had a perfect game through five innings that ended
though in this six Brooks Baldwin broke it up with
a single in the inning, and then Chase May in
the eighth of the two run home run the Dodgers offense.
They gave Dustin made plenty of run support. It was
Freddy Freeman getting it going early in the first, after
a leadoff walk to show Hey. Two batters later, Freddy
Freeman the RBI double, Dodgers up one to nothing. In
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the third, again show Hey, a walk the lead off
the Indian and air got Mookie bets aboard.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
That brought up Freddy.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Now one to one, and Freeman hits it down the
third baseline. Fair Oh, Tony's gonna come around and score.
BET's motoring to third. He's gonna get waved around. That's
to the plate. Here comes to throw, Mookie slides. Here
is safe And in the second, safely is Freddy Freeman
and the Dodgers lead it three and and up.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
It go with Freddy Freeman.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Folks, he's back.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
A two run double for Freddy, Dodgers, a three to
one lead.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
That's the top tier play of the game, brought to
you by Arco quality, top tier gas for less.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Dodgers weren't done in the third.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Three batters later, Michael Confordo put it one just inside
the foul pull down the right field line, a two
run home run, his seventh of the season. Dodgers a
five to nothing lead after Dustin May was cruising. The
Dodgers would add to their lead in the seventh. Mookie
Bets up last the left.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
What's the best way to mentally approach a slump and
working your way out of it? This way, Mookie Bets
drills went deep till left failed head his back.
Speaker 7 (03:22):
That has gone home run.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Number ten for Mookie Bets and the Dodgers lead at
six nothing.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
That's how you do it.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Solo blast for Mookie his tenth of the season, his
first one and twenty one gamezo a solo shot off
Tyler Gilbert, extending the lead to six to nothing.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
In the seventh.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Dodgers go on and beat the White Sox last night
six to two to finish off the three game sweep.
Dodgers with the win, now fifty six and thirty two,
nine games up on both the Giants and the Padres. Tonight,
the homestead continues with the first to three against the
cheat in Houston Astros, the team that stole the twenty
seventeen World Series from the Dodgers. Sure most of the
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players are gone and moved on, but we'll never forget Tonight.
Bank is Sparius on the mound, first pitch at six ten,
and with more we head out to the Gallpin Motors
Broadcast booth on this fourth of July and say hello
to Stephen Nelson and Rick Monday.
Speaker 8 (04:17):
Guys, Hey Tim, Happy fourth of July to you and
everybody around Dodgers' Nation. Rick Monday, this is a special
day in our countries, especially day in.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
Major League Baseball.
Speaker 8 (04:26):
There's just something about the fourth of July in this
sport that makes it work.
Speaker 9 (04:32):
It goes together, and I think that everybody comes together
on these days, you know, whether it be in stadiums,
where to be at home, it doesn't really matter. And
we're going to see a displaying of the military here today,
presenting the largest flag you can possibly see. The national
anthem is going to be here, one hundred and fifty
really joint services will be presenting the flag on the field.
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And it's one of those moments that we're fortunate to
live in a pretty darn good country and work.
Speaker 8 (05:01):
In an amazing place like Dodgers stated, where we are
going to see what should be one heck of a
baseball series.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
Malt.
Speaker 8 (05:07):
The Dodgers are the best record in Major League baseball.
The Houston Astros tied for the third best mark in baseball,
but Houston o'ver really over the last month has been
the hottest team in Major League Baseball. Both teams dealing
with injuries, so not one hundred percent for the Dodgers,
obviously more so on the pitching side for the Astros.
They've lost some key cogs in the lineup. But still
when these two get together on the weekend like this.
Speaker 9 (05:27):
We're expecting fireworks. Yeah, and especially in the same train
of fun are you talking about? If you look since
the first of June, these are the top two teams
in baseball as far as the records go. Astros twenty
one and eight, Dodgers twenty and ten. And if we
look at this Dodgers in recently, you know, nine games
now in front in the Western Division, in front of
both San Diego and San Francisco. And if you look
at Houston, they have a seven game lead in front
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of the Seattle Mariners in the American League Western Division.
So it is Dodger buckleb in a row, having won
now fifteen to the last eighteen game.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
I mean, it's pretty remarkable. They were tied to top
the Nation League.
Speaker 8 (06:00):
In the middle of June, Dude fourteenth tiede and in
less than a month nine games of separation. So look,
you know the Dodgers finished at Gauntlet, and then they
got to the softer spot of their schedule, right and
they feasted the Nationals, the Rockies, the Royals, and sweeping
the White Sox coming into this.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
That's what good teams do.
Speaker 9 (06:16):
Yeah, And I think there's a sidelight to this series too,
mostly in the minds of the fans more than the players,
because if they have a history obviously in the World Series,
in the history you know, the trash can routine and
everything else, But there are very few players on either
team that were there and up close and personal at
that time. It's not out of the realm of possibility
of the memory of as far as.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
The fans go.
Speaker 9 (06:38):
And we're going to hear it when jose Ol two
we comes to home late, one would imagine. But let's
not lose sight of the fact. These are two very
talented teams and this is about who's going to win
this three game series one hundred percent.
Speaker 8 (06:49):
Only four players, two on each side, remained for the
twenty seventeen World Series and Josel to be the only
position player. The other one tonight started for the Houston
Nashos Lance mccullis.
Speaker 9 (06:59):
So those four they can growl back and forth to
one another, but there's a baseball game to be.
Speaker 8 (07:03):
One and we can't wait for it. First pitch coming
up in a little bit. We'll be back with you shortly,
Tim with some keys.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
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We'll check in with DV throughout the show. We'll dive
deeper into this pitching matchup. We'll hear from the manager
as well, Dave Roberts. That's coming up in about fifteen minutes.
But up next you're o tani Ree Wine and we
visit with sports and at LA's Kirsten Watson. That's all
coming up as we lead you up to Dodgers and
ash shows on this fourth of July. First pitch from
Dodger Stadiums coming up at six ten. I'm Tim kase
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is the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network.
Speaker 6 (07:55):
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Speaker 2 (08:08):
Ben Casparius goes for the Blue.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Lance McCullers Junior, one of two remaining members of the
twenty seventeen Houston Astro's team.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
We all know what happened that year. First pitch, coming
up to six ten.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
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Speaker 1 (08:24):
Hey, Otani, last night zero for two at the play,
but did get walked twice and he would score twice
part of a six two Dodgers win and sweep over
the Chicago White Sox.
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A big fireworks show after the game tonight at Dodgers Stadium.
Hopefully the offense providing some fire works tonight as the
Houston Astros are in town, Kirsten in anytime, Dodger fans here,
Houston Astros, it's a bad reminder of twenty seventeen when
they cheated their way to a World Series championship.
Speaker 10 (09:12):
Yeah, it's definitely that bitter taste. How you kind of
gain in your mouth when you say the Houston Astros.
And I was asking, now, look, there's not many guys
still on this team that were part of that twenty
seventeen World Series. It's really just now Clayton Kusha and
Keith ky Hernandez and of course Dave Roberts. But I
was talking to Dave as well as Clayton earlier, just
asking what is the feeling today. It's now twenty twenty five,
(09:35):
so it has been some time. But ultimately, like you said,
whenever we think of the Astros, you're immediately going back
to that World Series, We're immediately going back to the
cheating scandal, and there is that bitter feeling. And so
with talking to Clayton, he was saying for him when
you look at these teams today, So even on the
Astros with their roster, they only have two players from
that twenty seventeen World Series as well, so you can't
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look at them with quote like a hatreot of say,
that's not a feeling, but there is just kind of
that frustrating reminder of, you know, the Dodgers putting so
much hard work to win the World Series that year,
and unfortunately they weren't even in a position where they
could have won it due to the cheating that had happened.
So it's more of that feeling. And in I asked
Dave Roberts, he was on the page of just it's
(10:20):
not something they look at anymore. You know, again, the
teams look so different today. It's not something they're thinking
about going into this series. It's a good ball club
they're looking to just of course, for the Dodgers to
pick up a series win. They've been playing excellent baseball
as of late, whether it's been the pitchings and the
offense get going, so they want to continue with that. So,
you know, look, it's something that's always going to be there.
(10:42):
It's always going to be somewhere in the back of mine,
but it is no longer top of mind for these guys.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
You mentioned the offense keeping it going. No Maximundsee for
six to eight weeks, he had been red hot, hitting
the ball on the ballpark. They need somebody or somebodies
to pick up the slack. Kind of feels like Michael
Confordo could be one of those guys.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
He absolutely could be.
Speaker 10 (11:03):
And that's what Dave Roberts was saying today. When you
have a player like Max Munty, who you said he
was getting hot at the plate, he was showing power
even when you look at just the specific at bats,
getting the pitch count up. He is an aggressive at bat,
and so when you have a player like that, it's
very challenging to replace him, even though, like you said,
that's six to eight weeks timeline.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
So what does that.
Speaker 10 (11:22):
Mean the middle of the order is going to find
I have to find ways to really get some things
going to kind of replace that. So, whether it's Michael
Conforto who for him. I spoke to him earlier. He
was saying that he feels like he's really getting there.
You know, he added a leg kick to a swing.
He feels like he's on time and that's when he's
been showing more power as of late, and for him
that's a clear just connector that he is on time
(11:43):
with his swing. So he's hoping that he can continue
to just build off of that the momentum there. Andy
pa Has is another name that Dave said that you
know he's hoping to see kind of step up in
that position as well as Taoscar Hernandez. And for Taosker,
it's getting him back to that all start caliber that
we know he is capable of being at. And so
we did see him get his one thousandth career hit
(12:05):
last night. So we're starting to see just the build
up of different guys and so hopefully we can see
the continuation because of course, like you said, with no maximunsay,
that's a tough blow, but hopefully we can see these
other guys really step up it kind of be the
guy and be the filler that support their teammate while he's.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Down, hopefully provide some fireworks on the field and then
enjoy some fireworks.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
After the game tonight.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Curious and we appreciate it still to come here on
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Speaker 2 (12:37):
We'll hear from the manager, Dave Roberts. It's the fourth
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Speaker 5 (13:11):
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Speaker 1 (13:14):
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the Los Angeles Dodgers. Max Munsey on the IL with
the left knee bone bruise, Michael Kopek on the i
L with the right knee inflammation, Tony Gonsol on the
sixty day IL. Tyler Glass, now working his way back,
had another minor league rehab started in Oklahoma's city last night.
More on that, I think, with Dave Roberts coming up
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here in just a couple of minutes, Blake Snell Blake
shrine him both through SIM games and live BP sessions
a couple of days ago at a Dodger stadium. All right,
let's find out more from the Dodgers.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Kibberd A.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Questions for Dave Dave?
Speaker 5 (13:48):
Can you just describe Dave?
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Can you talk about the pressure.
Speaker 6 (13:53):
In the dugouts with Dave Roberts Dave.
Speaker 10 (13:58):
The twenty seventeen But is it something that is that
world series, something that's still top of fine for you when.
Speaker 5 (14:05):
You see this tea things?
Speaker 11 (14:07):
Not at all. I think that certainly, you know, there's
been some history with our organizations, but you know, if
you look at in reality, you know most of those
guys are gone. So I don't think that it certainly
does have any bearing on this series this weekend. But
I just yeah, that's a good ball club over there,
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and we're trying to win.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
We've ben today.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
What are you hoping to see from him?
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Just I know he was sick of.
Speaker 7 (14:32):
His last one.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
For him to get going and to.
Speaker 11 (14:35):
Have the actual start today, I think for Ben, he's
back to feeling normal. What I'm looking for is just
to get back to the crispness that he had, you
know before the last few outings. I think that the
fastball command, the cutter, the sweeper has just not been
as crisp as as it was early. And so certainly, yeah,
(14:58):
we're extending him out a little bit long or stretching
them out, but getting back to being effishing and getting
quick outs and it's not gonna be a pitch count thing.
And just kind of give us some link today.
Speaker 9 (15:10):
Last year months he went out for a business Your
replacements at third base did not approve your software.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
It was a drag on the offense.
Speaker 9 (15:19):
Thomas, what's the plan this Year's where going to be out?
Speaker 7 (15:23):
Said?
Speaker 5 (15:23):
At times?
Speaker 11 (15:24):
The plan right now is Tom He's going to start
taking some grounders at third which he's done in the past.
So sometime next week I'll run him out there at
third base against right handed pitching to give Heysong some
runway at second base verse right and then verse left.
It's going to be a combo of Kik and Rojas
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at third base.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
All right, there's the manager, Dave Roberts talking about the plan.
For third base moving forward. Max Monsey out with the
bone bruise in the knee. Will we continue here on
Dodgers on Deck. We will check in with David Vasse
gets you all the latest. Don't forget Dave's going to
go one on one with Clayton Kershaw. That's coming up
in about twenty five minutes. As we lead up to
first pitch on this fourth of July, Dodgers and the
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The pitching matchup, first pitch set for six.
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Speaker 1 (16:44):
All right, DVI, we just heard from the manager, Dave Roberts.
What's the feeling you're getting as far as the plan
now with third base and Tommy Edmund how much starts
he's gonna get there?
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Yeah. I talked to the Dodgers GM earlier today Brandan Gomes,
and they're very comfortable with the trio that they're going
to have over there at the hot corner. While Max
Munsey is coming back from a left knee bone bruise today,
Keith a Hernandez yesterday, Miguel Rojas, and you're going to
see a lot of Tommy Edmond at third base, especially
(17:15):
against right handed pitching. And look, I don't know when
his first day is going to be at third base.
That plan may change between now and the time that
it happens. But today was the first day that Tommy
Edmund took ground balls at third base, and he wasn't
just taking the normal easy grounders. He was having Pete
Montero hit him some choppers, some in between balls, and
(17:38):
he told me today those are the ones that he
has to get used to. And he hasn't flinched. When
I was talking to him after he was done today,
he didn't flinch about playing there. He's pretty confident he
can handle it.
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Speaker 2 (18:06):
What's the plan?
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Last night after the game, Dave Roberts said, there's no
pitch limit. They're gonna just read and react. But you
have to imagine there are certain limits on how many
pitches he'll be able to throw, because I know he's
come in to throw bulk innings after Otani, but I
can't see him throwing more than eighty pitches tonight. And
here's something that I'm not sure we all appreciate. Ben
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Casparius has been outstanding, whether it has been pitching multiple
innings at the back end of a game, pitching middle
relief coming in after Otani. But here he is now
in a different type of setting, starting a game, and
that's something that he really wanted an opportunity to do
at this level. But I've talked to some people around
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the game and even on the team that have said
he might be the most valuable for the Dodgers being
a high leverage late inning reliever. And once you get
Snell back and Glass now back, and maybe Roki Sazaki,
You're not going to have a spot in the rotation
for him, so eventually in the second half of the
season he may turn out to be that Evan Phillips
(19:14):
type of guy for the Dodgers down the stretch and
into the postseason.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
I love that. Recently, Kirby Yates caught a home run
ball from show Hey Otani on the Last Road Show.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
What did he do with the baseball?
Speaker 3 (19:26):
David, Yeah, he caught it. When Otani hit that home
run into the Dodger bullpen at Corp's Field. He caught
it clean, and I had a fan ask me, Tim,
what does he do with the baseball? Does he get
it signed by Otani? Does he get it authenticated? What
does he do with it? He said, All I did
was give it to our bullpen coach, Josh Bard and
(19:47):
get a brand new one so I could start warming
up to come into the game. Though, he gave away
an Otani home run ball to his bullpen coach, and
I'm not sure where that baseball is now.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Somebody needs to update him on the memorabilia market, David,
and how much of otani baseball could be worth out
there or just for a personal collection of course as
a teammate of show. Hey O TONI, David, we appreciate it.
We'll check back with you in just a couple of minutes.
David's gonna go one on one with Clayton Kershaw. That's
coming up at about sixteen minutes. Don't go anywhere, Dodger
fans don'na want to stay tuned for that when we
come back, though, You're Dodgers Magical Moment. Dodgers Astros First
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Is we honor the birthday of our great country, the
United States of America and a great American himself, our
own Rick Monday. On April twenty fifth, nineteen seventy six,
he was a member of the Chicago Cubs at Dodger
Stadium taking on the Dodgers when two knuckleheads came out
of the pavilion and tried to light the American flag
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on fire. Rick Monday, American hero, wasn't gonna let it happen.
Speaker 7 (21:35):
Sie Moore fouled out in the first inning. He's over
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I'm not sure what he's doing out there. It looks
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and takes it away from him. And so Monday, I
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Can you imagine that? So they better lose him in
a hurry. And Monday, when he realized what he was
gonna do, race comer and took the flag away from him.
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And now the crowd is doing what they want to
do all the time. Who one of these characters for
this guy was gonna try and perform the indignity of
shutting fire to the American flag. And Rick we'll get
an ovation and properly so.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
The great Van Scully with the play by play of
Rick Monday. He was an outfielder, but right there it
made a great save of the American flag from being burned.
At Dodger Stadium, April twenty fifth, nineteen seventy six. Moe's
gonna throw out the first pitch here coming up in
just a little bit, and we'll join David Vassa when
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Speaker 1 (23:30):
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Speaker 6 (23:52):
And now joined by David Bassey, here's La Dodgers broadcaster
and World Series champion Dodger Rick Monday.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Well, we got mister first pitch in the house, and
rightfully so, the Dodgers picked the right man on fourth
of July to throw out today's ceremonial first pitch, and
that is our one and only Rick Monday. What an
honor on fourth of July.
Speaker 9 (24:14):
Rick, do you have the ice bucket ready?
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (24:16):
You know, I'm gonna have to ice down afterwards.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
I think you've got something left in the town.
Speaker 9 (24:20):
No, no, no, I have not thrown a baseball in what
six years? Something like that.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
We could have played catch.
Speaker 9 (24:28):
What position did you play in high school?
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Right field?
Speaker 9 (24:30):
Right field? Yeah, no, I heard it was left out.
Speaker 3 (24:34):
I was a defensive replacement. I'll put it that way.
Speaker 9 (24:37):
Happy fourth of July. Also, you know, this is a
time that I think we can kind of get together
and we can use that right now, I think in
our country and you start to look at it. I
talked to a couple of Marines coming in today here
at the stadium to have you. One hundred and fifty
Joint Services would be presenting the extra large American flag
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for the national anthem. This is a time for all
of us kind of reflect on how how lucky we
are to be be in this country. There's a lot
of things that we can improve upon, and that's the
goal to improve upon things. But you know, thank goodness,
we're here and we can do something about it.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Rick, you've thrown out a lot of ceremonial first pitches.
Have you ever thrown one out on fourth of July?
Speaker 9 (25:21):
Not that I recall, no, No, I have yet to
throw strike also all the time. It's kind of net
when they contacted me to the day asad s you're out,
I'll do it. You know, it's really kind of strange,
be totally honest. Here played nineteen years of the Big leagues,
played over two thousand games. Right, Throwing out first pitch
is tough, and you can feel the palpitation is going
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because the expectations are there. And the one thing that
they always tell us and we tell other people too,
don't bounce it. You can throw it ten feet over
the catcher's head, but don't bounce it.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
And that's why it's okay to go to the bottom
of the hill, right rick the very very bottom. Yes, yeah,
it's okay.
Speaker 9 (25:58):
Well I look at it this way. I look at
it since you have pictures that are on the injured
list and they're rehabbing, they throw off a flat ground. Yeah,
well that's what little Ricky's going to do tonight, throw
off a flat ground.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
I love that. Get the hill, perfect, perfect pick on
fourth of July. A lot of times they don't get
it right. Tonight they got it right here at Dodgers Stadium.
And the Dodgers have been doing a lot of things
right lately, and.
Speaker 9 (26:23):
I think that that's the big mood. I mean, having
won fifteen of the last eighteen, they really turned it on.
If you're looking back, you know, if you say June first,
I mean both of these ball clubs. For a matter
of fact, because since the first of June, these are
the top two teams David in Major League Baseball. As
far as the records. The Astros are twenty one to eight,
Dodgers are twenty and ten and Dodgers having one now
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fifteen of eighteen. I mean there's a lot going on. Yes,
there's a history between these two organizations. In the World
Series a number of years ago. There's only four players,
two on one side, two on the other that were
even part of that. So remember it. The players, it's
a Bowl game to win, and that's that's their goal.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
Yeah, it's weird how the Yankees bring something out of
Dodger fans, but the Astros now moving forward, will always
have that stigma attached to that.
Speaker 9 (27:14):
Well, the Yankees don't always just bring it out of
the fans either. Pouthflet me tell you something. Yeah, we've
already talked about this. It gets uh, yeah, it gets
the hard to be going on this end too.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
I love that.
Speaker 9 (27:25):
Yeah, still does.
Speaker 3 (27:26):
It feels like you got the edge for this first pitch.
Speaker 9 (27:28):
Rick, Well, you have to. You have to, So get
the ice bucket ready. I'll brib what we need the
ice down afterwards.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Sounds good. I'll get some icy hot for you too.
Speaker 5 (27:37):
Thanks.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Hey, there's the man right there save the American flag
here at Dodgers Stadium in nineteen seventy six, playing for
the Chicago Cubs. Our very own number sixteen, Rick Monday
throwing out the fourth of July ceremonial first pitch. We'll
send it back to you in the studio.
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Speaker 3 (29:41):
And tight, Happy fourth of July. And what says fourth
of July more than a man that has spent eighteen
fourth of July's with the Dodgers. That's mister three thousand
to himself, Clayton Kershaw with this dad bucket hat the
players will be wearing today. Thanks a lot for the time.
Happy fourth.
Speaker 12 (29:58):
It's kind of like a dad bucket hat.
Speaker 3 (29:59):
Huh, yeah, this is very you. Why just because I'm
a dad. Yeah, you wear these type of things with
the rope on it too.
Speaker 12 (30:05):
I don't know about the rope thing, but it is
definitely a dad hat.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
So I'll rock it.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
I'll rock it.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
I did like the Rams hat you were sporting after
the start in Denver.
Speaker 12 (30:14):
Yeah, I'm a Rams guy now. So ever since Matthew
got there. You know, they won a Super Bowl, so
it looks like bandwagon. But yeah, ever since Matthew got there,
I'm a Ram fan.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
I've never heard the connection between you and Stafford before.
Oh you want that story? Hey two days later, now
you've been celebrated so much around baseball in LA. How
does it feel after you've been able to get through
all that? Oh, it's so special.
Speaker 12 (30:38):
I mean I think that night, you know, obviously I'd
like to have given up a few less runs and
strike out the guy a little sooner. But you know,
looking back on the whole night and everything that happened,
it was so special, such a great night for my family,
for me, and you know, obviously the fans reaction that
whole night and just how they you know, you kind
of just felt the tension that they had for me
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to figure this thing out get a strikeout finally, So
just wouldn't have changed it for the world, just to
blast so grateful for the night. And you know, I
think you're slowly starting to move on, get past it
and try to look forward to facing the Brewers and
get that three thousand and first one.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
You don't really show any sort of self importance. Were
you surprised by how much the fans cared about you
reaching that milestone? Yeah?
Speaker 12 (31:24):
I think so. I mean I think, you know, from
even just the warm ups before the game to you know,
running back out for the sixth inning. There it was.
It was definitely more than I expected it was. It
was a very unique experience. It was awesome, awesome.
Speaker 3 (31:39):
I was doing Dodger talk upstairs while you came out
after the game and the grounds crew started to dig
up the pitching rubber. Was that on your request or
did they do that as a gift to you?
Speaker 12 (31:51):
No, I didn't know they were doing that, So yeah,
really nice of Jordan and all the guys to dig
that up for me, and thanks heavy man. It's it's
it's no small feet to get that thing out. It
took them five hours the next day to put the
next one down, So labor of love for sure, but
thankful to have it. That's pretty awesome.
Speaker 3 (32:08):
What do you do with the pitching rubber? Where were
you put that in the trophy case?
Speaker 12 (32:12):
Great question. I'm not sure yet. I don't know, but
it's a great story, so I'll keep it somewhere.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
Yeah, Clayton Kershaw is our guest on fourth of July.
You know, Clayton, when you look at this team, you
guys have the best record again by two games over
the Tigers. Do you feel like there's a lot more
room to go as far as playing your best baseball?
Speaker 12 (32:32):
You know, I think it's probably twofold. I think we
are playing good baseball right now, I really do. You know,
we're winning games we're supposed to. We're getting great comebacks,
playing like clean baseball. You know, starters are getting some
length into the games and so it kind of sets
up the bullpen to do their role as well. And
guys are getting big hits.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
But to your point.
Speaker 12 (32:50):
I mean, I think when we get some more guys back,
you know, obviously months going down for you know, the
six weeks or whatever is a tough blow. But you know,
when when Snell's back, when Glasses back, when Trina's back,
and get that pitching staff to one hundred percent or
close to it, it's, uh, we should be able to
keep winning games. And that's uh, that's an exciting thing
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to think about.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
The bullpen has already pitched those innings. Is there any
way to compensate in the second half for the load
they have shouldered the first half? Yes?
Speaker 12 (33:21):
And no, I mean I think, you know, I think
with the opener situation, the bullpen innings get skewed a
little bit, right because the bullpen, you know, the bulk
guys are getting five or six six innings. That looks
like it's the bullpen innings. But you know, the guys
that have been healthy for the whole year, like Tanner,
Vest some of these guys, Jack and Benny, some of
the guys that have had big workloads. I think, I
think there's ways to manage it. And but no, I mean,
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at the end of the day, they're gonna throw in
big situations because those are our guys. It's just a
matter of you know, getting a little more consistency in
the starting rotation. And I think you're starting to see
that too. I think guys are going, you know, six
seven innings recently, which has been nice. And that's the
biggest way to reset the pen is just for guys
to get a little bit deeper in the games.
Speaker 3 (34:01):
How much do we take for granted this offense best
in baseball, but it still feels like there might be
a little bit more, which is kind of scary.
Speaker 12 (34:10):
Yeah, best, I think you said it the right way.
I think there's a there's room for let me say
it this way. Our offense is doing well and everybody
swung the bat well at times, but I don't know
if everybody swung the bat well at.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
The same time.
Speaker 12 (34:23):
So once that happens, that's a scary thing. And that's
hard to do throughout the rhythms of a season, to
have everybody swinging the bats well at the same time.
But you know, once once everybody gets going, which you
know they will, it's a it's a scary thing to
think about.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
You've taken a lot of pride out of being consistent
in your career. How much do we take for granted
how consistent Freddie Freeman has been for the Dodgers, not
only this year, but in his career. Does he get
lost in the shuffle because he's so consistent? Yeah? Maybe so.
Speaker 12 (34:55):
I mean I think you know, at the beginning of
the season, you know, you pencil Freddy in first base
every day and say, oh, he's going to hit three hundred,
his ops is going to be nine hundred, He's going
to do all this play every day, and you just
kind of pencil that in and expect it, like you
don't realize that that elite level of play.
Speaker 3 (35:12):
Is not easy to do every day.
Speaker 12 (35:14):
So yeah, I mean, I think I think you expected
out of Freddy, And that's why the expectations make it
seem that like, hey, this is just kind of home
home what he does. But for him to continue to
do it at the level that he is is it's
an elite thing. It's a special thing that very few
people can do in the game, and so it's nice
to have.
Speaker 8 (35:33):
For sure.
Speaker 3 (35:33):
Since he was counting down to three thousand for you,
can I be your sirra Ando here to help you
count down as far as doubles go because he's climbed
a lot of Hall of Famers this year and he's
just four away from passing Lou Garrick for the forty
second most doubles in baseball history. Should I feed you
the doubles stats as we go through the season.
Speaker 12 (35:55):
And if we start playing that game with hits and
doubles with Freddy, we might be doing that every day
with something. So it's just a testament to him. But
that's a big name, lu Garry, that's special.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
Hey Clayton, it's been a pleasure to be with you
for fourteen fourth of July's and just see how much
work you put in. I feel like that's the reason
why everybody was so happy for you, because you respect
the game. You put in so much work, and you
treat everybody really well. So you even treat slubs like
me pretty well on the radio. So thank you.
Speaker 12 (36:23):
Well, you forced me to do this one today, so
I had no choice.
Speaker 3 (36:25):
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We'll do that later. I'll sign you up, all right,
Happy fourth day. There he goes Clayton Kershaw. It's been
our guest, Tim. We'll send it back to you in
the studio.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
All right, Thank you DV. Great to hear Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
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All right, back out to the booth, Steven Nelson, Rick Monday, guys.
Speaker 8 (39:40):
All right, TC, back here with Rick Monday getting ready
for Game one of three for the Dodgers and Houston Astros.
The Dodgers rolling right now. They've won seven series in
a row. They have taken nine of the last ten
fifteen of eighteen, eighteen to twenty three. You can go
on or on. They've been playing good baseball, but they're
running into one of the hottest teams, or the hottest
team rather in the American League in Houston. Somehow, some way,
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despite all the roster turnover between these two organizations since
they met in the World Series back in twenty seventeen,
they have found ways to stay atop.
Speaker 9 (40:10):
Their respective division. Yeah, and both these organizations have expectations
to win there. There's just now to you know, collect
the base hits and they do well in their division. No,
they want to get to the big dance that being
the World Series. So the Dodgers have been Casparius. The
big thing about Casparius, you know, when we saw him
Saturday in Kansas City, he was really under the weather.
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He went four innings. Yes, he gave up six runs
on eight hits, including a home run. But Dave Robbers
asked about Casparius little earlier, said, look, he's healthy today.
They want him to be more efficient, in particular with
the breaking stuff, and there is not a pitch count
on Casparius today. They want to lengthen him out a
little bit more if they can.
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What are another key or two that are on your mind?
Speaker 9 (40:53):
Well, I think against the mcculors. The Dodgers have seen
him in postseason play, that's it the best. And mcculors
have been really good on the road three starts. He's
making his ninth start overall tonight. Three of those had
been on the road. He does not have an ERA
at all, is not allowed to run on the road.
One and zero with a very low banning average against
away from his own ballpark.
Speaker 8 (41:13):
So what we'll give two hot teams and two pitchers
coming off clunkers. We will find out in a matter
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and Astros coming up shortly.
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Ben Casparius on the mount of the series opener, first
pitch from Dodger Stadium is coming up at six to ten.
Between then and now, we got a lot to get to,
including hearing from mister three thousand, Clayton Kershaw. Dv sits
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Shortly we'll visit with Kirsten Watson and in just a few
minutes we will head out to the Galpin Motors broadcast
both on this fourth of July and checking with Steven
Nelson and Rick Monday Well. Last night at the Ravine,
somebody ordered a code red as Dustin May was dialed.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
In arguably his best start of this season.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Seven plus innings, he allowed just two runs on four
hits while striking out nine.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Along the way.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
He had a perfect game through five innings that ended
though in this six Brooks Baldwin broke it up with
a single in the inning, and then Chase May in
the eighth of the two run home run the Dodgers offense.
They gave Dustin made plenty of run support. It was
Freddy Freeman getting it going early in the first, after
a leadoff walk to show Hey. Two batters later, Freddy
Freeman the RBI double, Dodgers up one to nothing. In
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the third, again show Hey, a walk the lead off
the Indian and air got Mookie bets aboard.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
That brought up Freddy.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
Now one to one, and Freeman hits it down the
third baseline. Fair Oh, Tony's gonna come around and score.
BET's motoring to third. He's gonna get waved around. That's
to the plate. Here comes to throw, Mookie slides. Here
is safe And in the second, safely is Freddy Freeman
and the Dodgers lead it three and and up.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
It go with Freddy Freeman.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Folks, he's back.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
A two run double for Freddy, Dodgers, a three to
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Dodgers weren't done in the third.
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Three batters later, Michael Confordo put it one just inside
the foul pull down the right field line, a two
run home run, his seventh of the season. Dodgers a
five to nothing lead after Dustin May was cruising. The
Dodgers would add to their lead in the seventh. Mookie
Bets up last the left.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
What's the best way to mentally approach a slump and
working your way out of it? This way, Mookie Bets
drills went deep till left failed head his back.
Speaker 7 (03:22):
That has gone home run.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Number ten for Mookie Bets and the Dodgers lead at
six nothing.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
That's how you do it.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Solo blast for Mookie his tenth of the season, his
first one and twenty one gamezo a solo shot off
Tyler Gilbert, extending the lead to six to nothing.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
In the seventh.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Dodgers go on and beat the White Sox last night
six to two to finish off the three game sweep.
Dodgers with the win, now fifty six and thirty two,
nine games up on both the Giants and the Padres. Tonight,
the homestead continues with the first to three against the
cheat in Houston Astros, the team that stole the twenty
seventeen World Series from the Dodgers. Sure most of the
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players are gone and moved on, but we'll never forget Tonight.
Bank is Sparius on the mound, first pitch at six ten,
and with more we head out to the Gallpin Motors
Broadcast booth on this fourth of July and say hello
to Stephen Nelson and Rick Monday.
Speaker 8 (04:17):
Guys, Hey Tim, Happy fourth of July to you and
everybody around Dodgers' Nation. Rick Monday, this is a special
day in our countries, especially day in.
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There's just something about the fourth of July in this
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Speaker 9 (04:32):
It goes together, and I think that everybody comes together
on these days, you know, whether it be in stadiums,
where to be at home, it doesn't really matter. And
we're going to see a displaying of the military here today,
presenting the largest flag you can possibly see. The national
anthem is going to be here, one hundred and fifty
really joint services will be presenting the flag on the field.
(04:54):
And it's one of those moments that we're fortunate to
live in a pretty darn good country and work.
Speaker 8 (05:01):
In an amazing place like Dodgers stated, where we are
going to see what should be one heck of a
baseball series.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
Malt.
Speaker 8 (05:07):
The Dodgers are the best record in Major League baseball.
The Houston Astros tied for the third best mark in baseball,
but Houston o'ver really over the last month has been
the hottest team in Major League Baseball. Both teams dealing
with injuries, so not one hundred percent for the Dodgers,
obviously more so on the pitching side for the Astros.
They've lost some key cogs in the lineup. But still
when these two get together on the weekend like this.
Speaker 9 (05:27):
We're expecting fireworks. Yeah, and especially in the same train
of fun are you talking about? If you look since
the first of June, these are the top two teams
in baseball as far as the records go. Astros twenty
one and eight, Dodgers twenty and ten. And if we
look at this Dodgers in recently, you know, nine games
now in front in the Western Division, in front of
both San Diego and San Francisco. And if you look
at Houston, they have a seven game lead in front
(05:50):
of the Seattle Mariners in the American League Western Division.
So it is Dodger buckleb in a row, having won
now fifteen to the last eighteen game.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
I mean, it's pretty remarkable. They were tied to top
the Nation League.
Speaker 8 (06:00):
In the middle of June, Dude fourteenth tiede and in
less than a month nine games of separation. So look,
you know the Dodgers finished at Gauntlet, and then they
got to the softer spot of their schedule, right and
they feasted the Nationals, the Rockies, the Royals, and sweeping
the White Sox coming into this.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
That's what good teams do.
Speaker 9 (06:16):
Yeah, And I think there's a sidelight to this series too,
mostly in the minds of the fans more than the players,
because if they have a history obviously in the World Series,
in the history you know, the trash can routine and
everything else, But there are very few players on either
team that were there and up close and personal at
that time. It's not out of the realm of possibility
of the memory of as far as.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
The fans go.
Speaker 9 (06:38):
And we're going to hear it when jose Ol two
we comes to home late, one would imagine. But let's
not lose sight of the fact. These are two very
talented teams and this is about who's going to win
this three game series one hundred percent.
Speaker 8 (06:49):
Only four players, two on each side, remained for the
twenty seventeen World Series and Josel to be the only
position player. The other one tonight started for the Houston
Nashos Lance mccullis.
Speaker 9 (06:59):
So those four they can growl back and forth to
one another, but there's a baseball game to be.
Speaker 8 (07:03):
One and we can't wait for it. First pitch coming
up in a little bit. We'll be back with you shortly,
Tim with some keys.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
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deeper into this pitching matchup. We'll hear from the manager
as well, Dave Roberts. That's coming up in about fifteen minutes.
But up next you're o tani Ree Wine and we
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Lance McCullers Junior, one of two remaining members of the
twenty seventeen Houston Astro's team.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
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A big fireworks show after the game tonight at Dodgers Stadium.
Hopefully the offense providing some fire works tonight as the
Houston Astros are in town, Kirsten in anytime, Dodger fans here,
Houston Astros, it's a bad reminder of twenty seventeen when
they cheated their way to a World Series championship.
Speaker 10 (09:12):
Yeah, it's definitely that bitter taste. How you kind of
gain in your mouth when you say the Houston Astros.
And I was asking, now, look, there's not many guys
still on this team that were part of that twenty
seventeen World Series. It's really just now Clayton Kusha and
Keith ky Hernandez and of course Dave Roberts. But I
was talking to Dave as well as Clayton earlier, just
asking what is the feeling today. It's now twenty twenty five,
(09:35):
so it has been some time. But ultimately, like you said,
whenever we think of the Astros, you're immediately going back
to that World Series, We're immediately going back to the
cheating scandal, and there is that bitter feeling. And so
with talking to Clayton, he was saying for him when
you look at these teams today, So even on the
Astros with their roster, they only have two players from
that twenty seventeen World Series as well, so you can't
(09:58):
look at them with quote like a hatreot of say,
that's not a feeling, but there is just kind of
that frustrating reminder of, you know, the Dodgers putting so
much hard work to win the World Series that year,
and unfortunately they weren't even in a position where they
could have won it due to the cheating that had happened.
So it's more of that feeling. And in I asked
Dave Roberts, he was on the page of just it's
(10:20):
not something they look at anymore. You know, again, the
teams look so different today. It's not something they're thinking
about going into this series. It's a good ball club
they're looking to just of course, for the Dodgers to
pick up a series win. They've been playing excellent baseball
as of late, whether it's been the pitchings and the
offense get going, so they want to continue with that. So,
you know, look, it's something that's always going to be there.
(10:42):
It's always going to be somewhere in the back of mine,
but it is no longer top of mind for these guys.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
You mentioned the offense keeping it going. No Maximundsee for
six to eight weeks, he had been red hot, hitting
the ball on the ballpark. They need somebody or somebodies
to pick up the slack. Kind of feels like Michael
Confordo could be one of those guys.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
He absolutely could be.
Speaker 10 (11:03):
And that's what Dave Roberts was saying today. When you
have a player like Max Munty, who you said he
was getting hot at the plate, he was showing power
even when you look at just the specific at bats,
getting the pitch count up. He is an aggressive at bat,
and so when you have a player like that, it's
very challenging to replace him, even though, like you said,
that's six to eight weeks timeline.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
So what does that.
Speaker 10 (11:22):
Mean the middle of the order is going to find
I have to find ways to really get some things
going to kind of replace that. So, whether it's Michael
Conforto who for him. I spoke to him earlier. He
was saying that he feels like he's really getting there.
You know, he added a leg kick to a swing.
He feels like he's on time and that's when he's
been showing more power as of late, and for him
that's a clear just connector that he is on time
(11:43):
with his swing. So he's hoping that he can continue
to just build off of that the momentum there. Andy
pa Has is another name that Dave said that you
know he's hoping to see kind of step up in
that position as well as Taoscar Hernandez. And for Taosker,
it's getting him back to that all start caliber that
we know he is capable of being at. And so
we did see him get his one thousandth career hit
(12:05):
last night. So we're starting to see just the build
up of different guys and so hopefully we can see
the continuation because of course, like you said, with no maximunsay,
that's a tough blow, but hopefully we can see these
other guys really step up it kind of be the
guy and be the filler that support their teammate while he's.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Down, hopefully provide some fireworks on the field and then
enjoy some fireworks.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
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Speaker 2 (12:37):
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the left knee bone bruise, Michael Kopek on the i
L with the right knee inflammation, Tony Gonsol on the
sixty day IL. Tyler Glass, now working his way back,
had another minor league rehab started in Oklahoma's city last night.
More on that, I think, with Dave Roberts coming up
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let's find out more from the Dodgers.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
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Speaker 3 (13:47):
Questions for Dave Dave?
Speaker 5 (13:48):
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Speaker 3 (13:50):
Can you talk about the pressure.
Speaker 6 (13:53):
In the dugouts with Dave Roberts Dave.
Speaker 10 (13:58):
The twenty seventeen But is it something that is that
world series, something that's still top of fine for you when.
Speaker 5 (14:05):
You see this tea things?
Speaker 11 (14:07):
Not at all. I think that certainly, you know, there's
been some history with our organizations, but you know, if
you look at in reality, you know most of those
guys are gone. So I don't think that it certainly
does have any bearing on this series this weekend. But
I just yeah, that's a good ball club over there,
(14:29):
and we're trying to win.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
We've ben today.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
What are you hoping to see from him?
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Just I know he was sick of.
Speaker 7 (14:32):
His last one.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
For him to get going and to.
Speaker 11 (14:35):
Have the actual start today, I think for Ben, he's
back to feeling normal. What I'm looking for is just
to get back to the crispness that he had, you
know before the last few outings. I think that the
fastball command, the cutter, the sweeper has just not been
as crisp as as it was early. And so certainly, yeah,
(14:58):
we're extending him out a little bit long or stretching
them out, but getting back to being effishing and getting
quick outs and it's not gonna be a pitch count thing.
And just kind of give us some link today.
Speaker 9 (15:10):
Last year months he went out for a business Your
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Speaker 1 (15:17):
It was a drag on the offense.
Speaker 9 (15:19):
Thomas, what's the plan this Year's where going to be out?
Speaker 7 (15:23):
Said?
Speaker 5 (15:23):
At times?
Speaker 11 (15:24):
The plan right now is Tom He's going to start
taking some grounders at third which he's done in the past.
So sometime next week I'll run him out there at
third base against right handed pitching to give Heysong some
runway at second base verse right and then verse left.
It's going to be a combo of Kik and Rojas
(15:47):
at third base.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
All right, there's the manager, Dave Roberts talking about the plan.
For third base moving forward. Max Monsey out with the
bone bruise in the knee. Will we continue here on
Dodgers on Deck. We will check in with David Vasse
gets you all the latest. Don't forget Dave's going to
go one on one with Clayton Kershaw. That's coming up
in about twenty five minutes. As we lead up to
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Speaker 1 (16:44):
All right, DVI, we just heard from the manager, Dave Roberts.
What's the feeling you're getting as far as the plan
now with third base and Tommy Edmund how much starts
he's gonna get there?
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Yeah. I talked to the Dodgers GM earlier today Brandan Gomes,
and they're very comfortable with the trio that they're going
to have over there at the hot corner. While Max
Munsey is coming back from a left knee bone bruise today,
Keith a Hernandez yesterday, Miguel Rojas, and you're going to
see a lot of Tommy Edmond at third base, especially
(17:15):
against right handed pitching. And look, I don't know when
his first day is going to be at third base.
That plan may change between now and the time that
it happens. But today was the first day that Tommy
Edmund took ground balls at third base, and he wasn't
just taking the normal easy grounders. He was having Pete
Montero hit him some choppers, some in between balls, and
(17:38):
he told me today those are the ones that he
has to get used to. And he hasn't flinched. When
I was talking to him after he was done today,
he didn't flinch about playing there. He's pretty confident he
can handle it.
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Speaker 2 (18:06):
What's the plan?
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Last night after the game, Dave Roberts said, there's no
pitch limit. They're gonna just read and react. But you
have to imagine there are certain limits on how many
pitches he'll be able to throw, because I know he's
come in to throw bulk innings after Otani, but I
can't see him throwing more than eighty pitches tonight. And
here's something that I'm not sure we all appreciate. Ben
(18:30):
Casparius has been outstanding, whether it has been pitching multiple
innings at the back end of a game, pitching middle
relief coming in after Otani. But here he is now
in a different type of setting, starting a game, and
that's something that he really wanted an opportunity to do
at this level. But I've talked to some people around
(18:51):
the game and even on the team that have said
he might be the most valuable for the Dodgers being
a high leverage late inning reliever. And once you get
Snell back and Glass now back, and maybe Roki Sazaki,
You're not going to have a spot in the rotation
for him, so eventually in the second half of the
season he may turn out to be that Evan Phillips
(19:14):
type of guy for the Dodgers down the stretch and
into the postseason.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
I love that. Recently, Kirby Yates caught a home run
ball from show Hey Otani on the Last Road Show.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
What did he do with the baseball?
Speaker 3 (19:26):
David, Yeah, he caught it. When Otani hit that home
run into the Dodger bullpen at Corp's Field. He caught
it clean, and I had a fan ask me, Tim,
what does he do with the baseball? Does he get
it signed by Otani? Does he get it authenticated? What
does he do with it? He said, All I did
was give it to our bullpen coach, Josh Bard and
(19:47):
get a brand new one so I could start warming
up to come into the game. Though, he gave away
an Otani home run ball to his bullpen coach, and
I'm not sure where that baseball is now.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Somebody needs to update him on the memorabilia market, David,
and how much of otani baseball could be worth out
there or just for a personal collection of course as
a teammate of show. Hey O TONI, David, we appreciate it.
We'll check back with you in just a couple of minutes.
David's gonna go one on one with Clayton Kershaw. That's
coming up at about sixteen minutes. Don't go anywhere, Dodger
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Is we honor the birthday of our great country, the
United States of America and a great American himself, our
own Rick Monday. On April twenty fifth, nineteen seventy six,
he was a member of the Chicago Cubs at Dodger
Stadium taking on the Dodgers when two knuckleheads came out
of the pavilion and tried to light the American flag
(21:29):
on fire. Rick Monday, American hero, wasn't gonna let it happen.
Speaker 7 (21:35):
Sie Moore fouled out in the first inning. He's over
one and the first one outside bow one And wait
a minute, there's an animal loose. Two of them all right,
I'm not sure what he's doing out there. It looks
like he's gonna burn a flag. And Rick Monday runs
(21:56):
and takes it away from him. And so Monday, I
think a guy was gonna set fire to the American plague.
Can you imagine that? So they better lose him in
a hurry. And Monday, when he realized what he was
gonna do, race comer and took the flag away from him.
(22:18):
And now the crowd is doing what they want to
do all the time. Who one of these characters for
this guy was gonna try and perform the indignity of
shutting fire to the American flag. And Rick we'll get
an ovation and properly so.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
The great Van Scully with the play by play of
Rick Monday. He was an outfielder, but right there it
made a great save of the American flag from being burned.
At Dodger Stadium, April twenty fifth, nineteen seventy six. Moe's
gonna throw out the first pitch here coming up in
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(22:56):
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Speaker 6 (23:52):
And now joined by David Bassey, here's La Dodgers broadcaster
and World Series champion Dodger Rick Monday.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Well, we got mister first pitch in the house, and
rightfully so, the Dodgers picked the right man on fourth
of July to throw out today's ceremonial first pitch, and
that is our one and only Rick Monday. What an
honor on fourth of July.
Speaker 9 (24:14):
Rick, do you have the ice bucket ready?
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (24:16):
You know, I'm gonna have to ice down afterwards.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
I think you've got something left in the town.
Speaker 9 (24:20):
No, no, no, I have not thrown a baseball in what
six years? Something like that.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
We could have played catch.
Speaker 9 (24:28):
What position did you play in high school?
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Right field?
Speaker 9 (24:30):
Right field? Yeah, no, I heard it was left out.
Speaker 3 (24:34):
I was a defensive replacement. I'll put it that way.
Speaker 9 (24:37):
Happy fourth of July. Also, you know, this is a
time that I think we can kind of get together
and we can use that right now, I think in
our country and you start to look at it. I
talked to a couple of Marines coming in today here
at the stadium to have you. One hundred and fifty
Joint Services would be presenting the extra large American flag
(25:00):
for the national anthem. This is a time for all
of us kind of reflect on how how lucky we
are to be be in this country. There's a lot
of things that we can improve upon, and that's the
goal to improve upon things. But you know, thank goodness,
we're here and we can do something about it.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Rick, you've thrown out a lot of ceremonial first pitches.
Have you ever thrown one out on fourth of July?
Speaker 9 (25:21):
Not that I recall, no, No, I have yet to
throw strike also all the time. It's kind of net
when they contacted me to the day asad s you're out,
I'll do it. You know, it's really kind of strange,
be totally honest. Here played nineteen years of the Big leagues,
played over two thousand games. Right, Throwing out first pitch
is tough, and you can feel the palpitation is going
(25:42):
because the expectations are there. And the one thing that
they always tell us and we tell other people too,
don't bounce it. You can throw it ten feet over
the catcher's head, but don't bounce it.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
And that's why it's okay to go to the bottom
of the hill, right rick the very very bottom. Yes, yeah,
it's okay.
Speaker 9 (25:58):
Well I look at it this way. I look at
it since you have pictures that are on the injured
list and they're rehabbing, they throw off a flat ground. Yeah,
well that's what little Ricky's going to do tonight, throw
off a flat ground.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
I love that. Get the hill, perfect, perfect pick on
fourth of July. A lot of times they don't get
it right. Tonight they got it right here at Dodgers Stadium.
And the Dodgers have been doing a lot of things
right lately, and.
Speaker 9 (26:23):
I think that that's the big mood. I mean, having
won fifteen of the last eighteen, they really turned it on.
If you're looking back, you know, if you say June first,
I mean both of these ball clubs. For a matter
of fact, because since the first of June, these are
the top two teams David in Major League Baseball. As
far as the records. The Astros are twenty one to eight,
Dodgers are twenty and ten and Dodgers having one now
(26:45):
fifteen of eighteen. I mean there's a lot going on. Yes,
there's a history between these two organizations. In the World
Series a number of years ago. There's only four players,
two on one side, two on the other that were
even part of that. So remember it. The players, it's
a Bowl game to win, and that's that's their goal.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
Yeah, it's weird how the Yankees bring something out of
Dodger fans, but the Astros now moving forward, will always
have that stigma attached to that.
Speaker 9 (27:14):
Well, the Yankees don't always just bring it out of
the fans either. Pouthflet me tell you something. Yeah, we've
already talked about this. It gets uh, yeah, it gets
the hard to be going on this end too.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
I love that.
Speaker 9 (27:25):
Yeah, still does.
Speaker 3 (27:26):
It feels like you got the edge for this first pitch.
Speaker 9 (27:28):
Rick, Well, you have to. You have to, So get
the ice bucket ready. I'll brib what we need the
ice down afterwards.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Sounds good. I'll get some icy hot for you too.
Speaker 5 (27:37):
Thanks.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Hey, there's the man right there save the American flag
here at Dodgers Stadium in nineteen seventy six, playing for
the Chicago Cubs. Our very own number sixteen, Rick Monday
throwing out the fourth of July ceremonial first pitch. We'll
send it back to you in the studio.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Tim our own Rick Monday throwing out the first pitch tonight.
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leads up to Dodgers and Astros on this fourth of July.
I'm Tim Kats's the world champion. Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network.
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Speaker 3 (29:41):
And tight, Happy fourth of July. And what says fourth
of July more than a man that has spent eighteen
fourth of July's with the Dodgers. That's mister three thousand
to himself, Clayton Kershaw with this dad bucket hat the
players will be wearing today. Thanks a lot for the time.
Happy fourth.
Speaker 12 (29:58):
It's kind of like a dad bucket hat.
Speaker 3 (29:59):
Huh, yeah, this is very you. Why just because I'm
a dad. Yeah, you wear these type of things with
the rope on it too.
Speaker 12 (30:05):
I don't know about the rope thing, but it is
definitely a dad hat.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
So I'll rock it.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
I'll rock it.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
I did like the Rams hat you were sporting after
the start in Denver.
Speaker 12 (30:14):
Yeah, I'm a Rams guy now. So ever since Matthew
got there. You know, they won a Super Bowl, so
it looks like bandwagon. But yeah, ever since Matthew got there,
I'm a Ram fan.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
I've never heard the connection between you and Stafford before.
Oh you want that story? Hey two days later, now
you've been celebrated so much around baseball in LA. How
does it feel after you've been able to get through
all that? Oh, it's so special.
Speaker 12 (30:38):
I mean I think that night, you know, obviously I'd
like to have given up a few less runs and
strike out the guy a little sooner. But you know,
looking back on the whole night and everything that happened,
it was so special, such a great night for my family,
for me, and you know, obviously the fans reaction that
whole night and just how they you know, you kind
of just felt the tension that they had for me
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to figure this thing out get a strikeout finally, So
just wouldn't have changed it for the world, just to
blast so grateful for the night. And you know, I
think you're slowly starting to move on, get past it
and try to look forward to facing the Brewers and
get that three thousand and first one.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
You don't really show any sort of self importance. Were
you surprised by how much the fans cared about you
reaching that milestone? Yeah?
Speaker 12 (31:24):
I think so. I mean I think, you know, from
even just the warm ups before the game to you know,
running back out for the sixth inning. There it was.
It was definitely more than I expected it was. It
was a very unique experience. It was awesome, awesome.
Speaker 3 (31:39):
I was doing Dodger talk upstairs while you came out
after the game and the grounds crew started to dig
up the pitching rubber. Was that on your request or
did they do that as a gift to you?
Speaker 12 (31:51):
No, I didn't know they were doing that, So yeah,
really nice of Jordan and all the guys to dig
that up for me, and thanks heavy man. It's it's
it's no small feet to get that thing out. It
took them five hours the next day to put the
next one down, So labor of love for sure, but
thankful to have it. That's pretty awesome.
Speaker 3 (32:08):
What do you do with the pitching rubber? Where were
you put that in the trophy case?
Speaker 12 (32:12):
Great question. I'm not sure yet. I don't know, but
it's a great story, so I'll keep it somewhere.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
Yeah, Clayton Kershaw is our guest on fourth of July.
You know, Clayton, when you look at this team, you
guys have the best record again by two games over
the Tigers. Do you feel like there's a lot more
room to go as far as playing your best baseball?
Speaker 12 (32:32):
You know, I think it's probably twofold. I think we
are playing good baseball right now, I really do. You know,
we're winning games we're supposed to. We're getting great comebacks,
playing like clean baseball. You know, starters are getting some
length into the games and so it kind of sets
up the bullpen to do their role as well. And
guys are getting big hits.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
But to your point.
Speaker 12 (32:50):
I mean, I think when we get some more guys back,
you know, obviously months going down for you know, the
six weeks or whatever is a tough blow. But you know,
when when Snell's back, when Glasses back, when Trina's back,
and get that pitching staff to one hundred percent or
close to it, it's, uh, we should be able to
keep winning games. And that's uh, that's an exciting thing
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to think about.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
The bullpen has already pitched those innings. Is there any
way to compensate in the second half for the load
they have shouldered the first half? Yes?
Speaker 12 (33:21):
And no, I mean I think, you know, I think
with the opener situation, the bullpen innings get skewed a
little bit, right because the bullpen, you know, the bulk
guys are getting five or six six innings. That looks
like it's the bullpen innings. But you know, the guys
that have been healthy for the whole year, like Tanner,
Vest some of these guys, Jack and Benny, some of
the guys that have had big workloads. I think, I
think there's ways to manage it. And but no, I mean,
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at the end of the day, they're gonna throw in
big situations because those are our guys. It's just a
matter of you know, getting a little more consistency in
the starting rotation. And I think you're starting to see
that too. I think guys are going, you know, six
seven innings recently, which has been nice. And that's the
biggest way to reset the pen is just for guys
to get a little bit deeper in the games.
Speaker 3 (34:01):
How much do we take for granted this offense best
in baseball, but it still feels like there might be
a little bit more, which is kind of scary.
Speaker 12 (34:10):
Yeah, best, I think you said it the right way.
I think there's a there's room for let me say
it this way. Our offense is doing well and everybody
swung the bat well at times, but I don't know
if everybody swung the bat well at.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
The same time.
Speaker 12 (34:23):
So once that happens, that's a scary thing. And that's
hard to do throughout the rhythms of a season, to
have everybody swinging the bats well at the same time.
But you know, once once everybody gets going, which you
know they will, it's a it's a scary thing to
think about.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
You've taken a lot of pride out of being consistent
in your career. How much do we take for granted
how consistent Freddie Freeman has been for the Dodgers, not
only this year, but in his career. Does he get
lost in the shuffle because he's so consistent? Yeah? Maybe so.
Speaker 12 (34:55):
I mean I think you know, at the beginning of
the season, you know, you pencil Freddy in first base
every day and say, oh, he's going to hit three hundred,
his ops is going to be nine hundred, He's going
to do all this play every day, and you just
kind of pencil that in and expect it, like you
don't realize that that elite level of play.
Speaker 3 (35:12):
Is not easy to do every day.
Speaker 12 (35:14):
So yeah, I mean, I think I think you expected
out of Freddy, And that's why the expectations make it
seem that like, hey, this is just kind of home
home what he does. But for him to continue to
do it at the level that he is is it's
an elite thing. It's a special thing that very few
people can do in the game, and so it's nice
to have.
Speaker 8 (35:33):
For sure.
Speaker 3 (35:33):
Since he was counting down to three thousand for you,
can I be your sirra Ando here to help you
count down as far as doubles go because he's climbed
a lot of Hall of Famers this year and he's
just four away from passing Lou Garrick for the forty
second most doubles in baseball history. Should I feed you
the doubles stats as we go through the season.
Speaker 12 (35:55):
And if we start playing that game with hits and
doubles with Freddy, we might be doing that every day
with something. So it's just a testament to him. But
that's a big name, lu Garry, that's special.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
Hey Clayton, it's been a pleasure to be with you
for fourteen fourth of July's and just see how much
work you put in. I feel like that's the reason
why everybody was so happy for you, because you respect
the game. You put in so much work, and you
treat everybody really well. So you even treat slubs like
me pretty well on the radio. So thank you.
Speaker 12 (36:23):
Well, you forced me to do this one today, so
I had no choice.
Speaker 3 (36:25):
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hundred and fifty dollars gift card at Travis Matthew. Clayton
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We'll do that later. I'll sign you up, all right,
Happy fourth day. There he goes Clayton Kershaw. It's been
our guest, Tim. We'll send it back to you in
the studio.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
All right, Thank you DV. Great to hear Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 1 (36:47):
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hander has done it all this year. Bulk inning guy
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four innings out of the bullpen last Saturday in Kansas City.
Speaker 2 (38:29):
It's the Dodgers and the Astros on this fourth of July.
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Ben Casparrius, Lance McCullers Junior, the pitching matchup. We're fifteen
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All right, back out to the booth, Steven Nelson, Rick Monday, guys.
Speaker 8 (39:40):
All right, TC, back here with Rick Monday getting ready
for Game one of three for the Dodgers and Houston Astros.
The Dodgers rolling right now. They've won seven series in
a row. They have taken nine of the last ten
fifteen of eighteen, eighteen to twenty three. You can go
on or on. They've been playing good baseball, but they're
running into one of the hottest teams, or the hottest
team rather in the American League in Houston. Somehow, some way,
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despite all the roster turnover between these two organizations since
they met in the World Series back in twenty seventeen,
they have found ways to stay atop.
Speaker 9 (40:10):
Their respective division. Yeah, and both these organizations have expectations
to win there. There's just now to you know, collect
the base hits and they do well in their division. No,
they want to get to the big dance that being
the World Series. So the Dodgers have been Casparius. The
big thing about Casparius, you know, when we saw him
Saturday in Kansas City, he was really under the weather.
(40:32):
He went four innings. Yes, he gave up six runs
on eight hits, including a home run. But Dave Robbers
asked about Casparius little earlier, said, look, he's healthy today.
They want him to be more efficient, in particular with
the breaking stuff, and there is not a pitch count
on Casparius today. They want to lengthen him out a
little bit more if they can.
Speaker 8 (40:50):
What are another key or two that are on your mind?
Speaker 9 (40:53):
Well, I think against the mcculors. The Dodgers have seen
him in postseason play, that's it the best. And mcculors
have been really good on the road three starts. He's
making his ninth start overall tonight. Three of those had
been on the road. He does not have an ERA
at all, is not allowed to run on the road.
One and zero with a very low banning average against
away from his own ballpark.
Speaker 8 (41:13):
So what we'll give two hot teams and two pitchers
coming off clunkers. We will find out in a matter
of moments. Game one in pitch one for the Dodgers
and Astros coming up shortly.
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