October 18, 2024 • 45 mins
Steve Sax and Tim Cates react to the Dodgers Game 4 win over the Mets and being 1 game away from securing a spot in the World Series.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
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Sacks one one.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
The Dodgers are one win away from going back to
the World Series. Hi everybody, and welcome to Scam on
this Friday and morning, October eighteenth. Thanks for being with us,
Steve Sacks, Tim Katson, you on this Friday morning, reacting
to the Dodgers Game four win in the NLCS last
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night in New York and getting ready for a potentially
clenching Game five of the NLCS later on this afternoon.
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in man does he know what he's talking about? He
is a great Steve Sacks Saxy, Good morning, Tim.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
Good to be with you, my brother. How are you.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
I'm doing great. I slept like a baby last night.
The ulcer or stomach issues, acid reflex. It is all
in my rear view mirror right now as I feel
good about the Dodgers of three games to one in
a potential close out game today.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Yeah, classic beatdown last night. You know the bad thing
about it for the Mets is there actually you know,
if you can put this in perspective, they're catching the
Dodgers at the wrong time. You know, this is a
you know, every team, he's going to go through little
you know, times where you're not at your optimal best.
But boy, this team is really clicking on everything. If
it's not the bottom of the order, it's what it
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was last night, the top of the order, very lopsided,
crooked numbers at the top of that order. One thing
you see at the top of the order in the
box in the box score today this morning, when I
was looking and kind of summarizing, you see Otani with
three at bats but four run scored.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
You very seldom see.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
You know, more run score than the actually at bats
that are printed on there, of course because of his walks,
but it's it's just a lopsided SmackDown. When you follow
that up with Mookie Betts and what he did, he
was able to print for you know, four hits, four
RBI scored, three runs. This was a classic Dodgers what
they did all through twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Yeah, the top of the lineup when they go, so
go the Dodgers. And as you mentioned, Mookie Betts four
for six with a home run, four ribbies, showe Aotani
got the party started the first batter of the game
and leadoff home run. He walked three times, scored four times.
Maximunsky got on base for his first four times up
to the plate. Ty Reggie Jackson's record for twelve consecutive
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plate appearances twelve straight times. It's unbelievable. And if you
look at what they were, it's not like it's a
bunch of hits in a row. It is home run
walk walk walk single walk walk, home run walk walk walk,
single walk walk walk.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
You got you got that guy doing that.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Yeah, he can hit it out, he can go deep,
he can play different positions. Then you got the best
two players, maybe the best two players on the planet,
with Betts and Otani just scaring the hell out of everybody.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Then you got the bottom of the order, guys like
Tommy Edmond that's hit and run, bunt, good defense. Oh
and then you got like one of the best postseason
players and Key k Hernandez doing his thing. Oh and
then I mean it just goes on and on.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
It doesn't stop. They're like a bull restrictor. They just
suffocate you with this lineup. When they're all clicking certainly
when they're all passing that baton and when they're all
getting a hit and passing it to Will Smith, who's
passing it to Chris Taylor, who even found a base
hit last night and ran into one. Then show hey
Otani in the top of the lineup, flips over and
the Dodgers just pounce on you. Ten runs last night
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on twelve hits. The Mets had ten hits in the
game last night, but they couldn't string together hits, and
they left a lot of runners on base.
Speaker 5 (04:48):
Last night.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
They were zero for ten with runners in scoring position. Meanwhile,
the Dodgers were six of fifteen with runners of scoring position.
And this is the number that really stands out to me,
how scary this offenses. They scored ten runs last night, Saxy,
and they stranded twelve base runners, twelve guys left on base,
yet they already have scored ten.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Crazy.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
And another good thing, too, is if you want to
talk about how you're able to mitigate what the Mets
can do, the Mets went down swinging twelve times. And
you know what that is a a just a great thing.
When you cannot even put the ball in play, you
don't put any pressure on the defense. There's no advantages
at all, as we know when striking out and it's
a crusher, the crusher, and that's what.
Speaker 5 (05:33):
It was last night. Twelve strikeouts.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
I know the Dodgers struck out there if I share
amount too, but you know what, you really limited the
Mets that are in dire straits to score runs and
you k twelve times. That's a big, big problem for them.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
It's amazing to see the amount of walks the Dodgers
took us well last night. Nine more walks for the Dodgers.
They have walked over thirty times. Listen, in the first
four games.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
You walk nine times in a game, you're gonna the
other team's got no shot. Seriously, I mean, I can
remember having conversations when I was playing. It would say,
you know, we got to really limit those walks. I mean,
you walked four, we walked four or three or four players.
If you walk three or four players, I mean, what
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do you think is gonna happen?
Speaker 5 (06:17):
Those guys are gonna score nine walks? Come on?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
This is this is you walk nine times and able
to squeeze that plate like they were last night.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
It's it's not gonna be good. News for the opposition.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
The problem is when you make a guy like Quintana
come in the strike zone and the Dodgers are able
to really kind of drag him out to the deep
water and counts. This guy's got no opportunity because this
stuff's not great. I mean, he's got a really good
change up his fastball. You know, you don't respect it
enough to say, well, you know what, he's gonna get
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me inside on that fastball. You can kind of lean
out over there and get a good perspective of what
he's throwing, take him and deepen in the accounts because
he's probably not gonna strike you out that much. And
you know, but that's doomsday for him. Now, this is
a situation a guy like Kintana where you want to
kind of drag him out on the count. I'm all
for dragging a guy like that out because sooner or
later he's gonna have to get a part of the
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plate or he's gonna walk you. And if he does
come in there, you're gonna crush him because this stuff's
not that great. So it's really a catch twenty two
for him.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Yeah, that was the game plan for Quintana last night,
and the Dodger player sort of talked about it afterwards,
was that it was gonna be a battle who was
gonna last longer, the hitter or the pitcher in in
it back because they knew he loves to get guys
to chase, and this is a Dodgers team that doesn't chase.
They're a team that will just lead you to death
by walking and passing that paton and then getting you
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singles and they're just gonna payper cut you to death.
That's what they do. And they didn't chase, and they
took some strikes that they probably shouldn't have, but then again,
they also were making sure they got him deep into
counts almost every single time. Last night he was working
on a two to two count, three to two count.
That pitch count for Tana through three innings was rocketed
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high eighty. It was unbelievable. They chased them early because
of the way they were disciplined at to play. And
that's something that Dodgers throughout the times of the year
saxy they would get away from that. You know, they
would just be like, all right, well it's July and
Cincinnati and it's a three game set. We are going
to be free swingers, and they'd get away from their
game and they'd lose a game or a series because
they got away from what they're so good at.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Well, listen, when you have a pitcher that's got great stuff,
like I remember battles against guys like Nolan Ryan or
Clemens or whatever, you never want to go deep in
counts because they'll wipe you out. I mean, they've got
pitches and they've got an amazing fastball that can you know,
they kind of would have you eating out of their hands.
They would dictate. So you never want to get behind
on the counts. Lots of times I remember at bats
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against Nolan Ryan, maybe you know, three pitches that was it.
I mean, you don't want to get two strikes with
that dude. And so Cantana is the opposite. His stuff
isn't electric. He's he's you know, kind of finicky with
his pitches. He's a little here, takes them off, put
a little bit on, pitch up down, that kind of stuff,
and he's just gonna kind of messy. So a guy
like that, you take him out in the deep water
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and drown him. And that's what they did to him.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
Dodgers up three games to one in this best of
seven NLCS with a ten to win over the New
York Mets. Last night, Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitch well. They took
him out in the fifth inning. The Dodgers bullpen did
it the rest of the way. Otanian Betts led the
way offensively in the blowout win. Showyotani last night was
fantastic with the leadoff home run again. He scored the
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four times. He had walked three times last night and
when he gets on baits some mookie. Betts made the
Mets pay last night with a couple of doubles and
home runs and was just absolutely fantastic at the play.
He took advantage of the fact that they were not
pitching Otani and pitching to him, and he made them pay. Certainly,
Showyotani after the game last night. How about this our
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own David vad say one on one was show Hey
on the field after the win.
Speaker 6 (09:56):
Show Hey, how does that feel? How does that sound?
One away from the World Series?
Speaker 5 (10:02):
You know, Donald about.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
Played really good games the last two days and the
hope is to be able to play another good game
tomorrow and just finish it.
Speaker 6 (10:19):
Show Hey, when you hit your lead off home run.
Could you feel the momentum immediately on your side tonight?
Speaker 7 (10:27):
I just got a game you yeah, you know it
brought momentum, yes, on our side. Obviously they scored two,
but we were able to continue our momentum. And I
think you should know who pitched great and pitched into
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the fifth.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
How big was that for Yamamoto to pitch the way
he did tonight.
Speaker 7 (11:09):
It's never easy to be, you know, pitching away in
a pressure packed environment, but I think he was able
to really battle through and keep the momentum on our side.
He had to fight his own battles and just really
minimize the damage.
Speaker 5 (11:22):
Before I let you go. How much fun are you having?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Just ship.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
This kit? Funly?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Don't know, Nikki got it's been.
Speaker 7 (11:38):
It's been very refreshing just being able to enjoy with
the teammates and also being able to play in front
of away stadiums. The fans are amazing and it's been
really fun.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
A thank you, thank you, all right, David Say with
Will Ireton the translator there and show Hey Otani. Factually
we've talked about it for the last week and a half.
The fun that show Hey o Tani seems to be
you have and he hits the home run last night,
immediately flips the bat, looks over at the third base
dugout of the Dodgers, and screams at the dugout, a
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primal scream, before running the bases to give him a
one nothing lead. This is a guy. For six years
we saw not a lot of emotion, We saw lots
of production. We saw zero posts and appearances. He signs
with the Dodgers, and here's show ay Otani on the
world's stage, in front of everybody with a chance to
go to the World Series. We are seeing a superstar
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be a superstar in the biggest stage.
Speaker 8 (12:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Yeah, the the LA team's gonna loosen him up a
little bit, right, and they're finding their way to do that.
But no, he's such an inspiration. I mean, he comes
at it from such a pure standpoint. He loves the game,
you can tell, and he doesn't let things bother him.
It's amazing how much he's able to compartmentalize every single pitch.
I mean, he's very stoic at the plate. You don't
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see any reactions either way, so you don't know what
he's thinking. You don't know if he's if he's in,
you know, he's really on his game until you know,
the lightning happens when the ball gets on the zone.
Then you figure it out. But the guy's amazing. He
just does everything. This is what he wanted.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
When he entered free agency last fall, he made it
known that he wanted to be on a contender. He
wanted to be able to play for championships. He spent
six years doing nothing in baseball purgatory that is known
as the Anaheim Angels, and he had options. The Toronto
Blue Jays were knocking on his door trying to get
him to sign there. There was speculation back in December
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that he was going to sign with the Blue Jays.
Maybe it was in the San Francisco Giants, maybe he
would sign with the Yankees, the Mets, the Dodgers were
the spot he wanted to go, and by deferring all
the money that he did, he made it known to
the Dodgers, I want to win now, so go out
and get other players like Yamamoto. Go out and make
trades and get a Tyler glass. Now, go out and
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re sign players that are currently here, and let's go
win a championship. And by doing all of that. He
was very very open about how he wants to win
now and here he is one win away from going
to a World Series championship. Everything he mapped out this
past offseason, it's about to live up to what he wanted.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, it's perfect, very unselfish, Uh the way the way
they did that, and uh, just the whole city is
just thrilled. Uh what they're coming upon right now. They've
got one more win to go. Uh, and you can't
get you know, above yourself right now. You got to say, Okay,
that's very good, keep it business like. We got one
more And the Dodgers do not want to bring this
back to La as much as they want to come
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back to La they want they kill they want to
come back, but they want to come back finished. They
want to They don't want to come back and have
to play again. Come back a couple of days, rest,
get things ready, and then go into the World Series.
But you got a lot of business to take care
of before that happens.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
One final thing on show Hey. It's funny to see
the national analysts now talking about Show Hey on this
stage and the NLCS and what he's doing, the crazy
numbers he's put up and about to go to the
World Series and be on the biggest of stage across
the world, and to hear a Rod and Jeter and
Big Poppy and these guys talk about, well, yeah, he
put up numbers. And one of the guys said, yeah,
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but he did it on a team that never went
to the postseason, so nobody saw him really do it.
And now that he's with the do it, huh, everybody's
seeing what he's able to do.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
The whole world saw it. He plays in the biggest
market on the planet. Of course they saw it. Yeah, well,
you know what, just that's fine. I mean, you know what,
let his his talking will be done with that big
bat that he carries up there, and then we'll we'll
see what happens then. But you know what, I really
like to in yesterday's game, they were able to kind
of show a show hey on his own when he
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was running the bases, when he scored from first man,
it's amazing how effortlessly this guy runs. And let me
tell you he is. He is so much faster than
you think. He's one of the fastest guys in the league,
especially after you know he gets one base. You know,
beneath him. Forget it. This guy is just lightning quick.
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Well you know, you saw all the bases he stole,
but he really gets going. You know, after one base,
guy he just puts it in overdrive and those long strides.
You know, the guy six five, so he's not he's
not a small guy, but man, he can really fly.
I'm glad they isolated on him and everybody got a
chance to see that pure athleticism.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
It looked like he was jogging. It looked like he
was in second gear running around the bases, and especially
when he hit third, it looked like he was in
a home run trot the way he was running. But
then he just turned it back on again halfway between
third and home. He wasn't jogging, clearly, but it just
looked like it. Yeah, because of this, Yeah, the gear
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that he can get to and as how fast he can.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Get I I just marvel of watching how you know
easy he runs, and I remember how hard the game
was and if I had to run from third first
to third, people in the third rose kind of grunting
it out. This guy's just not It looks like he
was way gonna wave at somebody in the stands. As
he went past third, Oh, I haven't appointment with you
next week, you know, And she just kind of blew
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out there to home plate. But yeah, fascinating to watch him.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy. How
you feeling, Dodger fans? One win away from going back
to the World Series for the fourth time in the
past eight years. Dodgers take care of business last night
with they tended to win over the New York Mets.
They silenced that City Field crowd, They sent them packing early.
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That place was a ghost town the final three innings
as the Dodgers closed it out with a Game four
win and now a chance to get a bid of
the World Series with a win today against the New
York Mets. Game five of the NLCS coming up later
on this afternoon Morogo Casino. Dodgers on Deck starts at
one o'clock. First pitch from City Field at two oh eight.
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It's a good day to be a Dodger fan. As
there one went away from going back to the Fall Classic.
He and Steve Saxon, Tim Kates. It's sax and Kates
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went away from going back to the World Series a
three to one series lead in the NLCS thanks to
a ten to two win over the New York match
last night. Saxon, Kate's and Am on this Friday morning,
here with you until nine o'clock alive in local as
the Dodgers a game five went away from going back
to the World Series for the fourth time in the
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last eight years, and the odds are on their side.
Eighty nine percent of the teams in the Championship Series
reason with a three to one lead have gone on
to win this series and go on to the World Series. Ironically,
you know, the last team to be down three games
to one, come back and win the series and go
to the World Series, Saxy. You know that last team
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wants to do it. The twenty twenty Los Angeles Dodgers. Yeah,
down three games to one, the Atlanta Braves down the
bubble in Arlington in the NLCS. They come back and
win in seven games, and they go on and win
it over the Tampa Bay Rays down there in twenty twenty,
the last team to come back from a three to
one deficit.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Yeah, it's not it's not completely insurmountable, you know that.
But it's tough. I mean, odds really really are against you.
And you know, I don't envy the Mets situation right
now because they're up against the juggernaut. This team just
doesn't relent. So you know, Dodger are going to try
to close this thing out. You don't want to get
complacent and say, hey, well you know what, Well we
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can always go back to LA We're going back anyway.
We can throw a game out there and wrap this
thing up. No, No, you want to get this thing
done tonight and not even think about it for the weekend.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
Yoshinobu Yamamoto last night, pitching into the fifth inning, Dave
Roberts came and got him with a runner on one
out and decided to go to Evan Phillips to face
Marciento's and then get Alonzo to ground into a fielder's choice.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
But I was at the time.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
I actually sent a text to David Vasse and I
got about three text from buddies who were asking me,
why are they taking Yamamoto out of the game. There
it's the fifth inning, and I said, well, let me
look at his pitch count. Seventy three pitches, fifty two
for strikes. He had eight punchouts at the time it
was one out in the fifth inning. He has allowed
two runs on four hits. He seemed to be pitching
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Willie really well in that fifth inning. A little bit
of stress in the third inning. Yeah, but you know,
averted it by getting up just the one run. I
thought it was interesting because you've saved him to pitch
in this game. There was no shot even if the
Mets came back in one last night, and this said
the series went to a game on Monday. He wasn't
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going to pitch the rest of this NLCS. Anyways, it
was a one and done for Yamamoto in this NLCS.
Why not let him just empty the tank, so to speak,
and see how far he could go. Assuming if you
get to the World Series, he's gonna be on plenty
of rest anyways, because it may not start for another week.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Yeah, he's gonna be way rested out. I you know,
I was a little surprised about that, but Dave Roberts
knows what he's doing. Uh, and you know the pitchers
are going to go through times where you're gonna have
some stress. Oh my stress, you know, let him pitch
through it.
Speaker 5 (21:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
I mean the thing is, you don't want to come
and rescue him when you really don't need to, right,
you don't need to rescue the guy right there.
Speaker 5 (21:40):
Yeah, I mean he's been through enough.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
I mean when he was back in you know, in
Japan he won the what's the equivalent to the the
cy Young three years in a row.
Speaker 5 (21:50):
I don't know how much stress.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
You know, he's been having to go through and fix
certain situations because he just dominates everybody over there. It's
not gonna be the same way over here as he is.
He's already found out. But let him fix some things,
of course, That's how he's gonna get a little bit better,
you know, bone them up a little bit.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Absolutely, you paid them the most money for a right
handed pitcher in the history of baseball. You know, take
the gloves off a little bit, especially in the NLCS.
Speaker 5 (22:14):
On rest.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
It's not like he's nursing an injury. It's not like
he was, you know, walking the tightrope there and the
bases were loaded, and okay, next time do the lineup.
I get it, bringing the reliever of fresh arm. I mean,
it was a five to two game, Dodgers were winning,
there was an out, there was runner on base, and
you're facing Viento's. Okay, let's say Vento's hits two run
home run. It's still a five to four Dodgers lead.
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At that point, you can say, hey, y, I'm a modo,
great stuff. We maybe one bat or two many. We're
gonna go to the bullpen and face Peede Alonzo to
try to get out of this fifth inning. They still
have a one run lead. That's the worst case scenario
if you get into trouble against Vent's. Let's say you
walk Vento's, Okay, runner on first and second, and now
the time run the plate with Pete Alonso. Now I'm
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going to the bullpen. Yeah, but maybe you go back
to batter, let him pitch the fantels. Maybe he gets
a ground ball and you're out of the innea, a
double play and he gets through five innings.
Speaker 5 (23:06):
Yeah, let him out.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
You know what I liked about what I see about
Yamamoto now pitching as opposed to the first start against
San Diego, where everything was breaking, uh, you know, from
the letter to the belt. Now we see everything breaking
from the thigh to the ground. And that's where he's effective.
When he's got tilt to his pitches. When he pitches
the fastball up in the zone with with some with
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some hop to it, that's fine, but his breaking stuff
has got to be from around the thigh level to
the ground. Let that work in that area. It has
much better action when the ball's down and tilting towards
the ground. And I found him pitching extremely well with
his secondary pitches in this in this fashion. And you
know who they've really handcuffed so far in this series,
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done a great job on him is Pete Alonzo. They've
kind of taken him out, you know, two more strikeouts
again yesterday. You see him stretching and kind of you know,
expanding his zone a little bit. He's trying to, you know,
hit two home runs and one at back because he's
kind of feeling the pressure a little bit. And Yamamoto,
I thought, really changed over his game and changed the
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trajectory of those secondary pitches down lower in the zone,
which has been extremely beneficial for him. Yeah, and Alonso's
come up with runners on. He's come up in some
key situations to do some damage against the Dodgers. And
he did it before they played the Dodgers, Yeah, before that,
you know, so, yeah, he did it.
Speaker 5 (24:30):
You know what he can do.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
He did against the Brewers, He certainly did it against
the Phillies. The Dodgers, as you mentioned, absolutely have done
a great job. And last night Yamamoto mixed in the slider.
And the slider is a pitch that when he got
his shoulder soreness was a lot of the people were pointing.
Speaker 5 (24:46):
To the slider was the reason. Why.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
Was a pitch he would have developed And really the
Dodgers wanted him to use more. And because he threw it,
it puts some different pressure on his shoulder. He wasn't
used to throwing it. They they think that's what led
to the shoulder injury, and so when he comes back,
he had stayed away from throwing the slider. He was
sticking with the fastball, the cutter and the split finger,
which is absolutely nasty that he throws. And last night
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he threw the most sliders that he had all seas.
I think it was fourteen sliders, yep, that he threw.
So the Mets, you know, a new wrinkle thrown at them,
literally is a slider they weren't expecting.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
And you know, he's got tremendous action on that splitter.
He buries it as well. It's splitter he almost uses
as a change up at times because it runs away
from the left hander and down and barrels into the
right hander's back foot, and that's a great pitch for him.
It's it kind of more from a splitter kind of.
I think he changes speeds on it and it works
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more like a like a change up that has action
on it. So he's he's finding that there's different ways
to move this and kind of like a mini version,
if you will, of what you Darvish does with the
expansion of his pitches. I mean, he's got like eight
different ones, and you know, you kind of see Yamamoto
used in a little bit of that if you will,
to expand his arsenal, and it's working real well for him.
Speaker 4 (26:06):
I liked the composure of Yamamoto on the mound last night.
I felt like after that first Padre game in which
he was spiking the offspeed pitches, and maybe the moment
was too big for him at the time and he
had to settle in. You mentioned the second start against
the Padres, he was fantastic, and last night, I'll be
honest with you, I had to take some tums. I
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was a little nervous about which Yamamoto was gonna show up.
Was it gonna be the first start against the Padre
Yamamoto or the second start against the Padres Yamamoto. And
he came out last night, even with traffic on the
bass pass, and pitch really well. I mean he got swing,
he got some whims, he got a lot of swinging misses.
I mean he was forty percent. He was throwing his
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forcing fastball last night and then mixing in the rest
of his pitches. He was calm when they had traffic
on the bass pass. He didn't get flustered. He weren't
seeing up there sweating or taking time on the mound
and you know, trying to look for help at the dugout.
I like the composure out of that twenty six year
old last night.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Hey you put you try to put yourself in his position,
if you could for a minute and think about the
luxury you have where the pressure is not all on him.
He got this enormous, enormous amount of money, which he
completely deserves, I believe, and he yet at the same time,
the pressure isn't on him nearly as much. You've got
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guys in that bullpen that can come and throw you
a lifeline at any second. You've got an offense that
can explode for runs and have you spit out the
hook at any time. This is a great luxury to
have to be on a team that you have so
many outlets that can come and help you, you know,
And that's just a wonderful thing. Imagine if you're a
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team that's struggling like Pittsburgh. If you were on that club, man,
you got like limited resources to for the people around you.
You got an offense that's struggling, I mean, it's got
to be you or die, right. Not so with a
team like the Dodgers, and sort of been the.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
Case all season long, with the pressure not being on
him because of Otani being there. I mean, you know,
let's face it, the two of them both signed as
free agents this past offseason. Otani got all the media attention.
I mean, there was a press conference for Yamamoto, but
there was like a thirty media there because it's not
Otani going into spring training, certainly Otani. Everybody's focusing on Otani. Oh,
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the big three, Otani, Betts, Freeman, Wow, look how good
this Dodger team. Clayton Kershaw is returning. It's almost like
Yamamoto was under the radar all season long in a
good way because his first season in the big leagues
getting used to American baseball and the culture over here.
I mean outside the start in Soul, South Korea, which
you know, he looked like a deer in headlights. He
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pitched really well, and he feel like he just kind
of went and got This was a year of adjustment
for him coming to the big leagues.
Speaker 5 (28:51):
Yeah, dealing with injury too.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
I don't know how much he had to deal with
back in Japan, but you know that throws another a
big wrinkle into it, of course, But yeah, Culturally, it's
a big I mean I remember going down to you know,
South America and playing in Venezuela. The baseball part was
when you felt most comfortable. The tough part is culturally
and living to you know, learning to live a new
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life in a different world. That's really the hard part.
I bet he feels most comfortable when he's on the diamond.
Speaker 4 (29:18):
Well, Mookie Bets felt pretty comfortable last night in the plate,
four for six with the home run, he had a double,
He scored three times. Mookie Bets continues to deliver, and
the one two punch of Otanian Bets is something pretty special.
Mookie Bets last night in Sho Hey o Tani combined
five for nine with five ribbies, a couple of home runs,
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three walks. After the game last night, here's Mookie Bets
talking about his game and this Dodgers team being one
went away from going back to the World Series.
Speaker 5 (29:49):
Felt pretty good.
Speaker 9 (29:50):
You know, it's good to feel good. It's good to
help the teaming. Pitching did amazing keeping them off the board, really, so,
you know, it was fun and.
Speaker 4 (30:02):
Mookie, the lineup has changed so much behind show hey
and you what was it like to see a guy
like Tommy have such a big night in the cleanup
spot tonight.
Speaker 9 (30:11):
You know, I think that's the beauty of our our team.
It can change, but whoever's in the lineup is good,
and they're gonna follow the plan and they're gonna they
want to win, and so that's why we're that's why
we are up three to one right now.
Speaker 8 (30:26):
LOOKI after a tiny hit that home run to start
the game, did you kind of figure you know it'd
be the type of game where okay, now they're gonna
start avoiding him and that you know you're gonna get
chances to have good swings.
Speaker 9 (30:36):
No, no, no, no, no, By no means, I just know there
was a stretch there for like two or three at bats.
I don't even think he saw a pitch remotely close,
which I understand. But it's gonna be tough to just
walk them all the time, especially with the lineup and
the and the guys. Freddie been in play as well, so.
Speaker 5 (30:56):
We'll see.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
Hey, Mookie, can you just talk about the way the
offense has been able to work the Mets pitching staff
drawing walks, keeping the line moving.
Speaker 9 (31:04):
I think just following the plan our coaches do a
really good job in preparing us and the guys. We
all believe in them, We believe in each other, and
we know, like I said, whether the plan is right
or wrong doesn't really matter. It's just at least we
follow the plan no matter what, and it's been right
so far.
Speaker 4 (31:24):
All right, there's Mookie Bets postgame last night. Doesn't doesn't
sound like Mookie Bets realizes they're one went away from
it a rule series of period.
Speaker 5 (31:32):
I think he's aware.
Speaker 4 (31:33):
I mean he's either just really calm or locked in
right now.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
Yeah, get locked in. You know, you put this one
in the bank, Okay, then now you go onto the
next one. Very this is where you got to be
business like.
Speaker 5 (31:45):
You got to be very business professional like.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
And don't you can't get you can't get you know,
enveloped in all that hype because it'll take you off course.
You gotta stay central and just look at what's in
front of you right now. And so that's what they're doing.
They're doing it very well. This is very professional team
love it.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
I mean, imagine being Mookie Bets. I mean kind of
leading to movie that would be wonderful, but the kind
of leading on your experience. To have a show, Hey
Otani in front of you, and to know that he
if there's nobody on base, Mokie mentioned like there's he
saw very few pitches in the strike zone, show Heyo
Tani did when when there wasn't anybody on base, and
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after he hit that lead off home run, Mookie knows
like they're pitching around Otani to get to him. And
I hope he takes that as a slap. I hope
he takes that because he's done a good job already
this year, a couple of home runs when they've pitched
or intentionally walked o Tawi to get to Mookie. Bet
So he certainly made teams pay. But yes, I felt
like last night was also one of those games in
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which he made them pay with the double, the home
run and really kind of took it personal. And maybe
that's a little bit of the anger and the little
the little bit of the the the the attitude there
for Muki is you know, Hey, it's a slap at me.
You know you're gonna pitch around the greatest hitter of
all time to and try to get to me. Well,
I'm gonna make you pay.
Speaker 5 (33:01):
Yeah, and why not?
Speaker 2 (33:03):
I mean That's what it's all about. And you know
another thing that we hadn't talked about much. With all
those numbers that they threw up yesterday, the five hits,
the five RBI, all that whatever, seven runs scored, seven
runs between two guys, Otani and Betts, that is just elected.
That just cripples the other team right there. Forget about
all the other guys, but the top of that lineup
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just we knew this was gonna happen sometime. Remember we
were talking about, well, somebody's gonna pay. Well, the Mets
are paying right now. Well here's another number for you. Twelve.
Speaker 4 (33:33):
The two of them combined for twelve at bats last night.
Not so many times they turn the lineup over. And
that tells you right there, those nine walks, extending innings,
turning the lineup over and getting Otani. This is the
reason why Dave Roberts wants them in the top spot.
Because Showy Otani gets six at bats in the game.
Mookie Betts gets six at bats in the game. You'll
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take that all day.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Heck yeah. And like I said, there's so many different ways.
There's there's everybody has a different role. It seems all
wrapped into one common goal, you know, and that's just
to thwart this other team. But they've got all these
different ways of doing it, the power, the speed, and
I just think you can't. You know, we all see
the big glitzy things that the big stars do, but
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I tell you, you gotta, you gotta keep your eye on
what's happening internally with this team, kind of like the
the underpinning of what makes it great as well. And
that's when when you got guys like Kik and Tommy Edmund.
How about this series, this guy's having crazy good.
Speaker 4 (34:32):
Imagine being Tommy Edmond. You get into the park yesterday
and Dave Roberts maybe comes over to your locker there
and maybe kicks you in the leg, and Hey, Tommy,
how you feeling.
Speaker 5 (34:41):
I'm doing good? Good?
Speaker 4 (34:42):
Hey, I'm batting you clean up today? You're batting forth
in Game four the NLCS. How do you feel about that?
Speaker 5 (34:49):
Tommy?
Speaker 4 (34:49):
I mean, like, that's gotta be gotta be a shock
to him. I don't know how many times he's bad
clean up in his life, let alone clean up in
a postseason game. But that shows you how much confidence
they have in him. And it's probably more or the
case that he can get on base, right, Saxone. They're
not looking for him to drive the ball and hit
a three run home running that cleanup spot, but more
of a guy that, all right, the top of the
line's gonna do their thing. We need a bridge between
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those guys and everybody else. And you're the guy that
can get on base.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
And you know what, he was back in Clint and
he drove in three runs, right, nothing wrong with that.
You know, you don't have to do it in a
prolific fashion. It just you know, the deal is to
make contact and put the ball in play and let
those guys run. And that hit that he had the
left center field was just at the right time. So
you know, there's there's something just great about not striking out.
I mean, I just love that part of the game
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and I want to see it come back where Hey,
it's important to put the ball in play. Tommy Edmund
does that as a good as anybody.
Speaker 4 (35:43):
He does him and Downey. Welcome to Saxon, Katese and
the am Dodgers, twenty seven ounce away from going to
a World Series yet again. Let me do the math
for you. That's one game. They're one game away.
Speaker 10 (35:55):
Himie, good morning, gentlemen. Yes, that's that's exciting. But I
was just hearing Mookie right now. I was thinking about
I think they've put this quote in the locker room
and just thinking about the Mamba, the great Kobe Bryant,
Kobe Bryant quote where he's like, job's not done, Job's
not finished. So I think it's that mentality, and I
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think they're excited, and hopefully after today's game they'll show
some emotion. But I think it is that we're one
game away, but there's still one more game, and I
think you guys mentioned earlier they want to get it done.
Let's get it done in New York, come back home
and get ready for the World Series. So I think
it is that that mentality, and I think they'll show
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the emotion when necessary, but right now, it's business. They
got to take care of it.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Yeah, no doubt about it.
Speaker 4 (36:44):
And they've been leaning hard on the Kobe Bryant quote,
Job's not finished, and it's been up inside the Dodger
Clubhouse since the NLDS and the good series against the Padres,
even though were down two games to one, and even
when that Game five happened on Friday even into this
NLCS that has really been the mantras, jobs not finish,
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and you're seeing all these guys buy into that. And
again that takes something special for these guys with the
star power that they have, all the way down to
the twenty six man on the roster. All these guys
have bought into that mentality.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
And tim what what We're obviously not in the locker room,
but I promise you there is conversations going on in
that locker room at the at the lockers, private one
on ones about about guys making it go in the
right way, about guys setting their mindset properly, about guys
not getting too ahead of themselves, and you will you
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won't see a lot of these things in the headlines
or whatever, but those conversations you're getting with the professional team.
Dave Roberts knows the value of having guys on that
team that not police each other, but just want to
make sure that everything's nice and squared up, and everybody's
got the right mindset right now, coming in after they
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put these guys away, expecting to put these guys away tonight.
The proper mindset and the conversations at the lockers right
now are huge for this team, and you know they're happening,
and Dave knows they're happening, and that's such a plus
for this club.
Speaker 4 (38:15):
That is a great point. He is Steve Sachs. I'm
Tim Kates at Sax and Kates in the AM. Dodgers
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AM five to seventy LA Sports here all of the show.
Hey o, Tani, Mookie Betts and the Dodgers. Game five
in the NLCS is coming up later on Friday afternoon.
Dodgers win Game four last night in convincing fashion. They
boat race the Mets where they tended to win. Evan
Phillips gets the winning relief of Yoshiyamamoto, who pitched into
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the fifth and he struck out eight along the way.
What's beautiful bout last night, Saxon, in this blowout win
again for the Dodgers, is that Evan Phillips, Yes, pitched
at inning in a third, but he was well rested.
Blake trying and pitched it inning in the third and
back to back day, So we'll see his availability today.
I don't think he'll go three straight days. But you
saw Edguardo Henriquez, the young hard throwing right hander who
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back in April was in Rancho Kuckamonga in a ball
for the Quakes and skyrocketed through the system. He had
an arm injury about a year ago. He can throw
one hundred and four miles an hour a flamethrower, and
they brought him up in September because they needed arms
out of the bullpen because Bruce dark Ratterol got hurt
and lo and behold him and Ben Caspirius, who were
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in the minor leagues for the first five months of
the season. Now here they are in the postseason. Caspira's
got to pitch in Game three, Henriquez got to pitch
two innings last night in Game four of the NLCS,
And you're saving your arms for a possible Game five today.
You got Brazier and Hudson and Bonda, and you got
Michael Kopek who didn't pitch last night, and even in
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Evan Phillips, who probably can pitch on back to back knights.
All those high leverage arms are available today to back up.
Oh yeah, a guy who went already seven shutout innings
at his last start, Jake Flaherty.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
Yes, a great move by Dave. Dave roberts Enriquez and
Riquez has got really good stuff, man. This guy was
an a ball earlier. Just amazing great stuff too. In
needs that he gobbled up yesterday that you don't have
to put on somebody else. They're going to be available today.
But I got to tell you something.
Speaker 5 (41:00):
You know, it's really you.
Speaker 2 (41:02):
Know, it's really filthy trying, Blake trying, and oh his
stuff is wicked. You're talking ninety seven with wicked sink
into a right handed hit her man. No, thank you.
I don't want to deal with that stuff. Here's this
stuff is nasty. He's thirty six years old. He's thirty
seven and isn't he he's uh, he might be. Yes,
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he's been around. I mean he's been in the big
leagues for a decad. When he was with Opes for
a long time, remember that. Yeah, he was banished over there.
Speaker 4 (41:32):
He was one of the best relievers in baseball. He
had thirty eight saves back in twenty eighteen. He was
really good and then got hurt and missed all of
twenty twenty three. I mean, he missed most of twenty
twenty two, all of twenty twenty three and finally got
right and the Dodgers brought him back and one of
those older veterans in the bullpen and fifty appearances during
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the regular season. He can be a high leverage guy
in the middle of a game. Late in the game,
he can close out a game for you. Another reliever
who just doesn't care about his role. No, you know,
and he'll fly out and say, I don't care if
you want to put me in whatever situation you want
to put me in.
Speaker 5 (42:08):
I'll go out there and.
Speaker 2 (42:09):
Hey about him. He can get whatever part of the
plate he wants. There's so much action on the ball
that he throws. I don't even know if he knows
exactly what part of the plate it's going to. But
he can throw a sinker, believe it or not. He
can throw a sinker up at the letters, and that
sucker's diving down to about your thigh.
Speaker 5 (42:28):
I mean, just whoop.
Speaker 2 (42:30):
It's like, where is this coming from? This is nasty
sink man. You don't see that much. Who is the
left hand of the pitch for the the Orioles And
he went over to the Yankees. The lefty that had
the tremendous sink on his fastball, he got hurt. His
name escapes me, but that's what his fastball looks like
to me, only on the other side, on the right side.
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This is a doomsday for guys wanting a big hit
from the right side that have to face him. He
could tell him it's hey, here comes a two seamer,
bro and he throw it and you got no chance.
Speaker 5 (43:05):
That stuff's so wicked.
Speaker 4 (43:06):
Let's go to Jared in Boise, Idaho. Joins us from
God's country up there, and boys, you Jared.
Speaker 11 (43:14):
Good morning, guys. Oh my gosh, I'm gonna turn out
the fanboy too much. But Steve Sachs, I'm forty nine
years old and you're my idol growing up.
Speaker 5 (43:23):
Thank you, love your.
Speaker 11 (43:24):
Grit, your hustle, lead off second base man. You are
the reason I'm still a Dodger fan.
Speaker 5 (43:29):
So thank you.
Speaker 10 (43:31):
Thanks for all you did and all.
Speaker 11 (43:33):
You're doing now. Love listen to you, guys.
Speaker 10 (43:35):
But I have a.
Speaker 11 (43:37):
Comment this team and how they have bought in from
the top from.
Speaker 10 (43:44):
Freeman Domes, how.
Speaker 11 (43:48):
Dave Roberts has got this team to buy in and
completely play as a full team, the way he's innovated
this bullpen, and how he's throwing them because they don't
have enough starters. And and then the batters, how they
they're they're walking, they're walking for each other. They are
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they are not giving in and passing that baton. It
is truly remarkable to see them play really as a team.
It is the epitome of the team in my opinion.
What do you guys think?
Speaker 4 (44:20):
Yeah, Jerry, thanks for the nice words towards me. I
really appreciate that. No, he's gone, he's gone.
Speaker 2 (44:26):
Hey, nice guy, thank you you want to take that
to him?
Speaker 4 (44:29):
No, just a buy in, Saxie. I mean you're huge,
You're a guy in that clubhouse, you were, you were there.
I mean it takes a lot to get everybody to
buy in.
Speaker 5 (44:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:36):
Well let's remember too, it all starts with pitching and
that boom, there's my there's my boom. No, it all
starts with pitching, and suddenly suddenly the guys that are
out there starting or are getting to be now a
big plus for the team. Now it's a plus who
they've got starting, and it should be because all these
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guys are in the infirmary list right, all these as
I've hurt. But Tim, when we come back, can I can?
I I've got a marketing thing for you. I think
it's really good. I think your marketing specialist should get
on it. But I think I got a new venture
for you.
Speaker 4 (45:11):
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Speaker 5 (01:59):
Good to be with you, my brother. How are you.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
I'm doing great. I slept like a baby last night.
The ulcer or stomach issues, acid reflex. It is all
in my rear view mirror right now as I feel
good about the Dodgers of three games to one in
a potential close out game today.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Yeah, classic beatdown last night. You know the bad thing
about it for the Mets is there actually you know,
if you can put this in perspective, they're catching the
Dodgers at the wrong time. You know, this is a
you know, every team, he's going to go through little
you know, times where you're not at your optimal best.
But boy, this team is really clicking on everything. If
it's not the bottom of the order, it's what it
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was last night, the top of the order, very lopsided,
crooked numbers at the top of that order. One thing
you see at the top of the order in the
box in the box score today this morning, when I
was looking and kind of summarizing, you see Otani with
three at bats but four run scored.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
You very seldom see.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
You know, more run score than the actually at bats
that are printed on there, of course because of his walks,
but it's it's just a lopsided SmackDown. When you follow
that up with Mookie Betts and what he did, he
was able to print for you know, four hits, four
RBI scored, three runs. This was a classic Dodgers what
they did all through twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Yeah, the top of the lineup when they go, so
go the Dodgers. And as you mentioned, Mookie Betts four
for six with a home run, four ribbies, showe Aotani
got the party started the first batter of the game
and leadoff home run. He walked three times, scored four times.
Maximunsky got on base for his first four times up
to the plate. Ty Reggie Jackson's record for twelve consecutive
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plate appearances twelve straight times. It's unbelievable. And if you
look at what they were, it's not like it's a
bunch of hits in a row. It is home run
walk walk walk single walk walk, home run walk walk walk,
single walk walk walk.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
You got you got that guy doing that.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Yeah, he can hit it out, he can go deep,
he can play different positions. Then you got the best
two players, maybe the best two players on the planet,
with Betts and Otani just scaring the hell out of everybody.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Then you got the bottom of the order, guys like
Tommy Edmond that's hit and run, bunt, good defense. Oh
and then you got like one of the best postseason
players and Key k Hernandez doing his thing. Oh and
then I mean it just goes on and on.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
It doesn't stop. They're like a bull restrictor. They just
suffocate you with this lineup. When they're all clicking certainly
when they're all passing that baton and when they're all
getting a hit and passing it to Will Smith, who's
passing it to Chris Taylor, who even found a base
hit last night and ran into one. Then show hey
Otani in the top of the lineup, flips over and
the Dodgers just pounce on you. Ten runs last night
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on twelve hits. The Mets had ten hits in the
game last night, but they couldn't string together hits, and
they left a lot of runners on base.
Speaker 5 (04:48):
Last night.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
They were zero for ten with runners in scoring position. Meanwhile,
the Dodgers were six of fifteen with runners of scoring position.
And this is the number that really stands out to me,
how scary this offenses. They scored ten runs last night, Saxy,
and they stranded twelve base runners, twelve guys left on base,
yet they already have scored ten.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Crazy.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
And another good thing, too, is if you want to
talk about how you're able to mitigate what the Mets
can do, the Mets went down swinging twelve times. And
you know what that is a a just a great thing.
When you cannot even put the ball in play, you
don't put any pressure on the defense. There's no advantages
at all, as we know when striking out and it's
a crusher, the crusher, and that's what.
Speaker 5 (05:33):
It was last night. Twelve strikeouts.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
I know the Dodgers struck out there if I share
amount too, but you know what, you really limited the
Mets that are in dire straits to score runs and
you k twelve times. That's a big, big problem for them.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
It's amazing to see the amount of walks the Dodgers
took us well last night. Nine more walks for the Dodgers.
They have walked over thirty times. Listen, in the first
four games.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
You walk nine times in a game, you're gonna the
other team's got no shot. Seriously, I mean, I can
remember having conversations when I was playing. It would say,
you know, we got to really limit those walks. I mean,
you walked four, we walked four or three or four players.
If you walk three or four players, I mean, what
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do you think is gonna happen?
Speaker 5 (06:17):
Those guys are gonna score nine walks? Come on?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
This is this is you walk nine times and able
to squeeze that plate like they were last night.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
It's it's not gonna be good. News for the opposition.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
The problem is when you make a guy like Quintana
come in the strike zone and the Dodgers are able
to really kind of drag him out to the deep
water and counts. This guy's got no opportunity because this
stuff's not great. I mean, he's got a really good
change up his fastball. You know, you don't respect it
enough to say, well, you know what, he's gonna get
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me inside on that fastball. You can kind of lean
out over there and get a good perspective of what
he's throwing, take him and deepen in the accounts because
he's probably not gonna strike you out that much. And
you know, but that's doomsday for him. Now, this is
a situation a guy like Kintana where you want to
kind of drag him out on the count. I'm all
for dragging a guy like that out because sooner or
later he's gonna have to get a part of the
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plate or he's gonna walk you. And if he does
come in there, you're gonna crush him because this stuff's
not that great. So it's really a catch twenty two
for him.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Yeah, that was the game plan for Quintana last night,
and the Dodger player sort of talked about it afterwards,
was that it was gonna be a battle who was
gonna last longer, the hitter or the pitcher in in
it back because they knew he loves to get guys
to chase, and this is a Dodgers team that doesn't chase.
They're a team that will just lead you to death
by walking and passing that paton and then getting you
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singles and they're just gonna payper cut you to death.
That's what they do. And they didn't chase, and they
took some strikes that they probably shouldn't have, but then again,
they also were making sure they got him deep into
counts almost every single time. Last night he was working
on a two to two count, three to two count.
That pitch count for Tana through three innings was rocketed
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high eighty. It was unbelievable. They chased them early because
of the way they were disciplined at to play. And
that's something that Dodgers throughout the times of the year
saxy they would get away from that. You know, they
would just be like, all right, well it's July and
Cincinnati and it's a three game set. We are going
to be free swingers, and they'd get away from their
game and they'd lose a game or a series because
they got away from what they're so good at.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Well, listen, when you have a pitcher that's got great stuff,
like I remember battles against guys like Nolan Ryan or
Clemens or whatever, you never want to go deep in
counts because they'll wipe you out. I mean, they've got
pitches and they've got an amazing fastball that can you know,
they kind of would have you eating out of their hands.
They would dictate. So you never want to get behind
on the counts. Lots of times I remember at bats
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against Nolan Ryan, maybe you know, three pitches that was it.
I mean, you don't want to get two strikes with
that dude. And so Cantana is the opposite. His stuff
isn't electric. He's he's you know, kind of finicky with
his pitches. He's a little here, takes them off, put
a little bit on, pitch up down, that kind of stuff,
and he's just gonna kind of messy. So a guy
like that, you take him out in the deep water
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and drown him. And that's what they did to him.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
Dodgers up three games to one in this best of
seven NLCS with a ten to win over the New
York Mets. Last night, Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitch well. They took
him out in the fifth inning. The Dodgers bullpen did
it the rest of the way. Otanian Betts led the
way offensively in the blowout win. Showyotani last night was
fantastic with the leadoff home run again. He scored the
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four times. He had walked three times last night and
when he gets on baits some mookie. Betts made the
Mets pay last night with a couple of doubles and
home runs and was just absolutely fantastic at the play.
He took advantage of the fact that they were not
pitching Otani and pitching to him, and he made them pay. Certainly,
Showyotani after the game last night. How about this our
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own David vad say one on one was show Hey
on the field after the win.
Speaker 6 (09:56):
Show Hey, how does that feel? How does that sound?
One away from the World Series?
Speaker 5 (10:02):
You know, Donald about.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
Played really good games the last two days and the
hope is to be able to play another good game
tomorrow and just finish it.
Speaker 6 (10:19):
Show Hey, when you hit your lead off home run.
Could you feel the momentum immediately on your side tonight?
Speaker 7 (10:27):
I just got a game you yeah, you know it
brought momentum, yes, on our side. Obviously they scored two,
but we were able to continue our momentum. And I
think you should know who pitched great and pitched into
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the fifth.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
How big was that for Yamamoto to pitch the way
he did tonight.
Speaker 7 (11:09):
It's never easy to be, you know, pitching away in
a pressure packed environment, but I think he was able
to really battle through and keep the momentum on our side.
He had to fight his own battles and just really
minimize the damage.
Speaker 5 (11:22):
Before I let you go. How much fun are you having?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Just ship.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
This kit? Funly?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Don't know, Nikki got it's been.
Speaker 7 (11:38):
It's been very refreshing just being able to enjoy with
the teammates and also being able to play in front
of away stadiums. The fans are amazing and it's been
really fun.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
A thank you, thank you, all right, David Say with
Will Ireton the translator there and show Hey Otani. Factually
we've talked about it for the last week and a half.
The fun that show Hey o Tani seems to be
you have and he hits the home run last night,
immediately flips the bat, looks over at the third base
dugout of the Dodgers, and screams at the dugout, a
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primal scream, before running the bases to give him a
one nothing lead. This is a guy. For six years
we saw not a lot of emotion, We saw lots
of production. We saw zero posts and appearances. He signs
with the Dodgers, and here's show ay Otani on the
world's stage, in front of everybody with a chance to
go to the World Series. We are seeing a superstar
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be a superstar in the biggest stage.
Speaker 8 (12:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Yeah, the the LA team's gonna loosen him up a
little bit, right, and they're finding their way to do that.
But no, he's such an inspiration. I mean, he comes
at it from such a pure standpoint. He loves the game,
you can tell, and he doesn't let things bother him.
It's amazing how much he's able to compartmentalize every single pitch.
I mean, he's very stoic at the plate. You don't
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see any reactions either way, so you don't know what
he's thinking. You don't know if he's if he's in,
you know, he's really on his game until you know,
the lightning happens when the ball gets on the zone.
Then you figure it out. But the guy's amazing. He
just does everything. This is what he wanted.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
When he entered free agency last fall, he made it
known that he wanted to be on a contender. He
wanted to be able to play for championships. He spent
six years doing nothing in baseball purgatory that is known
as the Anaheim Angels, and he had options. The Toronto
Blue Jays were knocking on his door trying to get
him to sign there. There was speculation back in December
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that he was going to sign with the Blue Jays.
Maybe it was in the San Francisco Giants, maybe he
would sign with the Yankees, the Mets, the Dodgers were
the spot he wanted to go, and by deferring all
the money that he did, he made it known to
the Dodgers, I want to win now, so go out
and get other players like Yamamoto. Go out and make
trades and get a Tyler glass. Now, go out and
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re sign players that are currently here, and let's go
win a championship. And by doing all of that. He
was very very open about how he wants to win
now and here he is one win away from going
to a World Series championship. Everything he mapped out this
past offseason, it's about to live up to what he wanted.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, it's perfect, very unselfish, Uh the way the way
they did that, and uh, just the whole city is
just thrilled. Uh what they're coming upon right now. They've
got one more win to go. Uh, and you can't
get you know, above yourself right now. You got to say, Okay,
that's very good, keep it business like. We got one
more And the Dodgers do not want to bring this
back to La as much as they want to come
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back to La they want they kill they want to
come back, but they want to come back finished. They
want to They don't want to come back and have
to play again. Come back a couple of days, rest,
get things ready, and then go into the World Series.
But you got a lot of business to take care
of before that happens.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
One final thing on show Hey. It's funny to see
the national analysts now talking about Show Hey on this
stage and the NLCS and what he's doing, the crazy
numbers he's put up and about to go to the
World Series and be on the biggest of stage across
the world, and to hear a Rod and Jeter and
Big Poppy and these guys talk about, well, yeah, he
put up numbers. And one of the guys said, yeah,
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but he did it on a team that never went
to the postseason, so nobody saw him really do it.
And now that he's with the do it, huh, everybody's
seeing what he's able to do.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
The whole world saw it. He plays in the biggest
market on the planet. Of course they saw it. Yeah, well,
you know what, just that's fine. I mean, you know what,
let his his talking will be done with that big
bat that he carries up there, and then we'll we'll
see what happens then. But you know what, I really
like to in yesterday's game, they were able to kind
of show a show hey on his own when he
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was running the bases, when he scored from first man,
it's amazing how effortlessly this guy runs. And let me
tell you he is. He is so much faster than
you think. He's one of the fastest guys in the league,
especially after you know he gets one base. You know,
beneath him. Forget it. This guy is just lightning quick.
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Well you know, you saw all the bases he stole,
but he really gets going. You know, after one base,
guy he just puts it in overdrive and those long strides.
You know, the guy six five, so he's not he's
not a small guy, but man, he can really fly.
I'm glad they isolated on him and everybody got a
chance to see that pure athleticism.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
It looked like he was jogging. It looked like he
was in second gear running around the bases, and especially
when he hit third, it looked like he was in
a home run trot the way he was running. But
then he just turned it back on again halfway between
third and home. He wasn't jogging, clearly, but it just
looked like it. Yeah, because of this, Yeah, the gear
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that he can get to and as how fast he can.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Get I I just marvel of watching how you know
easy he runs, and I remember how hard the game
was and if I had to run from third first
to third, people in the third rose kind of grunting
it out. This guy's just not It looks like he
was way gonna wave at somebody in the stands. As
he went past third, Oh, I haven't appointment with you
next week, you know, And she just kind of blew
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out there to home plate. But yeah, fascinating to watch him.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy. How
you feeling, Dodger fans? One win away from going back
to the World Series for the fourth time in the
past eight years. Dodgers take care of business last night
with they tended to win over the New York Mets.
They silenced that City Field crowd, They sent them packing early.
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That place was a ghost town the final three innings
as the Dodgers closed it out with a Game four
win and now a chance to get a bid of
the World Series with a win today against the New
York Mets. Game five of the NLCS coming up later
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went away from going back to the World Series a
three to one series lead in the NLCS thanks to
a ten to two win over the New York match
last night. Saxon, Kate's and Am on this Friday morning,
here with you until nine o'clock alive in local as
the Dodgers a game five went away from going back
to the World Series for the fourth time in the
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last eight years, and the odds are on their side.
Eighty nine percent of the teams in the Championship Series
reason with a three to one lead have gone on
to win this series and go on to the World Series. Ironically,
you know, the last team to be down three games
to one, come back and win the series and go
to the World Series, Saxy. You know that last team
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wants to do it. The twenty twenty Los Angeles Dodgers. Yeah,
down three games to one, the Atlanta Braves down the
bubble in Arlington in the NLCS. They come back and
win in seven games, and they go on and win
it over the Tampa Bay Rays down there in twenty twenty,
the last team to come back from a three to
one deficit.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Yeah, it's not it's not completely insurmountable, you know that.
But it's tough. I mean, odds really really are against you.
And you know, I don't envy the Mets situation right
now because they're up against the juggernaut. This team just
doesn't relent. So you know, Dodger are going to try
to close this thing out. You don't want to get
complacent and say, hey, well you know what, Well we
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can always go back to LA We're going back anyway.
We can throw a game out there and wrap this
thing up. No, No, you want to get this thing
done tonight and not even think about it for the weekend.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
Yoshinobu Yamamoto last night, pitching into the fifth inning, Dave
Roberts came and got him with a runner on one
out and decided to go to Evan Phillips to face
Marciento's and then get Alonzo to ground into a fielder's choice.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
But I was at the time.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
I actually sent a text to David Vasse and I
got about three text from buddies who were asking me,
why are they taking Yamamoto out of the game. There
it's the fifth inning, and I said, well, let me
look at his pitch count. Seventy three pitches, fifty two
for strikes. He had eight punchouts at the time it
was one out in the fifth inning. He has allowed
two runs on four hits. He seemed to be pitching
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Willie really well in that fifth inning. A little bit
of stress in the third inning. Yeah, but you know,
averted it by getting up just the one run. I
thought it was interesting because you've saved him to pitch
in this game. There was no shot even if the
Mets came back in one last night, and this said
the series went to a game on Monday. He wasn't
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going to pitch the rest of this NLCS. Anyways, it
was a one and done for Yamamoto in this NLCS.
Why not let him just empty the tank, so to speak,
and see how far he could go. Assuming if you
get to the World Series, he's gonna be on plenty
of rest anyways, because it may not start for another week.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Yeah, he's gonna be way rested out. I you know,
I was a little surprised about that, but Dave Roberts
knows what he's doing. Uh, and you know the pitchers
are going to go through times where you're gonna have
some stress. Oh my stress, you know, let him pitch
through it.
Speaker 5 (21:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
I mean the thing is, you don't want to come
and rescue him when you really don't need to, right,
you don't need to rescue the guy right there.
Speaker 5 (21:40):
Yeah, I mean he's been through enough.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
I mean when he was back in you know, in
Japan he won the what's the equivalent to the the
cy Young three years in a row.
Speaker 5 (21:50):
I don't know how much stress.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
You know, he's been having to go through and fix
certain situations because he just dominates everybody over there. It's
not gonna be the same way over here as he is.
He's already found out. But let him fix some things,
of course, That's how he's gonna get a little bit better,
you know, bone them up a little bit.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Absolutely, you paid them the most money for a right
handed pitcher in the history of baseball. You know, take
the gloves off a little bit, especially in the NLCS.
Speaker 5 (22:14):
On rest.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
It's not like he's nursing an injury. It's not like
he was, you know, walking the tightrope there and the
bases were loaded, and okay, next time do the lineup.
I get it, bringing the reliever of fresh arm. I mean,
it was a five to two game, Dodgers were winning,
there was an out, there was runner on base, and
you're facing Viento's. Okay, let's say Vento's hits two run
home run. It's still a five to four Dodgers lead.
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At that point, you can say, hey, y, I'm a modo,
great stuff. We maybe one bat or two many. We're
gonna go to the bullpen and face Peede Alonzo to
try to get out of this fifth inning. They still
have a one run lead. That's the worst case scenario
if you get into trouble against Vent's. Let's say you
walk Vento's, Okay, runner on first and second, and now
the time run the plate with Pete Alonso. Now I'm
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going to the bullpen. Yeah, but maybe you go back
to batter, let him pitch the fantels. Maybe he gets
a ground ball and you're out of the innea, a
double play and he gets through five innings.
Speaker 5 (23:06):
Yeah, let him out.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
You know what I liked about what I see about
Yamamoto now pitching as opposed to the first start against
San Diego, where everything was breaking, uh, you know, from
the letter to the belt. Now we see everything breaking
from the thigh to the ground. And that's where he's effective.
When he's got tilt to his pitches. When he pitches
the fastball up in the zone with with some with
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some hop to it, that's fine, but his breaking stuff
has got to be from around the thigh level to
the ground. Let that work in that area. It has
much better action when the ball's down and tilting towards
the ground. And I found him pitching extremely well with
his secondary pitches in this in this fashion. And you
know who they've really handcuffed so far in this series,
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done a great job on him is Pete Alonzo. They've
kind of taken him out, you know, two more strikeouts
again yesterday. You see him stretching and kind of you know,
expanding his zone a little bit. He's trying to, you know,
hit two home runs and one at back because he's
kind of feeling the pressure a little bit. And Yamamoto,
I thought, really changed over his game and changed the
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trajectory of those secondary pitches down lower in the zone,
which has been extremely beneficial for him. Yeah, and Alonso's
come up with runners on. He's come up in some
key situations to do some damage against the Dodgers. And
he did it before they played the Dodgers, Yeah, before that,
you know, so, yeah, he did it.
Speaker 5 (24:30):
You know what he can do.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
He did against the Brewers, He certainly did it against
the Phillies. The Dodgers, as you mentioned, absolutely have done
a great job. And last night Yamamoto mixed in the slider.
And the slider is a pitch that when he got
his shoulder soreness was a lot of the people were pointing.
Speaker 5 (24:46):
To the slider was the reason. Why.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
Was a pitch he would have developed And really the
Dodgers wanted him to use more. And because he threw it,
it puts some different pressure on his shoulder. He wasn't
used to throwing it. They they think that's what led
to the shoulder injury, and so when he comes back,
he had stayed away from throwing the slider. He was
sticking with the fastball, the cutter and the split finger,
which is absolutely nasty that he throws. And last night
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he threw the most sliders that he had all seas.
I think it was fourteen sliders, yep, that he threw.
So the Mets, you know, a new wrinkle thrown at them,
literally is a slider they weren't expecting.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
And you know, he's got tremendous action on that splitter.
He buries it as well. It's splitter he almost uses
as a change up at times because it runs away
from the left hander and down and barrels into the
right hander's back foot, and that's a great pitch for him.
It's it kind of more from a splitter kind of.
I think he changes speeds on it and it works
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more like a like a change up that has action
on it. So he's he's finding that there's different ways
to move this and kind of like a mini version,
if you will, of what you Darvish does with the
expansion of his pitches. I mean, he's got like eight
different ones, and you know, you kind of see Yamamoto
used in a little bit of that if you will,
to expand his arsenal, and it's working real well for him.
Speaker 4 (26:06):
I liked the composure of Yamamoto on the mound last night.
I felt like after that first Padre game in which
he was spiking the offspeed pitches, and maybe the moment
was too big for him at the time and he
had to settle in. You mentioned the second start against
the Padres, he was fantastic, and last night, I'll be
honest with you, I had to take some tums. I
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was a little nervous about which Yamamoto was gonna show up.
Was it gonna be the first start against the Padre
Yamamoto or the second start against the Padres Yamamoto. And
he came out last night, even with traffic on the
bass pass, and pitch really well. I mean he got swing,
he got some whims, he got a lot of swinging misses.
I mean he was forty percent. He was throwing his
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forcing fastball last night and then mixing in the rest
of his pitches. He was calm when they had traffic
on the bass pass. He didn't get flustered. He weren't
seeing up there sweating or taking time on the mound
and you know, trying to look for help at the dugout.
I like the composure out of that twenty six year
old last night.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Hey you put you try to put yourself in his position,
if you could for a minute and think about the
luxury you have where the pressure is not all on him.
He got this enormous, enormous amount of money, which he
completely deserves, I believe, and he yet at the same time,
the pressure isn't on him nearly as much. You've got
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guys in that bullpen that can come and throw you
a lifeline at any second. You've got an offense that
can explode for runs and have you spit out the
hook at any time. This is a great luxury to
have to be on a team that you have so
many outlets that can come and help you, you know,
And that's just a wonderful thing. Imagine if you're a
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team that's struggling like Pittsburgh. If you were on that club, man,
you got like limited resources to for the people around you.
You got an offense that's struggling, I mean, it's got
to be you or die, right. Not so with a
team like the Dodgers, and sort of been the.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
Case all season long, with the pressure not being on
him because of Otani being there. I mean, you know,
let's face it, the two of them both signed as
free agents this past offseason. Otani got all the media attention.
I mean, there was a press conference for Yamamoto, but
there was like a thirty media there because it's not
Otani going into spring training, certainly Otani. Everybody's focusing on Otani. Oh,
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the big three, Otani, Betts, Freeman, Wow, look how good
this Dodger team. Clayton Kershaw is returning. It's almost like
Yamamoto was under the radar all season long in a
good way because his first season in the big leagues
getting used to American baseball and the culture over here.
I mean outside the start in Soul, South Korea, which
you know, he looked like a deer in headlights. He
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pitched really well, and he feel like he just kind
of went and got This was a year of adjustment
for him coming to the big leagues.
Speaker 5 (28:51):
Yeah, dealing with injury too.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
I don't know how much he had to deal with
back in Japan, but you know that throws another a
big wrinkle into it, of course, But yeah, Culturally, it's
a big I mean I remember going down to you know,
South America and playing in Venezuela. The baseball part was
when you felt most comfortable. The tough part is culturally
and living to you know, learning to live a new
(29:13):
life in a different world. That's really the hard part.
I bet he feels most comfortable when he's on the diamond.
Speaker 4 (29:18):
Well, Mookie Bets felt pretty comfortable last night in the plate,
four for six with the home run, he had a double,
He scored three times. Mookie Bets continues to deliver, and
the one two punch of Otanian Bets is something pretty special.
Mookie Bets last night in Sho Hey o Tani combined
five for nine with five ribbies, a couple of home runs,
(29:40):
three walks. After the game last night, here's Mookie Bets
talking about his game and this Dodgers team being one
went away from going back to the World Series.
Speaker 5 (29:49):
Felt pretty good.
Speaker 9 (29:50):
You know, it's good to feel good. It's good to
help the teaming. Pitching did amazing keeping them off the board, really, so,
you know, it was fun and.
Speaker 4 (30:02):
Mookie, the lineup has changed so much behind show hey
and you what was it like to see a guy
like Tommy have such a big night in the cleanup
spot tonight.
Speaker 9 (30:11):
You know, I think that's the beauty of our our team.
It can change, but whoever's in the lineup is good,
and they're gonna follow the plan and they're gonna they
want to win, and so that's why we're that's why
we are up three to one right now.
Speaker 8 (30:26):
LOOKI after a tiny hit that home run to start
the game, did you kind of figure you know it'd
be the type of game where okay, now they're gonna
start avoiding him and that you know you're gonna get
chances to have good swings.
Speaker 9 (30:36):
No, no, no, no, no, By no means, I just know there
was a stretch there for like two or three at bats.
I don't even think he saw a pitch remotely close,
which I understand. But it's gonna be tough to just
walk them all the time, especially with the lineup and
the and the guys. Freddie been in play as well, so.
Speaker 5 (30:56):
We'll see.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
Hey, Mookie, can you just talk about the way the
offense has been able to work the Mets pitching staff
drawing walks, keeping the line moving.
Speaker 9 (31:04):
I think just following the plan our coaches do a
really good job in preparing us and the guys. We
all believe in them, We believe in each other, and
we know, like I said, whether the plan is right
or wrong doesn't really matter. It's just at least we
follow the plan no matter what, and it's been right
so far.
Speaker 4 (31:24):
All right, there's Mookie Bets postgame last night. Doesn't doesn't
sound like Mookie Bets realizes they're one went away from
it a rule series of period.
Speaker 5 (31:32):
I think he's aware.
Speaker 4 (31:33):
I mean he's either just really calm or locked in
right now.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
Yeah, get locked in. You know, you put this one
in the bank, Okay, then now you go onto the
next one. Very this is where you got to be
business like.
Speaker 5 (31:45):
You got to be very business professional like.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
And don't you can't get you can't get you know,
enveloped in all that hype because it'll take you off course.
You gotta stay central and just look at what's in
front of you right now. And so that's what they're doing.
They're doing it very well. This is very professional team
love it.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
I mean, imagine being Mookie Bets. I mean kind of
leading to movie that would be wonderful, but the kind
of leading on your experience. To have a show, Hey
Otani in front of you, and to know that he
if there's nobody on base, Mokie mentioned like there's he
saw very few pitches in the strike zone, show Heyo
Tani did when when there wasn't anybody on base, and
(32:24):
after he hit that lead off home run, Mookie knows
like they're pitching around Otani to get to him. And
I hope he takes that as a slap. I hope
he takes that because he's done a good job already
this year, a couple of home runs when they've pitched
or intentionally walked o Tawi to get to Mookie. Bet
So he certainly made teams pay. But yes, I felt
like last night was also one of those games in
(32:45):
which he made them pay with the double, the home
run and really kind of took it personal. And maybe
that's a little bit of the anger and the little
the little bit of the the the the attitude there
for Muki is you know, Hey, it's a slap at me.
You know you're gonna pitch around the greatest hitter of
all time to and try to get to me. Well,
I'm gonna make you pay.
Speaker 5 (33:01):
Yeah, and why not?
Speaker 2 (33:03):
I mean That's what it's all about. And you know
another thing that we hadn't talked about much. With all
those numbers that they threw up yesterday, the five hits,
the five RBI, all that whatever, seven runs scored, seven
runs between two guys, Otani and Betts, that is just elected.
That just cripples the other team right there. Forget about
all the other guys, but the top of that lineup
(33:23):
just we knew this was gonna happen sometime. Remember we
were talking about, well, somebody's gonna pay. Well, the Mets
are paying right now. Well here's another number for you. Twelve.
Speaker 4 (33:33):
The two of them combined for twelve at bats last night.
Not so many times they turn the lineup over. And
that tells you right there, those nine walks, extending innings,
turning the lineup over and getting Otani. This is the
reason why Dave Roberts wants them in the top spot.
Because Showy Otani gets six at bats in the game.
Mookie Betts gets six at bats in the game. You'll
(33:56):
take that all day.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Heck yeah. And like I said, there's so many different ways.
There's there's everybody has a different role. It seems all
wrapped into one common goal, you know, and that's just
to thwart this other team. But they've got all these
different ways of doing it, the power, the speed, and
I just think you can't. You know, we all see
the big glitzy things that the big stars do, but
(34:17):
I tell you, you gotta, you gotta keep your eye on
what's happening internally with this team, kind of like the
the underpinning of what makes it great as well. And
that's when when you got guys like Kik and Tommy Edmund.
How about this series, this guy's having crazy good.
Speaker 4 (34:32):
Imagine being Tommy Edmond. You get into the park yesterday
and Dave Roberts maybe comes over to your locker there
and maybe kicks you in the leg, and Hey, Tommy,
how you feeling.
Speaker 5 (34:41):
I'm doing good? Good?
Speaker 4 (34:42):
Hey, I'm batting you clean up today? You're batting forth
in Game four the NLCS. How do you feel about that?
Speaker 5 (34:49):
Tommy?
Speaker 4 (34:49):
I mean, like, that's gotta be gotta be a shock
to him. I don't know how many times he's bad
clean up in his life, let alone clean up in
a postseason game. But that shows you how much confidence
they have in him. And it's probably more or the
case that he can get on base, right, Saxone. They're
not looking for him to drive the ball and hit
a three run home running that cleanup spot, but more
of a guy that, all right, the top of the
line's gonna do their thing. We need a bridge between
(35:11):
those guys and everybody else. And you're the guy that
can get on base.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
And you know what, he was back in Clint and
he drove in three runs, right, nothing wrong with that.
You know, you don't have to do it in a
prolific fashion. It just you know, the deal is to
make contact and put the ball in play and let
those guys run. And that hit that he had the
left center field was just at the right time. So
you know, there's there's something just great about not striking out.
I mean, I just love that part of the game
(35:37):
and I want to see it come back where Hey,
it's important to put the ball in play. Tommy Edmund
does that as a good as anybody.
Speaker 4 (35:43):
He does him and Downey. Welcome to Saxon, Katese and
the am Dodgers, twenty seven ounce away from going to
a World Series yet again. Let me do the math
for you. That's one game. They're one game away.
Speaker 10 (35:55):
Himie, good morning, gentlemen. Yes, that's that's exciting. But I
was just hearing Mookie right now. I was thinking about
I think they've put this quote in the locker room
and just thinking about the Mamba, the great Kobe Bryant,
Kobe Bryant quote where he's like, job's not done, Job's
not finished. So I think it's that mentality, and I
(36:16):
think they're excited, and hopefully after today's game they'll show
some emotion. But I think it is that we're one
game away, but there's still one more game, and I
think you guys mentioned earlier they want to get it done.
Let's get it done in New York, come back home
and get ready for the World Series. So I think
it is that that mentality, and I think they'll show
(36:38):
the emotion when necessary, but right now, it's business. They
got to take care of it.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Yeah, no doubt about it.
Speaker 4 (36:44):
And they've been leaning hard on the Kobe Bryant quote,
Job's not finished, and it's been up inside the Dodger
Clubhouse since the NLDS and the good series against the Padres,
even though were down two games to one, and even
when that Game five happened on Friday even into this
NLCS that has really been the mantras, jobs not finish,
(37:06):
and you're seeing all these guys buy into that. And
again that takes something special for these guys with the
star power that they have, all the way down to
the twenty six man on the roster. All these guys
have bought into that mentality.
Speaker 2 (37:19):
And tim what what We're obviously not in the locker room,
but I promise you there is conversations going on in
that locker room at the at the lockers, private one
on ones about about guys making it go in the
right way, about guys setting their mindset properly, about guys
not getting too ahead of themselves, and you will you
(37:40):
won't see a lot of these things in the headlines
or whatever, but those conversations you're getting with the professional team.
Dave Roberts knows the value of having guys on that
team that not police each other, but just want to
make sure that everything's nice and squared up, and everybody's
got the right mindset right now, coming in after they
(38:02):
put these guys away, expecting to put these guys away tonight.
The proper mindset and the conversations at the lockers right
now are huge for this team, and you know they're happening,
and Dave knows they're happening, and that's such a plus
for this club.
Speaker 4 (38:15):
That is a great point. He is Steve Sachs. I'm
Tim Kates at Sax and Kates in the AM. Dodgers
beat the Mats in Game four the NLCS last night
in convincing fashion, tended to the final coming up next
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(38:35):
be a chance for you to maybe get that World
Series gear, little T shirt, a hat, sweatshirt, as the
Dodgers are one win away from going back to the
Fall Classic eight six, six, nine, eighty seven, two five
seventy Sax and Kates in the AM along with you
as we do this ride together through the Dodger postseason
here on Anti seventy ice Sports, Saxon Kates in the
(39:02):
AM five to seventy LA Sports here all of the show.
Hey o, Tani, Mookie Betts and the Dodgers. Game five
in the NLCS is coming up later on Friday afternoon.
Dodgers win Game four last night in convincing fashion. They
boat race the Mets where they tended to win. Evan
Phillips gets the winning relief of Yoshiyamamoto, who pitched into
(39:25):
the fifth and he struck out eight along the way.
What's beautiful bout last night, Saxon, in this blowout win
again for the Dodgers, is that Evan Phillips, Yes, pitched
at inning in a third, but he was well rested.
Blake trying and pitched it inning in the third and
back to back day, So we'll see his availability today.
I don't think he'll go three straight days. But you
saw Edguardo Henriquez, the young hard throwing right hander who
(39:49):
back in April was in Rancho Kuckamonga in a ball
for the Quakes and skyrocketed through the system. He had
an arm injury about a year ago. He can throw
one hundred and four miles an hour a flamethrower, and
they brought him up in September because they needed arms
out of the bullpen because Bruce dark Ratterol got hurt
and lo and behold him and Ben Caspirius, who were
(40:09):
in the minor leagues for the first five months of
the season. Now here they are in the postseason. Caspira's
got to pitch in Game three, Henriquez got to pitch
two innings last night in Game four of the NLCS,
And you're saving your arms for a possible Game five today.
You got Brazier and Hudson and Bonda, and you got
Michael Kopek who didn't pitch last night, and even in
(40:31):
Evan Phillips, who probably can pitch on back to back knights.
All those high leverage arms are available today to back up.
Oh yeah, a guy who went already seven shutout innings
at his last start, Jake Flaherty.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
Yes, a great move by Dave. Dave roberts Enriquez and
Riquez has got really good stuff, man. This guy was
an a ball earlier. Just amazing great stuff too. In
needs that he gobbled up yesterday that you don't have
to put on somebody else. They're going to be available today.
But I got to tell you something.
Speaker 5 (41:00):
You know, it's really you.
Speaker 2 (41:02):
Know, it's really filthy trying, Blake trying, and oh his
stuff is wicked. You're talking ninety seven with wicked sink
into a right handed hit her man. No, thank you.
I don't want to deal with that stuff. Here's this
stuff is nasty. He's thirty six years old. He's thirty
seven and isn't he he's uh, he might be. Yes,
(41:24):
he's been around. I mean he's been in the big
leagues for a decad. When he was with Opes for
a long time, remember that. Yeah, he was banished over there.
Speaker 4 (41:32):
He was one of the best relievers in baseball. He
had thirty eight saves back in twenty eighteen. He was
really good and then got hurt and missed all of
twenty twenty three. I mean, he missed most of twenty
twenty two, all of twenty twenty three and finally got
right and the Dodgers brought him back and one of
those older veterans in the bullpen and fifty appearances during
(41:55):
the regular season. He can be a high leverage guy
in the middle of a game. Late in the game,
he can close out a game for you. Another reliever
who just doesn't care about his role. No, you know,
and he'll fly out and say, I don't care if
you want to put me in whatever situation you want
to put me in.
Speaker 5 (42:08):
I'll go out there and.
Speaker 2 (42:09):
Hey about him. He can get whatever part of the
plate he wants. There's so much action on the ball
that he throws. I don't even know if he knows
exactly what part of the plate it's going to. But
he can throw a sinker, believe it or not. He
can throw a sinker up at the letters, and that
sucker's diving down to about your thigh.
Speaker 5 (42:28):
I mean, just whoop.
Speaker 2 (42:30):
It's like, where is this coming from? This is nasty
sink man. You don't see that much. Who is the
left hand of the pitch for the the Orioles And
he went over to the Yankees. The lefty that had
the tremendous sink on his fastball, he got hurt. His
name escapes me, but that's what his fastball looks like
to me, only on the other side, on the right side.
(42:53):
This is a doomsday for guys wanting a big hit
from the right side that have to face him. He
could tell him it's hey, here comes a two seamer,
bro and he throw it and you got no chance.
Speaker 5 (43:05):
That stuff's so wicked.
Speaker 4 (43:06):
Let's go to Jared in Boise, Idaho. Joins us from
God's country up there, and boys, you Jared.
Speaker 11 (43:14):
Good morning, guys. Oh my gosh, I'm gonna turn out
the fanboy too much. But Steve Sachs, I'm forty nine
years old and you're my idol growing up.
Speaker 5 (43:23):
Thank you, love your.
Speaker 11 (43:24):
Grit, your hustle, lead off second base man. You are
the reason I'm still a Dodger fan.
Speaker 5 (43:29):
So thank you.
Speaker 10 (43:31):
Thanks for all you did and all.
Speaker 11 (43:33):
You're doing now. Love listen to you, guys.
Speaker 10 (43:35):
But I have a.
Speaker 11 (43:37):
Comment this team and how they have bought in from
the top from.
Speaker 10 (43:44):
Freeman Domes, how.
Speaker 11 (43:48):
Dave Roberts has got this team to buy in and
completely play as a full team, the way he's innovated
this bullpen, and how he's throwing them because they don't
have enough starters. And and then the batters, how they
they're they're walking, they're walking for each other. They are
(44:08):
they are not giving in and passing that baton. It
is truly remarkable to see them play really as a team.
It is the epitome of the team in my opinion.
What do you guys think?
Speaker 4 (44:20):
Yeah, Jerry, thanks for the nice words towards me. I
really appreciate that. No, he's gone, he's gone.
Speaker 2 (44:26):
Hey, nice guy, thank you you want to take that
to him?
Speaker 4 (44:29):
No, just a buy in, Saxie. I mean you're huge,
You're a guy in that clubhouse, you were, you were there.
I mean it takes a lot to get everybody to
buy in.
Speaker 5 (44:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:36):
Well let's remember too, it all starts with pitching and
that boom, there's my there's my boom. No, it all
starts with pitching, and suddenly suddenly the guys that are
out there starting or are getting to be now a
big plus for the team. Now it's a plus who
they've got starting, and it should be because all these
(44:57):
guys are in the infirmary list right, all these as
I've hurt. But Tim, when we come back, can I can?
I I've got a marketing thing for you. I think
it's really good. I think your marketing specialist should get
on it. But I think I got a new venture
for you.
Speaker 4 (45:11):
Love it that's coming up. He is Steve Sacks. I'm
Tim Kates and sax and Kates and am on your
home and the Dodgers, who are one win away from
going back to the World Series right here at an
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