October 25, 2024 • 45 mins
Steve Sax and Tim Cates get you ready for Game 1 of the World Series. Sports Net LA Analyst Jerry Hairston Jr. Hear from Game 1 Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
The right quist.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back and with it an annual
postseason tradition.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Scam is back. Baby.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
This is Saxon Cakes in the A app BA Go
with Proway. Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your
favorite Dodger pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to
talk Dodgers, get in on the show on eighty six
six nine, eighty seven two five seven now. While the
Dan Patrick Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. We've
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been banished to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff run concludes.
Here they are broadcasting live on AM five to seventy
LA Sports. It's Tim Kates and Steve.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
Sacks, sax and Kates and the AM Live the local
on your Home of the Dodgers AM five to seventy
LA Sports. Is the sun starts to peak up here
in Southern California in his game Dodgers Yankees Game one
of the World Series coming up at five eight right
here on your Home of the Dodgers AM five seventy
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LA Sports.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
We are live at local all day long.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Don't you go anywhere else the best coverage right here
on A five to seventy. We're here until nine o'clock
this morning. Saxon kates at the AM. Rogan and Rodney
take over at nine. Then at noon it's Petrow some
money flex back. They'll start at noon and go until
four o'clock. First pitch at five oh eight. All Morongco Casino,
Dodgers on deck. Get you started at four p m.
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Coming up between now and then, we have got a
lot to get to. David Vasse Andre Ethier will join
us in the eight o'clock hour. We got Game two
tickets to give away to one lucky listener who was
out with Rogan and Rodney yesterday at Bjay's restaurant in
brew House. Hundreds upon hundreds showed up to see the
show and sign up to win Game two World Series tickets.
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We'll announce the winner of the eight o'clock hour. Also
in the eight o'clock hour, one lucky winner is gonna
win a taco party for twenty yes a party at
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of the Dodgers. It's World Series time. Bring out the
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chef in you, Saxy. The morning shows are going crazy
here in Los Angeles, as we fully expected they would,
as they are all at Dodger Stadium doing their live shots.
All of them were in there freshly bought Dodger jerseys
and gear from the Dodger Clubhouse store, so they are
fired up for this game. Dodger fans certainly fired up
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for this game. We're gonna get into the actual x'es
and o's coming up in just a little bit, Saxy,
because yes, there actually is a game to be played
tonight out of Dodger Stadium. All this lead up, all
this high media day yesterday, we actually have a game tonight.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
This gonna be fun. Yeah, that's that's gonna be. Actually,
the fun thing is we're gonna watch nineteens of baseball.
It's gonna be epic, it's gonna be unbelievable. And of course,
well I've got some good questions coming up for the
technical parts of this game that we're gonna say for
our guests, But I think you're we're going to see
the best that baseball has to bring all the hoopla,
all the talk, all that stuff. It's time. You know,
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that doesn't matter anymore. Let's see what happens between lines.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Yeah, and coming up in a few hours. I don't
know what time it needs to be submitted to Baseball,
but we'll find out probably the next two or three hours. Uh,
the twenty six man roster for both teams, the Dodgers
and Yankees. So there's gonna be I mean that time,
I think it's nine am this morning is when they
have to be officially announced through Major League Baseball. And
for the Dodgers. Yeah, there's some questions on who's going
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to be on this twenty six man roster. What's your
biggest the biggest chance is gonna be in the bullpen? Yeah,
it's gonna be. Yeah, Vessi is going to be out there,
and and maybe Bruce Dargraderole, I mean, Brent Honeywell Junior
is probably one of the odd man out. But who
else in that bullpen is the odd man out? Is
Land and Knack not going to be on this roster?
Has Ben Casparius as Enriquez.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Sperius probably will be. You need the lefty out there,
have you gotta have Vessie out there.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
A one hundred percent he's got to be out there
to go with Vonda. They need those guys joining us
now from Sports net LA. One of the good guys
out there, a longtime Major League comes from a family
of baseball players. He was a member of the two
thousand and nine Yankees World Series championship team, Yes, the
last time the Yankees were in the World Series and
won a World Series with two thousand and nine a
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Dodger as well. You see him on sports in net LA,
and we're great to have him this morning here on
a FI seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
He is Jerry Harrisdon Junior, Jay Hare. Good morning, buddy.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
How you doing so, jer Jake? Well, we are fired up.
Finally we're here, Jay Hare. We've had a week to
get ready for this World Series, all the storylines, all
the hooplah, the media day yesterday, and we finally got
baseball tonight for you. Having played for both of these franchises,
won a World Series in two thousand and nine with
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that Yankees team, how special is this to have this
matchup of two of your teams you played for.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
Well, it's extremely special, listen. You know, like you mentioned
I did play in New York. I still know a
lot of the people that are still there. Great franchise,
great organization. But this is what we all wanted because
these two teams are really great teams and also historical teams.
You know, anytime you get the Yankees in the World Series,
that's a great thing for baseball. Anytime you get the
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Dodgers in the World Series, it's a great thing for baseball.
But get these guys tend against each other. I mean,
it's nothing better in our sport. And also we have
generational talents on display of this World Series show here
Toddy versus Aaron Judge, Ron Soda versus Luking, Betts, Giancarnival
Stanton versus Freddie Freeman, plenty of star power. Best two
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teams in all of baseball going at each other in
the World Series. Can't wait?
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Well, Jerry, how's it going this morning? My friend go really.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Well, really happy?
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yeah? How bad?
Speaker 5 (05:53):
You could tell?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yes, exactly, Jerry, wanted to get your your opinion on
this is. You know a lot of question marks about
the pitching matchups Flairty against cole Is, Yama, Moto against Rhodon,
all these you know, Bueler against you know, Schmid just
I know they're not the exact lineups, but but those
are the three and that's their basic three. Do the
Dodgers have enough as far as starting pitching goes. I
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think they got to get thirty innings out of this
World Series from their starters to make this thing happen.
What's your thoughts on.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
I think they have enough. You know, we look, you know,
at our starters or against the Padres. Obviously the Padres
had a great ball club. In my opinion, the Padres
were the Dodgers' biggest threat leading up to the World Series.
They've showed they had enough. Now if we can get
those innings like you mentioned sactually thirty maybe thirty two,
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thirty three innings, that gives us enough link out of
a pitching staff as far as the stars to set
up our bullpen, you know, our bullpen now as well
lest expection, we have like a week uh in between
the NLCS and the World Series our bullpen as well,
lest just hopefully get Alex Specie and Bruce. I think
those are two dynamic pieces in the bullpen to kind
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of make gates their star power in the offense. So
I think if we get those starting to thirty three
eatings on our starters. That just set up our down
at bullpen.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
Yes, Jerry, I look at the roster and what they
have to submit for this twenty six man roster or
they've got too many guys for twenty six spots. And
that's a good problem to have at this point of
this season because that means guys have been produced when
called upon, whether in the NLDS or the NLCS. We'll
see what the roster looks like. But you mentioned if
Vessie have Bruce R. Graderol, two guys are going to
be on this roster, hopefully coming back from injuries. Miguel
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Rojas is a big question mark. If Rojas is available,
is he on the roster? Do you stick with what
that's worked in the last series with Tommy Edmond and
Key Key Hernandez playing those two spots that Miguel Rojas
could play. What do you do with Miguel Rojas?
Speaker 5 (07:56):
Well, I think if you do right on Ross, he's
a guy that you can bring in late in the game.
He used to elite at short. Especially if he's healthy,
you can maybe put him in late in the game.
But right now, as it's six. You know Tommy hadn't
been a swinging a hot bat Teak care nanas as well.
Most of those guys gotta play every day, I mean
without questions. So if you do, Addam mcguil rohas true
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that his roster, you can sertainly mix, mix and match
as far as defensive substitutions late in the game, when
we have a lead and pugil Ross back in short
suffware defensive, maybe have time he had to go back
to center field. Uh, you know lat in games. But
right now if a loss, I think he's the guy
that come up off the bench, not an every day play,
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especially with Tommy and Ti car swinging the bat.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Yeah, Jerry, we all know that Sho Hao Tani can
do a million things. Great, one of the things he's
not going to do is pitch. Dave Roberts dows that possibility,
uh yesterday. But might it be the speed of show
Hao Tani that could be a big factor. Is he
gonna run when he gets on? We saw him go
from first to home the other day and it looked
like a gazelle out there. Is there a chance that
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you know, we're gonna see him cut loose and maybe
that speeds a difference, Jah, that is.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
A great question. That's what normal is really talking about.
I'm glad you brought it up. I think a huge
difference between the rosters with the Dodgers and the Yankees
is the base run, the base ring running. The ability
of the Dodgers not just stealing bases but going first
to third running the bases. The Yankees is past season.
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Really want the best team on the base pass. I mean,
it's been well documented by their guys, by the media
over there. So I think heaving show Hal Tiny along
with guys like Brookie Bats Rookie Bets has done a
great job stealing bases in the postseason, and that Tom
Edmick could run. Cheekyr Nas has a little speed. I
think collectively that led by show Ale Tiny, they could
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take advantage of the Yankees Chick as far as being
a little smaller into the plate, yes, and taking that
after base because as you know, Sass, ninety feet is
huge in the World Series.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Oh yeah, Jerry, We're talking about this earlier. The calmness
at Media Day with all the hordes of media that
were there from around the world and the Dodger players
from Otani, Who's never been here before on this stage
to Mookie Bettch, so this is his third World Series appearance.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Freddie Frieman's won a World Series before.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
A lot of the core on this Dodgers team have
either been part of the twenty World Series, eighteen World
Series appearance, the seventeen World Series appearance. They've been around.
How much do you think that factor have been here
done that. We know the pressures of the Fall Classic
helped this Dodgers team.
Speaker 5 (10:43):
It definitely helps them. You know, these guys understand that
the game is still the same is just the outside
noise is huge. It's magnified, especially in a World Series
and especially with two teams, historic teams, big market means
like in lax sure media cover. So these players understand
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that they need to go out there. Let's continue to
play the game the way they play it all season
one because the most season, I think all the time
it's a different game. But the World Series is the
same thing as you were playing. As far as LDX
spot style of play. Nlcs go out there, execute and
the team that executes, don't think give the extra team
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X routes should be victorious in this series.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Jerry, there's gonna be a lot of emphasis obviously on
the top three for the Dodgers, but it's really the
bottom of the order that's been really the booie for
the team in many instances, setting up the situations for
Shoheo Tani to do what he does with runners on base.
Five day layoff against the Padres, no problem. Is this
five day layoff going to make a difference? And what
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do you think about the bottom of that order and
success as successful as they've been so far.
Speaker 5 (11:55):
Well, yeah, we we talk about play of star powers
on both sides. I think that is a different between
the Dodgers and the Yankees. The Ers are a great team.
I don't think they have nearly the depth that the
Dodgers do. Once through nine, the Dodgers put together and
string together gray at backs, and I think that is
a huge advantage for the Dodgers. Seven through nine have
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done an incredible job. We talked about Tommy. I know
it's fourth against left handed pitching a lot of times
because Ryan and pitching. He's a little down the order
sometimes hitting seventh at k hitting eight sometimes that is
a tremendous a manager. They continue to swing the back
and get on base for Shoale tiny Mookie Bets. What
a tremendous advantage it is for the Dodgers.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
Jack Flarity gets the start in Game one. What's Jack Flairity?
Do you think we see the one that struggled last
time out or the one who earlier in this playoffs
was really dominated against the New York Mets.
Speaker 5 (12:49):
Well, I think we're gonna see a guy that has
been great all season long. He had that hiccup in
New York, but everybody knows now he had the flu,
did not feel good at all. He's pitching on six days.
Anytime you get a pitcher like him in his attitude, Uh,
giving him extra day's rest, you know he's going to
be strong and itching to kind of wipe away in
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that performance he had against the match. So I don't
expect him to pitch well tonight. Give us a chance
to win and hopefully get deep in the ball.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Yeah, Jerry, My last one for you. Obviously. One strength
for the Dodgers a bullpen. It's been tremendous all year long,
been great in postseason. Yankees got a couple of good
guys down there as well, the left hander Hill coming
from way down low Weaver, their closer. How do these
two bullpens match up in your estimation?
Speaker 5 (13:36):
I think the biggest question mark he's going into the
postseason was that bullpen. I know, we've stepped up to
be the closer and he's had a really good run.
Their bullpen has really kind of shined in this postseason,
and I get I don't want to disrespect the Guardians.
I don't want to disrespect the Royals, but they're not
the Dodgers, so I'm I'm really anxious to see how
they're pitching. Stop the bullpen pitches the Yankees of all
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the clubs, pitched out in the zone. They're trying to
get you to chase. That's how they're effected if you
make sure you're disciplined at the plate the way that
Dons historically have been and in this postseason run, not
swinging our pitcher's pitches off the plate. They should put
themselves in here, friendly council, they do that, Sax, you
know what I do, Casey as well. They got damage
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when they put themselves in big possession. Take two Y three.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
W Jerry, we appreciate you joining us this morning. I
gotta know the most important question, where are you teaing
off this morning.
Speaker 5 (14:37):
Old Ranch, Old Ranch County Club.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Yeah yeah, love Old Ranch.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
All right, Well hit him straight this morning, have a
great round and we'll check you out on sports and
nl later later today.
Speaker 5 (14:49):
Believe it. Dodgers and seven Dodgers.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
And seven from Jerry Harrison Jr. There he goes on
his way to Old Ranch. If you're playing Old Ranch
this morning, look out you're on the lookout for some
from Jerry Harrison Junior out there on the golf course.
I'm so excited and finally to be actually the breaking
down this game. Saxy talking bullpens, talking matchups, talking Big
three versus their Big three, talking about the bottom of
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the lineup, Jack Flarity. I truly expect Jack Flarity to
look like the Jack Flarity he did his first time
around against the New York Mets in the NLCS. That
that hiccup in New York in Game five, I gotta
believe is just what it was, a blip on the radar.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
He'll be back to being Jack. You'll know early you'll
be And while you have the three components of pitching, velocity,
location and movement, I think velocity you know in all respects.
In the end, is probably the least important, but it
is important because it kind of sets up your other pitches.
It's it's important if you're throwing ninety ninety one, it's
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not all that important. If you're throwing, you know, ninety eight,
guys just turn it up. I mean, if you're throwing
ninety eight down the middle, they'll turn up the dial
and they'll they'll hammer it. So that is not a
problem that you can't solve if it's down the middle.
That's my question about Jack. Is he going to be
down the middle in ninety one or is he gonna
be on the fringes of the plate and being able to,
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you know, circumvent any of those dangerous areas where you know,
it's ninety one and down the middle, or is it
gonna be ninety four, ninety five and on the fringe,
then you got a better chance.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
How important is getting guys to chase, getting swinging missus
from guys, maybe chasing pitches out of the strike zone
from the Yankees, you know, and getting some help from
Jack Flerty there. You know, you don't have to be,
as you said, down the middle if he can get
some swinging missus and some chases from balls outside the zone.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
That's a big Thing's huge. I mean, imagine it's a
safety valve for you. You're not gonna get hurt if
you're throwing the ball that's not a strike because they're
not going to hit it well. But if they're at
the same time going to go out and chase that thing,
you have the confidence with your catcher behind the plate
in Will Smith, he can block anything back there, so
you can throw that pitch. You know, with guys on base,
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guys on second and third, you can still throw row
that nasty slider in the dirt and you know they're
gonna chase and he's gonna be's in a blocket. So
that's a comfort, you know, for the pitching staff.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
We'll hear from Jack Flaherty coming up in just a
little bit. Andre Ethier is gonna join us in less
than an hour. David vas Say will join us next hour.
Somebody is going to Game two of this World Series.
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He is Steve Sachs. I'm Tim Kates. Your phone calls
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Speaker 3 (18:24):
No need to go anywhere else.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
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see what the coverages for this World Series saxe. It
has gone to a new level, so much so that
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one of the local news stations here on their morning shows,
felt the need to do a whole segment. And I
was watching this during the commercial break with graphics and
everything about your game day essentials. And here's what they
put up on their checklist. If you're going to Dodger
Stadium tonight, dress warm, Oh, dress cool, Because the weather
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changes at Dodger Stadium. It's gonna be hot when it starts,
it'll be cool in the later innings. Bring a sweater,
protect your skin with SPF, hats, sunglasses.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
Recommend not when the sun goes down though, No, no,
And this is.
Speaker 4 (20:08):
The most important thing. Remember to hydrate. Oh, folks, we're
not going to Coachella. Yeah, not one hundred and fifteen
degrees outside. It's gonna be seventy four degrees at first pitch.
The subt will be setting by the second or third inning.
It'll be absolutely gorgeous at sunset here in Los Angeles
for Game one of the World Series. We don't need
a checklist of hydrate sunscreen, dress warm, dress cool, Bring
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a sweater.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Yeah, come on, That to me sounds like mature hour.
He was getting ready for an earthquake or something, right,
you know, come on, then we're going to a baseball game.
I would say, where would you want get a drink
when you're there? And enjoy the game?
Speaker 4 (20:46):
Absolutely, That's what I would say. A different kind of hydrate.
Forget the water, go straight to the good stuff, go
straight for the booze. Man, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Enjoy the game absolutely, Savon rialto thanks for being with
us here on Saxon Caate in the am as we
lead you up to Game one of this freaking World Series.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
Let's go, Hey.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
Morning, Good morning guys. How you doing today?
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Good morning?
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Uh yeah, only share my Game one World Series experience
in nineteen eighty eight. Okay, like you're saying, Kate's the
orange hoo over Doctors Stadium is amazing once you entered
the stadium. Anyways, let me step back a little bit.
I bought my ticket for five hundred bucks off of
a friend of a friend. So three of us entered
the stadium and we're walking in and you see flash
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bobs going across and we're like, holy cow, what's going on? Well,
Mark Maguire was hitting bombs almost out of the stadium,
up high up in the pavilion and just like, oh
my god, I can't believe this. So we're walking through
the seats and I can't.
Speaker 5 (21:51):
Believe this happened.
Speaker 7 (21:52):
Neither.
Speaker 6 (21:53):
Debbie Gibson was there. She's sung in the national anthem.
I had a World Series program.
Speaker 5 (21:57):
She signed it.
Speaker 6 (21:59):
It was pretty awesome. So anyways, I got to my seat,
sit in my seat with some gentlemen and I'm like, okay,
we get security to help out with this the situation,
and security came up and they said, sir, your ticket
is hot. Your ticket is no good. I'm like what,
So they said where did you get the ticket? So
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I went and I said it was a friend of
a friend. He's sitting right over there. And so they
went and talked with them, and they came back and
they said, okay, sir, you can go ahead and stay
in the stadium. We're not going to kick you out.
You can just kind of meander around. So my buddy,
he swapped seats with me all game. When we stayed
for the whole game, we got to see Gibbey's home run.
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Of course, a lot of the crowd left, so I
was able to get a seat closer once the game ended.
When Gibby hit that home run. Two grown men twenty
years old, hugging each other, we barely Breathe left the
stadium hand stinging. You know, that experience was priced. That's
five hundred bucks I ever spent in my life. I
just wanted to share that story, guys, All right, Sam.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
So you bought an illegal ticket, got into Dodgers DABIU
in nineteen eighty eight and got to see Steve Sacks
and Kirk Gibson and the crew in Game one of
the World Series.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
So okay, at least they kept you in there. They
didn't kick you out Dodger Stadium. So that's a good thing.
That's a good thing, right. But you know what, that
is the best five hundred bucks because people still talk
about that home run and they will for a long
long time. Oh yeah, that's it's Kirk Gibson's home run.
It's going to live in infamy, you know what. You
know what, It was great though, when you see it
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on replay and you see the view from up up,
you know, like the camera that was up in the
stands and you see the ball going out. All you
see is the ball and they're tracking the ball going out,
and in the background you can see the cars that
are leaving that were they left during the seventh inning.
They're trying to get out of the stadium and they're
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obviously listening to Vinnie call the shot, and all the cars,
the red lights of the break lights are just slammed
at the same time, and people were going like, damn,
I left too early, you know what I mean? Yeah,
I just thought that was hilarious. It's the best to
see those tail lights of people. Yeah. Wow. Do you
remember Debbie Gibson singing the national anthem?
Speaker 6 (24:16):
Then?
Speaker 3 (24:17):
Debbie Gibbson was a rock star? He was a rock star.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
Did she sing it that day? I have no clue
if that's what the gentleman Paul just said, so I'm
gonna take off his work. Yeah if he If he's
remember that, it sounds like around the time where she
was really, you know, a big star, right yeah? Oh yeah,
huge huge in nineteen eighties. Tonight you got Brad Paisley,
country superstar doing the national anthem tonight on race.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Yeah. Hey, Brad's a huge Dodger fan by Did I
tell you what I did to Kenny G one time?
Did you take his what does he play the saxophone
or flavor or whatever. Yeah, he plays all that, you know,
clarinet and whatever. But it was in Oakland, and it
was did I tell you the store to him?
Speaker 5 (24:52):
No?
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Okay, Well, you know, since you and me the only
ones listening right now, just the two of us, just
two of us. John Shelby was standing next to me.
I'll make this quick because I don't like to you know,
kind of drown on. But we're on the line. You
know you're on the line there, you get introduced. Kenny
g Is is star searching the National Anthem. Okay, he
thinks that this is a Star Search competition when he's
(25:13):
doing the other I like the anthem done very traditional,
like I like the words that Francis scott Key wrote
when he wrote the National Anthem. And you're listening and
it's supposed to be traditional, and then you get people
up there that sing it for themselves or they play
an instrument for themselves and they're like they're on Star Search.
That really ticks me off. And guys would like, come
(25:35):
in the locker room and tell me sucks. You don't
go out there. You're not gonna like the anthem? No,
because they know I'd get ticked off, so I would
just stay in the clubhouse sometimes rather than hear a
disrespectful national anthem. I love it. So Kenny G is
playing the anthem like a star shirts and he finishes,
and John Shelby had a ball in his pocket and
(25:55):
I said, John, give me the ball. He gave me
the ball, and I'm telling you, I took one step back.
It was like magic, stepping back on the three point
line and I just heaved this this hardball and I
hit that dude right in the ankle, short hopped him.
Short hopped him right in the ankle, and you can
see him limping off the field. And I'm like, yeah,
(26:17):
take that, Kenny G. Don't disrespect the anthem. How have
you been sitting on this story forever? This is the
greatest story ever. So it was like boom right in
the fibula. I mean, I just drilled this dude, and
you know what, I'm surprised you didn't see me, but
I was right on with the shot. I thought, I'm
gonna have some good defensive place today. I just drilled
(26:37):
Kenny G in then, and they like, this isn't the
World Series. In the World Series yeah in Oakland. Yep, yeah,
I did it. I tell you, I don't go for
that disrespect in the anthem stuff. I mean, you know
what I'm with. You's been three minutes and practice how
it's done, and know the words when you get up
there like you're supposed to. But don't disrespect the anthem.
I don't like that. I love it. I absolutely loved
(26:58):
the ankle.
Speaker 4 (26:59):
What was it anybody that any of the teammates start
laughing and really dying laughing, dying laughing, Yeah, Kenny did
Kenny g look around like, well, yeah he was.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
He was like who that? I thought he probably thought
there was a sniper in this and you think he's
under sniper fire right there or something like where'd this
cone wrong?
Speaker 5 (27:14):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (27:14):
No, I'm kiddy. Saxophone they got he got a rawling's
registered official right there above above the the above above
the ankle, bango right in the ankle. I loved it.
That is awesome. What a great story. Yes, it's true story.
You've been sitting on this for all these years. I
never told you. I know I told you this story.
Have you have you nailed anybody else with the baseball
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during the national anthem?
Speaker 2 (27:37):
No?
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Well, not with the baseball, but I did boo Donnie
Osmond one time in in Minnesota when I was a
member of the Yankees. He was star searching the damn
thing up and I was I was right there on
the dugout standing in attention and the very end of
the song or Lando the Free, you know, and he
was going like a Lando the Free, Yeah you know
that stuff. Oh yeah, And I just let out a
(27:58):
boo a lot of I could, and he actually looked
right at me. Jo home plate and the dugout are
like fifteen feet away. It's just really close. And I
booed the hell out of him, right in his face,
and he looked right at me, and I'm like, well,
too bad, dude, Sorry Donnie Osmond, Sorry Donnio. Not your
moment to shine, buddy, No, no, no, no, this isn't
(28:20):
star search. And I booed the hell out of him too.
Two guys, I really gave it to him. I love it.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
That is awesome, true stories, that is awesome. I wish
there was. There's gotta be video of you nailing Kenny
g with the Bears. Has to be limping off off
of the field. We're gonna have to look at the YouTube.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
There's got to be a video of it. Just got
to hit him right in the ankle. I love it.
Speaker 4 (28:38):
I know, I love it. That is awesome. That is
absolutely awesome. Hopefully nobody. You know, Brad Paistley does a
great job. We love Brad Paisley. Oh he's a listener
to seventy and Dodger talk and everything.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
He knows. He knows me. He better do it right
now because I might be a sniper over there right
head on his swivel for Steve Zach throwing a baseball
at you. I love it. I love it.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
Reggie in La Joyce is now here on a La
Sports Be careful. Reggie might get a baseball of the leg.
Speaker 8 (29:03):
All right, Hey man, you know we're talking about Yankees
and all that.
Speaker 9 (29:08):
Yeah, yeah, we know about that.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
The most important thing we need to.
Speaker 8 (29:11):
Find out right now, Steve Sacks, what's the best national
anthem you've ever heard? Because to me, it's Whitney Houston one. Yeah,
Lillian and Gussia two and Boyce to men three.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Yeah, Well you got sacked.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
I got listen. If you don't sing the anthem right
outside of Whitney Houston. Her rendition is the best no question.
But these other people that try to be Whitney Houston. No,
you're not gonna be Whitney Houston. There's only one of her.
There was only one of her, and nobody did it
like that. That's the best rendition ever. I agree with you.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Oh, and I'm glad we agree on it because when
she sang it, I was I don't know if I've
ever been more moved than when to Wait Crime.
Speaker 3 (29:55):
Yeah. Yeah, And people try to do it like that
and it's like, no, you're no Whitney Houston. She's the
only one that could do that. Reggie.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
I think I think, I think if you googled Lily
and Garcia, I think she would be your number two.
Speaker 10 (30:06):
She was.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
She used to be the WWE announcer.
Speaker 10 (30:09):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
I think if you saw her do it, I think
you'd be proud of that.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
Okay, all right, appreciate it, Reggie.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Are you okay with somebody playing the guitar or the
instrument because you know, Kenny g wasn't singing right, he
was playing the saxophone.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
Of course we'll do it. And then he was really
just you know, Kenny gan it out. Yeah, I mean
it's I guess it's okay, but just do it right.
You know, my niece is a country western singer Elena Jane.
You check her out, Okay, and and uh you know,
I've talked to my niece and I said, look, Lena,
she's done the anthem all over including Dodger Stadium. I'm like, uh, hun,
(30:42):
please for Uncle Steven, don't don't don't, don't, don't screw
it up. Okay. And she knows, she knows she's gonna
go out, and she does it right. She bangs it out.
She's really good Elena Jane, so she knows she'll catch
the rat if she does it different. Yeah, Uncle Steve
was gonna get after her. Even they gonna dig that.
Speaker 4 (30:58):
She's gonna get a baseball to the leg. It's like
kadyj did. Let's go to Tepi and Covina. Next up
here with Saxon Kates and Am Tepi.
Speaker 11 (31:08):
Good morning, Good morning, guys. You know, today's my birthday
and I'm just feeling the energy. It's a beautiful day.
I woke up early, and I feel that the stars
are aligned press this year for the Dodgers. We're gonna
go all the way. I think everybody's focused and My
(31:28):
question is I looked online this morning. What's the lineup
this morning?
Speaker 4 (31:32):
Lineup has talked about yet? Yeah, linup has not come out,
Tappy appreciate happy birthday. Lineup has not come out yet.
I think we're still about ninety minutes away or so
from the roster being announced, and that's gonna be a
big thing to see what the twenty six man roster
for this World Series is going to look like. With
the bullpen getting some boosts from Bruce Dargraderole and Alex Vesia,
(31:54):
but that also means two guys that are currently on
the nl NLCUS roster and helped out the Dodgers will
be removed from the World Series roster. I think it's
probably gonna be Brent Honeywell and one of the young
arms down there. They certainly still need to keep one
of the bullpen relievers to be a long inning bulkeanting guy, right, Yeah, sure,
you still need one of those guys around. Maybe Brent
Honeywell survives it makes the World Series roster for what
(32:17):
he did in Game five of the NLCS. Maybe Landon
Neck isn't on the World Series roster, one of maybe
Ben Casparius or Edgardo Henriquez, the young right handed or
is not on the roster for the World Series. It's
tough decisions. I mean, Gail Rojas, what do you tell me,
Gail Rojas if he's healthy. Sorry, you know, we've moved on.
We've got guys who are just playing great right now
(32:37):
and Tommy Edman and Geek Aernandez. I mean, these are
tough decisions.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
I don't think you're I think Rojas will probably be
on the on the roster. I don't know if he's
gonna start though, that can can't he can't, right, No, no, no, no,
huh huh No. He could come off the bench. Somebody
gets hurt. You could pinch it. He could, you know,
going for defense late if needed, but not not starting.
That's not gonna happen. No, no, you can't mess with
what has been good for this Dodgers team. Exactly, yeah, exactly.
(33:03):
They'll go with the momentum and the flow and hey,
you think about the whole thing, tim The Dodgers are
in such a great you know, sans the maybe one
more pitcher they'd like to have, But other than that,
everything is going good. They've got the momentum, the stars
are shining that somebody knew all the time. And get this,
it doesn't have to be show hey every minute, right,
(33:23):
that's great about this team. That is awesome.
Speaker 4 (33:25):
Dustin and Chatsworth here in the eight one eighth the
San Fernando Valley. Good morning, Dustin, Good morning.
Speaker 9 (33:31):
Just listening to you guys every day this week, and
it's been a blast. And I love the Dodgers, the
Dodters fan since the early eighties, and just wanted to
put the word out that let's let's go Dodgers beat
the Yankees.
Speaker 4 (33:46):
Yeah here, yeah, let's go Dustin. You're right, Let's let's
go out and beat those Yankees. Oscar and Baldwin Park,
You're next up here with Sax and Kate's in the
am on Friday morning, October twenty fifth.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
It's game day, folks. It's Game one of the World Series.
What's up? Oscar?
Speaker 7 (34:00):
One of the gentlemen, one of the rest of the sea,
Fernando Venezuela. Olah, yeah, there you go, hey, real quick, man,
I'm nervous about this game. I'm not gonna lie. Got
changing my routine this morning, little bit. I feel like
I'm feel like I'm out. I'm about to go play myself. Man,
I just want to go out and get it, protect
the home field and go too old. Uh and real quick.
(34:23):
Fernando Venezuela, I remember see him in the late eighties.
I missed Fernando Mainia. I wasn't born yet well in
the late eighties.
Speaker 10 (34:30):
Uh.
Speaker 7 (34:31):
I I the movie that Bamba was out, Richie Vallens.
Speaker 5 (34:34):
Uh and my parents I like that movie.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
A love Richie Valens is the story. And my parents
joking on the first time I saw Fernando pitching, they said, oh,
that's balance because his real life in Venezuela, they said
he was related to him. So for the longer I
thought he was related to Richie Valens, you know. The
later I found out he was it. But Rey real
quick too. So the fellows out there you feel the
Uh we go to Dodger Stadium, you see those beautiful
make canas at the latinas. Fernando helped bring that back
(34:59):
to the same So that's his legacy right there. Do
you guys have a good day.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
Let's go Dodgers, all right, Oscar love it man.
Speaker 4 (35:05):
Yeah, he brought the mexicanas back to Dodger Stadium. Love
and that's great, love it. Thanks for the phone call.
Eight six six, nine eighty seven two five seventy. Got
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We got a busy rest of the show coming up,
but you are gonna be a part of it. We'll
hear from Jack Flaherty. Andre Ethier joins us after the
top of the hour. Somebody is gonna go to Game
two of the World Series. One lucky winner right here
(35:27):
on scam is also gonna win a taco party for
twenty courtesy is Chef Marito. That's coming up, David and Tim.
Speaker 3 (35:35):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
Yeah, I've been working on it. Yeah, roll the urs Marito.
Steve's got his keys to the game. We got a
lot to get to. Thanks for being with us on
your commute as you make your way to work, take
the kids to school, out and about getting ready for
Gabe one of the World Series Sax and Kates in
the am right here on a FI seventy ice Sports.
(36:01):
Saxon Kates in the Am on a five to seventy
LA Sports. You're a home of the Dodgers. You're a
home in the World Series Game one tonight from the
Galput Motors broadcast with the first pitch coming up at
five ozho eight. Garrett Cole goes for the Yankees, Jack
Flaherty who goes for the Dodgers. We'll hear from Jack
Flarerty in just a minute. Andre Ethier will join us
after the top of the hour. David Vesse joins us
(36:21):
in the eight o'clock hour as well. We got tickets
to Game two of the World Series to give away
to one lucky winner. Also, one lucky Dodger fan right
here on scam is gonna win a taco party for
twenty where Chef Maurito will bring a chef out and
cook some tacos, some carne asada and make some nachos
and those cool Dodger helmets for you, all courtesy of
the official seasoning of the Dodgers Chef Mariito Durian break
(36:45):
Zach and I and Michelle were looking up on YouTube
nineteen eighty eight World Series national anthems, and we were
looking for the video like the suppruterer Pilm. We're trying
to find the video of you just dotting Kenny G
with a baseball. Cannot find the video of Kenny G.
But we did find video of Debbie Gibson singing the
(37:06):
national anthem in game one of the World Series of
Dodger stated, which is very cool. She did a great
job singing that. We listened to it during the break.
And then Peter Satara saying in game four in Oakland
the national anthem, when you guys were up there playing
the Oakland a so found Peter couldn't find game five.
We can only find game one, Debbie Gibson. In game four,
(37:27):
Peter Satara and maybe.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
Did okay job. You know it's you know, it wasn't
it was. It wasn't great really like he did. He
kind of meander a little bit. No we for him.
Speaker 4 (37:43):
We just listened like he had a harmonica out just
to get us his key right, and then he sang
it and we listened to the first couple of lines
of it. It was, you know, it was all right,
Debbie Gibson. You know, first couple of lines, it's like
she's a rock star. You know, she looks great. She
sounded great, Debbie Gibson.
Speaker 3 (38:01):
And you know we should probably do. We got to
get John Shelby on maybe for next week. Yeah, it's
just a quick guest, have to and you can he
can tell you about the the the the skip off,
the off, the leg of Kenny g That guy loved it.
That was phenomenal story, Absolutely awesome, John John. I made
John Shelby laugh more than I just love to make
(38:22):
John Shelby laugh. He laughed all the time at my
jokes and he loved that one. He loved it. So
maybe we got to get him on.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
We have to.
Speaker 4 (38:31):
I will reach out and see if we can track
him down. I think he's living down with Sarasota, Florida
right now.
Speaker 3 (38:35):
Great, he's the best. He's the best guy.
Speaker 4 (38:37):
Tonight we got Jack Flaherty on the mound, the game
one starter for the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (38:41):
You know the story.
Speaker 4 (38:42):
Born in Burbank, grew up here in the San Fernando Valley,
went to Harvard west Lake High School. Was a standout
high school pitcher. Pitched a Championship CIF victory for Harvard
Westlake on the mounted Dodger Stadium. Was drafted by the
Saint Leuis Cardinals, one of the top prospects for them.
Went to the Orioles went to the Tigers in the offseason,
signed a one your deal, trying to see if he
can look cash in After a good twenty twenty four season,
(39:04):
was traded to the Dodgers at the deadline, pitched well
for them at the end of the regular season, has
pitched good for them here in the postseason, and tonight
he gets the game one. Starting to hear he is
yesterday talking to the media about his excitement for being
on the mountain night.
Speaker 10 (39:17):
You control, you can control and go out and prepare,
you get ready with on the days in between, you're
ready to go just you know, a different opponent out there,
and you just you know, treated like you would any
other series or any other game. So you know, everything
else stays the same, everything in between stays the same.
Speaker 3 (39:34):
It's just everything on.
Speaker 10 (39:35):
The outside kind of changes crazy. Even you just look
at California in general, of the guys that have come
out of here, even some guys that aren't playing. You
look at Glass and you know, what a what a
role he played for this team for majority of the year,
and how much he you know, he'd.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
Love to be out there.
Speaker 10 (39:49):
But uh, you know, the talent overall, and you kind
of look at it, you know, not even just nationwide, worldwide,
when you when you add in all the players and
and and just how deep that this this series is
with with talent and and and and the guys and
the names that are out there. Uh, it's the star
studded as it gets, you know it just uh you
(40:11):
you got to go out there and execute your pitches,
and you gotta get.
Speaker 3 (40:14):
Him out in the zone.
Speaker 10 (40:15):
And you know, you just got to keep making the
pitch after pitch after pitch and not you know, not
really give in and uh, just continue to execute, continue
to go one pitch after another, and not you know,
you don't you don't really group them all together.
Speaker 3 (40:27):
Each pitch.
Speaker 10 (40:28):
You gotta you gotta take it one pitch at a time,
and then you know, once that one's done, you move
on to the next one and then move on to
the next one. So the more that you can slow
things down, and the more that you can you can
truly focus on the process of of each and every
pitch and.
Speaker 3 (40:42):
And and what's going on, I think the better better spot.
Speaker 4 (40:45):
You end up being an All Right, there's Jack Flaherty
yesterday talking to the media. He sounds grounded, he sounds
ready to go. He sounds like a guy that knows
this is a big start, but the moment is not
going to be too big.
Speaker 3 (40:58):
For him, and I get it. He's tied to hearing
the whole local boy, come back, local guy coming back
where he used to go to games as a kid
at Dodger Stadium. He's done with that. That that narrative
was cool when he first got here, he was on
the station talking about that. I was cool. But I
think he's beyond that. And right now he's just he
just wants to go out and win. Yeah, he does.
(41:18):
And you know, it's been a bit trying for him
so far in postseason. He's made three starts and his
ERA has been a little over seven with a batting
average of two fifty four, and it's not great. He
struggled in both of those NLDS starts against the Padres
and then most recently against the Mets, where he allowed
eight runs, eight earned runs, and walked forward those three innings.
(41:39):
But in the middle of those, Sandwiched in the middle
of those was a brilliant scoreless seven innings against in
the NLCS. Right, two hits allowed in Game one of
the NLCS, So you know which one is it gonna be?
And he's well arrested. He's of the moment. He's not
gonna be He's not gonna be tripped up by the
(42:00):
fact that this is a big, big it's the biggest
start of his life. But I think Jack's right there
for it. You know, either one Yamamoto or him, I
think they'd be ready for it. I think Jack's gonna
rise the occasion. He knows he can do it. Yeah.
I mean that Game one start the in NLCS was amazing. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (42:15):
If he can duplicate that what he did against the Mets,
that'll be fantastic. And speaking of the Mets, we got
a little clarification here Saxon about the incident heard around
the world with Kenny G. Okay, we found an article
Zach did here in studios found an article from the
La Times the same it's all about bad national anthems.
(42:36):
Oh it has said that same year, nineteen eighty eight,
the Dodgers narrowly averted a clubhouse riot when Kenny G
performed at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 3 (42:45):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (42:47):
Before the sixth game of the National League Playoffs against
the New York Mets.
Speaker 3 (42:51):
Oh, okay, that's what it was.
Speaker 4 (42:52):
The saxophoneist took two minutes rather than the normal minute
and a half to perform the national anthem. What more,
The Times reported at certain points in his rendition, it
didn't even sound like the national anthem.
Speaker 3 (43:07):
In as absolutely disgusting.
Speaker 4 (43:09):
Steve Sacks, Dodger second baseman, shook his fist at Kenny
g while waking walking back to the dugout after the performance,
which he later described as quote the worst I ever heard.
Dot dot dot It was terrible end quote. Mike Marshall concurred,
(43:32):
quote it was a disgrace to America.
Speaker 3 (43:36):
Quote I love it. There you go. Okay was what game? Now?
Game six at home?
Speaker 4 (43:43):
LA Times says game six of the nationally Championship series
against the New York Mets.
Speaker 3 (43:48):
Okay, all right, well my was it. I'm telling you guys,
it was the worst. And he got a registered official
rawlings right off the fibula, and I just love doing it.
Thank you so much. Absolutely, that is clarifying. Where and
when we.
Speaker 4 (44:05):
Are gonna get John Shelby on next week to talk
about the n City. We're gonna have a frame by
frame breakdown of what happened, because this is unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (44:14):
I love it.
Speaker 4 (44:15):
Oh yeah, We're gonna We're gonna search now see if
we can find this, because certainly Debbie Gibson's tremendous performance
in the World Series is documented out there. Peter sit
terris performance is documented.
Speaker 3 (44:28):
When we come back. You throw the meme out there
like mah, we'll come back.
Speaker 4 (44:33):
Get to more of your phone calls at busy eight
o'clock hour here on Saxon Kates and The AM. Andre
Ethier joins us. Next, one lucky Dodger fan is gonna
win a taco party courtesy of Chef Marito Carneis out
of tacos not chosen the Dodger helmets, and we're gonna
announce our Game two World Series tickets winner.
Speaker 3 (44:50):
And David Vassa joins us.
Speaker 4 (44:52):
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chef in you, Saxy. The morning shows are going crazy
here in Los Angeles, as we fully expected they would,
as they are all at Dodger Stadium doing their live shots.
All of them were in there freshly bought Dodger jerseys
and gear from the Dodger Clubhouse store, so they are
fired up for this game. Dodger fans certainly fired up
(02:37):
for this game. We're gonna get into the actual x'es
and o's coming up in just a little bit, Saxy,
because yes, there actually is a game to be played
tonight out of Dodger Stadium. All this lead up, all
this high media day yesterday, we actually have a game tonight.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
This gonna be fun. Yeah, that's that's gonna be. Actually,
the fun thing is we're gonna watch nineteens of baseball.
It's gonna be epic, it's gonna be unbelievable. And of course,
well I've got some good questions coming up for the
technical parts of this game that we're gonna say for
our guests, But I think you're we're going to see
the best that baseball has to bring all the hoopla,
all the talk, all that stuff. It's time. You know,
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that doesn't matter anymore. Let's see what happens between lines.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Yeah, and coming up in a few hours. I don't
know what time it needs to be submitted to Baseball,
but we'll find out probably the next two or three hours. Uh,
the twenty six man roster for both teams, the Dodgers
and Yankees. So there's gonna be I mean that time,
I think it's nine am this morning is when they
have to be officially announced through Major League Baseball. And
for the Dodgers. Yeah, there's some questions on who's going
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to be on this twenty six man roster. What's your
biggest the biggest chance is gonna be in the bullpen? Yeah,
it's gonna be. Yeah, Vessi is going to be out there,
and and maybe Bruce Dargraderole, I mean, Brent Honeywell Junior
is probably one of the odd man out. But who
else in that bullpen is the odd man out? Is
Land and Knack not going to be on this roster?
Has Ben Casparius as Enriquez.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Sperius probably will be. You need the lefty out there,
have you gotta have Vessie out there.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
A one hundred percent he's got to be out there
to go with Vonda. They need those guys joining us
now from Sports net LA. One of the good guys
out there, a longtime Major League comes from a family
of baseball players. He was a member of the two
thousand and nine Yankees World Series championship team, Yes, the
last time the Yankees were in the World Series and
won a World Series with two thousand and nine a
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Dodger as well. You see him on sports in net LA,
and we're great to have him this morning here on
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Speaker 3 (04:28):
He is Jerry Harrisdon Junior, Jay Hare. Good morning, buddy.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
How you doing so, jer Jake? Well, we are fired up.
Finally we're here, Jay Hare. We've had a week to
get ready for this World Series, all the storylines, all
the hooplah, the media day yesterday, and we finally got
baseball tonight for you. Having played for both of these franchises,
won a World Series in two thousand and nine with
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that Yankees team, how special is this to have this
matchup of two of your teams you played for.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
Well, it's extremely special, listen. You know, like you mentioned
I did play in New York. I still know a
lot of the people that are still there. Great franchise,
great organization. But this is what we all wanted because
these two teams are really great teams and also historical teams.
You know, anytime you get the Yankees in the World Series,
that's a great thing for baseball. Anytime you get the
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Dodgers in the World Series, it's a great thing for baseball.
But get these guys tend against each other. I mean,
it's nothing better in our sport. And also we have
generational talents on display of this World Series show here
Toddy versus Aaron Judge, Ron Soda versus Luking, Betts, Giancarnival
Stanton versus Freddie Freeman, plenty of star power. Best two
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teams in all of baseball going at each other in
the World Series. Can't wait?
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Well, Jerry, how's it going this morning? My friend go really.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Well, really happy?
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yeah? How bad?
Speaker 5 (05:53):
You could tell?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yes, exactly, Jerry, wanted to get your your opinion on
this is. You know a lot of question marks about
the pitching matchups Flairty against cole Is, Yama, Moto against Rhodon,
all these you know, Bueler against you know, Schmid just
I know they're not the exact lineups, but but those
are the three and that's their basic three. Do the
Dodgers have enough as far as starting pitching goes. I
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think they got to get thirty innings out of this
World Series from their starters to make this thing happen.
What's your thoughts on.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
I think they have enough. You know, we look, you know,
at our starters or against the Padres. Obviously the Padres
had a great ball club. In my opinion, the Padres
were the Dodgers' biggest threat leading up to the World Series.
They've showed they had enough. Now if we can get
those innings like you mentioned sactually thirty maybe thirty two,
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thirty three innings, that gives us enough link out of
a pitching staff as far as the stars to set
up our bullpen, you know, our bullpen now as well
lest expection, we have like a week uh in between
the NLCS and the World Series our bullpen as well,
lest just hopefully get Alex Specie and Bruce. I think
those are two dynamic pieces in the bullpen to kind
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of make gates their star power in the offense. So
I think if we get those starting to thirty three
eatings on our starters. That just set up our down
at bullpen.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
Yes, Jerry, I look at the roster and what they
have to submit for this twenty six man roster or
they've got too many guys for twenty six spots. And
that's a good problem to have at this point of
this season because that means guys have been produced when
called upon, whether in the NLDS or the NLCS. We'll
see what the roster looks like. But you mentioned if
Vessie have Bruce R. Graderol, two guys are going to
be on this roster, hopefully coming back from injuries. Miguel
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Rojas is a big question mark. If Rojas is available,
is he on the roster? Do you stick with what
that's worked in the last series with Tommy Edmond and
Key Key Hernandez playing those two spots that Miguel Rojas
could play. What do you do with Miguel Rojas?
Speaker 5 (07:56):
Well, I think if you do right on Ross, he's
a guy that you can bring in late in the game.
He used to elite at short. Especially if he's healthy,
you can maybe put him in late in the game.
But right now, as it's six. You know Tommy hadn't
been a swinging a hot bat Teak care nanas as well.
Most of those guys gotta play every day, I mean
without questions. So if you do, Addam mcguil rohas true
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that his roster, you can sertainly mix, mix and match
as far as defensive substitutions late in the game, when
we have a lead and pugil Ross back in short
suffware defensive, maybe have time he had to go back
to center field. Uh, you know lat in games. But
right now if a loss, I think he's the guy
that come up off the bench, not an every day play,
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especially with Tommy and Ti car swinging the bat.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Yeah, Jerry, we all know that Sho Hao Tani can
do a million things. Great, one of the things he's
not going to do is pitch. Dave Roberts dows that possibility,
uh yesterday. But might it be the speed of show
Hao Tani that could be a big factor. Is he
gonna run when he gets on? We saw him go
from first to home the other day and it looked
like a gazelle out there. Is there a chance that
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you know, we're gonna see him cut loose and maybe
that speeds a difference, Jah, that is.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
A great question. That's what normal is really talking about.
I'm glad you brought it up. I think a huge
difference between the rosters with the Dodgers and the Yankees
is the base run, the base ring running. The ability
of the Dodgers not just stealing bases but going first
to third running the bases. The Yankees is past season.
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Really want the best team on the base pass. I mean,
it's been well documented by their guys, by the media
over there. So I think heaving show Hal Tiny along
with guys like Brookie Bats Rookie Bets has done a
great job stealing bases in the postseason, and that Tom
Edmick could run. Cheekyr Nas has a little speed. I
think collectively that led by show Ale Tiny, they could
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take advantage of the Yankees Chick as far as being
a little smaller into the plate, yes, and taking that
after base because as you know, Sass, ninety feet is
huge in the World Series.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Oh yeah, Jerry, We're talking about this earlier. The calmness
at Media Day with all the hordes of media that
were there from around the world and the Dodger players
from Otani, Who's never been here before on this stage
to Mookie Bettch, so this is his third World Series appearance.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Freddie Frieman's won a World Series before.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
A lot of the core on this Dodgers team have
either been part of the twenty World Series, eighteen World
Series appearance, the seventeen World Series appearance. They've been around.
How much do you think that factor have been here
done that. We know the pressures of the Fall Classic
helped this Dodgers team.
Speaker 5 (10:43):
It definitely helps them. You know, these guys understand that
the game is still the same is just the outside
noise is huge. It's magnified, especially in a World Series
and especially with two teams, historic teams, big market means
like in lax sure media cover. So these players understand
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that they need to go out there. Let's continue to
play the game the way they play it all season
one because the most season, I think all the time
it's a different game. But the World Series is the
same thing as you were playing. As far as LDX
spot style of play. Nlcs go out there, execute and
the team that executes, don't think give the extra team
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X routes should be victorious in this series.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Jerry, there's gonna be a lot of emphasis obviously on
the top three for the Dodgers, but it's really the
bottom of the order that's been really the booie for
the team in many instances, setting up the situations for
Shoheo Tani to do what he does with runners on base.
Five day layoff against the Padres, no problem. Is this
five day layoff going to make a difference? And what
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do you think about the bottom of that order and
success as successful as they've been so far.
Speaker 5 (11:55):
Well, yeah, we we talk about play of star powers
on both sides. I think that is a different between
the Dodgers and the Yankees. The Ers are a great team.
I don't think they have nearly the depth that the
Dodgers do. Once through nine, the Dodgers put together and
string together gray at backs, and I think that is
a huge advantage for the Dodgers. Seven through nine have
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done an incredible job. We talked about Tommy. I know
it's fourth against left handed pitching a lot of times
because Ryan and pitching. He's a little down the order
sometimes hitting seventh at k hitting eight sometimes that is
a tremendous a manager. They continue to swing the back
and get on base for Shoale tiny Mookie Bets. What
a tremendous advantage it is for the Dodgers.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
Jack Flarity gets the start in Game one. What's Jack Flairity?
Do you think we see the one that struggled last
time out or the one who earlier in this playoffs
was really dominated against the New York Mets.
Speaker 5 (12:49):
Well, I think we're gonna see a guy that has
been great all season long. He had that hiccup in
New York, but everybody knows now he had the flu,
did not feel good at all. He's pitching on six days.
Anytime you get a pitcher like him in his attitude, Uh,
giving him extra day's rest, you know he's going to
be strong and itching to kind of wipe away in
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that performance he had against the match. So I don't
expect him to pitch well tonight. Give us a chance
to win and hopefully get deep in the ball.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Yeah, Jerry, My last one for you. Obviously. One strength
for the Dodgers a bullpen. It's been tremendous all year long,
been great in postseason. Yankees got a couple of good
guys down there as well, the left hander Hill coming
from way down low Weaver, their closer. How do these
two bullpens match up in your estimation?
Speaker 5 (13:36):
I think the biggest question mark he's going into the
postseason was that bullpen. I know, we've stepped up to
be the closer and he's had a really good run.
Their bullpen has really kind of shined in this postseason,
and I get I don't want to disrespect the Guardians.
I don't want to disrespect the Royals, but they're not
the Dodgers, so I'm I'm really anxious to see how
they're pitching. Stop the bullpen pitches the Yankees of all
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the clubs, pitched out in the zone. They're trying to
get you to chase. That's how they're effected if you
make sure you're disciplined at the plate the way that
Dons historically have been and in this postseason run, not
swinging our pitcher's pitches off the plate. They should put
themselves in here, friendly council, they do that, Sax, you
know what I do, Casey as well. They got damage
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when they put themselves in big possession. Take two Y three.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
W Jerry, we appreciate you joining us this morning. I
gotta know the most important question, where are you teaing
off this morning.
Speaker 5 (14:37):
Old Ranch, Old Ranch County Club.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Yeah yeah, love Old Ranch.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
All right, Well hit him straight this morning, have a
great round and we'll check you out on sports and
nl later later today.
Speaker 5 (14:49):
Believe it. Dodgers and seven Dodgers.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
And seven from Jerry Harrison Jr. There he goes on
his way to Old Ranch. If you're playing Old Ranch
this morning, look out you're on the lookout for some
from Jerry Harrison Junior out there on the golf course.
I'm so excited and finally to be actually the breaking
down this game. Saxy talking bullpens, talking matchups, talking Big
three versus their Big three, talking about the bottom of
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the lineup, Jack Flarity. I truly expect Jack Flarity to
look like the Jack Flarity he did his first time
around against the New York Mets in the NLCS. That
that hiccup in New York in Game five, I gotta
believe is just what it was, a blip on the radar.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
He'll be back to being Jack. You'll know early you'll
be And while you have the three components of pitching, velocity,
location and movement, I think velocity you know in all respects.
In the end, is probably the least important, but it
is important because it kind of sets up your other pitches.
It's it's important if you're throwing ninety ninety one, it's
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not all that important. If you're throwing, you know, ninety eight,
guys just turn it up. I mean, if you're throwing
ninety eight down the middle, they'll turn up the dial
and they'll they'll hammer it. So that is not a
problem that you can't solve if it's down the middle.
That's my question about Jack. Is he going to be
down the middle in ninety one or is he gonna
be on the fringes of the plate and being able to,
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you know, circumvent any of those dangerous areas where you know,
it's ninety one and down the middle, or is it
gonna be ninety four, ninety five and on the fringe,
then you got a better chance.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
How important is getting guys to chase, getting swinging missus
from guys, maybe chasing pitches out of the strike zone
from the Yankees, you know, and getting some help from
Jack Flerty there. You know, you don't have to be,
as you said, down the middle if he can get
some swinging missus and some chases from balls outside the zone.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
That's a big Thing's huge. I mean, imagine it's a
safety valve for you. You're not gonna get hurt if
you're throwing the ball that's not a strike because they're
not going to hit it well. But if they're at
the same time going to go out and chase that thing,
you have the confidence with your catcher behind the plate
in Will Smith, he can block anything back there, so
you can throw that pitch. You know, with guys on base,
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guys on second and third, you can still throw row
that nasty slider in the dirt and you know they're
gonna chase and he's gonna be's in a blocket. So
that's a comfort, you know, for the pitching staff.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
We'll hear from Jack Flaherty coming up in just a
little bit. Andre Ethier is gonna join us in less
than an hour. David vas Say will join us next hour.
Somebody is going to Game two of this World Series.
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one of the local news stations here on their morning shows,
felt the need to do a whole segment. And I
was watching this during the commercial break with graphics and
everything about your game day essentials. And here's what they
put up on their checklist. If you're going to Dodger
Stadium tonight, dress warm, Oh, dress cool, Because the weather
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changes at Dodger Stadium. It's gonna be hot when it starts,
it'll be cool in the later innings. Bring a sweater,
protect your skin with SPF, hats, sunglasses.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
Recommend not when the sun goes down though, No, no,
And this is.
Speaker 4 (20:08):
The most important thing. Remember to hydrate. Oh, folks, we're
not going to Coachella. Yeah, not one hundred and fifteen
degrees outside. It's gonna be seventy four degrees at first pitch.
The subt will be setting by the second or third inning.
It'll be absolutely gorgeous at sunset here in Los Angeles
for Game one of the World Series. We don't need
a checklist of hydrate sunscreen, dress warm, dress cool, Bring
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a sweater.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Yeah, come on, That to me sounds like mature hour.
He was getting ready for an earthquake or something, right,
you know, come on, then we're going to a baseball game.
I would say, where would you want get a drink
when you're there? And enjoy the game?
Speaker 4 (20:46):
Absolutely, That's what I would say. A different kind of hydrate.
Forget the water, go straight to the good stuff, go
straight for the booze. Man, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Enjoy the game absolutely, Savon rialto thanks for being with
us here on Saxon Caate in the am as we
lead you up to Game one of this freaking World Series.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
Let's go, Hey.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
Morning, Good morning guys. How you doing today?
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Good morning?
Speaker 6 (21:11):
Uh yeah, only share my Game one World Series experience
in nineteen eighty eight. Okay, like you're saying, Kate's the
orange hoo over Doctors Stadium is amazing once you entered
the stadium. Anyways, let me step back a little bit.
I bought my ticket for five hundred bucks off of
a friend of a friend. So three of us entered
the stadium and we're walking in and you see flash
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bobs going across and we're like, holy cow, what's going on? Well,
Mark Maguire was hitting bombs almost out of the stadium,
up high up in the pavilion and just like, oh
my god, I can't believe this. So we're walking through
the seats and I can't.
Speaker 5 (21:51):
Believe this happened.
Speaker 7 (21:52):
Neither.
Speaker 6 (21:53):
Debbie Gibson was there. She's sung in the national anthem.
I had a World Series program.
Speaker 5 (21:57):
She signed it.
Speaker 6 (21:59):
It was pretty awesome. So anyways, I got to my seat,
sit in my seat with some gentlemen and I'm like, okay,
we get security to help out with this the situation,
and security came up and they said, sir, your ticket
is hot. Your ticket is no good. I'm like what,
So they said where did you get the ticket? So
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I went and I said it was a friend of
a friend. He's sitting right over there. And so they
went and talked with them, and they came back and
they said, okay, sir, you can go ahead and stay
in the stadium. We're not going to kick you out.
You can just kind of meander around. So my buddy,
he swapped seats with me all game. When we stayed
for the whole game, we got to see Gibbey's home run.
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Of course, a lot of the crowd left, so I
was able to get a seat closer once the game ended.
When Gibby hit that home run. Two grown men twenty
years old, hugging each other, we barely Breathe left the
stadium hand stinging. You know, that experience was priced. That's
five hundred bucks I ever spent in my life. I
just wanted to share that story, guys, All right, Sam.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
So you bought an illegal ticket, got into Dodgers DABIU
in nineteen eighty eight and got to see Steve Sacks
and Kirk Gibson and the crew in Game one of
the World Series.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
So okay, at least they kept you in there. They
didn't kick you out Dodger Stadium. So that's a good thing.
That's a good thing, right. But you know what, that
is the best five hundred bucks because people still talk
about that home run and they will for a long
long time. Oh yeah, that's it's Kirk Gibson's home run.
It's going to live in infamy, you know what. You
know what, It was great though, when you see it
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on replay and you see the view from up up,
you know, like the camera that was up in the
stands and you see the ball going out. All you
see is the ball and they're tracking the ball going out,
and in the background you can see the cars that
are leaving that were they left during the seventh inning.
They're trying to get out of the stadium and they're
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obviously listening to Vinnie call the shot, and all the cars,
the red lights of the break lights are just slammed
at the same time, and people were going like, damn,
I left too early, you know what I mean? Yeah,
I just thought that was hilarious. It's the best to
see those tail lights of people. Yeah. Wow. Do you
remember Debbie Gibson singing the national anthem?
Speaker 6 (24:16):
Then?
Speaker 3 (24:17):
Debbie Gibbson was a rock star? He was a rock star.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
Did she sing it that day? I have no clue
if that's what the gentleman Paul just said, so I'm
gonna take off his work. Yeah if he If he's
remember that, it sounds like around the time where she
was really, you know, a big star, right yeah? Oh yeah,
huge huge in nineteen eighties. Tonight you got Brad Paisley,
country superstar doing the national anthem tonight on race.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Yeah. Hey, Brad's a huge Dodger fan by Did I
tell you what I did to Kenny G one time?
Did you take his what does he play the saxophone
or flavor or whatever. Yeah, he plays all that, you know,
clarinet and whatever. But it was in Oakland, and it
was did I tell you the store to him?
Speaker 5 (24:52):
No?
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Okay, Well, you know, since you and me the only
ones listening right now, just the two of us, just
two of us. John Shelby was standing next to me.
I'll make this quick because I don't like to you know,
kind of drown on. But we're on the line. You
know you're on the line there, you get introduced. Kenny
g Is is star searching the National Anthem. Okay, he
thinks that this is a Star Search competition when he's
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doing the other I like the anthem done very traditional,
like I like the words that Francis scott Key wrote
when he wrote the National Anthem. And you're listening and
it's supposed to be traditional, and then you get people
up there that sing it for themselves or they play
an instrument for themselves and they're like they're on Star Search.
That really ticks me off. And guys would like, come
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in the locker room and tell me sucks. You don't
go out there. You're not gonna like the anthem? No,
because they know I'd get ticked off, so I would
just stay in the clubhouse sometimes rather than hear a
disrespectful national anthem. I love it. So Kenny G is
playing the anthem like a star shirts and he finishes,
and John Shelby had a ball in his pocket and
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I said, John, give me the ball. He gave me
the ball, and I'm telling you, I took one step back.
It was like magic, stepping back on the three point
line and I just heaved this this hardball and I
hit that dude right in the ankle, short hopped him.
Short hopped him right in the ankle, and you can
see him limping off the field. And I'm like, yeah,
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take that, Kenny G. Don't disrespect the anthem. How have
you been sitting on this story forever? This is the
greatest story ever. So it was like boom right in
the fibula. I mean, I just drilled this dude, and
you know what, I'm surprised you didn't see me, but
I was right on with the shot. I thought, I'm
gonna have some good defensive place today. I just drilled
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Kenny G in then, and they like, this isn't the
World Series. In the World Series yeah in Oakland. Yep, yeah,
I did it. I tell you, I don't go for
that disrespect in the anthem stuff. I mean, you know
what I'm with. You's been three minutes and practice how
it's done, and know the words when you get up
there like you're supposed to. But don't disrespect the anthem.
I don't like that. I love it. I absolutely loved
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the ankle.
Speaker 4 (26:59):
What was it anybody that any of the teammates start
laughing and really dying laughing, dying laughing, Yeah, Kenny did
Kenny g look around like, well, yeah he was.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
He was like who that? I thought he probably thought
there was a sniper in this and you think he's
under sniper fire right there or something like where'd this
cone wrong?
Speaker 5 (27:14):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (27:14):
No, I'm kiddy. Saxophone they got he got a rawling's
registered official right there above above the the above above
the ankle, bango right in the ankle. I loved it.
That is awesome. What a great story. Yes, it's true story.
You've been sitting on this for all these years. I
never told you. I know I told you this story.
Have you have you nailed anybody else with the baseball
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during the national anthem?
Speaker 2 (27:37):
No?
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Well, not with the baseball, but I did boo Donnie
Osmond one time in in Minnesota when I was a
member of the Yankees. He was star searching the damn
thing up and I was I was right there on
the dugout standing in attention and the very end of
the song or Lando the Free, you know, and he
was going like a Lando the Free, Yeah you know
that stuff. Oh yeah, And I just let out a
(27:58):
boo a lot of I could, and he actually looked
right at me. Jo home plate and the dugout are
like fifteen feet away. It's just really close. And I
booed the hell out of him, right in his face,
and he looked right at me, and I'm like, well,
too bad, dude, Sorry Donnie Osmond, Sorry Donnio. Not your
moment to shine, buddy, No, no, no, no, this isn't
(28:20):
star search. And I booed the hell out of him too.
Two guys, I really gave it to him. I love it.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
That is awesome, true stories, that is awesome. I wish
there was. There's gotta be video of you nailing Kenny
g with the Bears. Has to be limping off off
of the field. We're gonna have to look at the YouTube.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
There's got to be a video of it. Just got
to hit him right in the ankle. I love it.
Speaker 4 (28:38):
I know, I love it. That is awesome. That is
absolutely awesome. Hopefully nobody. You know, Brad Paistley does a
great job. We love Brad Paisley. Oh he's a listener
to seventy and Dodger talk and everything.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
He knows. He knows me. He better do it right
now because I might be a sniper over there right
head on his swivel for Steve Zach throwing a baseball
at you. I love it. I love it.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
Reggie in La Joyce is now here on a La
Sports Be careful. Reggie might get a baseball of the leg.
Speaker 8 (29:03):
All right, Hey man, you know we're talking about Yankees
and all that.
Speaker 9 (29:08):
Yeah, yeah, we know about that.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
The most important thing we need to.
Speaker 8 (29:11):
Find out right now, Steve Sacks, what's the best national
anthem you've ever heard? Because to me, it's Whitney Houston one. Yeah,
Lillian and Gussia two and Boyce to men three.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Yeah, Well you got sacked.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
I got listen. If you don't sing the anthem right
outside of Whitney Houston. Her rendition is the best no question.
But these other people that try to be Whitney Houston. No,
you're not gonna be Whitney Houston. There's only one of her.
There was only one of her, and nobody did it
like that. That's the best rendition ever. I agree with you.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Oh, and I'm glad we agree on it because when
she sang it, I was I don't know if I've
ever been more moved than when to Wait Crime.
Speaker 3 (29:55):
Yeah. Yeah, And people try to do it like that
and it's like, no, you're no Whitney Houston. She's the
only one that could do that. Reggie.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
I think I think, I think if you googled Lily
and Garcia, I think she would be your number two.
Speaker 10 (30:06):
She was.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
She used to be the WWE announcer.
Speaker 10 (30:09):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
I think if you saw her do it, I think
you'd be proud of that.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
Okay, all right, appreciate it, Reggie.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Are you okay with somebody playing the guitar or the
instrument because you know, Kenny g wasn't singing right, he
was playing the saxophone.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
Of course we'll do it. And then he was really
just you know, Kenny gan it out. Yeah, I mean
it's I guess it's okay, but just do it right.
You know, my niece is a country western singer Elena Jane.
You check her out, Okay, and and uh you know,
I've talked to my niece and I said, look, Lena,
she's done the anthem all over including Dodger Stadium. I'm like, uh, hun,
(30:42):
please for Uncle Steven, don't don't don't, don't, don't screw
it up. Okay. And she knows, she knows she's gonna
go out, and she does it right. She bangs it out.
She's really good Elena Jane, so she knows she'll catch
the rat if she does it different. Yeah, Uncle Steve
was gonna get after her. Even they gonna dig that.
Speaker 4 (30:58):
She's gonna get a baseball to the leg. It's like
kadyj did. Let's go to Tepi and Covina. Next up
here with Saxon Kates and Am Tepi.
Speaker 11 (31:08):
Good morning, Good morning, guys. You know, today's my birthday
and I'm just feeling the energy. It's a beautiful day.
I woke up early, and I feel that the stars
are aligned press this year for the Dodgers. We're gonna
go all the way. I think everybody's focused and My
(31:28):
question is I looked online this morning. What's the lineup
this morning?
Speaker 4 (31:32):
Lineup has talked about yet? Yeah, linup has not come out,
Tappy appreciate happy birthday. Lineup has not come out yet.
I think we're still about ninety minutes away or so
from the roster being announced, and that's gonna be a
big thing to see what the twenty six man roster
for this World Series is going to look like. With
the bullpen getting some boosts from Bruce Dargraderole and Alex Vesia,
(31:54):
but that also means two guys that are currently on
the nl NLCUS roster and helped out the Dodgers will
be removed from the World Series roster. I think it's
probably gonna be Brent Honeywell and one of the young
arms down there. They certainly still need to keep one
of the bullpen relievers to be a long inning bulkeanting guy, right, Yeah, sure,
you still need one of those guys around. Maybe Brent
Honeywell survives it makes the World Series roster for what
(32:17):
he did in Game five of the NLCS. Maybe Landon
Neck isn't on the World Series roster, one of maybe
Ben Casparius or Edgardo Henriquez, the young right handed or
is not on the roster for the World Series. It's
tough decisions. I mean, Gail Rojas, what do you tell me,
Gail Rojas if he's healthy. Sorry, you know, we've moved on.
We've got guys who are just playing great right now
(32:37):
and Tommy Edman and Geek Aernandez. I mean, these are
tough decisions.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
I don't think you're I think Rojas will probably be
on the on the roster. I don't know if he's
gonna start though, that can can't he can't, right, No, no, no, no,
huh huh No. He could come off the bench. Somebody
gets hurt. You could pinch it. He could, you know,
going for defense late if needed, but not not starting.
That's not gonna happen. No, no, you can't mess with
what has been good for this Dodgers team. Exactly, yeah, exactly.
(33:03):
They'll go with the momentum and the flow and hey,
you think about the whole thing, tim The Dodgers are
in such a great you know, sans the maybe one
more pitcher they'd like to have, But other than that,
everything is going good. They've got the momentum, the stars
are shining that somebody knew all the time. And get this,
it doesn't have to be show hey every minute, right,
(33:23):
that's great about this team. That is awesome.
Speaker 4 (33:25):
Dustin and Chatsworth here in the eight one eighth the
San Fernando Valley. Good morning, Dustin, Good morning.
Speaker 9 (33:31):
Just listening to you guys every day this week, and
it's been a blast. And I love the Dodgers, the
Dodters fan since the early eighties, and just wanted to
put the word out that let's let's go Dodgers beat
the Yankees.
Speaker 4 (33:46):
Yeah here, yeah, let's go Dustin. You're right, Let's let's
go out and beat those Yankees. Oscar and Baldwin Park,
You're next up here with Sax and Kate's in the
am on Friday morning, October twenty fifth.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
It's game day, folks. It's Game one of the World Series.
What's up? Oscar?
Speaker 7 (34:00):
One of the gentlemen, one of the rest of the sea,
Fernando Venezuela. Olah, yeah, there you go, hey, real quick, man,
I'm nervous about this game. I'm not gonna lie. Got
changing my routine this morning, little bit. I feel like
I'm feel like I'm out. I'm about to go play myself. Man,
I just want to go out and get it, protect
the home field and go too old. Uh and real quick.
(34:23):
Fernando Venezuela, I remember see him in the late eighties.
I missed Fernando Mainia. I wasn't born yet well in
the late eighties.
Speaker 10 (34:30):
Uh.
Speaker 7 (34:31):
I I the movie that Bamba was out, Richie Vallens.
Speaker 5 (34:34):
Uh and my parents I like that movie.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
A love Richie Valens is the story. And my parents
joking on the first time I saw Fernando pitching, they said, oh,
that's balance because his real life in Venezuela, they said
he was related to him. So for the longer I
thought he was related to Richie Valens, you know. The
later I found out he was it. But Rey real
quick too. So the fellows out there you feel the
Uh we go to Dodger Stadium, you see those beautiful
make canas at the latinas. Fernando helped bring that back
(34:59):
to the same So that's his legacy right there. Do
you guys have a good day.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
Let's go Dodgers, all right, Oscar love it man.
Speaker 4 (35:05):
Yeah, he brought the mexicanas back to Dodger Stadium. Love
and that's great, love it. Thanks for the phone call.
Eight six six, nine eighty seven two five seventy. Got
one line open if you want to jump on board.
We got a busy rest of the show coming up,
but you are gonna be a part of it. We'll
hear from Jack Flaherty. Andre Ethier joins us after the
top of the hour. Somebody is gonna go to Game
two of the World Series. One lucky winner right here
(35:27):
on scam is also gonna win a taco party for
twenty courtesy is Chef Marito. That's coming up, David and Tim.
Speaker 3 (35:35):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
Yeah, I've been working on it. Yeah, roll the urs Marito.
Steve's got his keys to the game. We got a
lot to get to. Thanks for being with us on
your commute as you make your way to work, take
the kids to school, out and about getting ready for
Gabe one of the World Series Sax and Kates in
the am right here on a FI seventy ice Sports.
(36:01):
Saxon Kates in the Am on a five to seventy
LA Sports. You're a home of the Dodgers. You're a
home in the World Series Game one tonight from the
Galput Motors broadcast with the first pitch coming up at
five ozho eight. Garrett Cole goes for the Yankees, Jack
Flaherty who goes for the Dodgers. We'll hear from Jack
Flarerty in just a minute. Andre Ethier will join us
after the top of the hour. David Vesse joins us
(36:21):
in the eight o'clock hour as well. We got tickets
to Game two of the World Series to give away
to one lucky winner. Also, one lucky Dodger fan right
here on scam is gonna win a taco party for
twenty where Chef Maurito will bring a chef out and
cook some tacos, some carne asada and make some nachos
and those cool Dodger helmets for you, all courtesy of
the official seasoning of the Dodgers Chef Mariito Durian break
(36:45):
Zach and I and Michelle were looking up on YouTube
nineteen eighty eight World Series national anthems, and we were
looking for the video like the suppruterer Pilm. We're trying
to find the video of you just dotting Kenny G
with a baseball. Cannot find the video of Kenny G.
But we did find video of Debbie Gibson singing the
(37:06):
national anthem in game one of the World Series of
Dodger stated, which is very cool. She did a great
job singing that. We listened to it during the break.
And then Peter Satara saying in game four in Oakland
the national anthem, when you guys were up there playing
the Oakland a so found Peter couldn't find game five.
We can only find game one, Debbie Gibson. In game four,
(37:27):
Peter Satara and maybe.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
Did okay job. You know it's you know, it wasn't
it was. It wasn't great really like he did. He
kind of meander a little bit. No we for him.
Speaker 4 (37:43):
We just listened like he had a harmonica out just
to get us his key right, and then he sang
it and we listened to the first couple of lines
of it. It was, you know, it was all right,
Debbie Gibson. You know, first couple of lines, it's like
she's a rock star. You know, she looks great. She
sounded great, Debbie Gibson.
Speaker 3 (38:01):
And you know we should probably do. We got to
get John Shelby on maybe for next week. Yeah, it's
just a quick guest, have to and you can he
can tell you about the the the the skip off,
the off, the leg of Kenny g That guy loved it.
That was phenomenal story, Absolutely awesome, John John. I made
John Shelby laugh more than I just love to make
(38:22):
John Shelby laugh. He laughed all the time at my
jokes and he loved that one. He loved it. So
maybe we got to get him on.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
We have to.
Speaker 4 (38:31):
I will reach out and see if we can track
him down. I think he's living down with Sarasota, Florida
right now.
Speaker 3 (38:35):
Great, he's the best. He's the best guy.
Speaker 4 (38:37):
Tonight we got Jack Flaherty on the mound, the game
one starter for the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (38:41):
You know the story.
Speaker 4 (38:42):
Born in Burbank, grew up here in the San Fernando Valley,
went to Harvard west Lake High School. Was a standout
high school pitcher. Pitched a Championship CIF victory for Harvard
Westlake on the mounted Dodger Stadium. Was drafted by the
Saint Leuis Cardinals, one of the top prospects for them.
Went to the Orioles went to the Tigers in the offseason,
signed a one your deal, trying to see if he
can look cash in After a good twenty twenty four season,
(39:04):
was traded to the Dodgers at the deadline, pitched well
for them at the end of the regular season, has
pitched good for them here in the postseason, and tonight
he gets the game one. Starting to hear he is
yesterday talking to the media about his excitement for being
on the mountain night.
Speaker 10 (39:17):
You control, you can control and go out and prepare,
you get ready with on the days in between, you're
ready to go just you know, a different opponent out there,
and you just you know, treated like you would any
other series or any other game. So you know, everything
else stays the same, everything in between stays the same.
Speaker 3 (39:34):
It's just everything on.
Speaker 10 (39:35):
The outside kind of changes crazy. Even you just look
at California in general, of the guys that have come
out of here, even some guys that aren't playing. You
look at Glass and you know, what a what a
role he played for this team for majority of the year,
and how much he you know, he'd.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
Love to be out there.
Speaker 10 (39:49):
But uh, you know, the talent overall, and you kind
of look at it, you know, not even just nationwide, worldwide,
when you when you add in all the players and
and and just how deep that this this series is
with with talent and and and and the guys and
the names that are out there. Uh, it's the star
studded as it gets, you know it just uh you
(40:11):
you got to go out there and execute your pitches,
and you gotta get.
Speaker 3 (40:14):
Him out in the zone.
Speaker 10 (40:15):
And you know, you just got to keep making the
pitch after pitch after pitch and not you know, not
really give in and uh, just continue to execute, continue
to go one pitch after another, and not you know,
you don't you don't really group them all together.
Speaker 3 (40:27):
Each pitch.
Speaker 10 (40:28):
You gotta you gotta take it one pitch at a time,
and then you know, once that one's done, you move
on to the next one and then move on to
the next one. So the more that you can slow
things down, and the more that you can you can
truly focus on the process of of each and every
pitch and.
Speaker 3 (40:42):
And and what's going on, I think the better better spot.
Speaker 4 (40:45):
You end up being an All Right, there's Jack Flaherty
yesterday talking to the media. He sounds grounded, he sounds
ready to go. He sounds like a guy that knows
this is a big start, but the moment is not
going to be too big.
Speaker 3 (40:58):
For him, and I get it. He's tied to hearing
the whole local boy, come back, local guy coming back
where he used to go to games as a kid
at Dodger Stadium. He's done with that. That that narrative
was cool when he first got here, he was on
the station talking about that. I was cool. But I
think he's beyond that. And right now he's just he
just wants to go out and win. Yeah, he does.
(41:18):
And you know, it's been a bit trying for him
so far in postseason. He's made three starts and his
ERA has been a little over seven with a batting
average of two fifty four, and it's not great. He
struggled in both of those NLDS starts against the Padres
and then most recently against the Mets, where he allowed
eight runs, eight earned runs, and walked forward those three innings.
(41:39):
But in the middle of those, Sandwiched in the middle
of those was a brilliant scoreless seven innings against in
the NLCS. Right, two hits allowed in Game one of
the NLCS, So you know which one is it gonna be?
And he's well arrested. He's of the moment. He's not
gonna be He's not gonna be tripped up by the
(42:00):
fact that this is a big, big it's the biggest
start of his life. But I think Jack's right there
for it. You know, either one Yamamoto or him, I
think they'd be ready for it. I think Jack's gonna
rise the occasion. He knows he can do it. Yeah.
I mean that Game one start the in NLCS was amazing. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (42:15):
If he can duplicate that what he did against the Mets,
that'll be fantastic. And speaking of the Mets, we got
a little clarification here Saxon about the incident heard around
the world with Kenny G. Okay, we found an article
Zach did here in studios found an article from the
La Times the same it's all about bad national anthems.
(42:36):
Oh it has said that same year, nineteen eighty eight,
the Dodgers narrowly averted a clubhouse riot when Kenny G
performed at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 3 (42:45):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (42:47):
Before the sixth game of the National League Playoffs against
the New York Mets.
Speaker 3 (42:51):
Oh, okay, that's what it was.
Speaker 4 (42:52):
The saxophoneist took two minutes rather than the normal minute
and a half to perform the national anthem. What more,
The Times reported at certain points in his rendition, it
didn't even sound like the national anthem.
Speaker 3 (43:07):
In as absolutely disgusting.
Speaker 4 (43:09):
Steve Sacks, Dodger second baseman, shook his fist at Kenny
g while waking walking back to the dugout after the performance,
which he later described as quote the worst I ever heard.
Dot dot dot It was terrible end quote. Mike Marshall concurred,
(43:32):
quote it was a disgrace to America.
Speaker 3 (43:36):
Quote I love it. There you go. Okay was what game? Now?
Game six at home?
Speaker 4 (43:43):
LA Times says game six of the nationally Championship series
against the New York Mets.
Speaker 3 (43:48):
Okay, all right, well my was it. I'm telling you guys,
it was the worst. And he got a registered official
rawlings right off the fibula, and I just love doing it.
Thank you so much. Absolutely, that is clarifying. Where and
when we.
Speaker 4 (44:05):
Are gonna get John Shelby on next week to talk
about the n City. We're gonna have a frame by
frame breakdown of what happened, because this is unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (44:14):
I love it.
Speaker 4 (44:15):
Oh yeah, We're gonna We're gonna search now see if
we can find this, because certainly Debbie Gibson's tremendous performance
in the World Series is documented out there. Peter sit
terris performance is documented.
Speaker 3 (44:28):
When we come back. You throw the meme out there
like mah, we'll come back.
Speaker 4 (44:33):
Get to more of your phone calls at busy eight
o'clock hour here on Saxon Kates and The AM. Andre
Ethier joins us. Next, one lucky Dodger fan is gonna
win a taco party courtesy of Chef Marito Carneis out
of tacos not chosen the Dodger helmets, and we're gonna
announce our Game two World Series tickets winner.
Speaker 3 (44:50):
And David Vassa joins us.
Speaker 4 (44:52):
It's all coming up right here Saxon Kates and AM
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