November 3, 2025 • 46 mins
A day of celebration in Los Angeles for the Dodgers World Series win. DVR with Vassegh after the parade through DTLA and party at Dodger Stadium. Great Sports Talk
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A Stone's Throw if you hold the world record for
most scared by a stone over a pond. From Dodger Stadium.
As we made our way up the five North, you
could still see.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
I used to think that because of my ability to
skip rocks at Cabrio Beach and Royal Palms and Sampedro,
that I could get a future, that I could be
in those contests because I'm pretty good, right. I felt
that way rat Beach, and then I saw what those
men could do with those rocks in a very calm,
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you know, on a stream or some perfect conditions. Yeah,
And I mean I've never seen rock like just still
going unbelievable, still just varied. So but a ton of
people a stones throw from Dodger Staate.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Stones throw And as I passed the Stadium Way exit
coming north on the five somewhere about two fifteen ish,
still a ton of cars pouring out. Obviously no surprise.
The millions of people that poured into the streets as
the buses drove by, with our David Vass doing all
the interviews for Spectrum Sportsnet, and then the tens of
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thousands that packed Dodger Stadium a reminder of which sports
team runs this town and what they mean to this town.
And it was a heck of a day of celebration.
We thought last year was a big deal, My god,
this year was absolute insanity out there.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
If you missed any of the coverage from today's championship
parade in celebration at Dodgers Stadium, you can podcast with
Tim Kats and David Vassy work together for like four hours,
five hours on the iHeartRadio app. I heard them at
nine am getting on the air from the suite with
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Steve Sachs and David Vasse down on the buses, and
they did a hell of a job. What time did
you start working, Ronnie?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
I got here about eleven o'clock. Just before eleven o'clock.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
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dot com. What a wonderful day of celebration and good
feelings it was. I don't know what else can be
said about the work that David Vassay, just on the
radio side, the work that David and Tim Kates, our
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own executive producer, have put in, and how much they care.
Tim Kates went full pirate radio on Saturday. He was
sitting here waiting for a Marongo casino Dodgers on deck
to start, and he was listening to Fox Sports Radio
and it was all NFL talk and the hell with
this take it down. He knocked an hour out and
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just took calls and talked Dodgers because he knew how
excited everybody was and how excited everybody's gonna be Game seven,
but not just the Clippers, which we have tonight.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
I don't know we've I don't know if.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
They'd allow fully functional employee at him to knock out
Fox Sports Radio programming for a Clipper Game seven, but
for the Dodgers, absolutely and just great.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Did extend Fox Sports Radio for a half hour.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
By everybody. Just absolutely tireless and joyful work from everybody
here at the station, And of course I'm Dodgers.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
I would describe it p the effort that was put in.
And again you're talking about a straight up month one
month of Tim Kats doing a six to nine AM show,
producing the Petros and Money Show, hosting Dodgers on Deck,
still hosting some Dodgers talks as Dave Assay is traveling
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from spot to spot with the team whenever they may
be leaving, coming or going. I would say it's a
ring worthy level of effort, is what we're talking about.
I mean, it's a championship, and it's a championship that's
won by players on a field and coaches in a
dugout and on a practice field and on the backfields
and in the bullpens. But it's also a product of
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a fandom that spends somewhere around eight hundred million dollars
on these Dodgers every single year, and there has to
be a vehicle to get those dollars to provide for
all of these players in these coaches. If it was
up to me, Matt championship ring worthy effort, he'd had three.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Rings twenty twenty, twenty twenty four, and twenty twenty five.
It's a modello meets a lot of Monday.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Ez.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
Well, I'm sure that some modellas were consumed on and
off the bus in and out of Dodger Stadium celebratory day.
On the one ten, saw a bunch of people honking
and waving their flags and holding their hat out the window.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Save deal.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
On the five, I had a friend traveling up to
LA for Orange County. Literally the first car that got
stopped by the cops when the Dodger with parade hit
the one ten right there wherever it was Grand Avenue
is what I'm guessing it was Grand.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Yeah, it went down Grand there, upper Grand on. A
modello meets a lot on Monday. We want to remind
you that it's not a michelada. If it's not made
with a multo which is a reward for those of
the fighting spirit. And who has a fighting spirit more
than los dollars? I mean you come back, coming back
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and back again. Talk for a three peet already.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
The mark of a fighter.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Oh is what the Dodgers have and they have shown it.
You don't even know where to start when it comes
to these playoffs.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Don't know where to stop.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
And the way well today we stop today is it?
Speaker 2 (06:43):
I mean up there on the stage, it's like, hey,
Niggi Ross got to talk, kick a Rnanda's got to talk.
Almost feel like Pie has got to talk about making
that catch and say something to these fans. There's so
many dudes that contributed to this thing coming together in
seven games. It was wild. You could think of how
how many different guys you would want to address the
crowd because of their impact in putting this thing together
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and winning the first ever back to back World Series
championships in franchise history.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Now, as far as our schedule goes, we will have
David Vassa on to recap the day.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
A glorious day.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
It's fluid.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
He had everybody from Edward James almost to Clayton Kershaw
to Freddie Freeman, I mean anybody you could think of.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I was harassing poor wand to get Freddy Freeman over, well,
get them on and talking to those boring ass riders.
Rodgers Radio needs.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
So Dave will be on in the very next segment
and we will recap with Dave and then hopefully give
Dave some time off and maybe a week or so,
maybe months, but Dave needs some time.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
On meat off day. Dodger Talk tomorrow, Dave, We're gonna
need it. DMS going three to seven tomorrow, I want
seven to eight. Those days are over now. On Friday
of this week, we are going to replay Game seven,
so we do have that going on. But David Vasse
is going to join us in the very next segment
and a little later in the show in the four
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o'clock hour, Matt the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers,
dog our friend Jim Harbaugh, coming off of victory in
Tennessee and of course a huge baseball fan and very
excited about the Dodger victory. He wants a little piece
of it. He wants in So Jim Harbaugh will.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Join us in about an hour and fifteen minutes and
we'll be able to talk to the iconic coach, maybe
one of the great football coaches of the last thirty
years that I can think of, and a lot of levels.
Jim Harbaugh will join us, which is always fun to
talk to Jim Harbaugh on the show. So we got
that going, and Matt and I are going all the
way until six thirty tonight, because.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Unless Adam demands more time, like Tim Kates decided, no, oh,
that's not the Pirate Radio. If Adam's like, hey listen,
we're playing the Heat tonight, I think that was an
extra half hour weekend thing. Weekend thing.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Yeah, pregame starts at six point thirty, tip off at
seven thirty right here on AM five seventy LA Sports.
And I thought it was interesting because I went on
with Bill Handle this morning. I almost forgot, but thank
you to Annie Ingold for calling and waking me up
and reminding me. And the com Rex was busy because
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Neil was on the com Rex so well, I just
did the phone and the first thing Bill Handle on
KFI asked me, Hey, there's the Jonathan Club. The first
thing he asked me was I think Toronto was the
better team? Do you think Toronto was the better team?
Speaker 2 (09:44):
It's been a very common theme through this.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
And I kind of I'm not saying I was taken
aback by the question because Bill Handle's a contrarian, and
so am I, so I certainly understand the sentiment.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Jonathan Club's on on a figure row. I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
It's not the Jonathan club Man and the California the
California clubs on flower.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
We're watching parade highlights. It's Jonathan's cheeky cousin, Johnny.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
The thing I thought, The first thing I thought was
how can you have a seven game series, go seven games,
win four of them and say that Toronto was the
better team. You could say Toronto was by far the
second best team in the major leagues, and that they
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were a hell of a matchup for the Dodgers, and
they made it really hard on the Dodgers to overcome
their greatness. Toronto's greatness and their scrappy nature and their
approach at the plate and their pitching and you Savage
and all the different things that they had. But the
Dodgers won four out of seven games.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Oh, you go up three to two and you're playing
and you have to just win one of two games
at home. In game six or seven.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
Or two outs away from one and all.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
And I think that's sort of what the pushback has
been about them being the better team, is that the
execution was what doomed them. That you've got a guy
that should not have slid into home plate. If he
just runs through that force outh that Migey Rojas had
to dig out and doesn't slow his momentum in a
play that he was out by maybe a half of
an inch, they win the World Series if the guy
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doesn't get doubled up on a crate. And you can
do that forever for any team and play through the
circumstances of one play that could have changed everything.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Because as you go farther and farther in a championship
and it becomes more and more meaningful, the margins become
smaller and smaller, and literally you saw exactly what those
margins were. Two inches year, two inches there, This guy's out,
This guy's safe.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
How did Pie has hold onto that ball crashing into
Kei k a Hernandez full speed?
Speaker 3 (11:50):
Get out of the way a little bit.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Yeah, I mean like, yeah, that's that's championship baseball. Like
that's ultimately when you have two teams that are playing
either at a super high level or they're all trying
to overcome the adversity in game and throughout the course
of a series. Yeah, that's what's going to decide a
seven game series that ends up going eleven innings after
Game three win eighteen innings. It just I think the
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better way to put it is Toronto was a much
better team than a lot of people gave them credit
for being when this series started and the way the
odds laid out and the number one, you know, the
favorite was Dodgers in five by the odds makers, and
I think that's what led to a lot of the
pushback of well, they were a lot better than the
Dodgers in this series. They just they played a real
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they top it was an incredible world series. He got
an unbelievable seven game series.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
You got to put your foot on the throat of
the champion and finish it. And they were close, but
they did not finish it.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
They had eighteen innings. They were tame three. They were
the better team in Canada. No, they were not. Well,
you know, they lost three of the four games. Just
as far as yes, if you were to pit all
the baseball teams in Canada against one another.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
How dare you car they were the best Canadian team available, Matt.
They were the best team tennis.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
I'm gonna have to dig into that a little bit,
you know. We gotta get into the Northwest territories there
and see what's over there.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
But the timeline is as follows. Last November two, I
believe I was in Boise, Idaho to do a football game,
and that was when the Dodgers had the twenty twenty
four championship parade, Matt, which you said it was inspiring
and this was even crazy.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
It was nuts out there.
Speaker 4 (13:32):
Which is amazing to think. And then February eleventh, they
were among the first to report for spring training. March twelfth,
the Dodgers flew to Tokyo. They played the Cubs March
eighteenth and nineteenth in Japan, Remember when they weren't ever
gonna lose.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Two weeks before any other team had to play a
baseball game.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Then they began the regular season eight to zero. On
May third, they were twenty three to ten, and then
the Dodgers from then on were basically a five hundred
team from early May through September sixth boo and over
the next one hundred and nine games. They were fifty
five and fifty four through that period. September sixth loss
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was the Yamamoto near no hitter in Baltimore, which does
carry a certain amount of irony given what's happened since then.
And after the Dodgers went fifteen and five to close
out the regular season, they were a ninety three and
sixty nine team, and then the postseason hit and they
were thirteen and four in the postseason.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
That dominated the first three rounds.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
And they clinched the World Series in Toronto on November first,
so one year almost to the day they clinched the
World Series. After the parade from twenty twenty four, Opening
Day twenty twenty six is March twenty sixth at Dodger
Stadium versus the Diamondbacks, and God willing, we'll all be
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there to celebrate this team and their efforts for a
three peat, which everybody was. I was on the front
of everybody's lips, in the back of their throats to that.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Even sho Hao Tani, who delivered his address to the
Dodger Stadium crowd in English and English and thanked them
for all their support, said he loved winning the championship
and that he wanted to do it again and that
he would see them back there next year. So yes,
that was the prevailing sentiment. They had a plane that
spelled it out in the sky, the pat Riley trademark
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when he was with the Lakers three peat that they
were not able to accomplish. But there's no reason to
believe with what this team has, who's locked up, the
amount of finances they have at their disposal to plug
any other holes that they may seek the plug.
Speaker 4 (15:55):
They'll be a contender, no doubt. Here is yamamotos greeting
in English, which was pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Also, I love it.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
I love.
Speaker 4 (16:09):
Pretty awesome. Yamamoto was fantastic, been pretty great, and it's
been a lot of fun to be a part of this.
Just the way that we are Matt and I doing
the afternoon drive show here on your Dodger station, which
places us quite often.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
For six months. Pee.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
Yeah, we go into Dodger Baseball and all all freaking postseason.
We lived in that suite all the home games, but
but one, I think down the stretch we were there
in the suite at Dodger Stadium with all the Vince
Scully memorabilia on the walls, and it is kind of
surreal that you get to be involved with a team
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that's been a five World Series since the contract has
been with AMI seventy LA Sports and iHeartMedia. So it's
been a very special thing and it will continue to
be a very special thing. Everybody in town is in
a great mood, maybe a little bit hungover, maybe a
little bit tired, and a lot of people are going
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to need a little bit of a rest, including David Vassey.
I wish Tim Kates could have a rest, but he's
still got to produce great sports talk. In fact, great
sports talks. This should be a car headed here right now.
Tim's a worker, man. Tim likes to work. You know,
that's that catching gene in him. You know what the
catcher does. They got a squat for nine innings.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
Wait me, Tim, you don'tant to day if you like,
come on, you want to work? Hey, my man you
love to work? Yeah, my man works. Doing three football
games over the course of any given weekend, college and
professional Dodger talk, scam, Dodger Parade coverage, hijack, and Fox
Sports Radio for an extra hour. A phone calls to
let the people have their say before first pitch of
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Game seven. That pulled in twenty six million viewers. Yeah,
the Dodgers have ruined baseball twenty sit. Would you care
to take a stab at how many people watched Game
seven of the NBA Finals in June. Now it was
Oklahoma City versus the Indiana Pacers. It was not the Dodgers,
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and the Pacers had all their players hurt. They were
all hurt. But if you would like to take a stab,
or how about this the last since Michael Jordan. If
we take Jordan off the board.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
Everybody's sports ratings are on fire except the NBA.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
But remember when the NBA was taking out baseball. I remember,
you don't want baseball, you want basketball? Is what you want?
EDESPN spent all the money on the NBA and they
turned down baseball. And now they've come crawling back BAGBA.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
He's got the fashion show, NBA stuff and really cool.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
So the Oklahoma City Thunder Indiana Pacers Game seven last
year had four point eight million viewers. The Dodgers Blue
Jays Game seven, a team that plays in Canada.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Hey we can sniff that in college football, brother.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Twenty six million people watched the Jordan Utah Jazz nineteen
ninety eight, Michael's farewell the last dance. It had been
advertised all year. Brian Russell, how dare you he pushed
off twenty I mean it was a little love tap.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
What do you want?
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Twenty two million? This was four million more than a
Michael Jordan farewell. Bulls repeat. That's how big baseball is,
and pretty much it's because of the Dodgers. That's why.
Because the Dodgers are issued think that. I mean, let's
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let's hold off guys. You don't think a Brewer's Blue
Jays would have done that, would have done in a
game seven, would have done. I'm gonna say no, would
not have done six.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
I want to see if that fat catcher could hit
another home run? Baby put it off.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
It was higher than any and it was Look, the
Dodgers kind of handled the Yankees. But Game two after
that dramatic Game one, was nineteen million. This was seven
million more people watching than that Game two against the
Yankees last year, after Freddy's Grand Slam.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
For MLB Baseball and the Dodgers, it was a real
home run. Real Oh corrections and retractions. Last year, the
parade was November first, so.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
We are corrections and retractions.
Speaker 4 (20:18):
A little over a year since that last parade. The
Jays outscored the Dodgers over seven games. Well, but that
doesn't mean you're the better team. They blew them out
in game two. I mean, that's that's the difference. Okay, Yeah,
they had a blowout. They blew them out in game two.
You had a pinch hit grand slam in that game.
You had the disaster of the middle relief falling apart
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with em at Shean, and then everything else was was one,
like you said, by inches, by decisions, you know, not
made just by managers and pulling pitchers or putting in
pinch runners or whatever it may be. By players getting
too big of a lead, not a big enough lead.
That guy with the three names saying his family's getting
threatened by what supposed to be peaceful Canadians because he
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didn't take a big enough secondary lead that would have
won the game. That's that's what happens in the game seven.
Sorry the ball got stuck. Yeah, think of away.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
And by the way, if your defensive replacement center fielder
who doesn't play a whole lot doesn't know the rules,
and raise his hands and actually tries to dig that
thing out first. They lose. Game is over, Dodgers do
not win like that's that's Championship Baseball and circumstance.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
I am Fortune's fault and the Dodgers feeling the fortune.
Ninth World Series title in franchise history, third since twenty twenty.
A beautiful celebration in Los Angeles today, and it seemed
like a very nice and safe family celebration as well,
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which is something we can all be grateful. Man freaked
out David Vassy hopefully on his last appearance for quite
some time.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
We'll join us in the very next segment.
Speaker 4 (22:09):
And we will wrap up David Vassay's World Series coverage
for twenty twenty five, which deserves an award, a major award,
a major award, Kates two, give him the leg lamp.
We'll be right back. Who needs a ring when you
can get a leg? Laans right, petros and.
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Speaker 4 (23:14):
Davidvesse, everybody is joining us right now on the Petros
and Money Show. You heard him all day, You've heard
him four months. Last November first you heard him doing
the twenty twenty four Dodger parade, and here he is again,
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hopefully for his sake, for the last time in a while,
our Dodger reporter David vessis home of the Dodgers.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
With an inside look at the Dodgers. This is the
Vassi Report with David Vasse.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
He was on a bus, he was on the stage,
he was in Canada, he was in Tokyo. He has
been at everywhere, and he's here with us right now
on your Southern California Toyota Neither celebrity hotline. Dave, what's
kragin how are you described the day to us in
the pantheon of your broadcasting career.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
Compare it to last year. What's it been like?
Speaker 5 (24:18):
Yeah, you know, growing up you always saw the Laker parades,
the Dodger parades, and even being there for the Shaq
and Kobe Gasal parades. Obviously amazing scenes. We'll never forget
the rally at the coliseum, but this was bigger than
any Dodger parade that I have ever seen before or
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personally witnessed. And I could tell you the players on
the bus that I was on felt the same way.
They were overwhelmed by how much fans cared about them
and cared about this team, and how many fans there
were every inch of that parade route six seven, sometimes
fifteen twenty deep, on top of the bus stop, on
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top of light posts, in trees, in buildings. It was
just amazing to see the signs that were out there
were so creative. The players saw them. If you made signs,
trust me, the players saw you. They loved them. There
is just an overwhelming amount of emotion in downtown LA
for these players today and they felt it. It. If
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I could convey anything to the fans that are listening
that were there in Downtown. Players when they're playing are
locked in. They may or may not hear you, they
may or may not feed off your energy. But in
this situation they were able to take in everything. And
a guy like Will Smith, who doesn't show a lot
of emotion, was completely thrilled that people were showing him
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the love they were showing them, and he reciprocated. Blake
SNeW is doing the sixth seven and every few inches,
and everybody was doing it back to him. There was
one great sign that said you could get some sleep,
nouse now. I mean, they saw all these things and
it was just a great day.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
Dave.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
Just going back to Saturday. You know, it's Monday. We
haven't had a chance to talk to you. I mean,
anybody that watched that game. I watched it, and I
think I moved my seat or I stood up in
probably twenty different locations. It was so nerve racking and intense.
What was it like being at Rogers Center and just
kind of going through What was the range of emotions
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I can only imagine for people that were there.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
Yeah, starting in game six, the Bluejays thought they had
that game. Even in the ninth inning, when the Dodgers
got into some trouble, but Ernie Clement made Tyler Glassnow's
job so much easier when he uncharacteristically swung at the
first pitch Tyler glass Now through coming out of the
bullpen to pop it up, and then keyk Hernandez making
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that incredible catch and throw it them Gael Rojas, who
made an incredible play on the other end of it.
It was just a stun crowd at Rogers Center that
the game ended that way in Game six, and then
before Game seven, you could feel a nervous energy before
the game in Toronto. They were expecting the worst to
happen to them, but they never imagined it would happen
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this way. And with two outs in the ninth inning,
it was the loudest I had heard that building, and
it got pretty loud. And when Miguel Rojas hit that
ball down the left field lines, you could hear the
entire crowd gas and then go completely silent. And when
Vladimir Guerrero Junior hit his fly ball the straight away
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center field, they thought they walked it off on a
Laddie Junior home run, But in that part of the ballpark,
it's not going even Laddie didn't that flip. He knew
it wasn't going out. And then for Will Smith to
hit a hanging breaking ball. I mean, that's when Toronto's
worst nightmares came through. And there's just so many different
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things to unpack, the backstories of Yamamoto even being available
in game seven, Miguel Rojas playing with the intercostal strain
that he injured in the NLDS diving for third base
to tag the base before Alec Bohm. That came back
into play after game six when he celebrated, he may
have tweaked it, and that's the reason why he wasn't
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in the game at the end. It wasn't because Dave
Roberts saw Kim was a better defensive solution. It was
because Rojas was limited and what he could do physically
at that point. And Yamamoto got work to Andrew Friedman
in the wee hours of the morning after Game six
that I would be willing to see if I can
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go for game seven, and we detailed that in the
morning and in the afternoon. But there's just so many
different stories to that played out behind the scenes that
we shared that allowed all of that to transpire, Dave.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
The thing that really stood out to me, not just
in that Game seven, but the Game six double play,
is when there was a play that had to be made,
just execution and the situational baseball that was played, the
IQ of this team first and nothing. Look, I don't
mean to make it a shot at the Blue Jays,
(29:29):
but just comparing these two teams, you know, sliding it
home instead of running through that might have won the
World Series. The fact that Justin Dean knows to put
his hands in the air instead of trying to dig
that baseball out, Like it seemed like every situational play,
Mickey Rojas knowing he had to go home with that
throw even though he's fallen backwards. It felt like this
(29:51):
team was so prepared for every important moment where they
had to execute with precision, like there there are no missteps.
Speaker 5 (30:00):
It felt like in Game six and Game seven there
was not, And it seemed like the first five games
of the World Series it was the opposite. The Blue
Jays were playing better baseball, they were doing the little
things better than the Dodgers were. But in Game six
and seven, it was the Dodgers that played better defense,
had better base running and better execution. And going back
(30:24):
to that, you want to talk about luck. The only
thing you could say was lucky for the Dodgers to
a certain extent was that ball getting stuck in right
center field, because outside of that there was not a
lot of luck. And I'm not sure if you guys
realize this, but the Dodgers have advanced scouts, right. They
understand not only the players, but also the dynamics of
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every ballpark. And the advanced kind of report that they
talked to their outfielders about before the World Series was
that if a does get stuck like that, because there
is a possibility to play the place. So justin Dean
did not play that correctly when he stopped. The Dodgers
had told him to play through in that situation, and
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luckily he had a veteran in Key k Hernandez in
left field that was shouting at him to pick up
the ball and throw it in because the Dodgers told
their outfielders play it through and then we can get
New York to replay it to see whether or not
it was launched or not. So in fact, it was
(31:30):
Keith k Hernandez and his veteran leadership in the outfield
that got justin Dean to eventually grab that ball and
throw it back in.
Speaker 4 (31:39):
So regardless of whether or not somebody grabbed the ball,
that was going to be right, that was wedged, it
was going to get called a double anyway.
Speaker 5 (31:48):
Right, it was one hundred miles an hour, and it
got stuck. You know, when you hit a ball one
hundred miles an hour, it's going to bounce off the
wall or bounce on the track and go into the stands.
But because it got wedged, I mean, there is no
disputing that it got stuck. And that's part of that ballpark.
The umpires before the series walk the ballpark and they
inspect those things, so they were aware of the dynamics
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and that possibility as well. Dave.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
Overall, what are you?
Speaker 4 (32:15):
David Vassa joining us right now, hopefully his last interview
in a while and he can get back and spend
some time with his family after ten months of hard
work covering this.
Speaker 5 (32:25):
We show on Wednesday night, Petros wrap up shows.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
I need you tomorrow too, Dave, I need you tomorrow,
I need you Wednesday morning, I need you Wednesday not
you got to go.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
On with Rick D's Dave Dave. What about people that
say Toronto was the better team because they outscored the
Dodgers or because of the way they approached the Dodgers.
That seemed even Bill Handle asked me that this morning.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
On the radio.
Speaker 4 (32:51):
How could Toronto be the better team when they lost
a seven game series?
Speaker 5 (32:55):
Exactly, Petro, the Blue Jays were not a better team,
but Dodgers out of Homeland. The Blue Jays ten to
five Game one, and that was part of the reason
why they were able to overcome hitting just two oh
three in the World Series. And I know Fox was
slashing this up. The records of teams had outslugged the opponent,
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and every single postseason game this year, it was overwhelmingly
in favor of the teams that hit more home runs.
And the Dodgers won Game seven because a lot of
hitting two home runs. But the Dodgers, the coaches, the
players on the flight back home had the utmost respect
for the Blue Jays. They gave them everything and more.
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Their style was very hard to put away. They didn't
chase like the Phillies. They had a lot left in
the tank, unlike the Brewers. So there's a reason why
many aren't considering including the guys that were involved on
the Dodgers side, that it was the best World Series
they have seen and the best played Game seven that
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we we have seen, and at least fifty years we
don't know what happened fifty years ago, but in the
last fifty years, everybody believes that I spoke to on
the team that has been covering baseball in Toronto, you
know those national types, that was the greatest Game seven ever.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Dave, you know the you know Dodgers' history better than anyone.
So I would assume, you know, we obviously remember Oral
Herscheiser's two complete games in the eighty eight World Series,
But is is Yamamoto's pitching performance? And I was gonna say,
I would assume there's a Sandy Kofax thing in there.
I've got to believe from whatever sixties sixty five, But like,
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where is this Yamamoto thing gonna go? Because it seems
like it's the best pitching performance. It's up there with
mad Bumgardner and Randy Johnson from two thousand and one
when it comes to the greatest that we've seen in
a World Series.
Speaker 5 (34:53):
Even Oral Hersheiser said today multiple times on TV and
radio that what Yamamoto did exceeded what he did in
the NLCS when he was on, you know, the day
after pitching out of the bullpen for just one out.
Just consider this, We're talking about what Yamamoto did in games,
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but let's not forget that guy was warming up to
come into the game hot for a possible nineteenth inning
in Game three. To me, that's the separator if you're
trying to put anybody in the same category as him.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
The one and only David Vassa.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
There is no other category that anybody can step to
when it comes to Dodger reporting. David Vassay, where's the crown?
The king of beers, just like a Budweiser Dave unbelievable
work and very very commendable stuff all day. Who was
your favorite person to talk to today? Edward James almost
(35:51):
Freddy Freeman. I mean you really got loose with it today.
Speaker 5 (35:56):
I mean I was waiting for Freddie Freeman and there
he was, American me, Edward James almost standing right there.
So I figured, I, as you would say, Petros, give
the people of the city to see you, Dodd one
of their own, and Edward James almost. But I thought
the best speech on the stage was Yamamoto, who knew
he could speak that good of English. I've been he's
(36:17):
been dodging me for a pregame interview for two years.
Number two, I would say, obviously my two favorite interviews
were with Clayton kersh on Freddie Freeman at the Stadium.
I respect them so much, and that was the last
time I'm going to interview Kershaw on this type of setting,
So I took that in and as far as the
bus ride goes, you know, it was great talk being
(36:40):
on the same bus with smel Villa, with Will Smith,
with ta Oscar Hernandez and Andy Pajez. Just a great
group of guys that I have thoroughly enjoyed covering all
season long.
Speaker 4 (36:51):
I mean, I remember last off season we were kind
of resigned to the fact that Key K wasn't coming back,
or tay Oscar might not come back. We know Kershaws
not coming back. I don't know about Keith K. What
is it going to be like this year in the offseason, Dave,
what do you envision?
Speaker 5 (37:10):
Well, if they lost this World Series, I really do
believe there would have been serious change to get younger
because next year You're going to have Freddy Freeman at
thirty seven years old and a lot of thirty somethings
like you have to run it back. You have to
bring back Rojas, you have to bring back Keith Kay Hernandez.
(37:31):
How are the Dodgers, though, going to get younger? Because
I know that something that they're thinking about. Is it
trading for Stephen Kwan, who has talked about as a
trade deadline. Is it maybe knocking on the door of
this new national GM and asking about cj Abrams, their
young shortstop. The Dodgers at some point have to thread
(37:51):
that needle of running it back with these same veterans,
but at the same time find a way to get
younger because these guys are not going to be at
the top of their game or around for in the
next two years. I think they really have Andrew Friedman
has a real tough job this offseason to thread that needle.
Speaker 2 (38:12):
Is there and Dave, sorry to put you on the
spot if you don't know, is there a standout Japanese
player that we should expect to come following Otani Yamamoto Sasaki?
Because I would assume if there is a young I
don't know slugger, potential infielder to replace one of those
older folks that that could be on the list.
Speaker 5 (38:31):
Right, there's a third baseman that could really hit in
Japan that's going to be posted, and he is going
to sign with somebody this year. I don't believe it's
going to be with the Dodgers. Nex Monthsey has a
team option for only ten million dollars. The Dodgers are
most certainly going to pick that up. So at the
very least Monthsy is going to be their third basement
(38:53):
for one more year. Something to keep an eye on
though in twenty twenty seven. If there is a twenty
twenty Seve isaac Parades, who's with the Astros, is a
great third baseman. He's a free agent after next season.
You know, we'll see where things are at. But he certainly,
you know, Andrew Freeman maps out not only the current
(39:13):
class but also two or three years down the road.
So let's see what happens. But Munsey will be back
and know they're not going to sign that Japanese third basement.
Speaker 4 (39:23):
AM five seventy and Spectrum Sportsnet, especially during the playoffs.
Like you said to Andrew Friedman, Dave, it's the same
with you. Los Angeles is lucky to have you cover
in this team. It brings a really, really unique perspective,
and I don't think most people get to know the
players the way that our fans do because of you
(39:44):
being embedded with the Dodgers. Have a great night and
enjoy your family. Thanks for doing it, David.
Speaker 5 (39:50):
Thank you, guys. I missed Chrury duty today, so we'll
see it.
Speaker 2 (39:54):
Look out, throw it away, get the summons and throw
it away. And you shouldn't have brought up. Yeah, you
shouldn't have brought it up. Just throw it straight to
the trash. We'll be right back. Maybe we'll play that
Oh we cut off day? What didn't mean to We
will play that Dodger interview with Clayton Kershaw David Vass.
Speaker 4 (40:10):
Next we'll do how is your weekend? If Tim Kates
ever comes to work in our next hour?
Speaker 2 (40:14):
Oh he's here?
Speaker 3 (40:15):
Oh he is? Where right here?
Speaker 4 (40:17):
I didn't say, Wow, I guess we'll do how was
your weekend? I mean there's a wall right there there.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
It is.
Speaker 3 (40:26):
I mean, I sit in this chair. It's always the
man it's been.
Speaker 2 (40:29):
And Victor Briggs said that your reporting was irresponsible.
Speaker 4 (40:34):
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Speaker 2 (41:11):
That's trus some money in five seventy LA Sports our
home of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. First
time in team history they have won back to back
World Series. You heard all the parade coverage from morning
until it concluded, hosted by Tim Cats and David Vassay,
a day of celebration in our city. People didn't even
(41:32):
mind there was bad traffic on the five of the
one ten. It was for a good reason. I cared,
I gave it damn.
Speaker 4 (41:41):
Well, speaking of giving a damn before we get to
anything with our own, how is your weekend and stuff
like that, which we will do as the show goes on.
We lost this on radio for a moment, but it
has been recovered like an SOS to the world. Here
is the very emotional interview between David Vassy and Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 3 (42:00):
Oh hey, Dave, how are you doing.
Speaker 6 (42:02):
I'm doing great. I'm like one of the kids, you know,
you just show up and here I am.
Speaker 7 (42:07):
I think we can handle one more interview or question
or whatever you.
Speaker 2 (42:10):
Got for me.
Speaker 6 (42:11):
Well, last year you were incredibly emotional. How are you
able to keep it together? You did not cry like
you said you might.
Speaker 7 (42:19):
Yeah, I think it's I'm just at piece man, like
this is uh, there's not a sad bone in my body.
It's just so it's just so happy to be able
to celebrate your last game ever, your last time at
Dodger Stadium ever, with fifty thousand fans, and getting to
tell them how much they mean to you, and getting
to be here with my teammates and how much they
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mean to me. Like you can't script it. You can't
script it, you know, and so I just I'm just
so grateful, thankful for every part of this. That parade
was the most epic parade. I mean, I'll remember that
for a lifetime. So yeah, I think that's how I
kept together.
Speaker 3 (42:57):
I'm just happy.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
Man.
Speaker 3 (42:57):
That's pretty awesome.
Speaker 6 (42:59):
What a group to go out with, right, Clayton, you're
a guy that really cares about the team. Doesn't make
it more special that you guys go out as back
to back champions. But with the character of this team, well.
Speaker 7 (43:10):
I mean, let's be honest, back to back champs. Sh'll
do that with anybody, but this group is not just anybody.
You know this group you kind of heard a little bit.
There's a lot of different personalities. There's a lot of
different guys that can say a lot of things, do
a lot of things. But at the end of the day,
we're one team and we had one goal and everybody
(43:30):
pushed towards it. And I know it all sounds cliche,
one band, one sound, all.
Speaker 3 (43:34):
That stuff, but.
Speaker 7 (43:37):
It really is true, man, Like it's just not about
one guy. Like we got a lot of great ones,
but it's not about one. So I'm pretty happy with that.
It's pretty awesome.
Speaker 6 (43:45):
Well, the game rewards certain players, and the game has
rewarded Clayton Kershaw because of how he's honored it all
these years. Going out after eighteen seasons has.
Speaker 3 (43:56):
A back to back world Series champion.
Speaker 7 (43:58):
Congratulations, thank you, thank you special it has been It's
been awesome.
Speaker 3 (44:03):
Facetimeing tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (44:04):
Yeah, I mean give it a couple dance, A couple dance, all.
Speaker 3 (44:07):
Right, all right, sounds good. All right, there he goes
my guy. Sorry, Tim, I'm gonna hook him up.
Speaker 4 (44:12):
Good stuff, beautiful Tim Kates back from since nine o'clock
till three. So six hours of live radio for Tim
Kates with some respite for the in there. That was
six to nine. That was six to nine, right, yeah,
So Kate's took over after Reven and Vanny. The only
(44:33):
recipit he got was the parade stuff with Dave on
the on the bus until his mic cut out, or
the stuff that they did on the podium today with
Anthony Anderson, an actor that we all wanted to hear from.
Speaker 2 (44:49):
I was very excited by that, and the DJ getting
on the mic too. That was really cool.
Speaker 3 (44:53):
Everybody got some love today.
Speaker 8 (44:55):
You know what's cool, guys, is I don't think they
were planning on doing as many players speaking as they did.
I think there was a little bit of an improv
there from Uncle Lahn and Joe Davis and crew Uh.
Instead of going just right to Clayton Kershaw after front
office and Dave Roberts and Otani, they brought in more players.
That's why Blake snaws like, I didn't know I was
gonna speak dog. Yeah, we were talking about it earlier.
Speaker 1 (45:16):
I know.
Speaker 2 (45:16):
There were so many people that had a big impact
on winning this World Series. It felt like Joe Davis
just kept looking behind him and he was like, yeah,
I guess key k. Although that was a mistake. I
don't know what happened on A five seventy, but I
was watching on Fox eleven and they carried the the
S bomb and the two F bombs. It's live. Sorry FCC,
I'm it's live. Oh A stylish T shirt, yes, but
(45:42):
a custom tailor. Oh of course, but the shirt too. Yeah,
the T shirt's worth a couple hundred bucks.
Speaker 3 (45:47):
Yeah, that wasn't a Haynes Michael Jordan three pack.
Speaker 2 (45:49):
Where's your bacon collar? We'll be right back with the
look at the collar word number the day T shirt.
Thanks for listening, everybody. World Series Champions Chips celebration continues
for the twenty twenty five World Series Champs Your Los
Angeles Dodgers on Dodger Radio and LA Sports.
Speaker 3 (46:13):
It seemed like that would have been a little heavy
for a little bit
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A Stone's Throw if you hold the world record for
most scared by a stone over a pond. From Dodger Stadium.
As we made our way up the five North, you
could still see.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
I used to think that because of my ability to
skip rocks at Cabrio Beach and Royal Palms and Sampedro,
that I could get a future, that I could be
in those contests because I'm pretty good, right. I felt
that way rat Beach, and then I saw what those
men could do with those rocks in a very calm,
(01:29):
you know, on a stream or some perfect conditions. Yeah,
And I mean I've never seen rock like just still
going unbelievable, still just varied. So but a ton of
people a stones throw from Dodger Staate.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Stones throw And as I passed the Stadium Way exit
coming north on the five somewhere about two fifteen ish,
still a ton of cars pouring out. Obviously no surprise.
The millions of people that poured into the streets as
the buses drove by, with our David Vass doing all
the interviews for Spectrum Sportsnet, and then the tens of
(02:03):
thousands that packed Dodger Stadium a reminder of which sports
team runs this town and what they mean to this town.
And it was a heck of a day of celebration.
We thought last year was a big deal, My god,
this year was absolute insanity out there.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
If you missed any of the coverage from today's championship
parade in celebration at Dodgers Stadium, you can podcast with
Tim Kats and David Vassy work together for like four hours,
five hours on the iHeartRadio app. I heard them at
nine am getting on the air from the suite with
(02:36):
Steve Sachs and David Vasse down on the buses, and
they did a hell of a job. What time did
you start working, Ronnie?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
I got here about eleven o'clock. Just before eleven o'clock.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Our coverage is brought to you, in part by Strauss
from the ball field to the job site Strauss Strauss
dot com. What a wonderful day of celebration and good
feelings it was. I don't know what else can be
said about the work that David Vassay, just on the
radio side, the work that David and Tim Kates, our
(03:11):
own executive producer, have put in, and how much they care.
Tim Kates went full pirate radio on Saturday. He was
sitting here waiting for a Marongo casino Dodgers on deck
to start, and he was listening to Fox Sports Radio
and it was all NFL talk and the hell with
this take it down. He knocked an hour out and
(03:31):
just took calls and talked Dodgers because he knew how
excited everybody was and how excited everybody's gonna be Game seven,
but not just the Clippers, which we have tonight.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
I don't know we've I don't know if.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
They'd allow fully functional employee at him to knock out
Fox Sports Radio programming for a Clipper Game seven, but
for the Dodgers, absolutely and just great.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Did extend Fox Sports Radio for a half hour.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
By everybody. Just absolutely tireless and joyful work from everybody
here at the station, And of course I'm Dodgers.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
I would describe it p the effort that was put in.
And again you're talking about a straight up month one
month of Tim Kats doing a six to nine AM show,
producing the Petros and Money Show, hosting Dodgers on Deck,
still hosting some Dodgers talks as Dave Assay is traveling
(04:34):
from spot to spot with the team whenever they may
be leaving, coming or going. I would say it's a
ring worthy level of effort, is what we're talking about.
I mean, it's a championship, and it's a championship that's
won by players on a field and coaches in a
dugout and on a practice field and on the backfields
and in the bullpens. But it's also a product of
(04:56):
a fandom that spends somewhere around eight hundred million dollars
on these Dodgers every single year, and there has to
be a vehicle to get those dollars to provide for
all of these players in these coaches. If it was
up to me, Matt championship ring worthy effort, he'd had three.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Rings twenty twenty, twenty twenty four, and twenty twenty five.
It's a modello meets a lot of Monday.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Ez.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
Well, I'm sure that some modellas were consumed on and
off the bus in and out of Dodger Stadium celebratory day.
On the one ten, saw a bunch of people honking
and waving their flags and holding their hat out the window.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Save deal.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
On the five, I had a friend traveling up to
LA for Orange County. Literally the first car that got
stopped by the cops when the Dodger with parade hit
the one ten right there wherever it was Grand Avenue
is what I'm guessing it was Grand.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Yeah, it went down Grand there, upper Grand on. A
modello meets a lot on Monday. We want to remind
you that it's not a michelada. If it's not made
with a multo which is a reward for those of
the fighting spirit. And who has a fighting spirit more
than los dollars? I mean you come back, coming back
(06:16):
and back again. Talk for a three peet already.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
The mark of a fighter.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Oh is what the Dodgers have and they have shown it.
You don't even know where to start when it comes
to these playoffs.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Don't know where to stop.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
And the way well today we stop today is it?
Speaker 2 (06:43):
I mean up there on the stage, it's like, hey,
Niggi Ross got to talk, kick a Rnanda's got to talk.
Almost feel like Pie has got to talk about making
that catch and say something to these fans. There's so
many dudes that contributed to this thing coming together in
seven games. It was wild. You could think of how
how many different guys you would want to address the
crowd because of their impact in putting this thing together
(07:05):
and winning the first ever back to back World Series
championships in franchise history.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Now, as far as our schedule goes, we will have
David Vassa on to recap the day.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
A glorious day.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
It's fluid.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
He had everybody from Edward James almost to Clayton Kershaw
to Freddie Freeman, I mean anybody you could think of.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I was harassing poor wand to get Freddy Freeman over, well,
get them on and talking to those boring ass riders.
Rodgers Radio needs.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
So Dave will be on in the very next segment
and we will recap with Dave and then hopefully give
Dave some time off and maybe a week or so,
maybe months, but Dave needs some time.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
On meat off day. Dodger Talk tomorrow, Dave, We're gonna
need it. DMS going three to seven tomorrow, I want
seven to eight. Those days are over now. On Friday
of this week, we are going to replay Game seven,
so we do have that going on. But David Vasse
is going to join us in the very next segment
and a little later in the show in the four
(08:09):
o'clock hour, Matt the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers,
dog our friend Jim Harbaugh, coming off of victory in
Tennessee and of course a huge baseball fan and very
excited about the Dodger victory. He wants a little piece
of it. He wants in So Jim Harbaugh will.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Join us in about an hour and fifteen minutes and
we'll be able to talk to the iconic coach, maybe
one of the great football coaches of the last thirty
years that I can think of, and a lot of levels.
Jim Harbaugh will join us, which is always fun to
talk to Jim Harbaugh on the show. So we got
that going, and Matt and I are going all the
way until six thirty tonight, because.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Unless Adam demands more time, like Tim Kates decided, no, oh,
that's not the Pirate Radio. If Adam's like, hey listen,
we're playing the Heat tonight, I think that was an
extra half hour weekend thing. Weekend thing.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Yeah, pregame starts at six point thirty, tip off at
seven thirty right here on AM five seventy LA Sports.
And I thought it was interesting because I went on
with Bill Handle this morning. I almost forgot, but thank
you to Annie Ingold for calling and waking me up
and reminding me. And the com Rex was busy because
(09:24):
Neil was on the com Rex so well, I just
did the phone and the first thing Bill Handle on
KFI asked me, Hey, there's the Jonathan Club. The first
thing he asked me was I think Toronto was the
better team? Do you think Toronto was the better team?
Speaker 2 (09:44):
It's been a very common theme through this.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
And I kind of I'm not saying I was taken
aback by the question because Bill Handle's a contrarian, and
so am I, so I certainly understand the sentiment.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Jonathan Club's on on a figure row. I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
It's not the Jonathan club Man and the California the
California clubs on flower.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
We're watching parade highlights. It's Jonathan's cheeky cousin, Johnny.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
The thing I thought, The first thing I thought was
how can you have a seven game series, go seven games,
win four of them and say that Toronto was the
better team. You could say Toronto was by far the
second best team in the major leagues, and that they
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were a hell of a matchup for the Dodgers, and
they made it really hard on the Dodgers to overcome
their greatness. Toronto's greatness and their scrappy nature and their
approach at the plate and their pitching and you Savage
and all the different things that they had. But the
Dodgers won four out of seven games.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Oh, you go up three to two and you're playing
and you have to just win one of two games
at home. In game six or seven.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
Or two outs away from one and all.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
And I think that's sort of what the pushback has
been about them being the better team, is that the
execution was what doomed them. That you've got a guy
that should not have slid into home plate. If he
just runs through that force outh that Migey Rojas had
to dig out and doesn't slow his momentum in a
play that he was out by maybe a half of
an inch, they win the World Series if the guy
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doesn't get doubled up on a crate. And you can
do that forever for any team and play through the
circumstances of one play that could have changed everything.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Because as you go farther and farther in a championship
and it becomes more and more meaningful, the margins become
smaller and smaller, and literally you saw exactly what those
margins were. Two inches year, two inches there, This guy's out,
This guy's safe.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
How did Pie has hold onto that ball crashing into
Kei k a Hernandez full speed?
Speaker 3 (11:50):
Get out of the way a little bit.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Yeah, I mean like, yeah, that's that's championship baseball. Like
that's ultimately when you have two teams that are playing
either at a super high level or they're all trying
to overcome the adversity in game and throughout the course
of a series. Yeah, that's what's going to decide a
seven game series that ends up going eleven innings after
Game three win eighteen innings. It just I think the
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better way to put it is Toronto was a much
better team than a lot of people gave them credit
for being when this series started and the way the
odds laid out and the number one, you know, the
favorite was Dodgers in five by the odds makers, and
I think that's what led to a lot of the
pushback of well, they were a lot better than the
Dodgers in this series. They just they played a real
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they top it was an incredible world series. He got
an unbelievable seven game series.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
You got to put your foot on the throat of
the champion and finish it. And they were close, but
they did not finish it.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
They had eighteen innings. They were tame three. They were
the better team in Canada. No, they were not. Well,
you know, they lost three of the four games. Just
as far as yes, if you were to pit all
the baseball teams in Canada against one another.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
How dare you car they were the best Canadian team available, Matt.
They were the best team tennis.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
I'm gonna have to dig into that a little bit,
you know. We gotta get into the Northwest territories there
and see what's over there.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
But the timeline is as follows. Last November two, I
believe I was in Boise, Idaho to do a football game,
and that was when the Dodgers had the twenty twenty
four championship parade, Matt, which you said it was inspiring
and this was even crazy.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
It was nuts out there.
Speaker 4 (13:32):
Which is amazing to think. And then February eleventh, they
were among the first to report for spring training. March twelfth,
the Dodgers flew to Tokyo. They played the Cubs March
eighteenth and nineteenth in Japan, Remember when they weren't ever
gonna lose.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Two weeks before any other team had to play a
baseball game.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Then they began the regular season eight to zero. On
May third, they were twenty three to ten, and then
the Dodgers from then on were basically a five hundred
team from early May through September sixth boo and over
the next one hundred and nine games. They were fifty
five and fifty four through that period. September sixth loss
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was the Yamamoto near no hitter in Baltimore, which does
carry a certain amount of irony given what's happened since then.
And after the Dodgers went fifteen and five to close
out the regular season, they were a ninety three and
sixty nine team, and then the postseason hit and they
were thirteen and four in the postseason.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
That dominated the first three rounds.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
And they clinched the World Series in Toronto on November first,
so one year almost to the day they clinched the
World Series. After the parade from twenty twenty four, Opening
Day twenty twenty six is March twenty sixth at Dodger
Stadium versus the Diamondbacks, and God willing, we'll all be
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there to celebrate this team and their efforts for a
three peat, which everybody was. I was on the front
of everybody's lips, in the back of their throats to that.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Even sho Hao Tani, who delivered his address to the
Dodger Stadium crowd in English and English and thanked them
for all their support, said he loved winning the championship
and that he wanted to do it again and that
he would see them back there next year. So yes,
that was the prevailing sentiment. They had a plane that
spelled it out in the sky, the pat Riley trademark
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when he was with the Lakers three peat that they
were not able to accomplish. But there's no reason to
believe with what this team has, who's locked up, the
amount of finances they have at their disposal to plug
any other holes that they may seek the plug.
Speaker 4 (15:55):
They'll be a contender, no doubt. Here is yamamotos greeting
in English, which was pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Also, I love it.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
I love.
Speaker 4 (16:09):
Pretty awesome. Yamamoto was fantastic, been pretty great, and it's
been a lot of fun to be a part of this.
Just the way that we are Matt and I doing
the afternoon drive show here on your Dodger station, which
places us quite often.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
For six months. Pee.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
Yeah, we go into Dodger Baseball and all all freaking postseason.
We lived in that suite all the home games, but
but one, I think down the stretch we were there
in the suite at Dodger Stadium with all the Vince
Scully memorabilia on the walls, and it is kind of
surreal that you get to be involved with a team
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that's been a five World Series since the contract has
been with AMI seventy LA Sports and iHeartMedia. So it's
been a very special thing and it will continue to
be a very special thing. Everybody in town is in
a great mood, maybe a little bit hungover, maybe a
little bit tired, and a lot of people are going
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to need a little bit of a rest, including David Vassey.
I wish Tim Kates could have a rest, but he's
still got to produce great sports talk. In fact, great
sports talks. This should be a car headed here right now.
Tim's a worker, man. Tim likes to work. You know,
that's that catching gene in him. You know what the
catcher does. They got a squat for nine innings.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
Wait me, Tim, you don'tant to day if you like,
come on, you want to work? Hey, my man you
love to work? Yeah, my man works. Doing three football
games over the course of any given weekend, college and
professional Dodger talk, scam, Dodger Parade coverage, hijack, and Fox
Sports Radio for an extra hour. A phone calls to
let the people have their say before first pitch of
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Game seven. That pulled in twenty six million viewers. Yeah,
the Dodgers have ruined baseball twenty sit. Would you care
to take a stab at how many people watched Game
seven of the NBA Finals in June. Now it was
Oklahoma City versus the Indiana Pacers. It was not the Dodgers,
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and the Pacers had all their players hurt. They were
all hurt. But if you would like to take a stab,
or how about this the last since Michael Jordan. If
we take Jordan off the board.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
Everybody's sports ratings are on fire except the NBA.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
But remember when the NBA was taking out baseball. I remember,
you don't want baseball, you want basketball? Is what you want?
EDESPN spent all the money on the NBA and they
turned down baseball. And now they've come crawling back BAGBA.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
He's got the fashion show, NBA stuff and really cool.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
So the Oklahoma City Thunder Indiana Pacers Game seven last
year had four point eight million viewers. The Dodgers Blue
Jays Game seven, a team that plays in Canada.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Hey we can sniff that in college football, brother.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Twenty six million people watched the Jordan Utah Jazz nineteen
ninety eight, Michael's farewell the last dance. It had been
advertised all year. Brian Russell, how dare you he pushed
off twenty I mean it was a little love tap.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
What do you want?
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Twenty two million? This was four million more than a
Michael Jordan farewell. Bulls repeat. That's how big baseball is,
and pretty much it's because of the Dodgers. That's why.
Because the Dodgers are issued think that. I mean, let's
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let's hold off guys. You don't think a Brewer's Blue
Jays would have done that, would have done in a
game seven, would have done. I'm gonna say no, would
not have done six.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
I want to see if that fat catcher could hit
another home run? Baby put it off.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
It was higher than any and it was Look, the
Dodgers kind of handled the Yankees. But Game two after
that dramatic Game one, was nineteen million. This was seven
million more people watching than that Game two against the
Yankees last year, after Freddy's Grand Slam.
Speaker 4 (20:04):
For MLB Baseball and the Dodgers, it was a real
home run. Real Oh corrections and retractions. Last year, the
parade was November first, so.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
We are corrections and retractions.
Speaker 4 (20:18):
A little over a year since that last parade. The
Jays outscored the Dodgers over seven games. Well, but that
doesn't mean you're the better team. They blew them out
in game two. I mean, that's that's the difference. Okay, Yeah,
they had a blowout. They blew them out in game two.
You had a pinch hit grand slam in that game.
You had the disaster of the middle relief falling apart
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with em at Shean, and then everything else was was one,
like you said, by inches, by decisions, you know, not
made just by managers and pulling pitchers or putting in
pinch runners or whatever it may be. By players getting
too big of a lead, not a big enough lead.
That guy with the three names saying his family's getting
threatened by what supposed to be peaceful Canadians because he
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didn't take a big enough secondary lead that would have
won the game. That's that's what happens in the game seven.
Sorry the ball got stuck. Yeah, think of away.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
And by the way, if your defensive replacement center fielder
who doesn't play a whole lot doesn't know the rules,
and raise his hands and actually tries to dig that
thing out first. They lose. Game is over, Dodgers do
not win like that's that's Championship Baseball and circumstance.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
I am Fortune's fault and the Dodgers feeling the fortune.
Ninth World Series title in franchise history, third since twenty twenty.
A beautiful celebration in Los Angeles today, and it seemed
like a very nice and safe family celebration as well,
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which is something we can all be grateful. Man freaked
out David Vassy hopefully on his last appearance for quite
some time.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
We'll join us in the very next segment.
Speaker 4 (22:09):
And we will wrap up David Vassay's World Series coverage
for twenty twenty five, which deserves an award, a major award,
a major award, Kates two, give him the leg lamp.
We'll be right back. Who needs a ring when you
can get a leg? Laans right, petros and.
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Speaker 4 (23:14):
Davidvesse, everybody is joining us right now on the Petros
and Money Show. You heard him all day, You've heard
him four months. Last November first you heard him doing
the twenty twenty four Dodger parade, and here he is again,
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hopefully for his sake, for the last time in a while,
our Dodger reporter David vessis home of the Dodgers.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
With an inside look at the Dodgers. This is the
Vassi Report with David Vasse.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
He was on a bus, he was on the stage,
he was in Canada, he was in Tokyo. He has
been at everywhere, and he's here with us right now
on your Southern California Toyota Neither celebrity hotline. Dave, what's
kragin how are you described the day to us in
the pantheon of your broadcasting career.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
Compare it to last year. What's it been like?
Speaker 5 (24:18):
Yeah, you know, growing up you always saw the Laker parades,
the Dodger parades, and even being there for the Shaq
and Kobe Gasal parades. Obviously amazing scenes. We'll never forget
the rally at the coliseum, but this was bigger than
any Dodger parade that I have ever seen before or
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personally witnessed. And I could tell you the players on
the bus that I was on felt the same way.
They were overwhelmed by how much fans cared about them
and cared about this team, and how many fans there
were every inch of that parade route six seven, sometimes
fifteen twenty deep, on top of the bus stop, on
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top of light posts, in trees, in buildings. It was
just amazing to see the signs that were out there
were so creative. The players saw them. If you made signs,
trust me, the players saw you. They loved them. There
is just an overwhelming amount of emotion in downtown LA
for these players today and they felt it. It. If
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I could convey anything to the fans that are listening
that were there in Downtown. Players when they're playing are
locked in. They may or may not hear you, they
may or may not feed off your energy. But in
this situation they were able to take in everything. And
a guy like Will Smith, who doesn't show a lot
of emotion, was completely thrilled that people were showing him
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the love they were showing them, and he reciprocated. Blake
SNeW is doing the sixth seven and every few inches,
and everybody was doing it back to him. There was
one great sign that said you could get some sleep,
nouse now. I mean, they saw all these things and
it was just a great day.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
Dave.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
Just going back to Saturday. You know, it's Monday. We
haven't had a chance to talk to you. I mean,
anybody that watched that game. I watched it, and I
think I moved my seat or I stood up in
probably twenty different locations. It was so nerve racking and intense.
What was it like being at Rogers Center and just
kind of going through What was the range of emotions
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I can only imagine for people that were there.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
Yeah, starting in game six, the Bluejays thought they had
that game. Even in the ninth inning, when the Dodgers
got into some trouble, but Ernie Clement made Tyler Glassnow's
job so much easier when he uncharacteristically swung at the
first pitch Tyler glass Now through coming out of the
bullpen to pop it up, and then keyk Hernandez making
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that incredible catch and throw it them Gael Rojas, who
made an incredible play on the other end of it.
It was just a stun crowd at Rogers Center that
the game ended that way in Game six, and then
before Game seven, you could feel a nervous energy before
the game in Toronto. They were expecting the worst to
happen to them, but they never imagined it would happen
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this way. And with two outs in the ninth inning,
it was the loudest I had heard that building, and
it got pretty loud. And when Miguel Rojas hit that
ball down the left field lines, you could hear the
entire crowd gas and then go completely silent. And when
Vladimir Guerrero Junior hit his fly ball the straight away
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center field, they thought they walked it off on a
Laddie Junior home run, But in that part of the ballpark,
it's not going even Laddie didn't that flip. He knew
it wasn't going out. And then for Will Smith to
hit a hanging breaking ball. I mean, that's when Toronto's
worst nightmares came through. And there's just so many different
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things to unpack, the backstories of Yamamoto even being available
in game seven, Miguel Rojas playing with the intercostal strain
that he injured in the NLDS diving for third base
to tag the base before Alec Bohm. That came back
into play after game six when he celebrated, he may
have tweaked it, and that's the reason why he wasn't
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in the game at the end. It wasn't because Dave
Roberts saw Kim was a better defensive solution. It was
because Rojas was limited and what he could do physically
at that point. And Yamamoto got work to Andrew Friedman
in the wee hours of the morning after Game six
that I would be willing to see if I can
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go for game seven, and we detailed that in the
morning and in the afternoon. But there's just so many
different stories to that played out behind the scenes that
we shared that allowed all of that to transpire, Dave.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
The thing that really stood out to me, not just
in that Game seven, but the Game six double play,
is when there was a play that had to be made,
just execution and the situational baseball that was played, the
IQ of this team first and nothing. Look, I don't
mean to make it a shot at the Blue Jays,
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but just comparing these two teams, you know, sliding it
home instead of running through that might have won the
World Series. The fact that Justin Dean knows to put
his hands in the air instead of trying to dig
that baseball out, Like it seemed like every situational play,
Mickey Rojas knowing he had to go home with that
throw even though he's fallen backwards. It felt like this
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team was so prepared for every important moment where they
had to execute with precision, like there there are no missteps.
Speaker 5 (30:00):
It felt like in Game six and Game seven there
was not, And it seemed like the first five games
of the World Series it was the opposite. The Blue
Jays were playing better baseball, they were doing the little
things better than the Dodgers were. But in Game six
and seven, it was the Dodgers that played better defense,
had better base running and better execution. And going back
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to that, you want to talk about luck. The only
thing you could say was lucky for the Dodgers to
a certain extent was that ball getting stuck in right
center field, because outside of that there was not a
lot of luck. And I'm not sure if you guys
realize this, but the Dodgers have advanced scouts, right. They
understand not only the players, but also the dynamics of
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every ballpark. And the advanced kind of report that they
talked to their outfielders about before the World Series was
that if a does get stuck like that, because there
is a possibility to play the place. So justin Dean
did not play that correctly when he stopped. The Dodgers
had told him to play through in that situation, and
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luckily he had a veteran in Key k Hernandez in
left field that was shouting at him to pick up
the ball and throw it in because the Dodgers told
their outfielders play it through and then we can get
New York to replay it to see whether or not
it was launched or not. So in fact, it was
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Keith k Hernandez and his veteran leadership in the outfield
that got justin Dean to eventually grab that ball and
throw it back in.
Speaker 4 (31:39):
So regardless of whether or not somebody grabbed the ball,
that was going to be right, that was wedged, it
was going to get called a double anyway.
Speaker 5 (31:48):
Right, it was one hundred miles an hour, and it
got stuck. You know, when you hit a ball one
hundred miles an hour, it's going to bounce off the
wall or bounce on the track and go into the stands.
But because it got wedged, I mean, there is no
disputing that it got stuck. And that's part of that ballpark.
The umpires before the series walk the ballpark and they
inspect those things, so they were aware of the dynamics
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and that possibility as well. Dave.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
Overall, what are you?
Speaker 4 (32:15):
David Vassa joining us right now, hopefully his last interview
in a while and he can get back and spend
some time with his family after ten months of hard
work covering this.
Speaker 5 (32:25):
We show on Wednesday night, Petros wrap up shows.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
I need you tomorrow too, Dave, I need you tomorrow,
I need you Wednesday morning, I need you Wednesday not
you got to go.
Speaker 4 (32:35):
On with Rick D's Dave Dave. What about people that
say Toronto was the better team because they outscored the
Dodgers or because of the way they approached the Dodgers.
That seemed even Bill Handle asked me that this morning.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
On the radio.
Speaker 4 (32:51):
How could Toronto be the better team when they lost
a seven game series?
Speaker 5 (32:55):
Exactly, Petro, the Blue Jays were not a better team,
but Dodgers out of Homeland. The Blue Jays ten to
five Game one, and that was part of the reason
why they were able to overcome hitting just two oh
three in the World Series. And I know Fox was
slashing this up. The records of teams had outslugged the opponent,
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and every single postseason game this year, it was overwhelmingly
in favor of the teams that hit more home runs.
And the Dodgers won Game seven because a lot of
hitting two home runs. But the Dodgers, the coaches, the
players on the flight back home had the utmost respect
for the Blue Jays. They gave them everything and more.
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Their style was very hard to put away. They didn't
chase like the Phillies. They had a lot left in
the tank, unlike the Brewers. So there's a reason why
many aren't considering including the guys that were involved on
the Dodgers side, that it was the best World Series
they have seen and the best played Game seven that
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we we have seen, and at least fifty years we
don't know what happened fifty years ago, but in the
last fifty years, everybody believes that I spoke to on
the team that has been covering baseball in Toronto, you
know those national types, that was the greatest Game seven ever.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Dave, you know the you know Dodgers' history better than anyone.
So I would assume, you know, we obviously remember Oral
Herscheiser's two complete games in the eighty eight World Series,
But is is Yamamoto's pitching performance? And I was gonna say,
I would assume there's a Sandy Kofax thing in there.
I've got to believe from whatever sixties sixty five, But like,
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where is this Yamamoto thing gonna go? Because it seems
like it's the best pitching performance. It's up there with
mad Bumgardner and Randy Johnson from two thousand and one
when it comes to the greatest that we've seen in
a World Series.
Speaker 5 (34:53):
Even Oral Hersheiser said today multiple times on TV and
radio that what Yamamoto did exceeded what he did in
the NLCS when he was on, you know, the day
after pitching out of the bullpen for just one out.
Just consider this, We're talking about what Yamamoto did in games,
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but let's not forget that guy was warming up to
come into the game hot for a possible nineteenth inning
in Game three. To me, that's the separator if you're
trying to put anybody in the same category as him.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
The one and only David Vassa.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
There is no other category that anybody can step to
when it comes to Dodger reporting. David Vassay, where's the crown?
The king of beers, just like a Budweiser Dave unbelievable
work and very very commendable stuff all day. Who was
your favorite person to talk to today? Edward James almost
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Freddy Freeman. I mean you really got loose with it today.
Speaker 5 (35:56):
I mean I was waiting for Freddie Freeman and there
he was, American me, Edward James almost standing right there.
So I figured, I, as you would say, Petros, give
the people of the city to see you, Dodd one
of their own, and Edward James almost. But I thought
the best speech on the stage was Yamamoto, who knew
he could speak that good of English. I've been he's
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been dodging me for a pregame interview for two years.
Number two, I would say, obviously my two favorite interviews
were with Clayton kersh on Freddie Freeman at the Stadium.
I respect them so much, and that was the last
time I'm going to interview Kershaw on this type of setting,
So I took that in and as far as the
bus ride goes, you know, it was great talk being
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on the same bus with smel Villa, with Will Smith,
with ta Oscar Hernandez and Andy Pajez. Just a great
group of guys that I have thoroughly enjoyed covering all
season long.
Speaker 4 (36:51):
I mean, I remember last off season we were kind
of resigned to the fact that Key K wasn't coming back,
or tay Oscar might not come back. We know Kershaws
not coming back. I don't know about Keith K. What
is it going to be like this year in the offseason, Dave,
what do you envision?
Speaker 5 (37:10):
Well, if they lost this World Series, I really do
believe there would have been serious change to get younger
because next year You're going to have Freddy Freeman at
thirty seven years old and a lot of thirty somethings
like you have to run it back. You have to
bring back Rojas, you have to bring back Keith Kay Hernandez.
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How are the Dodgers, though, going to get younger? Because
I know that something that they're thinking about. Is it
trading for Stephen Kwan, who has talked about as a
trade deadline. Is it maybe knocking on the door of
this new national GM and asking about cj Abrams, their
young shortstop. The Dodgers at some point have to thread
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that needle of running it back with these same veterans,
but at the same time find a way to get
younger because these guys are not going to be at
the top of their game or around for in the
next two years. I think they really have Andrew Friedman
has a real tough job this offseason to thread that needle.
Speaker 2 (38:12):
Is there and Dave, sorry to put you on the
spot if you don't know, is there a standout Japanese
player that we should expect to come following Otani Yamamoto Sasaki?
Because I would assume if there is a young I
don't know slugger, potential infielder to replace one of those
older folks that that could be on the list.
Speaker 5 (38:31):
Right, there's a third baseman that could really hit in
Japan that's going to be posted, and he is going
to sign with somebody this year. I don't believe it's
going to be with the Dodgers. Nex Monthsey has a
team option for only ten million dollars. The Dodgers are
most certainly going to pick that up. So at the
very least Monthsy is going to be their third basement
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for one more year. Something to keep an eye on
though in twenty twenty seven. If there is a twenty
twenty Seve isaac Parades, who's with the Astros, is a
great third baseman. He's a free agent after next season.
You know, we'll see where things are at. But he certainly,
you know, Andrew Freeman maps out not only the current
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class but also two or three years down the road.
So let's see what happens. But Munsey will be back
and know they're not going to sign that Japanese third basement.
Speaker 4 (39:23):
AM five seventy and Spectrum Sportsnet, especially during the playoffs.
Like you said to Andrew Friedman, Dave, it's the same
with you. Los Angeles is lucky to have you cover
in this team. It brings a really, really unique perspective,
and I don't think most people get to know the
players the way that our fans do because of you
(39:44):
being embedded with the Dodgers. Have a great night and
enjoy your family. Thanks for doing it, David.
Speaker 5 (39:50):
Thank you, guys. I missed Chrury duty today, so we'll
see it.
Speaker 2 (39:54):
Look out, throw it away, get the summons and throw
it away. And you shouldn't have brought up. Yeah, you
shouldn't have brought it up. Just throw it straight to
the trash. We'll be right back. Maybe we'll play that
Oh we cut off day? What didn't mean to We
will play that Dodger interview with Clayton Kershaw David Vass.
Speaker 4 (40:10):
Next we'll do how is your weekend? If Tim Kates
ever comes to work in our next hour?
Speaker 2 (40:14):
Oh he's here?
Speaker 3 (40:15):
Oh he is? Where right here?
Speaker 4 (40:17):
I didn't say, Wow, I guess we'll do how was
your weekend? I mean there's a wall right there there.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
It is.
Speaker 3 (40:26):
I mean, I sit in this chair. It's always the
man it's been.
Speaker 2 (40:29):
And Victor Briggs said that your reporting was irresponsible.
Speaker 4 (40:34):
He's not here right now. We'll be right back with
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Speaker 2 (41:11):
That's trus some money in five seventy LA Sports our
home of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. First
time in team history they have won back to back
World Series. You heard all the parade coverage from morning
until it concluded, hosted by Tim Cats and David Vassay,
a day of celebration in our city. People didn't even
(41:32):
mind there was bad traffic on the five of the
one ten. It was for a good reason. I cared,
I gave it damn.
Speaker 4 (41:41):
Well, speaking of giving a damn before we get to
anything with our own, how is your weekend and stuff
like that, which we will do as the show goes on.
We lost this on radio for a moment, but it
has been recovered like an SOS to the world. Here
is the very emotional interview between David Vassy and Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 3 (42:00):
Oh hey, Dave, how are you doing.
Speaker 6 (42:02):
I'm doing great. I'm like one of the kids, you know,
you just show up and here I am.
Speaker 7 (42:07):
I think we can handle one more interview or question
or whatever you.
Speaker 2 (42:10):
Got for me.
Speaker 6 (42:11):
Well, last year you were incredibly emotional. How are you
able to keep it together? You did not cry like
you said you might.
Speaker 7 (42:19):
Yeah, I think it's I'm just at piece man, like
this is uh, there's not a sad bone in my body.
It's just so it's just so happy to be able
to celebrate your last game ever, your last time at
Dodger Stadium ever, with fifty thousand fans, and getting to
tell them how much they mean to you, and getting
to be here with my teammates and how much they
(42:39):
mean to me. Like you can't script it. You can't
script it, you know, and so I just I'm just
so grateful, thankful for every part of this. That parade
was the most epic parade. I mean, I'll remember that
for a lifetime. So yeah, I think that's how I
kept together.
Speaker 3 (42:57):
I'm just happy.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
Man.
Speaker 3 (42:57):
That's pretty awesome.
Speaker 6 (42:59):
What a group to go out with, right, Clayton, you're
a guy that really cares about the team. Doesn't make
it more special that you guys go out as back
to back champions. But with the character of this team, well.
Speaker 7 (43:10):
I mean, let's be honest, back to back champs. Sh'll
do that with anybody, but this group is not just anybody.
You know this group you kind of heard a little bit.
There's a lot of different personalities. There's a lot of
different guys that can say a lot of things, do
a lot of things. But at the end of the day,
we're one team and we had one goal and everybody
(43:30):
pushed towards it. And I know it all sounds cliche,
one band, one sound, all.
Speaker 3 (43:34):
That stuff, but.
Speaker 7 (43:37):
It really is true, man, Like it's just not about
one guy. Like we got a lot of great ones,
but it's not about one. So I'm pretty happy with that.
It's pretty awesome.
Speaker 6 (43:45):
Well, the game rewards certain players, and the game has
rewarded Clayton Kershaw because of how he's honored it all
these years. Going out after eighteen seasons has.
Speaker 3 (43:56):
A back to back world Series champion.
Speaker 7 (43:58):
Congratulations, thank you, thank you special it has been It's
been awesome.
Speaker 3 (44:03):
Facetimeing tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (44:04):
Yeah, I mean give it a couple dance, A couple dance, all.
Speaker 3 (44:07):
Right, all right, sounds good. All right, there he goes
my guy. Sorry, Tim, I'm gonna hook him up.
Speaker 4 (44:12):
Good stuff, beautiful Tim Kates back from since nine o'clock
till three. So six hours of live radio for Tim
Kates with some respite for the in there. That was
six to nine. That was six to nine, right, yeah,
So Kate's took over after Reven and Vanny. The only
(44:33):
recipit he got was the parade stuff with Dave on
the on the bus until his mic cut out, or
the stuff that they did on the podium today with
Anthony Anderson, an actor that we all wanted to hear from.
Speaker 2 (44:49):
I was very excited by that, and the DJ getting
on the mic too. That was really cool.
Speaker 3 (44:53):
Everybody got some love today.
Speaker 8 (44:55):
You know what's cool, guys, is I don't think they
were planning on doing as many players speaking as they did.
I think there was a little bit of an improv
there from Uncle Lahn and Joe Davis and crew Uh.
Instead of going just right to Clayton Kershaw after front
office and Dave Roberts and Otani, they brought in more players.
That's why Blake snaws like, I didn't know I was
gonna speak dog. Yeah, we were talking about it earlier.
Speaker 1 (45:16):
I know.
Speaker 2 (45:16):
There were so many people that had a big impact
on winning this World Series. It felt like Joe Davis
just kept looking behind him and he was like, yeah,
I guess key k. Although that was a mistake. I
don't know what happened on A five seventy, but I
was watching on Fox eleven and they carried the the
S bomb and the two F bombs. It's live. Sorry FCC,
I'm it's live. Oh A stylish T shirt, yes, but
(45:42):
a custom tailor. Oh of course, but the shirt too. Yeah,
the T shirt's worth a couple hundred bucks.
Speaker 3 (45:47):
Yeah, that wasn't a Haynes Michael Jordan three pack.
Speaker 2 (45:49):
Where's your bacon collar? We'll be right back with the
look at the collar word number the day T shirt.
Thanks for listening, everybody. World Series Champions Chips celebration continues
for the twenty twenty five World Series Champs Your Los
Angeles Dodgers on Dodger Radio and LA Sports.
Speaker 3 (46:13):
It seemed like that would have been a little heavy
for a little bit
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