September 20, 2024 • 32 mins
Roggin and Rodney talk with Rod Foster about his journey and then VTB finishes out the hour.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, we continue on Fred Rogan, Rodney Pete on
AM five to seventy LA Sports Rodney the name Rod Foster.
If you have lived in Los Angeles for any period
of time, you remember Rod playing for UCLA. You remember
the impact he had. He was considered the fastest player
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in college basketball, all right and exciting. Got a watch too. Oh,
I loved him. I was.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I was in junior high at the time when UCLA
made that run in nineteen eighty and Larry Brown was
the head coach, that's right, and they had I believe
it was four freshmen starting on that team, and nobody
gave him a chance at the beginning of the year,
and then they went on a roll and they were
so exciting to play.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I remember mimicking.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
As a kid in junior playing basketball, mimicking Rod Foster
shooting my free throws because he's at his feet so wide.
I was like, I'm gonna shoot my free throws like
Rod Foster. He was my guy. I was a big
U C l A basketball fan back then.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
But the lesson we learn in life is you never
know what will happen.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Ye.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Rod joins the show. Now, Rod, thanks for coming on today.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Thanks for having me, fred It's pleasure to be here.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
You heard Rodney. He used to shoot free throws just like, Yes,
I used to.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
I used to mimic the Rodney, imitate the Rod Foster
style and shooting my free throws.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Man.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I used to spread them wide and just to really
do the bounced look up and shoot him. I was
rocket rod Baby, I was. My name was Rodney too.
They called me that as well. So, man, it's a
pleasure to talk to you.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
It's a pleasure to speak to you, Roddy Rodney. That
must be painful as a trojan. You know what, you
play football?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Thank you so much, thank you so much. Yeah, back
then it was I was. I was a USC football fan,
but I was a U c l A basketball fan,
if that could be the case. So I ended up
being a Trojan. But I always admire great players and
great personalities. Man, and you certainly were and still are.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I echo that, Rodney. I'm from Connecticut and I grew
up a USC football fan, and that I came out
here that same thing, same sentiments, all right, rod.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Well, when you were at U c l A, having
the career you had, you thought this guy was a limit,
didn't you.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
I really did, I really did. You know, what what
greater basketball program to to have been have played at
the u c l A. I mean I grew up
watching Bill Walton and Kareem Up, Jewel Jabbar and all
the U c l A greats, And I had a
there was a coach in my hometown in New Britain
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who encouraged me to set my goals high and you know,
told be high than playing basketball for U c l A.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
And and and Rod growing up on the East Coast
in Connecticut.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
As you mentioned, it just it.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
It's the impact that U c l A basketball had
on you on the East Coast was it had to
be incredible, but but it's kind of it's different. Are
weird hearing it from from someone else you know that
lives out in California to see the impact that UCLA had.
I know that John Wooden days, but those were in
the sixties and early seventies. But that still impacted you
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in terms of falling in love with U c l A.
Is that correct?
Speaker 3 (03:35):
That's correct. I mean seven championships in a row, coach
winning would and winning ten. You know, everyone who loved basketball.
I mean, you couldn't can't help, but to appreciate the
success of U c. L A. And it's funny growing
up in Connecticut, I believe Yukon was in the Yankee Conference.
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The Big East didn't start until after my freshman year
in college, so uh, it wasn't really that big in Connecticut,
all right, Rod.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
So I'd like you to take our listeners through your journey.
You played at U c l A. And then what
happened in your life.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Well, you know, I got drafted by the Phoenix Suns.
That was I believe, the fourth player picked in the
second round. And it's funny, I thought I was going
to be drafted by the Denver Nuggets, and I still
remember sitting in Sandy Brestler's home during the draft. I
didn't go to the they didn't have the draft in
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New York at the time, and so I was listening
to it on the radio and my heart sank when
I Denver, I believe they had the fifteenth pick that
year and my name wasn't selected, So I was I
was terrified I wasn't going to even get drafted. And
you know, I yeah, I love playing uh college basketball.
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The year that I had with Kiki Banduay and I
was really looking forward to joining Kiki again in Denver,
and when that that didn't happen, I ended up landing
up in the Phoenix and you know played there for
three years.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
And so when you landed in in uh in Phoenix
and didn't go to Denver, that journey going from college.
You talked about the love you had for college basketball
in U c l A. Did that love translate to
the NBA or did did that change once you got there?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Well? Yeah, initially, I mean my goal was to be
an NBA player, and uh, you know it's exciting, you
know when you're playing against your your your idols growing up.
My my myadol was Julius Irving and I'll never forget
the I was starting my my rookie year and I
was had half court and you know, players are greeting
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each other. I've got pretty big hands. Uh, Julia Serving
shook my handed mid court and he just swallowed it.
And I'll never forget what he said. He said, welcome,
Welcome to the NBA. And I mean it was an
exciting time. Gus Williams was one of my favorite players
that I tried to emulate growing up, and you know,
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just Paul Westfall, just meeting some.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Of the A couple of Trojans, A couple of Trojans there.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
I love it. It was thrill being able to play
against you know, your guys that used to watch and
look up to. But you know, it took a turn.
I mean, it's not all what is cracked up to be.
After you've played in every big city, major city, it
kind of gets kind of gets old and I kind
of lost perspective.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
All right, Well, you know, I'll tell you Rod, you
have a very different perspective now because at the completion
of your your playing career, your life took a turn.
Can you tell our listeners what you're dealing with?
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Well, presently, I've got a muscle disease. It's called inclusion
body myocytis. It's a disease. It's a rare disease. It
causes muscles to weaken slowly. But it's probably about nine
years ago. I mean, I love children. I love kids.
I've coached kids in LA Area for years now, and
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I would work out with them. I would lift weights,
take care of myself, try to eat right, and all
of a sudden I felt muscle weakness. I went to
my doctor and my doctor thought maybe it was just
my age. I was over fifty years old, and I said,
you know, your body is an athlete. And I said,
I think there's something different. And so we had had
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some blood work done and my creating K levels were
off the charts. So he had me see a neurologist
over its Peter sign and I doctor Richard Lewis, and
doctor Lewis did a biopsy. I had a biopsy done
and they were able to discover that it was, in fact,
this this rare muscle disease called IBM. I volunteer over
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at my church and I was coaching the kids and
one of the parents actually saw a h It was
a television program was on Good Morning America. Peter Frampton
had done an interview and he was speaking about the
falls that he had had on a boat and on
the stage. And I remember my this parent said to
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me that, you know, I wonder if that's what coach
Rot has. And so that's what led me to see
my my doctor. And in fact, after the biopsy showed
that I did have this this muscle disease and.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
What does that mean? What has that done to you?
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Well? Started off falling. I would be in a gymnasium
coaching and for no reason at all, my legs would
just give out on me. I had a few falls
and gyms. I had a fall in my driveway and
I remember picking up the phone thinking, you know what?
Speaker 1 (09:20):
You know?
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Who am I going to call?
Speaker 1 (09:21):
What?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
I called nine to one one? I couldn't get up,
and one of my neighbors happened to be walking up
the road. It was God's providence. He's walking up the
road and put me on his back and helped me
to get into my house. Initially I started falling and
I could get up, and then my muscle strength was deteriorating.
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I couldn't even get up. I've had about ten falls.
I went from using one walking stick, two walking sticks
to a walker and now I'm in a wheelchair.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
So you're in a wheelchair. Now, what's it? What's it
been like for you? Rod? I mean going through this process?
Speaker 2 (10:05):
You gotta you got diagnosed with this rare disease that
that not a whole lot of people know about. How
has it? How have you dealt with it? Who's in
your life now?
Speaker 1 (10:16):
And what?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
What can you tell our listeners? How you've persevered because
listening to you, man, you don't you don't seem like
a guy that's feeling sorry for himself or anything like that. Man,
And and how can you, you know, enlighten our listeners.
But I just want to hear more about your story
and where you are now.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Well. For for me personally, it's it's been my faith
in Christ. I love God, I love the scriptures, and
I memorized scriptures. I've had some uh, great men who've
mentored me and along the way that it's still keep
in contact to this day. And I mean there's been
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times where I've been depressed. I remember watching a video,
uh on YouTube about this condition, and I remember sitting
in my living room just thinking about the future, what
tomorrow is going to bring, and I just started meditating
on God's word. You know, he says, do not be
anxious about anything, but by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
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present your request to God. And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus. And I started thinking about I
realized I had lost my peace, and talking to God,
I actually gained my peace back. He gave me peace
that I was worrying about things that I had no
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control over. And I was reminded of something that Christ
said in the scriptures, do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of
its own. And I just need to live one day
at a time and give God thanks for the strength
I have for that particular day. And that's that's how
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I try to live. I lead a men's group in
my in my church, and every week the men encourage me.
I'm sure I encourage them. That keeps me grounded, and
I'm able to watch on YouTube. I watched my I've
never missed a week of services at Shepherd Church, my church,
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and you know, those things help. They all help, and
I've had visitors come over and but it keeps me
on my knees every day. I've got to.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Your sister has been involved in your life quite a bit, correct, Oh,
I've got.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Two just great sisters. They've given their lives in order
to help their their younger brother. And I'm so thankful
to that family they're willing to do that. My sister Rita,
and then I've got a sister in Connecticut. Murder she comes,
she comes, comes out here to California a couple of
times a year to give Rito a break. And I'm blessed.
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I'm blessed to have family willing to help take care
of me, and you know, their God sense I call
them godsends.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
You know, you know I said it setting this up,
Rod that you know, an incredible start but then a
shocking development, but still a source of inspiration. And you
are I mean, let's be honest, given what's happened to you,
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you could have just given up. But you don't give up.
You don't give up. Every day you live, every day
you experience. What can you tell people because of what
you've been through? A college athlete, a professional athlete, someone
that really was very well conditioned, took care of himself
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and treated their body as a temple. Then unexpectedly and
shockingly and tragically, you can track this and you find
yourself where you're at. What can you tell people, Rod,
when it really turns down to life can change in
the blank of an eye.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
Oh well, you know, I realized that basketball is not
who I am, It's what I did. And I know that,
you know, I know that God's created me. I'm fearfully
and wonderfully made, and God knows exactly what's going on
in my body. I use this example earlier today, I
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was talking to someone about you know, if I've got
a if I bought a Honda car, I wouldn't take
it to a Volkswagen dealership. I'd take it to a
Honda dealership. They know the parts. And that's how I
feel about my relationship with God. He's created me, he knows,
he knows what I'm going through. I look at this
as a test, and you know it talks about that.
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In James Set, we were to count it all joy
whenever we face trials and many kinds, all kinds of trials,
knowing that the testing of our faith produces perseverance. And I,
as an athlete, I know all about perseverance. And you know,
this test is to grow me up, to mature me.
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And I know, guys, he's sovereign, He's in control, and
I just need to trust him. I mean, you know,
I do. I trust God. I trust God knows what
he's doing and he's allowing this trial in my life.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
All right, Well, Ron, thank you for coming on and
thank you for telling the story. Look, you are courageous
as an individual, and I think I know you talk
to the Times, but I think it's courageous that you
came on today and shared your story and hopefully with
what you've been through, it serves as a source of
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inspiration for others to continue to fight, to continue to
go forward, and to appreciate every day. Thanks for doing this, Rod,
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Thanks, Thank you, Fred and Rodney, I really appreciate the
time you've given me.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
All Right, Absolutely, there goes Rocket Rod. There he is there,
he goes Rocket Rod Foster. While Rodney, when you hear that,
what do you think? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (16:20):
Pretty pretty incredible, Like you said, you know, you you
remember you think about certain people in certain lights and
certain ways, and then life hits you and then it's
how do you deal with that?
Speaker 1 (16:33):
You know, what are you going to do now?
Speaker 2 (16:35):
And he's found peace, as he mentioned, he found he
found peace in a tough situation where you could and
a lot of people have and would uh throw in
the towel, and he's used it to inspire other people.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
So that.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
That alone is is commendable and great that we were
able to hear that message because it may have helped,
you know, some people that are listening to this show
that may feel like, you know, there's no there's no
hope in sight, or there's no hope down the road,
and he's found that piece.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
So it's always good.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
To have people like that that are true heroes in life,
like Rod Foster.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Again, we thank Rod for coming on the show. All right,
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we're back on a Friday. We care this Friday.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
I don't care normally, but today is kind of a
caring Friday. Roddy p fred Rogan, come on down the
home stretch. Let's go Freddy.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
All right, Rodney, let me mention if you want to
help Rod out, there's a go fund meet page, So
go go to GoFundMe, type in Rod's name you can
donate to help him out. And also we should have
given him a shout out. This is my bad. Last
week he was inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame. Awesome, awesome,
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well that should be Yeah, that's pretty cool. All right. Now,
let's have spirituality a man who was probably out of
his mind over what happened. No, you think, I think.
And to provide that spirituality, there is one person, Victor
Brick with the daily Haiku at two and vicod afternoon.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Still wrapping his head around. Oh, Tony Sim's game for
the ages that.
Speaker 5 (18:44):
Fred Rogany speechless, he sees speechless.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
I'm crying because we got book.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
Mesmerized by the fifty to fifty Rodney Pete.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Yes, I am.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Yeah, dah in Kevin figures and still in shock and
awe of Otani's extreme heat in South Beach, double Ai.
It's go Tanio the goat. Yeah, having the time of
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his life.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
The Sergio did that would never get old. But where's
he now? Where's Sergio at? Where's he? Where's he hanging out?
Any working on a Spanish channel. I'll tell you what
he is doing, having the time of his life.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
If he could dedicate a song for Otani, it would
be EMFs.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
I believe he's Itchy Bond HiT's King Flavor. Yeah, that
is like the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Uh, Fred
is just like indiscriminately pressing the buttons right now. But
he is.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Damn little kids, they say in Japanese.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Yeah, nay, I don't know what does. He only say
the mind has no mind, whatever it is, and he's
got that. Yeah, that was it. Move should move, God thought,
that's why you're gonna go with Vic. My God.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
It's still early in the segment. Fred so going unbelievable. No,
I mean, this was a global event. It wasn't just
you know, America's past time. This resonated around the baseball planet.
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My Japanese relatives, Mari and Rio.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Wait wait, who are your relatives? Mario and Mari and Rio? Oh,
Mari and Leo, Rio, Mario, Rio, Marie and Leo? What
is wrong with you? I couldn't understand what's wrong with
you calling?
Speaker 4 (21:32):
They're calling from Tokyo.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
How are they related to you, Vic cousins. They're your
cousins or your.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
Uko's first cousins. So they have there my cousins as well.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Okay, exactly, So they're.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Calling from Tokyo and we're all exulting in the moments
as the Mount Fuji of most.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
Erupts in Miami.
Speaker 4 (21:59):
With the greatest single game in hardball history. I mean,
it's a box score that blows the mind of the
baseball cosmos.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
I mean, righting.
Speaker 4 (22:12):
I know you were checking the annals looking for a
game like this. Yeah, and it's uncomparable, It's unparalleled, paralleled. Yeah,
I mean six or six, three home runs.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Two doubles, nobody did it.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
Ten runs battered than two stolen bases, scored four runs.
But it was a profound impact of all Tiny's night.
I mean, first ever in the fifty to fifty club.
He created it. Yes, propels the Dodgers into a playoff.
Berth breaks the record for the most home runs in
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a Dodger season, held by the beautiful Sean Green.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
I don't know if anybody's ever called him beautiful.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
He's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Okay, well you got a crush on him? Fine?
Speaker 4 (23:03):
And Otani shatters the records with such dynamic, grace, dignity,
and respect as the most selfless superstar in sports history.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
And this is for you, Fred Mushin.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
No mind, muga, no ego show, Hey Otani, and don't
forget you know the emotional tumult that Otani had to
go through this year.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
The emotional tumult. Yes, and start the season, remember that, Vick.
How soon do we forget what he to deal with
and deal with while playing right in the middle of
the season. I'll bet that was tough on him.
Speaker 4 (23:49):
I mean, the pressure of the richest contract in sports history.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
Yeah, you had a friend who you thought was a
friend and your interpreter it turned on you, and it's
dealing from you and you got to deal with that
day in and day out for what a month?
Speaker 4 (24:05):
Yeah, swindles him of what twenty million dollars in the
middle of the season.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
He's got to deal with that.
Speaker 4 (24:12):
Emotional trauma.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
You know what, I'll give you a two to one.
They're not friends anymore. It just doesn't look like something
that would go down. Well, yeah, that'd be tough to stomach.
Lit bit.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
He gets married to Momico. Yeah, I remember English is
not Oltani's first language.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Really, I didn't know that.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
So it's constantly adjusting to the way of the Azul.
But still Otani's laser asque focus, his meticulous attention to detail.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
The Marconi is coming. This is the one. Isn't this
the designated day best show?
Speaker 2 (25:13):
All right, come on, let's go Roddy Pete, Fred Rogan
down the home stretched, Victor Brick Jacobs.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Let's go, yeah, come.
Speaker 4 (25:23):
On, Vic, As the accolades continue to flow for old
TONI San did I mention that he has great skin
as well? What yes, my beloved bride, you go Soakamo
Road always says, you know, Otani has got sensational skin.
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He really does.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
VIC.
Speaker 4 (25:47):
Does this go back to when you offered lamar Odom
skin products?
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Do you like skin products? That happened? I'll listen.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
I'm a fan of healthy, beautiful skin and and as
as my beloved bride, Yuko Sakamoto pointed out to me,
he has beautiful skin, but most importantly he has such
a beautiful attitude, so selfless and so much respect. You know,
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we talk about the numbers, of course, their mind blowing,
and we're all witnesses, you know, to the greatest single
of a single, greatest baseball game we've ever seen by
an individual, But his respect, you know, for the game,
and you know, David Vesse pointed this out, you know,
postgame he's talking about the respect for his peers and
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for everyone who's played the game before him. He was
giving love, you know, to the game of baseball, not
reveling you know, in his own individual accomplishment, but in
the in the beautiful game of baseball itself, and the
way he gives respect to the umpires, and the way
he treats you know, his his banning equipment, and the
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you know and the ball boys and wait the way
to the way it's so it's just a beautiful experience
to watch him play baseball. The way he treats his
batting equipment, that is like the dumbest thing I've ever heard,
The way he treats the game, Fred. In the equipment,
his equipment, what do you watch watch when he peels
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off his his equipment and hands it you know to uh,
you know a ball boy or ball girl who was
ever you know, doing the duties, treats it with respect.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
Fred.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
And that's that's also to be to be marvel that.
And we're also, I believe we're so lucky to be witnesses.
It's not it's not just you know, his pure power, finesse, speed,
it's the way he treats the game, way he treats
individuals around.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Him, takes off his batting.
Speaker 4 (27:57):
Just you know, you watch a sign and action, it's
it's just it's just a wonderful thing to see. It's
it's very it's very enlightening. Yes, and listen, I have
been on the old Tawny train since he came in
what seven years ago from the desert with the Angels,
and he had that less than stellar spring training and
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everyone was down on him.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
Think they had two bad games in spring training.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
I kept I kept hopping, and I'm you know, I trumpeted,
and I'll just go back in time. This dude is
a natural. He's a phenomenon. Give him time and he
will adjust. And wow, I mean the one year in
Los Angeles, you've just been just incredible. The bottom line
upshot fellas. The Dodgers gotta win games. They still gotta
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win games. Last night was insanely beautiful. But the Colorado
Rockies are in town. We don't even know who's pitching
tonight at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
What does it matter?
Speaker 4 (29:01):
It matters, Fred, you got nine games, You've got a
four game lead on the surging Padres. You got to
keep them at Bay.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
They it's all about Otani. That's all you can think about.
You don't care about who's pitching. You care about Otani.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
I'm thinking about the season. I'm thinking about the World
Series and how we're going to get there.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
You love Otani?
Speaker 4 (29:19):
I do love Otani. It's a known fact.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
If you could, would you be his manservant?
Speaker 4 (29:26):
I would do whatever I could for Otoni?
Speaker 3 (29:28):
Son the hell does that man?
Speaker 1 (29:31):
Whatever he wanted, whatever he needed, you would be his valet.
Speaker 4 (29:37):
I would try to help him out.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
There's no doubt.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
I'd give him the latest sumo coverage.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Say some of the relevant like bat Boy or something. Fred,
what the hell are you going with here? Just saying
Vick would do anything for Otani. You'd be his plumber,
wouldn't you. He's mesmerized by him, always have been. Yes,
it's fair.
Speaker 4 (30:03):
It's been a it's been unbelievable. I mean last night
was we felt it coming. We felt there was a
monster game coming, and like I said, the Malfuji of
Mosfoorte erupted it in Miami.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
There was an eruption vic.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
As they say in Japanese, as I repeat, Goyney unbelievable.
So Goyney unbelievable.
Speaker 5 (30:40):
No is it?
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Is it unbelievable or you're just added the no unbelievable.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
No, unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
Yeah, something tells me I could be wrong. Today is
going to be a high cout. We don't know yet.
Written by Vic about Otani. It just doesn't look like
something I understand, but I've got that sense. Vic, am
I in the ballpark. You're in the groove. Fred there
(31:11):
it is. You're in the groove.
Speaker 4 (31:15):
On this Friday, September twentieth. This high cool for you,
and it's written for seventeen.
Speaker 1 (31:23):
It goes something like this, this is going to be
very flowery. Oh Toni san.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
Ichi bond number one, first ever, the fifty to fifty
in the moment, mister fifty one fifty one, you got
to day. We are so happy for your happiness, oh
TONI sign I'm feeling you.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
There it is there, it is there, it is, Freddy
there it is. What a way to wrap it?
Speaker 4 (31:57):
Ask some after glow?
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Okay, Vic, that's terrific. That's terrific. Fret that that wasn't authentic,
and hey, Rodney, couldn't get much more authentic than that,
to be honest with you, Ronnie, thank you, Adam. Great week, Rodney,
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have a good weekend. We'll talk Monday.
All right, we continue on Fred Rogan, Rodney Pete on
AM five to seventy LA Sports Rodney the name Rod Foster.
If you have lived in Los Angeles for any period
of time, you remember Rod playing for UCLA. You remember
the impact he had. He was considered the fastest player
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in college basketball, all right and exciting. Got a watch too. Oh,
I loved him. I was.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I was in junior high at the time when UCLA
made that run in nineteen eighty and Larry Brown was
the head coach, that's right, and they had I believe
it was four freshmen starting on that team, and nobody
gave him a chance at the beginning of the year,
and then they went on a roll and they were
so exciting to play.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I remember mimicking.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
As a kid in junior playing basketball, mimicking Rod Foster
shooting my free throws because he's at his feet so wide.
I was like, I'm gonna shoot my free throws like
Rod Foster. He was my guy. I was a big
U C l A basketball fan back then.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
But the lesson we learn in life is you never
know what will happen.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Ye.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Rod joins the show. Now, Rod, thanks for coming on today.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Thanks for having me, fred It's pleasure to be here.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
You heard Rodney. He used to shoot free throws just like, Yes,
I used to.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
I used to mimic the Rodney, imitate the Rod Foster
style and shooting my free throws.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Man.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I used to spread them wide and just to really
do the bounced look up and shoot him. I was
rocket rod Baby, I was. My name was Rodney too.
They called me that as well. So, man, it's a
pleasure to talk to you.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
It's a pleasure to speak to you, Roddy Rodney. That
must be painful as a trojan. You know what, you
play football?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Thank you so much, thank you so much. Yeah, back
then it was I was. I was a USC football fan,
but I was a U c l A basketball fan,
if that could be the case. So I ended up
being a Trojan. But I always admire great players and
great personalities. Man, and you certainly were and still are.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I echo that, Rodney. I'm from Connecticut and I grew
up a USC football fan, and that I came out
here that same thing, same sentiments, all right, rod.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Well, when you were at U c l A, having
the career you had, you thought this guy was a limit,
didn't you.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
I really did, I really did. You know, what what
greater basketball program to to have been have played at
the u c l A. I mean I grew up
watching Bill Walton and Kareem Up, Jewel Jabbar and all
the U c l A greats, And I had a
there was a coach in my hometown in New Britain
(02:55):
who encouraged me to set my goals high and you know,
told be high than playing basketball for U c l A.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
And and and Rod growing up on the East Coast
in Connecticut.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
As you mentioned, it just it.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
It's the impact that U c l A basketball had
on you on the East Coast was it had to
be incredible, but but it's kind of it's different. Are
weird hearing it from from someone else you know that
lives out in California to see the impact that UCLA had.
I know that John Wooden days, but those were in
the sixties and early seventies. But that still impacted you
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in terms of falling in love with U c l A.
Is that correct?
Speaker 3 (03:35):
That's correct. I mean seven championships in a row, coach
winning would and winning ten. You know, everyone who loved basketball.
I mean, you couldn't can't help, but to appreciate the
success of U c. L A. And it's funny growing
up in Connecticut, I believe Yukon was in the Yankee Conference.
(03:56):
The Big East didn't start until after my freshman year
in college, so uh, it wasn't really that big in Connecticut,
all right, Rod.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
So I'd like you to take our listeners through your journey.
You played at U c l A. And then what
happened in your life.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Well, you know, I got drafted by the Phoenix Suns.
That was I believe, the fourth player picked in the
second round. And it's funny, I thought I was going
to be drafted by the Denver Nuggets, and I still
remember sitting in Sandy Brestler's home during the draft. I
didn't go to the they didn't have the draft in
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New York at the time, and so I was listening
to it on the radio and my heart sank when
I Denver, I believe they had the fifteenth pick that
year and my name wasn't selected, So I was I
was terrified I wasn't going to even get drafted. And
you know, I yeah, I love playing uh college basketball.
(05:01):
The year that I had with Kiki Banduay and I
was really looking forward to joining Kiki again in Denver,
and when that that didn't happen, I ended up landing
up in the Phoenix and you know played there for
three years.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
And so when you landed in in uh in Phoenix
and didn't go to Denver, that journey going from college.
You talked about the love you had for college basketball
in U c l A. Did that love translate to
the NBA or did did that change once you got there?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Well? Yeah, initially, I mean my goal was to be
an NBA player, and uh, you know it's exciting, you
know when you're playing against your your your idols growing up.
My my myadol was Julius Irving and I'll never forget
the I was starting my my rookie year and I
was had half court and you know, players are greeting
(05:56):
each other. I've got pretty big hands. Uh, Julia Serving
shook my handed mid court and he just swallowed it.
And I'll never forget what he said. He said, welcome,
Welcome to the NBA. And I mean it was an
exciting time. Gus Williams was one of my favorite players
that I tried to emulate growing up, and you know,
(06:16):
just Paul Westfall, just meeting some.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Of the A couple of Trojans, A couple of Trojans there.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
I love it. It was thrill being able to play
against you know, your guys that used to watch and
look up to. But you know, it took a turn.
I mean, it's not all what is cracked up to be.
After you've played in every big city, major city, it
kind of gets kind of gets old and I kind
of lost perspective.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
All right, Well, you know, I'll tell you Rod, you
have a very different perspective now because at the completion
of your your playing career, your life took a turn.
Can you tell our listeners what you're dealing with?
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Well, presently, I've got a muscle disease. It's called inclusion
body myocytis. It's a disease. It's a rare disease. It
causes muscles to weaken slowly. But it's probably about nine
years ago. I mean, I love children. I love kids.
I've coached kids in LA Area for years now, and
(07:28):
I would work out with them. I would lift weights,
take care of myself, try to eat right, and all
of a sudden I felt muscle weakness. I went to
my doctor and my doctor thought maybe it was just
my age. I was over fifty years old, and I said,
you know, your body is an athlete. And I said,
I think there's something different. And so we had had
(07:51):
some blood work done and my creating K levels were
off the charts. So he had me see a neurologist
over its Peter sign and I doctor Richard Lewis, and
doctor Lewis did a biopsy. I had a biopsy done
and they were able to discover that it was, in fact,
this this rare muscle disease called IBM. I volunteer over
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at my church and I was coaching the kids and
one of the parents actually saw a h It was
a television program was on Good Morning America. Peter Frampton
had done an interview and he was speaking about the
falls that he had had on a boat and on
the stage. And I remember my this parent said to
(08:41):
me that, you know, I wonder if that's what coach
Rot has. And so that's what led me to see
my my doctor. And in fact, after the biopsy showed
that I did have this this muscle disease and.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
What does that mean? What has that done to you?
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Well? Started off falling. I would be in a gymnasium
coaching and for no reason at all, my legs would
just give out on me. I had a few falls
and gyms. I had a fall in my driveway and
I remember picking up the phone thinking, you know what?
Speaker 1 (09:20):
You know?
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Who am I going to call?
Speaker 1 (09:21):
What?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
I called nine to one one? I couldn't get up,
and one of my neighbors happened to be walking up
the road. It was God's providence. He's walking up the
road and put me on his back and helped me
to get into my house. Initially I started falling and
I could get up, and then my muscle strength was deteriorating.
(09:44):
I couldn't even get up. I've had about ten falls.
I went from using one walking stick, two walking sticks
to a walker and now I'm in a wheelchair.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
So you're in a wheelchair. Now, what's it? What's it
been like for you? Rod? I mean going through this process?
Speaker 2 (10:05):
You gotta you got diagnosed with this rare disease that
that not a whole lot of people know about. How
has it? How have you dealt with it? Who's in
your life now?
Speaker 1 (10:16):
And what?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
What can you tell our listeners? How you've persevered because
listening to you, man, you don't you don't seem like
a guy that's feeling sorry for himself or anything like that. Man,
And and how can you, you know, enlighten our listeners.
But I just want to hear more about your story
and where you are now.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Well. For for me personally, it's it's been my faith
in Christ. I love God, I love the scriptures, and
I memorized scriptures. I've had some uh, great men who've
mentored me and along the way that it's still keep
in contact to this day. And I mean there's been
(10:56):
times where I've been depressed. I remember watching a video,
uh on YouTube about this condition, and I remember sitting
in my living room just thinking about the future, what
tomorrow is going to bring, and I just started meditating
on God's word. You know, he says, do not be
anxious about anything, but by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
(11:17):
present your request to God. And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus. And I started thinking about I
realized I had lost my peace, and talking to God,
I actually gained my peace back. He gave me peace
that I was worrying about things that I had no
(11:41):
control over. And I was reminded of something that Christ
said in the scriptures, do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of
its own. And I just need to live one day
at a time and give God thanks for the strength
I have for that particular day. And that's that's how
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I try to live. I lead a men's group in
my in my church, and every week the men encourage me.
I'm sure I encourage them. That keeps me grounded, and
I'm able to watch on YouTube. I watched my I've
never missed a week of services at Shepherd Church, my church,
(12:22):
and you know, those things help. They all help, and
I've had visitors come over and but it keeps me
on my knees every day. I've got to.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Your sister has been involved in your life quite a bit, correct, Oh,
I've got.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Two just great sisters. They've given their lives in order
to help their their younger brother. And I'm so thankful
to that family they're willing to do that. My sister Rita,
and then I've got a sister in Connecticut. Murder she comes,
she comes, comes out here to California a couple of
times a year to give Rito a break. And I'm blessed.
(13:01):
I'm blessed to have family willing to help take care
of me, and you know, their God sense I call
them godsends.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
You know, you know I said it setting this up,
Rod that you know, an incredible start but then a
shocking development, but still a source of inspiration. And you
are I mean, let's be honest, given what's happened to you,
(13:33):
you could have just given up. But you don't give up.
You don't give up. Every day you live, every day
you experience. What can you tell people because of what
you've been through? A college athlete, a professional athlete, someone
that really was very well conditioned, took care of himself
(13:57):
and treated their body as a temple. Then unexpectedly and
shockingly and tragically, you can track this and you find
yourself where you're at. What can you tell people, Rod,
when it really turns down to life can change in
the blank of an eye.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
Oh well, you know, I realized that basketball is not
who I am, It's what I did. And I know that,
you know, I know that God's created me. I'm fearfully
and wonderfully made, and God knows exactly what's going on
in my body. I use this example earlier today, I
(14:38):
was talking to someone about you know, if I've got
a if I bought a Honda car, I wouldn't take
it to a Volkswagen dealership. I'd take it to a
Honda dealership. They know the parts. And that's how I
feel about my relationship with God. He's created me, he knows,
he knows what I'm going through. I look at this
as a test, and you know it talks about that.
(14:59):
In James Set, we were to count it all joy
whenever we face trials and many kinds, all kinds of trials,
knowing that the testing of our faith produces perseverance. And I,
as an athlete, I know all about perseverance. And you know,
this test is to grow me up, to mature me.
(15:19):
And I know, guys, he's sovereign, He's in control, and
I just need to trust him. I mean, you know,
I do. I trust God. I trust God knows what
he's doing and he's allowing this trial in my life.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
All right, Well, Ron, thank you for coming on and
thank you for telling the story. Look, you are courageous
as an individual, and I think I know you talk
to the Times, but I think it's courageous that you
came on today and shared your story and hopefully with
what you've been through, it serves as a source of
(15:56):
inspiration for others to continue to fight, to continue to
go forward, and to appreciate every day. Thanks for doing this, Rod,
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Thanks, Thank you, Fred and Rodney, I really appreciate the
time you've given me.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
All Right, Absolutely, there goes Rocket Rod. There he is there,
he goes Rocket Rod Foster. While Rodney, when you hear that,
what do you think? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (16:20):
Pretty pretty incredible, Like you said, you know, you you
remember you think about certain people in certain lights and
certain ways, and then life hits you and then it's
how do you deal with that?
Speaker 1 (16:33):
You know, what are you going to do now?
Speaker 2 (16:35):
And he's found peace, as he mentioned, he found he
found peace in a tough situation where you could and
a lot of people have and would uh throw in
the towel, and he's used it to inspire other people.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
So that.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
That alone is is commendable and great that we were
able to hear that message because it may have helped,
you know, some people that are listening to this show
that may feel like, you know, there's no there's no
hope in sight, or there's no hope down the road,
and he's found that piece.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
So it's always good.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
To have people like that that are true heroes in life,
like Rod Foster.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Again, we thank Rod for coming on the show. All right,
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(17:43):
we're back on a Friday. We care this Friday.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
I don't care normally, but today is kind of a
caring Friday. Roddy p fred Rogan, come on down the
home stretch. Let's go Freddy.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
All right, Rodney, let me mention if you want to
help Rod out, there's a go fund meet page, So
go go to GoFundMe, type in Rod's name you can
donate to help him out. And also we should have
given him a shout out. This is my bad. Last
week he was inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame. Awesome, awesome,
(18:16):
well that should be Yeah, that's pretty cool. All right. Now,
let's have spirituality a man who was probably out of
his mind over what happened. No, you think, I think.
And to provide that spirituality, there is one person, Victor
Brick with the daily Haiku at two and vicod afternoon.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Still wrapping his head around. Oh, Tony Sim's game for
the ages that.
Speaker 5 (18:44):
Fred Rogany speechless, he sees speechless.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
I'm crying because we got book.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
Mesmerized by the fifty to fifty Rodney Pete.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Yes, I am.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Yeah, dah in Kevin figures and still in shock and
awe of Otani's extreme heat in South Beach, double Ai.
It's go Tanio the goat. Yeah, having the time of
(19:33):
his life.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
The Sergio did that would never get old. But where's
he now? Where's Sergio at? Where's he? Where's he hanging out?
Any working on a Spanish channel. I'll tell you what
he is doing, having the time of his life.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
If he could dedicate a song for Otani, it would
be EMFs.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
I believe he's Itchy Bond HiT's King Flavor. Yeah, that
is like the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Uh, Fred
is just like indiscriminately pressing the buttons right now. But
he is.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Damn little kids, they say in Japanese.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Yeah, nay, I don't know what does. He only say
the mind has no mind, whatever it is, and he's
got that. Yeah, that was it. Move should move, God thought,
that's why you're gonna go with Vic. My God.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
It's still early in the segment. Fred so going unbelievable. No,
I mean, this was a global event. It wasn't just
you know, America's past time. This resonated around the baseball planet.
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My Japanese relatives, Mari and Rio.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Wait wait, who are your relatives? Mario and Mari and Rio? Oh,
Mari and Leo, Rio, Mario, Rio, Marie and Leo? What
is wrong with you? I couldn't understand what's wrong with
you calling?
Speaker 4 (21:32):
They're calling from Tokyo.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
How are they related to you, Vic cousins. They're your
cousins or your.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
Uko's first cousins. So they have there my cousins as well.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Okay, exactly, So they're.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Calling from Tokyo and we're all exulting in the moments
as the Mount Fuji of most.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
Erupts in Miami.
Speaker 4 (21:59):
With the greatest single game in hardball history. I mean,
it's a box score that blows the mind of the
baseball cosmos.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
I mean, righting.
Speaker 4 (22:12):
I know you were checking the annals looking for a
game like this. Yeah, and it's uncomparable, It's unparalleled, paralleled. Yeah,
I mean six or six, three home runs.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Two doubles, nobody did it.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
Ten runs battered than two stolen bases, scored four runs.
But it was a profound impact of all Tiny's night.
I mean, first ever in the fifty to fifty club.
He created it. Yes, propels the Dodgers into a playoff.
Berth breaks the record for the most home runs in
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a Dodger season, held by the beautiful Sean Green.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
I don't know if anybody's ever called him beautiful.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
He's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Okay, well you got a crush on him? Fine?
Speaker 4 (23:03):
And Otani shatters the records with such dynamic, grace, dignity,
and respect as the most selfless superstar in sports history.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
And this is for you, Fred Mushin.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
No mind, muga, no ego show, Hey Otani, and don't
forget you know the emotional tumult that Otani had to
go through this year.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
The emotional tumult. Yes, and start the season, remember that, Vick.
How soon do we forget what he to deal with
and deal with while playing right in the middle of
the season. I'll bet that was tough on him.
Speaker 4 (23:49):
I mean, the pressure of the richest contract in sports history.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
Yeah, you had a friend who you thought was a
friend and your interpreter it turned on you, and it's
dealing from you and you got to deal with that
day in and day out for what a month?
Speaker 4 (24:05):
Yeah, swindles him of what twenty million dollars in the
middle of the season.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
He's got to deal with that.
Speaker 4 (24:12):
Emotional trauma.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
You know what, I'll give you a two to one.
They're not friends anymore. It just doesn't look like something
that would go down. Well, yeah, that'd be tough to stomach.
Lit bit.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
He gets married to Momico. Yeah, I remember English is
not Oltani's first language.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
Really, I didn't know that.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
So it's constantly adjusting to the way of the Azul.
But still Otani's laser asque focus, his meticulous attention to detail.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
The Marconi is coming. This is the one. Isn't this
the designated day best show?
Speaker 2 (25:13):
All right, come on, let's go Roddy Pete, Fred Rogan
down the home stretched, Victor Brick Jacobs.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Let's go, yeah, come.
Speaker 4 (25:23):
On, Vic, As the accolades continue to flow for old
TONI San did I mention that he has great skin
as well? What yes, my beloved bride, you go Soakamo
Road always says, you know, Otani has got sensational skin.
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He really does.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
VIC.
Speaker 4 (25:47):
Does this go back to when you offered lamar Odom
skin products?
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Do you like skin products? That happened? I'll listen.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
I'm a fan of healthy, beautiful skin and and as
as my beloved bride, Yuko Sakamoto pointed out to me,
he has beautiful skin, but most importantly he has such
a beautiful attitude, so selfless and so much respect. You know,
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we talk about the numbers, of course, their mind blowing,
and we're all witnesses, you know, to the greatest single
of a single, greatest baseball game we've ever seen by
an individual, But his respect, you know, for the game,
and you know, David Vesse pointed this out, you know,
postgame he's talking about the respect for his peers and
(26:39):
for everyone who's played the game before him. He was
giving love, you know, to the game of baseball, not
reveling you know, in his own individual accomplishment, but in
the in the beautiful game of baseball itself, and the
way he gives respect to the umpires, and the way
he treats you know, his his banning equipment, and the
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you know and the ball boys and wait the way
to the way it's so it's just a beautiful experience
to watch him play baseball. The way he treats his
batting equipment, that is like the dumbest thing I've ever heard,
The way he treats the game, Fred. In the equipment,
his equipment, what do you watch watch when he peels
(27:24):
off his his equipment and hands it you know to uh,
you know a ball boy or ball girl who was
ever you know, doing the duties, treats it with respect.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
Fred.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
And that's that's also to be to be marvel that.
And we're also, I believe we're so lucky to be witnesses.
It's not it's not just you know, his pure power, finesse, speed,
it's the way he treats the game, way he treats
individuals around.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Him, takes off his batting.
Speaker 4 (27:57):
Just you know, you watch a sign and action, it's
it's just it's just a wonderful thing to see. It's
it's very it's very enlightening. Yes, and listen, I have
been on the old Tawny train since he came in
what seven years ago from the desert with the Angels,
and he had that less than stellar spring training and
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everyone was down on him.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
Think they had two bad games in spring training.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
I kept I kept hopping, and I'm you know, I trumpeted,
and I'll just go back in time. This dude is
a natural. He's a phenomenon. Give him time and he
will adjust. And wow, I mean the one year in
Los Angeles, you've just been just incredible. The bottom line
upshot fellas. The Dodgers gotta win games. They still gotta
(28:48):
win games. Last night was insanely beautiful. But the Colorado
Rockies are in town. We don't even know who's pitching
tonight at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
What does it matter?
Speaker 4 (29:01):
It matters, Fred, you got nine games, You've got a
four game lead on the surging Padres. You got to
keep them at Bay.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
They it's all about Otani. That's all you can think about.
You don't care about who's pitching. You care about Otani.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
I'm thinking about the season. I'm thinking about the World
Series and how we're going to get there.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
You love Otani?
Speaker 4 (29:19):
I do love Otani. It's a known fact.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
If you could, would you be his manservant?
Speaker 4 (29:26):
I would do whatever I could for Otoni?
Speaker 3 (29:28):
Son the hell does that man?
Speaker 1 (29:31):
Whatever he wanted, whatever he needed, you would be his valet.
Speaker 4 (29:37):
I would try to help him out.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
There's no doubt.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
I'd give him the latest sumo coverage.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Say some of the relevant like bat Boy or something. Fred,
what the hell are you going with here? Just saying
Vick would do anything for Otani. You'd be his plumber,
wouldn't you. He's mesmerized by him, always have been. Yes,
it's fair.
Speaker 4 (30:03):
It's been a it's been unbelievable. I mean last night
was we felt it coming. We felt there was a
monster game coming, and like I said, the Malfuji of
Mosfoorte erupted it in Miami.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
There was an eruption vic.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
As they say in Japanese, as I repeat, Goyney unbelievable.
So Goyney unbelievable.
Speaker 5 (30:40):
No is it?
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Is it unbelievable or you're just added the no unbelievable.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
No, unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
Yeah, something tells me I could be wrong. Today is
going to be a high cout. We don't know yet.
Written by Vic about Otani. It just doesn't look like
something I understand, but I've got that sense. Vic, am
I in the ballpark. You're in the groove. Fred there
(31:11):
it is. You're in the groove.
Speaker 4 (31:15):
On this Friday, September twentieth. This high cool for you,
and it's written for seventeen.
Speaker 1 (31:23):
It goes something like this, this is going to be
very flowery. Oh Toni san.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
Ichi bond number one, first ever, the fifty to fifty
in the moment, mister fifty one fifty one, you got
to day. We are so happy for your happiness, oh
TONI sign I'm feeling you.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
There it is there, it is there, it is, Freddy
there it is. What a way to wrap it?
Speaker 4 (31:57):
Ask some after glow?
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Okay, Vic, that's terrific. That's terrific. Fret that that wasn't authentic,
and hey, Rodney, couldn't get much more authentic than that,
to be honest with you, Ronnie, thank you, Adam. Great week, Rodney,
(32:18):
have a good weekend. We'll talk Monday.
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