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welcome into post game Dodger talk

2:23

here on AM 570 LA Sports.

2:26

Thanks for being with us on

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this glorious Wednesday afternoon. The clouds

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have burned off right at first

2:32

pitch. The sun broke through right

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when the Dodgers offense started to

2:37

get going and picking up right

2:39

where they left off last night.

2:41

15 runs on 18 hits and

2:43

today they tack on more 12

2:45

runs on 17 hits in a

2:48

12 12 -7 win over the

2:50

Miami Marlins 866 -987 -2570 is

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the number 866 -987 -2570 We

2:54

got plenty of time for your

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phone calls between now the bottom

2:58

of the hour when we turn

3:01

things over to Petro some money

3:03

as the Dodgers get the three

3:05

game sweep over the Miami Marlins

3:07

They've now won five straight overall

3:09

on what was a really good

3:11

home stand for the Dodgers. I

3:14

mentioned it last night I mentioned in the

3:16

clubhouse show just a little while ago Last

3:18

night was one of those get right

3:20

games for the Dodgers. This guy's struggling

3:22

offensively, maybe not feeling it on defense,

3:25

the pitching staff having their ups and downs,

3:28

the bullpen being asked to do a lot.

3:30

Last night was one of those games. Everything

3:32

went right. Matt Sauer went to five innings

3:34

to help out the bullpen. The Dodgers erupted

3:37

offensively. You're starting to see Mookie Betts swing

3:39

the bat. Andy Pajes, I mean, somebody, this

3:41

guy is on fire. Do not touch him

3:43

because you are getting burned how hot he

3:46

is right now. And hopefully he's days hot

3:48

and you're seeing a Dodgers offense

3:50

last night. Just get back on

3:52

track. Get right as they say.

3:55

Well, today it was a continuation

3:57

of that and even more so for

3:59

a Mookie Bet and a Max Muncie

4:01

who hit his first home run of

4:03

the season. You heard Max in the

4:06

clubhouse show. A static just had a

4:08

smile on his face the entire time.

4:10

Messing around with David as saying the

4:13

Dodgers clubhouse. Certainly a mood can change

4:15

when you hit a home run. And when

4:17

things start clicking at the plate and when

4:19

things aren't going right and you start the

4:21

season like Max had 105 plate appearances without

4:24

a home run, you start feeling

4:26

it mentally, emotionally on and off the

4:28

field. And to hit a home run,

4:31

he rounded first and just kind of

4:33

threw his hands up in the air

4:35

like, finally! Yes! That's it! A home

4:37

run. Finally, I can get going. and

4:40

got that monkey off of his back, so

4:42

to speak, and can go on now and

4:44

be the Max Muncie, where he knows he

4:46

can be offensively, and what we've seen him

4:49

produce offensively for this Dodger team year after

4:51

year. It's a get -right

4:53

series for the Dodgers. There's no doubt about

4:55

it. The offense is clicking. We

4:57

saw some really good defense. And the

5:00

pitching, the last few games has been

5:02

really good for the Dodgers. And today,

5:04

spotlighted by what Tony Gonsola did in

5:06

his return. I don't think you understand

5:09

how good he was today. And I'm

5:11

not going to temper it either by

5:13

saying it's the Miami Marlins. It's a

5:15

last place team. Look

5:18

at Sandy Alcontre yesterday, a

5:20

young award winner a few years ago, Tommy

5:22

John surgery. He was making, I believe his

5:25

six or seven start yesterday. He

5:27

still doesn't look right. He's still

5:29

getting his stuff back. He

5:32

is still trying to work his way

5:34

back from Tommy John surgery because just

5:36

because you're cleared, just because you're activated

5:39

off the injured list, just because you

5:41

made some minor league rehab starts and

5:43

the calendar tells you you're good

5:45

and the doctor tells you you're good,

5:48

you still have to get your stuff back. You still

5:50

have to get that feel back. You still have to

5:53

get your pitches back. You still have to get your

5:55

mechanics back. You start to get into a rhythm and

5:57

build yourself up. And yes, you're cleared and

5:59

you checked all the boxes to get

6:01

back onto the field. But then there's

6:03

the whole emotional hurdle of coming back

6:06

from an injury, whether it's a knee

6:08

injury, whether it's a foot injury in

6:10

Freddie Freeman. And for this case, it's

6:12

Tony Gonsolin and Tommy John surgery. Last

6:15

year, he could have gone, he said in

6:17

his own words to David Vassay on Monday

6:19

night on the Dodgers pregame show that he

6:22

could have pitched in October. Could he

6:24

have been successful? We hope he

6:26

would have been, but the Dodgers elected to

6:28

just keep him shut down and let him

6:30

get ready for 2025. And then

6:32

a back injury, lifting weights and spring

6:34

training derailed his start. He would have

6:36

broke camp with this Dodgers team and

6:38

been in the rotation to start the year, but

6:41

he wasn't. And so now we finally

6:43

get the debut today of Tony Gonsolin.

6:46

And while it took a few extra weeks for him to

6:48

get back out in the mountain, I'm

6:50

not worried about that because what I saw,

6:53

Was Tony Gonsolin dialed in?

6:56

Mechanics? His pitches? Everything

6:58

looked really good in

7:00

six innings of work. It's almost like

7:03

Dave Roberts was Nostradamus, you know, knew,

7:05

knew what was happening before it happened.

7:08

Calling his shot yesterday, calling, he didn't say

7:10

it yesterday. He said he expects, yeah, on the

7:12

post game show yesterday, Dave Roberts

7:14

said he fully expected Tony Gonsolin to

7:16

give him six today. And wouldn't

7:18

you know it? The cat man went

7:20

out there today and pitched six innings.

7:22

for the Dodgers gave up three runs

7:24

on three hits. Kyle

7:26

towers proved to be a thorn,

7:29

uh, in, in the backs of

7:31

the Dodgers today as

7:33

Kyle Stowers was four for

7:35

four with two home runs and four

7:38

ribbies. He drove in for the dodge or

7:40

the Maryland's four seven runs in this game

7:42

today, including the two run home run off

7:44

Tony Gonson with two outs. And

7:47

then Stowers and

7:49

RBI double in the sixth inning off

7:51

of Tony Gonsolin. So

7:54

the Dodgers today got a really impressive

7:56

performance from Tony Gonsolin, just what they

7:58

needed. And quite frankly, impressive in

8:01

my eyes, because it is his first

8:03

start back. It is his

8:05

first start knocking off the rust

8:07

from 2023, missing an entire year.

8:09

And I think more importantly, the

8:12

emotional and psychological hurdle

8:14

that he got over

8:16

today was massive. Now

8:19

he knows. Okay. I can go

8:21

out there. I can throw my

8:23

fastball. I can throw all four

8:25

pitches really well. My foreseen fastball,

8:27

my splitter, my slider, my curveball,

8:29

all four of my pitches, I

8:32

can throw really good. And that splitter, opponents

8:35

only hit below 200

8:37

against it. That's his best pitch, his

8:39

knockout pitch, his, his strikeout pitch. And

8:42

today you saw him throw up for

8:45

strikes and get swinging misses. He had

8:47

17 swinging misses today from the Miami

8:49

Marlins. It was

8:51

exactly what he needed and

8:53

what the Dodgers needed today

8:56

Six strong innings from a

8:58

starter and from Tony Gonsolin

9:00

now something to build off of

9:02

and something to feel positive

9:04

about again psychologically You feel

9:07

good. You know, your pitches are back. Your

9:09

mechanics feel good I'm assuming he feels good

9:11

physically after the game or else we would

9:13

have heard differently when he talked to David

9:16

Vassay in the clubhouse and the pitches were

9:18

working And now that

9:20

he gets it all underneath his belt, he

9:22

knows that he's paying free. He's

9:24

not having the arm problems like he did in 2023. He's

9:27

over that emotional psychological hurdle. And now

9:30

he's ready to go the rest of

9:32

2025, hopefully knock on Wood God willing

9:34

injury free for the Catman Tony Gonson.

9:36

I love the new look, the shaved

9:38

head and the full beard. I love

9:40

it. Looks good. Tony

9:43

Gonson's velocity was back

9:45

as well, mid 90s with the

9:47

fastball. I mentioned in the clubhouse

9:49

show the first three batters he faced six

9:51

strikes eight pitches in the first thing that

9:53

was it And he got

9:55

some help from Michael conforto on a running

9:58

catch the first step out of the game

10:00

But then in the second inning he

10:02

started pitching backwards. What does that mean

10:04

pitching backwards? Oh account you

10:06

start mixing in your off -speed pitches So

10:08

the first pitch of a bat is an

10:10

off -speed pitch a curveball a slider a

10:13

split finger and you throw it for a

10:15

strike And as Freddie Freeman said in the

10:17

post game show, David asked him, what did

10:19

you see out of Tony Gonsolin? Freddie Freeman

10:21

said the exact same thing. The fact that

10:23

he was already pitching backwards in the, in

10:25

the counts like he was today and having

10:28

that confidence to throw the slider, the splitter

10:30

and the curve for a, an OO pitch

10:32

for a strike opens up everything for a

10:34

pitcher in it at bad and gives them

10:36

an advantage over the hitter ahead of striking

10:38

the count. And now that you got the

10:40

hitter thinking, okay, is he going to continue

10:43

to throw off speed pitches? Which one is

10:45

it? I'm sitting fastball. That split finger looks

10:47

like a fastball. The slider's got a lot

10:49

of bite on it today. And you're just

10:51

a mess at the plate. And Tony Gonslund's

10:53

got you like a cat with a ball

10:55

of yarn for the cat man, just playing

10:58

with you. And that's what he did today

11:00

for six solid innings. for the Dodgers as

11:02

they get the 12 -7 win over the

11:04

Miami Marlins. 866 -987 -257. Let's go out

11:06

to the phones before we take a break

11:08

and we hear from Jose Moda. We'll also

11:10

hear from the manager Dave Roberts as well.

11:13

Maxwell and Austin. Maxwell, how you doing? Hey

11:16

Tim, I'm doing okay. I love

11:18

yourself. I'm doing good. It was

11:20

a good win for this Dodgers team, Maxwell.

11:22

It was a good series win for this

11:24

Dodgers team as finally the guys are healthy.

11:26

Tommy, I've been a little banged up injury.

11:28

We found out after the game wasn't in

11:30

the lineup, but the big three finally playing

11:32

together in that lineup together. And we're starting

11:35

to three and see the three of them

11:37

start producing. Yeah.

11:39

Yesterday I called my shop for

11:41

maximum. Today I call my

11:43

shop for max months. They actually did hit

11:45

his first home run and he did it.

11:48

Yeah, it was good to see him get

11:50

a home run. Max. Well, swim that silver

11:52

hammer, appreciated checking in from Austin. It was

11:54

a big home run for Max. You could

11:56

see the excitement. You can see the relief

11:59

coming off of him when he hit that

12:01

home run. And on the flip side of

12:03

it, I think of some of bats, this

12:05

home stand where he thought he got it

12:07

and hit it right to somebody in the

12:10

outfield where he swung it a pitch and

12:12

struck out. And he just is staring at

12:14

the ground and you can see the frustration

12:16

and you feel for a Max Muncie because

12:18

you don't want to see a hitter go

12:21

through this because the entire time they're thinking,

12:23

this is ever going to stop. Am I

12:25

ever going to get out of this? Am

12:27

I destined just to be a 194 hitter?

12:29

Is this what my career has come to?

12:33

It's a lot to start thinking that. And then you

12:35

get the pressure of the fans. Come

12:37

on, man. Why aren't you hitting? Where's

12:39

Max Muncie's power? Where's the silver hammer?

12:41

All that starts playing into things. And

12:44

for Max Muncie, to hit a

12:46

home run today, it just gets

12:48

that pressure off of his shoulders.

12:50

And I hope for him, it

12:52

just unlocked something for him offensively

12:54

at the plate. And we just

12:56

see a lot of production from

12:59

Max Muncie. Because to think about

13:01

this offense with Otani, Betz, Freeman,

13:03

Teosca, Hernandez, pretty impressive,

13:05

right? You got a Will Smith,

13:07

always dangerous. Andy Pajes

13:09

on fire now. And

13:12

you throw in... Muncie starting to turn

13:14

things around offensively, getting maybe back to

13:16

the Max Muncie that we saw from

13:18

the last couple of years. Again,

13:21

that elongates this lineup and it makes

13:23

it so hard to pitch to one

13:25

through nine. You just make

13:27

it so there's no breathing room for a

13:30

starting pitcher. You make it so there's no

13:32

breathing room for a manager when something goes

13:34

wrong to go to the bullpen because you're

13:36

like, oh, who do I go to? Lefty

13:39

righty doesn't matter because I got Otani coming.

13:41

It doesn't matter because I got red hot

13:43

Andy Paez coming up. You just have no

13:46

moves to make on the chessboard if you're

13:48

an opposing manager, because the Dodgers control the

13:50

board with their offense and their lineup. 866

13:53

-987 -257. We'll take a break. We'll come

13:55

back. We'll get to more of your phone

13:58

calls. We'll hear from Jose Modo. We'll hear

14:00

from the manager, Dave Roberts. A busy time

14:02

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16:01

Sports. Here's a two ball

16:03

one strike pitch. And this

16:06

one is hit well to center field.

16:08

It is heading back toward the wall.

16:10

It is gone. Home run number one.

16:13

as Maxwell gets to swing the Silver

16:15

Hammer for the first time this season,

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and the Dodgers on the board won

16:19

nothing. Max Muncie did it, his first

16:22

home run of the season. Dodgers, it

16:24

all had two home runs today. Freddie

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Freeman went deep, a two run shot

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in the six, 12 runs, 17 hits,

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Let's check it with Jose. to

16:56

get to Jose. I'll start with Tony Gonslin.

16:58

Man, impressive to see him out there. I

17:00

mentioned it. The physical stuff was back, obviously,

17:02

but I think emotionally, psychologically, he got over

17:04

a big hurdle today being out there in

17:06

the Mount for six innings. Hey man, he

17:08

looked like that King out there that we

17:10

saw in 2022 going 16 and one pitching

17:12

the whole star game at Dodger Stadium and

17:14

Tony in total control. I mean, Tony got

17:16

a good glimpse of what he needed to

17:18

do in that first inning when he only

17:20

threw eight pitches as he mentioned him. but

17:23

I'm talking about the defense you know knowing

17:25

that you know what it's not about how

17:27

hard I can throw today it's about spotting

17:29

the baseball he was sensational spotting every pitch

17:31

as he mentioned pitching backwards and then stealing

17:33

some strikes with that curveball and better description

17:35

than Freddie Friedman when he had to face

17:37

Tony Gonson you couldn't find and just how

17:39

hard it is to lay off that curveball

17:41

then you got to change your eyes for

17:43

the high fastball to the darting fastball that

17:45

he has spotted so well today and to

17:47

the splitter. So happy to see him. He's

17:49

a big part of this whole thing. And

17:52

he was fishing like a guy who was

17:54

on a mission to stay in that rotation.

17:56

Speaking of a, uh, emotional

17:58

and psychological hurdle getting over,

18:00

uh, talk about what Max Muncie

18:02

is feeling right now as opposed to what he was

18:04

feeling a couple of hours ago, just by hitting that

18:06

at home, running in the second inning. Relief,

18:10

total relief. Talked

18:13

to months, a lot last road trip and

18:15

we're talking about exit velocities and balls that

18:17

he had been hitting right at the end

18:19

of the last homestand. And it continued on

18:21

in the following road trip and just where

18:23

balls are just not falling. And

18:25

we know that, you know, players today do pay a

18:28

lot of attention to how the ball's traveling and how

18:30

hard they hit and all the kind of things and

18:32

that related to hits, right? So the

18:34

portions were not on his favor, but we

18:37

know eventually if you continue, just put together,

18:39

go to bats and you get, you and

18:41

Davis said, do a good job. Just mentioning

18:43

his game and how important the walk is.

18:46

for Max Muncie. The more he walks, the

18:48

better he is. And right now we're seeing

18:50

a Max Muncie that he's walking, making better

18:53

contact using the big part of the field.

18:55

That to me is the one thing he

18:57

has to really stay with and not looking

18:59

for home runs, looking for good contact in

19:02

singles and good things happen for him. Baseball

19:04

is a funny game. It's a long season.

19:06

Sometimes fans panic. Sometimes talk show host panic

19:09

when a thing's not going right or a

19:11

player's not going right at the plate or

19:13

on the mound, but to see Mookie Betts.

19:15

Doing what he's doing now hits in four

19:18

straight games two for four last night Again

19:20

two for four today driving in runs to

19:22

Oscar Hernandez staying hot Andy Pajas staying hot

19:25

and then you add in Max Muncie Hopefully

19:27

turn things around this lineup Jose I think

19:29

for the first time I hope now moving

19:31

forward. It's kind of what we expected how

19:34

potent they can be Yes, definitely when you

19:36

consider that, you know today show hey is

19:38

not a huge factor, but you have the

19:41

bottom of the order. Austin Bond is doing

19:43

a great job today and the way he

19:45

made contact got on base. But you're talking

19:47

about a lineup now as he describes him

19:50

that has really stretched out. I think Pahas's

19:52

resurgence has really helped everything else. It

19:55

was great to see him hitting in the middle, but he's going

19:57

to be a bigger influence in the bottom third. When

19:59

everybody's back, obviously, with autonomy admin today,

20:01

but for Mookie Betts, going back to

20:04

Mookie, you look at his swing. You

20:06

look at all the demands that he's putting on his body

20:08

right now. The fact that this guy lost close to 20

20:10

pounds beginning of the season, it was going to take him

20:12

a while to catch up. And the

20:14

loopy swing we saw, say, 10 days

20:16

ago is disappearing. More line

20:18

drives, more staying inside the ball. He's got

20:21

a better rotation, you know, spin off his

20:23

bat. And Mookie is a guy that, you

20:25

know, he started out for this homestay, was

20:28

just moving guys over on a fly ball

20:30

from second to third by making good contact

20:32

and stay within himself. But I think overall,

20:35

We're going to see that swing, the big whip

20:37

where he starts pulling the ball, you know, provides

20:39

a lot of power, but at least he's off

20:42

to a good start because he stays inside the

20:44

ball very nicely here in the last couple of

20:46

days. While this road trip won't be the pirates

20:48

and the Marlins, they will see the Marlins for

20:51

three, but they're going to catch an Atlanta Braves

20:53

team that is struggling right now, Jose. And they're

20:55

going to get an Arizona Diamondbacks team that is

20:57

under 500 or hovering right around 500 right now,

20:59

but they've lost seven other last 10. This could

21:02

continue to be a nice little stretch here for

21:04

the Dodgers. to continue this momentum and who knows,

21:06

maybe get a little bit more separation than division.

21:09

It's to be an important stretch because you're to see

21:11

the brace for a second time, a much different and

21:13

confident team. They know a lot about you. You know

21:15

more about them. Uh, same thing with

21:17

Miami, you know, they're going to have a little vengeance

21:20

and, and, you know, Clay McCollum, knowing the things they

21:22

need to do better. Um, and then

21:24

the Arizona academics are just waiting for that calendar

21:26

to turn to see the values face to face

21:28

because we know is going to be a fight

21:30

all the way to the end. Three teams involved,

21:33

but certainly is better to go on the strip

21:35

on a climb the way the diaries are playing

21:37

after being shut up by Paul Schemes and company

21:39

that one night in the conference level and things

21:41

that we're talking about just two weeks ago with

21:44

the defense and the base running. little by little,

21:46

they're disappearing and things are really catching on to

21:48

just playing a more solid game. Yeah. You figured

21:50

the defense and the base running blunders weren't going

21:53

to stick around and it happened too many more

21:55

times. And like you said, they have, they have

21:57

put put in the rear of your mirror for

21:59

what has happened over the last couple of road

22:01

trips. Jose, we appreciate it and we'll check with

22:04

you on Friday. All

22:07

right, there he goes Jose Mota as the

22:09

Dodgers get the win over the Marlins today

22:11

out of Dodger Stadium 12 to 7 the

22:13

final Tony Gonson the win Cal Quantrell gets

22:15

the losses Tony Gonson's first win since August

22:17

12th 2023 against the Colorado Rockies as the

22:19

Dodgers now 21 and 10 on this season

22:22

They have a game and a half lead

22:24

over the Padres who have won two in

22:26

a row including a win over the Giants

22:28

today down at Petco Park The Giants starting

22:30

to play 500 baseball there now two games

22:32

back and the Dimebacks who are in New

22:35

York right now taking on the Mets. As

22:37

I mentioned, they have lost seven of their

22:39

last 10 going into play today. They're sitting

22:41

at 15 and 14 on this season. Deacon

22:43

and San Diego joins us here on Dodger

22:45

talk on this Wednesday afternoon. How you doing

22:47

Deacon? Good, are you? I'm

22:49

doing well. Dodger's on a roll right now. Winners of

22:52

five in a row starting to pick things up and

22:54

feel good about them. Great

22:56

win. Great win. Hey, my question

22:58

is about Conferto and what is

23:00

our realistic expectation of him because

23:04

We're going to give Muncie a chance.

23:07

He's going to turn around. We know

23:09

his track record. Even CT3, he's down,

23:11

but we know him. But

23:13

what is our realistic expectations of Converto?

23:15

Because it seems like he's just been

23:18

given chance after chance after chance. I

23:21

don't know. I just don't know. I

23:23

don't feel like he's just not working

23:25

out. Well, he's got, you know, not

23:27

even 90 at bats on the season.

23:30

I appreciate the phone call deacon. You

23:32

know, this is a Michael Conforto who

23:34

got off to a good start and

23:36

it's certainly cooled off offensively, has not

23:38

had a hit now on this homestand

23:41

in the five games that he played,

23:43

including the last three against the Marlins.

23:45

He is struggling. There's no doubt about

23:47

that. This swing, he's trying anything at

23:49

this point. He went to the torpedo

23:52

bat on this homestand for a little

23:54

bit, for a couple of it bats.

23:56

You hope he can get out of

23:59

it. I'm not sure what plan B

24:01

is or when plan B starts. for

24:03

the Dodgers in left field and Michael

24:06

Conforto. You think about the outfield situation

24:08

right now. You're not taking Teosca Hernandez

24:10

at a right field. He is certainly

24:12

supplanted himself now as the everyday right

24:15

fielder. Andy Pajas, you're to have a

24:17

real hard time going to Andy Pajas

24:19

and telling him you're not playing center

24:22

field anymore or you're not in the

24:24

lineup today. He's going to be in

24:26

the lineup every day, if not close

24:28

to every day. And he is your

24:31

center fielder. So, left field, Michael Conforto.

24:34

Left -headed bat. Is

24:36

it a James Altman they bring up and

24:38

put in a left field? I don't think

24:40

that's necessarily Plan B right now. I

24:43

think Kike Hernandez has to be an opportunity

24:45

that they maybe go to. I think of

24:47

Chris Taylor. You've got to give some more

24:50

bats to CT3 to see what he can

24:52

do. Maybe, maybe you

24:54

move Tommy Edmond out to center

24:56

field. on a more regular basis,

24:58

and you do move Andy Pahas

25:00

to left. But again, Pahas

25:03

is really starting to turn into a

25:05

pretty good center fielder. He's playing better

25:07

and better every single game, taking better

25:09

routes on the ball, making better plays.

25:12

Had a ball go off his glove today, but you

25:14

know what? That's one of those do or die plays,

25:16

as they say in baseball. You're going

25:19

to make a do or die play. It's a

25:21

ball with a low liner. You're going to make

25:23

a diving catch on your belly. And if you

25:25

make the catch, It's a sport center catch. If

25:28

you miss it, it's probably getting past you and

25:30

going to the wall like it did. It's a

25:32

do or die play. You take a judgment on

25:34

that and you try to make the effort. I

25:36

don't knock them for, for going and try to

25:38

make that diving catch. It just didn't happen. It

25:40

gets by him. But overall, I

25:42

just have a problem with, with, with saying, all

25:44

right, if we're not going to go with Michael

25:47

Conforto on left field, We're just going to move

25:49

Andy Pah has the left. I just don't like

25:51

that thinking right now. I think he solidified himself

25:53

as the center fielder. And you got to make

25:55

another option in left field if that's the direction

25:57

they go. But keep in mind, it's a month

26:00

into the season calendar wise. I know they've played

26:02

some games before that. You're

26:04

31 games in. You're

26:06

21 and 10. And Michael Conforto has

26:09

played in 27 games. And he's got

26:11

what, 87, almost 90 at bats now

26:13

on the season. It's not

26:15

a huge sample size. Once you

26:18

start getting to 125, 130

26:20

at bats, okay, maybe we

26:22

revisit what's happening with Michael Confort on the

26:24

left field. I hope for his sake, he

26:27

can flip the switch here offensively, and maybe

26:29

this road trip will be a good chance

26:31

for him to turn things around at the

26:33

plate. All right, Dave Roberts, certainly a happy

26:35

man after the way his Dodgers team has

26:37

played on this homestand after dropping the series

26:39

opener to the Pirates. The Dodgers was Paul

26:42

Skeens, by the way, on Friday night. That's

26:44

really was when they lost to the Pirates

26:46

Friday. They lost to Paul Skeens, who was

26:48

dealing. They come back and win

26:50

Saturday and Sunday against the Pirates. And then they

26:52

get the three game sweep over the Miami Marlins

26:54

Dodgers back atop first place. Let's hear from the

26:56

Dodger manager, Dave Roberts, post game. Dave,

26:59

were you surprised that Tony

27:01

didn't have more butterflies going

27:03

into this game? I

27:06

wasn't. Tony's got a different brain.

27:10

And you can take it any way you want.

27:14

I just think he's just very just

27:16

kind of confident who he is now

27:18

as a person, as a ball player.

27:21

Moment isn't going to get too big for him. Yeah,

27:24

I mean, it wasn't like this

27:26

first outing and however long and

27:29

he just took it in stride

27:31

and really pitched fantastic today. Do

27:33

you feel like you're often sitting

27:36

in the front for providing pictures

27:38

like this? You know, I

27:41

think that with talent comes expectations and

27:43

we certainly have a lot of talent

27:45

in our lineup and throughout our lineup.

27:48

And I really do believe that

27:50

Yeah, we're putting some runs on

27:53

the board, beating the starter, but

27:55

it's just collectively the team at

27:57

bats. I think that we're

27:59

having and we're really, there's just no

28:01

let up and we're creating a lot

28:04

of stress and we probably don't get

28:06

enough credit and take in a lot

28:08

of criticism than we probably deserve given

28:10

the production. One

28:13

very close win and then two

28:15

lopsided wins. Can you size up

28:17

this series? Well,

28:19

I think that the outcomes this

28:22

homestand couldn't have been any better

28:24

for us. You

28:26

know, our only loss came to one of the

28:28

best pitches in baseball and then to come back

28:30

and win five straight. Our

28:33

bullpen is reset. Finally,

28:36

we've got Yamamoto,

28:38

Rokey and May

28:40

going. And so

28:42

I think that going into 10 in a

28:45

row, I think that we're in

28:47

a really good spot. Yeah,

28:49

I mean close one could win either way

28:51

the first one and we came back and

28:53

found a way to win it and then

28:56

we made hay and performed well on the

28:58

last two to win three games. All

29:00

right, there's Dave Roberts. Certainly a happy

29:02

manager after a five and one homestand.

29:05

A day off tomorrow, they'll head east

29:07

and they'll start their 10 game road

29:09

trip, 10 games in 10 days beginning

29:11

in Atlanta on Friday. Real quick, an

29:13

update from Oklahoma city, AAA comments. Clayton

29:16

Kershaw on the mountain and a minor

29:18

league rehab start was supposed to go

29:20

yesterday because of the weather. They pushed

29:22

it to today. He's pitching against the

29:24

El Paso Chihuahuas. They're in

29:27

the second inning. He's got a couple of

29:29

strikeouts already for the future Hall of Famer,

29:31

who is up now to 16 pitches in

29:33

an inning and two thirds looks like so

29:35

far. So another strong outing for Clayton Kershaw,

29:37

earliest he can come back as the middle

29:40

of May, but he has started that process

29:42

of working his way back to this Dodgers

29:44

team. So that is good news. for Dodger

29:46

fans. That's going to do it for Dodger

29:48

talk. Thanks to Colin Yee. Thanks to Jose

29:51

Moda. Thanks to all you for being a

29:53

part of the show back at it on

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