The Dodgers back in action taking on the Tampa Bay Rays. It will be a reunion for Dave Roberts and Eric Neander and maybe Brad Paisley will even show up. And Dodger manager not only just another Dodger manager, a World Series winning Dodger manager, a man that has the highest winning percentage of any active manager, and he's in his ninth season on his way to a big postseason run. And that is the great Dave Roberts. Thanks a lot for the time.
Oh, thanks David, it's good to catch up with you.
And man, we've had a fun series thus far with the Mariners, and I am looking forward to this race series and a little rematch of twenty twenty and we'll see if there's another Tyler Glass Now deal to be had.
Hey, Brad Paisley already called me and he said, can we recreate what happened in Nashville after one of these games? So be ready for a late night one of these nights.
No, So it's funny, is that just the other night he texted me after that big Jason Hayward, you know Homer, And it was about two o'clock his time in Nashville, and I say, hey, man, you're supposed to be asleep right now, and he said, the bar doesn't close till four in Nashville. So that was a scene of the crime right there. So he's obviously watching a lot of our games and excited for the series.
You're so welcoming and you let anybody at any moment come into your office. But have you noticed some of these celebrities that are more locked in on the Dodgers and not just being here for a night out. Are you surprised by some of these high profile people that are actually locked in.
No, I am, and it's exciting, and I think that you know, I played for the Dodgers in early two thousands, and I think that now obviously with social media and how well we've been playing, and obviously with show Hey Mookie, we have so much star power of Freddie and obviously with Clayton, and you know, there's just you know, the Dodger organization, the brand, I think is at an all
time high, and it's a global brand. And so now you've talked about the entire glow, you're talking about a list celebrities that are big Dodger fans and rocking the la logo everywhere, So it's a lot of fun for all of us.
How does Dave Roberts manage not only his twenty six players, but also managing all those demands, because I'm not sure people realize that being you, you don't have just sevent ten on your mind. You have a lot of people coming through your office.
I do.
I do, and it's something I signed up for. It's a responsibility I think that you know, as a manager, there's two sides.
I think for people to understand.
There's the baseball operation side, which is the prospects, which is the minor leagues, which is the Major League certainly the baseball operation side of it, and there's also the business side, where then you've got sponsorships, ownership, media, fans and all that kind of matters, and they all have their own importance for the organization. And so that's front of mine for me, and I played for the Dodgers. I'm a Southern Californa guys, so I value the organization,
I value the fans. But I will say, though, Dave, at seven to ten, after the machalanthem is done and gone, I always joke with my coach that the best part of the day now is about to be upon us, and that's playing baseball.
It's so cool when I have those opportunities to be next to your dugout before first pitch is thrown. You're trying to fire up your players, and honestly, you have the most energy of anybody in this dugout.
Yeah, I think it's either me or Travis Smith. You're not doing cartwheels.
I'm not doing Carlos, No, I'll break. You know what, I think that I get excited each day. I get excited to play a baseball game. And I want our players to understand that, to get excited each day because each day with baseball, as we live and die by every game and win or loss. But it's a new day and I like to come in fresh every day, and I think the players feed off of that.
Manager Dave Roberts is our guest. When you look at your starting staff, you have Yamamotos starting to come back sometime in September. But you revealed the other day that Tyler Glass now hasn't started to throw. So does that mean he would not be able to pitch for you against the Diamondbacks.
Yeah, you know, I think initially we all felt that he would be able to be ready for that diamonback series, and again, it could happen. But like I said the other day, is you got to listen to the body. And we have a lot of very good people on the medical side that are have Tyler's best interest, you know,
not only for one start, but through October. And so I don't know that answer, but I do know that, you know, the longer we take in between playing catch and building back up, it's going to take longer on the backside. So I don't know when he's going to start playing catch again. But you know, I'm still holding out hope that it could happen. But if it doesn't happen, we'll be okay.
All right.
Before I let you go, I harken back to spring training. You invited Tim Grover to speak to your team. I'm not sure if you remember the analogy he U as far as not allowing yourself to dim the switch, not flip the switch, but dim the switch. Do you feel with the diamondbacks and padres breathing down your neck, it's allowed your players not to be able to dim the switch.
I think so, I think that you can you know, I hear players talking in the in the clubhouse and the dugout, you know, and you know, news conferences or whatever in interviews and talking about what their psyche is. And I think that's a good thing. We're not running from the competition. Being in a pennant race certainly something new to us over the last you know, nine years for me twenty twenty one obviously with the Giants to
the end. But I think it's a good thing it, you know, competition brings out the best in everyone, and so we got to go out there and continue to play well. We got the Diamondbacks coming up for a big four game series at their play, so that's gonna matter. We got the Padres later on the year, that's gonna matter. And you know, credits those guys. They're both playing great baseball. And there's a lot of in baseball right now, which is as a fan, that's a great thing.
But we got to take care of business. And I like those guys we have.
Hey, Dave Roberts sets the tone every day in that clubhouse, and teams take on the personality of their manager. And this team certainly has done something special to this point, and Dave Roberts is the leader. Hey, big victory in this interview, I did not ask you about show. Hey o Tani, and I did not ask you who the Dodger closer is because unlike others, I listen when you say you have a lot of different guys out there, so big victory today.
Thank you, Dave.
I appreciate that, and truth be told, I get the show. Hey questions. He's a generational type talent, and I think you know me. I maybe am a little slow moving at times, but I don't like to put the genie in the bottle too much. So you know, when a guy performs for a couple outings, I don't want to kind of anoint somebody a king, so I like more of a sample size.
No doubt.
Anyway, you got to listen, and when the manager speaks, thanks a lot for the time, and really appreciate you doing this. And we'll see you down the stretch and we will see a lot of each other in October. Count on it.
I look forward to Dave. Thanks for all your work. Man,