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Now your host walking you up to first pitch. It's Tim kays.

Hi, everybody, and welcome in to Morongo Casino Dodgers on dak. The off season is over, Spring training has wrapped up in Arizona, and now the defending World Series champions are in Tokyo, Japan to begin the twenty twenty five season as they play a two game series against the Chicago Cubs. There is a buzz in Tokyo with the Dodgers being there, show hey O, Tania's return, Yoshi Yamamoto, Roki Sazaki, all back home in Japan wearing Dodger blue. Sellout crowds for

Freddy Freeman base is empty. Two out east swings HiT's a high drive left field and deep going back and Freddie Freeman has hit it out his third spring home not at opposite field shot.

Home runs this spring for Freddy. The Top Tier played the game sponsored by Arco Quality Top Tier Gas for leuts. Mookie Betts was having a good spring, but god sick in Tokyo. Flew home all ready to rest up for the start of the domestic season, Tommy Edmund entering his first full year with the Dodgers. Keiki Hernandez is back, Miguel Rojas is back, Chris Taylor is back, Guys who play multiple positions, tay Oscar Hernandez is back.

He resigned and couldn't be be happier.

One of my biggest thing was trying to get a deal done with the Dodgers, and you know, excited that our team is way better now and we have a big chance to do it again this year.

Danny Pajez is back roaming center field after a really good spring for the Dodgers. Michael Conforto a new addition to the outfield. The veteran we'll see a lot of time in left field. Pitching wise, backer Yamamoto, Glass Now Kershaw show Hey Otani will take them out at some point this season. The Dodgers went big during free agency, signing two times Cy Young Award winner Blakes.

Now think I'm just getting into my prime.

I got a lot left.

I really want to see how good I can really be and invest everything I can into these next five years.

But I think I really have like eight years left.

Dodgers also won the Japanese jewel of free agency, right hander Roki Sazaki, who turned a lot of heads at spring in Arizona.

Now the pitch swinging in this strike three right out front was the Cincinnati hitter.

Two start, seven innings, no runs, three hits, seven strikeouts in Arizona for Susaki. So the Dodgers have retool for twenty twenty five, primed and ready to repeat. First up the Tokyo Series, two games against the Cubs at the Tokyo Dome, and with more we head out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth as we say hello to Tim Nefritt and Rick Monday.

Guys, the Major League Baseball regular season gets underway.

In just a little while.

Is the Dodgers take on the Chicago Cubs and begin defense of their World Championship. They're at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, pitching Shota Imanaga for the Cubs and Yoshinobu.

Yamamoto for the Dodgers.

Hi and everybody with Rick Bunday, I'm Tim Neverett, glad to be here on the maiden voyage here in twenty twenty five. It is very early in the morning. We understand in Los Angeles. But this is going to be a spectacle. It's the one hundred and fiftieth season for the Cubs, but they've never seen anything like this.

This is the earliest a Major.

League Baseball regular season game has.

Ever been played.

Fifty five thousand are expected to jam into the Tokyo Dome for the ballgame, and it has been a spectacle already with the first two exhibition games.

But Yamamoto gets the start.

We know that tomorrow Roki Sasaki will make his major league debut and Moe couple of things.

Mooki Bets not in the lineup.

We know he's had some sort of stomach virus and the Dodgers sent him home. He's already back in Los Angeles.

Yeah, he's back in LA and they said they want him to get back into more of normal routine. Lost fifteen pounds is what we're hearing. So for best to come back in and get ready when the Dodgers open up their home series, that being against the Detroit Tigers. But the Dodgers really at the top of the list to tim try to be the first ball club since a two thousand to win back to back World Series. It was the New York Yankees that did it back then.

Now.

The last twenty four World Series champions have not repeated, but the Dodgers are the favorite. And show he Otani down the left field line throwing and he is putting on a show. I mean basically just playing catch right now. But people are standing, all the cameras are out every time he comes to the plate.

He has been the main spectacle.

Even though there are other Japanese players playing in this series, there is none more famous.

There is none more popular than show Hey Otani.

Well, there was a huge crowd at the airport when the Dodgers arrived on their charter. They scoured the players in the traveling party into a different area, but you got a sense of what the importance was with his native Japanese following to come out. In particular, there was one gentleman and his wife that came to the airport. They said, we probably will not be able to get him, but here was the as far as get to be

And people have been dressing up not only as Otani, but as Otani's dog decoy, the most famous dog in the world.

Now, well, there were ten thousand seats that were sold just to watch the Dodgers work out when they first arrived. So this has really been this has been an historical trip. But if we really look at it from overall standpoint, you know, baseball was introduced to Japan over one hundred and fifty years ago, so this is a big, big deal Baseball. It's a huge deal now because Major League Baseball opens up their official season in Tokyo just minutes away.

So the Dodgers and the Cubs, we're counting it down to the first pitch as they'll play the first regular season game of twenty twenty five in Tokyo, Japan, and defense of a World Series title starts right here this morning. We'll have the lineups and the first pitch still on the way.

Tim All right, thank you guys, as we got you down to first pitch. Dodger fans, get your game day meal. On a Shaky's Pizza Parlor, or to your Shanky's Pizza, Chicken and Mojo's at Shakys dot com. Coming up here on Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck, you are gonna hear from manager Dave Roberts. We'll check in with David vas Say, we'll dive deeper into this pitching matchup. We got your latest injury report.

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Your o tani rewind and we'll visit with Kirsten Watson live on the field at the Tokyo Dome as we lead you up to Dodgers and Cubs. First pitch of twenty twenty five is coming up in just a little bit.

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Tony Tony soon in Tokyo show hey Otani fifty to fifty player a year ago MVP season for the Dodgers, and he put on a show against the Tokyo Giants in an exhibition game over the weekend with a home run at the Tokyo Dome. Off and run. It is show Hey o Tani in twenty twenty five.

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It's been absolutely incredible. I think, first to play this for two games against the Giants and the Tigers and the NTV for the team to see just what the atmosphere is like in those games. And now you have a regulations the game between the Dodgers and the Cup. There's been how much excitement you see how sho hey Rokie as well as Yoshinobu have just been welcomed home

Do we expect for that first pitch?

For that first of bed Jota and Monaga against Tani Honestly.

From what we saying in the two exhibition games whenever show Hey is that the it has been just this moment of silence in awe and every time you fouls off a ball or something, it's like a gas like everyone's just holding their breast to see what happens. Obviously we did see him at a home run and second have that in that first game against the Giants, and so he has been there's so much excite in everyone's phones and cameras are up. So now it's a regular

What about you, Kirsen, What has been the best thing? Maybe the best food you've tried while in.

Tokyo the best?

So I went to an Omakase experience that night. I went with the Cub supporter to a regard and it was amazing because I tried things that I probably would have never tried just going to a Smishi restaurant, whether in La or even here in Tokyo. So that, to me, I think is the best. And you know I'm a monster connossur, so trying all the most here as been incredible.

Awesome Kirisa. We appreciate it. We will check in with you after the game. Still to come here on wronggo Causino Dodgers on deck. We'll dive deeper into this pitching matchup. David Vesey goes one on want with Freddy Freeman. But up next your injury report and we'll hear from the manager himself, Dave Roberts leading up to Dodgers and Cubs from Tokyo.

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All right, let's head back out to Tokyo and check out the Dodgers. Get burned anything.

The questions for Dave Dave, can you just describe Dave? Can you talk about the pressure.

In the dugouts with Dave Robberts.

Yeah, David Arizona, you talked a little bit about second base in center field being undecided a little bit. How have those questions resolve themselves now going forward?

I think it's just going to be remain fluid. I think that's a position where we have different players that can play second base, can play center field, so it's not going to be one certain situation verse left, verse right. I think that just kind of rotating Tommy, key K and Migy ro at second base, Tommy center field, Andy in centerfield, So it's going to kind of remain fluid.

Yeah, Dave, tonight's obviously going to be a spectacle. What's that balance of like obviously recognizing that it's regular Sea's name, Also like embracing just what sort of lights this moment in what this moment kind of means.

It's a I mean, I think it's really it really takes a concerted effort on all of our parts to understand that this is a meaningful game. Now. I think there's been a lot of stuff built up exhibition games, obviously, travel, and so you really got to be intentional about ramping up the focus because today's game does matter. It's different for everyone, but it's still a big event. But we got to try to now focus on, you know, playing nine innings tonight.

Dave, when you when you guys got here, you mentioned that this is a special trip for you because you get to kind of represent your mom's side of the family, even though you're going into a game that counsel and everything that goes into that. I wonder, have you been able to take a moment to just sort of reflect on the significance of playing our regular season game here and what it means for you personally?

I have, I think the best I can, probably not as much as I could or should, but I know the significance of this moment in time. You know, my mom's very proud. She'll be up in the middle of the night watching back home, which is great. I understand that. I'm just very grateful that we could be a part of this moment in time and making history. As someone said earlier, two Japanese born pitchers starting against each.

Other an opening day.

It's something that's never happened, and so just very very grateful.

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This is Dodger Insider David and David is live and the Tokyo Domos is starting to fill up leading up to first Bitch and David. Some big news in the last two minutes here Freddie Freeman not in the lineup any longer.

He is not, and Freddy is going to join us later in the show. We had our conversation yesterday. Freddie Freeman obviously is managing that right ankle. And this is a turf surface here at the Tokyo Dome, Tim and they have not changed the surface in quite some time. It reminded players of the Tropicana field playing surface, and it's really hard on the lower extremities. So you know, Freddy played in those two exhibition games and he's been out here for the workouts. You'll hear his answer in

Keik was scheduled to start and left David and that was something big that Dave Roberts elected to go with him instead of Michael confort Tony was asked about it at this pregame press conference. He said, yeah, Keyk is a guy who deserves an opportunity and is going to get as many at bats as possible this year.

Yeah, that was a little surprising because when the Dodgers signed Michael Confordo, they were adamant that he was not going to be a platoon player. They signed him for a one year contract at eighteen million dollars, so they said he was going to play every day. And in case you don't realize it, Confordo's average against left handed pitchers last year was two eighty three. It was higher than it was against right handed pitchers. So he's not

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Yeah, Mooki Bets flew back to LA yesterday because he has had a severe stomach virus since the Dodgers took off for Tokyo, Japan. In fact, he was feeling ill the day before they left for Tokyo. And this raises another possibility. You know, whatever Mooki Bets had, he was flying on the plane and he's been around the team. Could Freddy Freeman have contracted the same sort of stomach virus that Mooki Bets did. We have not gotten any word. This late scratch came out of the blue for all

Roster outside of Mookie's virus. David, what's the experience been like in Tokyo.

Well, for me, it's been great, and for the players it's been great. Nobody else has reported any sort of stomach virus until possibly now, But you know, the kershaws kershaws on this trip.

He really wanted to be here.

He flew himself and his family out here, and for everybody, they've really been taking in all of Tokyo. So guys are not just staying in their rooms and playing video games. They're actually leaving their rooms and experiencing this great city, this great country, and these great people.

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Well, it is opening day, the fourteenth Opening day. I get to share with Rick Monday. We are a Pacific ocean apart.

Rick.

But man, you are so close to my heart, even here in Tokyo.

David David, David, I been waiting for months to do this. Yeah, I mean the stage is it's lights full. I mean, the Dodgers defending world champions and coming on. I want to ask you right off the bat, give us a sense from the moment the Dodgers really got off their charter plane, because I know there was a huge crowd at the airport. First of all, everyone was shuttled kind of off in a different area, going through immigration and

Walking around the streets of Tokyo. We've heard about the number of endorsements Otani has here. It's come to life larger than life, especially in an area called Shabuiah Crossing is similar to Times Square in New York. And he just has billboards all over the place. And I sent you one outside of the Tokyo So make no mistake about it. Looking out at this crowd that's been here for three hours, it is all Otani.

It is all Dodgers.

It feels like the Cubs are here just to be part of this TV series, this reality show that is show Aotani and Tokyo David.

They sold ten thousand tickets just to watch the Dodgers workout before they had the series against the two Japanese teams. I mean, this is a big, big deal. Give us a sense, if you will, you're there the Tokyo Dome. From my understanding, even immediately surrounding the Tokyo Dome, is there not an amusement park or something like that. On top of it, major League Baseball has put his best

This is a big, big deal there, It really is.

It's so much different than a year ago in Soul Korea where it was. It's not a base ball country per se. This is a long history going back to when Babe Ruth visited Tokyo in the nineteen thirty So you're one hundred percent right, Rick, And yes, there is a roller coaster outside. This is the Tokyo Dome, and the area that the Tokyo Dome is in is called Tokyo Dome City. So this is a baseball fever at

Okay, Well, that's quite frankly, that's something that we just heard as you're speaking it that Freeman has been scratched from the lineup. So no other report that we get. Let me give you a real quick history lesson we're talking about. Really baseball in Japan goes back before that series. In nineteen thirty four, Babe Ruth, Luke, Garrett Jimmy Fox were also coming over to Tokyo in an All Star game.

Thank you, Rick, you always come up with something good, even in this setting, a grand setting here in Tokyo, the Dodgers and Cubs. And we'll check back in with you and Tim neverd a little bit later in the show as we get set for first pitch on opening night here in Tokyo.

Thanks Rick, enjoy David.

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It's the Dodgers and Cubs the Tokyo Series. To start the twenty twenty five series Yoshi Yamamoto and Shota Imanaga. The pitching matchup first Bitch, coming up at ten after the hours still to come, Tim and Renk will give to the Keys to the Game will dive deeper to this pitching matchup as well.

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It's opening day, this time in Tokyo, Japan. Last year was in Seoul, Korea, and we're joined right now by a man that has meant so much to the city, the World Series MVP and just a guy that has led this Dodger team in so many ways, and that's the great Freddie Freeman.

Freddy, thank you for the time.

Yeah, thank you for having me. David got that's all I got so far.

Same here, same here.

But I mean you've been all over the world literally with the Dodgers, and here we are in Tokyo, Japan.

Yeah, it's pretty special.

I mean, back to back years starting overseas in Asia.

It's pretty crazy. Really.

It's we were doing practice the other day and show he came out and the fans were just going all crazy for them. We're hitting home runs and they're clapping for us. After everything, it makes you want to hit more and back practice. But it's cool. I'm glad we're over here, you know, kind of growing the game and letting the fans of Japan CEUs play.

What do you believe the vibe is from not only Shohei but Yamamoto and Sasaki.

Yeah, it's pretty special. You can feel the buzz. I mean they got showed out and say over there too. So five really really great Japanese players being able to come over here and complete compete and come back home for them and play in front of the fans that they grew up playing in front of. And for us to come over and experience it with them. I mean,

Freddy, you've had a few days to practice on this playing surface. Does it remind you of Tropic Caana Field's.

Not like that.

It's actually a little different because not used to like only a little small parts of it being dirt, you know, and there's a lot of pebbles popping up, so it's a little different. The lights are lower, so there's a lot of things that you just kind of get used to, and that's what you've got to get here in practice and do all that and try and figure it all out and do the best you can out there.

It seems dark in this Tokyo dome. Is that a good thing to pick up the baseball?

I mean, I guess we're gonna find out. We'll see, I mean throughout the practices. It's the lights were a little bit lower, so maybe a little pop ups. You can lose them really easy, but then you can pick them back up. So you just got to really stay focused on every single pitch, nothing like we don't normally do, but just a little bit extra more because it's just a different planning environment that we're used to.

You know, I'm thinking about your right ankle when I think of this type of artificial turf surface.

How has it felt.

It's okay so far. The metal spikes on this turf is a little different. We're doing the best we can to combat it. A lot of treatment, a lot of treatment after the game, so We're gonna hopefully get through these two games and be okay.

Ready, the Freddie Freeman doctor plan really paid off in Arizona. You laid out how you saw this happening, and it came to fruition.

Yeah, it did.

I'm glad because you never know if an ankle or lower body injury, if there's gonna be a little sit back or anything like that. But thankfully we got through it things. I was able to get enough of bats where I felt pretty comfortable up there, so hopefully that leads to some good things here in these two games against the Cubs.

Freddie Freeman is our guest just in front of first pitch between the Dodgers and Cubs here in the Tokyo Series, and Freddy, we talked to you at Dodger Fest. It's hard not to continually be reminded about what the team did in October last year and what you did in October last year. How much have you had time to reflect? And is tonight the night that you officially turned the page?

I mean I still reflected.

I mean all the spring training, all the fans, it's every single day they were out there letting us know how appreciative they were of what we did for last year year and getting a championship. I don't know if you can officially turn the page until we get back home and do that for I mean, we got to experience it with the Dodger fans back at home and get our rings and put the banner up. We can still focus on today and the Cubs and still be

Hey, I got breaking news for you. You signed a fans calf I believe at Dodger Fest.

Yes, I did.

The fan has been dming me on Instagram the tattoo that complimented the signature. So I got to show that to you. If you have not already seen it, I have not seen it. I will show it to you after this.

I can't wait to see it. That is crazy.

The first time ever.

I think this is the first time it's been I've seen about four tattoos now of me on people.

It's pretty cool, you know, just since it put me on them forever.

Hopefully, hopefully they when they're a little bit older, they still like me.

That will live forever, Freddy, no doubt, I hope. So all right, well, thanks a lot for the time, Freddie. Great to spend time with you here in the tunnel of the Tokyo Dome.

This is awesome things, David, I appreciate it.

Oh the man, Freddie Freeman. We love him and we'll send it back to you in the studio.

Tim, all right, thanks a lot, DV. Thank you, Freddie. Freddy's been in a late scratch here in the last couple of minutes. From the starting lineup. Kiki Hernandez will not get to start at first base. Michael Conforto, who was out of the lineup, now in the lineup in left field. Dodgers being introduced on the field at the Tokyo Dome as we speak, high five and pikachuw from Pokemon as they make their way onto the third base

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Getting ready for the first pitch of this one tonight as the Dodgers and the Cubs take on each other game one of one sixty two. The Dodgers will be the visiting team in both of these games. Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets the start. He comes off a seven and two season with a three ERA opposing left handed chote I Monaga. Imanaga had a tremendous first season in Major League Baseball. He went fifteen and three with an ERA of two ninety one. He made twenty nine starts for the Cubs.

You're going to find out about Yamamoto one of the issues that he had last year. I mean, he was very good once he got to the wheels back on the track, but the first inning was problematic. ERA in the first inning of games that he pitched, ERA right at six. After the first inning, it went down to two and a quarter, so there was a big transition in the big pitch obviously is the splitter, because his off speed pitch is a very low batting average against a season ago.

Key Ke Hernandez is in the starting lineup tonight, a right handed bat against Iemon Naga.

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Los Angeles as the Dodgers and Cubs get ready to set sail on this twenty twenty five season and defense of a World Series title. Dodgers Cubs coming up from Tokyo.

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