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Moment, your prize picks, double play of the Day. Shorty Kirsten Watson will check in and at just a couple of minute, we'll send it out to Steven Nelson and Rick Monday in the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth. Well, the Dodgers took over the baseball world, literally, going to Japan for a two game series to take on the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo last week. The Dodgers won the first game four to one, and then it was time for the Dodger debut of Japanese phenom rookie Sasaki. He started
off the game really good the first sitting. The Dodgers offense game some early run support. Then in the second Will Smith scored on a pass ball Keiky Hernandez a sack fly and the Dodgers were up two to nothing. Then in the third, the Dodgers added to that lead thanks to Tommy.
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Third, Rookie Sasaki got into some trouble, loaded the bases, then walked in and run. Sasaki, though would go three innings, he got out of that trouble with a couple of strikeouts. The Dodgers offense, meanwhile, kept on tacking on those runs.
In the fourth, a runner on for Kik two two, swing on and hammer deep.
Let field way backing gone Kik Hernandez with a two run home run five to one Dodgers. Oh, that was an absolute, no doubt or off the bat of Key k Hernandez as that was way up in the left field bleachers.
Two run home run for Key k Dodgers up five to one. In the fifth, showy Otani with his first home run of the season, a solo home run to the right, the Dodgers were up six to one. The Dodgers bullpen would give up a pair of runs before landing nack two shutout innings, Kirby Yates put up a zero in the eighth that alex Vesti have closed it
out in the ninth. Dodgers beat the Cubs in Tokyo last week six to three to take the two game series in Japan and off to a two and oh start here in twenty twenty five, after a few days of rest got their body clocks right, Dodgers had a three game exhibition series against the Anaheim Angels, and now here they are back at Dodgers Stadium ready for the twenty twenty five home opener. Blake Snell on the mount and with more we head over to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth.
Steven Nelson and Rick Monday.
Guys, thank you Tim, Happy home opener to you and everybody listening. Rick Monday, Look, I know that the Dodgers have already opened the season. Technically they're two to zero entering this one. But the last time you and I were together was before Game five the World Series, and we talked about the butterflies.
That evening their similar butterflies.
Even though this is game one, game and one hundred and sixty two regular season, what is it about Opening Day that causes.
That only happens once every year, and it's it's like the blossoming of a season, and there's so many I think aspects of the game. You have anticipations, There's no question about that. And if you look at the now the twenty six man roster, it took a village to win a World championship last year, and especially in postseason play, I mean, the starting rotation was kind of decimated. The bull bit stood up. Oh my goodness, did they ever
stand up? And guys got very big hits and it was really kind of led by Freddy Freeman's grand slam of the walk off to begin with. That set the tone and I really got the feeling too. If you look at this ball club coming back into spring trending this year, they did not come in and said, well, look what we did. No, they came in and say, look what we have a chance to do again. And I think that's a big, big turnaround.
And that is to become the first team since the Yankees at the turn of the century to go back to back as World Series champions. There's no question about it.
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There's a target on this team's back and you look at all the external noise, whether it's nationally or in opposing markets, who would have you. Everyone's labeling the Dodgers as these villains of baseball. But you look up and down this roster and on this coaching staff, there really aren't any hateable guys. All these guys have strong reputations are being likable and personable and so on and so forth. But that is a role that they're gonna have to
carry throughout the year. But they're wearing Dodger blue. And if we look at Dodger blue, it's more than just the uniform, and it's more than just this ballpark. You look at the organization. The organization continues to make statements not only in baseball, but also from a cultural standpoint and also from a community standpoint, and they have continued to do that. They've shown it again this year, and
that's the path that they choose. And if you put on that Dodger uniform, there are expectations to win, and there should be expected and that is something they never shy away from day one at Camelback Ranch.
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I feel like this is the day that all of baseball fans, they get so excited for this one. Obviously, the off season it can feel very long, and the Dodgers case, it might have felt pretty short just because with the World Series when opening up in Tokyo. But look, we got to experience opening Day in Tokyo. That was something special in itself. It was a Pokemon theme night.
You know, to see shoh and Yoshnobu as well as Roki Sasaki back in Japan, like that was really special in itself, and it's Opening Day, so you get the fields of butterflies, all of it. Opening Day in Los Angeles that is a totally different ball game. I mean, you are doing this in front of over fifty thousand fans at Dodger Stadium. You're celebrating the completion of last year winning the World Series. All of these moments just coming into one, and this year they've broken it up
a little bit. So you've got Opening Day of course today, then tomorrow there's going to be the ring ceremony where the twenty twenty four World Series champions are finally going to lay their eyes on that piece of hardware that is to be so stunning. So I think you just have, like the Dodgers have made it so that it's a whole weekend affair. And so today you're gonna feel the emotions.
You're gonna see the electric crowd, You're gonna see how these guys just taken being welcomed at home anything to do this to start the season in the States. So it's a special day. It's a fun one and it's it's just so amazing to be a part of. I gotta say no.
Doubt about it.
Key k Hernandez a big part of the Dodgers run last year.
A little under the.
Weather right now, yeah, a little under the weather. I mean, you guys know, when you're in a clubhouse around a bunch of people, some things do get passed on. Other things don't. But right now he's dealing with a little bit of a stomach bug. They don't think it's the same one night Mooie Bets dealt with, just because realistically that was now a few weeks ago. Yes, it was a little bit longer on his body and finally he's
feeling better. But they're hoping for Kik this is just going to be a twenty four to forty eight hour type stomach bug, hopefully leaning towards the twenty four hour. Dave roberts today that he just couldn't really sleep through the night and have some vomiting stealing coming in a little bit later today, if he's available, we'll see. I'm
sure Dave will try to stay away from him. But there is a little stomach something going around, it seems like, and so hopefully it won't be too bad for Kik though.
No doubt about it. Careson happy opening Day. We'll check in with you tomorrow.
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I don't know, An, I could say one thing, but it's gonna be different when I walk out there, I don't I can tell you I won't be thinking about Scooba at all or going against him. My only goal be just dominate the zone, get us in the dugout so we could hit. That's my only goal. But I don't know. I would imagine I'll be excited a little nervous, and then once I get out there, it's just like, Yeah, I love Goost, I love pitching, and I can't wait to pitch and compete.
After the first starting spring, you were happy with your fastball velocity, the command. Have you started to get the fuel for the secondary pitches in that sim game as well?
Yeah, everything kind of came together in the sim game. I finally felt like the curve ball is looks like a fastball. I can locate it way better. The movement. I really like the change ups better than where it was in the start in Tokyo, which I'm very I knew it was going to be, but just to see it, I was really excited about. But everything's a lot sharper, coming out better which I expected, So I'm very excited about that.
All Right, there's Blake Snell talking with David Vassay as he is your opening day starter his tenth year in the big league, spinning Tampa San Diego, last year in San Francisco, often out of the second year of his deal with the Giants and signed a five year deal to be in Dodger Blue, and cannot wait to see the left hander two time Cy.
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Davy Opening Day always special. Later start four ten, first pitch, Tigers in town. Great pitching matchup. But the owners, Magic Johnson, Walter mob Mark Walter out in center field taking pitchers pregame festiv He's about to start a special day.
Yeah, And you could see all the gold trim on the field and on the uniforms. You're gonna see that today and tomorrow. When the Dodgers received their rings ceremony, they got the blue carpet out there. It's just it's reminiscent of the parade the Dodgers had out here. So it should be a grand home opener for the Dodgers to welcome back their world champions from Tokyo where they
sweat the Tokyo Series. I talked to Jack Flaherty, as you know Tim, a little bit earlier today, and he just said, staring out at the field yesterday when the Tigers were working out, all the memories of that championship parade and what the Dodgers accomplished last year came flooding back to him. And you'll see Jack Flaherty pitch tomorrow
against his former team. But certainly a great day out here, and from what I understand, there is a very special guest involved in throwing out today ceremonial first pitch.
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And this home opener Dave Roberts, who's going to join us a little bit later, indicated that there are no limitations on Mookie. Mookie played five innings in Anaheim and really tried to convince not only us but himself that he was feeling stronger, even though two days prior he felt frustrated and revealed to us that he had lost almost twenty pounds.
I'm actually stronger than I was before. My body's been perfectly fine. It's only been my stomach, literally only my stomach. I've been working out, doing everything perfectly normal. It was just hard to hold down food. But I'm fine now.
Mookie's fine, but Keith k Hernandez is not. He is not at the ballpark and is probably not available today with some of the same symptoms that MOOKI was dealing with. So hopefully Keith K feels better so he could be out here tomorrow to receive his championship ring.
David blake snell long anticipated start tonight, his first in the regular season as a Dodger. As he's getting loose in the Dodger bulpin right now, I know he's ramped up and excited about this.
Without a doubt, he's amped for it. I exchanged messages with him last night. He is locked in for this start, and he's gonna have to control his emotions. I know he was downplaying that a couple of days ago, but he's gonna have to try to block out the energy that he going to get from wearing that uniform, being on the mound on a day like today, and get
some outs, get some quick outs. Don't go deep into counts, because the deeper he gets into counts and tries to make perfect pitches, it seems like he expends a lot of energy and throws too many pitches in a short amount of time. He's got to go at least five or six for the Dodgers today, David.
You've seen a lot of opening days at Dodgers Stadium with the Dodgers.
What was the best opening day you've seen?
You think it was twenty thirteen. Happened to be April first, Dodgers Giants Kershaw against Madison Bumgardner. That day, Tim Kershaw was at the height of his powers. Pitched a complete game shutout against the defending world champion San Francisco Giants, had seven strikeouts, no walks, and here's the kicker. It was a scoreless time the seventh inning and Kershaw was the one that hit a go ahead home run to help them win. And I asked Clayton today whether or
not he remembers much about that day. I don't remember much.
Honestly, it's a long time ago, but uh, I mean it just kind of just kind of look up and the game's over and you'd hit a homer and it just kind of feels like a little league game. So it just was was a lot of fun.
It's what I remember.
Do you feel like that was mark this new era of Dodger baseball?
I don't know, honestly. I mean I think you know, that was the first year of the new ownership, full year, and yeah, we made the playoffs that year, so yeah, I mean it probably started. It's its way for sure. Yeah.
So you've been around baseball for a few generations and here for a few generations. You saw what the clubhouse originally look like, and now what you got. Now, what do you think about this new version of it?
Yeah, this is amazing. I mean, I yeah, this is round three for me, So I thought Round two was amazing. So this is just incredible. They thought of everything and I'm lost in here. So it's it's just uh yeah, it's it's state of the art. It's amazing.
Yeah.
In two thousand and eight, Clayton Kershaw's locker looked identical to the way it looked in nineteen sixty two when they opened this stadium. So he's seen a lot and certainly is looking forward to getting out there on the mound. I would say somewhere between May and June for Kershaw to be back pitching in games.
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Rick, I guess we can call this reopening day for the Dodgers as they start the season in North America.
Now, yeah, and there's something special about the home openers. I said the other night in the broadcast, did I look forward to the home opener in particular Opening Day? Yes, I was in Tokyo. You were there and you saw it. You saw the excitement a little bit removed, no question
about it. But what I was talking about the other night, and I've said this in other years, this is the time that we can all become again seven year olds, and nobody says we're weird because opening day at home is just something special.
You wake up and even if you're in school on this day, with the game being at four to ten, at least you can get home and watch listen.
To the ordinary. It's out of the ordinary. Also with a four to ten start. If you don't have the one, we don't have the seven. It's a four ten. Okay, fine. What that means is, first of all, there's gonna be a lot of traffic listening. On top of it. I noticed also that for those that are traveling that maybe on Sunset Boulevard. I noticed coming in at eleven forty five this morning that there's some surface streets being done
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As a baseball fan, it's exciting already with the home opener, but to have a pitching matchup like this in twenty twenty five, you don't get that too often, No.
You don't.
And I think we have got a couple other things that are going on. Is they're trying to manipulate the lineup, and the Dodgers have the luxury of looking and trying to figure out exactly what they're going to do. Although as you discovered in talking to Dave Roberts a little bit earlier, he's had to do some shuffling because, okay, Mookie Betts is at least healthy enough to start. I can't say unequivocally that he has quote unquote healthy one
hundred percent. But now we've got another illness in that being Kick Hernandez, who got a hold of Dave Roberts very early this morning and said, hey, look he's under the weather. He can't keep food down, and we don't know if he's going to even be able to make it to the ballpark.
Yeah, you know how bad he's feeling if Key k Hernandez is not in the starting lineup on the day that the Dodgers are going to be celebrated and a lefty on the Yeah.
And so that's why you look at this God your ball club. I said in Day one, I said it last year, and I said it this year too, game one of the broadcasts from Arizona Campbell Back Ranch, Glendale. I said the Doctors were perceived as the Goliath of baseball last year. David didn't show up to slay the goliath, and in my opinion, Goliath during the offseason got better, stronger, and maybe a lot more meaner. As far as the ability goes, now that's on paper. The games have to
be played on the field. But I think this is just a marvelous blend of players, the ability, and I think to go with that, David, I just sensed that there is a hunger. There's no complacency here. And that's
the greatest news of it all. You get a good ball club that had the taste, a big, big, taste of victory last year in winning a World championship, and they came into spring training hungry again because they wanted to be the first team since two thousand the New York Yankees still went back to back World championships.
And Rick, how important is it for the Dodgers to add players like Blake Snell, Tanner Scott and Michael Conforto that were not part of the team last year and have never tasted the fruits of victoria.
And they want to. They understand they've been on the outside looking in. Snell got to look at it against the Dodgers when he was with the Race, but that didn't quite work out. He was taken out of the game prematurely. It was a big boost for the Dodgers that he was removed from that game. That's my opinion and I stick by it. But this is a unique challenge and a credit to ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
They did not stand pat. They wanted to improve. They've not only improved the team, they've improved the stadium, they've
improved the locker rooms. I mean, this is an organization that's made a huge commitment to the city of Los Angeles, including dedicating kids fields and promoting and really supporting everything that's happened, you know, the tragedies in southern California and around Los Angeles that's being reagnize from the pregame show again today, the Dodgers organization has made a big, big statement to this community.
All right, Rick, before we back out of here, you've grown up in Los Angeles, you played Major League Baseball, you've broadcast Dodger games.
Do you still have the.
Same feeling for a home opener than little Ricky had in Santa Monica and the big leaguer in seventy seven?
This way, I set the alarm earlier than I would normally have it. To begin with, I was awake well before the alarm went off today. There's something special about home.
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We're getting set for the home opener here at Dodgers Stadium. The player introductions are about to start as the Dodgers return to Dodger Stadium as world champions. And we're joining right now by the man that led these group of players in this organization last year and for the past nine seasons, as he is a two time, two time World Series winning manager, and that is the one and only Dave Roberts. Dave, thanks a lot for the time, and great to be back at Dodger Stadium.
Oh man, David, is you know we have the opener in Tokyo, But man, there's nothing like home opener at Dodger Stadium. The weather's beautiful, those Dodger whites are really shining and sparkling today. So really excited to get going here.
As I look at your new office, man, you really did something, not only with the new clubhouse, but with the manager office as it should be.
No, it's a great undertaking that from ownership. You know, Jane, Marie Stan and his staff and just the workers what they did to get a two year project essentially Dave done in about five months. And yeah, one of the benefits beneficiaries was myself with this new office, So I got some good digs here. I'm excited and yeah, it's just what it's supposed to be.
I love seeing the World Championship trophy behind your desk and that team photo that you guys took after you wanted in Game five a Yankee Stadium. When you look behind you, what do those memories bring back and how do you use that for twenty twenty five?
Yeah, and I think that was intentional. I think for me it's you know, every time I stepped foot in here, a player comes in here or front office, it's motivation. It's something that we accomplished a goal in twenty four and it's a fuel for twenty five. And I think that looking back at memories and how happy we were, just to appreciate all the hard work that goes into winning a championship and we're ready to start this journey again in twenty five.
What was your message in spring training to this group of players that a lot of them were here last year? What is the motivation? How do you keep the edge after being the champs?
You know what, I think there's individual goals, certainly. I think each person has their own motivations, which is rightful and should be, and there's also a team sense of it. And I think for me, the message was really about our character and trying to really build a legacy for the organization, for the fans. Do things the right way. And I think that our guys, as you see us play every day, we mind the little things. We play the right way. We played Dodger Baseball stick together. It's
not linear a Major League baseball season. There's ups and downs, ebbs and flows, and just continue to make mind the little things for me and the noise will be muted and our expectation is again to hoist that trophy up.
Dave Roberts, entering his tenth season as the Dodgers manager, You're a decade in now, Dave, and you got more ahead of you when you look at look back at the culture that you've established here. What are you the most proud of.
I think the thing I'm most proud of is our guys respect their position as as major league players, respect the uniform, the franchise. The Dodgers are educated on the history of the game, our organization. It's a responsibility to be a major league player. They're accountable to one another, and we do things the right way. And I think for me, as you know, there's not the caddy egos
strife in some other clubhouses or locker rooms. Baseball is the thing and winning is the thing, and that's all we care about it, I think for me, and the con insistency of that mindset is something I'm probably most proud of.
Dave Roberts has got his lineup out there, a lot of right handed bats today against reigning American League Sy Young winner Trek Schoolball. You don't have Keyk Hernandez today. I guess he's got the mooki itis. What's going on with key K's stomach.
I don't know, you know what he was. He had a tough night. He was throwing up a lot last night. And so we'll see if we can kind of keep him on ice and hopefully we can stay away from him. But yeah, so it's nice. We've still got Miggi ro in there. We had to move some pieces around and get piece in the left field, kick Tommy out to centerfield, Meggi ro at second base. But yeah, Schoolble's tough, man. I mean, it's going to be one hundred. He's amped up.
I'm sure to be pitching opening day at Dodger Stadium. Man, we got to work cut out, but we got a good left hander as well in Blake Snow, so it's gonna be a good matchup.
Nell said he's not thinking about school bawl. What do you think his motivation is today? Is it just facing that Tigers lineup? Or do you feel like he's going out there with a chip on his shoulder?
You know what, I don't know, but I think that you know, he's really fired up about donning the Dodger uniform here at Dodger Stadium and pitching this home opener, And yeah, his focus should be on the Detroit Tigers offense. And I know he's going to be well prepared and it's up to us to scratch a few runs across and get a w all.
Right, it's a beautiful day in Los Angeles at Dodgers Stadium Opening Day. Around Major League Baseball, the one thing Dave Roberts has taught myself and many others that have been around him the past nine years is to have gratitude and certainly grateful to have you as the Dodger manager, Dave.
So thank you, all right, Dave, thank you. Let's have a great day, man.
No doubt a Dodger win, a good day to beat somebody across the diamond. We'll send it back to you in the studio, Tim, all.
Right, thanks a lot.
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cy Young Award. Blake Snell on the mound for the Dodgers, The thirty two year old left hander finally wearing a Dodger uniform his tenth season in the big leagues, his first with the Dodgers after signing that five year deal this past offseason. He's a two times cy Young Award winner with the Rays and the Popres. Last year twenty starts with the Giants, he started the season hurt. They slow played him five and three overall with a three
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He struck out seven of the eighteen batters he faced.
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All right, TC back here with Rick Monday and mo our last chat, we were discussing the emotions and the butterflies at everybody, whether you're in uniform in the ballpark or listening on the Dodgers Audio network, you're feeling it right now as the Dodgers get ready to kick off their home opener against the Detroit Tigers. Another thing that reminds you that it's opening day. This is a classic throwback starting pitching matchup. You have Blake Snell and his
Dodger debut against Trek Schooble. They got three syns between them.
Yeah, and you look at the pitching staff in the matchup itself. The two guys that he might well just throw raw meat out there and see what kind of happens, because that's the way that they approach the game. They both have good awe speed pitches. But if you're looking at Schooble, the Dodger saw him for six innings. Last year. He had a very good outing against him in Detroit. And he's a guy that that throws well. He was clocking it over one hundred miles an hour last year.
He has high velocity. He has changed speeds, and we talk about changing speeds and that's one of the big big things that Blake Snell is able to do. In particular, I think with the curveball, and he threw it about one out of every four pitches if you look back to last year. But when he changes speeds, it improves the fast ball. When he throws the fast ball and improves the af speed pitch, and they go hand in hand.
Would you like to step back in the batter's box today against either one of these guys.
No.
Let me tell you something is Kick Hernanez is under the weather today and had to give Dave Roberts a cult. It's not the twenty four hour or the eight hour flu that people used to have when Nolan Ryan was pitching heres and years ago. But if you're going to get sick, this might be the right time. So you have to face schooble. But I do know that kick a long with everybody else you don't want to get sick on the home opener. You want to be here, and he may be here in uniform. Don't know if
he's able to keep food down. But this is a big, big day.
I think we've had enough of Dodgers getting sick, given what Mookie Betts has had to endure over the last couple of weeks, and what the hitters will surely endure today against Snell and Schooble. Conventional wisdom, Tim says, get ready for a lot of punch outs and not a lot of hits. We'll see if that rings true, or if baseball happens, meaning the unpredictable happens. It's the Dodgers
and Tigers, the home opener at Dodgers Stadium. We are fired up to bring it to you here in the Dodgers Audio Network.
All right, thank you, Nelly, thank you, Moe.
First pitch coming up next, Blake Snell, Turks Gooble. It's the Dodgers and the Tigers, twenty twenty five home opener, enjoyed Dodger fans. I'm Tim kase Is, the world champion. Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network