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night before. When you come out of your wallet, well wait a minute, I'm telling you it could be a split. And if it's a split, it's a coin flip. And I'm cool with that. Yes, I'm cool with that. Now, are we going to coin for it. That's a very good question. We'll have to do rock paper scissors, uh huh to narrow it down to two. Yeah, that's what we'll have to do. You could just ask one of the fine staff members, would you mind just flipping this coin for us real quick? You'll take two seconds. But
who goes first? Yeah? But how does that work? There's three of us? Who goes first? So two of two of them got to go first on the coin flip? And then who gets eliminated? Or is it two out of three? You gotta win two? Okay? But what if you and I both call heads and it's take Yeah, you can't, you know, I like what you just suggested a second ago. Just do the old rochambo might be the easiest way, easier way to go. Yeah, instead of the coin flip, just do the rock paper scissors and do it
that way, right. Whoever wins that is good? A three way roachhambo? Yeah, and that we do that, and then you do a two way yeah, yeah, do that that. Then we'll record that and we'll put it on on our page. Should no, we will, yeah, record to send it to me. We'll put it up all right, we'll definitely do that. Okay, So Dodger notes, as you know, really spring training now is right around the corner. Here we go, and it's
the most anticipated spring training in years for the Dodgers. Give it everything they did during the off season. Tiascar Hernandez says he chose the Dodgers because they can help him become a better player well, giving him a chance to win. And he is going to be the everyday left fielder. Now, he's in the lineup. That's it. He's penciled or pinned in. He's pinned in. He's in. Yeah, he's pinned into the lineup. At least.
Brandon Gohm said, he's got he can play both corner outfield spots, so his bat's going to be in the lineup whether he's playing left field the right field every day. And he came here for twenty three million. I mean, he was very honest about it. Rodney, he said, I expected a multi year deal, but the market did not supply that. For me, I thought he was going to cash in. This is it and
the market was a little soft. But he was also Yeah, he was realistic, like he said that he wanted to come to place here and wanted to come to Dodgers because they have a history of fixing folks, and he's excited about that. That's what you love. Though. He bet on himself. He's coming here to play. He's got a chance to win it all, and the Dodgers have a great coaching staff that can help them good. More do you want aside from striking out a little too much? He doesn't
need a lot of fixing because he can hit the ball. I think he was third in the Major I mean when he was in Toronto, he was good. He was the majors of striking out. So maybe more than just a little much. Well, I'm saying a little much, right, They got to fix that. But you're right, he's a great hitter. Yes, yeah, tow Yes, in Toronto he was good, and they traded for him. Seattle traded for him. They thought he'd be the missing piece
of their puzzle. So now when he gets here and works with the Dodgers analytics people and their coaching staff, perhaps they'll be able to correct that. Perhaps say well, and if they do, wow, they got I mean it's so many people that they will. Teams are gonna kind of forget about a little bit, you know, in the Dodgers lineup and play. It's gonna be so much focused on the top of the lineup that you're you know, you know, I think a whole lot about you know, six,
seven, eight nine. You know, you stick some guys down there, and they're gonna have I think, you know, we'll have field day hitting the ball at certain positions in that lineup. So it's gonna be good. I think Dason Hayward's gonna have a big year as well. Yeah, how quickly we forget about him? Yeah? Yeah, everybody gets a lot of protection in that lineup. Everybody gets a lot of protection. There's also the question of and A Vassidy brought this up last week when we talked about Hernandez
before was officially announced. You know, playing in Seattle's kind of a dead zone for right handed hitters. Yeah, and his home road splits were crazy. I think he hit like two ninety or something like that on the road last season. So did it really a down year or did just playing in Seattle just effect affect his play like it does for a lot of players. Yeah, but he's still struck out. Yeah, but still a lot of
home runs. Yeah, you know, he's gonna have a great year, whoever hits in that nine hole, whoever's consistently hitting in the nine hole, in the ninth spot, because nobody wants to turn that lineup over, right, They want to get that nine, that nine hitter out because they don't want to start the topping lineup with Mooki and o'tani and Freddie and I mean,
it's just it's something that there is gonna be everybody's mind. They're gonna get great pitches to hit whoever's hitting ninth because they want to first of all, they don't want to put the guy on base. Secondly, they want to get him out, so they don't want to turn it over. So man, there might be a you know, a fight to the on deck circle so you can hit ninth. Right now, who would it be to be Lucks? Right? Lucks makes the most sense, right, Yeah,
wouldn't lux a guy who's a good contact hitter. Yeah, I would get on base. And I mean we don't know, we don't know how how much he's recovered from the third, but prior to the surgery, he could run. So if you've got a guy hitting ninth that's fast, that's sort of like your warm up leadoff guy because once he gets on and if he can run and here we go. Mm hm, he's got all stars behind him. Second second leadoff guy or a first leadoff guy. Yeah, he's
the preliminary leadoff guy. Because if you look at it, when you get down there, it's Hayward hernandez h. I'm trying to think of who well oh and outman. Oh yeah yeah when you get down there, yeah, right, because you know, and he's another one. You know he's got he's got some popy in him, eighth, eighth, the same kind of thing, right, you know, God, we got to get this guy out. We're gonna give him some good pitches to hit so he can he
can make contact and get out and maybe a double play whatever. But yeah, hit me down in the lineup for this team. That's not a punishment that that is a good spot to be if you want to see some good pitches. Of course, you got to figure what that. We know the top five. We're assuming Moncy will hit fifth in this configuration, right, yeah, I would. I would assume so, and you know it could be him and Will Smith could flip flop however you want to look at that.
But I think you're right, but they don't want they don't want to go lefty, lefty, lefty. So Will Smith will jump in there in between Otani and uh Freddy, you know, round around that area or behind those two. All right, So if we've got those as the top five, you know, slice thee die of any way you want. Now where it's six, that could be Hayward, that could be Margo. Yeah,
that could be Hernandez, her Nandez or a outman or outman. Okay, so now you just go down to nine because that's all the other guys left. How are you gonna play them? We're gonna put them in what order? Six, seven, and eight are the questions? Right? That is gonna be a tough lineup. And I'll tell you this, and then you got to mix up. You throw Chris Taylor in there and hopefully you know he'll I think he'll bounce back from the year he had last year. But
yeah, he got quality guys all the way through. Do not do not sleep on Margo. No, don't make that mistake, because he can hit two. Don't sleep on him. You know he was he was the Trey Turner to Max Scherzer in the deal with Washington when the Dodgers acquired Max Shers and they said, oh you got Trey Turner. Oh that's nice, that's nice throwing. No, okay, that's a perennial All Star. Right, No, you got a guy who can really play, so Margo can play.
So now if you just look at it, they are just loaded. They are loaded and ready Rodney mm hmmm. So that exciting. That makes you think what happens to Key ca Hernandez as we sit here and just run down this lineup? Yes, how about that? You know just mentioned in kik now and man because you know in his first dad he had it was he was such a valuable player for the Dodgers, and he had his moments last year, you know when he came over, he had some big moments.
But man, giving him, you know, getting him back in there full full time, you kind of you you, I mean, the way the Dodgers operate, they had these guys can play multiple positions and move around, and he's certainly one of them, and you need that. It's worked out well for the Dodgers. But yeah, as a guy that can change up, that can play multiple positions, you gotta find a way to keep him around, don't you. I hear what you're saying. I don't think
they can stop it. I don't think they I mean you mentioned, well, you know you had some big moments last year. If we're really being honest, okay, and let's not talk with our heart, let's talk with our head, because in people's heart, they just love him. I'm not saying he was on the level of Yasiel Puigue, but the minute he came back, it was a different energy and the fan base felt differently as well.
So if we're talking with our heart, he's beloved. If we're talking with our head, yeah, I know he was Okay, Yeah, I know he came in and did some things right and then he had three eighty five in the playoffs. That's more than I can say for the rest of that line. Let them know, the facts have somebody that can hit in big moments in the postseason, which is what they were lacking the last two post seasons. He was one of the only people that showed up. Thank
you very much. I go back and get Jock Peterson to find a place for him, Thank you very much. I see what you're saying. I don't think they will I mean great if they did. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying run the guy out of town on a rail. Well, I'm just saying saying that. No, I'm not saying that. I mean, look at it like this, Rodney, Chris Taylor's utility guy, right, Yep, Lucks and and Rojas are the shortstops, right, yes,
and key k cannot really play shortstop. Let's be honest. I mean, he was a defensive liability last year in Boston, so that didn't work. So you're not gonna do that. So where are you gonna put him? The outfields jammed, the outfield's loaded. Now he gives Mooki arrest at second base, better second baseman, any short stuff. Okay, Well, if they give Mooki a rest, what does Chris Taylor play? I mean,
Chris Taylor can play, and he's already under contract. I know it hurts, and I'm saying, if you speak with your heart, your heart is you want him back. But I think if you're looking at it with your head, I just think he's going to be the odd man out. Now. If they sign him tomorrow, we'll celebrate. That's fantastic, that's fantastic. But I think you'll kind of be the odd man out here. And also the free agent market, to be quite honest, is still moving
at a snail's pace. You know, when Hernand has said a little soft, it was soft, it is soft now to etour guys and Snell and Bellinger and Montgomery still out there. Montgomery still out couple. Yeah, yeah, So you think, well, I mean you mentioned my man Scott. These guys they're not going to take any kind of haircuts. But do you think Snell does if it gets close to spring training and nothing's happening, nothing's
moving, let's define a haircut because they're setting that. They're setting their own market, right. So if he's if he goes in and says I want three hundred million dollars over X number of years, if we're just surmising I want this much money over X number of years and no one is giving it to him if the market will not bear that, is he taking a haircut or is he getting fair market value at the time, Cody Ballinger, whatever he gets. Is he taking a haircut or getting fair market value at the
time? Well, I think two different guys. I think Snell, you don't want to hear a fair market value. You don't want to hear that, but that might be his market don't care, you don't want to hear it. I got two, Cy Young's coming off one, and I am what I am. You know, I think there's still a ceiling for Cody still. I think he had a resurgence obviously last year. I am kind of surprised that he hasn't, you know, garnished more attention right now.
But for Snell, I think he holds firm at where he wants to be and somebody may come in and dip him. Cody might have to compromise. But my point is this, I want three hundred million. I'm Blake Snell. No one's gonna pay you, so what are you gonna do? And maybe the that's the game here. Nobody's willing to pay what they were asking, so they'll just wait them up. But there's a point in time where you want to get paid. You got to go to work. Boy.
It's tough. It's tough out there, Fred. Yeah, I'll tell you what you know. Once team he's been linked to the Angels. They can't say that with a straight face, but well that's the case. You do not want three hundred million. That's what I said. Did you see that thing in there? I think you put it in there, Kevin in some of our notes this morning about the Angel still having the tiny stuff up. Unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable. How about that can't let go? Huh got
his jersey, got the ball he pitched and struck out? I'll tuo V with. I mean, come on, and by the way, I don't think they've discounted that stuff. No, no, please, got it. Gardy got to make some money for it. That jersey I think is going for fifty thousand dollars. They got it price out. I don't think they discounted it. You know, normally when they have jerseys of somebody and they that players traded, right, you know, they still want to move them.
They still take them off the shelves. But you know you see him at Dick's and Big five Sporting Goods and they're discounted, right, No, the Angels still have them up in the team store. Get them while they're here. He doesn't were it anymore, he doesn't even wear it. Why would you want it? I guess if you in nostalgia, you know, I mean, maybe I should buy Davy Lobes Jersey at Dodger Stadium. He doesn't full value or full value Fred full vout right, it's fo yeah,
nineteen eighty value. Nobody would do that. I'm sorry. There is somebody that would do that. The angels. All right, we are going to have some spirituality. We desperately need it. And Vick will be along next. Come on, come on home day, Rodney, pe Fred Rogan on a beautiful Wednesday, down the home stretch, Faddie, let's go. Gotta have that spirituality though needed desperately, Rodney needed desperately, is apply that spirituality.
We welcome on Vic the brick with the daily haikup and Vic that afternoon spot light twenty nine on, Fred Rogan. You left Frett speechless. I guess they're Vic of it. He will dazzle him in the desert Rodney Pete mm come on seven VTV. He is our oasis of information. Kevin figures, come on now in for Rannie. He is a flower in the desert. Colin yee cna, Vixan hey and listen. I know you guys touched on the newest Dodger acquisition. Tor Scar Hernandez mhm. The Dominican slugger is
rocking a fabulous beer. No haha, I knew you'd like that, Vict, You're a beard kind of sewer man. You are the guy, the efficient Nallo. I was gonna ask you about what you thought of his beard. You love it, love it, Love his beard, love his attitude. He says, there's no better place for winning than the Dodgers. Yeah, takes a one year deal with the Dodgers rather than a multi year deal with another team. Then I'm sure, I'm sure he could have gotten.
But he wanted, he wanted to win, and he wanted to improve his game. And he knows the Dodgers of this or the squad and the organization. So a very wise, wise dude. Fabulous attitude. Love the attitude, don't you, vict love it. Love Fernandez's attitude. And again he can pick sensational hitter and a very good arm, very very underrated arm in the outfield. And remember you can see too, Scar Henendez CEO Tony at
Dodger fan Fest February third, Dodger Stadium. You can get your tickets at Dodgers dot com slash Dodger Fest and you can listen to the celebration Right here, of course, are your home of the Dodgers AM five seven the LA Sports hosted by David Vese. Yes, I'm back, Fred spotlight on Fred Rogan. Yeah, Hellovick Bick. I had a little problem, a little connection issue, but I'm back now. You're always there, Fred, I
feel your vibe. A lot of buzz with the Clippers yesterday, of course with the Intoit Dome and NBA commission Adam Silver hanging with Steve Balmer in Englewood. I love the quote from Steve Bomber. You know I'm getting to the All Star Game for twenty twenty six. Did they get it because they have more urinals than anybody? Oh? They got yours too, Fred, Right, they got urinals now minus it's so fine, Oh so fi the Fred
Brogan throwing it so far, that's right. Yeah. Steve Balmer put more urinals in that that arena than any arena in America, three timely as many brilliant Bamba says quote. I was giddy when I heard it was possible. I got even give you when the NBA said we're getting it, angele woodles sixty toilets urinals three times. The NBA average number of toilets and urals. We do not want people waiting in life. We wanted to get back to their damn seats. That's pivotal. Man. They got urinals and for they
got a squad. If you're watching the Clippers play, you know, balling right now, they are playing sensational basketball. Tell you Paul George was spectacular last night. He put the team on his back last night. He thought it was the playoffs. He became playoff peat and the beard once again. Eight assists. That's the key is distributing beautifully. Is a distribution revolution from James Harden. Of course, Zoo batches out for a month, now,
that's a that's a blow. Yeah, it is, because he's been playing fantastic. Do you read that? Kawhi said, looks like everybody will get taken care of now. I mean it's working. Harden wants to finished his career with the Clippers. Kawhi thinks everybody will get all signed up here soon. Well, the team is just playing brilliant basketball. Nine of the last eleven, the twenty six and fourteen. You know they plug in Mason Plumley. He had fourteen last night. That was good to see because it's gonna
be You know, Zubach is integral. We don't talk much Zubach, but he's been fabulous. Remember, there are only one game back of the Nuggets and the Thunder in the West, two and a half back of Minnesota Low lowbos for the best record in the West. So this is this is a sensational time for the Clippers and Adam Auslin of course, Well that's what's important. How Adam feels the double A Yeah, I'm happy, right, mm hmm. We don't want him salty Lakers Mavericks tonight early tip at the Downtown
Hoopedojo. This Lakers team is is very, very odd, you know, just below five hundred. When they at the five hundred mark forty there are one game below five hundred there you feel this, there's something something there. There's a whole nother level there that they just haven't touched. Am I right? Are you feeling with me? There's another level the Lakers feeling like the Clips are the Lakers the Lakers. There better be another level they haven't touched.
Yeah, I was gonna say, in trouble, if they don't have another layer, they gotta really stir it up. But all this trade talk with the Lakers, I say let it be. Let it be because the talent is on that roster. They just they said they just have to connect and this there's no lack of connection. You wouldn't move Hatchamora and uh D'Angelo Russell or you wouldn't move Hotamora in Austin Reeves. Now I'm not moving Austin
Reeves. They're lucky to have Austin Reeves. Austin Reess is a great communication, you know with Lebron and ad No, Austin Reeves is is going to find the way in the second half of the season. We just used some were used in playing so much better basketball though. It's it's it's really weird. And fellas, are you're excited? I know you're excited about Spotlight twenty
nine at Coachella. How about the Coachella Music Festival. They announced their lineup headline Doja cat Tyler the creator, Leonard del Ray and then No Doubt Reunion Colin hit hit Me They're back together out of Anaheim. No no, no, that was dirty? How dare you do that to? No Doubt? That was dirty? I tried. I tried to do it before that that that was dirty. All right, We'll get back to uh vix Coachella wrap
up in the the haik coup. Oh yeah, come on all right, Vic, go ahead, finish that dop, Vic, finish that though, baby down the home stretch. Come on, Vic right. I'm excited about the Coachella lineup when it's released every every years because this is this is the most fabulous outdoor concert in the world, without a doubt. So when they released the news that No Doubt was going to reunite after nearly ten years, I was I was covellent for No Doubt. Colin, hit me again,
Covellin. I've seen this bad many times. They are fabulous, But the No Doubt reunion really was the elhigonte news out of Coachella first taste together in about the decade reunited, it will feel so good once again with No Doubt in Gwen Stefani. Remember two weeks the ends of Coachella in April, beginning Friday, April the twelfth. Yes, a lot of a lot of a lot of rock this year with the they got the deaf Tones, they got Sublime, they got Blur Blur Blur is back. Okay, okay, ice
Spice. I'm digging ice spice. Ice Spice will be in the house. So Coachella. It's crazy hot of course with Coachella twenty nine and and they we're gonna ride They Eric Dickerson Nigerian Nightmare Christian Okoye appearance. It's going to be wild. Oh yeah. And speaking of wild sumo, Day three, are you guys following the amazing journey of Wakamoto Horrow? Tell me about it, Vick Well, fresh from his stunning wind over the yokozuna tearinga fuji in
day two, he remains crazy hot Wakamoto Horrow. He shocked the Ozaki taka Ki show yesterday, driving him out of the dojo. So Wakamoto Horro is now two and one. But most importantly, he beats the yokazuna, and then he beats the ozeki on consecutive days, which is wild. M M. Meanwhile, you know my love for the bear Takayasu. He withdrew. Why why lower back pain after just two matches? Of course, my beloved bride Uko Sakamoto, myself big fans of Takayasu, so we're totally bummed.
That ain't good. Meanwhile, Day three, the Yokazuna did bounce back with a wind tearing a Fuji, wracked up a victory against Abi the Mongolian with attitude. I'll show you toll ex domination of Ura. I'll show you he showed us Aura. You know he rocks that pink Mawahee had no no shot against against I'll show you beltless arm throw and Aura is now zero and three. I'll show you three and oh. That's a tough move. The beltless arm throw, isn't it? It is? It's a tough move, Fred,
But I'll show you performed that executed it brilliantly. Kirishima sent a Tommy Fuji to his third straight defeat. The twenty one year old rock star has lost three in a row. What's going on with him? I don't get it. Who does. You can have a great track record, but every match on the dojo is up in the air. You never know what's going to happen. Toby Zaru, the Flying Monkey, Fred, you love the
Toby Zaru. Love it it? He beat Ruden or Barry's third cousin, distant cousin Ruden and Flying Monkey gets a lot of love from the crowd. And meanwhile, under the radar is Colton Miwaka. Yeah, he's with the pillowy one, the pillowy one. He's got the cushion. He's three and oh he beats the feisty little guy Midori Fuji. So Colton Miwaka making a lot of inroads the last couple of tournaments. Could he be ready for the
breakthrough on the first tournament from Tokyo Grand Sumo, Everyone's going wild. Were excited to see you, and of course everyone's going wild for the haiku. Yes, yes, yes, Vic. Today's haiku poet is ki Kakku k i k a k u k We've heard from ki Kaku before, Yes, we have. Now are we sure it's gonna be Kikaku or are you gonna change your mind and it's gonna be Basho. I just want to make sure this is Kei Kaka right, just making sure vig. We had a wait
change yesterday. I had to pivot on the pros yesterday, but today it was all. Ki Kaku is one of the most heralded devotees of bashow. Ki Koku's father was a doctor in Tokyo. Mm hmm, but ki Kaku was drawn to haiku and interestingly, enough, came under heavy scrutiny by Barsho, who called Kikko's hiku's too flippant. What a little pressure from Bashow. But Kikoku, you know, took took the criticism and moved on it. That's friends, really flippant about the haiku most of the time. Little bit,
well, it's hear it big. This is from ki Kaku k i k a k u. This hiku for you on this Wednesday, January the seventeenth, from Kikoku springtime in Edo. Not a day passes without a temple bell sold. I'm feeling you, okay, everybody buying those temple bells. You brought it, vic, you brought it at a baby. Feeling a right, Colin, thanks for sitting in today for Ronnie. Great job as always, Kevin, terrific work. And Rodney, we're back to three hours tomorrow. We'll talk to you then right on