October 30, 2024 • 11 mins
Last night, the Dodgers lost game 4 of the World Series to the Yankees, 11-4. But a strategy was at work that may help us win the whole thing. Richard explains how the team "saved the dawgz." The Dodgers' series lead is now 3-1, going into game 5, tonight.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to Dodger Blue Dream Daily. I'm Richard Parks the
third Today's episode, Save the Dows.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Bdy Freeman continue his home run streak tomorrow into center field.
Judge comes on, he's got it and we've got a
Game five in the Bronx tomorrow night.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
The Dodgers lost to the New York Yankees last night,
eleven to four. The Dodgers' lead in the best of
seven World Series is now three games to one, with
Game five scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, October thirtieth, at five
oh eight, very specifically Pacific time.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Chase is swot three rider get some of the switter.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Because last night's game was a must win, potential elimination
game for the Yankees. In order to beat us, the
Yankees used all of their quote unquote high leverage relievers.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Heed Boone's gonna go to the bullpen. He's gonna call
Weaver on for beds.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
They even brought in their closer, Luke Weaver in the
top of the seventh inning. So going into tonight's game,
their bullpen is taxed. And congratulations Yankees on winning one game.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Face is loaded too out cranksaplat de Bell Bopy with retention.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
And we, on the other hand, used none of our
high leverage guys. We saved the dogs. Let me explain,
because the plan is to pitch a bullpen game for
Game four. In a recent episode, we told you that
this was the plan for last night's Game four, and
let me give you a tip watch out for the turturic.
(01:43):
I've highlighted one relief pitcher in particular to help tell
this story, Brent honey Brent Honeywell Junior, because he has
a deliciously excellent baseball look, curly styled, long in back haircut,
always wearing a Dodger blue turtleneck under his jersey, and
(02:05):
lately he's been rocking a gold chain. But it's not
just that I love his look. Brent Honeywell and a
small handful of other pitchers who with Honeywell got us
through yesterday's loss. Rookie call ups Ben Casparius and Landon
Neck and veteran reliever Daniel Hudson, who took the loss yesterday,
are a very important piece of how this team operates
(02:28):
and especially in a best of seven series. Let's cut
to manager Dave Roberts postgame interview. Choice Number one is
to win tonight, but since that didn't happen, I don't
mean this is how flipped with this outcome in terms
of pitching play out as well as.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Absolutely absolutely we knew as a bullpen game and you
know as far as outcomes to have you know, six
guys in your pen that are feeling good, rested. I
feel good about that and being up three to one.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Yeah, as you know from listening to this show that
are very short on starting pitching. Our rotation has suffered
a historic amount of injuries this year. This was my
top concern heading into the postseason and this World Series
because the Dodgers were able to get through this game
with two rookie callups and embattled veteran who's come close
(03:19):
to retirement several times in a twenty nine year old
journeyman minor leaguer from Augusta, Georgia who throws a screwball
and has great style. All of our top tier ullpen
arms are fully rested and fresh to close down tonight's game.
Well story for you, all right? This guy through?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Was it?
Speaker 1 (03:38):
For any score through Third Sports in New York, New York.
The voices you're hearing belong to Dodgers third baseman Max
Munsey and Brent Honeywell with this Southern drawl between cigar puffs.
This was recorded during the Dodgers' locker room champagne celebration
after winning the National League Championship Series over the New
(04:01):
York Mets. With the Dodgers up three to one in
that series. In a Game five that was played at
City Field in Queen's Jack Flaherty got knocked around early
on and Brent Honeywell came in to save the Dogs,
going four and two thirds innings basically the rest of
the game.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
He came out of the game.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
What did I tell you?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
He said, I want to same save. How did Honeywell
win us Game six by pitching in Game five, a
game that the Dodgers lost, Well, sometimes it kind of
makes sense to lose a game to win a series.
Let's dig in because this really gets to the essence
(04:44):
of save the Dogs. Every relief pitcher is a failed
starting pitcher, like Michael Kopek, for example, one of the
main Dowgs out of our bullpen still Harbor's dreams of
becoming a starter. When pitchers can't make it to the
big leagues as starters, the next best thing you can
(05:05):
do is to focus your talents into becoming a highly explosive,
precision bomb type pitcher that can be deployed in short
earthts in specific situations. The best of those become what
we call in the Dodgers' bullpen in twenty twenty four,
the Dows, so to continue the sort of half baked
(05:29):
military battle metaphor going on here, Brent Honeywell and the
other guys we used last night were essentially throwing themselves
on the grenade of the Yankees offense, which was finally
showing signs of life after a period of dormancy. Up
to last night, the Yanks hadn't had a lead in
this series since Freddy's Grand Slam walk off home run
in Game one, So when they finally got a lead
(05:51):
last night, the Yankees started using all of their best bullets,
and in order to beat us last night, they've deployed
basically all of their weapons to keep our bats at bay.
We on the other hand, have been stockpiler and that's
the situation going into Game five tonight, another must win,
an elimination game for the Yankees. But as we're up
(06:14):
three games to one and our three starting pitchers are
now able to start on rest. We really like our chances.
So hopefully now you understand why Max Monsey says Brent
Honeywell Junior won US Game six of the NLCS by
pitching in Game five of that series, and how a
similar save the Dowgs type strategy is at work here
(06:38):
in game four last night and looking ahead to tonight's
Game five. Sometimes it's okay to lose a game in
order to win a series. And by the way, the
Dodgers are the twenty fifth team in World Series history
to go up three to oh, and teams that go
up three to oh have gone on to sweep in
(06:59):
four games twenty one of those twenty five times. While
that didn't happen for us last night. Teams that go
up three to oh have also won in five games
three times, and no World Series that has started three
to oh has ever gone to a sixth or seventh game.
But you know, job's not finished.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Job finished.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
No, I don't think so, I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Think so.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Next, let's dig into tonight's pitching matchup.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Yeah, in a good spot, looking forward to you know,
getting ready for tomorrow, and you know, just keep things
one day at a time.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
We have our Game one starter, Burbank's own Jack Flaherty
on the mound to face off against the Yankees ace
Garrett Cole, and how do I feel about that matchup?
I means Freddy Freeman won Game One, but he wouldn't
have had the chance to if it weren't for Jack Flaherty,
(08:00):
who went toe to toe with Cole in what was
basically an old fashioned pitchers duel. The difference for both
offenses being they just saw these pitchers less than a
week ago, and the more you see the same pitcher,
the more you start to figure him out. Garrett Cole
is one of the best pitchers in baseball, and I
(08:20):
went to the trouble of looking up his stats when
facing an opponent for the second time in a series.
Cole has made six such starts in the postseason in
his career, and his record is four and one. His
ER is one point eight three, and his strikeout to
walk ratio is forty five to eight. In all other
(08:43):
postseason starts combined, Cole is seven and five with a
three thirty ER, So that's giving up about twice as
many runs on average when he's facing teams for the
first time, he's better the second time around, and that's
a much larger sample size. He's only faced an opponent
the second time in a series six times, but still
(09:05):
those numbers are pretty scary because he is the rare
smart pitcher who has great stuff but is also able
to change it up. And he looked locked in during
his Game one start, during which Flarity was matching him
inning by inning, but the Yankees were getting opportunities. They
got ten hits that night. And after a great first
(09:27):
half of the season, Jack Flaherty, who we picked up
at the trade deadline, has been very good for the Dodgers,
but it's been a little bit up and down and
more and more of late, like in the Mets series,
which I just referred to. He got knocked around in
that Game five. That's why Brent Honeywell had to come in.
So we'll see how it goes tonight. But it all
(09:49):
just goes to underline how important it is that last
night we were able to save the dogs with six
guys fully rested in the pen. That's potentially six innings
of high leverage work from our dogs that we could
use tonight. So that flexibility is key, or what Dodgers
(10:12):
President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman likes to refer to
as optionality. For ultimum optionality, always save the Dows. And
by the way, Freddie Freeman Freeman crackswat deep.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
To right field kick going again, Freddie Freeman floating in
the World Series.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Four home runs in four consecutive games of this World Series,
and if you go all the way back to the
twenty twenty one World Series, Freddie has homered in six
consecutive Fall Classic games. Let's hope that Freddy and the
rest of our lineup can get to cole, get some
runs on the board of few solid innings of work
(11:01):
from Jflair, and we'll let the Dows carry us to
the promised land. Dodger Blue Dream is written and produced
by Me Richard Parks. The original music in this episode
by Jonathan Snipes, William Ryan Fritch and by me. Story
(11:24):
editing by Caitlin Esh, Production assistants from Tyler Hill, and
special thanks to Elizabeth Parks Kibbie. If you like Dodger
Blue Dream, please visit our Patreon Patreon dot com slash
Dodger Blue Dream, get a T shirt, a sticker. Support
this totally independent show. Thanks again for listening. I'll talk
(11:45):
to you soon.
Welcome to Dodger Blue Dream Daily. I'm Richard Parks the
third Today's episode, Save the Dows.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Bdy Freeman continue his home run streak tomorrow into center field.
Judge comes on, he's got it and we've got a
Game five in the Bronx tomorrow night.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
The Dodgers lost to the New York Yankees last night,
eleven to four. The Dodgers' lead in the best of
seven World Series is now three games to one, with
Game five scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, October thirtieth, at five
oh eight, very specifically Pacific time.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Chase is swot three rider get some of the switter.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Because last night's game was a must win, potential elimination
game for the Yankees. In order to beat us, the
Yankees used all of their quote unquote high leverage relievers.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Heed Boone's gonna go to the bullpen. He's gonna call
Weaver on for beds.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
They even brought in their closer, Luke Weaver in the
top of the seventh inning. So going into tonight's game,
their bullpen is taxed. And congratulations Yankees on winning one game.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Face is loaded too out cranksaplat de Bell Bopy with retention.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
And we, on the other hand, used none of our
high leverage guys. We saved the dogs. Let me explain,
because the plan is to pitch a bullpen game for
Game four. In a recent episode, we told you that
this was the plan for last night's Game four, and
let me give you a tip watch out for the turturic.
(01:43):
I've highlighted one relief pitcher in particular to help tell
this story, Brent honey Brent Honeywell Junior, because he has
a deliciously excellent baseball look, curly styled, long in back haircut,
always wearing a Dodger blue turtleneck under his jersey, and
(02:05):
lately he's been rocking a gold chain. But it's not
just that I love his look. Brent Honeywell and a
small handful of other pitchers who with Honeywell got us
through yesterday's loss. Rookie call ups Ben Casparius and Landon
Neck and veteran reliever Daniel Hudson, who took the loss yesterday,
are a very important piece of how this team operates
(02:28):
and especially in a best of seven series. Let's cut
to manager Dave Roberts postgame interview. Choice Number one is
to win tonight, but since that didn't happen, I don't
mean this is how flipped with this outcome in terms
of pitching play out as well as.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Absolutely absolutely we knew as a bullpen game and you
know as far as outcomes to have you know, six
guys in your pen that are feeling good, rested. I
feel good about that and being up three to one.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Yeah, as you know from listening to this show that
are very short on starting pitching. Our rotation has suffered
a historic amount of injuries this year. This was my
top concern heading into the postseason and this World Series
because the Dodgers were able to get through this game
with two rookie callups and embattled veteran who's come close
(03:19):
to retirement several times in a twenty nine year old
journeyman minor leaguer from Augusta, Georgia who throws a screwball
and has great style. All of our top tier ullpen
arms are fully rested and fresh to close down tonight's game.
Well story for you, all right? This guy through?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Was it?
Speaker 1 (03:38):
For any score through Third Sports in New York, New York.
The voices you're hearing belong to Dodgers third baseman Max
Munsey and Brent Honeywell with this Southern drawl between cigar puffs.
This was recorded during the Dodgers' locker room champagne celebration
after winning the National League Championship Series over the New
(04:01):
York Mets. With the Dodgers up three to one in
that series. In a Game five that was played at
City Field in Queen's Jack Flaherty got knocked around early
on and Brent Honeywell came in to save the Dogs,
going four and two thirds innings basically the rest of
the game.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
He came out of the game.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
What did I tell you?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
He said, I want to same save. How did Honeywell
win us Game six by pitching in Game five, a
game that the Dodgers lost, Well, sometimes it kind of
makes sense to lose a game to win a series.
Let's dig in because this really gets to the essence
(04:44):
of save the Dogs. Every relief pitcher is a failed
starting pitcher, like Michael Kopek, for example, one of the
main Dowgs out of our bullpen still Harbor's dreams of
becoming a starter. When pitchers can't make it to the
big leagues as starters, the next best thing you can
(05:05):
do is to focus your talents into becoming a highly explosive,
precision bomb type pitcher that can be deployed in short
earthts in specific situations. The best of those become what
we call in the Dodgers' bullpen in twenty twenty four,
the Dows, so to continue the sort of half baked
(05:29):
military battle metaphor going on here, Brent Honeywell and the
other guys we used last night were essentially throwing themselves
on the grenade of the Yankees offense, which was finally
showing signs of life after a period of dormancy. Up
to last night, the Yanks hadn't had a lead in
this series since Freddy's Grand Slam walk off home run
in Game one, So when they finally got a lead
(05:51):
last night, the Yankees started using all of their best bullets,
and in order to beat us last night, they've deployed
basically all of their weapons to keep our bats at bay.
We on the other hand, have been stockpiler and that's
the situation going into Game five tonight, another must win,
an elimination game for the Yankees. But as we're up
(06:14):
three games to one and our three starting pitchers are
now able to start on rest. We really like our chances.
So hopefully now you understand why Max Monsey says Brent
Honeywell Junior won US Game six of the NLCS by
pitching in Game five of that series, and how a
similar save the Dowgs type strategy is at work here
(06:38):
in game four last night and looking ahead to tonight's
Game five. Sometimes it's okay to lose a game in
order to win a series. And by the way, the
Dodgers are the twenty fifth team in World Series history
to go up three to oh, and teams that go
up three to oh have gone on to sweep in
(06:59):
four games twenty one of those twenty five times. While
that didn't happen for us last night. Teams that go
up three to oh have also won in five games
three times, and no World Series that has started three
to oh has ever gone to a sixth or seventh game.
But you know, job's not finished.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Job finished.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
No, I don't think so, I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Think so.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Next, let's dig into tonight's pitching matchup.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Yeah, in a good spot, looking forward to you know,
getting ready for tomorrow, and you know, just keep things
one day at a time.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
We have our Game one starter, Burbank's own Jack Flaherty
on the mound to face off against the Yankees ace
Garrett Cole, and how do I feel about that matchup?
I means Freddy Freeman won Game One, but he wouldn't
have had the chance to if it weren't for Jack Flaherty,
(08:00):
who went toe to toe with Cole in what was
basically an old fashioned pitchers duel. The difference for both
offenses being they just saw these pitchers less than a
week ago, and the more you see the same pitcher,
the more you start to figure him out. Garrett Cole
is one of the best pitchers in baseball, and I
(08:20):
went to the trouble of looking up his stats when
facing an opponent for the second time in a series.
Cole has made six such starts in the postseason in
his career, and his record is four and one. His
ER is one point eight three, and his strikeout to
walk ratio is forty five to eight. In all other
(08:43):
postseason starts combined, Cole is seven and five with a
three thirty ER, So that's giving up about twice as
many runs on average when he's facing teams for the
first time, he's better the second time around, and that's
a much larger sample size. He's only faced an opponent
the second time in a series six times, but still
(09:05):
those numbers are pretty scary because he is the rare
smart pitcher who has great stuff but is also able
to change it up. And he looked locked in during
his Game one start, during which Flarity was matching him
inning by inning, but the Yankees were getting opportunities. They
got ten hits that night. And after a great first
(09:27):
half of the season, Jack Flaherty, who we picked up
at the trade deadline, has been very good for the Dodgers,
but it's been a little bit up and down and
more and more of late, like in the Mets series,
which I just referred to. He got knocked around in
that Game five. That's why Brent Honeywell had to come in.
So we'll see how it goes tonight. But it all
(09:49):
just goes to underline how important it is that last
night we were able to save the dogs with six
guys fully rested in the pen. That's potentially six innings
of high leverage work from our dogs that we could
use tonight. So that flexibility is key, or what Dodgers
(10:12):
President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman likes to refer to
as optionality. For ultimum optionality, always save the Dows. And
by the way, Freddie Freeman Freeman crackswat deep.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
To right field kick going again, Freddie Freeman floating in
the World Series.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Four home runs in four consecutive games of this World Series,
and if you go all the way back to the
twenty twenty one World Series, Freddie has homered in six
consecutive Fall Classic games. Let's hope that Freddy and the
rest of our lineup can get to cole, get some
runs on the board of few solid innings of work
(11:01):
from Jflair, and we'll let the Dows carry us to
the promised land. Dodger Blue Dream is written and produced
by Me Richard Parks. The original music in this episode
by Jonathan Snipes, William Ryan Fritch and by me. Story
(11:24):
editing by Caitlin Esh, Production assistants from Tyler Hill, and
special thanks to Elizabeth Parks Kibbie. If you like Dodger
Blue Dream, please visit our Patreon Patreon dot com slash
Dodger Blue Dream, get a T shirt, a sticker. Support
this totally independent show. Thanks again for listening. I'll talk
(11:45):
to you soon.
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