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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
David Vase with you until seven o'clock tonight here on
AM five to seventy LA Sports on this off day
as the Dodgers get ready for a three game series
against one of the best teams in the American League,
the Baltimore Orioles. And since Monday is a day of
rest for the Dodgers, there is no chance Joe Kelly
was going to come in studio, and there is even
(00:24):
less chance I was going to be able to call
Joe Kelly because he is a father of eight or
nine kids these days. So here we are at Dodgers
Stadium with the one and only Mariachi Boston La Joe Kelly,
Rancho Cuca, Manga's Mayor. Thanks a lot for the time,
appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
That intro, David Vassay is something that I never want
you to do again. Please.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
You really made me work for this interview. I had
to find a cup of coffee in the Dodger Clubhouse
to be able to coerce you or bribe you to
speak to the people.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Well, rumor has it you're out of Travis Matthews swag,
So I decided I needed a cup of Joe to
help me get through this interview.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
With you, can I ask you a question.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You were just playing like a stationary like game, foosball
game with your fingers.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Why are you sweating so much?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I'm not this is this is my hat doesn't fit
my head very well, so I for anyone out there
who can't see, I have my hat on and David Bessett,
I think I'm sweating. I did my hat and water
to get it to fit to the shape of my
head a little better when the hats are kind of newer.
But by the way, the foosball game you're talking about
is not foosball. It's finger soccer. Is called bino and
(01:40):
the number one rank player in the in the clubhouse,
I've probably played over a hunter games. I've lost once
to my wife, I've lost once to River Ryan by
one goal, and I've lost once to Blake by one goal.
Other than that, I've beat the hell out of everyone else.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
The first time I saw anybody playing this was in
the Oakland Visiting Clubhouse. Had it been going on before
or all you guys got hooked after that.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
It's been going on before, but we all got hooked
from that visiting clubhouse experience, and now we can't stop.
It's been fun.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Sometimes there's some friendly wagers, sometimes there isn't. But if
you're playing Blake, he likes to play for free. It's
it's not fun for me anymore.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
In Milwaukee, I saw you going up against Otani with
see tough competition or not so much.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
I beat him once and then we haven't played again.
We played a fake game to three. The game goes
to seven, so I beat him in a real game
to seven, and then we had to go out for
the anthem. So he got me to three. It was
like three to two, but obviously that game doesn't count.
But I'm waiting to waiting to play him again.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
You're super competitive, He's super competitive. How does that go
when somebody loses, does he flip the table or does
Joe Kelly flip the table?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Well, I've only lost three times in like one hundred games,
so there's not very much of the table flipping going
on around here. But no, he is super competitive. He
it was his first time playing. He's obviously picked it
up pretty quick. He's, you know, a man of many talents.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
's for sure, many talents, but few words, right.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Very few words, a lot of laughs, a lot of smiles,
a lot of head shakes. The words are i'd say,
if he's like close to you, he'll talk to you.
But yes, a lot, a lot of headshakes and you know,
good to see you and smiles.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Okay, speaking of all that, the emotions or lack thereof
from Otani, when he hits that walk off grand slam,
you guys mob him out on the field. Is that
the most emotion you've seen from him in a good way?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
He uh, he doesn't like to you know, it's not
like he's.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Oh, quidato, here comes ta Oscar.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
It's not like he's you know, bat flapping or pimp
and every homer or showing something that much emotion. But
you know, there was a big spot. You know, obviously,
you know, basically loaded twots in the ninth. You know,
for him to come through with just a hit would
have done. But obviously to hit a grand Slam for
his you know, fortieth homer, that was a pretty special
and you know, I think he enjoyed it more than
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what he probably showed. I mean, he's celebrated, but you know,
I think he respects the game so much and respects,
you know, his opposition, and he knows that any kind
of spore could be humbling. So I think he doesn't
ever really want to show up, you know, anybody, because
he knows kids are watching. He's very aware of his surroundings,
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you know, daily, you know, whether it's in the clubhouse,
whether it's on the field, whether it's you know, driving,
you know, he's very aware of you know, where he's
at and you know who's watching, and you know, trying
to be a leader, you know, like I said, day
in and day out. And I think that's probably one
of the coolest things about him. You know, he's not
going around talking about you know, oh, I'm a forty
forty guy. He keeps himself. You'd never know that it
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means a lot to him, but I'm sure it does.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
So we saw the celebration on the field. What was
it like in the clubhouse?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Because I remember when Kurz shot through his no hitter,
the team just showered in with a bunch of stuff,
baby powder, all that in the shower. Was it similar
to that last night in the clubhouse?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
So the problem with last night was it's firework night,
so we all really sprint out and Number two problem
is Showy always has his own media, So by the
time show he was done with his own media. We
barely saw him in the clubhouse. We saw him walk in.
We all congratulated him. We wanted to shots, but Sial
he had to do his media, so it was not
the celebration you would think, but we all obviously congratulated him.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
And that's another layer to him being Shoe a Otani
the greatest player in the world is that there's a
lot of people that want a piece of him.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
How is he is? That even?
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Does it make what he's doing even more remarkable considering
how much attention, how much people want a.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Piece of him. For him to lock in and have
this type of year.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Yeah, I think he's always wanted to be the best
at whatever he does, right, you know, whether it was
pitching obviously now he's a d h You know, he
knew he was fast, so obviously put it on his
radar where I want to steal you know, forty bags.
Going into the year, he wanted to steal a bunch
of bases. He knew that, you know, he could be
the best, one of the best base runners in the game,
and he's proved that, So I think, Uh, he's a
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big goal guy. So I think any kind of a
goal he puts in his mind, he tries to you know,
attains as much as he can without you know, letting
people know about it, right Like I you're like, hey,
what's your goals. He's not going to tell you exactly
what his goals are, but I think he has some
in the back of his brain where you know, he
wants to go out there and say he wants to
hit a hunter urbiys this year he wants won twenty
like you might see him lose betting average and go
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for abi eyes like there's probably you know, little games
he plays within the game. That's what the greats do.
And obviously being here as a Dodger teammate with him,
and you know, especially the fans, they get to come
out and watch a literal you know experience. You know,
it's like going to watch a live concert, like watching
show Hey play, It's it's different, you know, area bad
as must see even my son knocks, you know, watch
(07:00):
the games once a while and show showy bats like
you know, be like, hey, show it up and then
I'll go watch the game. And then I'll go back
to do him playing Fortnite whatever he does. But uh yeah,
he's much must watch baseball and you know, like I said,
there's any given night he's gonna break history. And you know,
it's it's very fun. And obviously he's a great teammate too,
and a great player, but it's very fun, you know,
to be a part of it, and you know, be
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able to tell my kids and say, hey, I was
at that game where you know where we were at
when you hit forty forty we while I was in
you know, in the bullpen. We're all celebrating. So it's
going to be a cool experience, you know, when it's
all said and done, to be able to play with them.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Could you see where the home run landed? And did
you see the fans?
Speaker 2 (07:36):
There were two fans that got in each other's way
and clinked it off their hands.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Did you see all that?
Speaker 3 (07:42):
No, I saw I saw it go over the fence.
I didn't watch the fans. You know, you just wait,
go over the fence and you start celebrating. You don't
really care what the fans are doing. I didn't have
that angle. But no, we just made sure it cleared
and you know, the game was over. It was a
not anything in particular that we were looking for after that.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
You've been around baseball a long time, Joe Kelly's played
baseball for a very long time. Would you rank that,
outside of winning the World Series, as one of the
coolest moments you've been part of.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Yeah, it's definitely. For a regular season game, it's up
there with, you know, the coolest experience I've had on
a baseball field. Anytime you see someone hit a milestone,
you appreciate it. You know, Freddy Frieman playing in two
thousand games, you know there's been multiple milestones. You know,
Kershaw with wins or you know he's coming up on strikeouts.
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So it's it's one of those things where you know,
just because you didn't play or you're not part of
that game, you know, to be on the team and
to be able to experience those moments with the guys
and watch it through their rise and see how they react.
You know, some guys you know all only live for,
you know, moments like that like oh, I'm gonna check
off my scorecard or I'm gonna check my box score
to you know, to get to the Hall of Fame.
But the cool thing about being a Dodger is we
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don't have any of those guys in our clubhouse. Like
they get those milestones, but it's never even talked about, like,
you know, the next day, like you got three dound strikeouts,
He's like, all right, cool, and then on the business.
So that's a good thing about being in this organization.
You get the right type of talents as Hall of
Fame players and you know, good people on and off
the field, and you know, makes up for a lot
of wins.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Joe Kelly is our guest here on Dodger Talk speaking
of the club house, since you are, you know, one
of the leaders, one of the veterans on this team.
A lot of people were making a big deal when
all of us were a little surprised when Jason Hayward
was designated for assignment. Can you set us all straight
on the effects inside that room compared to being professionals
(09:33):
and just keep being keep moving forward. How how does
that dynamic work?
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Well? Yeah, I mean it's it's baseball, and it's like
you said, it's it's a it's a profession. And you know,
obviously we weren't all here at when it happened. It
was on the off day. But you know, if people
talk about it yet, it's sad, it sucks, but you know,
it's not like we're gonna go out there and you know,
not play the game of baseball. You know, he's a
great teammate, a great friend. It's not like all of
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a sudden you don't become friends when someone's off your team.
So it's decisions like that happen, you know, throughout the league,
throughout everybody's teams, and like I said, it's one of
those things that you talk about. You know, it's not
going to be obviously forgotten. He's gonna be missed for sure,
but it's doesn't change the way you play the game
of baseball as a professional athlete.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Joe Kelly is our guest. It feels like you guys
have not.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Played your best baseball all season yet. A lot of injuries,
a lot of different dynamics, but it feels like now
you have your team back together, you're getting healthy and
you're going to continue to get healthy. Do you feel
like you're starting to hit your stride and this division race?
Is that going to be significant with you guys playing
(10:45):
meaningful games down the stretch?
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Yeah, Injuries, you know, they happen. We've had a ton.
A lot of teams had a ton. It's kind of
just been battling the season, you know, rather than you know,
playing good or bad baseball. Well, it's been kind of
battling the ups and downs of you know, who's ready
to pitch that night, who's not going to be, you know,
in the lineup. You know, maybe a sore foot, like
(11:08):
there's just little things here and there, and obviously major
injuries and surgeries. But obviously our lineup is back, you know,
we get our relievers are pretty much all back starters
are making their way back. So it's good to see. Uh,
you know, obviously the leads a little bit closer than
it has been in the past few years. It's not
talked about what between guys or or or players. You know,
(11:32):
it's something more for the fan to say. I think
that you know, the division is it is what it is,
you know. But for us, the way we're playing the
game of baseball, you know, we just want to play
Obviously solid defense, starters go deep, bullpen does her job,
you know, and then make guys work. And that's what
our line has been doing, you know lately, and you know,
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it's given life to I think, at least to speak
to the guys down there in the bullpen. It's given
life knowing that you know, we're down two runs, you know,
going past the sixth. Other teams have good relievers, but
with our lineup being so deep, you know, everyone's pretty
much we don't really have I would say, like low
leverage guys in our pen. They're all pretty nasty. So
(12:15):
I think that at any given point, you know, every
single relievers checked into the game, because at any given point,
our name could be called because the game in the
blink of I could be tired or we could go ahead.
So that's the cool part about you know, our team
getting healthy now and being able to see where you know,
you're warming up and all of a sudden you got
a leading got to protect and and it makes it
a lot more fun, you know, as as as a
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as a player and being part of the team, you
want to you know, help your team win games. And
so when you see those guys fight in the box,
you're all right, le let's go pick them up out
of the bullpenner started his job, Let's go pick them up.
So it's been the past i'd say week and a
half two weeks has been a lot, I want to say,
more fun, but it's been you know, definitely more interesting
and the energy has definitely been up all around, you know,
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from bench guys to role players to bupen guys like
I said, the starters to superstars. Everyone's caring, kind of
a little bit different buzz and and kind of locking
in a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Everybody's got the same goal World Series, and Joe Kelly
wants one for sure. We'll see whether or not he
comes back next year if he's got a third World
Series ring on his finger. I give a salute to
that big mural on the reserve level, Mariachi, Joe.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
And when you.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Come in, well, not that kind of salute, Joe, I
give it a different kind of salute. Hey, you want
to take us to break? Since you're so confident you
could take my job.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
I don't really want your job, David. You did a
great job.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Why don't you take us to break? Say? Hey?
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Coming up next, More Dodger Talk on AM five to
seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Coming up next, More Dodger Talk on AM five seventy
LA Sports with Joe Kelly, Sea David
Welcome back to Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
David Vase with you until seven o'clock tonight here on
AM five to seventy LA Sports on this off day
as the Dodgers get ready for a three game series
against one of the best teams in the American League,
the Baltimore Orioles. And since Monday is a day of
rest for the Dodgers, there is no chance Joe Kelly
was going to come in studio, and there is even
(00:24):
less chance I was going to be able to call
Joe Kelly because he is a father of eight or
nine kids these days. So here we are at Dodgers
Stadium with the one and only Mariachi Boston La Joe Kelly,
Rancho Cuca, Manga's Mayor. Thanks a lot for the time,
appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
That intro, David Vassay is something that I never want
you to do again. Please.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
You really made me work for this interview. I had
to find a cup of coffee in the Dodger Clubhouse
to be able to coerce you or bribe you to
speak to the people.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Well, rumor has it you're out of Travis Matthews swag,
So I decided I needed a cup of Joe to
help me get through this interview.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
With you, can I ask you a question.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You were just playing like a stationary like game, foosball
game with your fingers.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Why are you sweating so much?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I'm not this is this is my hat doesn't fit
my head very well, so I for anyone out there
who can't see, I have my hat on and David Bessett,
I think I'm sweating. I did my hat and water
to get it to fit to the shape of my
head a little better when the hats are kind of newer.
But by the way, the foosball game you're talking about
is not foosball. It's finger soccer. Is called bino and
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the number one rank player in the in the clubhouse,
I've probably played over a hunter games. I've lost once
to my wife, I've lost once to River Ryan by
one goal, and I've lost once to Blake by one goal.
Other than that, I've beat the hell out of everyone else.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
The first time I saw anybody playing this was in
the Oakland Visiting Clubhouse. Had it been going on before
or all you guys got hooked after that.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
It's been going on before, but we all got hooked
from that visiting clubhouse experience, and now we can't stop.
It's been fun.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Sometimes there's some friendly wagers, sometimes there isn't. But if
you're playing Blake, he likes to play for free. It's
it's not fun for me anymore.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
In Milwaukee, I saw you going up against Otani with
see tough competition or not so much.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
I beat him once and then we haven't played again.
We played a fake game to three. The game goes
to seven, so I beat him in a real game
to seven, and then we had to go out for
the anthem. So he got me to three. It was
like three to two, but obviously that game doesn't count.
But I'm waiting to waiting to play him again.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
You're super competitive, He's super competitive. How does that go
when somebody loses, does he flip the table or does
Joe Kelly flip the table?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Well, I've only lost three times in like one hundred games,
so there's not very much of the table flipping going
on around here. But no, he is super competitive. He
it was his first time playing. He's obviously picked it
up pretty quick. He's, you know, a man of many talents.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
's for sure, many talents, but few words, right.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Very few words, a lot of laughs, a lot of smiles,
a lot of head shakes. The words are i'd say,
if he's like close to you, he'll talk to you.
But yes, a lot, a lot of headshakes and you know,
good to see you and smiles.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Okay, speaking of all that, the emotions or lack thereof
from Otani, when he hits that walk off grand slam,
you guys mob him out on the field. Is that
the most emotion you've seen from him in a good way?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
He uh, he doesn't like to you know, it's not
like he's.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Oh, quidato, here comes ta Oscar.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
It's not like he's you know, bat flapping or pimp
and every homer or showing something that much emotion. But
you know, there was a big spot. You know, obviously,
you know, basically loaded twots in the ninth. You know,
for him to come through with just a hit would
have done. But obviously to hit a grand Slam for
his you know, fortieth homer, that was a pretty special
and you know, I think he enjoyed it more than
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what he probably showed. I mean, he's celebrated, but you know,
I think he respects the game so much and respects,
you know, his opposition, and he knows that any kind
of spore could be humbling. So I think he doesn't
ever really want to show up, you know, anybody, because
he knows kids are watching. He's very aware of his surroundings,
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you know, daily, you know, whether it's in the clubhouse,
whether it's on the field, whether it's you know, driving,
you know, he's very aware of you know, where he's
at and you know who's watching, and you know, trying
to be a leader, you know, like I said, day
in and day out. And I think that's probably one
of the coolest things about him. You know, he's not
going around talking about you know, oh, I'm a forty
forty guy. He keeps himself. You'd never know that it
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means a lot to him, but I'm sure it does.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
So we saw the celebration on the field. What was
it like in the clubhouse?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Because I remember when Kurz shot through his no hitter,
the team just showered in with a bunch of stuff,
baby powder, all that in the shower. Was it similar
to that last night in the clubhouse?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
So the problem with last night was it's firework night,
so we all really sprint out and Number two problem
is Showy always has his own media, So by the
time show he was done with his own media. We
barely saw him in the clubhouse. We saw him walk in.
We all congratulated him. We wanted to shots, but Sial
he had to do his media, so it was not
the celebration you would think, but we all obviously congratulated him.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
And that's another layer to him being Shoe a Otani
the greatest player in the world is that there's a
lot of people that want a piece of him.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
How is he is? That even?
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Does it make what he's doing even more remarkable considering
how much attention, how much people want a.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Piece of him. For him to lock in and have
this type of year.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Yeah, I think he's always wanted to be the best
at whatever he does, right, you know, whether it was
pitching obviously now he's a d h You know, he
knew he was fast, so obviously put it on his
radar where I want to steal you know, forty bags.
Going into the year, he wanted to steal a bunch
of bases. He knew that, you know, he could be
the best, one of the best base runners in the game,
and he's proved that, So I think, Uh, he's a
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big goal guy. So I think any kind of a
goal he puts in his mind, he tries to you know,
attains as much as he can without you know, letting
people know about it, right Like I you're like, hey,
what's your goals. He's not going to tell you exactly
what his goals are, but I think he has some
in the back of his brain where you know, he
wants to go out there and say he wants to
hit a hunter urbiys this year he wants won twenty
like you might see him lose betting average and go
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for abi eyes like there's probably you know, little games
he plays within the game. That's what the greats do.
And obviously being here as a Dodger teammate with him,
and you know, especially the fans, they get to come
out and watch a literal you know experience. You know,
it's like going to watch a live concert, like watching
show Hey play, It's it's different, you know, area bad
as must see even my son knocks, you know, watch
(07:00):
the games once a while and show showy bats like
you know, be like, hey, show it up and then
I'll go watch the game. And then I'll go back
to do him playing Fortnite whatever he does. But uh yeah,
he's much must watch baseball and you know, like I said,
there's any given night he's gonna break history. And you know,
it's it's very fun. And obviously he's a great teammate too,
and a great player, but it's very fun, you know,
to be a part of it, and you know, be
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able to tell my kids and say, hey, I was
at that game where you know where we were at
when you hit forty forty we while I was in
you know, in the bullpen. We're all celebrating. So it's
going to be a cool experience, you know, when it's
all said and done, to be able to play with them.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Could you see where the home run landed? And did
you see the fans?
Speaker 2 (07:36):
There were two fans that got in each other's way
and clinked it off their hands.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Did you see all that?
Speaker 3 (07:42):
No, I saw I saw it go over the fence.
I didn't watch the fans. You know, you just wait,
go over the fence and you start celebrating. You don't
really care what the fans are doing. I didn't have
that angle. But no, we just made sure it cleared
and you know, the game was over. It was a
not anything in particular that we were looking for after that.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
You've been around baseball a long time, Joe Kelly's played
baseball for a very long time. Would you rank that,
outside of winning the World Series, as one of the
coolest moments you've been part of.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Yeah, it's definitely. For a regular season game, it's up
there with, you know, the coolest experience I've had on
a baseball field. Anytime you see someone hit a milestone,
you appreciate it. You know, Freddy Frieman playing in two
thousand games, you know there's been multiple milestones. You know,
Kershaw with wins or you know he's coming up on strikeouts.
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So it's it's one of those things where you know,
just because you didn't play or you're not part of
that game, you know, to be on the team and
to be able to experience those moments with the guys
and watch it through their rise and see how they react.
You know, some guys you know all only live for,
you know, moments like that like oh, I'm gonna check
off my scorecard or I'm gonna check my box score
to you know, to get to the Hall of Fame.
But the cool thing about being a Dodger is we
(08:52):
don't have any of those guys in our clubhouse. Like
they get those milestones, but it's never even talked about, like,
you know, the next day, like you got three dound strikeouts,
He's like, all right, cool, and then on the business.
So that's a good thing about being in this organization.
You get the right type of talents as Hall of
Fame players and you know, good people on and off
the field, and you know, makes up for a lot
of wins.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Joe Kelly is our guest here on Dodger Talk speaking
of the club house, since you are, you know, one
of the leaders, one of the veterans on this team.
A lot of people were making a big deal when
all of us were a little surprised when Jason Hayward
was designated for assignment. Can you set us all straight
on the effects inside that room compared to being professionals
(09:33):
and just keep being keep moving forward. How how does
that dynamic work?
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Well? Yeah, I mean it's it's baseball, and it's like
you said, it's it's a it's a profession. And you know,
obviously we weren't all here at when it happened. It
was on the off day. But you know, if people
talk about it yet, it's sad, it sucks, but you know,
it's not like we're gonna go out there and you know,
not play the game of baseball. You know, he's a
great teammate, a great friend. It's not like all of
(09:59):
a sudden you don't become friends when someone's off your team.
So it's decisions like that happen, you know, throughout the league,
throughout everybody's teams, and like I said, it's one of
those things that you talk about. You know, it's not
going to be obviously forgotten. He's gonna be missed for sure,
but it's doesn't change the way you play the game
of baseball as a professional athlete.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Joe Kelly is our guest. It feels like you guys
have not.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Played your best baseball all season yet. A lot of injuries,
a lot of different dynamics, but it feels like now
you have your team back together, you're getting healthy and
you're going to continue to get healthy. Do you feel
like you're starting to hit your stride and this division race?
Is that going to be significant with you guys playing
(10:45):
meaningful games down the stretch?
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Yeah, Injuries, you know, they happen. We've had a ton.
A lot of teams had a ton. It's kind of
just been battling the season, you know, rather than you know,
playing good or bad baseball. Well, it's been kind of
battling the ups and downs of you know, who's ready
to pitch that night, who's not going to be, you know,
in the lineup. You know, maybe a sore foot, like
(11:08):
there's just little things here and there, and obviously major
injuries and surgeries. But obviously our lineup is back, you know,
we get our relievers are pretty much all back starters
are making their way back. So it's good to see. Uh,
you know, obviously the leads a little bit closer than
it has been in the past few years. It's not
talked about what between guys or or or players. You know,
(11:32):
it's something more for the fan to say. I think
that you know, the division is it is what it is,
you know. But for us, the way we're playing the
game of baseball, you know, we just want to play
Obviously solid defense, starters go deep, bullpen does her job,
you know, and then make guys work. And that's what
our line has been doing, you know lately, and you know,
(11:53):
it's given life to I think, at least to speak
to the guys down there in the bullpen. It's given
life knowing that you know, we're down two runs, you know,
going past the sixth. Other teams have good relievers, but
with our lineup being so deep, you know, everyone's pretty
much we don't really have I would say, like low
leverage guys in our pen. They're all pretty nasty. So
(12:15):
I think that at any given point, you know, every
single relievers checked into the game, because at any given point,
our name could be called because the game in the
blink of I could be tired or we could go ahead.
So that's the cool part about you know, our team
getting healthy now and being able to see where you know,
you're warming up and all of a sudden you got
a leading got to protect and and it makes it
a lot more fun, you know, as as as a
(12:36):
as a player and being part of the team, you
want to you know, help your team win games. And
so when you see those guys fight in the box,
you're all right, le let's go pick them up out
of the bullpenner started his job, Let's go pick them up.
So it's been the past i'd say week and a
half two weeks has been a lot, I want to say,
more fun, but it's been you know, definitely more interesting
and the energy has definitely been up all around, you know,
(12:56):
from bench guys to role players to bupen guys like
I said, the starters to superstars. Everyone's caring, kind of
a little bit different buzz and and kind of locking
in a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Everybody's got the same goal World Series, and Joe Kelly
wants one for sure. We'll see whether or not he
comes back next year if he's got a third World
Series ring on his finger. I give a salute to
that big mural on the reserve level, Mariachi, Joe.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
And when you.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Come in, well, not that kind of salute, Joe, I
give it a different kind of salute. Hey, you want
to take us to break? Since you're so confident you
could take my job.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
I don't really want your job, David. You did a
great job.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Why don't you take us to break? Say? Hey?
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Coming up next, More Dodger Talk on AM five to
seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Coming up next, More Dodger Talk on AM five seventy
LA Sports with Joe Kelly, Sea David
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