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Dodgers tv sound Joe Davis’ 3rd World Series telephone for FOX pits arguably baseball’s astir historical franchises. He fields immoderate questions from The Post’s Steve Serby.
Q: How do you woody pinch nan unit knowing that each complete nan world, truthful galore eyeballs will beryllium connected you fixed that it’s Yankees versus Dodgers?
A: I effort to beryllium myself, that’s nan first thing. I’ve ever been personification who’s tried to nail nan basics, and past get retired of nan way. I deliberation that I’ll do what I’ve ever done, and past conscionable get retired of nan measurement and not salary a ton of attraction to nan extracurricular noise. ’Cause I cognize that it comes pinch nan territory that group are gonna person beardown opinions and these are erstwhile nan games are nan astir heated and people’s emotions are nan astir heightened. I wholly get that that’s portion of nan gig, truthful being myself and past doing arsenic champion I tin conscionable benignant of wall disconnected immoderate extracurricular sound and not fto that impact me.
Q: What is your mindset heading into your 3rd World Series aft learning what you’ve learned from nan first two?
A: I deliberation that what I recovered successful my first one was that erstwhile I sewage to nan World Series, it was arsenic typical arsenic I had dreamt it would be. But it wasn’t overwhelming because it was nan adjacent large crippled successful a period afloat of them pinch nan aforesaid partner and nan aforesaid unit that I had been pinch each month.
Q: Your partner, John Smoltz?
A: Man, he’s brilliant, he’s brilliant. I study thing from him each clip that I activity pinch him. Part of nan logic baseball’s a beautiful crippled is because there’s ever different furniture that you tin propulsion back. You tin spell to nan parkland each day, I think, for your full life and study thing each clip you go. And each clip I activity pinch him, I consciousness for illustration it’s a chance to do that, successful nan measurement that he peels backmost nan layers connected nan hitter-pitcher matchups… As a broadcasting nerd, I deliberation that he has a big-game sound, and I cognize that I admit that astir him, too.
Q: Ohtani versus Judge?
A: Oh, it’s truthful good! I’ve told a mates of group you could put nan Dodgers and nan Yankees connected nan field, conscionable put those uniforms connected nan field, and it’s going to beryllium special. But past you see who’s successful those uniforms — for illustration these superhero-type players. It’s, like, excessively bully to beryllium true, this full thing. These guys yet get to nan biggest stage, they do it astatine nan aforesaid time, nan 2 biggest stars successful nan game, and nan 2 biggest franchises successful nan crippled — it’s spectacular.
Q: What amazes you astir about Ohtani?
A: I deliberation that erstwhile you see each that was moving against him this year, each that was making it difficult to do what he did — first twelvemonth pinch a caller team, everything that comes pinch being a quality successful a caller situation, nan unit that comes pinch nan contract, nan off-field distractions that he had to spell done — his expert and his champion friend, having his spot violated by him — and still capable to execute for illustration this. Not to still beryllium good, but to find a measurement to still beryllium extraordinary. Knowing from afar really astonishing nan talent is. I deliberation nan appreciation I’ve gained this twelvemonth watching him each day, you conscionable can’t faze nan guy. He’s had truthful galore different things thrown astatine him, and he’s still managed to beryllium Shohei Ohtani and moreover return it to different level.
Q: What amazes you astir Juan Soto?
A: First of all, he’s awesome TV, ever has been. I watch him and I smile. As soon arsenic he steps successful nan batter’s box, he makes maine smile. He’s conscionable specified a complete hitter. The cleanable package of patience, and power, and nan expertise to make interaction and nan expertise to deed for average. I deliberation you rotation each nan things successful pinch his younker — he’s gonna move 26 years aged nan nighttime of Game 1, you rotation each those things together and this is arsenic bully of a young hitter arsenic nan crippled has ever seen.
Q: And what amazes you astir about Judge?
A: That’s different feline wherever it’s for illustration it’s truthful overmuch much than nan location runs, and he would show you that his favourite stat isn’t 58 location runs, it’s nan .322 average. And nan measurement that he’s continued to refine his crippled wherever it’s not conscionable nan location runs, he’s trim down connected his strikeouts each year, he hits for mean … erstwhile you look astatine peculiar transportation sites that utilized to springiness him a difficult time, he’s addressed those 1 by one. Just nan all-around quality of his game, successful summation to nan superhero-like fig that he is, nan Paul Bunyan-like fig that he is, arsenic imposing arsenic he is erstwhile he’s successful nan batter’s box.
Q: Who tin beryllium ‘X’ factors?
A: It’s weird to opportunity Judge, but nan Yankees person gotten present without him being himself. I can’t envision him not having his infinitesimal present astatine immoderate point.
Q: For nan Dodgers?
A: I’ll springiness you 2 guys who person been immense parts of nan discourtesy each year, didn’t deed successful nan title bid — Teoscar Hernandez and Will Smith. Both those guys had beautiful bully performances successful nan past crippled of nan title series, but had been automatic outs anterior to that.
Q: Mr. October candidates?
A: It’s gotta beryllium Tommy Edman astatine this point. Tommy Tanks, arsenic they telephone him astir here. . .Kiké Hernandez, personification who ever seems to emergence to nan occasion. And connected nan Yankee side, Giancarlo Stanton. How galore times do you spot guys sorta rewrite their bequest and rewrite their communicative conscionable successful what they do successful this 1 month, and he’s making a lawsuit to do that. And now he’s sewage nan full communicative of coming location to Los Angeles and nan parkland wherever he grew up coming to games and has ever deed good since coming to nan large leagues. That book has rolled retired location beautifully for him to support doing what he’s been doing.
Q: How astir Mookie Betts?
A: You tin telephone him an ‘X’ facet excessively because teams don’t springiness Ohtani a ton bully to hit, truthful a batch of things thin to find a measurement to Mookie Betts’ plate, and lately he’s been coming done and that’s put teams successful a difficult spot.
Q: How intimidating tin Yankee Stadium beryllium successful October?
A: Very. I perceive from nan group who knowledgeable some Yankee Stadium and opportunity this 1 is thing for illustration nan aged Yankee Stadium, but to me, nan spot still conscionable feels truthful big-time. And I deliberation nan Dodgers saw that successful June erstwhile they went location for nan regular-season series. It felt for illustration a postseason bid dropped correct into nan mediate of nan summer. I deliberation it tin beryllium hugely intimidating. It mightiness not consciousness “fans correct connected apical of you and you tin consciousness nan history successful nan walls” for illustration you could astatine nan aged place, but I really do deliberation that there’s still thing astir it that is special.
Q: Why are nan Dodgers successful nan World Series?
A: I deliberation everybody figured they would be, but it’s pinch a different formed of characters I deliberation than anybody thought aliases could person envisioned that it would person been. When you look astatine it from ‘why are they successful nan World Series from wherever they were astatine nan extremity of nan regular season?’ it’s because they’ve outhit their starting rotation problems, nan discourtesy has delivered for illustration you had dreamed it would, and nan bullpen has been arsenic shutdown arsenic it had to beryllium to thief flooded nan rotation.
Q: Why are nan Yankees successful nan World Series?
A: They don’t get capable in installments for really complete they are. Especially erstwhile you look crossed baseball, truthful galore teams dealing pinch issues pinch pitcher injuries and pinch a deficiency of extent successful nan starting rotation, nan Yankees having 4 morganatic starters successful this Series. I don’t cognize if that’s talked astir capable conscionable comparative to nan remainder of nan league. Obviously, you’ve sewage nan lineup pinch nan superstars and that doing their thing, and past nan measurement that they were capable to reshape that bullpen connected nan alert makes them, to me, conscionable a really well-rounded team.
Q: How would you comparison this Dodgers squad to nan 2020 world champions?
A: I deliberation that what sets this year’s squad apart… it’s harder to comparison to 2020 because of nan characteristic of that (pandemic) season, but what I tin show you astir this team, what sets it isolated from nan past fewer years, I think, is really battle-tested they are, wherever those past fewer years, they won nan section by 20-some games, they didn’t play a meaningful crippled complete nan period of September and past had to find a measurement to move it connected erstwhile they sewage to October, and couldn’t. This year’s different. They get each these injuries thrown astatine them, they person nan Padres pushing them to nan limit each season, and truthful erstwhile they get into nan postseason, this is simply a group that had been hardened by each that. And I deliberation you saw that erstwhile they fell down successful nan section bid against nan Padres, I deliberation you saw it erstwhile they had to play an other crippled against nan Mets aft it was like, “Oh boy, present we spell again.” And they look to kinda beryllium calloused wherever those teams successful caller years, I deliberation nan way was truthful soft during nan regular play that erstwhile they sewage basking successful nan postseason, they didn’t person that expertise to bounce backmost for illustration they do now.
Q: The rotation and nan bullpen?
A: I deliberation nan rotation has been amended than group envisioned that it would be, but it’s VERY unpredictable. They’ve had games wherever it’s looked measurement amended than anybody thought, but wide it’s been nan bullpen that has made up for it. The bullpen’s covered much innings than immoderate different successful shot this postseason and really for a batch of nan regular season. The mobility will be, tin they prolong that for different 7 games? You get to this clip of twelvemonth and you wonderment really overmuch is near successful anybody’s tank.
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Q: Freddie Freeman’s health?
A: Sounds for illustration he’s gonna beryllium bully to go. You cognize he’s hurting erstwhile he’s not successful location — 2 games missed successful nan erstwhile 2 years. He’s hopeful that these fewer days disconnected present capable nan vessel up capable wherever he’s gonna beryllium bully to spell for nan World Series.
Q: Would Tommy Lasorda for illustration this Dodgers team?
A: (Laugh) I deliberation so. I deliberation he would for illustration nan conflict of this group.
Q: What are Dave Roberts’ strengths arsenic a manager?
A: I deliberation nan communication. He’s personification who nan players emotion to play for. He talks to each feline each day, that’s not an exaggeration, that’s a extremity of his to get astir and talk to each feline successful his roster each azygous day. And I deliberation earlier this October, group would reason that he hasn’t been a awesome head successful postseason games, but it would beryllium difficult to reason thing different than he’s been awesome and put connected a maestro people nan measurement he managed nan pitching successful nan title series. There’s a logic nan guy’s won much games astatine a higher complaint than immoderate head successful shot history. I deliberation nan strengths are many.
Q: Dodgers fans’ biggest interest astir nan Yankees.
A: I would deliberation that it’s slowing down nan large sluggers successful that lineup, nan 2 done 4 pinch Soto, Judge and Stanton. I conscionable deliberation that there’s nary much imposing of a agelong successful immoderate bid successful baseball.
Q: The keys to this Series?
A: The Yankees person nan 4 morganatic starters, but they are still really fierce pinch nan measurement they rotation nan bullpen retired there. So I deliberation that it comes down to nan bullpens. Can nan Dodger pen support covering up for nan rotation? I deliberation Dave Roberts is gonna proceed to beryllium fierce pinch nan starters, get what he tin retired of them, and past dream that nan bullpen tin fastener it down. And Aaron Boone has done conscionable a marvelous occupation of overhauling that bullpen. Look astatine nan guys that they vanished disconnected nan title bid with.
Q: Following Vin Scully and Joe Buck?
A: Those names, for me, are a immense portion of what makes my occupation special. Every time I get to do a Dodger game. It’s a work to beryllium nan feline that followed Vin successful that chair, nan top ever to do nan job. And Joe’s nan feline that I grew up admiring, and has go a mentor and a friend to me.
Q: What made Scully nan greatest?
A: His expertise to show stories, I think. I’ve said before, I deliberation he’s nan top storyteller of my life and our lifetimes — successful immoderate job. You could reason that he’s nan top storyteller conscionable period. I deliberation his expertise to weave those stories in, and past nan measurement he captured large moments. Anybody tin telephone a large moment, but to really caption and seizure it, that’s thing that he did arsenic good arsenic anybody that’s ever done nan job.
Q: Do you deliberation nan Series will spell 7 games?
A: I would emotion if it did. I deliberation that nan shot world would emotion if it did. I don’t cognize if Yankees fans’ and Dodgers fans’ nerves would for illustration it to spell 7, but I deliberation it would beryllium a fitting point for this Series that baseball’s waited truthful agelong for and has SO galore rich | storylines to it. I deliberation that it would only beryllium fitting if we sewage nan maximum retired of it.
Favorite Movie? Wedding Crashers
Favorite Actor? Denzel Washington
Favorite Entertainer? Nate Bargatze
Favorite Meal? Way excessively overmuch nutrient astatine an Italian restaurant. If they don’t look astatine you for illustration you’re crazy, you haven’t ordered enough.
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