Dodger Talk (10-13-26)

Welcome to Dodger Talk.

David Vasse live at Dodger Stadium with you until 7:00 tonight here on 570 LA Sports.

This is your home of Dodger baseball, and you will hear game three live tomorrow from Dodger Stadium beginning at 4:00, our pregame coverage, with first pitch at 5:00.

It's going to be Blake Snell on the mound against Robert Gasser of the Brewers, and the Dodgers in a must-win situation, as close as it comes to having a must-win game without being with your backs against the wall of elimination.

And earlier this afternoon, the Brewers were out here working out, taking batting practice.

And right now, the Dodgers are taking batting practice on the field.

And Shohei Ohtani, once again, took BP on the field.

He just ran off into the Dodger clubhouse.

And look, here it is.

In case you missed the news earlier, Dave Roberts said unequivocally Ohtani will be in the Dodgers starting lineup tomorrow for game three of the NLCS.

And then, unexpectedly, Shohei Ohtani came into the press conference room and was adamant about his physical limitations not really limiting him.

It's more about him being a better hitter.

So Dave Roberts said it.

Ohtani said it as well Otani feels like he's close to finding something.

I hope so because it hasn't looked close in a long time, and the Dodgers need Otani, especially if he's going to hit cleanup, to look somewhat recognizable to his old self.

So Dave Roberts and Shohei Otani had the conversation that Roberts told The Athletic he would have, and he was convinced by Shohei Otani that there is nothing physically limiting him from being in the batter's box tomorrow night for game three.

We have phone lines open at 866-987-2570.

Coming up at the bottom of the hour, you'll hear from Joey Votto, who did a great job in his rookie season with NBC Sports and also on MLB Network.

Always love hearing from Joey Votto.

I believe he was one of the, um, the most insightful players of his generation and certainly he has continued that as a broadcaster.

So looking forward to having Joey Votto on Dodger Talk for the first time since retiring.

I interviewed him once in Cincinnati and it was electric.

So looking forward to hearing from Joey Votto at the bottom of the hour.

Coming up in 15 minutes, you'll hear from Westlake Village's own and Brewer's captain, Christian Yelich.

Had a chance to catch up with Yelich after the Brewers were done with their BP session.