The Walk-Away Blues: Taylor’s Wild Chaos, Mookie’s Deep Skid, And The Legend Of The Rally Banana

The Walk-Away Blues: Taylor’s Wild Chaos, Mookie’s Deep Skid, And The Legend Of The Rally Banana

Dodgers beat writers Jack Harris and Dylan Hernandez recap a 5-3 comeback win over the Colorado Rockies on pure exhaustion after a brutal flight out of Milwaukee. The guys break down Mookie Betts' baffling .165 slump , Kiké Hernandez's emotional, two-hit return from major offseason elbow surgery, and the bizarre multi-day transactional saga behind Chris Taylor's official retirement from baseball. Finally, a classic post-game show completely derails into a 10-minute argument over Yasiel Puig’s legacy and a heated, unhinged dispute over the show's official prediction scoreboard. 00:00 – 21 Hours Awake: The Milwaukee Travel Nightmare 04:06 – Grind At-Bats: Mookie Betts' Brutal .165 Slump 08:14 – Kiké Is Back: From the Banana Suit to Locker Room Leader 19:49 – Hard-Nosed Reporting: The Chris Taylor Retirement Carousel 24:09 – The Yasiel Puig Tangent: Did He Build the Culture? 32:07 – The Exxon Valdez Tally: Predictions & Monday Trivia 39:45 – Eric Lauer Debut & Rockies Sweep Preview

The Padres Cling To First As Big Brother Lurks

Dodgers reporters Jack Harris and Dylan Hernandez are joined by their boss, California Post Sports Editor Ryan Kostecka, who is unfortunately a Padres fan and here to gloat after their 1-0 win to open the series. Los Angeles and San Diego have a lot in common besides each having 29 wins, and that includes aging, struggling superstars. For the Dodgers, however, there is hope with Shohei Ohtani starting to come out of his slump.  And Jack makes a strong case that the Padres’ success has been good for the Dodgers.  Kostecka offers a Padres fan’s perspective on the Dodgers and painfully recalls the two times they most crushed his heart.  On their latest Dodgers podcast, the guys get into their weekly analysis of Roki Sasaki, and what they saw from Shohei in San Diego. And finally, it’s trivia time and both were able to stump each other.

Time To Hit The Panic Button

California Post’s Dodgers reporters Jack Harris and Dylan Hernandez are at Dodgers Stadium and hitting the panic button after the team’s 9-3 loss to the Giants. Going back to April 21, the Dodgers are 25th in batting, hitting 11% below league average, raising concerns that this sort of slump could also happen in the post-season.  In their Dodgers podcast, Dylan and Jack call out the struggles of Shohei Ohtani, who has 4 hits in his last 38 at-bats. The guys watched the superstar hit a ball out of the stadium in batting practice, then go 0-5 against San Francisco. The guys, of course, talk Roki Sasaki again, but are not quite ready to nickname him the Roki-coaster.  Jack and Dylan then check receipts on their predictions from the week prior, and they are struggling just as much as the Dodgers. Dylan nails his Does Dylan Know The Dodgers question, but Jack is not as lucky with Dylan’s greatest reporting hits.

Auditing Our Before-season Predictions

California Post’s Dodgers reporters Jack Harris and Dylan Hernandez check in mid-week after the team’s 2-1 series win over the Astros. The big news coming out of the third game was Tyler Glasnow leaving early with back pain, and the guys discuss what that could mean going forward. On their Dodgers podcast, Jack and Dylan then check the receipts on the predictions they made before the season, starting with Shohei Ohtani’s season stats.  “He can still get there,” Dylan says about his prediction that the superstar reaches 52 home runs. Finally, the guys shout out their listeners for the great guesses from Dylan’s wild reporter story from the previous episode!

The Dodgers Have A Shohei Dilemma

California Post’s Dodgers reporters Jack Harris and Dylan Hernandez take the mics after Los Angeles’ 8-3 win over Houston to open the series. The Dodgers’ 8 runs is their best offensive performance in a few weeks, however one player is still slumping at the plate. Despite taking 55 swings at batting practice before the game, Shohei Ohtani went hit-less and the superstar is now 0-17 with no hits in the previous five games, his worst stretch in his time with the Dodgers. The National League Pitcher of the Month for April will take the mound in Game 2 against the Astros, but will not be hitting, going back on earlier plans. This has the hosts of our Dodgers podcast begging the question: Would the team be better off with Shohei only pitching?  The guys also discuss whether Roki Sasaki should be sent to the minor leagues, and why Justin Wrobleski is pitching too well to return to the bullpen. Jack puts on his reporter’s hat to reveal the origin of Dalton Rushing’s dropkick celebration, before the return of favorite segments: Does Dylan Know the Dodgers, and Why We Hate Your City. Orel Hershiser gets a reference, and Bill Kaplan earns an RIP shoutout.