Dodgers Territory - Ned Colletti Joins, Ohtani Sho Good, Leadership Post-Heyward

Episode Date: August 26, 2024

DT hosts Alanna Rizzo and Clint Pasillas break down Shohei Ohtani's impressive 40/40 feat and compare him against fellow NL MVP hopeful Francisco Lindor. (0:48)(6:35) Former Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti joins DT along with world-renowned artist Dave Hobrecht to discuss "The All-Time Dodgers Art Book." Ned and Dave take us through the rewarding process assembling the new book.New Mint Mobile customers can get a 3-month premium wireless plan for just 15 bucks/month at mintmobile.com/territory(22:48) Colletti also shares thoughts on Ohtani and recounts the famous "Nick Punto trade" with the Red Sox 12 years ago.(29:21) Alanna and Clint talk more about the club cutting Jason Heyward and the trickle-down effect on the clubhouse.Subscribe - DT is LIVE on Mondays & Thursdays at 3p ET/12p PT all season long on the DT YouTube channel!Head to factormeals.com/foul50 and use code FOUL50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next month while your subscription is active!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We're going to talk to them about their new book, all about Dodgers art. Before we get into that, though, Clint, let's get right to the greatest showman, shall we? Let's do it. My goodness. Show, Hey, Otani, already surpassing the 40-40 mark.

And Clint, we are in uncharted territory. Here we are, August 26th. There's still about five, six weeks left the regular season. I think it's a legitimate possibility that he could get to 50-50. What say you? We've seen this dude already go on some pretty crazy hot streaks. If he has one more in the tank, 50-50 is absolutely in the realm of possibility. I never realize how insanely fast Shohei Otani is. He's one of those guys. He gets on base. You just know he's going to steal a bag. If it ends up being a 40-50 season, I think that's pretty dang

impressive too but 50 50 absolutely in the realm of possibility but it's uh it's i keep saying it when it comes to show hey it's fun to watch him play in baseball but how much more um it couldn't have gotten better that 40 40 coming on a walk off grand slam how do you write that you can't script that kind of stuff yeah it's very much a hollywood ending very uh fitting of course that he plays for the los angeles dodgers and this is the dodgers show hey this is not the angels show hey and what a difference. Just going up the street a little bit makes for this guy. And you're right. You don't think of Shohei as a base dealer just because he's so dang tall. He's such an impressive, you know, figure at the plate, obviously on the mound, but he's a little speedy too. 40, 40 already. God

knows. I think 50-50 is a legit possibility. And by the way, he's pitching off the mound on Sunday. So this is a guy that's still rehabbing, still trying to get back on the hill, a guy that obviously is the only two-way player that we will probably ever see in our lifetime, certainly the only one I've ever seen because I was not around, contrary to people's belief of Babe Ruth when he was doing it. But, I mean, he's doing all this Clint offensively and on the base paths when he's still rehabbing and coming off of that. I mean, is that even more impressive to you? I would have to argue that adds to the pile of impressive components that make up show Hey Otani's 2024 season. The excitement of seeing him get off a bump for the first time, well, not in a Dodger uniform, but he was

wearing the Mack Strong shirt, which is nice. A little weird to see him wearing. and Freeman 5 on his back while he's throwing off the mound. But, you know, hashtag synergy. But take advantage of what we're getting now next year might not be the same. He's going to be a little more gas. He's probably going to be out there pitching every fifth or six day for this team. But yeah, you add in a rehab from, you know, second Tommy John surgery or whatever it is exactly did. It wasn't a full elbow reconstruction. But that just adds to the pile, again, of impressive components that make up this Otani season. And also I'll call it now.

It's an MVP season for me. Guarantee it if you get the 50-50, but it's a damn impressive season. Well, it's funny that you say that because the New York Mets would like folks to think differently because now they are starting to beat the drum of Francisco Lendor, who is also having a tremendous season. And what they're saying, Clint, here on SNY TV,

is that Showhays putting up incredible numbers, but he's not playing in the field. He's not a defensive player like Francisco Lendorris, who obviously has one of the most difficult defensive positions as the shortstop for the Mets. And he's putting up incredible offensive numbers. But I'm thinking, you know what? It doesn't matter. The fact that Shohay Otani is doing this for a team that has the best record in all of baseball. And if the season ended today, Clint, the Mets are on the outside looking in.

So while Francisco Lendor is having a tremendous season, he's not on a playoff bound squad. Yeah, I think that is the biggest thing there. I mean, if show, again, if he gets to 50-50, that's, you know, case closed, he's your National League MVP. I think there's something sexy about him going for the American League MVP to the National League MVP. But his club is leading the division. It's leading baseball in wins.

And yeah, there's a lot of superstars on the Los Angeles Dodgers. But the Mets aren't, you know, it's not just Lindor and some nobodies. They got some pop. They got some star power there a little bit. but two and a half games behind a wild card spot out of your division um i'm sorry it's not francisco lindore it's show hey otani is your 2024 nl mbp yeah and francisco lindore again no disrespect i love the kid he's not coming off of um a surgery and trying to get back on the mound um to pitch every fifth day for his squad so yes he doesn't play

defensively shoay otani doesn't but 50 50 season plus your team is number one as far as record and winning percentage is concerned. I think that's pretty incredible. All right. So we're going to be back after a quick word from AJ Piersinski, Eric Kratz, and Scott Braun about Mint Mobile. I love a great deal,

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apply. See MintMobile for details. I love this so much. This is something that I've been excited to talk to our listeners and our viewers about Clint. This is the all-time Dodgers art book. It is available now. It is such an unbelievably beautiful pictorial diary, if you will, of so many of the great moments in Dodgers history. And there's a bunch of really cool stuff in here by former Dodgers general manager, Ned Coletti, a text by him. The forward was by Dodgers pitching legend oral hurricizers. But the man behind all of this beautiful artwork is world-renowned artist Dave Hobrick. And both Ned Coletti and Dave, uh, joining us now on Dodgers' territory. Ned and I have known each other for a very long time. David is great to meet you as well.

So thank you for taking the time to be with us. And Ned, I'll start with you, my friend, my Italian friend. How did you get involved in this? And I know that Dave was the artist on a piece that's very special to you. Tell us more about that. Yeah, I ran into to Dave at the Sawdust Festival, believe it or not. What I was doing at the Sawdust Festival, I guess, is a story in itself. But he did a piece of art for me that was an idea that I had to bring people from different generations in my life together who weren't able to be in the same room at the same time due to just life's course.

And then he came to me with this idea about if I would put together the all-time Dodgers team and he would do the art. His art is phenomenal. Anybody that is ever in Laguna Beach and can stop at his store, you better have some time because you'll be in there for a while looking at all his great work. One thing led to another and it took about three or four years to get it done, I think. But here it is. Guys, good to see you again. I hope everybody had a good weekend.

Dave, I've got to roll out the red carpet for you a little bit here because we did that on my channel. We got to do it here. Some people that might not know you, but they should. You've done a lot of work for some impressive people. Talk about Cal Ripkin Jr., Willie Mays. Your list goes insanely on and on. I want you to tell this audience what it means putting this book together with Ned with a team that is your baseball team, the Los Angeles doctor.

I love him. Yeah, I always say it's like a dream job. It was unbelievable. And then when I got to work on that piece with Ned, it was just inspiring. And we got to put together all sorts of people from his life. and bringing it into one room. And then when I pitched him on this thing, I thought, oh, it was going to have a major long shot here.

You know, I was going to want to do this. We became friends through the piece, but I didn't know if, you know, he's a busy man. And when he said, yes, it was just unbelievable. So being able to do sports art, being able to do this book and the Dodgers, work with Ned, listening to the stories and putting this thing together.

It was definitely a blessing. It was my favorite projects I've done so far in my career. And Ned, when you said that you wanted Dave to do this piece for you personally that brought a lot of people that are so important in your life together in one room, tell the folks that are listening and watching right now who those folks are and how Dave was able to bring them together to really epitomize what they meant to you. Well, I'll give you a little bit of a prelude into the idea. I had stopped to see a buddy of mine with the angels, Tim Mead, who I'm sure everybody on this call knows. He had this picture behind his desk of all these presidents. Not sure if they were Democratic, Republican, irrelevant, but it was like 200 years of presidents. And he was sitting around, like, in a hunting lodge, like drinking whiskey and telling stories. And sadly, my dad died a very young man.

And my baseball career, which ended up being 40 years, was three months in when he died. And he never had a chance, really, to see the fruition of all his hard work in my career. And so I put together a group of people who were instrumental in my family, my family, and my mother and my father and my brother, and my uncle Frank, who just passed away at 90 a couple weeks ago, them and also some of the Dodger people and some of the people from the Giants, Brian Sabian, Tom Sherrick, who ran the Academy Awards for a while, Billy DeLurie, well, you know very, very well. and just people that I grew up with and kind of put them together. And I asked Dave if he could do this. He said, sure. So like we did in the book, there's different pieces in the personal one that are unique to the people in the painting. And as you look at Dave's book, you'll see a lot of different things that are unique to the Dodgers,

unique to different personalities that are featured in this book. You look at this picture right here that's on there. Left field there is Ebbets Field. Right field is Dodger Stadium. I mean, just little things like that. On every picture, there's almost something that is uniquely special to the people in that picture. And you look at this, what were the chances that Clayton to the far right and Don Drysdale ever got together.

They're together here, though. What was kind of your favorite Easter egg to throw in? there, Ned? I mean, the Duke Snyder picture was the one that Dave and I debated long and hard trying to get, you know, it was the Duke of Flatbush, right? So they got Brooklyn flat. I mean, you know, it's got to be a neighborhood picture. So I probably stayed on him for about a year to do something involving the Brooklyn neighborhood. And I think, as you call it, Clint the Easter egg, I think when you look at this picture, it's outside. It's a gas station outside of It's real. There actually was a gas station outside of Ebbets Field. And we had found on the

internet the Duke's house in Brooklyn, a picture of it. So as you look in the windshield of the car that the Duke is driving, you will see a reflection of his home. And I thought that that was, and there's many, many Easter eggs in this book. But to me, that was the coolest, probably because it took me a year to get Dave to do the painting. He was as adamant about not doing it as I was about doing it, as I was adamant about, hey, we can't have 25, 26 guys in this. It's got to be more than that. We stayed with that boundary, and he actually did the Duke picture too.

Yeah, I fought him on that. It's absolutely, tell me more about why, Dave. Why did you fight him on that? And then how did you guys come to some sort of impasse or some sort of agreement? It was the end of the book. I was burn out a little bit. I got to get this thing done. And so what I did was he had this idea forever.

And I was like, okay, Ned, you know, and then I would try. I'd do another painting and then do another painting. He's like, hey, where's my duke? And I'm like, it's coming. It's coming. And then so what I tried to do is I tried to flip it, right? I tried to do something else to like appease him. I do a beautiful piece.

which is one of my favorite ones of Duke hitting a bomb at Ebbets. And Jackie's turning, you know, round and first. And I'm like, okay, he'll like this one and he'll forget about his due piece. So I sent it to my show. And he's like, oh, that one's great. He's like, where's my due piece of the flat glass? And I was like, it was the end of the book. I had painted everything.

It's laid out. And I called the buddy of mine. I got, Ned's on me on this piece. I don't even know what to do, you know. And I finally had to do it. And I painted it. I did the reflection, the whole thing, everything when he wanted. And the thing that would happen was like what happened a ton of times during the book is the dude was right.

Ned was right. It's a cool piece. I was so happy. I listened to him. I love the piece. And he did a lot of that stuff. And that's what working with Ned was so cool is because he's got this inside track of baseball that fans. And like for me, I'm a huge.

baseball nut, but he's got so much knowledge. All the stuff he did and all these little teeny little changes of these little Easter eggs are these little kind of bits of my details, which I love. I love the details. He would feed me and it would make a better painting. So thankfully, he stayed on me and I did it because I dig the piece. It's a lot of piece. Yeah, it's really incredible. And Ned doesn't forget anything. And if you don't know that by now, you certainly will know. It features 15. I was just trying to make them famous. More than 30 player reviews. 80 original works of art. It is available at hobrick.com, Amazon.com,

the National Baseball Hall of Fame online store, walmock.com and Alvarez.com as well. Is there anything, guys, before we kind of switch our focus to this year's team and some really special moments to the both of you with this franchise, is there anything that you wish, perhaps, if there was one more page in this book, Dave, is there anything you wish that would have gone in it? No, no, I didn't want to paint any more on this book.

No, because he was trying to get me to add people to the all-time team. And so this type of painting is kind of like a tattoo, right? So once it's down, you can't like just jesso over it or white over it paint. And he was just getting on me to put in a couple extra people into the all-time team. No, there's the cool things to let you know what I love about this book and what's kind of our business model for the books is we pick organizations that are going to be around forever. So the book is not finished. It'll never be finished. It's a living book.

And that's what I love because we all know in three to five years, there's going to be more moments that we're going to add. There's going to be hopefully more championships. There's going to be more guys like Mookian people that have now put in the time. So I love that it's not finished. So it isn't finished and we will definitely have more on a second volume in years to come. Spinning forward talking about this team right now, gentlemen. as we detailed to start this and as we detailed in our conversation over the weekend on my channel,

Ned, you spent a good bit of time around the game of baseball. You've seen a lot of players, very impressive players. Shohei Otani, talk about Shohei Otani. How does what this guy's doing at the plate compare to anybody that you've seen in the past? And would you give him the NL MVP at this point if you were voting? I don't think anybody is given an MVP. first of all. But I think that people compare him to Babe Ruth. And I don't compare him to Babe Ruth. I think he's unique. I don't even think Babe Ruth did what he did. Babe Ruth pitched. And then at some

point in time, they realized he could really hit. So they move him to the outfield. I think Babe Ruth maybe through 35, 40 innings in his career after they moved him to right field. You know, Shoahe next year is going to pitch. He's going to play the outfield. He's going to hit. He's already pitched and pitched very well while playing the out, you know, while being a position player. So I think Shohei is completely unique to the game. I don't know that there's anybody that's really done what he's been able to do. The thing that's not surprises me, but the thing that I think separates him from almost everybody besides the versatility is think about the expectation that sits with him every day. expectation is a heavy weight and we've seen it in every sport when somebody is

coming up to the big leagues and nobody really knows what they're capable of doing that's a free year for the player for the athlete when the expectation hits things change and only the best of the best are able to perform and and exceed expectation and I think that's what he's done I think he's exceeded expectation I don't know that he's more valuable to the Dodgers than mooky bets we saw him miss a lot of time We saw him play shortstop, second base, right field, and we saw the team go about 500 for about a six weeks stretch without Mookie. But not to get into the argument of who's the most valuable Dodger,

but Shohei to me is just a unique, very, very unique player across the board. His contract, how he structured that to help the franchise. And he's not Babe Ruth. I shouldn't say this. Babe Ruth was not Shohei Watanee. Soho is one of a kind. Now let me ask you this before I tee Dave up on something too. When you and I work together, you always talked about how, you know, the season is just too long for other teams to compete with the Dodgers.

And right now they have a slim lead in the National League West, but over the course of 162, I do believe wholeheartedly that the Dodgers will win the season. Explain to the viewers and our listeners a little bit more about what you mean by that, just the talent and the level of this organization. versus others that are trying to get into the postseason against them. Well, it starts with the games and then it goes to the season. As we did games together for a long time, it was, teams could stay for four or five innings. And then the game went longer and then they had no chance. They had no chance to stick with the Dodgers. The seasons are like that too, although Arizona has played great.

San Diego has played great. They've tailed out the last couple of days, but they have played great. The Dodgers are just built for 160. plus. Other teams try to be built for 162. To keep the pace of the Dodgers, it's like running track against the best, the best milers, the best 110 meter athletes. It's tough to keep the pace when you're some other teams. I think that has worked a little bit against the Dodgers in that for a lot of the last 10, 11, 12 years, they compete against the game itself most of the time. They're typically not in a race like they are now. So when they get to the first round of the playoffs,

okay, they got to turn it on. Other teams have had a struggle to get there. And so maybe they're a little bit hotter than it. But the way they are comprised, they're very patient. They can rest players throughout the season. This year is a little bit different, which may be good for them. But they just have too much depth for everybody else. And they stay with it. They've got a great manager who continues to manage a lot of talent. It's not easy with talent. to manage it on a daily basis. But Dave has done a great job with that. People can get out of from time to time.

That's kind of human nature for that job. But they are built for a long haul, and people cannot always keep that pace. Dave, what's your favorite Dodgers team ever and why? Oh, date myself, which is fine. I don't care. I was a junior in 88, so there you go. I'm sitting here right now at Legends Attic, which is Oral Spot.

And I work with Oral on a bunch of other projects as well. So being able to like go through 88 as, you know, high school junior and then now like I'm sitting here in his pad in Claremont is unbelievable. So it would have to be 88. But 2020, of course, was unbelievable. It was scary because I was doing the World Series, the official World Series piece with Fanatics. And they told me I could paint both teams. So just, you know, I'll have something. to sell either way it goes. I'm like, nah, the Dodgers are going to take this. But it was to the

point where I wanted to do it well because they wanted to release it right when they want. I wanted it to go seven so I could work more on this piece, but then I didn't want it because I was so stressed out, you know about it? So that was a good one too. So those are two. Those are two. Do you're in junior high in 1988? No, junior in high school. I'm not dad. Well, that makes me feel a little bit better. I had 25 years of the game in 1980. Still all, but I'm not that bad. It's right. You're in Hazy.

All of our backs are hurting as we're sitting here, so we're feeling good, gang. And Ned, we just passed an important anniversary. I'm going to call it an important anniversary. 12 years ago yesterday, you made your first big trade with some Guggenheim money, bringing aboard Adrian Gonzalez. We call it affectionately the Nick Punto trade, but you got Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, who throws a no-hitter. How, like, how different was that putting

that trade together and kind of what it launched for this organization. The 212 season was so unique in so many ways. Ownership changed on May 1st. And Stan Kaston came to me and he says, anybody that you've been thinking about that you couldn't afford to get or whatever reason that held you back from getting it, getting that type of player, you got to go for it. And so we had watched Andrew Gonzalez, you know, hit balls out in Petco Park

and then, you know, hit 35 home runs a year for San. Diego. Our first baseman was not that type of player. And I had talked to Ben Charington back at the end of April, knowing ownership was changing. And, you know, he couldn't do it then. But as time went on, they needed to make a move there in Boston. So we just stayed on it. And that changed the entire team. When you think, and it's, you know, you look back at it and there's, you know, you look back at it almost at a glance. But remember where we were. We were coming out of a difficult ownership situation. The fan base had started. to wander away and wonder a little bit. The TV deal was pending. And so Guggenheim said,

let's go. Let's turn it on. I went from trying to find a nickel in the seat cushion to get a player to having to tell the owner's show, hey, we got to slow this down a little bit. We can't be adding 20, 30, 40 people. Dave Hoberg would never let me do this in a painting. You know, you got to keep it down to 25. But it was a... really a changing deal for so many reasons. And I have become a little bit known for having teams pay salaries of other players. My dear friend Kevin Towers, and we got Greg Maddox from him near the end of Greg's career. And he had to pay $2.5 million from me to take Greg Maddox. He was befuddled that the big Dodgers need $2.5 million in the little Padres. They make a deal.

We had $7.5 million paid on Manning's deal from the Red So when I called or actually MLB called me when this trade started to get out there a little bit and it was 262 million at the bet we were going to take on and Danny halem called me and he says please don't tell me Boston's paying 50 or 60 million of this deal and I said no Danny they're going to pay 12 but that but that's it you know so anyway but it changed the franchise I think it told everybody that ownership was real and you look what they've done in the last decade plus you know they're real So one quick anecdote there to throw out. We knew or we can definitely remember the money situation was tight

because one of the final big signings you had was Jerry Harrison Jr. Before the money came in. So thank God for Guggenheim. Hey, wait, without Jerry Harrison, Jr., I don't get a TV career and win four Emmys. Oh, I don't know. If he had been a better player, I'd still be the GM. We love Jayette. Dave Hobrick, Ned Colette, working together, of course, with Oral Hirschizer on the forward of this amazing book,

All-Time Dodgers art book. It is available now. Go to so many different outlets to get at Hobrick.com, Amazon.com, just a couple of the places that you can. And if you want to hear some absolutely amazing anecdotes about Ned's tenure as the Los Angeles Dodgers general manager, I highly encourage you to get the big chair written by Ned. I can hear his voice when I read this. It is a phenomenal book. If you are a Dodgers fan, talk about taking you behind the curtain to see what goes on in the life of a general manager. Gentlemen, we appreciate you. Thank you so much for being with us on Dodgers territory. Best of luck, Dave, with this book, and we will certainly talk to you soon. Thank you for shared some of your insight with us today. Thank you so much. Thank you both. Thank you. All right.

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What is your take on this? It's one of the hardest things I imagine the team had to do. They understand the value that Jay Hay provided to the clubhouse as a mentor, as somebody that the younger side of the organization can lead on the, and even the older side. But at some point, you need to try to put what you feel. is the best product on the field that's out there. It's actually one of the first questions I asked Ned when he joined my show. So if guys want more Ned, more Dave, more me, check it out on my YouTube channel.

Ha ha, plug. But it's part of the game. And the reality is Jason Hayward wasn't going to provide much value on the field for this team going forward. So clubhouses change. Alana, you were there when AJ Ellis was traded from, the organization, the pain that that brought to the team. I think this could be comparable. Obviously, you know, you're not in the clubhouse these days like you were then,

but I feel like that's a pretty apt comparison. I think it's a great comparison. I remember that day specifically when AJ got traded and it was a shock. And Clayton Kershaw was incredibly bummed because I know that they say that we don't believe in personal catchers, but that's BS. There are personal catchers for guys. And AJ always caught Kersh. They caught the no-hitter together.

or they had that no hitter together. So it was an opportunity, you know, that the team needed to do. And I understand the business side of it. But yeah, there are feelings in this. Remember, these guys are humans before they're players, right? They're people before their players. But I understand. I understand that it's a business, but doesn't mean that it doesn't stink.

I think we'll see what the dividends are in the postseason. You know, if Kevin Kiermeyer comes up huge, if this is the roster we're taking to the postseason, And if he comes up huge defensively, then fans will not, you know, they'll not going to regret this decision. But I understand. What's coming up on your channel? I know that you just had Dave and Ned on the other day. So what's coming up today on all Dodgers with Clint Fasius?

Today we're talking more about all of the Dodgers. It's another off-day edition. I got some voicemails loaded up. Fans' opinions. I got to talk about the latest development with the team with the Tony Gonsolin thing. We got some news and injury updates. all that kind of stuff. So a lot of comment interaction there on the channel.

So check it out tonight, 6 p.m. Pacific time on my YouTube channel. I usually write in the comments here, guys. So just click on that, find my channel, or type it in All Dodgers with Clint Paseas. Before we get out of here, I got a shout out. My guy, Richard Flores. He left us a super chat earlier in the show, 499. So thank you, Richie, going back talking about the show, Heyotani situation, and Padres fans, apparently losing their SeaWorld Mine on,

social media saying that if Otani was pitching this year, it wouldn't be happening. So we're going to have to wait for him to go 50-50 to get that MVP. But why to make sure I got is this the same Padres team that like has parades for like random games that they win. Is this the same fan base that has like, you know, when the when the Lakers won the in-season tournament, they put up a banner in the Staples Center. Is this, is this that type of crap? Stop.

Yeah, yeah. You know what they should be throwing a freaking parade over is Jackson Merrill. Where would this team be without that guy? He's phenomenal. I would be fine if he got National League rookie of the year. But calm down if Shohay was pitching. He wouldn't be nice. Please give you a break.

Stop. Just stop. All right. All right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

We need an American. Well, we now have pinstripe territory so that we actually have one team in the American League represented on the foul territory. platform. All right. So for Mitt Mobile, for Factor, for everyone that's on Dodgers territory, thanks so much for being here. For Ned and for Dave Hobrick, get that book, All Time Dodgers Art Book. It's available now. Clint and I are back with you on Thursday for a brand new live edition. We'll finally have some games to talk about. We will see you then. Bye.