Sax and Cates In The Morning (Hour 3) 10/8/26

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We're sitting at a pinnacle to be an empire, the evil empire. We need to be a dynasty.

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Blue October is officially here.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers, baby.

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The quest for a three-peat is heating up.

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I can't wait to listen to Scam in October.

David Vassegh (0:16)

I love listening to Scam on my way to hitting the work.

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And with Dodger Playoff Baseball, comes Sax and Cates in the morning.

Tim Cates (0:22)

Sax and Cates in the morning, Scam.

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Hosted by Tim Cates and Dodger legend, Steve Sax.

Tim Cates (0:28)

Talking Dodgers baseball with you Dodger fans.

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We're talking blue all October long to be a part of the show called 866-987-2570.

Sax and Cates in the morning is sponsored by the Home Depot. Count on the business that's ready to work for yours. The Home Depot. Here are your hosts, Tim Cates and Dodger legend, Steve Sax.

Tim Cates (0:52)

Hour three of Sax and Cates in the morning this beautiful Thursday, October the 8th. The sun is out and the Dodgers playoff run continues after taking care of the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS with a four to one win last night. The Dodgers punching their ticket for the NLCS in a rematch against the Milwaukee Brewers. Game one is on Sunday in Milwaukee. The best of seven series gets underway on the road for the Dodgers. Games one and two there. Games three, four and five if necessary at Uniclo Field at Dodgers Stadium on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. He is Steve Sax. I am Tim Cates. One more hour to go here as we are live and local during the Dodgers playoff run here. Weekday mornings on your home of the Dodgers AM570LA Sports. Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and of course streaming on YouTube as well for the people who want to watch and listen and participate in the chat. You can do so there on AM570LA Sports. Hundreds upon hundreds watching on the YouTube stream and loving Steve Sax every single morning. Watching you and talking Dodgers baseball and watching the Dodgers. The watching you in your Dodger gear is always a treat. Yeah, to see in your Dodger shirt and your Dodger hat this morning with your Dodger pitcher behind you with the 88 team.

It is a treat.

SPEAKER_3 (2:08)

It is certainly a treat. We're thankful for that.

Steve Sax (2:11)

Wow, thanks a lot, man.

Tim Cates (2:13)

Yeah, absolutely. We'll get into the Brewers a little bit more tomorrow. Preview what they're looking like. Certainly they're a very, very good baseball team.

The Dodgers, last night, celebrating in the clubhouse. We heard from the manager, Dave Roberts, at the podium. You heard his celebratory speech to the team in recognizing players' individual efforts in that NLDS series. We're going to hear from Freddie Friedman coming up. Let's hear from the architect, the man who put this all together, Freddie Friedman, or Andrew Friedman, the president of baseball operations with David Vassegh.

David Vassegh (2:42)

This is the eighth time Andrew Friedman is leading the Dodgers to the NLCS. What can you say about this series and how proud are you of all 26 guys put on this roster?

Andrew Friedman (2:53)

Yeah, I mean, that's what stands out for me, is the depth of talent, the number of guys who had an impact in these three wins coming off the bench, out of the bullpen, what Diaz did. There's so many guys, they can go up and down the roster, and I think it speaks not just only to the high end talent we have, but also the depth behind it.

David Vassegh (3:13)

Andrew, there were so many questions, who would get the last three outs for you in this series for any game? What can you say about who Sugar Diaz is?

Andrew Friedman (3:21)

Yeah, to go through the adversity that he went through this year, and not just the adversity, as he was coming back, he said, hey, whatever you guys need. And he meant it. And so he came out in the fifth inning, he came out in the sixth inning, and he just kept going about his business and trying to get right. And we saw at those last three, four outings heading into the postseason. And then these outings here have been electric.

David Vassegh (3:45)

Andrew, one thing that everybody says about you is your belief in players, even if they can get 1% better, you believe. How much belief did you have to have in Edwin Diaz to trust him in these last two games?

Andrew Friedman (3:58)

You know, I think a lot of it is what we saw coming down the stretch.