Dodgers Spring Training w/ Announcer Tim Neverett

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• Day 1 of Dodgers Arizona Spring Training
• Players have reported early
• DodgerFest – Shohei Ohtani – World Media will surround him
• Ohtani much like Taylor Swift or Beatles
• Did Blue Jays benefit from early speculation on Ohtani flying to Toronto
• Shohei – once in a lifetime player, understands the difference between Angels & Dodgers fandom
• Yamamoto – workload change from pitching once a week in Japan to once every 5 days in the MLB.
• Yamamoto’s No Hitter in Japan
• Tyler Glasnow – Tim and Tyler wee on a Pittsburg winter caravan
• Tyler a Dodgers hometown boy
• Pitching Challenges – Clayton Kershaw, Bobby Miller,
  Emmet Sheehan, Michael Grove, Gavin Stone & Christian Zazueta
• Dodgers cooled off when Diamondbacks warmed up
• Walker Buehler - Dodgers will they slow play him
• Post Season – The impact of a bye and simulated games
• Clayton Kershaw – what will his future hold as Kershaw signs with the Dodgers
• Dustin May back after 2nd surgery
• Blake Treinen – First healthy off season
• Tony Goslin will be out this year due to Tommy Johns
• Dodger Announcer legacy
  • Red Barber – Oh Doctor!
  • Vin Scully – “2 outs, 2 on and it’s a 2, 2 count – Deuces wild”
  • Red Barber hired a 22-year old Vin Scully
  • Vins’ first game - Maryland and BU football game on a Freezing cold game day. Vin called this game from the roof of Fenway Park
  • Tim’s announcing outside of baseball including hockey, 4 Olympics, ski-jumping, women’s aerials, track
  • Most difficult 90 minutes of Tim’s career - 2004 Athens Greece – with limited knowledge, Tim was given 10 minutes notice that he would be calling his first soccer game.
  • Reynaldo story
• Tim alternates between Radio and TV Analyst gigs & works with Orel Hershiser & Rick Monday
• Monday is one of the most prepared analyst in the game
• Fernando Valenzuela – prankster and funny guy in the broadcasting inner circle including Hershiser, Monday, José Mota, Pepe Yñiguez
• Tim preparing for the 2024 Dodger’s Spring Training season?
• JIC (Just In Case) players from Dodger’s minor Leagues in Spring Training
• In Spring Training Dodger’s play a different team every day. It takes more work to prepare for each team & game
• Covid Curveball – still available on Amazon
• 2024 Dodgers division – Diamondbacks, Giants, Padres & Rockies where will they all fit in.
• Special Thanks to Tim Neverett, Dodgers Announcer, Author of "Covid Curveball" Tim can be found @TimNeverett on Twitter and you can hear him call play by play on Los Angeles Dodgers Play-By-Play Radio & TV
• Covid Curveball" can be found on Amazon at " https://www.amazon.com/COVID-Curveball-Angeles-Dodgers-Championship/dp/1637581432
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