Talk Dodgers to Me

We had to add an extra episode this week for you because well, we're going to the World Series! We are so proud of our boys and even though Adam is out of the country, Aly is in OKC and we could barely figure out how to record a zoom, we did it and are so excited to share all our thoughts with you.

We pick up where we left off sharing all our thoughts on the rest of the Dodgers/Mets series, how we felt about Game 5 and 6, and what it's been like to watch this incredible Dodger team playing with grit and heart. We talk about the post game speeches, champagne showers, and the brotherhood of this team.

Melissa shares a text from her aunt who let her in on her feelings about the Dodgers after we beat her Mets. She also talks about attending a screening for See Her Be Her, an incredible documentary coming out on Oct 27 on the MLB Network.

The girls share all their feelings going into the World Series against the Yankees and how epic this is for baseball, for baseball fans, and for them! They share their predictions for World Series MVP, where they will be watching, and why 2024 is the year of the Dodgers!

Hope you enjoy this added episode this week! Leave us your comments on your thoughts on the upcoming series!!

As Melissa predicted last week, the Dodgers are in the NLCS! 33 shutout innings and an epic series against the Padres, the girls get into it all. They share all their thoughts about games 4 & 5 of the NLDS and get into the beginning of the NLCS series, excitedly sharing their experience at Game 1.

Aly is on the IL today and doing her best to pull it together like Freddie Freeman is lately, letting you in on what it's been like to live with endometriosis for 17 years. We are grateful to her sharing her story.

Melissa chats about her heated family group chat as the Mets and Dodgers play each other. She talks about growing up with her cousin Justin who died in 2023 at 39 years old, how big a Mets fan he was and how her family thinks he is Grimace, the purple monster bringing luck to the Mets.

Also, something crazy happened today. Adam said something nice about the dodgers. If you're just listening, you might want to take a moment to watch the girls faces as they listen to him in shock.

Mookie magic, our teams chemistry, the bullpen on fire, Dave Roberts finally getting the praise he deserves, boy is it fun to talk about the Dodgers silencing the critics! They may have fallen in Game 2 but the girls are thrilled to see their fight. And they make their predictions for the rest of the series.

Lastly, we encourage anyone who can relate to Aly with endometriosis or Melissa with grief to reach out. You are not alone and we are always here to talk or support.

We recorded this episode on the off day between Games 2 and 3 of the Dodgers/Padres series, and good thing we had fun outfits today because they were the only thing lifting our spirits from the insanity that was Game 2. We gave our every thought, feeling, and frustration with how our fans acted and the Padres players reacted. We have a message for our fans and came up with an idea of what to do to Tatis for Game 5. Let's stay classy, and not stoop to their level Dodger fans!

On a positive note, reliving Shohei's 3 run homer and seeing the fight in our team in the first game of the postseason was everything we've been waiting for. We give an update on our feelings about the Dodgers/Padres rivalry compared to the Dodgers/Giants rivalry. And I think our blood boiling conversation quieted Adam down a bit today.

We also have a new favorite addition to the podcast, our pepper-grinder bat from Mill House. Not only is it the perfect gift for the foodie/baseball fan in your life, but they are giving our listeners 10% off by entering talkdodgerstome at checkout! Aly is always eating dinner right before we record, so flipping over the bat and surprising her with the fact that it's also a pepper grinder was so much fun. Make sure to tag us and them when you get yours!

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*Special episode drop for our collab with Your Sporty Bag!*

Melissa sat down with Liz, creator of Your Sporty Bag, to learn all about how she started her business and made everyone from sports fans to Dodger wives wanting her bags!

Liz grew up and currently lives in San Diego so with the Dodgers and Padres heated series happening right now, it could not have been more appropriate to have her on to talk about it all! She tells us what it's like living in San Diego as a Dodger fan, how it all changed in 2022, and how she manages being married to a die-hard Padres fan!

We recorded this right before the series started so we get into all our thoughts going into this postseason. Adam pisses Melissa off more than ever whenever Clayton Kershaw's name comes up. Luckily, Liz brought her friend and fellow Dodger fan Vanessa to sit with Adam, so he is outnumbered by Dodger fans. They all give their series predictions and even give their Dodger boys a motivational speech.

We couldn't be more excited to partner with Your Sporty Bag for our very first merch drop. Head to our website to purchase yours now. And make sure to tag us when you wear them! We can't wait to see you all rocking Talk Dodgers to Me!!!

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Boy do we have a treat for you today! Not only do we have World Series champ, MVP, Cy Young Winner & current Dodger Broadcaster, Orel Hershiser on the podcast today, but we went on the road and recorded at Legends' Attic. If you usually only listen to our episodes, this is one to watch because we are sitting in Dodger heaven!

Episode 25 is dedicated to Shohei Decoy Ohtani, yes we decided that is his middle name. After praising the historic feat of Shohei's incredible game going 6-6 and starting the 50/50 club, we are running out of adjectives to describe how amazing he is and how lucky we are that he's on our team!

Besides going on and on about Shohei, Melissa tells us about the Women in Sports Event she attended at Dodger Stadium. For her second year in a row, the event exceeded expectations and she brought lots of Dodgers goodies and stories from the event. 

The girls talk about more starting pitchers being out for the season and all of their nerves heading into the postseason. With Adam's usual Dodger hate, the girls try to remain as optimistic as possible as somehow their billion dollar Dodgers are becoming the underdogs. Maybe Melissa's lucky Dodger's candle will help!

Well, the Talk Dodgers to Me team went to Game 3 of the Dodgers/Cubs series, and good thing it was a Dodgers win because the girls had quite enough of Adam's obnoxious winning behavior and threats to bring a broom to our next recording.

We learned you can bring food into baseball stadiums as Aly brought dinner to the game. And even after 11 years of living in LA and working on this podcast, we learned that Adam somehow hates the Dodgers more than ever.

Besides fighting with Adam most of this episode, the girls are having some Dodger blues as more of our starting pitchers go down. However, even with a season plagued with injuries, Melissa and Aly are still staying as optimistic as possible.

Today we have Katie Firestone on the podcast. You guys are going to be blown away with all Katie has done and what she is currently doing to create positive change in the stress mindset for baseball players, and to champion women’s baseball.

What has she done? Oh, just created one of the first ever women’s baseball teams at her college of University of Washington… and then won back to back championships!!

Without opportunities to play baseball growing up, Katie started working in analytics in highschool and became the Student Analytics Manager for the men’s baseball team at the University of Washington. Throughout college, Katie did multiple research internships before narrowing in on sports psychology, specifically the stress mindset in college baseball players.

We get into all her research, how she sees it helping baseball players and where she hopes to see women’s baseball in 10 years. She also tells fun stories of being a lifelong Dodger fan, crashing Joc Peterson’s rehearsal dinner and running into Justin Turner at the Hollywood Bowl.

Shining a light on women in sports is one of the reasons I started this podcast so I want to thank Katie for coming on and for all she is doing to not only be an advocate for women in baseball, but to be someone creating opportunities.

Get involved by donating to Baseball for All, sharing this episode and continuing the conversation! Check out the documentary See Her, Be Her airing on teh MLB Network between games 2 and 3 of the World Series. 

In our 22nd episode, it feels fitting that we naturally fell into a Taylor Swift theme. After Melissa and Aly catch up with each other on going to a Kobe Bryant party and a big move, it's time to talk about the epic weekend of Dodger baseball.

Shohei joining the 40-40 club in movie style fashion leaves the girls speechless as they take a moment to feel grateful he's making history as a Dodger.

Joe Kelly trading a glove for a gold Shohei bobblehead is discussed, Muncy's forceful return, Buehler's progress and their thoughts of what our postseason pitching rotation may look like. Are we out of the woods yet? (See what we did there.)

Kike playing with mamba mentality and the Dodgers honoring Kobe is an honor to discuss as we reflect on his legacy, his daughter throwing the first pitch, and what he means to the city of LA.

They leave the therapy session for the end talking about JHey getting cut and going to the team that Melissa can't call by their correct name, again.

Melissa tells a funny story of her mom's new love for baseball and Aly fills Melissa in on her fantasy football draft and what Adam did to a coworker after his Cubs swept the Pirates.

Adam's lack of enthusiasm around Shohei's latest feat is just one of the many times he pisses the girls off today. And to top it off, yes he is wearing his sunglasses again.

For the first time, the girls are kindly asking you to follow, rate & review the podcast on all platforms. Leave us a comment and let us know what you like about the podcast!

I know we say this every time, but we have a really fun episode for you today! We got to sit down with all-star nominated Ball Boy for the Dodgers, Sean Harris. We could not have been any more excited to chat with Sean, as you’ll hear from us trying to calm ourselves down to let him answer our questions. First of all, he showed up with two balls for us, so he immediately won us over.

We asked Sean every question you can imagine from growing up being a fan of the Dodgers, to how he got his job, to how his fandom has changed since working for the Dodgers, who he plays catch with, how his all star nomination came about, and who has made the biggest impression on him. 

We asked Sean how he's feeling about the team this year, what the clubhouse culture is like and if he thinks the team has that fire we've been talking about all season long.

Sean had only the best things to say about the Dodgers organization, and hey, maybe he'll throw you a ball at the next game!

Leave us a comment and help us come up with something to say to Sean when you see him at a game so he knows you listened to his episode!