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  • It's one week since we won the World Series, and Melissa and Aly are still on cloud nine. The girls are dedicating this episode to Fernando Valenzuela as it is episode 34. They talk and reflect on the postseason, stand out moments and how many times they have rewatched Freddie Freeman's grand slam.

    They share what it was like attending the World Series Celebration at Dodger Stadium and how much they enjoyed speeches from players, the energy from Dodger fans, meeting TDTM listeners, and this overdue celebration.

    We talk about what this win means to us as Dodger fans, what it means for the team now and what it means for them moving forward.

    And the fights with Adam continue as he reminds the girls yet again, they are spoiled Dodger fans. Good luck to Adam and his Cubs on opening day against the World Series Champs.

    Make sure to check out our website for our World Series merch and e-mail us if you want to be on one of our fan episodes - [email protected]. We are so grateful for all of you listeners!

  • We are on cloud nine (or 33) after our boys won the World freaking Series! If you are listening and not watching, please know part of the episode we are reading comments from the live stream. This was our first time going Live on Youtube because we really wanted to talk to you all and celebrate being WORLD SERIES CHAMPS together!

    We dance, we sing, we have new t-shirts - we are all kinds of excited today. From the TV going out in the top of the 9th inning where Melissa was to the errors from the Yankees, we give you all our thoughts and reactions to this incredible World Series win.

    The girls talk about what made this team different, why Melissa really believed this was our year, Dave Roberts management, Freddie Freeman being the MVP, and so much more!

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  • Okay guys, we came in on Sunday, the Dodgers off day, to give you all of our thoughts and reactions to the most epic first two games of the World Series and before the start of Game 3. We're simultaneously at a loss for words on how incredible the ending to Game 1 was, but also full of thoughts to share. It truly was one of the best games we've ever witnessed, and no one was more deserving of that historic moment than Freddie Freeman.

    We get into how special this team is, where we watched Game 1, and how we think our line up compares to the Yankees. Aly shares what it was like to watch Game 2 at the Cosm, and Melissa shares about watching with a house full of girls who hopped on board the Dodgers train this weekend.

    Oh, and Adam is back. We of course have to give him crap about leaving the country at the height of the postseason, but he shares a little about his trip and what he thinks of the series so far.The girls try not to go too deep into the synchronicities of this series but can't help but acknowledge how special it seems to be. Of course, they pay respect to a huge loss the Dodgers community suffered in losing Fernando Valenzuela. The girls give their feelings and predictions heading into Yankee Stadium. Leave a comment and let us know how you're feeling! 2 more wins... Go Dodgers!

  • We are so honored to have Jean Fruth on the podcast today. Jean is a sports photographer, co-founder of Grassroots Baseball, and the executive producer and director of a new documentary coming out called See Her Be Her. The documentary follows seven women playing baseball at the highest level all over the world.Melissa talked to Jean about her journey to get to where she is now, where her love of baseball comes from, what she's learned about athletes from photographing them, and what inspired her to create this documentary.Melissa shares with Jean what See Her Be Her means to her. They discuss the women in the film - dissolving misconceptions around the mission of women's baseball and how we are moving toward creating a league of their own. They talk about how the MLB has been supportive, how Billie Jean King became an executive producer and how former players like Cal Ripken Jr, and Jimmy Rollins got involved. See Her Be Her will be airing on the MLB Network in between Games 2 & 3 of the World Series on October 27. All information about the documentary and the companion book available for purchase can be found on seeherbeher.com.

  • 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!Have you guys been to Legends' Attic? Orel opened up a memorabilia store in Claremont, CA featuring the most incredible sports history including pieces from his own amazing career. We stayed hours longer than we planned because of how in awe we were by everything surrounding us, but also the amazing people. You walk in and feel right at home with the incredible staff (including Orel's business partner Eddie who you'll get to meet on the podcast in a few weeks!!) We get stories from Orel about his favorite pieces in the store, we ask him about the current Dodgers, all his thoughts on Shohei Ohtani, and what it's like continuing his career in the broadcast booth.We are so excited to share this episode with you all! Orel is just the best - he is so kind, genuine, gracious & as you know, the best storyteller ever.Let us know when you're going to visit Legends' Attic - maybe we'll join!

  • 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!

  • We have an awesome guest for you today. Meet Dr. LA Thoma Gustin, a former D1 athlete, physical therapist, personal trainer and founder of fitness app Dare to be Active.

    LA talks to us about growing up in a sports family with parents who were both athletes and how she went from being jobless to creating one of the most successful fitness apps, Dare to be Active.

    Through rehabbing an injury of her own, she got into physical therapy and wanted to change the way online workouts were, by providing doctor backed movements for injury prevention workouts.

    She’s combining fitness and rehab in a unique workout program so you can move confidently, train properly, and work out efficiently. It’s a non intimidating workout that has doctors behind it so you know that you are moving in the right way… because no one wants to do an IL stint!

    Oh, and LA has become a huge Dodger fan through her husband Grant, and Kike Hernandez of course! Don’t worry, we asked her about all of it.

    We got to hear about Grant throwing the first pitch at Citi Field recently, and how they became a viral meme at a Dodgers World Series game in 2018.

    Oh, and if you are watching this episode - we hope you get a kick out of all the people walking in the background. We usually record after the workday, but we did this one during lunch hour!

    We also want to thank LA for taking the time to chat with us as she is very soon about to welcome her second baby. Congrats to LA & Grant!

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  • We have a really fun episode for you today! The reason we started this podcast was to find other Dodger fans to talk to... so we did! Meet Maile, Moy, Junior, and Will - fellow Dodger fans who you'll learn have been fans for decades.

    We learned where they are from, where their love of baseball came from, some of their favorite Dodger memories... and how they are feeling about our current Dodger team.

    This group was awesome - friendly, fun, smart and positive! We love it!

    Maile told us a great story of meeting Clayton Kershaw in an elevator in San Francisco. Moy and Junior told us about their annual Dodger game they go to with 80 friends and family members - oh and their podcast! And Will had us hanging onto every word telling us about the Dodgers All-Access event he attended a few years ago.

    Dodger fans, we hope you love this episode as much as we do. We want to continue doing these so if you want to be on our next fan episode, please send us an email to [email protected].

  • From the Olympics, to our injury plagued team, to the terrible series in Houston, we're really telling you how we feel in this episode.

    Melissa and Aly talk out their thoughts on the Dodgers trade deadline moves, decisions by Dave Roberts, players cold streaks, and a series of Dodgers losses. Frustrations are running high, but as always, the girls are trying to stay positive.

    Since Melissa can't call the #trashtros by their real name, Adam took it upon himself to give the girls a therapy session about the 2017 World Series cheating scandal.

    We hope you guys join us in trying to move past the cheating Asstros. We're still working on it...

  • Guess who is on the podcast today… Aly’s fiancé, Nic! We had so much fun talking baseball with Nic, even if he is a Rockies fan. But he loves baseball just as much as us AND his dad was a lefty reliever and played for the Dodgers for a year!

    We got to hear from Nic’s perspective what it was like growing up with a dad in the MLB and how his mom handled having four kids and moving every time his dad was sent to a new team. We got Nic's take on meeting Aly, their first date at Dodger Stadium, and what he brought on their first date to impress her.

    The girls talk about their week full of going to Dodger games. Oh, and if Adam behaved himself this time. Melissa gives us an update on the melons for tickets situation and sitting field level for Will Smith's walk off win.

    We got Nic's take on the ups and downs of being a lifelong Rockies fan and how he really feels about Dodger fans.

    We’re glad you finally get to put a face to his name even if he showed up in a Rockies jersey to record the episode with us. Enjoy!

  • Melissa and Aly are back with a lot of thoughts today, and Adam decided to pull a Mookie Betts and annoy the girls by wearing sunglasses behind the camera.

    The girls recap the episode with Kayla and Molly, Melissa's trip back to NJ, and realize they both are going to Dodger games this weekend.

    From more pitchers going on the IL, to losing badly in the 9th inning, the Dodgers need a lot of help and the girls get into all of it. They discuss what former Dodgers they might want back, and who else they want their team to pursue at the trade deadline.

    The girls talk about the all star game, the national anthem, and how happy they are about Teo winning the Home Run Derby. However, they voice their disappointment in some of their players not giving Teo a well deserved sunflower seed shower and Melissa admits she is crushing on the Phillies.

    They ask Adam about the latest ballpark he visited and get into the forgettable and not so forgettable names. Aly talks about playing in a rec league softball game and Adam even spills out some fun facts.

    Another fun episode full of baseball conversation with the Talk Dodgers to Me team. Make sure to follow us and leave a comment to let us know how you're liking the podcast!

  • We couldn’t be more excited to have Kayla Vesia and Molly O’Boyle on the podcast this week. These girls are incredible, strong and driven women and yes, they happen to be married (and soon to be married) to two of our favorite Dodgers, Alex Vesia and Gavin Lux.

    We sat down with the girls and talked about everything. We found out how they met Alex & Gavin, whether they even like baseball and how it’s changed for them. We talked about how they support their husbands during the season, and also how the guys support them.

    We got to hear what they are pursuing in their own lives, what it’s like to be part of the Dodgers organization, how they deal with the media and negativity, and also how amazing and supportive Dodger fans can be. We learned their reaction to finding out Shohei Ohtani signed with the Dodgers - oh and what the boys thought, too.

    We asked them about their bond with the other Dodger wives, what they do on road trips, their favorite ballparks, and so much more. This is a special one. Let us know your thoughts on the episode!!