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John Smoltz working on three hours of rest.

He was on the call last night with Joe Davis and the World Series game.

And tomorrow night, 8 Eastern on Fox as the series shifts back to Toronto.

John, thanks for joining us.

Game 5, the fifth time in the last 11

postseason games, the Dodgers managed just two runs or less. And you're going against a Blue

Jay team that was known for its hitting, not its pitching. What is the big problem with the Dodgers' bats?

Yeah, you can't get in a funk seven out of nine guys collectively and keep asking your

starting pitching to cover your lack of offense.

That's what they did this whole postseason.

They dominated, you know, subconsciously when you're on a team with four great starters,

it's not literally this way,

but you feel really good when you get to the park that three runs is going to win.

This offense last year for the Dodgers was much better.

Obviously, they had to win a different way.

They won with bullpins.

And look, I mean, it's not an excuse, but the statistics and things that have been thrown out there, which is mind-boggling, that a team that sweeps their series,

facing a team that played a seven-game series has never won the World Series.

It still blows my mind.

I know it's just a stat, but then you start reading into maybe the layoffs do do harm to hitters, you know?

And then your timing is all thrown out of whack.

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