Talk Dodgers to Me

We are so excited to have Alanna Rizzo on the podcast this week! Alanna was the team reporter for the Dodgers from 2013-2020 and is now a host on multiple sports shows including High Heat and Foul Territory. Alanna shares where her love of baseball came from, becoming a part of the Dodgers broadcast team and what she appreciated from players early in her career. She talks about auditioning for Hig...

Melissa is back behind the mic and got Adam to join her for this one, but per usual, he refuses to come out from behind the camera. However, their fun banter continues as he talks Melissa down again and again from overreacting to the slump the Dodgers were in before heading into the Yankee series. They talk about trap games while getting into the Pittsburg series and the anticipated Ohtani/Skenes...

Melissa and Aly are back for episode 10. The girls reflect on reaching double digits, how they are feeling being 10 episodes in, what they've learned about themselves and about having a podcast. The girls discuss leaving games early, former signings that didn't seem to fit the clubhouse culture like Trevor Bauer and Manny Machado. They discuss getting swept by the Reds, and then sweeping t...

This is a special episode featuring two very special guests, Melissa's mom, Cindy, and sister, Samantha. Melissa's mom is in town from New Jersey so Melissa talks about their week of events so far and taking her family to the Dodger game. They talk about Mookie's mom throwing out the first pitch, Sam's favorite player Will Smith and selling her bobblehead at the game. Melissa fills...

This week, Melissa sits down with Zack Parker, a former professional baseball player and current writer, producer and recalibration coach. Melissa and Zack discuss how they met through friend of the podcast, Ron Shelton, and Zack shares the great story of how he met Ron. Zack explains where his connection to baseball started, how he got drafted and what spending 10 years playing professional baseb...

We are so excited to share our first interview and it's a great one! We sat down with the legendary and Oscar nominated Ron Shelton who wrote and directed some of our favorite sports movies including Bull Durham, Tin Cup & White Men Can't Jump.  We talk to Ron about his time in the minor leagues, his transition from baseball to making movies and how his baseball days bled into Bull Dur...

The girls are back and seem to have a food theme going today. I wonder how many times they say pickles? Aly shares how it’s going one week into being engaged, while Melissa discusses becoming a blacksmith for a day. The girls talk about the Dodgers being back on a win streak, Ohtani getting booed in Toronto, and regrets on not being able to welcome Justin Turner back to Dodger Stadium. They discus...

The girls are back with fun surprises today. Aly is engaged! She shares her engagement story which obviously involves baseball. And, her mom is in the house! Aly's mom sits with Adam behind the camera and chats with the girls throughout the episode. Also, what is baseball without early season overreactions? The girls discuss the Dodgers cold streak and Melissa poses the question, are the Dodge...

In this episode, Melissa and Aly talk about going to their first game together this season. The girls get heated over how obnoxious their producer Adam was at the game, as he shows no mercy with snarky behind the camera comments. They share the new stadium food they tried and how awesome it was to chat with fellow baseball fans at the game. Since this episode was recorded on Jackie Robinson Day, t...

Melissa and Aly are back for Episode 3! This time they get deep sharing what it was like to put their first podcast episode out to the world and the mix of emotions that came with it. They talk about what's going right and wrong with the Dodgers so far with the teams first series win and loss. They give their opinions on the increase of injuries to pitchers. They also give an update on the Sho...

Melissa and Aly are back to discuss everything surrounding the Dodgers opening day, first week of baseball and how it went for teams around the league. They discuss Yamamoto's bounce back, the first Muncy moment of the year, and how Ashley Kelly may have created the best marketing strategy of all to get Shohei Ohtani to the Dodgers. Melissa shares how she thinks Mookie's drive to be a grea...

Welcome to Episode 1 of Talk Dodgers to Me! Sit down with Melissa and Aly, find out where their love of baseball comes from, how they initially bonded over the Dodgers, and how they became such big fans. This episode you'll quickly learn it's about more than baseball to them. It's about family, connecting with Los Angeles as two girls from New Jersey and Alabama, and the stories that c...