. >> thom: so a 9-1 lead for don mattingly's team.d by brad sager, gilbert zapada, montal bany, zach jensen, and stats up in the booth provided by aaron charlton and we thank our entire fox sports crew from here in los angeles. we these two teams getting together again come october. the final two standing in the national league for the league championship series a year ago. where the cardinals advanced on to the lcs for what was a third consecutive year. chris perez, the one-time closer of the cleveland indians, and of course originally, a st. louis cardinal, takes over on the mound. >> eric: yes, dodgers have a number of guys that have been closers in their career in that bull pen that aren't in that closer role now. chris perez, brandon lee, brian wilson. there's no lack of experience down there. >> thom: but that's the one area, and their general manager ned colletti addressed it yesterday with the local media. and really pulled no punches. said, look, we have some guys down there, that if they got back to where they were, that may

i saw a shot of don mattingly with tim wallach on the bench. bounced foul, 1-2.cully yesterday about yasiel puig and does he remind you of anybody. the only player for the dodgers that he reimmediatemotely compa one player. the arm in the outfield. >> eric: i don't think there's any question. i definitely agree with that. i had a chance to play along side him and he -- i was looking at their numbers the first two years. puig gets on base at a better clip, but i -- i think puig has a much higher ceiling. his grade and athleticism, you know, he hit 30 home runs a couple of times, never drove in a hundred. now, he played right field like puig and he could throw. i mean he tattooed on his arm el canon and had a cannon on his ham. the sad thing was he could do it. a lot of times the guys do it and you're like really? they should put a pop gun on it. >> kemp goes down to end the eighth inning. 12-2, "baseball night in america" heads to the ninth here in l.a. with the dodgers trying to snap a three-game losing streak. announcer1: well harper is coming up to the plate. y

how about at don mattingly, he's having a season. >> i didn't know if there was an audio-visual component me because kids these days know a lot more. they actually have accurate information. >> or experience. >> yeah. >> did you guys learn stuff about each other that you didn't know through the course of writing this book? >> good question, hoda. >> excellent. thank you. >> she went to hard-hitting mode there. >> that was "dateline" hoda. >> most of the book is funny. but there's one chapter my dad wrote about his year in vietnam. it was something he never talked about. he was a combat photographer, saw a lot of things and i had seen these pictures, these photographs in our attic, but he just -- it was always clear he didn't want to talk about it. but i said we're writing this book, what a great time to do it. he said no, i don't think so, i don't want to get into it. then one day popped into my e-mail in box this full beautiful chapter. and he remembered everything. 40 years later. the guys and the roads and the villages. that's one piece, you think you know your parents so well, one pie

i talked to him action faced and immediately started talking about don mattingly, dave winfield, anythingnever had the conversation about the birds and the bees. now he tries to go back. part of this book is that we have these conversations retroactively. in this case it's probably about 25 years too late to have the sex talk with me. he always says, you know what, you have two kids, you figured something out. >> he must be proud of you. i mean, look how far you've come. >> i hope so. >> you're a a projectory. trajectory to greatness. >> come on. >> am i embarrassing you? >> enough about me. >> it's a book about you and your father. >> you know, i'll tell you though, chris, i had a great role model, not just professionally in how to write and how to put stories together but how to behave and so, again, with career he didn't suggest i get into this business. he never sat me down and said, journalism is a noble calling, try it out. all i had to do is watch him. he went to fun places, talked to interesting people and had a fun life. he seemed like his job was more interesting than the other

i turned to him action faced and started talking to him about don mattingly, anything, go right backwe never had the conversation about the birds and the bees. now he tries to go back, part of this book is we have these conversations retroactively. in this case, it's about 25 years too late for me. but he says you got two kids, you figured something out. >> he must be proud of you. >> i hope so. >> you're on a trajectory to greatness. >> oh, come on, come on. this isn't about me. i'll tell you, chris, i had a great role model, not just professionally and how to write and put stories together but how to behave. again, with career, he didn't suggest i get into this business. he never sat me down and said journalism is a noble calling, try it out. all i had to do was watch him. he had a fun life and it seemed like his job was more interesting than the other dad's jobs. i think like a lot of things in our relationship and our life, i learned by osmosis. >> some day i want to read your story. that's going to be one of the great stories. any way, the book he wrote, great for father's day.

don? >> david mattingly, high drama down south. high drama in the west today as well.tive is under way as investigators continue to question the suspect in the shooting at seattle pacific university. the alleged gunman, aaron ybarra making his first court appearance this afternoon. he is currently being held without bail in connection with the shooting that killed a 19-year-old student and injured two others. also tonight, we're learning more about the man being hailed a hero, 26-year-old john mies, who armed with just a canister of pepper spray, was able to take down the accused shooter. let's go to cnn's kyung lah. she is "outfront" live in seattle. what are you learning more about the young man who stopped the shooter? >> reporter: well, people will tell us here that he is very shy, and we're certainly sensing that, because he has told ought the press that he doesn't want to talk right now, that he is requesting privacy. he is asking his friends and family not to make such a big deal out of this. but certainly for the people here in this campus, in this building at

how about that don mattingly, he's having a season. >> i didn't know if there was an audio visual componentateline" hoda. >> most of the book is funny. there is one chapter my dad wrote about his year in vietnam, something he never talked about. he was a combat photographer, saw a lot of things and i had seen pictures and photographs in our attic, but it was always clear he didn't want to talk about it. through writing this book, what a great time to do it. he said, i don't think so. i don't want to get into it. and popped into my e-mail box, this full beautiful chapter and he remembered everything. the guys and the roads and the villages. that's one piece, you think you know your parents so well, one i knew nothing about and now i do. >> you never wanted to talk about it? >> no, i just -- i'm big on denial when it works. yeah. >> what did you hear back from people that are responding to the book? >> it is funny. everyone is relating to this book. we thought we were sort of strained for not having had these big talks. and we're hearing, you know what, i never had that sex talk with my mom.