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Speaker 1: live in MLB America. This is Inside the Parker. You

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Speaker 1: scoop on Major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame voter number one oh three, Rob Parker. Welcome into

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Speaker 1: Inside the Parker. I'm your host, Rob Parker, and yes

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Speaker 1: we are back, and we will be here every week

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Speaker 1: for you through the baseball season. Of course, we hope

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Speaker 1: that the baseball season will get started here in but

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Speaker 1: we decided we're gonna kick it off. We have Julian McWilliams,

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Speaker 1: a beat writer for the Red Sox from the Boston Globe.

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Speaker 1: Will also have an edition of Foul or Fair. But first,

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Speaker 1: here's getting Robbed. To lead off, It's getting robbed and

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Speaker 1: keep him on. Rob's hot take on the three biggest

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Speaker 1: stories in Major League Baseball. Number one. There is hope

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Speaker 1: that baseball can be played this year, at least, especially

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Speaker 1: after three of the biggest states and their governors New York, California,

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Speaker 1: Texas all said that they're gonna be open for business

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Speaker 1: in June. From Major League Sports, there won't be any fans,

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Speaker 1: but they're welcoming major League teams to play games. Now

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Speaker 1: it's up to the Baseball players Union and the owners

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Speaker 1: to come together and figure something out. I don't expect

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Speaker 1: This won't be baseball as usual. There will be no

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Speaker 1: can't be the same. There has to be some happy medium.

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Speaker 1: We cannot not have baseball. If the states are allowing

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Speaker 1: This is not We can't accept that. We need you

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Speaker 1: guys to come to some sort of agreement that's gonna

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Speaker 1: July fourth would be a great day to kick off

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Speaker 1: of us. Number two, I want to pay my respects

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Speaker 1: last week at age seventy four. Bob Watson somebody I

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Speaker 1: long slump the Yankees had him winning a World Series

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Speaker 1: Bob Watson is the guy who was the first engineer

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Speaker 1: Bob Watson played fourteen Major league seasons, was a good

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Speaker 1: Rust in peace, Bob Watson number three, Bye bye, Alex Bregman. Yes,

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Speaker 1: He is the excellent beat writer for the Boston Red

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Speaker 1: Julian always a pleasure. Hey, thanks, Rob, It's time for

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Speaker 1: the Pocket Protector Central the analytic numbers you need to know? Well,

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Speaker 1: maybe Anthony Masterson is his name, BS analytics is his game? Alright, Anthony,

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Speaker 1: Major League Baseball is proposing some health and safety regulations

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Speaker 1: MLB is better than the NFL or NBA, and it

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Speaker 1: Come on right now, join in, Willie Mickey and the Duke,

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Speaker 1: this time until next time. Rob Parker out. He can't

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Speaker 1: see you next weekend, same bad time, same mass station.