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Speaker 1: From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live

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Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give

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Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop

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Speaker 1: on major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame

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Speaker 1: voter number seventy six, Rob Parker. Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rob Parker. Great program for you today.

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Speaker 1: Former Major League out building Nick Switcher drops by. Also,

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Speaker 1: we'll check in with the Cleveland Guardians. They're announcer Tom

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Speaker 1: Hamilton's will stop through plus foul or fair. Let's go

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Speaker 1: up to lead off. It's getting robbed to keep him on.

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Speaker 1: Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major

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Speaker 1: League Baseball. Number one, don't look now, but Aaron Judge

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Speaker 1: might just be the American League Most valuable Player. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the start that he's off too is unbelievable and has

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Speaker 1: the Yankees winning at a historic pace, and it's mostly

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Speaker 1: off the bat of Aaron Judge, and of course gian

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Speaker 1: Carlos Stan as well. Pitching has been great the bullpen,

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Speaker 1: but it's hard to ignore Aaron Judge, who coming into

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Speaker 1: Wednesday led the major leagues and home runs with fourteen.

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Speaker 1: Don't forget that it wasn't that long ago that Aaron

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Speaker 1: That was when he was the Rookie of the Year

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Speaker 1: and he finished runner up for m v P. That's

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Speaker 1: when he hit the fifty two home runs. But this

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Speaker 1: has been something to watch. And it's not just home

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Speaker 1: he's hitting three fifteen coming into Wednesday. He's driving in runs.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what he's not doing. Uh. Between the

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Speaker 1: who will probably split the vote that way. Uh, Aaron

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Speaker 1: Judge has a chance to win the American League MVP.

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Speaker 1: Obviously there's a long way to go, but I have

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Speaker 1: to say he's in the league right now, number two. Already,

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Speaker 1: people are talking about Hunter Green's escape plan out of Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: We know the Reds are bad. We just saw a

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Speaker 1: Hunter Green pitch a no no for seven and the

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Speaker 1: third innings and still picked up a loss of one

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Speaker 1: to nothing loss in that game. And people are saying,

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Speaker 1: maybe they can get Hunter Green somewhere else to the

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Speaker 1: Bronx to the Angels, uh to the Mets, to the Dodgers, anywhere.

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Speaker 1: But Cincinnati as their team looks like they're not in

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Speaker 1: the the running to try to win and put together

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Speaker 1: a good team, and Hunter Green is a picture that

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Speaker 1: will be coveted. But I say this, if I'm Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: build around the young man. He might be a once

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Speaker 1: Build around him. It doesn't make any sense. You get

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Speaker 1: and get some other players developed, some sign some Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: is a baseball capital in this country. Fans love baseball

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Speaker 1: and they deserve a winner, and just getting rid of

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Speaker 1: would be ridiculous. He makes you a winner, Hunter Green.

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Speaker 1: The Reds need to hold onto him and build around

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Speaker 1: that young heartthrown right hander number three. I guess baseball

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Speaker 1: is not just for old people, not unless you are

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Speaker 1: not paying attention to the MLB dot TV breaking consumption records.

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Speaker 1: That's right streaming. That's not a sixty year old man

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Speaker 1: MLB dot tv has set numerous records for streaming. Through

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Speaker 1: more than two point eight billion minutes of live games

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Speaker 1: welcome into the podcast a friend of mine. Yes, Nick Swisher,

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Oh Man. You know, man, it's good

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Speaker 1: So many things we want to talk about in baseball.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with your former team. The team that won

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Speaker 1: But the New York freaking Yankees coming into Wednesday night

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Speaker 1: Right starting pitching has been absolutely lights out. Nestor Cortez

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Speaker 1: They just gotta continue to keep it going. Let's talk

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Speaker 1: about Judge real quick. He bet on himself. They offered

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Speaker 1: him a two hundred and thirteen million dollar extension before

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about a star who's missing, but his team

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Speaker 1: the Parker. Hey, Nick, the Red Sox are terrible, I

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Speaker 1: isn't anything that Francisco Lindor does that will surprise me, Rob.

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame player. You know, if he puts up

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Speaker 1: he got a contract that nobody could say no to,

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Speaker 1: no doubt. His name is Tom Hamilton's Guardians, played by

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Speaker 1: play man and a friend of mine. Always to talk

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Speaker 1: stay well, I look I look forward to it. Rob,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much. Now bringing the closer. Here's why MLB

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Speaker 1: even close. Reason number five hundred and fifty five why

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Speaker 1: Major League Baseball is better than the NBA and better

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Speaker 1: than the NFL. And it happened Tuesday night in Boston. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the Green Monster was assaulted. The Houston Astros broke a

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Speaker 1: franchise record and tied a major league record on Tuesday

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Speaker 1: night in their thirteen and four win over Boston. Tagging

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Speaker 1: Red Sox starter Nathan Obaldi for five home runs in

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Speaker 1: the second inning. Did you hear me? Five whole runs again?

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Speaker 1: Baseball fan ends go to the ballpark not knowing what

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Speaker 1: but really, five whole runs off of one picture and

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Speaker 1: one inning in a game. Even Dusty Baker has been

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Speaker 1: in the game for a gazillion years. The manager of

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Speaker 1: the astro said quote, I don't think I've ever seen

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Speaker 1: that before, And no, it doesn't happen, but it does

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Speaker 1: happen in baseball every so often. That's what makes it

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Speaker 1: special going out to the park. In the words of

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Speaker 1: New York TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen, thanking you

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Speaker 1: for your time this time until next time. Rob Parker out.

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