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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 eighty three, Rob Parker. Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rob Parker. What a playoff edition of

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Speaker 1: Inside the Park that we have for you this week.

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Speaker 1: Former Houston Astro's manager Bow Porter will drop by and

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Speaker 1: from MLB bro dot Com Malik White. He breaks down

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Speaker 1: Mookie Betts's postseason with the Dodgers. Thus far, 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 know about you, but the

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Speaker 1: n L and a lcs have been exciting both of them. Man,

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Speaker 1: what great baseball, thrilling baseball edge of your seed, the

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Speaker 1: stuff that Hollywood writes. We saw in the a l

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Speaker 1: So it's been edge of your seed. You don't know

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Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. Great moments, great calls to listen to

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Speaker 1: is exhilarating. It's just unlike anything playoff baseball. It's been

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Speaker 1: postseason continued. Number two, Aaron Boone is coming back. The

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Speaker 1: New York Yankees announced this week, yes that Aaron Boone

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Speaker 1: And I know people are looking and saying, well, the

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Speaker 1: Yankees having made the World Series, the Yankees having won

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Speaker 1: who are you getting And you have to ask yourself. Uh,

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Speaker 1: for dead Spin dot com telling fans in Atlanta don't

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Speaker 1: Listen Headler Good, Let's welcome to the podcast. Friend of mine.

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Speaker 1: Former major league manager Bo Porter, who also, of course

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Speaker 1: you so much for having me on. It's always a

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Speaker 1: And let's start here. The Red Sox have been on

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Speaker 1: That's why it's so important to get to know your players.

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Speaker 1: to four teams left in the dance. All four teams,

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Speaker 1: Dusty Baker, the manager of the Astros. You know it

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. How are you. I'm doing good man,

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Speaker 1: Just enjoying this playoff baseball We've been getting to see

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Speaker 1: uh yeah, last year. I know he didn't win the

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