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Speaker 1: From the Berkshires 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 six, Rob Parker. All right, welcome into

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Speaker 1: the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker. We got a

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Speaker 1: special treat on this World Series edition. NBA champion Eddie

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Speaker 1: House is in the house talking baseball. Can't wait for that,

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Speaker 1: plus Katie l a sportscaster, reporter David Pingalore who's in Alllington, Texas.

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Speaker 1: He'll drop by as well. That and much more. Let's

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Speaker 1: go up to lead off. It's getting robbed and keep

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

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Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball. Number one. Some people are saying

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Speaker 1: that Game one's victory by Clayton Kershaw has cleared the path.

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Speaker 1: He's good now, He's not a choker anymore in the postseason.

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Speaker 1: No way, no, how am I buying that. It's only

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Speaker 1: Game one. He'll have to do more and help the

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Speaker 1: Dodgers secure World Series. Before you can say that, all

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Speaker 1: we have to do is go back to seven team.

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Speaker 1: Don't forget he won Game one in that World Series

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Speaker 1: against the Astros and then blew two leads a three

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Speaker 1: the road. The Dodgers lost that game and wind up

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Speaker 1: losing the World Series. So I'm not buying that. Clayton

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Speaker 1: Kirkshaw is on his way to redemption, but he has

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Speaker 1: not redeemed himself fully. Another big start a Dodgers World

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Speaker 1: The World Series has a nice buzz, but not the

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Speaker 1: bus that people would have had had it been a

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Speaker 1: rematch of Houston and Los Angeles. I get it. Most

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Speaker 1: people did not want to see the Astros make it

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Speaker 1: back to the World Series after their cheating scandal. They

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Speaker 1: did make it to the a LCS for the fourth

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Speaker 1: time in a row, but the Dodgers lost, and people

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Speaker 1: wanted to see the Dodgers have a chance to redeem

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Speaker 1: itself against those same Houston Astros and maybe win a

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Speaker 1: World Series. And yes, it would have been a sexier

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers. The TV ratings would have been better, There

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Speaker 1: is no denying it. But I have to admit, so

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Speaker 1: far we got a competitive World Series. It's one one

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Speaker 1: after the first two games. This comes down now to

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Speaker 1: a five game series, and you know what, I think

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Speaker 1: said and done. Number three. Most people don't believe the

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Speaker 1: Rays have a chance to win this World Series because

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Speaker 1: they don't hit enough in the playoffs. Before the World

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Speaker 1: Series started, they were batting two oh nine, averaging just

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Speaker 1: four point one runs a game in the postseason. On

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Speaker 1: the flip side, the Dodgers, we're hitting two seventy, averaging

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Speaker 1: six point two runs a game. That's a huge difference

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Speaker 1: in baseball. But it's not about winning by big scores.

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Speaker 1: It's about clutch hits, timely hits, timely home runs. And

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Speaker 1: let's be honest, that's what the Rays have done. That's

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Speaker 1: why there's even one one in the first two games

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Speaker 1: of the World Series. And have just as good of

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Speaker 1: a shot as the Dodgers. They have good pitching, an

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Speaker 1: excellent bullpen, and it's about timely hitting. Scoring fifteen runs

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Speaker 1: to win a World Series game doesn't count for another

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Speaker 1: and win the World Series. It's about clutch hits, not

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Speaker 1: stacking hits. Clutch hits matter. That's what makes the Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay Rays that dangerous. Think about it. Two oh nine

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Speaker 1: Here comes the big interview. Listen Headler Good. He's a champion,

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Speaker 1: but an NBA champion. Eddie House who of course won

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Speaker 1: The only thing he knows more than about than basketball

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Speaker 1: What's up the house? What's up are you doing? Rob

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Speaker 1: Parker Man doing great. We're in the midst of the

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Speaker 1: World Series Game three of course later tonight Friday night

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Speaker 1: usually that's what UM has. Somebody's UH status surpassed another

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Speaker 1: Speaking of the Dodgers, UM this year and the regular season,

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Speaker 1: my man, Eddie House not only a great basketball player.

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Speaker 1: the rest of the World Series and no problem man,

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Speaker 1: thanks for having me. Rob. It's time for the Pocket

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Speaker 1: Protector Centrol 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.

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Speaker 1: What do you got for me, Anthony? Oh? The World

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