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

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

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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 eighty three, Rob Parker. Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rob Parker. What a great show we

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Speaker 1: have for you today. Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Kevin Newman stopped

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Speaker 1: by also Seattle Mariners played by play man Dave Sims.

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Speaker 1: That foul affair and much more. Let's go up to

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Speaker 1: lead off. It's getting rocked and keep him on. Rob's

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Speaker 1: hot take on the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 1: Number one, you hear that. That's the freaking New York Yankees.

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Speaker 1: The Socks have heard them, because the Yankees are coming.

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Speaker 1: They have won five in a row coming into Wednesday

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Speaker 1: night's game against the Red Sox, they've won twelve or

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Speaker 1: the a L. E's from those Red Sox who are nosediving.

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Speaker 1: The Yankee swept the doubleheader on Tuesday, and we're looking

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Speaker 1: Here the numbers. It's incredible. The Yankees were ten and

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Speaker 1: on July five, but since then they've gone twenty six

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Speaker 1: you know, tumbling three and eleven in their previous fourteen

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Speaker 1: record and schedule since May. So what a turnaround. We've

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Speaker 1: seen Aaron Judge, We've seen gian Carlos Stanton, We've seen

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Speaker 1: to the playoffs. Number two. Bally Sports Detroit has suspended

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame picture and broadcaster Jack Morris indefinitely after

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Speaker 1: Tuesday night when he had racist comments leading up to

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Speaker 1: and at bat by show Hey Otani and UH. Jack

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Speaker 1: The Tigers also put out a statement saying they were

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Speaker 1: disappointed in Jack and that they supported Bally Sports Detroit

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Speaker 1: and we do as well here. And these guys have

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Speaker 1: to stop with the racist remarks and jokes and stuff

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Speaker 1: they're trying to slip through. That day is over and

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Speaker 1: broadcasters keep going by the wayside because they're so set

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Speaker 1: in their old ways and those things just don't play anymore.

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Speaker 1: Number three Mets owner Steve Cohen rips his team's offense

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Speaker 1: here we go. I get it. Everybody in New York

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Speaker 1: now they're sinking like a rock. They have injuries, they

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Speaker 1: going on the offensive on Twitter. Here comes the big interview. Listen, Headler,

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Speaker 1: It's so good. All right, now, let's welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Kevin Newman. Kevin, welcome to the podcast, buddy.

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Speaker 1: How are you? Thank for having me? No, thanks for

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Speaker 1: But I want to talk to you about something that

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Speaker 1: I mean, when you heard about that, what do you think, keV? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that it's time for trash Talk. Twitter twitting with your

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Speaker 1: Kuzma Burner at Kuzma Burner, and he sent me this quote,

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Speaker 1: And I get the Reds. The Reds are the you know,

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Speaker 1: And I totally, I totally agreed that the Reds should

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Speaker 1: have no problem with SINCEI being the third pick. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I get it. But I think Cubs Cardinals would have

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Speaker 1: By the way, the Caps, the throwback Caps and the

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Speaker 1: have to find I have to get one. Um, I

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Speaker 1: I think this is the thing that, especially the way

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Speaker 1: for baseball, no doubt. His name is Dave Sims television,

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Speaker 1: buddy of mine. Dave, thanks for joining the podcast. We'll

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Speaker 1: see you down the road. Absolutely keep it up there.

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Speaker 1: Now bringing the closer, Here's why MLB is better than

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Speaker 1: the NFL or NBA, and it isn't even close. Reason

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Speaker 1: number seven and fifty five why baseball is better than

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Speaker 1: the NBA and the NFL. You know what it is.

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Speaker 1: It's preseason in the NFL, and the games one at

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Speaker 1: your ball? Are you kidding me? There's nothing. As much

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Speaker 1: as I love football, the thing that I can't watch

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Speaker 1: is preseason football, not at all. It doesn't interest me.

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Speaker 1: It's not interesting, it's not fun, it's not a challenge.

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Speaker 1: It's just I don't know what it is. It's like

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Speaker 1: play though, I still can watch a preseason baseball game,

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Speaker 1: exhibition baseball game, whatever you wanna call it, more than

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Speaker 1: I can watch a preseason football game. I mean, the

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Speaker 1: NFL dropped the preseason from four games to three and

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Speaker 1: very easily, and for a long time, fans had to

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Speaker 1: you gave them the option to buy preseason or regular season,

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Speaker 1: they wouldn't buy preseason football. The regulars don't play. A

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Speaker 1: lot of guys who won't even make it to the

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Speaker 1: NFL play, and it's boring and it's terrible. In the

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Speaker 1: words of New York TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen,

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Speaker 1: thanking you for your time this time until next time.

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Speaker 1: Rob Parker out he can't get it. This could be

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Speaker 1: an inside of Parker to see you next weekend, same

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Speaker 1: bad time, same mass station,