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Speaker 1: From the Burke Shears to the sound from wherever you

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

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Speaker 1: Fame voter number eighty three, Rob Parker. Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 1: My name is Rob Parker. I'm your host. We're going

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Speaker 1: to do a very special Chicago addition of Inside the Parker.

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Speaker 1: That's where I am. We're gonna talk about those Chicago

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Speaker 1: White Sox were screaking, and we're gonna talk about the

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Speaker 1: future of the Chicago cub Plus, i'll give you some

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Speaker 1: insight for the shooting incident that happened at National's Park

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Speaker 1: in Washington, d C. Where I was in attendance. That

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Speaker 1: three d get stories in Major League Baseball number one.

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Speaker 1: On Wednesday night, I was in Chicago at the White

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Speaker 1: those streaking Chicago White Sox who went into the game

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Speaker 1: with a fifty eight and thirty seven record, red high

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Speaker 1: eight and two in their previous ten had a nine

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Speaker 1: I mean I was wrong. I thought Tony L. Rooster

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Speaker 1: have they just hit the gas and been playing some really,

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Speaker 1: really good baseball, including Tim Anderson. Tim Anderson had his

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Speaker 1: We remember last year. We're disappointed when they lost to

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Speaker 1: People are into the White Size. Number two. Next Friday

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Speaker 1: one years old. The Twins are out of it. Their

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Speaker 1: great chance he's not gonna be with the Twins. Somebody

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Speaker 1: And remember Mookie didn't go to the All Star Game

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