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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: We have a great show for you today. Baseball author

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Speaker 1: Howard Bryant stopped by. He has a new book about

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Speaker 1: Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson. Can't wait to dig into

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Speaker 1: that with him, plus Pocket Protector and betting on the

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Speaker 1: basis let's go up to lead off. It's getting robbed

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Speaker 1: and keep him on. Rob's hot take on the three

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Speaker 1: biggest stories in Major League Baseball. Number one. San Francisco

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Speaker 1: Giants manager Gabe Kapli shook up major League Baseball and

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Speaker 1: after the terrible shooting in Texas at a school, was

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Speaker 1: Take a listen. I don't plan on coming out for

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Speaker 1: that that will be the step I don't I don't

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Speaker 1: Agree or disagree with Gabe Kapler. People have the right

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Speaker 1: I agree with his right to protest. That's what this

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Speaker 1: Number two, what an unbelievable start for Mets rookie Nick Plumber.

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Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? The left handed hitting Plumber, who

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Speaker 1: What an incredible start to a career. His first home

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Speaker 1: And that's what he did. And then he followed that

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Speaker 1: It's a great story. Number three. Memorial Day was Monday,

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Speaker 1: By the time October rolls around, the league's home run

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Speaker 1: JR gamble. The Astros are pitching lights out, sitting second

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the podcast. How you doing, Howard, I'm great,

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Speaker 1: do it. His name is Howard Briant. One of the

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Speaker 1: my pleasure man, Thank you. Now bringing the closer. Here's

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Speaker 1: why MLB is better than the NFL or NBA, and

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Speaker 1: it isn't even close. Reason number five hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: five why baseball is better than the NBA and the NFL,

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Speaker 1: And it's because baseball doesn't forget its legends, and it

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Speaker 1: It's all about Lou Garrick and his legacy. That's right.

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Speaker 1: Major League Baseball will celebrate its second annual day in

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Speaker 1: honor of Lou Garrick, the Hall of Famer died June two,

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Speaker 1: nineteen forty one, after a battle of A LS which

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Speaker 1: the disease has become widely known as Lou Garrig's disease.

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Speaker 1: But clubs will host ceremonies at their ballparks on Thursday,

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Speaker 1: course Luke Garrick's number, logos and his ballparks, while all players, managers,

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Speaker 1: Baseball always looks to celebrate its legends and let people

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

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

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Speaker 1: Parker out. This could be an inside of Parker to

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Speaker 1: see you next week. Save that time, Save that station, sure,

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