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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 seventy six, Rob Parker. Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rob Parker. One a great World Series

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Speaker 1: addition of Inside the Parker, and we'll talk about Brice

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Speaker 1: Plase David Rob from MLB bro dot Com talked about

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Speaker 1: what this would mean if Dusty Baker wins his first

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Speaker 1: World Series out of as a manager. Let's go up

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Speaker 1: 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. Before we get to the World Series,

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Speaker 1: which kicks off Friday in Houston, I think we have

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Speaker 1: One of those players who's available and a free agent

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Speaker 1: of MLB bro dot com Day, Welcome to the podcast.

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

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Speaker 1: Baker and what this would mean for Dusty Baker to

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Speaker 1: For people who don't know about Dusty and his playing career,

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