1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: From the Burkeshars to the sound from wherever you live 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: on major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: voter number fifty seven, Rob Parker. 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 2: Come on, I've been covering Major League baseball for almost 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit, 8 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: in LA. 9 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 3: I love this game. Let's go. 10 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 4: Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker, and 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 4: what a show we have for you today. Coming up, 12 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 4: we'll talk with Minnesota Twins all star right hander Joe 13 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 4: Ryan he drops by. Plus we'll talk with Justin Morris, 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 4: a young baseball writer from MLB dot Com, experience his 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 4: first All Star Game this past week plus, So pushback 16 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 4: at much more. 17 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 3: Let's go better to lead off, it's getting. 18 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: Routed and keep them on. Rob's hot take on the 19 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: three biggest stories in Major League Baseball. 20 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 4: Number one, the Baseball All Star Game, which I attended 21 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 4: in Atlanta, ended with a bang, I mean literally with 22 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 4: the swing off the kind of home. 23 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 5: Run derby the National League wins it. 24 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 4: Schwarber is the hero for the National League, and boy 25 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 4: was exciting for fans to see an All Star game 26 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 4: like that. I remember being in Milwaukee when the All 27 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 4: Star Game ended in a. 28 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 5: Seven to seven tie. 29 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: People were really bummed out and just didn't feel right 30 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 4: that a game, a baseball game, would end in a tie. 31 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 5: But in this. 32 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 4: Case, it was different for baseball and it was enjoyable. Now, 33 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 4: pump the break for all these people are like, this 34 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 4: is what they should do, you know, for regular season 35 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 4: games instead of extra innings. 36 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 3: And now I'm not. 37 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 4: A big fan of putting the runner on second base 38 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 4: and starting there on the extra innings, but I do 39 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 4: not want to see a home run derby to determine games. 40 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 4: I really want full baseball games, regular season. For an 41 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 4: exhibition game, for an All Star game, this was special, 42 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 4: This was excellent. This was fun, and that's what an 43 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 4: exhibition is supposed to be. So I'm all in on 44 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 4: the All Star Game being played this way. Regular season playoffs, 45 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 4: extra innings. 46 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 3: No way, no how. Number two. 47 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 4: We also saw on the All Star Game the abs 48 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 4: automated ball strike and guess what. There were five such 49 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 4: challenges during the game, and I think it was four 50 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 4: to one that they were overturned and yeah, you know what, 51 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 4: it was fine. One took seven seconds. It shouldn't be 52 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 4: It should be really quick. I didn't have an issue 53 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 4: with it. Again, this is not something that I want 54 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 4: to be the norm, and we don't need umpires and 55 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 4: just use that system. 56 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 5: I don't want baseball to get there. 57 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 4: And I just question, is it the pitcher who challenges 58 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 4: the call? Should it be the catcher who challenges the call? 59 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 4: Actually he's catching the ball, he knows if it went 60 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 4: over the plate, or if it was high or low? 61 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 4: Or is it the manager from the dugout? It didn't 62 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 4: seem to interfere with the game, I must admit. I mean, 63 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 4: there's a lot of changes going on in baseball, and 64 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 4: I know they want to try to implement this at 65 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 4: some point. And once you let the toothpaste out of 66 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 4: the tube, you know. 67 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 5: It's hard to put it back in. 68 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 4: So five such calls were challenged and it didn't hamper 69 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 4: or change the game or make me feel like, oh 70 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 4: this is ridiculous. This is taken forever, so it's going 71 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 4: to stick around. How much they use it and who 72 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 4: is the one who challenges it? And how many challenges 73 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 4: you get a game? Because to me, I think you 74 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 4: would want to save that for a big moment late 75 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 4: in the game to get a strikeout, you know, when 76 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 4: it matters most, not using it early on in the game, 77 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 4: in the second inning or third inning on some call. 78 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 5: It just depends on the circumstance. 79 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 4: Number three Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kersherw, of course, a future 80 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 4: Hall of Famer, got the commissioners invite to the All 81 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 4: Star Game, and after he got a nice ovation when 82 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 4: he walked off after getting a couple outs to the 83 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 4: crowd in Atlanta and talked about the All Star Game 84 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 4: and how it is the best all Star game in sports. 85 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 4: And we know that the other games, the Pro Bowl 86 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 4: doesn't even exist anymore. 87 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 5: They play flag football. We know about the hockey. 88 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 4: In the NBA. It's just there's no defense. Hockey games 89 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 4: fourteen to eleven. It's not a hockey game, you know, 90 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 4: it's an exhibition, offensive exhibition. And the NBA were the 91 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 4: scores have reached two hundred points. Obviously that's not a 92 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 4: real basketball game. No defense in a lot of threes. 93 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 4: But baseball is still the same. They still play it, 94 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 4: they still compete. Crow Armstrong made a diving catch and 95 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 4: left field, which you normally just wouldn't do it an 96 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 4: All Star he could have easily let the ball bounce 97 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 4: for a double. 98 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 5: Pitchers, don't you throw softer? The let guys hit it. 99 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 4: In the All Star Game, they're competing, they're throwing their 100 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 4: best pitchers. 101 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 5: Things like that. So and the ratings bear it out. 102 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 4: Baseball had the highest TV ratings for an All Star 103 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 4: Game since twenty seventeen. Numbers were good over seven zero 104 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 4: point two million people, which is by far the biggest 105 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 4: ratings for any show on TV that night and dwarfs 106 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 4: all the other leagues, of course when you talk about 107 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 4: All Star games. So the All Star Game is in 108 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 4: a good place. The Derby did very well, and again 109 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 4: in a good place Baseball. They've marketed and cornered the 110 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 4: Derby All Star Game way better than other sports. 111 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 3: Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn. 112 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 6: It's so good. 113 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 7: I know it's welcome to John By. 114 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 5: And also our picture from the Minnesota Twins. 115 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 4: Can talk about your experience here in Atlanta and Lincoln 116 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 4: All Star too. 117 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 7: How if you've been, it's been great. 118 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 8: It's been a super fun a couple of days. Really 119 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 8: cool to be in the locker room, talk to all 120 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 8: these guys that you see. You get to do the 121 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 8: thing all around all over the league, and uh, go 122 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 8: compete with them today and try to try to win 123 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 8: a ball game here and have some fun and yeah, 124 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 8: learn some things. 125 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 4: How about the all store of I'm in the home 126 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 4: run do I'll be just watching that and see what 127 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 4: that was like? 128 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 5: What kind of experience was that for you? Oh, it's amazing. 129 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 8: I mean get to share that with Buck and his boys, 130 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 8: and yeah, his family's here. Obviously he's from back Toley, 131 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 8: so he's close by, and uh, I think it was 132 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 8: just a cool moment for him and his family. And 133 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 8: then obviously Cal's been having. 134 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 5: A great year. 135 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 7: But just watching him go out there and do this 136 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 7: thing and and win it was was really special. 137 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 8: But I mean, Cam and I put on a great 138 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 8: show as while I was I mean night, I didn't 139 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 8: think he was gonna get out of round the most 140 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 8: pretty posting to watch. 141 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 5: Is it fun for a pitcher to watch the home 142 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 5: run derby? You don't you can would celebrate? 143 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's a little different. I guess I was kept 144 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 8: reminding myself, like these are the goals after me? 145 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: A little bit different because you're just talking about it. 146 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 8: The low line drives, just keep going. It was wild, 147 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 8: but no, it's a fun, a great event, and I thought, 148 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 8: and yeah, it was very great to be here. 149 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 7: All right. 150 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 4: Last thing I want to disaster about the team, and 151 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 4: obviously the second half guys had some explodes this years 152 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 4: with the Tigers, pretty big lead. 153 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 5: Where do you go into second half? Can you think 154 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 5: about wild card or making the playoffs still on this team? 155 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 9: Yeah? 156 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 3: I think so. 157 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 8: I mean that's always the goals. 158 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 7: So I think we just stayed the course, keep playing 159 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 7: to baseball. 160 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 8: And you never know what's gonna happen about know how 161 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 8: things are gonna shake out. I mean, we had a 162 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 8: pretty good lead in twenty three too, and we're sorry 163 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 8: you were there for the great forty two. We were 164 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 8: going pretty good and kind of slip back. But yeah, 165 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 8: so you never know what can happen to me. 166 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: Okay, Joe, appreciate you. 167 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 4: Thank you so much again, again, appreciate it. 168 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 10: It's the Gambler here. Vice president of Operations for mlbbro 169 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 10: dot Com and executive producer of the MLB bro Show 170 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 10: podcast The Mixtape. Every Friday, you heard that right, Every 171 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 10: Friday we bring you the best from the world of 172 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 10: Black and Brown baseball. 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What do you got for me, Anthony? 206 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 11: After a fascinating All Star Game that saw the NL 207 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 11: win on a home run swing off that just set 208 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,599 Speaker 11: the tone for what could be an all timer of 209 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 11: a second half, the Tigers owned baseball's best record at 210 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 11: the break, but that has not necessarily translated to a title. 211 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 11: Has only one team in the last fifteen years has 212 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 11: won the World Series with the best record at the break. 213 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 11: The twenty eighteen Red Sox, in fact, for the last 214 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 11: five were bounced in the Division Series, and the twenty 215 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 11: twenty two Yankees were swept in the ALCS. 216 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 3: Cal Rawley is. 217 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 11: Only the fourth player in history to win the home 218 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 11: run Derby when leading the league and long balls of 219 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 11: the break, but he's only ten dinger shy of the 220 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 11: all time record for a catcher. Should Raleigh falter, Aaron 221 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 11: Judge could become the second player in the Divisional era 222 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 11: to win the Triple Crown after Miguel Cabrera in twenty twelve, 223 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 11: light years ahead and average and only behind Rally in 224 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 11: both Homer's and RBI. Now, pitcher records are not very 225 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 11: indicative of performance, but Paul Skeens is putting that to 226 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 11: the test, as he's in a dead heat with Zach 227 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 11: Wheeler for the NLCY Young yet owns just a four 228 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 11: and eight record. No starter has ever won the SI 229 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 11: with a losing record. Could Pete crow Armstrong become the 230 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 11: seventh player ever to join the forty to forty club. 231 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 11: He's only the third player at the break with twenty 232 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 11: five and twenty five, joining Eric Davis and Bobby Bonds, 233 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 11: and could Judge no Tiny make history themselves. There has 234 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 11: not been a duo to each win MVP in back 235 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 11: to back seasons, and only once has it ever happened 236 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 11: when the same two players won MVP the same year, 237 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 11: Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella in nineteen fifty one. In 238 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 11: nineteen fifty five, the second half is just getting underway 239 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 11: and I cannot wait to see what happens. 240 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto. 241 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,959 Speaker 1: If I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring in a writer 242 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: or broadcaster, old or new. 243 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 4: Now let's welcome into a podcast, Justin Morris MLB dot com. 244 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 4: A little vide you want to see graduated from seeing 245 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 4: all from New Jersey. 246 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 7: Justin, Welcome to the podcast. Appreciate you for having me, 247 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 7: no doubt did Yeah. 248 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 4: I wanna find out a little bit about your first 249 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 4: All Star game in the first experience. 250 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 7: First of all, you're on the publisher at m opameia 251 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 7: dot com. Tell me about that. I mean it's been 252 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 7: very severe. 253 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 9: I mean in terms of all start, I feel like 254 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 9: I'm just drinking it all there to. 255 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 7: Be honest, I mean, so many things going on and 256 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 7: it will be media available, you know, at the games today, 257 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 7: obviously on. 258 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 9: Under yesterday, I'll say events from Thursday to today. 259 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 7: So at AGENC and Classic workoutse met so many great 260 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 7: victors of the game. 261 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 9: Ralph Gard Kingrify Junior. That's been amazing because well the 262 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 9: fellowship has been great. 263 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 7: So I might see rased in Miami, so it's a 264 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 7: little hot grey New Jersey. But it's been a great experience. 265 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 9: I actually cover the road teams that come into Miami, 266 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 9: so different team like every three four days. 267 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 7: In this story, just adding down my job. So then 268 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 7: re lighted before they experience br show. It's been great 269 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 7: so Arch So when they told you later story games, 270 00:12:59,080 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 7: when was your first three? 271 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 5: Actually we are just pretty special. 272 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 7: I've been coming along almost forty years a pace. It 273 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 7: never gets tired. Fool yours we got uh, honestly, I don't. 274 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 7: I don't know if I had too. 275 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 9: Much time to really taking it out there. 276 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 7: One say so. So I started at Mark and I 277 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 7: basically hit the ground running. It was out there, I 278 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 7: was spring training. 279 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 9: I did like a bunch of games in a bunch 280 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 9: of days, and then I I got my stuff back 281 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,599 Speaker 9: in Jersey, drove down to Miami and just hit the 282 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 9: rout winning the regular season. 283 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:27,959 Speaker 7: So I don't think I had took too much time 284 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 7: to really take it in. 285 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 9: But now that I'm here, it's just kind of wild, 286 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 9: like you know, around the show, a no time and 287 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 9: they're a judge and like I said, even just the 288 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 9: left of the game that that have come before me 289 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 9: on me, I watched every y'all Fela get shot in 290 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 9: the kids every whole day as well, So I remember 291 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 9: diculably with Jade handled into a head and as when 292 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 9: you know some of the great all star moments to 293 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 9: the you know, just all runs, the different stuff that's 294 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 9: happening to through outside. 295 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 7: And this it's very survived. I think I'll really taken 296 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 7: it in and now come here. Uh And that's what 297 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 7: it made me. I play all start myself. Godam like 298 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 7: I got to judging Morris from n y'll speaking like, 299 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 7: grew up to Georgy and your SA and of course 300 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 7: you had a choice. 301 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 4: Could be a Mets fan, could be a Yankees fan 302 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 4: because the Phillies fans depending on where you lived in Georgy. 303 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 5: And obviously you're a professional writer now, so I kind 304 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 5: of dropped that. 305 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 7: Growing up at the school. 306 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 9: One team grew next though they've been fatis that white 307 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 9: and White and Blue man tap playing a favorite players 308 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 9: there GIFO, that's a legitarative. 309 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 7: That was my favorite play off. I remember going wrong. 310 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 7: I only got what because I'm. 311 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 9: I was for ninety nine, I got to be about 312 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 9: to see it that I remember I've seen even in 313 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 9: I've been rocks and canoes, said to Marcus Sheridan, and 314 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 9: that against the Hilly was my favorite, big. 315 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 7: One of my favorite big boom coming soul up and 316 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 7: downasas then obviously we got disappointment last year the duck 317 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 7: or another. I think we're going in the face. I 318 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 7: want to say leave because I might remember being down. 319 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 7: So they don't move nobody. 320 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 5: You gotta ju tation. 321 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 3: You just getting out of school, so did you get that? 322 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 4: But at some point, you know what, that's a reason 323 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 4: for a for a long time, just rooved for the 324 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 4: fastest already in the past spot question. 325 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, I mean that's kind of the thing up 326 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 7: to this point is I'm looking for the stories to 327 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 7: kind of tell themselves. So I'm gonna have a good angle. 328 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 9: Companies and so many games like young, this person's mother 329 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 9: is here, this person has this minute is. 330 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 7: The regional lid stuff. I mean it kind of open 331 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 7: that the story they tell us, so, I mean it's 332 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 7: it's a grand degree. I think I grew up playing 333 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 7: the game as well and basically be fun. So when 334 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 7: I was a kid, you're good here in the infat 335 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 7: I was out fitted when I got up up inside 336 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 7: because they were like you can run and you you 337 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 7: got an arm, so they don't get a. 338 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 8: Set a deal. 339 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 7: And went to high school. 340 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 9: But that as a kid, I played short stuff that 341 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 9: bish wow, last thing, that MultiMate job. 342 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 7: Meaning I'm saying reporter, small conce you just just talk. Yeah, 343 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 7: I mean I'm just getting started. I think be reported. 344 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 7: There could be a lane for me and that I think, 345 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 7: you know, I was up to some of the Yankees 346 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 7: at some point. 347 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 9: That's amazing though honestly, even just working in the front 348 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 9: off so I'm not being here as I don't my it's. 349 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 7: For a different avalere and so many people have worked 350 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 7: in like we just had. 351 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 9: I want to say building this is uh this window 352 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 9: who the blackcaster, the HBCU game and. 353 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 7: See you know there's happenings for us and in front 354 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 7: office and even to be an MLB executive. I think 355 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 7: those are things that after the other gets a little 356 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 7: love and I see it, do whatever I can do 357 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 7: to get back into hell. 358 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 9: I think need a my bars filand the visa. You know, 359 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 9: HBCU start talking about basis deacons. You're talking about us 360 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 9: in this dro So whatever. 361 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 4: I can do is trying to help people here, I 362 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 4: don't know arter us wars from MLB dot com join 363 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 4: us inside the partner appreciated us. 364 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 7: Fill up team conversation here. 365 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: In case you missed Rob Parker on the MLB networks, 366 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: here's his latest appearance on MLB No No. 367 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 4: Because of the MLB All Star Game, there was no 368 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 4: MLB Now on MLB Network this week. But instead we 369 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 4: want to take a look back at the first half 370 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 4: and some of the topics that I talked about with 371 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 4: Brian Kenny. 372 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 5: And whether I was right or wrong. 373 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 3: Number one, Juan Soto did not make the All Star team. 374 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 4: His stats look way better now, but before the season 375 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 4: start I said he would struggle early on in Queens. 376 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 6: Rob Parker's in the showdown and just to give people 377 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 6: a little background, Robs on every week and Rob sends 378 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 6: in topics that he would like to discuss, and we 379 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 6: take that very seriously. 380 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 3: And we're already I'm stunned. 381 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 9: Rob. 382 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 6: We're already in the I Told you So part of 383 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 6: the season April fifteenth, and you're telling me so, So 384 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 6: go ahead, what did you tell me and what should 385 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 6: I learn from your brilliance? 386 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 3: B K, I was trying to warn you. I told 387 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 3: you earlier in the season. 388 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 12: I know it's still early, but can we officially call 389 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 12: Wan Soto one? 390 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 6: So? 391 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 3: So that told you number two before the season started. 392 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 4: BKA was all about Ellie day La Cruz winning the 393 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,880 Speaker 4: National League MVP. 394 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 3: I tried to on them, it wasn't gonna happen. How 395 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 3: about nationally MVP. 396 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 6: You know what it's gonna be while you're pumping your 397 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 6: breaks all season long, Ellie Dela Cruz, that's the NBA. 398 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 3: I want to bet you chicken wings on this one. 399 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 12: I want to bet you ten all flat parmesan garlic 400 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 12: with a die cod because. 401 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 3: He will not be nationally. 402 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 6: How about a nice meal in Queens, New York for 403 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:21,880 Speaker 6: old time's sake. 404 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 3: We'll bet that right, all right? You picked this one? No, 405 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 3: let me pick the spot. I think I'll do better. 406 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 6: And by the way, check out Rob's most recent Inside 407 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 6: the Parker podcast featuring me. Wow, well I'm on the 408 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,640 Speaker 6: park and jo Adell two big stack cast guys. 409 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 12: Look at that big time man. I appreciate you jumping 410 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 12: on the podcast. Please list your rate subscribe. It's a 411 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 12: fun list. 412 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 3: Rob, You're the best. Thank you. Robb will talk to 413 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 3: you next week. Take care all right, thanks so much. 414 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 5: BK. 415 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 3: No, this is bolooning. It's the Parker pushback. Shut here. 416 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 1: Rob tackles the outlandish takes in Major League Baseball. 417 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 3: You idiot shut up to today, I'm pushing back. 418 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 4: On those who are looking for the AHA moment from 419 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 4: the All Star Game and a tribute to Hank Aaron. 420 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 5: I happened to be in the ballpark. It was magnificent. 421 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 4: I gotta admit I did not look at Oh well, 422 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 4: they cut Vince Gully and the whole thing about a 423 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 4: black man in the South and being applauded and cheered, 424 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 4: which was not in the clip. 425 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 3: I just I didn't miss it. 426 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 5: It didn't hit me at that very moment. And then 427 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 5: the other thing I thought, which was. 428 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 4: Weird if baseball really was trying to avoid any mention 429 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 4: of black and white, and because of the White House 430 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 4: or whatever reason it was, they had the HBCU game 431 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 4: on Friday, right featuring black schools. 432 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 5: Ludacris was a. 433 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 4: Big part of the promotion, of course, being from Atlanta, 434 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 4: you know, and other celebrities were all over the place, 435 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 4: black celebrities, black. 436 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 5: Life in Atlanta. I just didn't feel like that was 437 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 5: missing at all. Usher. They kept showing him on the 438 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 5: big screen. 439 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 4: You know, maybe people who after the fact wanted to 440 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 4: look at something and pick at something, maybe they wanted 441 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 4: to do that. But I gotta admit, I just didn't 442 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 4: feel like Baseball went out of its way to avoid 443 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 4: the word black or black people at this All Star 444 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 4: game in Atlanta. To me, this was the blackest All 445 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 4: Star game I had ever attended. And I mean as 446 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 4: far as out front, showing the community and showing the people. 447 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 5: I'm Rob Parker and that's my pushback. 448 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 2: In the words of New York TV legend the late 449 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 2: Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until 450 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:58,120 Speaker 2: next time. 451 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 3: Rob Parker out. He can't get it. This could be 452 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 3: an inside the Parker 453 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 5: See you next week, same bedtime, same back station.