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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: 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, and what a great playoff

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Speaker 1: edition we have for you for Inside the Parker stopping

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Speaker 1: by baseball writer Tyler Keptner, of course from the New

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Speaker 1: York Times. He has a new book also on the

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Speaker 1: World Series. We'll talk with him, plus Matt Derry from

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Speaker 1: N three the Fan in Cleveland. He joins us with

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Speaker 1: some guardians talk that and much more. Let's go up

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Speaker 1: to lead off. It's getting robbed and 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, I don't know. I'm just I'm

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Speaker 1: taking it back by Seattle and whether or not the Mariners,

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Speaker 1: don't win that game. You gotta win that game. This

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Speaker 1: was an important game, Game one, and instead they let

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Speaker 1: And now the Mariners have to someway, somehow come back

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Speaker 1: The Yankees got what they've been waiting for Garrett Cole

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Speaker 1: You know, it's been disappointing for the most part for

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Speaker 1: Game one. Whether permitting, the Yankees and Guardians will play

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Speaker 1: game two Thursday night in the Bronx Number three, the

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Speaker 1: And now I want to turn to your new book,

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Speaker 1: The Grandest Stage History of the World Series. It's just released.

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Speaker 1: People can pick that up just in time for October

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Speaker 1: did you write it? Tyler? Well, I've always been fascinated

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Speaker 1: thought going up one nothing, getting the Kwan homer and

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Speaker 1: putting some runners on, they had some traffic. Now let's

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Speaker 1: see in game two how Baper handles the situation and

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Speaker 1: can take care of business, I think they're gonna be okay.

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Speaker 1: I do, and historically just For the record, the Yankees

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Speaker 1: each other, So I think that sticks to your point.

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Speaker 1: And uh that uh, you know, Cleveland hasn't always been

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Speaker 1: it out as the series goes on. UM. I expect

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Speaker 1: the Yankees to win this series. UM, but I do

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Speaker 1: believe it'll be a hard fourth series. I don't think that.

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Speaker 1: I last Game one was an example of what we'll

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Speaker 1: probably see, not blowouts. But Matt dais his name. Check

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Speaker 1: him out on the FAM three in Cleveland and his

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Speaker 1: podcast The Dairy Brothers Guardians Cast. All right, we appreciate you, Matt.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much. Robert Lee, you're the best buddy. Now

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

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

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Speaker 1: five hundred and fifty one why baseball is better than

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Speaker 1: the NBA and the NFL. It's simple. It's postseason magic.

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Speaker 1: In October, we see some great games, great finishes. The

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Speaker 1: Guardians walked it off in fifteen innings with a home run.

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Speaker 1: We saw Seattle come back from a eight one deficit,

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Speaker 1: And also we saw the Astros in the bottom of

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Speaker 1: and uh, it gives you goose pumps. It gives you

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Speaker 1: then boom magic like that in baseball, especially in October.

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Speaker 1: The Astros, let's take a listen and Albert rest belt it.

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Speaker 1: Do I feel you said too bye? Aren't believable? Locome,

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Speaker 1: You're right? Rest oh Locome three run over and the

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Speaker 1: Astros stun the eritors and give you one of the

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Speaker 1: visit series. In the words of New York TV legend

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Speaker 1: the late Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this

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Speaker 1: time until next time. Rob Parker out he can't get it.

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Speaker 1: This could be an inside the Parker See you next

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