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Speaker 1: Fame voter number one oh three, Rob Parker. Welcome into

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Speaker 1: Inside the Parker, your Major League Baseball podcast of course,

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Speaker 1: playoff edition, Rob Parker. Here you they're coming up on

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Speaker 1: go 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, the Washington Nationals are going to

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Speaker 1: I've been talking about them all postseason long. But they

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Speaker 1: It is an incredible run. When you think about where

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