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Speaker 1: From the berkshears 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 seveny Rob Parker.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker.

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Speaker 3: What a show for you.

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Speaker 2: Today. We're gonna speak with Dan Hayes. He covers the

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Speaker 2: Minnesota Twins for the Athletic. He'll tell us about the

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Speaker 2: first place Twins and whether or not they can hold

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Speaker 2: on to it. We'll also do a little.

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Speaker 3: Foul or Fair with JR. Gamble that and much more.

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Speaker 3: Let's go.

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Speaker 1: Better up to lead off, it's getting robbed and keep

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Speaker 1: them on.

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Speaker 4: Rob's hot take.

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Speaker 1: On the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball. Number

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Speaker 1: one it is.

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Speaker 2: It is Hall of Fame weekend that's coming up in

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Speaker 2: Cooperstown this weekend where players and writers and broadcasters get

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Speaker 2: inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. If you've never

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Speaker 2: been to Cooperstown, that's gotta be on your list. It

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Speaker 2: is a tremendous place.

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Speaker 3: I love it.

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Speaker 2: And the baseball ceremony where people are enshrined into the

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Speaker 2: Hall of Fame happens on Sunday. And Scott Rowland a

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Speaker 2: controversial selection. I mean he got voted in by the

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Speaker 2: writers the BBWAA. I respect everybody's vote and what they

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Speaker 2: want to do. I did not vote for Scott Rowland,

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Speaker 2: will be inducted.

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Speaker 3: He was a third basement of course.

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Speaker 2: For the Cardinals and for the Phillies, and a lot

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Speaker 2: of people just think that he was that solid and

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Speaker 2: Then there's Fred McGriff who got votevoted in by the

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Speaker 2: Contemporary Baseball Era Committee. He was not voted in by

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Speaker 2: the BBWAA members, but a lot of people Fred McGriff

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Speaker 2: was just shy of five hundred home runs.

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Speaker 3: Normally that number gets you in.

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Speaker 2: Fred did not get there, was on the ballot for

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Speaker 2: a long time, could not get enough votes from the writers.

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Speaker 2: But he is in the Hall of Fame. So those

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Speaker 2: are your two big names for the Hall of Fame ceremony.

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Speaker 2: And on a personal note, John Lowe the longtime BBWAA writer.

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Speaker 2: He was an excellent baseball writer, a colleague of mine

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Speaker 2: who I work with at the Detroit Free Press. Just

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Speaker 2: a tremendous, tremendous baseball writer and a great guy. And

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Speaker 2: he deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 2: And every time you ask John Lowe how he was doing,

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Speaker 2: he always answered the same way outstand and he always

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Speaker 2: said that because he was at the ballpark. So happy

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Speaker 2: to all those people going to the Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 2: If you've never been, you need to make that trip.

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Speaker 2: You need to put that on your bucket list. The

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Speaker 2: Hall of Fame is a great, great time.

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Speaker 1: Number two, man, oh.

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Speaker 2: Man, what an explosion in Major League Baseball? On Tuesday night?

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Speaker 2: Are you ready for this? Twelve major League baseball team

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Speaker 2: scored in double figures double digits for the first time.

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Speaker 3: Ready for this since eighteen ninety four nine, that's one

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Speaker 3: hundred and twenty nine years. Are you kidding?

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Speaker 2: Three games ended eleven to ten on the same day

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Speaker 2: for the first time ever. Twelve teams tied to May thirtieth,

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Speaker 2: in one day, trailing only thirteen on July fourth, eighteen

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Speaker 2: ninety four. That's according to the Elias Sports Bureau and

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Speaker 2: its research. The Chicago Cubs, of course, topped the scoring

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Speaker 2: all by that score of eleven to ten. Elias said

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Speaker 2: same day. Pretty amazing. Four games in which both teams

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Speaker 2: eighteen ninety four and July ninth, eighteen ninety eight. That's

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Speaker 2: what Major League Baseball as reported. That was some night

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Speaker 2: unbelievable double digits all over Major League Baseball. Number three

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Speaker 2: New York Post Baseball columnist John Hayman reported that the

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Speaker 2: Angels will not n ot trade sho Hee Otani to

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers under any circumstance. They are listening to other

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Speaker 2: if he goes somewhere, he trade him somewhere else, and

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Speaker 2: Dodgers totally. It's an unusual circumstance. It's a bad spot

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Speaker 2: what people are gonna say and whatnot. Take a lesser

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Speaker 3: You want to trade them to Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 2: But but they're not. Tampa Bay is not giving you

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Speaker 2: it's bad baseball. And I know the Angels haven't won

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Speaker 2: but if they want to get back on that track

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Speaker 1: It was a big week in the big leagues's ave believe.

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Speaker 1: Is it foul or is it fair? And now from

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Speaker 1: mlbdbro dot com, here's Jrgambo.

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Speaker 3: Coming into Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: After a blistering start to the season, Miami Marlins second

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Speaker 2: baseman Luis Ariaz has seen his batting average dip to

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Speaker 2: three seventy six.

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Speaker 3: He's in a slump, JR.

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Speaker 2: Is it foul or fair to say that Arias has

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Speaker 2: already peaked as a hitter this season and he won't

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Speaker 1: Fair, it's a fair ball.

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Speaker 5: Ted Williams is the last player to hit four hundred,

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Speaker 5: and that was in nineteen forty one, eighty two years ago.

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Speaker 5: than With all due respect to Arias, ending the first

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Speaker 1: What more could we expect?

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Speaker 5: And he's currently hitting three seventy six, which is almost

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Speaker 5: was about as hot a hitter as can be in

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Speaker 5: and that's just not going to happen. But anything over

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Speaker 5: three point fifty in this day and age is incredible,

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Speaker 5: so that would be a crazy season for him. Josh

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Speaker 5: Hamilton was the last person to hit three fifty in

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Speaker 5: twenty ten. We can get excited about Arias, but let's

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Speaker 5: be realistic. He ain't hitting four hundred.

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Speaker 1: It's time for the pocket protector centrum. The analytic numbers

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Speaker 1: you need to know.

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Speaker 2: Well, maybe Anthony Masterson is his name, BS analytics is

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Speaker 3: What do you got for me, Anthony?

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Speaker 6: The new rule changes this year brought about a myriad

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Speaker 6: of improvements in the game, especially from last season, but

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Speaker 6: even with game times about a half hour shorter than

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Speaker 6: last season. We're seeing big jumps in offense. Scoring is

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Speaker 6: Stolen bases are still being pilferd at what would be

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Speaker 6: a record eighty percent clip, while leak average and ops

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Speaker 6: are at their highest marks in five years. This was

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Speaker 6: none more apparent than on Tuesday, where we saw one

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Speaker 6: of the most offensive days in MLB history. There were

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Speaker 6: four different games across the league that saw each team

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Speaker 6: score ten plus runs, the first time that's happened in

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Speaker 6: the modern era, and according to Elia Sports, the first

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Speaker 6: during Grover Cleveland's second term in the White House. There

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Speaker 6: were no double headers on Tuesday either, so only fifteen

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Speaker 6: Total runs were the fifth most on a single day

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Speaker 4: Twelve different teams scored.

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Speaker 6: Ten plus runs, which is the first time that has

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Speaker 6: Al Central teams scored double digits. Yeah, the division that

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Speaker 6: Multi home run games for the first time this season

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Speaker 6: as well. Sure the hot weather helps, but offense is

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Speaker 1: Turned money into more money. Now it's time for betting

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Speaker 1: on the basis with Dave Gascott.

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Speaker 4: Love that money, Love that money.

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Speaker 3: Rob.

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Speaker 7: What's up Man? A brand new week in a baseball

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Speaker 7: on Who would have thought the city of Baltimore could

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Speaker 7: Zach Eflin versus Kyle Bradish in that pitching matchup. E

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Speaker 7: take Tampa and Friday Night's festivities. Different scene though in Detroit,

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Speaker 7: Padres are desperate to fight themselves in a playoff spot,

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Speaker 7: on Friday Night as well Rangers and Dodgers. That will

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Speaker 7: take place in Arlington, which is a launching pad of

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Speaker 7: It should be one of the highlights of the weekend.

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Speaker 7: Two of the highest scoring teams at all Major League

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Speaker 7: Baseball will fight it out over the weekend, so I

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Speaker 7: expect plenty of runs in this contest.

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Speaker 1: When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto.

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Speaker 1: If I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring in a writer

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Speaker 1: or broadcaster older new Now let's.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into the podcast friend of mine, Dan Hayes, who's

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Speaker 2: been covering baseball for a long time but now covers

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Speaker 2: the Minnesota Twins for The Athletic.

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Speaker 3: Dan, welcome to the podcast.

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Speaker 4: How are you, buddy, I'm good, Rob, It's good to

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Speaker 4: be on man. Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 2: No doubt the Minnesota Twins do they want to win

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Speaker 2: the AL Central?

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Speaker 3: Like every year?

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Speaker 2: Last year I thought they were gonna win the Central.

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Speaker 2: They faded and the Guardians wound up winning.

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Speaker 2: You know, as we start Wednesday, the Twins are a

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Speaker 3: My wrong.

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Speaker 8: I mean, I think they're going to, but I wouldn't

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Speaker 2: Not I thought him as the DH was going to

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Speaker 1: Tom.

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Speaker 3: I'm surprised.

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Speaker 4: Look, I wonder if the knee still isn't quite as strong.

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Speaker 8: As it's surgery last year to end the season, and

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Speaker 8: I don't know where that is. I mean, they've done

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Speaker 4: He's dealing with a lot.

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Speaker 8: He's the oldest twenty nine year old probably in the

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Speaker 8: because there's not a harder worker, There's not a better

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Speaker 4: His teammates love him, they know what he does to

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Speaker 8: Last year we're talking about, you know, he knew in April,

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Speaker 8: I still just don't think it's totally right, But I mean,

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Speaker 8: And he's struggling with me. He's saying one ninety six

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Speaker 8: When you know, as your leader goes, you go. And

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Speaker 2: That was pulled from him, and he winds up going

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Speaker 2: we got them back. The Twins went out, spent some money,

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Speaker 2: know where they upset that they did wind up bringing

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Speaker 4: No, I think they're happy that they brought him back.

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Speaker 8: But it's funny he's getting the Joe Mauer treatment, and

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Speaker 4: To their favorite players like it.

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Speaker 8: He was getting booed in April and May had to

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Speaker 8: Joe Mauer went through. The one thing that's really good

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Speaker 8: it's been a rough run to start for him because

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Speaker 4: Last year, they were like twenty two, the second.

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Speaker 8: Most DL day are il days in baseball, and everybody said, well,

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Speaker 8: Correa got hot when it didn't matter, and actually he

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Speaker 8: even though he had a tremendous season. I think he'll

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Speaker 8: be just fine, but it definitely has been rocky. Not

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Speaker 8: his fault, Like fans just have high expectations, didn't I

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Speaker 8: get it?

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Speaker 4: They should?

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Speaker 8: I mean, Turner billions a lot of money in Minnesota.

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Speaker 8: It's the biggest contract ever, beating Joe Mauers by sixteen million.

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Speaker 8: But there's there's some parts of it that they're just

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Speaker 8: it's been fun to watch. He's handled it all very well,

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Speaker 8: I thought, but it's been you know, interesting at times.

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Speaker 3: Our guest is Dan Hayes.

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Speaker 2: He covers the Minnesota Twins for The Athletic, longtime baseball writer.

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Speaker 2: Let me ask you this. You talked about the pitching.

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Speaker 2: Tell me who's stepped up for the Twins. And when

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a great opportunity here, right, for the Twins.

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Speaker 2: Just tell me who has really been the best and

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Speaker 8: As far as pitching, Lopez, his numbers are somewhat deceiving,

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Speaker 8: but you know, coming over for Luisa Rising that trade

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Speaker 4: But Pablo's pretty good.

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Speaker 8: Joe Ryan's done a really nice job in his second

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Speaker 4: And then you.

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Speaker 4: His defense bailed him out.

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Speaker 8: He is a two seventy four yara and he's at

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Speaker 8: twenty seven strikeouts in twenty innings. And if you're getting

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Speaker 8: Those guys have both been hurt. You know, Jorge Lopez

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Speaker 8: Like three fists of their main guys in the bullpen

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Speaker 8: But I mean, there really hasn't been too many games

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Speaker 2: And you mentioned Sonny Gray, who you know early on,

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Speaker 3: Where did he come from? Early on?

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Speaker 2: But now you just said he has been one in

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Speaker 4: I mean one everybody looks up to him.

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Speaker 4: You know, he's a guy who cares so much.

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Speaker 4: He had four.

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Speaker 8: he'll right the ship even with all these struggles. I

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Speaker 8: everybody in baseball is throwing the sweeper. I'm developing one myself.

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Speaker 3: There you go. I just don't think yours are that good, though.

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Speaker 2: I'm just saying, no, that's why you're still a baseball rider,

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Speaker 8: But I think he's maybe over relied on it. I mean,

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Speaker 4: Bit, which is his bread and butter.

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Speaker 8: So I think he'll figure it out, Uh, take some

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Speaker 4: He's had terrible and support all season. He's probably felt

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Speaker 8: To pitch them to victory, and you know, one blowout

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Speaker 2: His name is Dan Hayes. He covers the Twins for

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Speaker 2: the Athletic.

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Speaker 3: Check him out. Dan. Always a pleasure man. Hopefully I'll

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Speaker 3: see you down the road. Damn my man.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely great to talk.

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Speaker 3: To you, Rob, no doubt.

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Speaker 4: Stay well, all right, thanks dude, that was awesome.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate that. Yeah, well, appreciate that. Hopefully I'll see you.

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Speaker 2: Like I said, at some point before the season ends.

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Speaker 8: Hey, real quick, what do you think about step three

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Speaker 2: It is intriguing because CP three the offense is different

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Speaker 2: from what he plays, you know what I mean. I'm

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Speaker 2: still trying to figure out how that's really going to work,

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Speaker 2: I know, especially at his age, especially with the possibility

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Speaker 2: of you know, him being heard all the time. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's an interesting trade to me.

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Speaker 4: I do love.

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Speaker 8: I love Sarik that they played together and or sorry

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Speaker 8: whatever and Cominga could totally get unlocked just by him.

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Speaker 3: Minga has shown signs right.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and Moody, and Moody has been the best of

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Speaker 4: the trio.

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Speaker 8: Like Wiseman obviously got shipped out because just couldn't do

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Speaker 8: anything that Steph needed him to do. But like Minga

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Speaker 8: just needs a little bit more. Like I love the

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Speaker 8: group that they brought in. They just they brought in

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Speaker 8: guys who were willing to be second you know guys,

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Speaker 8: although CP might not be we'll see, well, we'll.

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Speaker 3: See he's already belly.

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Speaker 4: Ach and here, Hey, I love that Trace Jackson Davis

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Speaker 4: pick too. That was great.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, the height about that team. You saw what

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Speaker 2: the Lakers did to the because I just can't be

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Speaker 2: that's the only thing.

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Speaker 4: Hopefully they signed some big man with that fourteenth spot.

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Speaker 4: We'll see you get talking.

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Speaker 3: A wry buddy, yep, stay well, take.

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Speaker 4: Care are you too? Now?

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Speaker 1: Bring in the closer. Right, Here's why MLB is better

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Speaker 1: than the NFL or NBA, and it isn't even close.

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Speaker 2: Reason Number four hundred and fifty five why Major League

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Speaker 2: Baseball is better than the NBA and the NFL.

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Speaker 3: It's because of the trade deadline.

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Speaker 2: Yes, all the buzz around baseball is about the trade deadline.

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Speaker 2: You know, in the NFL there aren't that many trades

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Speaker 2: and and you know not to change the season four team.

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Speaker 3: In the NBA, there have been some big trades.

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Speaker 2: But baseball and the you know the trade deadline that

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Speaker 2: comes up a week from Whendnesday. This past Wednesday, there

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Speaker 2: have been some big deals and people are buzzing. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: show hal Tani's on the table there for a lot

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Speaker 2: of teams. Here's a couple of big deals that happened

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Speaker 2: at the trade deadline.

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Speaker 3: If you could remember.

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Speaker 2: Mark Tis Scherer, if you can remember, was traded from

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Speaker 2: Texas to the Angels. That dates back to two thousand

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Speaker 2: and eight. He's a big time player. How about this

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Speaker 2: one in nineteen ninety eight, Randy Johnson, a Hall of Famer,

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Speaker 2: goes from Seattle to the Astros. That's what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 2: A Hall of Famer was moved at the trade deadline.

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Speaker 2: Here's another big trade. Back in two thousand and eight, C. C.

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Speaker 2: Sabathia was dealt to the Brewers from the Cleveland Indians.

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Speaker 2: At the time, that one was a big trade. There

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Speaker 2: have been a ton of them. How about this Another one,

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Speaker 2: two thousand and eight was a banner year for the

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Speaker 2: trade deadline. Manny were Miras went to the Dodgers. You

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Speaker 2: remember many would everybody was crazy about Manny when he

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Speaker 2: came from the Red Sox to LA. And then another

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Speaker 2: one that really helped the Mets, if you remember twenty fifteen,

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Speaker 2: Cesspidis Joanncespenis went to the Mets from the Tigers and

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Speaker 2: that propelled the Mets to the World Series in twenty

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Speaker 2: fifteen against Kansas City. Cesspanis was a big piece, came

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Speaker 2: from Detroit. So the trade deadline is one of those

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Speaker 2: things that's uniquely baseball. There are NBA trade deadlines, and

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Speaker 2: I'm not saying they aren't not really in the NFL,

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Speaker 2: but the baseball buzz on this one is outstanding, and

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Speaker 2: everybody wants to know the show. Hey get dealt and

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Speaker 2: some of these other big teams are they going to

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Speaker 2: be moving big time stars because their teams are falling

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Speaker 2: out of it. In the words of New York teav

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Speaker 2: legend the Lady Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time

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Speaker 2: this time until next time.

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Speaker 3: Rob Parker out he can't, Gavin. This could be an

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Speaker 3: inside of Parker.

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Speaker 1: See you next week, same bat time, same batt station,