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Speaker 1: live in MLB America. This is Inside the Parker. You

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Speaker 1: give us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the

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Speaker 1: scoop on Major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of

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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, the All MLB Podcast. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Rob Parker. What a show we have for you today.

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Speaker 1: First up, MLB Hall of Famer Rod Carew with that

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Speaker 1: sweet swing. We'll talk about his new book. Also from

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Speaker 1: the Marquee Sports networking on the Cub's new TV network,

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Speaker 1: we will talk to Cole Wright. He will give us

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Speaker 1: a preview about the Cubs. That and much more. But first,

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Speaker 1: it's getting robbed to lead off. It's getting robbed to

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Speaker 1: keep him on. Rob's hot take on the three biggest

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Speaker 1: stories in Major League Baseball. Number one. Baseball fans relax,

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Speaker 1: I get it. The initial talk between the owners and

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Speaker 1: the players union doesn't sound good. People are in a panic.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, are they not gonna play baseball in?

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Speaker 1: Will it be eighteen months before we see baseball again?

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Speaker 1: I'm just not in that camp. I understand the players

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Speaker 1: I also understand the owners. You can't give out money

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Speaker 1: And this whole idea of saving pictures from getting hurt,

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Speaker 1: I just don't remember too many pictures ever getting hurt

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Speaker 1: Life's curve Balls. It was a honor and a privilege

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Speaker 1: so much. Rob. It's time for the pocket Protector Central

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Speaker 1: I know it's a lot, but describing the tireless work

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Speaker 1: Willie Mays, Hank Garrant, Mike Schmidt, all saying that that

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Speaker 1: is wrong. And they all say that Dick Allen belongs

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Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame. Mark I love your passion

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Speaker 1: for Dick Allen. We'll see if he makes it into

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Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. In the words of New York

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Speaker 1: TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your

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Speaker 1: time this time until next time. Rob Parker out he

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Speaker 1: see it next week, same bad time, same basination. Ajos

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