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Speaker 1: This is Inside the Parker presented by Blue Moon Made Brighter.

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Speaker 1: Baseball's biggest stars have gathered in Seattle, and we've got

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Speaker 1: the biggest of them all coming to you live from

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Speaker 1: the Midsummer Classic. Here's Baseball Hall of Fame voter number seven,

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Speaker 1: Rob Parker.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 3: I'm your host, Rob Parker for this very special all

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Speaker 3: Star edition from Seattle. And man, what a show we

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Speaker 3: have for you today, including former Seattle Mariners outfielder Mike Cameron.

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Speaker 2: A little history.

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Speaker 3: He was once traded for Ken Griffy Junior. He drops by,

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Speaker 3: we'll talk to him. Plus foul affair, all that much more.

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Speaker 1: Let's go better to lead off. It's getting robbed to

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

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Speaker 1: stories in Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 3: Number one, of course, the big buzz here in Seattle

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Speaker 3: was about the home run Derby, which kicks off on

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Speaker 3: Monday night. And yes, Mookie Bets will partake in this

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Speaker 3: home run derby, and that'll be interesting. From the Los

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Speaker 3: Angeles Dodgers, what a season he's happening. Twenty six home runs,

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Speaker 3: get this ten from the leadoff spot, and that says

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Speaker 3: a lot for Mookie Bets becuz he ties Bobby.

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Speaker 2: Bonds, the former San Francisco Giant.

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Speaker 3: Great with the most home runs in the leadoff spot,

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Speaker 3: which is ten before the All Star break in Major

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Speaker 3: League Baseball history, and that dates back to nineteen seventy

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Speaker 3: three with Bobby Bonds. So this is not something that

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Speaker 3: happens that often. But Mookie Bets really really swinging the

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Speaker 3: bat well twenty six home runs. Had two home runs

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Speaker 3: against the Angels on Friday night. He had another one

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Speaker 3: on Saturday, three in his last two games, twenty six

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Speaker 3: again on this season. It'll be interesting if he has

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Speaker 3: a chance to win this and add to the already

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Speaker 3: incredible season he's having.

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Speaker 2: One of the big.

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Speaker 3: Competitors, of course, is Pete Alonzo, who wanted a couple

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Speaker 3: of years ago for the Mets, the big first basement slugger.

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Speaker 3: He's a guy you gotta always look at. He has

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Speaker 3: won it, so this will be interesting in Seattle. I'm

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Speaker 3: assuming that the Dome will be open in Seattle, which

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Speaker 3: should lend itself with some air and the ball carrying,

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Speaker 3: so the home run derby, which is turned into a

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Speaker 3: big night all onto itself is something to look forward to.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna pick Mookie Bets. He's been swinging a hot

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Speaker 3: home run beat six home runs in his last ten games,

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Speaker 3: three over the last two games against the Angels before

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Speaker 3: the break. I'm betting on Bets Mookie Bets to win

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Speaker 3: the home run derby. You heard it here first on

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Speaker 3: Inside the.

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Speaker 2: Parker Number two.

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Speaker 3: Thank goodness, sho he Otani is a two way player.

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Speaker 3: It would have been a shame if we didn't get

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Speaker 3: to see him participate. We remember he got a blister

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Speaker 3: in his last start, forced him out of a game,

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Speaker 3: pitcher in the American League for the All Star team.

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Speaker 2: But he is going to play.

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Speaker 3: He's in Seattle, He's going to DH and at least

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Speaker 3: we're going to see hopefully he'll get two, maybe three

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Speaker 3: and that'll be great. I think the best part about

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Speaker 2: The game is.

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Speaker 3: Already miss an Aaron Judge and some other big time stars,

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Speaker 3: And I'm sure the fans will appreciate that he didn't

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Speaker 3: unbelievable first half on pace with Aaron Judges, who said

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Speaker 3: And of course, the second half of the season kicks

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Speaker 3: the next couple of weeks will be very very important.

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Speaker 3: Some teams could fall out of the race and start selling.

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Speaker 3: I know people think I'm crazy. I'm a sugar. I

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Speaker 3: I don't believe in the Arizona Diamondbacks, don't believe in.

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Speaker 2: The Florida Marlins.

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Speaker 3: Are those are some spots I'm looking at and saying

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Speaker 3: Max Schurzer and Justin Verlander are better than they've been

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Speaker 3: Star studded lineup in San Diego. Some of the guys

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Speaker 3: I just believe that ultimately, in the course of one

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Speaker 3: and those two teams are going to do it. By hooker,

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Speaker 3: a nice little stretch where they won five in a

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Speaker 3: the Mets. They needed that. It was in San Diego.

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Speaker 3: So I'm I'm going against everybody else.

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Speaker 2: If you watch.

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Speaker 3: Everybody on MLB Network going against me in the debate,

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Speaker 3: they're all burying the Mets, burying the Padres.

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna do it.

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Speaker 3: I say they both make the postseason and they will

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Speaker 3: not be selling off their teams, neither one.

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Speaker 1: It was a big week in the Big leaguess a

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

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Speaker 3: Chicago Cubs started Marcus Stroman, who is having a career season,

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Speaker 3: has decided not to participate in the MLB All Star

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Speaker 3: Game despite being selected and having a chance to start

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Speaker 3: the game. Jr. Is it foul or fair of Stroman

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Speaker 2: That is a foul ball.

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Speaker 4: As much as we love Strochow and understand that he's

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Speaker 4: his career had an opportunity to start an All Star game.

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Speaker 1: Give me one inning, dude, give me one inning.

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Speaker 4: That swag, that fire you bring to baseball that has

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Speaker 4: to be seen on a large stage, and he represents

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Speaker 4: for the black pitchers, and any young aspiring pitcher of

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Speaker 1: So sure, I'm a bit disappointed.

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Speaker 4: Making the All Star Game is an honor, and when

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Speaker 4: the league. We need to see that brother Strow on

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Speaker 4: the mound. That means everything to the fans. And while

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Speaker 4: his reasons are legit, and the Cubs might be making

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Speaker 4: NBA than MLB. Let's go Strow. It's time for the

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Speaker 4: pocket protector Centro. The analytic numbers you need to know, Well, maybe.

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Speaker 3: Anthony Masterson is his name, BS analytics is his game.

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Speaker 2: What do you got for me? Anthony?

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Speaker 5: The All Star Game is back in the Pacific North

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Speaker 5: for the first time in twenty two years, and it's

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Speaker 5: bound to be a memorable one as long as injuries

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Speaker 5: thirty first time All Stars and eight nations represented, including

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Speaker 5: a record eight All Stars from Cuba, this year will

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Speaker 5: truly be a snapshot of the international game. The fun

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Speaker 5: fast can start with who else? Shoheo Tani, a triple

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Speaker 5: Game history to start three straight, joining David Ortiz, but

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Speaker 5: he's also the first player in MLB history to have

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Speaker 5: twice in a career, and only the sixth player ever

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Speaker 5: to do it once. Ronald Lekunya Junior is the only

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Speaker 5: player in MLB history with twenty homers and forty steals

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Speaker 5: before the break, and is currently on pace for an

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Speaker 5: unconscionable forty home run seventy seven steel season. The Rangers

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Speaker 5: won nine straight All Star Games. Another win can make

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Speaker 3: Baseball's biggest stars are gathered in Seattle this week. The

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Speaker 3: We're so good All right now, let's welcome in on

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 3: His name is Mike Cameron. Going back to Seattle, all

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Speaker 1: Rob, Now bring in the closer right. Here's why MLB

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Speaker 3: Reason number five hundred and ninety five why Major League

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Speaker 2: So every fan base can get involved and.

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Speaker 3: the NBA or maybe the NFL, where their teams they're

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Speaker 3: not represented, and and and you're watching these All Star

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Speaker 3: games or and and there's no representation. Baseball doesn't get

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Speaker 3: everything right, but Baseball gets this right. They let the

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Speaker 3: fans vote to see who they want to see, and

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Speaker 3: they make sure that there's at least one All Star

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Speaker 3: from every team. So when you tune in on Tuesday

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Speaker 3: night and all the greatest players in the league line up,

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Speaker 3: your team will be called and one of your players

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Speaker 3: will be on that baseline being introduced in the words

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Speaker 3: of New York TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen, thanking

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Speaker 3: you for your time this time, until next time, Rob

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Speaker 3: Parker Out.

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