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Speaker 1: From the Berkshars 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.

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Speaker 3: I'm your host, Rob Parker. Oh what a show we

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Speaker 3: have for you today. Jerry Harriston Junior, the former Major

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Speaker 3: League infielder and outfielder and analyst for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Speaker 3: He'll stop by talk about the Dodgers, talk about the

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Speaker 3: NL West and the surprise is there.

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Speaker 2: Plus we have.

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Speaker 3: Foul affair Jr. Gamble stops by that and much more.

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Speaker 3: Let's go.

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Speaker 1: Burter up to lead off. It's getting robbed to keep

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

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Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball. Number one.

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Speaker 3: I'm not trying to be a party pooper or pooh pooh.

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Speaker 3: What Ellie de la Cruz has done for the Cincinnati Reds.

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Speaker 3: What a story. This guy's got five tools, he's fast

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Speaker 3: as to win, he's an exciting player, he talks a

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Speaker 3: big game, got energy and all that. But can we

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Speaker 3: pump the brakes for a minute. Shouldn't Jordan Walker be

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Speaker 3: getting more love and more energy and more press. Ellie

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Speaker 3: de la Cruz has been an unbelievable What Jordan Walker

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Speaker 3: has been better? This kid started his major league career

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Speaker 3: spring training, had a twelve game hitting streak in his

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Speaker 3: rookie to do it, and the first to do it

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Speaker 3: since two thousand and one. I mean, this doesn't come

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Speaker 3: and Jordan Walk is a quiet kid and just gets

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Speaker 3: we are almost at All Star Breaking's Batton three TOZH

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Speaker 3: three coming into Wednesday, Ellie's banned two ninety nine with

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Speaker 3: about Ellie should be at the All Star Game.

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Speaker 2: Hello, is this on?

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Speaker 3: Excuse me? Jordan Walker better be at the All Star Game.

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Speaker 3: If there's any rookie going to the All Star Game.

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Speaker 3: From the National League. I mean, come on, let's not

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Speaker 3: be a prisoner of the moment. And one last thing

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Speaker 3: coming into Wednesday, Ellie was oh for his last thirteen

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Speaker 3: I'm just saying number two. All right. Over one point

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Speaker 3: five million fans attended MLB games last weekend for the

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Speaker 3: numbers are accurate. I go to ballgames. Hello, last weekend.

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Speaker 3: I was at the Yankees Rangers game on Saturday, the

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Speaker 3: I don't just talk about baseball.

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Speaker 2: I go, I watch.

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Speaker 3: But the real question is is it because of the

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Speaker 3: I mentioned I've just talked.

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Speaker 4: About it Ellie and Jordan Walker, and you know, you

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Speaker 4: already got the Mookie Betts's and the Aaron Judge and

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Speaker 3: I think the rule changes have been good. I love

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Speaker 3: That's why they PLoP down their money. That's why their

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Speaker 3: turnstiles are turning. In Major League Baseball, it is a renaissance.

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Speaker 3: The talent pool is incredible. Number Three, the Baseball All

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Speaker 3: He needs to participate. The sport is buzzing. Fans want

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Speaker 3: I'm not doing that. Well. He's a spectacle to watch

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Speaker 3: Come on, show, Hey, show, Hey me the home run

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Speaker 3: It's so good. All right, now, let's welcome into the

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Speaker 3: podcast former Major League outfielder infielder Jerry Harriston Junior Jerry,

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Speaker 3: for sports net LA. Jerry, Welcome to the podcast. How

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Speaker 3: are you, buddy?

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Speaker 5: I'm doing well? How you doing, Jerry?

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Speaker 3: Let's go here. Okay, Dodgers coming into Wednesday third place

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Speaker 3: What? What do you see, Jerry? You watch every night?

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Speaker 3: Back, no, no doubt, There's no doubt about it. Jerry

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Speaker 3: of course, a former Major league player, won a championship

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Speaker 3: I think he's one of the most quiet pickups free

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Speaker 5: He has been absolutely amazing. And now I bet the

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Speaker 2: It was a big week in the Big League? Who's

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Speaker 2: Gamboll Jr.

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Speaker 3: Is it foul or fair to say that Milwaukee Brewers

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Speaker 3: pitcher Devin Williams is the best MLB BRO closer since

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Speaker 2: Fair? It's a fair ball?

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Speaker 6: Well, we haven't seen many bro closers since the great

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Speaker 1: It's time for the pocket Protector centrom. The analytic numbers

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Speaker 3: Well, maybe Anthony Masterson is his name, BS analytics is

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Speaker 7: What more can you possibly say about Sho Heo Tani?

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Speaker 7: Well on his way to another MVP. Otani might have

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Speaker 7: Papas on August twenty seventh, nineteen sixty one might have

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Speaker 7: He's been at his best at the dish when shoving

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Speaker 7: Spencer Strider and all of baseball. It's high school stuff,

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Speaker 2: Turn money into more money.

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Speaker 8: Rob brand New Weekend of Baseball Show hel Otani continues

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Speaker 8: to dominate on the American League side while the Angels

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Speaker 1: Here's why MLB is better than the NFL or NBA,

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Speaker 1: and it isn't even close.

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

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