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Speaker 1: From the Burkes shears to the sound from wherever you

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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 eight six, Rob Parker. Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I am your host, Rob Parker. Coming up on the show,

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Speaker 1: we'll have former Major League er and Spectrum Sports net

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Speaker 1: be joined by Chris mccoski, who covers the Detroit Tigers

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Speaker 1: for the Detroit News, will preview their season, that and

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Speaker 1: much more. Let's go to lead off it's getting robbed

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

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Speaker 1: biggest stories in Major League Baseball. Number one, It's a

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Speaker 1: done deal in Cincinnati, Yes, sir. The University of Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: has decided that the petition started by some current players

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Speaker 1: Number two, of all teams that will benefit from this

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Speaker 1: And even worse than that is that they won't get

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Speaker 1: you hear me? That's me doing a happy dance. Nobody

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Speaker 1: is happier in Baseball America than yours, truly. Yes, baseball

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Speaker 1: Robert's going on? Man? Thanks have me absolutely and Jerry,

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Speaker 1: It's not a sprint. Guess what. You can't say it

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Speaker 1: What do you got for me, Anthony, Well, Rob, So

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