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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 seventy six, Rob Parker. Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rob Parker. What a show we have

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Speaker 1: for you today. Mets rookie outfielder Nick Plumber stops by.

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Speaker 1: Plus we'll talk with Scott Miller, who are rights regular

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Speaker 1: baseball coverage for the New York Times. That plus foul

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Speaker 1: or fair? Let's go up to lead off. It's getting

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

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

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles Angels have fired veteran manager Joe and and

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Speaker 1: I shook up the baseball world. People couldn't believe it.

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Speaker 1: Of course, Madden was the manager of the Chicago Cubs

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Speaker 1: when they broke that hundred year drought and they won

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Speaker 1: was too quick to pull the trigger on a veteran

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Speaker 1: guy with an impressive resume, But you can't accept twelve

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Speaker 1: straight losses, and you can't accept when teams aren't playing

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Speaker 1: well and aren't hitting and pitching and running the bases

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Speaker 1: and doing the stuff that you're supposed to do. And

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Speaker 1: if we're gonna give managers credit when they win, we

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Speaker 1: reminds me a little bit of when Terry Francona got

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Speaker 1: He got fired because the clubhouse had become sloppy and

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Speaker 1: I know it's tough, but we saw Joe Girardi. He

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Speaker 1: know what, in the first four games for the Phillies

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Speaker 1: that's what happened with Joe Madden number two. Wow, did

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Speaker 1: Marcus Simeon have a day? Are you kidding me? Marcus Simeon,

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Speaker 1: On Tuesday night in Cleveland and a doubleheader, Simeon was unbelievable, unstoppable.

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Speaker 1: He had seven hits and three home runs. Simeon, of course,

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Speaker 1: What a day at the plate. We remember last year

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Speaker 1: And he signed the big deal in the off season

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Speaker 1: the New York Times. And let's speaking of New York.

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Speaker 1: You know, rob, when you hear baseball players describe a

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Speaker 1: And I think the Milwaukee Brewers win the National League

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Speaker 1: David Stearns, well managed by by field manager Correct Counsel.

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Speaker 1: A lot of good weapons on that team, and chief

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Speaker 1: cannot over emphasize how good this guy is. If if

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Speaker 1: He is so good. His name is Scott Millerman. Check

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Speaker 1: out his baseball coverage in the New York Times. One

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Speaker 1: of my friends. Scott, appreciate you always now bring in

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Speaker 1: the clothes there. Here's why MLB is better than the

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Speaker 1: NFL or NBA, and it isn't even close. Reason number

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Speaker 1: four hundred and ninety nine. Why Major League Baseball is

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Speaker 1: better than the NBA and the NFL. It's All Star time.

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Speaker 1: The All Star ballot is out and fans can officially vote.

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Speaker 1: The voting is underway. You can vote for which position

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Speaker 1: And uh, you know what I love that baseball allows

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Speaker 1: given some voting to the media, the fans and the players.

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Speaker 1: We know how that's going in the NBA, where players

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Speaker 1: It's the fans game, the All Star Game. Let them

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Speaker 1: see who they want. Let them enjoy the All Star Game.

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Speaker 1: That's what I love about baseball. Never ever take it

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Speaker 1: the words of New York TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen,

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Speaker 1: thanking you for your time this time until next time.

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Speaker 1: Rob Parker out he can't get it. This could be

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Speaker 1: an inside the parker to see you next weekend, same

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