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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 eighty three, Rob Parker. Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rob Parker, and what a show we

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Speaker 1: have for you today from MLB Network. We have Fran Charles,

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Speaker 1: the host of MLB Tonight. He's gonna talk to us

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Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball. That plus foul affair. Let's go

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Speaker 1: up to lead off, it's getting robbed and keep him on.

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Speaker 1: Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major

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Speaker 1: League Baseball. Number one, the trade deadline is quickly approaching

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Speaker 1: on Friday, rumors going all over the play and of course,

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Speaker 1: to me, the biggest fish out there is National starter

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Speaker 1: Max Scherzer. We already know stud picture live arm, tremendous competitor.

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Speaker 1: Add him to your rotation and you have a shot. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: the Nationals won a championship already with Max Scherzer. But

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Speaker 1: are the Dodgers and the Giants. The Giants are the

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Speaker 1: surprise team in the NL West. Nobody thought they would

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Speaker 1: be in first place as we quickly approach August. It

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Speaker 1: They might go and try to do whatever they can

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Speaker 1: to secure Serzer, which would immensely help their chances of

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Speaker 1: don't know why they wouldn't go in there. Already have

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Speaker 1: On Wednesday evening number two sources told ESPN that Dodgers

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Speaker 1: UH Baseball originally put him on the UH administrative leave

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Speaker 1: UH the plans the Dodgers had for him. When Trevor

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Speaker 1: One of my favorite people and a multi talented talent

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Speaker 1: tell us about Jack Lider and the expectations and for him, well,

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Speaker 1: a great eight of our rotation. I should say. All right,

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Speaker 1: there is Malik right from MLB bro dot com. Check

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Speaker 1: him out. He does great work for the website. Alright, Malike,

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Speaker 1: It's Jones and for baseball fans, take on the game.

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Speaker 1: We love. Hello everyone, this is Jones Whittness. I hope

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Speaker 1: everyone is doing well. I gotta just be honest really quick.

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Speaker 1: I'm not excited for this one right here. The last

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Speaker 1: Protects from the Pirates, and a stable in the Twins

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Speaker 1: But despite all that, there's something else I saw last

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Speaker 1: the Giants first just series. Now, one might think, out

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Speaker 1: what's so special about this one? Bro, Well, since you're

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Speaker 1: listening to this podcast, that means you weren't born in

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Speaker 1: the last week, so you already know that this series

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Speaker 1: pointans I meaning, what's that stake as a result of

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Speaker 1: the game, But this time I found myself stuck. I

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Speaker 1: but the score was three to two in the seven

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Speaker 1: and the Giants on four runs in that inning. Fast

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Speaker 1: forward to the next game, Will Smith got they get

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Speaker 1: the top of the night and the finale another Lady

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Speaker 1: innage surged by the Giants ty to post them over

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers to win the series three one. But hold

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Speaker 1: up though, don't think I'll mag just ignore the act.

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Speaker 1: The Buster Posey and it's twelfth season is hitting three

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Speaker 1: go with a OPS over nine fifty as a catcher.

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Speaker 1: And if you missed the series last week, I've got

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Speaker 1: great news for you. The same team started a brand

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Speaker 1: new series on Tuesday, with the Giants taking the first

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Speaker 1: to three games and claiming the best record in the

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Speaker 1: league in the top spot in the NL West. Day

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Speaker 1: by day, we're inching closer to the finish line of

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Speaker 1: the season with trades happening in every day now were

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Speaker 1: setting up for a dramatic finish to the season and

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Speaker 1: which many teams who were right there shalon reach in theory,

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Speaker 1: could make some deals that could catapult them to the top.

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Speaker 1: This is exactly why we watched the game. We love

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Speaker 1: baseball now bringing the close here, MLB. It's better than

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

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Speaker 1: Number four hundred and nine D five. Why Major League

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Speaker 1: NFL is that in Detroit they have started to countdown

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Speaker 1: at America Park the idea that yes, Miguel Cabrera, Miggy

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Speaker 1: MIGGI is UH five home run shy of five hundred

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Speaker 1: the rum of possibility. But the five home run shy

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Speaker 1: five hundred means that there could be a special day

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Speaker 1: to be at America Park to watch Miguel Cabrera, one

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Speaker 1: of the all time great UH hitters right hand hitters

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Speaker 1: in baseball. UH, you know, perform, perform and reach these milestones.

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Speaker 1: So if you're at America Park in like left center field,

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Speaker 1: every time he gets a home run or a hit,

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame vote. So there is something to be

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Speaker 1: much better of late. But Miguel Cabrera tracking history. In

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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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