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Speaker 1: From the Burke 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 one oh three, Rob Parker. Welcome into

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Speaker 1: the Inside the Parker Podcast. Rob Parker, here you there,

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Speaker 1: What a big show we have for you today. We're

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Speaker 1: going to talk with Nick Swisher, to former outfield, the

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Speaker 1: first baseman and Fox Sports one analysts also stopping by.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk to an NBA hooper. That's right, Eddie House,

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Speaker 1: who's a huge baseball fan. He'll talk about his hometown, Oakland,

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Speaker 1: A's and his love for the game, plus that and

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Speaker 1: much more. Let's go up to lead off. It's getting

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

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Speaker 1: New York Metropolitans are bawling. I ripped them. I told

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Speaker 1: them they were bad, that they should be sellers at

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Speaker 1: Mets are right there. I mean, obviously have to jump

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Speaker 1: over a lot of people, but this is an incredible story. Now.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna poop poo their hot streak because since

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Speaker 1: This has been built on beating up bad teams. Out

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Speaker 1: of those games that they've played since the break, only

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Speaker 1: All Star break, so they have feasted on bad teams.

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Speaker 1: But I'm not gonna beat them up for that. They

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Speaker 1: Do I think they're gonna make the playoffs and jump

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Speaker 1: over four other teams? I don't think so. But if

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Speaker 1: I think when the Mets went to the World Series.

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Speaker 1: they do against some of the better teams as we

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Speaker 1: move forward. Number two. On Monday, the Boston Red Sox

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Speaker 1: snapped their eight game losing streak. They were awful. You

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Speaker 1: David Price. We're talking about guys who have been there,

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Speaker 1: I don't believe there's a comeback. They're pitching is raggedy.

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Speaker 1: It's not the same team, and and this is the

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Speaker 1: weird part. They've actually scored the most runs in the

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Speaker 1: All right, let's welcome in former Major League outfielder and

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Speaker 1: This guy was an All Star in also won a

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Speaker 1: Thanks for being on the podcast anytime. Rob. You know

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Speaker 1: just admit it, they pick up Zack Greggy to add

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Speaker 1: it again for the second time in three years? Well, Rob,

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Speaker 1: And that's what you have to do. You gotta pet

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Speaker 1: an opportunity too. But you have to play baseball, Eddie.

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Speaker 1: We got thirty seconds. You just mentioned home runs. Are

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Speaker 1: mean they're leaving the yard? Are you cool with it?

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's cool for the I like I

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Speaker 1: That's what I like about baseball. I mean, it's cool

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Speaker 1: rather see if uh, and I think we will see that.

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Speaker 1: It'll start shrinking down in these playoffs. When the playoffs come,

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Speaker 1: I don't think the ball will be jumping out of

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Speaker 1: There you go. His name is Eddie House, of course,

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Speaker 1: NBA champion in two thousand and eight with the Boston Celtics.

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Speaker 1: A huge baseball fan. And let me tell you, Eddie

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Speaker 1: and I text. We talked baseball when we see each

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Speaker 1: other working at FS one. So uh, Eddie, great to

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Speaker 1: have you on the program. Man, We appreciate you. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for having me man anytime. Brothers now bringing the closer.

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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. It's simple. August twenty three.

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Speaker 1: August Major League Baseball will allow players to put nicknames

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Speaker 1: than the NFL. This is creative. Baseball normally doesn't do this.

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Speaker 1: They're not normally fan friendly. They're not normally thinking outside

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Speaker 1: the box. With all the traditions that come in baseball.

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Speaker 1: The idea that a player could come up with some

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Speaker 1: that weekend, I think that's awesome. Hats off, major League Baseball,

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Speaker 1: you got it right. In the words of New York

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Speaker 1: TV legend of Late Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your

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Speaker 1: time this time until next time. Rob Parker out. This

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Speaker 1: could be an inside the Parker see you next week.

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