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Speaker 1: From the berkshears 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 seven, Rob Parker.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker. What

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Speaker 2: a great episode we have for you. Coming up, we'll

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Speaker 2: talk with David Grubb from mlbbro dot Com. We'll talk

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Speaker 2: about some of the storylines that the site is covering

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Speaker 3: Also Foul or Fail with JR. Gamble.

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Speaker 2: Anthony Masterson will give us some analytics to tickle your

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Speaker 3: All that and more. Inside the Parker starts now.

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

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Speaker 1: them on Rob's hot and the three biggest stories in

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Speaker 1: Major League Baseball number one.

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Speaker 2: On the same day that the Nevada State Senate voted

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Speaker 2: to approve a three hundred and eighty million dollars in

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Speaker 2: public funds to build a new ballpark to lure the

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Speaker 2: Athletics from Oakland to Las Vegas fans in the Bay

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Speaker 2: Area and Oakland had a reverse boycott. I've heard of

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Speaker 2: a boycott where people don't show up. The reverse boycott

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Speaker 2: were that they showed up to show the owners of

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Speaker 2: the A's and Major League Baseball that there is a

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Speaker 2: fan base in Oakland. They drew twenty seven thousand fans

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Speaker 2: green T shirts with sell and broiled on and broiled

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Speaker 2: and it's unfortunate because I think Oakland gets a bad rap.

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Speaker 2: We know the Warriors moved out of Oakland to San Francisco,

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Speaker 2: and Drive. But baseball as well as those sports, has

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Speaker 2: a fantastic tradition in Oakland. I mean the Oakland A's

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Speaker 2: won three World Series in a row, had some great

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Speaker 2: players on their teams in a day, Catfish, Haunt of Vida, Blue, Joe,

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Speaker 2: Then of course Tony LaRussa and the Bash Brothers. They

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Speaker 2: They also have the probably one of the best uniform,

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Speaker 2: with the sleeveless uniform jersey. I mean, you could show

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Speaker 2: it looks like it's just destined that Oakland is going

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Speaker 2: to lose yet another team and be teamless, and the

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Speaker 2: Oakland A's will wind up in Las Vegas with their

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Speaker 2: the fans, and I love that they still wanted to

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Speaker 2: the team actually had been hot, winning six games in

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Speaker 2: a row at one point. But it's all gonna be

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Speaker 2: for not The A's will no longer be in Oakland.

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Speaker 2: It's just a matter of time.

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Speaker 2: Entering Wednesday's action in Major League Baseball, there's no doubt

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Speaker 2: about it. The two most disappointing teams in baseball, The

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Speaker 2: New York Metropolitans and the San Diego Padres both sim

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Speaker 2: and all the money that was spent for these two teams.

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Speaker 2: My World Series picked Padres over the Yankees in the

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Speaker 2: it has been a struggle for the Padres. The Mets

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Speaker 2: They have the older pitchers and Suzer and Verlander. Those

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Speaker 3: You heard it right here. They both will make the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: I'm not counting either of these teams out too early,

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Speaker 2: It's their game. Let the fans see who they want

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Speaker 2: One thing that was surprising to me is that Ronald

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Speaker 2: that guy is a star study guy. Aaron Judge last

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Speaker 3: Now, he's a personality. He's fun to watch.

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Speaker 2: And I happen to be in Phoenix when they played

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Speaker 2: Ronald Lacuna Junior is your leader. After the first batch

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Speaker 1: Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.

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Speaker 4: Good.

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Speaker 2: Now let's welcome into the podcast David Grubb, who is

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Speaker 3: What's happening, David, How are you?

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Speaker 5: I'm doing well, So they're always a pleasure to talk

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Speaker 5: to you.

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Speaker 3: No doubt.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk some baseball and stuff that you guys are

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Speaker 2: covering on the site mlbbro dot com that covers black

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Speaker 2: and brown major leaguers. Let's start with Andrew McCutcheon went

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Speaker 5: Well, I think what we're seeing as a player who

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he certainly has. But boy, what a rejuvenation by

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Speaker 3: Andrew McCutcheon. For sure.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to Marcus Simeon the second basement for the

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Speaker 5: This is the guy that, you know, there was a

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Speaker 5: When you combine his ability to hit in that leadoff

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Speaker 5: You know, it's the multi dimensional parts of it. He's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's hard when when you have that kind of

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Speaker 3: And he has over fifty RBIs.

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Speaker 3: That that's big time, Dave.

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Speaker 3: Exceptional, no doubt.

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Speaker 2: Our guess is David Grubb, assistant manager, at her from

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Speaker 3: Six zero David Disguise the limit for this guy.

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Speaker 3: Out, no doubt. His name is David Grubb from mlbbro

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

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Speaker 6: Of all the surprising things we've seen so far this season,

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Speaker 1: That ball is It was a big week in the

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati Read's rookie sensation, Elie de la Cruz has a

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Speaker 4: Foul and all time great look rob. That's the same

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Speaker 1: So we'll see turn money into more money. Now it's

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Speaker 7: Money, Rob Brand new Week of the Baseball Glad it

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Speaker 1: Now bring in the closer. Here's why MLB is better

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Speaker 2: Reason number four hundred and ninety nine why Major League

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