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Speaker 1: From the Berkshires 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, and I'm on the road.

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Speaker 1: And this is a very special All Star addition of

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Speaker 1: Inside the Parker. Yes, we welcome in Hall of Fame

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Speaker 1: broadcaster Bob cost this he'll he'll share some of his

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Speaker 1: Let's go up to lead off. It's getting robbed and

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

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Speaker 1: stories in Major League Baseball. Number One, The Toronto Blue

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Speaker 1: Jays have fired manager Charlie Montoyo. That's right. The Blue

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Speaker 1: Jays have been scuffling in the month of July, with

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Speaker 1: just three wins. The team was coming off a one

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Speaker 1: It wasn't enough. Uh. There were high expectations for the

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Speaker 1: Blue Jays currently or in fourth place going into Wednesday

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Speaker 1: Charlie meant, Montoyo fired by the Blue Jays and the

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Speaker 1: sensation Jay rod That's right, Julio Rodriguez, who has already

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Speaker 1: the Home Run Derby, which will take place on Monday

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Speaker 1: the youngest has a chance of being the youngest home

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Speaker 1: Um the Yankees, Aaron Judge wanted outright in seventeen, and

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Speaker 1: J Rodd from the Mariners is uh in the home

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Speaker 1: That's right, say it isn't so. On Wednesday night, they

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame sportscaster Bob Costas two inside the Parker, Bob,

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Speaker 1: He's won three Cy Young Awards. He's on his fifth

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Speaker 1: But the game itself just doesn't feel anything like what

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Speaker 1: an All Star game at gunpoint, no doubt. Speaking of

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Speaker 1: I right? That had to be the greatest All Star game.

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Speaker 1: It was an incredible All Star game and had that

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Speaker 1: runs by then future Hall of famers. I think Frank

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Speaker 1: future Hall of famers. In addition to the twenty one

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Speaker 1: He's obviously in the game, and both managers were Hall

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Speaker 1: setting Tiger Stadium Classic Ballpark. Everything about it was great.

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Speaker 1: How about your greatest moment in All Star history? Do

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Speaker 1: how can you get you know, Raphael devar is out?

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Speaker 1: He said, I'm open to suggestion because he said, Hey, Joe,

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Speaker 1: I just can't get this guy out. He's a special

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Speaker 1: I think the most important player, Um, I think that's

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Speaker 1: Xander Bogart's. I mean, this is a guy that's been

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Speaker 1: there for ten ten years and has has been has

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Speaker 1: they have a pretty special team, but we don't know

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Speaker 1: what they look like after this year because Xander could

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Speaker 1: might be a little bit of a different team. All

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Speaker 1: I always appreciate the insight. Thanks so much, Julian, will

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Speaker 1: see you down the road, buddy, absolutely, now bringing the closer.

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Speaker 1: Here's why MLA it is better than the NFL or NBA,

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Speaker 1: and it isn't even close. Reason number five hundred and

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Speaker 1: look in Atlanta at that Mets Brave series and realize

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Speaker 1: I mean, here we are in July and there was

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Speaker 1: Max Scherzer was on the mound for the medicine was

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Speaker 1: As far as the rivalry, the Meds and Braves have

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Speaker 1: always had a rivalry. Uh that dates back to when

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Speaker 1: from ten and a half games on June one to

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Speaker 1: But you know Scherzer was talking about it being a

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Speaker 1: four to one, but it was a crucial series. The

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Speaker 1: fans knew it. It was great to see and uh

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Speaker 1: meaningful baseball before the All Star Game. How impressive is

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Speaker 1: that for baseball? In the words of New York TV

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Speaker 1: legend the late Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time

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Speaker 1: this time until next time. Rob Parker out he can't Davin.

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