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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 coming up on the podcast.

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Speaker 1: We will talk about the world champion Houston Astros, will

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Speaker 1: talk about the season two as it comes to an

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Speaker 1: end after an incredible run in Major League Baseball. That

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Speaker 1: at why Major League Baseball is better than nd, NBA

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Speaker 1: and NFL, all that at much more. Let's go up

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Speaker 1: 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, these Houston as Joe's of course,

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Speaker 1: have won the World Series and uh I have won

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Speaker 1: it for the second time in six years, and uh

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Speaker 1: capped off an incredible two season. We uh, we weren't

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Speaker 1: sure if they could get it done obviously when they

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Speaker 1: won their first championship in seventeen with the cheating scandal,

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Speaker 1: and they needed to win this World Series to make

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Speaker 1: people feel better about the Astros and about and and

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Speaker 1: when we get it only four or five players remained

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Speaker 1: from that team that Major League Baseball investigated, and I

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Speaker 1: knew who cheated during the seventeen season with the UM

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Speaker 1: with the sign stealing scandal, but they did get it done.

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Speaker 1: I had picked the Phillies in six games. I was impressed.

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Speaker 1: And the Astros did it with pitching because after the

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Speaker 1: Phillies scored that seven nothing win in Game three to

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Speaker 1: take a two to one lead, I thought the Phillies

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Speaker 1: were in their way, but instead the Astros they know,

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Speaker 1: hit the Phillies in Game four, and then they limited

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Speaker 1: the Phillies to just three runs in the last three

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Speaker 1: games of the World Series. That's how you win. Justin

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Speaker 1: Verland and picked up his first ever win, now one

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Speaker 1: in six in World Series games. Big for JV to

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Speaker 1: get that done. And of course I'm not burying the league.

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Speaker 1: But Dusty Baker finally wins the World Series. Big deal

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Speaker 1: for him. He was gonna get into the Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame because he had a stat that nobody else had,

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Speaker 1: which was he led five different organizations to the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: This was the icing the cherry on top. Uh to

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Speaker 1: finally win a World Series for Dusty Baker and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know a lot of fans around Baseball America. They

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Speaker 1: didn't like the Astros and and the cheating scandal, but

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Speaker 1: they love Dusty. And I heard so many people say,

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Speaker 1: I don't want the Astros to win, but I want

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Speaker 1: Dusty to win. And UH. In order for Dusty to win,

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Speaker 1: the Astros had to win and they got it done.

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Speaker 1: So congratulations. And Dusty Baker is not done. I thought

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Speaker 1: he might ride off into the sunset after getting that

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Speaker 1: crowning jewel to his career as both the player and

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Speaker 1: a manager, but he wants to continue rolling on. So

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Speaker 1: he's back, at least for one more year. You got

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Speaker 1: a new one year contract from the Astros, so Dusty

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Speaker 1: Baker will be coming back. Number two. The Hank Aaron

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Speaker 1: Award winners were announced by Major League Baseball and Yankees

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Speaker 1: outfielder Aaron Judge and Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt both

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Speaker 1: the strong candidates for m v P and they both

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Speaker 1: won the award, both of course, for the American League

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Speaker 1: and the National League, and this award recognizes the best

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Speaker 1: offensive performer in both leagues. It was established in and

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Speaker 1: named after the Hall of Famer and great player Hank

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Speaker 1: Aaron and UH of the previous forty six winners, two

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Speaker 1: pretty pretty impressive. Uh Aaron judge sixty two home runs

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Speaker 1: UH and led baseball and a ton of categories including runs,

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Speaker 1: uh R, b I, O b P, slugging OPS, total

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Speaker 1: Uh he wind up not getting it, but he had

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Speaker 1: percentage o P S o P S plus he finished

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Speaker 1: among the top three in the senior circuit in runs

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Speaker 1: very diverse, deserving and deserve these awards. They are your

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Speaker 1: Hank Aaron winners number three. And the Mets wasted no

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Speaker 1: time locking up their closure Edwin Diaz. He agreed on

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Speaker 1: a five year, one hundred and two million dollar deal

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Speaker 1: to stay with the Metropolitans, to stay in Queens, and

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Speaker 1: it's a good move. It's also the richest contract for

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Speaker 1: any relief picture o Aldus Chapman had the richest contract

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Speaker 1: prior to that, five years, eighties, six million. But the

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Speaker 1: with the one hundred and two million dollar deal, and

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Speaker 1: you know what, last year for the Mets he was

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Speaker 1: worth every penny. Now bringing the closer. Here's why MLB

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Speaker 1: is better than the NFL or NBA, and it isn't

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Speaker 1: even close. Here's reason five hundred and fifty five why

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Speaker 1: Major League Baseball is better then the NBA and the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And it was this season, the two season. Who could

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Speaker 1: it was up and down season. Uh. The Yankees started off,

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Speaker 1: and eleven wins season. They were unstoppable, the Dodgers. So

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Speaker 1: we looked at those teams thinking maybe there might be

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Speaker 1: a Yankees Dodgers World Series for the first time since

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Speaker 1: Night One. That didn't happen. We saw a team young

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Speaker 1: team like Cleveland Blossom make the postseason. That was pretty amazing.

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Speaker 1: They won the Central in the a L. The White

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Speaker 1: We saw a lot of different things. The Orioles laid

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Speaker 1: saw the Mariners, who had like this unbelievable drought in baseball,

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Speaker 1: And then we had some unfortunate stuff. You know, we

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Speaker 1: had the Tattoos suspension UH for Jews, and that was

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Speaker 1: a bummer, especially UH for the Padres, because the Padres

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Speaker 1: also in the season had the biggest trade and UH

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Speaker 1: probably baseball history, getting Juan Soto for a ton of

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Speaker 1: UH prospects, and and you know, thinking that of course

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Speaker 1: Dodgers finally, but that was it. So there were those things,

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Speaker 1: beating Roger Marris's record in the American League of sixty one,

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Speaker 1: which Maris had. He passed Babe Ruth, who had sixty

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Speaker 1: disappointing they didn't get to the World Series and haven't

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Speaker 1: been since two thousand nine, but there were a lot

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Speaker 1: of good things that happened in baseball and good stuff

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Speaker 1: three season. And UH, on that note, I enjoyed every

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Speaker 1: And all the people who of course work on at

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Speaker 1: regular season. And uh, you know, I can't stress that

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Speaker 1: we can't do the podcast without you, and we appreciate

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Speaker 1: your feedback and your support. And two was amazing and

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Speaker 1: was a great baseball season, and I can't wait for three,

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Speaker 1: Rob Parker. All I'm gonna say is peace until December.

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Speaker 1: In the words of New York TV legend of Late

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Speaker 1: Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until

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