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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 to the Inside

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Speaker 1: the Parker Podcast. I'm your host, j R. Gamble, filling

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Speaker 1: in for the Big Girl, Rob Parker, and we have

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Speaker 1: a super sturdy show for you this week as the

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Speaker 1: winds of September baseball creep closer besides our noses, stiffing

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Speaker 1: quickly approaching. So lock in. We're blasting off in three

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Speaker 1: two one to lead off. It's getting robbed and keep

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

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Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball. Number one, Most people thought Albert

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Speaker 1: Ruth Hammer and Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds. But lately

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Speaker 1: Pool hosts has had a power surge that after Monday's

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Speaker 1: Will this last burst of Hall of Fame crush elevated

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Speaker 1: mark Questions Questions Questions number two. There was a lot

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Speaker 1: of buzz in New York around the Subway Series this week,

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Speaker 1: being activated on Thursday, which is great news for a

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Speaker 1: That's two more homers than Hank Aaron had through the

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Speaker 1: Jard's the pressure. It's the pressure to um to be

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Speaker 1: about Ricky Henderson, you know, and knowing your body and

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Speaker 1: when players are hurt. You know, I think you know,

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Speaker 1: It's just that simple. But that is the problem with

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Speaker 1: Byron Buxton. You know, this is the dude who's only

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Speaker 1: played a hundred games in his career one time, one time,

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Speaker 1: and for all the talent that he's shown, he's only

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Speaker 1: hit over two sixty four season twice, and and this

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Speaker 1: the two thirties. So Byron has all the talent in

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Speaker 1: the world, but it's it's clear that that not being

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Speaker 1: on the field does not allow him to get that

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Speaker 1: consistency that you to see out of a true superstar.

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Speaker 1: The Twins that invested that money and they don't have

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Speaker 1: They're not a franchise with depockets. They can't throw away

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Speaker 1: a hundred million on anybody. So they need to get

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Speaker 1: that return on his on that investment. And I think

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Speaker 1: the best way to look at that in the long

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Speaker 1: term is do you think the Twins get out of

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Speaker 1: the first round this year if they make the closest playoffs?

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think this is the team that

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Speaker 1: and really start to examine what are the what is

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Speaker 1: he doing in the off season, who is he training with?

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Speaker 1: What is what what are the problems with his body?

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Speaker 1: Do we have to look at how he runs? Do

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Speaker 1: we have to look at certain things um and change

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Speaker 1: his mechanics? But Byron Bucks it has to be available

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Speaker 1: on a year to year basis for at least a

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Speaker 1: hundred and forty games, or the the Twins and Byron,

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Speaker 1: they're never gonna reach their potential. Yes. So we're speaking

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Speaker 1: with David Grub, reporter from MLB bro dot com. Really quick,

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Speaker 1: Dave before you exit, UM, give me your A, L

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Speaker 1: I think you have to look at Paul Goldschmidt and

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Speaker 1: with the with the Cardinals again, high batting average power

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Speaker 1: has the Cardinals right where they want to be. UM

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Speaker 1: with a chance to go to the postseason for the

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Speaker 1: fourth straight year. UM, So I really like Goldschmidt in

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Speaker 1: the in the National League? Who are your managers of

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Speaker 1: the year. I like Brendon Hyde on the American League

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Speaker 1: because I didn't expect Baltimore to be where they are.

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Speaker 1: I don't think anybody did. As a team was as

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Speaker 1: bad as anybody last year, and now they're in contingent

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Speaker 1: for a playoff spot and you still can't name more

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Speaker 1: than two or three players in the entire lineup. So

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Speaker 1: I think you look at him and you say, that's

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Speaker 1: a guy. You know. Everybody else who is at the

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Speaker 1: top of the American League you could pretty much expected.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you look over Cleveland, Um, you know and think

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Speaker 1: about them, but I think Brandon High is the guy

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Speaker 1: you talk about in the American League. In the National League,

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Speaker 1: I think it comes down to Buck show Walter, who's

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Speaker 1: won Year Award before and certainly turned around teams. The

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Speaker 1: Mets were a mess last year and now it's got

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Speaker 1: them in prime position. But also Rob Thompson. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think you really got to take a good look

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Speaker 1: at Rob Thompson and the work that he's done. Um

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Speaker 1: and I think he could he could be a good

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Speaker 1: favorite as well. And yes, yell Award winners. So I

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Speaker 1: think you know her Lander and a l What else

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Speaker 1: can you say about her Lander at his age and

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Speaker 1: the way he is fourteen and three sub to E. R. A.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, he's the best picture in baseball

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Speaker 1: probably this year. And then if we're talking about in

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Speaker 1: the National League, then I think you gotta go with

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Speaker 1: the al Cantra, I mean al Terra with the Marlins.

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Speaker 1: You know, we we've already established that voters are now

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Speaker 1: not worried about wins and losses, so let's look at

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Speaker 1: all the other categories. He leads the National League in

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Speaker 1: innings pitched, complete games, shutouts, you know, I mean e

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Speaker 1: r A. He's right there for all those categories and

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Speaker 1: for again a team that should not be um able

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Speaker 1: to support him. He's done his job night at the

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Speaker 1: night out. He's been the best picture I think on

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Speaker 1: a consistent basis in the National League. Well, thanks, Dave,

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Speaker 1: we've certainly covered the gamut on this episode with you

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Speaker 1: inside the Parker Um. Thanks for your time, continue success

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Speaker 1: as David grubb Um since been managing editor, graphics king

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Speaker 1: and all purpose sports guys from MLB bro dot com.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for having me man now bringing the closer.

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

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Speaker 1: and it isn't even close. In the words of my

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Speaker 1: uncle Jeoffrey, what's your top vault? Baseball is a way

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Speaker 1: better sport than the NBA or the NFL. For one,

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Speaker 1: we're in the dog days of the baseball season, so

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Speaker 1: no one's even thinking about those other sports. They shouldn't be,

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Speaker 1: at least they suppose the hardest sport to play. For one,

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Speaker 1: you can have all the athleticism in the world, but

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Speaker 1: if you can't execute hitting, catching, and pitching, which are

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Speaker 1: very technical, then you have no shot. Therefore, baseball offers

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Speaker 1: you the most variation of skills and skill sets that

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Speaker 1: every player has to learn more than any of the

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Speaker 1: sport up until recently the pictures even hitting baseball in

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Speaker 1: the National League. The NFL has many positions and responsibilities,

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Speaker 1: but not everyone is asked to execute the same basic skills.

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Speaker 1: Like baseball. You don't have to be able to throw

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Speaker 1: to be a great edge Russian or even catch. But

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Speaker 1: no matter what position you play in baseball, aside from

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Speaker 1: d H throwing his mandatory and so is catching the ball.

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Speaker 1: Baseballs are more fan friendly sport. The ballpark is always

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Speaker 1: a great first sports experience for any boy or girl.

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Speaker 1: Excitement and explosive intervals, giving them time to process what's

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Speaker 1: going on and then be overwhelmed by the roar of

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Speaker 1: the stadium as it goes from dead silence to rockets

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Speaker 1: level off, the crack of the back or a great play.

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Speaker 1: Basketball brings families to the arena as well, but NFL

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Speaker 1: stadiums are no place to bring the kids. Okay, there's

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Speaker 1: constant fights and cursing and loud behavior. Great adult atmosphere

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Speaker 1: for sure. Another reason why MLB is better than the

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Speaker 1: NFL and NBA is the rules of the game and

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Speaker 1: the way it's played is basically the same way it

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Speaker 1: was fifty years ago. Sure, maybe they have doctored the

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Speaker 1: ball a bit or gotten stricter on the use of

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Speaker 1: foreign substances, but there's been no overhaul of the rules

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Speaker 1: to give hitters of pictures and advantage. And the NFL,

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Speaker 1: they've totally eliminated always of playing defense. What defenders can

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Speaker 1: do to the receivers, and you can't breathe on the quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: Everybody throws the four thousand, five thousand yards. The NBA's

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Speaker 1: abandoned the post a mid range game, which was a

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Speaker 1: staple of the NBA, and transformed the league into a

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Speaker 1: soft three point shooting contest. Defense is an afterthought, maybe

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Speaker 1: into the playoffs. And as long as the memory of

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Speaker 1: Jackie Roosevelt Robinson's historical heroics lives on, baseball will always

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Speaker 1: be the best sport in the world. In the words

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Speaker 1: of New York TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen, thanking

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Speaker 1: you for your time this time until next time. Rob

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Speaker 1: Parker out he can't get it. This could be an

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Speaker 1: inside the Parker. See you next week, same bad time,

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Speaker 1: same match station. Hast suffer