1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: From the berkshears to the sound from wherever you live 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is Inside the Parker. You give 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: on major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: voter number fifty seven, Rob Parker. 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: Come on, I've been covering Major League baseball for almost 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 2: forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit, 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: in LA. 9 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 3: I love this game. Let's go. Welcome into the podcast. 10 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 2: I'm your host, Rob Parker, and what a show we 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 2: have for you Today. Astro's right fielder Cam Smith drops by. 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: We'll talk about his very exciting first year in the 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: big leagues. Also, the woes with the Dodgers will dive in. 14 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 2: David Vass, a reporter from AM five to seventy LA Sports, 15 00:00:58,360 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 2: joins us. 16 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 3: Plus I'll have a. 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 2: Very special pushback for our Inside the Park producer Rob Gera. 18 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 3: Let's go better up to lead off, it's getting robed 19 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 3: and keep him mind. 20 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major 21 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: League Baseball. Number one, we know, we. 22 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 4: Know, the Atlanta Braids are out of it. 23 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: And guess what the newspaper scribes or writing like crazy, 24 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: that is time maybe for the Atlanta Braves to trade 25 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: Ronald Lacuna Junior's had some injuries, but man, what a 26 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 2: career he's had. 27 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 4: He was Rookie of the Year. 28 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 2: When a National League MVP, five time All Star came 29 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 2: back late this season, and fans still voted him as 30 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: a starter. Scott's a star. He's only twenty seven years old. Also, 31 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: there was a story that the Seattle Mariners put together 32 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: a grandfather package all kinds of stuff to try to 33 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 2: get him. They've been looking for a big hitter in 34 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: Seattle for a long time. But I think the Braves 35 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 2: would be crazy. I still think he hasn't even entered 36 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: his prime. Really between twenty seven and thirty two or 37 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 2: thirty three. 38 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 4: He still has those five or six years to really 39 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 4: be even better than he has been. 40 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 2: I would not, under any circumstance trade Ronald Lecunya. 41 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 3: I get it. 42 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 4: The Braves are out of it, had a bad season. 43 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 4: Things fell apart early. 44 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 2: Remember they had that big losing streak to start the season, 45 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: and just I understand it. Sometimes you bite the bullet, 46 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: you reset. But I'm not nt trading Ronald Acunya number 47 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: two Padres third basement Manny Machado having another great year 48 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 2: recently just sit his three hundred and fifty is home run. 49 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 2: Now has three hundred and fifty home runs over two 50 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 2: thousand hits. Only eleven other players have done it in 51 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 2: MLB history, and ten of those eleven are either in the. 52 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 4: Hall of Fame or will be in the Hall of Fame. 53 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 2: One is kind of linked to the Jews, So we 54 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: don't know where that's gonna turn. But you know, people 55 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 2: are saying he didn't have to do anything else the 56 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 2: rest of his career, He's gonna get into the Hall 57 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 2: of Fame. 58 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 4: That's where I pumped the brakes on that. Many's got 59 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 4: a long way to go. 60 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 2: He's only thirty two, and I think he still has 61 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: to continue to play on and it looks like he's 62 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 2: on track to be a first ballot Hall of Fame. 63 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 2: I'm not disputing that. But this notion he doesn't have 64 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: to do anything. 65 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 4: Else and he's automatically in, I don't buy into that. 66 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 4: I saw Andre Dawson it he was a Rookie of 67 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 4: the Year. 68 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 2: He at four hundred and thirty eight and an nl 69 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 2: MVP four hundred and thirty eight home runs. 70 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 4: And it took him nine ten years on the. 71 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 2: Ballot to make it to the Hall of Fame. I 72 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: just I don't think that you could say Many doesn't 73 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 2: have to do anything else. He is definitely in line 74 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 2: en route to the Hall of Fame. But there's still 75 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 2: work to be done. He's thirty two years old, so 76 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 2: stop and pump the brakes. You don't get into the 77 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 2: Hall of Fame midway through your career. Number Three'll be 78 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 2: in Atlanta for the All Star Game. I can't wait. 79 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 2: The Derby's on Monday. All Star Game is on Tuesday. 80 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: Still the best All Star game in pro sports, hands down, 81 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 2: and it's gonna be even better this year. For the 82 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 2: first time since twenty nineteen, team players will wear their 83 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 2: team home or road uniform depending any All Star Game. 84 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 2: It won't be some made up uniform to sell for fans. 85 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 2: For the twenty twenty five All Star Game in Atlanta, 86 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: it'll be you know, the Mets home or road uniform, 87 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 2: or the Braves or the Yankees or whatever is. 88 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 4: Aaron Judge will. 89 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 2: Wear the road Yankee uniform because the American League, of course, 90 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 2: will be the visiting team. 91 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:46,799 Speaker 4: And I think that's a great look. 92 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 2: It really is to see your favorite player wearing your 93 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 2: team's uniform. I think we had gotten away from that 94 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,559 Speaker 2: for a few years, and it's good to get back. 95 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 4: So I love that. 96 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 2: Baseball looked at it and said, yeah, we could probably 97 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 2: sell some jerseys, but let's not do that. Put the 98 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 2: All Star patch on the jersey and call it a day. 99 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 2: So next week we'll have all kinds of stuff from 100 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 2: the All Star Game in Atlanta. 101 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 4: I just cannot wait. 102 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 3: Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn. 103 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 4: It's so good. All right, now, let's welcome into the podcast. 104 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 5: Camp Smith, rightfielder for the Houston Astros. 105 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 4: Camp. Thanks for Georgia. Yeah, thanks appreciate it. It has 106 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 4: been a whirlwind, to say the least. 107 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 5: My god, last year we're playing college baseball. Here you 108 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 5: are in the big leagues having been set, add and 109 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 5: clean up. I mean, I can go ord and on. 110 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 4: How's it big? Just talk about the experience. Yeah, it's 111 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 4: been a blast. 112 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 3: I think. 113 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 4: I think I have a really good group of guys. 114 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 3: That just great teammates. 115 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 4: We play selfless baseball. 116 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 6: Where one through nine. 117 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 5: I think the battle, you know. 118 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 4: To get the job that will pass the torch. I 119 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 4: think that's the fullest thing for us. How about the 120 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 4: know for baseball? Where did that come from? Honestly, it 121 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 4: just became natural. I think, you know, I think just 122 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 4: playing over and over again. I think I just foundled 123 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 4: up for the game. Okay, I talked about the Whirlwind 124 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 4: League at that and get a hit. Just take me 125 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 4: through that. That had to be some experience. 126 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 2: Cam Smith turned twenty two in the first spring training 127 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 2: game of the year, and here he is in his. 128 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 4: Big league debut and his first. 129 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 2: Ever at bat crowd ball, right side base hit, one pitch, 130 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 2: one hit, Cam Smith delivers paying your first to third safe. 131 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 4: Welcome to the show, cam Smith, not wasting a second. 132 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 3: For his first big league hit. 133 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: First pitch hec singles to write, and the Astros had 134 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: runners at the corners with one out. 135 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 7: I was so nervous. I've never been that nervous in 136 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 7: my life. But I knew that they will come and 137 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 7: I had a feeling I'd be as nervous as that. 138 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 7: Why But it was a beautiful moment. 139 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 4: And when you got to first base, did you think. 140 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 7: I'm in the big Yeah, I said, Okay, we're here. 141 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 3: Now we're here. 142 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 8: I don't believable let's talk about your your hitting at 143 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 8: you're batting clean mindset between matting clean, help and just 144 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 8: batting over you. 145 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 7: Honestly, just we can you know, we can place any 146 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 7: player in any posistance of the lineup. 147 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 4: And we'll figure out how to get the job done. 148 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 4: I think that's what I said. The best part about 149 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 4: this team is we place helpless. 150 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 9: It's the Gambler here, Vice president of operations for mlbbro 151 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 9: dot Com and executive producer of the MLB Bro Show 152 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 9: podcast the Mixtape. 153 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 3: Every Friday. 154 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 4: You heard that right. 155 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 9: Every Friday, we bring you the best from the world 156 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 9: of black and Brown baseball. We cover the seven point 157 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 9: two percent of melanated Major leaguers from soup to nuts, 158 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 9: but with our own cultural flair and unique voice, will 159 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 9: take you on a ride reflecting on the accomplishments, clutch moments, 160 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 9: and contributions to culture that the Bros continue to breathe 161 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 9: into baseball. 162 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 3: From Mookie Wilson to Mookie. 163 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 9: Betts, Doctor k to Doctor Styx, from bro Bombs to 164 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 9: stolen bases to black Aces. We're live at the ballparks 165 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 9: and also bringing you segments like Classic Hits with David Grubb, 166 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 9: The Black Ace Report, the Rundown, the walk off, and 167 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 9: going Deep, just to name a few of the segments 168 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 9: that truly capture the voice of black baseball. If things 169 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 9: get out of hand, as the Boss Rob Parker, he's 170 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 9: kicking up dust, we will gladly pay you on Tuesday 171 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 9: from an MLB bro doubleheader today. Remember the heart of 172 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 9: the game lies in the diversity of the game and 173 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 9: the spirit of Black baseball that dates back to. 174 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: The Negro leagues. 175 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 9: I the Gambler, your friendly neighborhood diamond checker, making sure 176 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 9: that you stay on top of the game and in 177 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 9: touch with the soul of MLB, bucking up for a 178 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 9: wild baseball journey, showing respect to the Ogs, and highlighting 179 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 9: the new breed of melanated Malma. Robins first thing through 180 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 9: MLB's pipeline, all pitching with the sound of Black baseball. 181 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 9: We got the best starting five in the business. Listen 182 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 9: to the MLB Bro Show podcast the Mixtape on the iHeartRadio. 183 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 3: App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 184 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto. 185 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: If I'm writing, I'm ripping, Let's bring in a writer 186 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: or broadcaster old. 187 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 3: Or new Now, let's welcome in David Basse. 188 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 2: He covers the Los Angeles Dodgers for AM five seventy 189 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 2: LA Sports. 190 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 4: Dave, what's happening? Thanks for joining us. 191 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 10: Hey, great to be on with you. 192 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 11: Rob. 193 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 10: The day after Kenley Jansen saved US four hundred and 194 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 10: sixty third game last night for the Angels. 195 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 2: Very nice, A big milestone, no doubt, But the Dodgers 196 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 2: haven't had. 197 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 4: A milestones and that's where we want to start. 198 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 2: Coming into Friday when they open up a three game 199 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 2: series in San Francisco against the Giants. The Dodgers have 200 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 2: lost six in a row, three to the Astros and 201 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 2: then they lose the three in Milwaukee. What's happening with 202 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 2: the Dodgers right now? Teams go through patches. We saw 203 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 2: the Yankees, we saw the Mats. We've seen some good teams. 204 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 2: What's happening with the Dodgers. 205 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 10: Well, they're hurt, they're banged up, and I know everybody 206 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 10: talks about their pitching, Rob, but their position player group 207 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 10: is now all of a sudden, really banged up. Freddie 208 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 10: Freeman slumping, and you don't go from leading the major 209 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 10: leagues in batting average to all of a sudden becoming 210 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,719 Speaker 10: a two hundred hitter in the last month without there 211 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 10: being something wrong, and I think we all forget that 212 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 10: he did have surgery on that right ankle. He's tried 213 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 10: to play through it. He told me it takes an 214 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 10: hour and a half to get ready for games as 215 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 10: far as treatment for that right ankle, So you would 216 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 10: imagine that's affecting him. Taoscar Hernandez has been and playing 217 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 10: hurt for the last you know, I would say better 218 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 10: part of a month with the left groin injury. He 219 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 10: wanted to make the All Star team. He wanted to 220 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 10: make a push. He played through it and it didn't 221 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 10: work out. He's not going to be on the All 222 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 10: Star team. And then he felled a ball off the 223 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 10: top of his left foot Saturday or Sunday at Dodger 224 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 10: Stadium and hasn't been in the lineup for the last 225 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 10: four games. And then he got Max Munsey out for 226 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 10: a month with the left knee bone bruise. And Tommy 227 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 10: Edmond's been dealing with some stuff with his right foot. 228 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 10: So there are a banged up group, and you know 229 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 10: they're getting their pitching back. Snell's pitching in Rancho Kucamonga tonight. 230 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 10: Tyler Glassnow pitched yesterday in Milwaukee. Blake Trnin had his 231 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 10: first rehab starts. So the pitching's on its way back. 232 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 10: They just got to get this position player group healthy again. 233 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 10: And by the way, Keyk's on the il too. 234 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 4: You know. 235 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 2: Speaking of the All Star Game, he did mention that 236 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: Mookie Betts not voted in, not selected as a reserve, 237 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 2: first time in eight years, not going to the All 238 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 2: Star Game. And we know he started off with an illness, 239 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 2: got off to a rough, you know, played pretty good 240 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 2: in the beginning and then a slump. He's had an 241 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 2: uneven season with Mookie bet. 242 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 10: I would call it an average season. Rob. He's been 243 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 10: average all year long, and it feels like he's been 244 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 10: playing from behind all season when he got sick before 245 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 10: the team went to Tokyo and then now you know 246 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 10: he just the defense at shortstop's been fine. It's just 247 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 10: a hitting. I mean, he's a two point fifty hitter. 248 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 10: His ops is suvering around seven hundred. If that's not average, 249 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 10: I don't know what is. And that's not certainly the 250 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 10: Mookie Bets that we have known his entire career, even 251 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 10: last year when he was playing shortstop and really learning 252 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 10: that position on the fly. He was one of the 253 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 10: best hitters in baseball last year. So it's kind of 254 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 10: a lazy take by fans that say that it's the 255 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 10: position that's affecting him, because he proved last year he 256 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 10: can hit and play that position, and now he's playing 257 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 10: that position really well and he's not hitting. So yeah, 258 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 10: that's a big problem. Oh, Tani Betts Freeman, they haven't 259 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 10: clicked at the same time more than a week at 260 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 10: a time this year. 261 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, let's talk about old Tawny as well. 262 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: Coming into Friday, batting average under two eighty. I know, 263 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 2: he's had a lot of home runs, a lot of 264 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 2: solo home runs. 265 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, people still say he's the National League MVP. 266 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,679 Speaker 4: His RBIs are way down from a year ago. 267 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 2: Where are you on what kind of season he's had, 268 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 2: because it doesn't feel like an MVP season to me. 269 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 10: Yeah, well, he's pitching again, so it's hard to say 270 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 10: that it's not an MVP season. So I mean that 271 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 10: just puts them in a different stratosphere. But I agree 272 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 10: with you. The thirty one home runs not as many 273 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 10: impactful home runs as a year ago. At this time. 274 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 10: But you can't take away having more home runs before 275 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 10: the All Star Break than any other Dodger in franchise 276 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 10: history thirty one. 277 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 4: Yeah. 278 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 10: I just think that the Dodgers bottom of the order 279 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 10: hasn't been getting on base and turning the lineup over 280 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 10: as much as they were last year. We're seeing Otani 281 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 10: leadoff not only the first inning, but a lot of 282 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 10: innings this year, and that's not something that the Dodgers 283 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,559 Speaker 10: want to see. And I actually did some research on this. 284 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 10: Rob Gary Cohen actually brought this up when the Mets 285 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 10: were in town, and it bears repeating that last year, 286 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 10: on average, the number three hitter in Major League Baseball 287 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 10: had just or the leadoff hitter compared to the number 288 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 10: three hitter on average in Major League Baseball last year 289 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 10: only had thirty three more played appearances. So there's an 290 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 10: argument to be made that Otani, especially the days that 291 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 10: he's pitching, maybe it would make more sense for him 292 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 10: to hit third, to be able to get guys like 293 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 10: Bets and Freeman on base ahead of him. 294 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 4: I like that plan. 295 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 2: That's a great number and has some great research there. 296 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 4: Our guest is David Vasse. 297 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 2: He's a reporter who covered the Los Angeles Dollars Dodgers 298 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 2: for AM five seventy LA Sports. Last thing, Dave Clayton 299 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 2: Kershaw got a special invitation to the All Star Game. 300 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 4: You know a lot of times. It's only happened three times. 301 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 2: I think it was Miguel Cabrera and Albert Poohols. So 302 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 2: these are guys who are going into the Hall of Fame. 303 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 2: I don't want to see this every year, every time 304 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: somebody's older or whatever. It's got to be somebody special 305 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 2: and he deserves it, especially on the heels of three 306 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 2: thousand strikeouts, which only twenty pitchers have done, and four 307 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 2: left handers. So I applaud the commission on this, and 308 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 2: Clayton's having a decent year as well. 309 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 10: Yeah, it's not like he has a five era, Rob, 310 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 10: it's just the fact that he hasn't had as many 311 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 10: starts as other pitchers. If he did, he would be 312 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 10: more than deserving to be part of the All Star team. 313 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 10: And I think that's what Rob Manfred's recognizing here. The 314 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 10: biggest difference between Kershaw and pool Hols and Cabrera back 315 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 10: in twenty two is that Kershaw has not made any 316 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 10: sort of announcement he is retiring at the end of 317 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 10: this year. Those two guys did so. I guess Rob 318 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 10: Manfrien's taking it upon himself just in case this is 319 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 10: Kershaw's last year, which it very well might be, to 320 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 10: be able to give him this celebration. 321 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 2: And you know what, you're right about that. And here's 322 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 2: the only thing coming off. The celebration of the three 323 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 2: thousand strike ups look like a playoff game from what 324 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 2: I watch this fear, I think that's what you want 325 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 2: to capitalize on. That's why it makes sense, even if 326 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 2: he maybe pitches another year or something, but that makes sense, 327 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 2: and then you don't have to do it next year. 328 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 4: Dave, thanks so much for all the insight. Man. We 329 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 4: appreciate you, and we'll see you out at the ballpark. 330 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 11: All right. 331 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 10: Rob, thanks a lot for having me on. You're the best. 332 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: In case you missed Rob Parker on the MLB nex Words, 333 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: here's his latest appearance on Mlbina. 334 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 11: Showdown Time. 335 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 6: Rob Parker's back as he is every week. 336 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 11: Rob, great to have you back on the show. 337 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 3: What's up, b K? How are you? 338 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 11: We have good topics? This is good. 339 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 6: I'm excited about this. This was a wrinkle I did 340 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 6: not expect automatic ball strike challenge system in the All 341 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 6: Star Game. They did it in spring training, They're going 342 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 6: to use it in the All Star Game. 343 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 11: You like it? 344 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 2: I don't like it, but I understand they want to 345 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 2: put it out there so all the fans who were 346 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 2: watching the All Star Game can maybe get used to it. 347 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 3: And go, hey, I like this. Here's my issue. 348 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 4: It's real simple. 349 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 3: People are human. 350 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 4: We make mistakes. 351 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,239 Speaker 3: Nobody's perfect. I get it. 352 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 2: You see a bad call by an umpire, you show 353 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 2: it a thousand times. You don't many times they get 354 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 2: it right. You don't replay every time they get it right. 355 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 11: Exactly. 356 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 6: You're arguing for this system, by the way, you have 357 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 6: a challenge system. Yes you are. Because you have a 358 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 6: challenge system. They get them almost all of them right. 359 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 6: And if you think they get it wrong, instead of 360 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 6: showing it a thousand times. 361 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 11: Go to your head, challenge it perfect. 362 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 2: Give me the game that was ruined by a strike 363 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 2: call BK in your in your life that you watch. 364 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 11: All right, give me some time. I'll come back with 365 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 11: a hundred one. 366 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 2: You can't think of one because it hasn't detracted. 367 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 6: From your offs of the late nineties, we've seen the 368 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 6: braves painting the outside the party on not even touching 369 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 6: the zone. Lots of game. One game off the top 370 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 6: of my head was it was at the Levon Hernandez. 371 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 6: Game was at the Tom Glavin game. There's lots of game. 372 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 6: Give me a second to think about it. Doing a 373 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 6: little research, I'll come up with one hundred games that 374 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 6: you say, come on, and lots of calls, change games. 375 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 6: Just give the challenge. Two challenges maybe three. What they're 376 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 6: gonna do, let's share, and so don't beef about the 377 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 6: strike call anymore. 378 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 11: Challenge it and if you're right, you're right. 379 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 2: Here's the other thing, too, are pictures just going to 380 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 2: nibble and just hit the hit have to hit the corner. 381 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 3: And and that's. 382 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 6: The idea, isn't that pitching Like, oh no, I'm going 383 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 6: to actually let the strike zone and get a strike call. 384 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:00,159 Speaker 3: Imagine that I want the ball over to play. I 385 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 3: want the hitters to swing it. 386 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 11: That's right, that's the idea. This will bring them to it. 387 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 6: And if they the umpires are very good, they miss 388 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 6: one two calls a day, that's it. But if it's 389 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 6: in a big spot, challenge it turn it around. Just 390 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 6: like a bad call at first base. Now we don't 391 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 6: even blink. They turn it around. They go, oh, by 392 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 6: the way, we've overturned the call. 393 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 11: Now we got the right call. It's easy, kay. 394 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 3: You watch the NFL. They have replay. 395 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 11: With the NFL. 396 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 6: Look at baseball, maybe they do and then you know, 397 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 6: and in baseball sometimes they go to New York and 398 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 6: they don't quite get it right. But you're looking at 399 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 6: a replay a dozen times, and once you're looking a 400 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,159 Speaker 6: dozen times, you know it's it's a hair off. You're fine. 401 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 6: Same thing with the strike zone. It might be a 402 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 6: hair off. Instead of griping about it getting thrown out, 403 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 6: challenge it. 404 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 11: That's all I think it works. Did I win you 405 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 11: over on that? No, you did not give it some thought. 406 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 3: Watch it for we all start a game. But I'm 407 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 3: not happy about it. 408 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 11: You'll get there, He'll get there. He's close. He's getting close. 409 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:55,719 Speaker 11: Got to absorb. 410 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 6: Rob doesn't take these in right away. How about Jose 411 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 6: Ramirez voted in as a starter. He's been a little 412 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 6: banged up. He wants to rest up to play for 413 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 6: Cleveland for the second half. 414 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 11: I'm good with this. 415 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 6: By the way, if you're not having it mean home 416 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 6: field advantage for the league. 417 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 11: He's loyal to Cleveland. I'm good with that. 418 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 3: I'm not good with it at all. One of the 419 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 3: parts of your job is. 420 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 2: To help represent baseball, and the All Star Game is 421 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 2: about the fans, and you should respect the fans who 422 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 2: have voted you in. 423 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 3: And it's one thing, b kay. 424 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,199 Speaker 2: If he was scuffling right now Zer for ten, you 425 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 2: could obviously see struggling. 426 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 3: He's mashing. 427 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 2: He's got three home runs in his last three games. 428 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 3: He's got six RBIs, five hits. He's playing well. So 429 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 3: this idea that he's not one hundred. 430 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 2: Percent of not playing well if I saw numbers to 431 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 2: justify it, and then I look at guys like Aaron 432 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 2: Judge and Otani and those guys who play one hundred 433 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 2: and fifty nine games, they go to the All Star Game, 434 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 2: they do all the things that you need to do 435 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 2: to represent the game. Never disc count the fans. And 436 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 2: if I'm a fan, I don't know if I would 437 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 2: ever vote for Jose Ramierrez again, because this is an opportunity. 438 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 2: Go to the All Star Game in Atlanta. 439 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 3: Have you won it? 440 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 2: Bat, take the field with your teammates, and then step 441 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 2: down and then say I'm good for to night. 442 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 3: That's all I'm asking. 443 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 6: Okay, you know what, You're right? Absolutely, thank you see 444 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 6: how easily it was for me. How about the automatic 445 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 6: ball strike? Will you give me that one? 446 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:24,959 Speaker 11: Now? 447 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 6: Was right? 448 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 11: I would know I was right on that, But you 449 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 11: were right on that one? Sold right. You have an. 450 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,239 Speaker 6: Obligation responsibility baseball as a whole. You can say, who 451 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 6: will miss Jose Ramirez? That's not the point you voted 452 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 6: him in. You're right, all right, Jan Soto? Not an 453 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 6: All Star game, not an All Star for the National 454 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 6: League now and losing money on it. I want to 455 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 6: run this sound. Body's taking a little bit of flak 456 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 6: for this. Let people judge for themselves. Here's what Juan 457 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 6: Soto said about not being a National League All Star. 458 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 4: Would you have Lake to make yields her team? What 459 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 4: you think, technician? 460 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 7: And I think it's a lot of money on the table. 461 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 11: If other sheep I. 462 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 6: Make it, he gets off one hundred thousand dollars bonus. 463 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 6: If he goes to the All Star Game, he makes 464 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 6: fifty one million a year. 465 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 11: But you know what, all right, I'll go first. 466 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,640 Speaker 6: I respect that this guy's a mercenary. I respect he's 467 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 6: a professional. Baseball player. He plays for money. I'm fine 468 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 6: with this. He misses the hundred you can tell he's 469 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 6: kind of joking, but he misses the one hundred grand. 470 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 11: I'm good with that. B Kay. 471 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 2: You don't have to say everything out loud. We know 472 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,879 Speaker 2: he makes money, he plays baseball for a living. 473 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 3: We know their bonuses written in Everything. Doesn't have to 474 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 3: be that. 475 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 2: How about this answer, b K, Hey, you know what, 476 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 2: it would have been awesome to represent the New York 477 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 2: Mets in this organization right at the. 478 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 3: All Star Game. 479 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 2: I'm disappointed that our fans won't see me there in Atlanta. 480 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 3: My god, that's so hard. 481 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 11: That's a better answer, I'll give you that. Yeah, you're 482 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 11: winning all these that's a better answer. But you know 483 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 11: what I have. 484 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 6: I have never had a problem like this whole thing 485 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 6: with college sports, and now now it's a total mess. 486 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 6: But I've always appreciated they play for money. That's where 487 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 6: they're playing. It's their job, and we'd all do it 488 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 6: if we could. I don't mind a guy saying, hey, 489 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 6: you know what that's costing me money. I'm good, but 490 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 6: you're right, that's a better answer. But that's actually how 491 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 6: he felt. I like an honest answer. That was his 492 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 6: honest answer. So I don't want to punish the God 493 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 6: give me the bland vanilla. Oh, I want to do 494 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 6: it for our fans and robbing an opportunity, you turn 495 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 6: them into, you know, a vanilla personality after taxes. 496 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 3: That's like thirty five gram Really. 497 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 11: Is that gonna have shaken your life for him? 498 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 6: You know he's thinking of what he could do with it, 499 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 6: by the way, you feel the same way. 500 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,919 Speaker 11: All right, how about this one this one time? You 501 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 11: know how I am. 502 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 6: I killed the picture win. I killed it dead about 503 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 6: ten years ago. This one time, though, it bothers me. 504 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 2: Justin Verlander, I don't want to hear that you said 505 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter now all of a sudden, because it's 506 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 2: Justin Verlander. 507 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 3: Yes, now you are upset that and you want to 508 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 3: talk about winds. I thought winds don't matter. 509 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 6: They don't accept for a guy a long time starter 510 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 6: going to Cooperstown, which is what Justin Verlander is. And 511 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 6: I'm just it does bother me too that he's. 512 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 11: Oh and seven. 513 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 6: He pitched decently yesterday drops to oh and seven. 514 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 11: It's just wrong. 515 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 6: Take a look at this his career two years ago, 516 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 6: his career winning win loss record was two hundred and 517 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 6: sixty two and one forty seven. So he's not exactly 518 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 6: Whitey Ford, but he's on the board with Whitey Ford. 519 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 6: In fact, he'd be right below Randy Johnson two years ago, 520 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 6: just below Randy Johnson at six forty six. Now he's 521 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 6: down to six thirty. Like, do we care in the 522 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 6: big picture? Not a hell of a lot. But Verlander 523 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 6: did want to get to three hundred wins. He's pitching okay, 524 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 6: not great, he's oh and seven, So yes, that bothers me, 525 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 6: and I know it bothers him. 526 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 3: I get it, and he did. He only gave up. 527 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 2: Two armed runs yesterday at six and it was a 528 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 2: quality start. So I understand that you hope, you know 529 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 2: that when you get out there and give your team 530 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 2: a quality start, you have a better chance than losing 531 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 2: thirteen to nothing or whatever the school was. 532 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 3: But my point is, uh, yeah, do matter? And I 533 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 3: get it. 534 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 2: Finally, I think you're your understanding that you. 535 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 4: Do want to win. 536 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 11: To understand, I just never understood it before. 537 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 3: No, you know what, I it's not what we told 538 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 3: me that wins don't. 539 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 6: Make because they're not indicative of your performance. Most of 540 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 6: the time, but some of the time, like over the 541 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 6: breadth of an eighteen year career, he's got you know again, 542 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 6: two hundred and sixty two wins, one hundred and forty 543 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 6: seven losses. All right, now, the wins losses are telling 544 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 6: the story. So I think of going, oh and seven, 545 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 6: excuse it poorly, That's what I'm saying. 546 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 3: Well, here's the other thing. Did you look at his 547 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 3: chubby four point seven zero eer right this year? I 548 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 3: mean it's not great. 549 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 11: No, no, he's not great. He's below league average. 550 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,439 Speaker 3: What should his record really be? 551 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 2: And I I looked at his game logs here and four. 552 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 3: One run. 553 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 6: It wasn't terrible, right, three and four, four and four 554 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 6: would be fine, right, oh and seven, it's excuse the other, right, 555 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 6: which is my point with the picture win. The picture 556 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 6: win is that it will skew wildly and not it 557 00:25:58,600 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 6: be indicative of your performance. 558 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 3: Right. 559 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 12: Well, I'm nobody who covered Justin Berlander from day one 560 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 12: in Detroit. I saw most of his career and he's 561 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 12: going to the Hall of Fame, and ultimately that's all 562 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 12: that matters. 563 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 6: Yeah, you know what, you It means something to be 564 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 6: up on that list, to be up there with Jan 565 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 6: Mareschal to be up there chasing Whitey Ford, even Kershaw's 566 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 6: up there, it's something. Hey, you know what, you were 567 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 6: right on two of these, So that's good. That's a 568 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 6: good batting average. 569 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 3: I thought I was four for four, did you? 570 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 11: You're two for four at best. That's your your win 571 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,360 Speaker 11: loss percentage matters. It matters to you. There you go, Rob, 572 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 11: great having you back on. Thank you so much. 573 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 3: RBK always all right, this is bolooning. It's the Parker pushback. 574 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 3: Shut the Here. 575 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: Rob tackles the outlandish takes in Major League Baseball. 576 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 3: You idiot, shut up. 577 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 2: This week, I'm pushing back on inside the Parker Producer 578 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 2: Rob Gara better known as Rob. 579 00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 4: G on The Odd Couple radio show. 580 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 2: Yes, because when he heard the news that Clayton Kershaw 581 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 2: got the Special Commissioner invitation to be in the All 582 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 2: Star Game, he pooh poohed it. He didn't think that 583 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 2: it should be right, that Clayton Kershaw didn't deserve it, 584 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 2: and he couldn't be more wrong. Clayton Kershaw is a 585 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 2: having a decent year, but more importantly, he had a 586 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 2: milestone that Baseball needs to applaud and recognize. And the 587 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 2: All Star Game is the perfect setting to do that. Kershaw, 588 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 2: of course, struck out his three thousand career batter. Only 589 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 2: twenty pitchers in the history of this game have ever 590 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 2: done that, only four guys who are South Paul's doing it, 591 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 2: so it's a special honor. It only makes sense whether 592 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 2: Kershaw pitches next year or not, or this might be 593 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 2: his last year, who knows, it's still the right time. 594 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 2: Here's a chance to put him on the front stage, 595 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 2: on the big stage, in front of everybody, and let 596 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 2: him take a bow. I'm Rob Parker, and that's my pushback, 597 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 2: especially on Rob Garra. In the words of New York 598 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 2: TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your 599 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 2: time this time until next time, Rob Parker out d 600 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 2: can't Davin. 601 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 3: This could be an inside 602 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 2: The Parker See you next week, same bat time, same 603 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 2: Matt station.