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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 eighty three, Rob Parker. Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rob Parker. What a great show we

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Speaker 1: have for you this week. Former NBA champ and one

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Speaker 1: of the biggest baseball fans going Eddie House stops by

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Speaker 1: to talk some baseball. Can't wait for that. Plus we

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Speaker 1: will have j R. Gamble with foul or fair, that

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Speaker 1: and much more. Let's go up to lead off. It's

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Speaker 1: getting robbed to keep him on. Rob's hot take on

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Speaker 1: the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball Number one Man,

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Speaker 1: these final two weeks of the season will be very,

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Speaker 1: very interesting and uh, I don't know as far as

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Speaker 1: drama goes. Uh. The American League Wild Card is as

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Speaker 1: good as it gets. Going into Wednesday night's action, the

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Speaker 1: this is what people have been thinking about for a

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Speaker 1: But if anything, this Yankee team has been about pitching too,

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Speaker 1: Are you ready for this? Wade is now twelve for nineteen.

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Speaker 1: Eddie House, the former NBA champ and lover of baseball. Yes,

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Speaker 1: he is the biggest baseball fan going. Eddie, welcome to

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Speaker 1: Come on, Eddie, Who's gonna win the NL West crown?

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Speaker 1: The Padres been skitting a little bit, had injuries, been

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