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Speaker 1: From the berkshears 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 seveny Rob Parker.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into the podcast.

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Speaker 3: I'm your host, Bob Parker, and man, what a show

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Speaker 3: we have for you today.

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Speaker 2: We're going to do a deep dive about all the.

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Speaker 3: Teams leading the divisions in all of baseball with MLB Networks,

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Speaker 3: John Morosi will do that, plus fowle afare let's go.

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Speaker 1: Better to lead off it's getting robbed and keep them 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 show.

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Speaker 3: Hey Otani is on the verge of doing something that

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Speaker 3: no one's done in baseball.

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Speaker 2: It's real simple.

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Speaker 3: Fifty home runs and fifty stolen bases coming into Thursday's

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Speaker 3: actually he had forty four home runs and forty six

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Speaker 3: stolen bases, and I know a lot of people are

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Speaker 3: ready to crown them the greatest player we've ever seen,

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Speaker 3: and he deserves as much credit as anybody. He's been

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Speaker 3: phenomenal phenomenal, especially the last couple of seasons. He's really

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Speaker 3: turned it on and it's gonna be the MVP in

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Speaker 3: the National League and all that. But I do have

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Speaker 3: to pump the brakes, and I'm going to pooh pooh

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Speaker 3: the fifty stolen bases. I'm sorry, I just can't the

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Speaker 3: pizza boxes take the fifty to fifty. Yes, with the

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Speaker 3: stolen bases, I'm sorry. The bases are too big. They're

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Speaker 3: closer from first base, closer at second right, so the

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Speaker 3: bases is way easier.

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Speaker 2: It's just is a fact.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it doesn't mean that he's not a tremendous

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Speaker 3: base stealer, but I said this last year with Ronald

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Speaker 3: Lacuna when he was stealing all those bases, that I

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Speaker 3: just think that the base size and the idea that

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Speaker 3: the picture can't throw over more than twice is an

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Speaker 3: unfair advantage to the base stealer. So you know, people

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Speaker 3: will go crazy over it. And there's a big reason

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Speaker 3: why the base stealing part gives old Tani an advantage.

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Speaker 3: I give him the credit with the fifty home runs

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Speaker 3: that he'll get, but the fifty to fifty. I'm gonna

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Speaker 3: sit this one out. I'm gonna say my glasses are tainted,

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Speaker 3: and I'm not going to celebrate this as much as

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Speaker 3: other people in baseball.

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Speaker 2: Number two Aaron Boone.

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Speaker 3: Sometimes you just have to make the change. You can't

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Speaker 3: keep hoping and wishing that Clay Holmes is gonna turn

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Speaker 3: himself around. He has a league leading eleven blown saves

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Speaker 3: this season. Imagine if he only blew half of those games,

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Speaker 3: where the Yankees would be. And it's incredible when you

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Speaker 3: think about some of the injuries that they've suffered. Right

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Speaker 3: Garrek Cole missed most of the season, Stanton missed a

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Speaker 3: lot of the season. Other guys Rizzo was out, Lemayew

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Speaker 3: was out. This team still has the second best record

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Speaker 3: by half a game in the American League. They should

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Speaker 3: have a five or six game lead over Baltimore. You

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Speaker 3: can't give up eleven games. I get it, you can't

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Speaker 3: be perfect. This is not Mariano Rivera. But you can't

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Speaker 3: continue to watch the same thing and think something different

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Speaker 3: is gonna happen. That's what they say is insanity. And

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Speaker 3: Clay Holmes, I don't care how much they like him

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Speaker 3: and his teammates are pulling for him. He just has

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Speaker 3: the Yankees haven't won a World Series since two thousand

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Speaker 3: and nine. Can you imagine they finally get there and

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Speaker 3: the reason they don't win is because they didn't replace

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Speaker 2: That would be a mistake. Is this on?

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Speaker 3: I'm telling you, Aaron Boom, make the switch. Find somebody else.

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Speaker 3: This doesn't make any sense anymore. Number three, the Milwaukee

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Speaker 3: Brewers fans had every right to boom manager Craig Council. Yes,

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Speaker 3: they had some success under Craig Council. He was a

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Speaker 3: fan favorite, but he bolted. He left the Brewers and

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Speaker 3: But I think Brewers fans had every right to boom

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Speaker 3: So I think that they were justified and they had

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Speaker 3: what he thought by going to Chicago to Cubs. Bigger payroll,

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Speaker 2: But guess what.

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Speaker 3: The Brewers got the laugh last last laugh and the

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Speaker 4: Left Ball.

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Speaker 1: It was a big week in the big leagues.

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Speaker 4: Who's a.

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Speaker 1: Is it foul or is it fair? And now from

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Speaker 1: mlbdbro dot com, here's JR. Gamball.

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Speaker 3: After entering the league with great fan and despite a

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Speaker 3: five hit day this week, Saint Louis Cardos outfielder Jordan

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Speaker 3: Walker has had a hard time building on his promising

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Speaker 3: the Saint Louis Cardinals organization is handling Walker right and

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Speaker 3: giving him the best chance to succeed foul?

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Speaker 2: That is a foul ball.

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Speaker 5: Granted, it's been a rough season for Jordan Walker. Even

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Speaker 5: with that five hit career day, he broke out in

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Speaker 5: a glimpse into the player he can be. But he's

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Speaker 5: still only hitting one seventy eight in less than thirty

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Speaker 5: sixteen hits and just one of them are homers. As

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Speaker 5: him down to the miners, reportedly to develop a better

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Speaker 5: power swing. We didn't understand why, but they're the professionals.

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Speaker 5: He came back up and finished decent, then started this

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Speaker 5: They didn't waste time, the Cardinals, sending him down to

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Speaker 5: MLB pitching was a positive thing for his development. They're

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Speaker 5: that despite his six foot six, two hundred and fifty

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Speaker 5: The five hits were a great night for Walker, but

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Speaker 5: you can't say the Cardinals and the way they've used

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Speaker 5: that has to be a bit fragile right now, with

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Speaker 1: Down, it's time for the pocket protector centrum. The analytic

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Speaker 3: Anthony Masterson is his name, BS analytics is his game.

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Speaker 2: What do you got for me, Anthony?

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Speaker 6: There's a lot of talk lately about how close the

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Speaker 6: MVP races might be in each league. Now Las Vegas

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Speaker 6: with Aaron Judge and Shoho Tani massive betting favorites to win.

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Speaker 6: But how do the numbers stack up? In the Al?

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Speaker 6: The Royals, Bobby wit Junior is top two in nearly

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Speaker 6: every category, including wins above replacement at nine point six,

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Speaker 6: according to stadcast. In the National League, the Mets Francisco

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Speaker 6: Lindor has the closest shot to Shohey, ranking as the

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Speaker 6: with five thirty homer seasons, joining Alex Rodriguez. But let's

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Speaker 6: be honest, Judge and show Hey are putting together all

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Speaker 6: time seasons. Judge could a sixty homers again and near

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Speaker 6: The argument is fun for the hot take shows, but

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Speaker 7: I am outstanding. I hope you're doing great. What a

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Speaker 3: It'll be September October some of the best months in sports,

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Speaker 7: Well, I think you're right, Rob, And you mentioned the

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Speaker 7: This is the year, Rob We've talked in the past,

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Speaker 4: I don't think this is the year.

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Speaker 2: What would shake MLB America.

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Speaker 3: You know, to see Otani and Betts and Freddie Freeman,

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Speaker 7: And I think that as a sport, we and baseball

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Speaker 4: But the game is so.

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Speaker 7: Good right now, Rob and with the rule changes that

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Speaker 3: Now, no doubt, an incredible, incredible amount of players. I

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Speaker 4: It's kind of great. It's a great nickname. He is

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Speaker 4: And we know, Rob, since as long as you and I.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's a great question, Rob.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and in the National League, it hasn't happened since win.

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Speaker 2: Is that unbelievable?

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Speaker 3: back on track.

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Speaker 2: How serious are.

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Speaker 3: The Phillies, as you know, as far as getting to

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Speaker 3: the World Series, they have a really good team.

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Speaker 7: Well, I think they've got as good of a chance

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Speaker 7: right now, Rob as anybody in the National League. And

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Speaker 7: you know, I'm sure we'll talk about the Dodgers in

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Speaker 7: the second here. And I love the Brewers too. They've

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Speaker 7: got a lot of youth, a lot of excitement. But

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Speaker 7: with the Philadelphia Phillies, you have one of the deepest,

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Speaker 7: most veteran lineups I can recall seeing at this time

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Speaker 7: of year with Harper. Now, Harper is limited, he's got

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Speaker 7: a bit of an injury going on right now. We

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Speaker 7: got to remember that. But Trey Turner Schwarber has big

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Speaker 7: home runs. He did it again this week with a

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Speaker 7: three homeer game against the Blue Jays. So I'm just

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Speaker 7: a big believer in what the Phillies do. I think

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Speaker 7: Rob Thompson's an elite manager, really good starting pitching staff.

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Speaker 4: I think Zach.

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Speaker 7: Wheeler is one of the better and Nola as well.

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Speaker 7: I think it's one of the better duos you see

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Speaker 7: in baseball. In terms of a postseason rotation. I will

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Speaker 7: say this, let's see what their lefties can do with

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Speaker 7: Christopher Sanchez and Rangers swat As, I think they will

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Speaker 7: go as far as those two lefties can really support

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Speaker 7: those the two writers I mentioned moment ago, but I

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Speaker 7: think right now, Rob I've got with the Phillies is

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Speaker 7: having as good of a chance as anybody else to

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Speaker 7: come out of the National League this season.

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Speaker 2: And I guess the Brewers really didn't need Craig Counsel.

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Speaker 3: I'm just saying, I mean, wow, no, what a year

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Speaker 3: they've turned in after losing their managers to the arch rival.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think that's been pretty impressive.

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Speaker 3: And they were without their closer, Devin Williams is one

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Speaker 3: of the best in the game for most of the season,

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Speaker 3: and it didn't stop the Brewers.

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Speaker 4: And let's think about this.

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Speaker 7: They traded Corbyn Burns, They've lost Brandon Woodro for the season,

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Speaker 7: so it's gonna it's been names like Colin Ray to

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Speaker 7: Bias Myers, But when you have a minute, it's a

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Speaker 7: new name for maybe a lot of fans nationally. Go

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Speaker 7: check up Tobias Myers's numbers as the starting pitcher of

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Speaker 7: the season in the National League. One of the better

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Speaker 7: rookie pitchers anywhere in baseball this season, and speaking of rookies, Rob,

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Speaker 7: it's been a rookie dominated starting lineup. You've got guys

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Speaker 7: like Jackson Shurios, Bryce Terrang has been really important, Joey Ortiz,

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Speaker 7: who they got in that deal for Corbyn Burns. So

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Speaker 7: they've done a really good job of remaking this team

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Speaker 7: on the fly.

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Speaker 4: A great first year.

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Speaker 7: Manager in Pat Murphy, who I think really vibes well

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Speaker 7: with this group of players. It's interesting because Pat for

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Speaker 7: a long time, of course great college baseball coach at

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Speaker 7: Notre Dame and LSU, but he's become I think a

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Speaker 7: really strong major league manager. In year one, I would

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Speaker 7: expect Rob, we will see Pat Murphy be named National

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Speaker 7: League Manager of the Year in his first season after

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Speaker 7: taking over for his former protege in Craig Counsel.

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Speaker 4: What a unique storyline that would be.

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Speaker 2: No doubt.

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Speaker 3: And finally, let's go to the NL West the Dodgers.

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Speaker 3: The Dodgers were weird as well. They've won seven of

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Speaker 3: their last ten. They're looking better of late, but at

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Speaker 3: one point they they were winning and they had one

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Speaker 3: of the best records in the NL, but it just

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Speaker 3: didn't feel good.

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Speaker 2: All the injuries.

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry, with the injuries to their pitching out, I

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Speaker 3: don't know how to get there.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how to.

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Speaker 3: Get to the World Series because they need tape and

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Speaker 3: glue and icicle sticks to hold that rotation together.

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Speaker 2: Do they have enough pitching is the question?

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Speaker 7: Probably not to win the World Series. If I'm being

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Speaker 7: honest with you, I just I don't. I don't see it,

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Speaker 7: And that's It's not Dave Roberts's fault. I want to

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Speaker 7: get out in front of that story right now. And

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Speaker 7: if if they bow out in the first round again

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Speaker 7: or the second round and it's because they don't have

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Speaker 7: enough pitching, I don't want to hear anybody lend me

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Speaker 7: Dave Roberts.

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Speaker 4: This is not his fault.

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Speaker 7: Okay, they have They have played fifteen straight postseason games

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Speaker 7: without their starting pitcher getting it out in the sixth inning,

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Speaker 7: the sixth That's unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: That's unbelievable.

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Speaker 7: That goes back to the twenty twenty one Division Series.

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Speaker 7: Fifteen playoff games in a row. So I love their lineup.

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Speaker 7: They've got great professionals up and down. They've got multiple

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Speaker 7: feature Hall of famers on this team. It's all true,

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Speaker 7: but their season starts will Game one of the Division Series.

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Speaker 4: That's it. Everything up until.

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Speaker 7: Then, obviously Otana going from fifty to fifty, which is great,

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Speaker 7: But everything before then is a dress rehearsal for Game

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Speaker 7: one of the Division Series. And whenever they play that game, Rob,

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Speaker 7: they're gonna be dealing with the team that, comparatively speaking,

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Speaker 7: has nothing to lose, and the Dodgers are going to

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Speaker 7: be facing the pressure of the world to get this

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Speaker 7: thing done. Sure it could work out for Yamamoto and

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Speaker 7: glass Now and Flaherty and Kershaw and Stone. I mean there,

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Speaker 7: you can convince yourself that they've got a chance, but

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Speaker 7: I do not see enough sure things there, especially when

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Speaker 7: you consider the total scrutiny that that team is gonna face.

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Speaker 7: So I think right now, Rob, it's a much more

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Speaker 7: likely situation that the champion of the National League is

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Speaker 7: not the Dodgers than it would be the Dodgers.

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Speaker 3: His name is John Morosi, one of the best in baseball. Man,

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Speaker 3: thanks for the deep dive in as we are in

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Speaker 3: the final month of the season, and man, I can't wait.

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Speaker 3: October will be here very very shortly. Thanks John, We'll

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Speaker 3: do it again. We appreciate you so much.

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Speaker 4: Thanks. Rob. Always join the conversation my friends. Keep up

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Speaker 4: the great work. You always do an outstanding job Rob

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Speaker 4: across media. So look forward to our next conversation.

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Speaker 1: Now bring in the closer. Here's why MLB is better

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Speaker 1: than the NFL or NBA, and it isn't even close.

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Speaker 3: Reason number four hundred and fifty five why Major League

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Speaker 3: Baseball is better than the NBA and better than the

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Speaker 3: NFL poof positive is today Thursday, the opening of the

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Speaker 3: NFL season. It's not that the game isn't important or big, Yes,

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Speaker 3: the first game of the year Thursday night. It's just

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Speaker 3: that opening day has a different meaning in baseball compared

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Speaker 3: to other sports. Just does because it's twofold, the sport

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Speaker 3: is back. But also for a lot of people when

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Speaker 3: opening day comes, it's the changing of the weather that

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Speaker 3: we're going from winter to finally spring and nice weather.

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Speaker 3: It's a whole combination and teams when it comes to

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Speaker 3: opening Day. I worked in Cincinnati. It's a holiday in Cincinnati,

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Speaker 3: New York, LA, where people are so gung ho and

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Speaker 3: geared up for that opening Day. And remember it's only

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Speaker 3: one of one hundred and sixty two games and yet

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Speaker 3: Opening Day has a special meaning. You can't go anywhere

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Speaker 3: without people saying Happy Opening Day to you. If you're

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Speaker 3: in a baseball community, it is a mini holiday all

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Speaker 3: over baseball America. In the words of New York TV

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Speaker 3: ledgend in the late Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your

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Speaker 3: time this time until next time.

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Speaker 2: Rob Parker out he can't Gavin. This could be an

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Speaker 2: inside of Parker.

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Speaker 1: See you next week, same bat time, same batt station.