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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, and we have a very

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Speaker 1: special playoff edition of Inside the Parker. This week we

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Speaker 1: will talk with Boston Globe reporter Julia McWilliams. Of course

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Speaker 1: he covers the Boston Red Sox. Also, we'll talk with

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Speaker 1: Jerry Hairston Jr. The former Major leaguer. That and much more.

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Speaker 1: Let's go up to lead off. It's getting robbed to

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

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Speaker 1: stories in Major League Baseball. Number one, the New York

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Speaker 1: Yankees are done, one and done. After it up and

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Speaker 1: of course a Garrick Cole just lasting two innings. Has

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Speaker 1: had a great season for the Yankees. Finally stayed healthy

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Speaker 1: the starting pitcher, if you can figure out a way

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Speaker 1: to sort of you know, get the wear and tear

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Speaker 1: up with their bullpen, anything could happen. But I think

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Speaker 1: I'll go to the race just based upon how the

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Speaker 1: half system they've been off season. I think you're probably right.

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Speaker 1: His name is Julia McWilliams, one of the best baseball

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Speaker 1: writers in the huntry. He covers the Red Sox for

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Speaker 1: the Boston Globe and as a c WPF of mine.

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Speaker 1: That's close, warm personal friend, my man, Julian. Thanks appreciating

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Speaker 1: Rob always. In the words of New York TV legend

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

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Speaker 1: time until next time. Rob Parker out. He can't get it.

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Speaker 1: This could be an inside the Parker. See you next week,

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Speaker 1: same that time, same mass station.