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Speaker 1: From the Burkes, shears to the sound from wherever you

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Speaker 1: Fame voter number eighty three, Rob Parker. Welcome into the podcast.

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

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Speaker 1: for you today. Former Major league center fielder Mike Cameron

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Speaker 1: drops by. He'll talk about his son, Daz, who plays

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

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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 you smell at

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Speaker 1: It's the Chicago Cubs. Unbelievably, at one point they were

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Speaker 1: All right, Now, let's welcome to the podcast. Former major

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Speaker 1: this time until next time. Rob Parker out he can't

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