June 4, 2026 • 28 mins
On this week’s edition of Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob discusses the Seattle Mariners season thus far, MLB.com’s first MVP power rankings, and Jo Adell’s bizarre fielding blunder. Plus, Philadelphia Phillies manager Don Mattingly swings by to discuss their big turnaround, and MLB.com’s Bill Ladson checks in to discuss the New York Mets and Yankees. Finally, we drop Rob's latest appearance on MLB Network, and reveal the tenth installment of Rob’s Memory Lane series.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live
in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give
us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop
on major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame
voter number fifty six, Rob Parker.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Come on, I've been covering Major League baseball for almost
forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit,
in LA.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
I love this game. Let's go.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker, and
what a show we have for you today. Philadelphia Phillies
manager Don Mattingly drops by. His team has a resurgence going.
We'll talk to him on why things have gotten better
since he took over. Also Bill Latson, a veteran baseball
writer based in New York. We'll get updates on the
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Mets and Yankees, that and much more. Or let's go.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Better up to lead off, it's getting.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Rocked to keep them on. Rob's hot take.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
On the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Number one, don't look now, but the Seattle Mariners are
finally woken up out of their slumber. They've won eight
in a row. Coming into Wednesday's action after beating the
Mets eight to three. Here's the big thing. They're doing
it with the long ball, and during that eight game
stretch they've hit twenty one home runs. During the eight
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game winning streak. Only three teams did it a year ago,
so it doesn't happen that often. The Yankees, the Cubs,
and the Angels all hit twenty one or more home
runs during the eight game stretch of the season that
was last year. Marina's got up to such a bad
start coming into Wednesday's action four games over five hundred
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with this eight game winning streak, so it looks like
maybe things have turned around for Seattle and maybe they
will win the AL West. It looked kind of shaky
early on, obviously, there's a long way to go. June
just as started, so the Mariners are making their bid again.
No one's doing anything to be scared about it in
the AO West. So it looks like the Mariners can
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get this ship righted, get cal Riley back and back
in action and back hitting and doing what he does,
and have this team make yet another run.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
To the postseason.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Number two.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
On Wednesday, MLB dot Com released their tracking poll of
America League MVP race, and so far you're done. Alvarez
from the Astros is leading the pack with the first
place in the poll of thirty five experts from MLB
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dot Com. Aaron Judge was second in that polling. Now
we've got to figure out if he's going to be
healthy or what's going to happen here. Of course that's
going to affect his numbers. Bobby went Junior from Kansas
City was third on that list, and the surprising one
was Ben Rice, who's had a breakout year for the Yankees.
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He was listed in this poll as fourth in the
National League. Surprise, surprise, show Hail Tani again. Obviously we
get it.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
The pitching.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
He's got an EO ray of under one coming into Wednesday,
and obviously he's starting to heat up with the bat.
He wasn't hitting that well to start this season. Remember
the Dodgers weren't even hitting him when he pitched, and
now they've changed that. So Otani's doing everything. So it
looks like a clear front runner in the National League
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with show Hal Tani both on the mount and at
the plate, and in the American League it looks like
there's a three man four man race Bobby Wits interesting,
Ben Rice. Can he win it? In his first breakout year?
He's hitting home runs, knocking him runs, ops, is high,
a lot of good things there. Can judge not be
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out that long if he has to go on the
injured list. And Jordan Avarez has always been one of
these great hitters. And depending on where the astros are,
you know, and what kind of numbers he puts up,
can he win the American League MVP? The ao Res
race will definitely be big time competitive.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Number three.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Tuesday night, I saw the craziest thing I've ever seen.
I mean we've seen it before. It happened to Jose Canseco,
where a batted ball hit him on the head and
went over the fence for a home run. It happened
Tuesday night to Joe Adell. Joe Adell, who robbed three
home runs in one game earlier this year, had them
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Unford watching it. Situation of a fluky play like that
where he's going back for a ball, it hits off
his glove, hits him on the top of the head
and bounces over the fence for a home run. What
a weird scene and what a weird season for Joe
Adell to be that great jumping in the stands catching
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home runs and then have a fluky play like that happened.
I mean this was really fluky more than anything. But
he's been definitely an improved outfielder, a guy who can
go get it and play well out there and right
field for the Angels. But Tuesday night made you scratch
your head and say, how did that happen?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
It's so good.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Now let's welcome into the podcast, of course, Phillies manager
Don Matteley, Don, how are you?
Speaker 5 (05:53):
I'm good today?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
All right, appreciate it. Let's start here.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
You guys made Major League Baseball history, and I'm talking
about you and your son.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Manager.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You're looking at me crazy, but manager, a general manager
never happened in the history of this game.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Weird, strange or natural? How did that feel?
Speaker 5 (06:16):
He's kind of all the above.
Speaker 6 (06:17):
It's a little weird at first, a little bit strange.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
It's becoming really natural.
Speaker 7 (06:22):
And I think the time in baseball that we're in
right now, there's so much more interaction between the front
office in the locker room.
Speaker 5 (06:31):
It's up and down. There's multiple guys in.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
Our locker room, and it's just a different time.
Speaker 7 (06:36):
So I think that's made it a lot easier that
Preston's been around these guys probably for a few years now.
Speaker 5 (06:43):
I'm just coming in, but they already know.
Speaker 7 (06:45):
Him, and I just trusted that they were to get
to know me and who I am.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Let me ask you about Preston.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Was there any point that you felt like he has
a field for the game, you know what I mean, Donnie,
to be able to look at people evaluate being that
kind of job. Everybody can't evaluate, everybody can't play.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
The skill sets. What did Preston come through with that?
Speaker 5 (07:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (07:07):
You know what happened pretty quick when he went to
San Diego, and you know, I knew he wanted to get.
Speaker 7 (07:12):
Into sports and get an opportunity to you know, be
on the other side in sports, right, And it.
Speaker 8 (07:22):
Wasn't too long that I started to hear this voice
that was a sure himself and his opinions, and I
really just tried to encourage him to to.
Speaker 6 (07:33):
Share his opinions in those meetings.
Speaker 7 (07:35):
A lot of times it's like it gets to be
a gain kind of a group talk, and I say, hey,
you know what if you believe something, say it, you know,
and you're probably gonna be wrong sometimes right.
Speaker 6 (07:46):
But at least you've got an opinion.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
You learn from that.
Speaker 8 (07:49):
And it was quickly that he I could just tell
the way he talked, and he we would talk when
I was in Miami.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
You know, He's like, Dad, you got to do this.
Speaker 7 (07:57):
You got to get your you got to pick this
guy up off a while like I was making the move.
Speaker 5 (08:01):
Right, I wasn't making any moves, but just.
Speaker 8 (08:04):
That sound and the way he talked was really interesting
to make.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Our guest is Don Matteley, of course, manager of the
Philadelphia Phillies, and of course you took over as an
interim basis.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Here with the Phillies.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
And what's the approach when you come in in this
situation veteran team, how do you approach that?
Speaker 5 (08:26):
Well, Number one, I'll be honest, Like you know, Luckily
I was around for a while.
Speaker 7 (08:31):
I wasn't just coming in out of the blue somewhere,
so I had been there in spring training.
Speaker 5 (08:35):
And with the club.
Speaker 7 (08:38):
It's a tough situation because the one good thing for
me was I had experienced in New York.
Speaker 6 (08:43):
We changed the managers a lot and multiple times during.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
The season, and I always knew that how the players felt.
Speaker 7 (08:50):
We always felt like it was our fault, like we
didn't get the job done.
Speaker 5 (08:53):
So I assumed our.
Speaker 7 (08:55):
Guys were going to be the same, right And I
know these guys they love Rob, you know, do a
lot with him. He's a guy that's loyal to his players,
all of those.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
All all of the above with him.
Speaker 7 (09:07):
These guys love him, So I knew it was a
situation they were gonna be feeling bad.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
And really, all I.
Speaker 6 (09:14):
Tried to do was talk about playing better baseball. I
knew he had a good team, so I had two
things on my side.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
I had talent. In time, we'd.
Speaker 7 (09:22):
Only played twenty nine games. That's a such a small
smart part of a baseball season. And when you have talent,
you know it's gonna kind of start finding its way.
I just tried to give it a little kick start
as far as playing trying to play better baseball.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
I look and the first twenty nine games, the elray
was over five, and now it's under three since you
took over.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
We know about baseball.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Pitching defense is a big part of the game.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
What click pitching wise for you guys.
Speaker 5 (09:53):
I think they just kind of found the rhythm.
Speaker 7 (09:56):
Wheeler came back number one, huge, huge, obviously like a
number one and Ace or you know Ace with Sanchez,
you got kind of two.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Sanchez is so filthy.
Speaker 5 (10:07):
Ah, yes, no doubt.
Speaker 7 (10:10):
So those guys took off and they really weren't throwing
the ball back.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
We felt like we were a little unlucky. A lot
of balls were falling.
Speaker 7 (10:17):
When we made an air, it seemed to cost us
two or three runs.
Speaker 5 (10:21):
It was a little bit of everything.
Speaker 7 (10:24):
Once that starting pitching kind of got ironed out, got
us deeper into the game, allowed us to use our
bullpen the way we want to use it and use
put the guys in their spots, and then we started
making air and now we'd getten out right, and things.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Started to turn for us.
Speaker 7 (10:39):
But it's it's the starting pitching for me that has
really turned the corner.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
All right, this is your thirteam managing. What have you
learned over that?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Of course, you managed in Los Angeles with the Dodgers,
in Miami with the Marlins, and now in Philadelphia.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
What have you learned through those.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
Two and a half stance or whatever?
Speaker 6 (10:59):
As a man of Yeah, obviously you learn all the time.
Speaker 7 (11:03):
La was probably the biggest learning curve because I'd never
managed before, so.
Speaker 5 (11:07):
Going through that is a huge learning curve. I think
the biggest thing I learned though over time.
Speaker 7 (11:15):
I mean, obviously you got to I like players so
and I understand that they're not always going to be,
you know, killing the ball, making great plays, making getting
every out. So I understood that part. So I feel
like I had an understanding of that. I feel like
I had an understanding of the mentality that you want
on your ball club and how you go about your business,
and if I'm not seeing it, I know what it
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looks like and was able to have easy conversations with guys,
and I felt like in those situations. The biggest thing
I learned, like down in Miami was like with the
way things are now, I kind of started off in
an old school approach and then over time there's so
many more people and so many more people in the
locker room and things like that. You have to you
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want to make everyone feel included in this problem sense
of hours, and that was probably the biggest thing, is
really trying to bring everybody together as a group as
a manager.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this
motto if I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring in a
writer or broadcaster, old or new.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Now let's welcome into the podcast. Bill Latson, longtime baseball writer,
covered the Expos and Nationals all the way up until
twenty sixteen and now is a writer for MLB dot
com and mlbbro dot com.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
Bill, how are you doing great?
Speaker 5 (12:40):
Rob? Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Oh yeah, absolutely. And Bill's based in New York, so
he's you know, up to date on the Mets and Yankees.
And that's really what we want to dig into today.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Let's start.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Aaron Judge missed his first game of the season, and
now there's concerns about his injury. Can you just update
this and what's going on with Aaron Judge?
Speaker 9 (13:01):
Well, basically, he has a ribcage injury and it's the
pain is traveling all the way to the shoulder. That's
something I never heard of, So, I mean, it would
not surprise me if he went on the IL. We
won't know until we get to the stadium this afternoon,
but I gotta tell you that would be a huge
loss if he had to go on the IL, for sure.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
No doubt.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
I mean, obviously he was trying to repeat his MVP
and maybe hit fifty home runs, being the first player
ever to do fifty home runs five different seasons. So
there's a lot well, well, I guess we'll find out
more about Aaron Judge, but definitely when he's out of
the lineup, it's a different team. Speaking about out of
the lineup, John Carlos Stanton has been out for the Yankees.
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What's the latest on him? Is he coming back soon?
Speaker 9 (13:48):
I don't think soon. I know he's doing like sprints,
that's all he's doing. He's not running the bases. He
still can take batting practice, but the key is going
to be the running. Once he's starts running, then we'll
see him right after that, but it's not gonna be
no time soon. It would not surprise me, rob if
we didn't see him until after the All Star break.
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That's another unfortunate injury there, because they need his power
and we can't see Judge do it alone even without
Gene Carlos.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
Right, even though Ben Reich is having some season for
them as well, as he makes his transition to first base,
Let's go to the Yankee pitching. The hitting's all banged up,
but the pitching Garrett Cole's back been spectacular in his
first two starts since he returned. You know, when they
get Max free back and Don't gets himself together, and
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it's a pretty formidable rotation.
Speaker 9 (14:50):
It's a great rotation. Surprisingly, I don't think no one
expected the young guns to do as well as they did.
I mean, like, once once everyone's healthy, someone one of
those guys could go to the bullpen. That could really
help the bullpen. And you know, Rob, I'll tell you
the truthful. Even though they have great starting pitching, I'm
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concerned more concerned about their bullpen. They don't have a
lights out type of guy. And if they can get
you know, like you know, a lights out type of
reliever in the during the trade deadline, then I would say, yes,
the Yankees can go far in the postseason. But right now,
with the bullpen they have right now, I don't see it.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Yeah, I think that they'll for sure, once teams start
to realize that they're out of it and make some
trades and moves, they'll get what they need.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
But when you have a rotation.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
And you got you know, three three studs for deep
going into series, it's going to give you a great
chance I'm not saying automatic, but a great chance. Our
guest is Bill Latson. He covers Major League Baseball for
MLB dot Com and mlbbro dot Com.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
Both spill.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Let's go to the Mets and the mess that they
have over in Queen's. I mean, no one could have
imagined last year was bad enough. They win the Wan
Soto sweep Stakes and then don't make the playoffs. This year,
they get off to a really bad start and decide
to stay with their manager, Carlos Mendoz. It's just been bad.
I don't see how they're going to turn this around.
Speaker 9 (16:22):
I agree with you, Rob, And the thing is, the
person I blame the most is GM for letting Peter
Alonzo go. I think getting rid of Pee Alonso was
a big mistake, not only for his power, but you
know what, he was not a bad defender, because the
first base thing you have right now, Vianto's is awful.
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He is worse than Dave Kingman, and I think he's
the worst first baseman I ever saw. And you know,
getting rid of Nemo was a mistake in the beginning.
I love the young guns they have in the outfield now.
I love aj Ewing. I love Carson Binge because they
can play defense and they also bring a fire to
that team. So I think for the rest of the year,
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I think the Mets need to go young and see
where they can go the rest of the way. Now,
I think they're definitely not going to go to the playoffs,
but I would rather see them go downhill with young players.
That's the only way you'll find out if you have
a future or not.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Here's my only issue. The Mets and Phillies were both
in the same situation. Brave's running away with the NL.
Least the Phillies made a move. Rob Thompson took the
Phillies to the World Series, like seriously, and they decided
that it wasn't working out. And guess what, Don Matteley
shows up the team. He already goes from five to
under the three and they start winning and they saved
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their season. But the Phillies made a change and it worked.
The Mets didn't make a change, and it's still in
the same run. What is it about Colins Mendoza that
they feel they can't let this guy go?
Speaker 9 (17:59):
Well, is there's a reason, because it's not his fault.
No one told him to get rid of his coaching staff,
the coaching staff he had last year, Rob, I don't
care what anyone says. It wasn't that bad. Antoine Richardson,
who is now with the Braves, was a great first
base coach. Great and look what he did to want Soto.
Wan Soto stole over thirty bases. Did you think Juan
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Soto was gonna steal with thirty bases last year? That
was because of Anton Richardson. Okay, the pitching coach, also
now with the Braves, wasn't that bad either. I think
it's all on the GM. The GM made these mistakes.
He added Marcus Simeon. Look I love Marcus Simeon, but
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he can't hit anymore. And this has been going on
for the last two and a half years now. So
I think that's why you don't let carls Mendoza go
because he didn't do anything.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Because Moley pushed back to you is last year they
get Wan Soto. All they need to do was win
one game in the end of the season to make
the playoffs. They can't be again.
Speaker 5 (19:04):
The Marlins.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
I'm just like they wonder last year was not to
make the playoffs. How can they make the last year.
Speaker 9 (19:12):
But again this is again the GM because of the
trade deadline. Look at who who he was able to
get Hensley awful. A lot of the people he acquired
during the trade deadline did nothing, and I blame that
all on the GM. The GM didn't make the right
moves that need to be made, and unfortunately the pitching staff,
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meaning the starters like Sean and Iyah, they all went downhill.
So again I have to blame the GM. I will
never blame Carls Mendoza for that, all right.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
His name is Bill Lats and he covers Major League
Baseball for MLB dot Com MLB bro dot com based
in New York, and Bill appreciate the insight. Thank you,
my man, anytime.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
In case you missed Rob Parker on the MLB networks,
here's his latest appearance on mL Dina. Rob, great to
have you here.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
So I laid it out.
Speaker 10 (20:11):
I won't give you stats on Otani, but you have
to give it up now, right, I just bkay.
Speaker 4 (20:18):
It's the same story I've been talking about.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
I'm not dissing him and doesn't think he's a great pitcher.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
But the competition the Diamondbacks is that.
Speaker 10 (20:27):
They probably a playoff team. Diamondbacks are probably a playoff team.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
Probably are they will they make the playoffs? Yes or no?
Speaker 10 (20:35):
BK French the French no differente not that good, so
they should still at all even I know you're going
strength to schedule, which we normally don't do for anybody
until like we get to cy Young and it's like
Mike Messina face in the Al East or something like that.
But this guy right now, look at the slash line,
even the batting average, you like, batting average three oh one,
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four to twenty on base five twenty one, slugging, the
way runs created plus tied for the league lead zero
points seventy four is the best in baseball. Like, come on,
come on, Rob, Now, that's it. You don't need to
strike the schedule wherever he's facing. He's so dominant. I'm
so impressed now. And I take shots too when I
think it's warranted, but right now this is startling.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
No, he's having a really good season, putting it both together.
Speaker 4 (21:25):
Finally he's hitting like we expect.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
So yes, he's having an MVP season.
Speaker 5 (21:29):
Okay, look he said it.
Speaker 10 (21:30):
Philly has been time to swept the Padres twenty three
and ten since Don Mattingley took over. I know you
spoke to Donnie. Let's hear part of you with Don Mattingley.
Speaker 7 (21:41):
And really all I tried to do was talk about
playing better baseball.
Speaker 6 (21:44):
I knew he had a good team, so I had
two things on my side.
Speaker 7 (21:47):
I had talent and time. We'd only played twenty nine games,
that's all. That's a such a small smart.
Speaker 5 (21:55):
Part of a baseball season.
Speaker 7 (21:57):
And when you have talent, you know it's gonna start
finding its way. I just tried to give it a
little kick start as far as playing trying to play
better baseball.
Speaker 10 (22:07):
That's on your podcast Inside the Parker. What do you
make of what Donnie did? I mean, Look, we all
love Rob Thompson. We thought, you know, that's a shame
what happened to Rob. But there's no denying what's happened
since Don Mattingley took over, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
And you know what, that's why sometimes you need to
make a change. I hope the New York Metro listening.
Sometimes you have to do it, BK. And you know what,
it saved the Philly season. They're going to be in
the postseason. Makes they have a good team, and look
at the pitching since Don Maddenley arrived. The eerra was
over five and then we saw under three.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
That's it.
Speaker 10 (22:40):
Yeah, well Zach Wheeler had just gotten back, and Wheeler
goes again today. He's kind of he's the difference. But
you're right, and you're right on all that. Here's the
thing we never even bring up. Will anybody ever catch
Oral herscheizer because it's like it's not even on the table.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
Christopher Sanchez came close.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
I'll tell you it is no way, no how.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
Oral streak now reminds me of Joe DiMaggio's fifty six
game hitting streak, which nobody will get to. I don't
think they'll catch Oral. I don't think they'll catch Joe DiMaggio.
It's too hard, too tough, too tough. Sanchez was pitching
brilliantly and he couldn't do it.
Speaker 10 (23:19):
He came with the nine innings and by the way,
the guy running too the plate, a better left fielder
with a better arm gets that guy at the plate.
And he still has a streak.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Did you see that last night?
Speaker 10 (23:30):
He's close to being he's close to being like a start. Now,
no one goes nine, but he's close to being a start.
Plus of being away from that record.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Close but no cigar.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Yeah, I hear you.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
I love your next hot take.
Speaker 10 (23:44):
This is so unreasonable. You're saying nobody from the Mets
should make the All Star Team. Nobody, not one met
give us your rationale.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
I mean, come on, look at where this season is,
look at the payroll, look at what the expectations were true.
Speaker 4 (23:58):
I'm sorry out of it.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Why in the world are we rewarding a team that's underachieved. Nobody,
not even Juan Soto, belongs on the All Star Team.
Speaker 10 (24:07):
Juan Soto is tied with Otani for the league lead
and hitting like just about it rated runs credit plus
with Drake Baldwin and show TONI like, come on, he's
hitting a little better than Swarbur and James Wood. Like, on,
you can allow Wan Sodo to go to the All
Star Game, right, I'm sure he'd rather go fishing, But
like you'd allow so Sodo should go.
Speaker 4 (24:26):
He didn't make it last year.
Speaker 9 (24:27):
B K.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Don't you remember when he was Wan so So? He
didn't make it last year.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
This year he's number one in hitting. Like, it's a
different year.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
It's a different thing.
Speaker 10 (24:36):
It's a different All Star Game.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
You'll punish him because his boom is terrible.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
If I'm voting, I'm looking for the team next to
the guy's name.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
If it says Mets, no vote for.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
Me, well that's you.
Speaker 10 (24:47):
It's you being you, and sometimes you're unreasonable and sometimes
it makes sense.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
I get it, Rob, Thank you. It's time for a
trip down memory lane. Here on inside the Parker.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Ron Parker has covered Major League baseball for forty years. Now,
let's relive a memorable moment of his career. In two
thousand and one, I covered the most.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Dramatic back to back World Series games in baseball history.
The Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees hooked up
in a battle royale. Games four and five in the
Bronx at Yankee Stadium. Both ended in extra innings, and
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both were tied with dramatic home runs. With the Diamondbacks
leading the series two games to one, it appeared as
if they were going to take control of the World Series.
In Game four, they led in the bottom of the
ninth when Tino Martinez came up.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
With a man on base and two outs.
Speaker 4 (26:02):
There's Chino one on, two out, bets swung.
Speaker 8 (26:04):
On at drill they right, let let us hot, let
us fun, let us go the fam.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
Tino with two outs have a bottom of the night.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
The Yankees would wind up winning a ten innings Jerry
and Mister November with the whole on to win the
game and evening this series at two games apiece. The
next night, on Thursday, November first, the Yankees found themselves
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again down two runs in the bottom of the night
with two outs, when Scott Broaches came up and did
this here.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
A game five?
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Broch six back, he took tweet again.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
The Yankees went on the win Game five, then come.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
To the throw by Sanders to play.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Untie for me.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
A sports columnist at Newsday, it was an eerie feeling
in the press room underneath the Yankee Stadium when Brocius
hit his home run, the press room froze.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
Writers looked at each other in disbelief.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
No one could believe that on back to back nights
in the World Series, the Yankees would get a two out,
two run home run to tie the game and send
it into a trap. It was only fitting that the
Arizona Diamondbacks won this World Series in seven games, beating
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the great Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning a secon.
Speaker 5 (27:53):
Hey, this is Rob Parker.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Come back all season long, every week as ile my
forty years of covering Major League Baseball and if you
missed any episodes, go to mlbbro dot com and catch up.
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In the words of New York TV legend the Lady
Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until
next time, Rob Parker out d can't Davin.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
This could be an inside of Parker.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
See you next week, same bat time, same Matt station.
From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live
in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give
us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop
on major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame
voter number fifty six, Rob Parker.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Come on, I've been covering Major League baseball for almost
forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit,
in LA.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
I love this game. Let's go.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker, and
what a show we have for you today. Philadelphia Phillies
manager Don Mattingly drops by. His team has a resurgence going.
We'll talk to him on why things have gotten better
since he took over. Also Bill Latson, a veteran baseball
writer based in New York. We'll get updates on the
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Mets and Yankees, that and much more. Or let's go.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Better up to lead off, it's getting.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Rocked to keep them on. Rob's hot take.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
On the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Number one, don't look now, but the Seattle Mariners are
finally woken up out of their slumber. They've won eight
in a row. Coming into Wednesday's action after beating the
Mets eight to three. Here's the big thing. They're doing
it with the long ball, and during that eight game
stretch they've hit twenty one home runs. During the eight
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game winning streak. Only three teams did it a year ago,
so it doesn't happen that often. The Yankees, the Cubs,
and the Angels all hit twenty one or more home
runs during the eight game stretch of the season that
was last year. Marina's got up to such a bad
start coming into Wednesday's action four games over five hundred
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with this eight game winning streak, so it looks like
maybe things have turned around for Seattle and maybe they
will win the AL West. It looked kind of shaky
early on, obviously, there's a long way to go. June
just as started, so the Mariners are making their bid again.
No one's doing anything to be scared about it in
the AO West. So it looks like the Mariners can
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get this ship righted, get cal Riley back and back
in action and back hitting and doing what he does,
and have this team make yet another run.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
To the postseason.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Number two.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
On Wednesday, MLB dot Com released their tracking poll of
America League MVP race, and so far you're done. Alvarez
from the Astros is leading the pack with the first
place in the poll of thirty five experts from MLB
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dot Com. Aaron Judge was second in that polling. Now
we've got to figure out if he's going to be
healthy or what's going to happen here. Of course that's
going to affect his numbers. Bobby went Junior from Kansas
City was third on that list, and the surprising one
was Ben Rice, who's had a breakout year for the Yankees.
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He was listed in this poll as fourth in the
National League. Surprise, surprise, show Hail Tani again. Obviously we
get it.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
The pitching.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
He's got an EO ray of under one coming into Wednesday,
and obviously he's starting to heat up with the bat.
He wasn't hitting that well to start this season. Remember
the Dodgers weren't even hitting him when he pitched, and
now they've changed that. So Otani's doing everything. So it
looks like a clear front runner in the National League
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with show Hal Tani both on the mount and at
the plate, and in the American League it looks like
there's a three man four man race Bobby Wits interesting,
Ben Rice. Can he win it? In his first breakout year?
He's hitting home runs, knocking him runs, ops, is high,
a lot of good things there. Can judge not be
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out that long if he has to go on the
injured list. And Jordan Avarez has always been one of
these great hitters. And depending on where the astros are,
you know, and what kind of numbers he puts up,
can he win the American League MVP? The ao Res
race will definitely be big time competitive.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Number three.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Tuesday night, I saw the craziest thing I've ever seen.
I mean we've seen it before. It happened to Jose Canseco,
where a batted ball hit him on the head and
went over the fence for a home run. It happened
Tuesday night to Joe Adell. Joe Adell, who robbed three
home runs in one game earlier this year, had them
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Unford watching it. Situation of a fluky play like that
where he's going back for a ball, it hits off
his glove, hits him on the top of the head
and bounces over the fence for a home run. What
a weird scene and what a weird season for Joe
Adell to be that great jumping in the stands catching
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home runs and then have a fluky play like that happened.
I mean this was really fluky more than anything. But
he's been definitely an improved outfielder, a guy who can
go get it and play well out there and right
field for the Angels. But Tuesday night made you scratch
your head and say, how did that happen?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
It's so good.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Now let's welcome into the podcast, of course, Phillies manager
Don Matteley, Don, how are you?
Speaker 5 (05:53):
I'm good today?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
All right, appreciate it. Let's start here.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
You guys made Major League Baseball history, and I'm talking
about you and your son.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Manager.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You're looking at me crazy, but manager, a general manager
never happened in the history of this game.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Weird, strange or natural? How did that feel?
Speaker 5 (06:16):
He's kind of all the above.
Speaker 6 (06:17):
It's a little weird at first, a little bit strange.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
It's becoming really natural.
Speaker 7 (06:22):
And I think the time in baseball that we're in
right now, there's so much more interaction between the front
office in the locker room.
Speaker 5 (06:31):
It's up and down. There's multiple guys in.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
Our locker room, and it's just a different time.
Speaker 7 (06:36):
So I think that's made it a lot easier that
Preston's been around these guys probably for a few years now.
Speaker 5 (06:43):
I'm just coming in, but they already know.
Speaker 7 (06:45):
Him, and I just trusted that they were to get
to know me and who I am.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Let me ask you about Preston.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Was there any point that you felt like he has
a field for the game, you know what I mean, Donnie,
to be able to look at people evaluate being that
kind of job. Everybody can't evaluate, everybody can't play.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
The skill sets. What did Preston come through with that?
Speaker 5 (07:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (07:07):
You know what happened pretty quick when he went to
San Diego, and you know, I knew he wanted to get.
Speaker 7 (07:12):
Into sports and get an opportunity to you know, be
on the other side in sports, right, And it.
Speaker 8 (07:22):
Wasn't too long that I started to hear this voice
that was a sure himself and his opinions, and I
really just tried to encourage him to to.
Speaker 6 (07:33):
Share his opinions in those meetings.
Speaker 7 (07:35):
A lot of times it's like it gets to be
a gain kind of a group talk, and I say, hey,
you know what if you believe something, say it, you know,
and you're probably gonna be wrong sometimes right.
Speaker 6 (07:46):
But at least you've got an opinion.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
You learn from that.
Speaker 8 (07:49):
And it was quickly that he I could just tell
the way he talked, and he we would talk when
I was in Miami.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
You know, He's like, Dad, you got to do this.
Speaker 7 (07:57):
You got to get your you got to pick this
guy up off a while like I was making the move.
Speaker 5 (08:01):
Right, I wasn't making any moves, but just.
Speaker 8 (08:04):
That sound and the way he talked was really interesting
to make.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Our guest is Don Matteley, of course, manager of the
Philadelphia Phillies, and of course you took over as an
interim basis.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Here with the Phillies.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
And what's the approach when you come in in this
situation veteran team, how do you approach that?
Speaker 5 (08:26):
Well, Number one, I'll be honest, Like you know, Luckily
I was around for a while.
Speaker 7 (08:31):
I wasn't just coming in out of the blue somewhere,
so I had been there in spring training.
Speaker 5 (08:35):
And with the club.
Speaker 7 (08:38):
It's a tough situation because the one good thing for
me was I had experienced in New York.
Speaker 6 (08:43):
We changed the managers a lot and multiple times during.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
The season, and I always knew that how the players felt.
Speaker 7 (08:50):
We always felt like it was our fault, like we
didn't get the job done.
Speaker 5 (08:53):
So I assumed our.
Speaker 7 (08:55):
Guys were going to be the same, right And I
know these guys they love Rob, you know, do a
lot with him. He's a guy that's loyal to his players,
all of those.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
All all of the above with him.
Speaker 7 (09:07):
These guys love him, So I knew it was a
situation they were gonna be feeling bad.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
And really, all I.
Speaker 6 (09:14):
Tried to do was talk about playing better baseball. I
knew he had a good team, so I had two
things on my side.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
I had talent. In time, we'd.
Speaker 7 (09:22):
Only played twenty nine games. That's a such a small
smart part of a baseball season. And when you have talent,
you know it's gonna kind of start finding its way.
I just tried to give it a little kick start
as far as playing trying to play better baseball.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
I look and the first twenty nine games, the elray
was over five, and now it's under three since you
took over.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
We know about baseball.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Pitching defense is a big part of the game.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
What click pitching wise for you guys.
Speaker 5 (09:53):
I think they just kind of found the rhythm.
Speaker 7 (09:56):
Wheeler came back number one, huge, huge, obviously like a
number one and Ace or you know Ace with Sanchez,
you got kind of two.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Sanchez is so filthy.
Speaker 5 (10:07):
Ah, yes, no doubt.
Speaker 7 (10:10):
So those guys took off and they really weren't throwing
the ball back.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
We felt like we were a little unlucky. A lot
of balls were falling.
Speaker 7 (10:17):
When we made an air, it seemed to cost us
two or three runs.
Speaker 5 (10:21):
It was a little bit of everything.
Speaker 7 (10:24):
Once that starting pitching kind of got ironed out, got
us deeper into the game, allowed us to use our
bullpen the way we want to use it and use
put the guys in their spots, and then we started
making air and now we'd getten out right, and things.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Started to turn for us.
Speaker 7 (10:39):
But it's it's the starting pitching for me that has
really turned the corner.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
All right, this is your thirteam managing. What have you
learned over that?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Of course, you managed in Los Angeles with the Dodgers,
in Miami with the Marlins, and now in Philadelphia.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
What have you learned through those.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
Two and a half stance or whatever?
Speaker 6 (10:59):
As a man of Yeah, obviously you learn all the time.
Speaker 7 (11:03):
La was probably the biggest learning curve because I'd never
managed before, so.
Speaker 5 (11:07):
Going through that is a huge learning curve. I think
the biggest thing I learned though over time.
Speaker 7 (11:15):
I mean, obviously you got to I like players so
and I understand that they're not always going to be,
you know, killing the ball, making great plays, making getting
every out. So I understood that part. So I feel
like I had an understanding of that. I feel like
I had an understanding of the mentality that you want
on your ball club and how you go about your business,
and if I'm not seeing it, I know what it
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looks like and was able to have easy conversations with guys,
and I felt like in those situations. The biggest thing
I learned, like down in Miami was like with the
way things are now, I kind of started off in
an old school approach and then over time there's so
many more people and so many more people in the
locker room and things like that. You have to you
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want to make everyone feel included in this problem sense
of hours, and that was probably the biggest thing, is
really trying to bring everybody together as a group as
a manager.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this
motto if I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring in a
writer or broadcaster, old or new.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Now let's welcome into the podcast. Bill Latson, longtime baseball writer,
covered the Expos and Nationals all the way up until
twenty sixteen and now is a writer for MLB dot
com and mlbbro dot com.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
Bill, how are you doing great?
Speaker 5 (12:40):
Rob? Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Oh yeah, absolutely. And Bill's based in New York, so
he's you know, up to date on the Mets and Yankees.
And that's really what we want to dig into today.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Let's start.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Aaron Judge missed his first game of the season, and
now there's concerns about his injury. Can you just update
this and what's going on with Aaron Judge?
Speaker 9 (13:01):
Well, basically, he has a ribcage injury and it's the
pain is traveling all the way to the shoulder. That's
something I never heard of, So, I mean, it would
not surprise me if he went on the IL. We
won't know until we get to the stadium this afternoon,
but I gotta tell you that would be a huge
loss if he had to go on the IL, for sure.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
No doubt.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
I mean, obviously he was trying to repeat his MVP
and maybe hit fifty home runs, being the first player
ever to do fifty home runs five different seasons. So
there's a lot well, well, I guess we'll find out
more about Aaron Judge, but definitely when he's out of
the lineup, it's a different team. Speaking about out of
the lineup, John Carlos Stanton has been out for the Yankees.
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What's the latest on him? Is he coming back soon?
Speaker 9 (13:48):
I don't think soon. I know he's doing like sprints,
that's all he's doing. He's not running the bases. He
still can take batting practice, but the key is going
to be the running. Once he's starts running, then we'll
see him right after that, but it's not gonna be
no time soon. It would not surprise me, rob if
we didn't see him until after the All Star break.
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That's another unfortunate injury there, because they need his power
and we can't see Judge do it alone even without
Gene Carlos.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
Right, even though Ben Reich is having some season for
them as well, as he makes his transition to first base,
Let's go to the Yankee pitching. The hitting's all banged up,
but the pitching Garrett Cole's back been spectacular in his
first two starts since he returned. You know, when they
get Max free back and Don't gets himself together, and
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it's a pretty formidable rotation.
Speaker 9 (14:50):
It's a great rotation. Surprisingly, I don't think no one
expected the young guns to do as well as they did.
I mean, like, once once everyone's healthy, someone one of
those guys could go to the bullpen. That could really
help the bullpen. And you know, Rob, I'll tell you
the truthful. Even though they have great starting pitching, I'm
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concerned more concerned about their bullpen. They don't have a
lights out type of guy. And if they can get
you know, like you know, a lights out type of
reliever in the during the trade deadline, then I would say, yes,
the Yankees can go far in the postseason. But right now,
with the bullpen they have right now, I don't see it.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Yeah, I think that they'll for sure, once teams start
to realize that they're out of it and make some
trades and moves, they'll get what they need.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
But when you have a rotation.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
And you got you know, three three studs for deep
going into series, it's going to give you a great
chance I'm not saying automatic, but a great chance. Our
guest is Bill Latson. He covers Major League Baseball for
MLB dot Com and mlbbro dot Com.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
Both spill.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Let's go to the Mets and the mess that they
have over in Queen's. I mean, no one could have
imagined last year was bad enough. They win the Wan
Soto sweep Stakes and then don't make the playoffs. This year,
they get off to a really bad start and decide
to stay with their manager, Carlos Mendoz. It's just been bad.
I don't see how they're going to turn this around.
Speaker 9 (16:22):
I agree with you, Rob, And the thing is, the
person I blame the most is GM for letting Peter
Alonzo go. I think getting rid of Pee Alonso was
a big mistake, not only for his power, but you
know what, he was not a bad defender, because the
first base thing you have right now, Vianto's is awful.
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He is worse than Dave Kingman, and I think he's
the worst first baseman I ever saw. And you know,
getting rid of Nemo was a mistake in the beginning.
I love the young guns they have in the outfield now.
I love aj Ewing. I love Carson Binge because they
can play defense and they also bring a fire to
that team. So I think for the rest of the year,
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I think the Mets need to go young and see
where they can go the rest of the way. Now,
I think they're definitely not going to go to the playoffs,
but I would rather see them go downhill with young players.
That's the only way you'll find out if you have
a future or not.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Here's my only issue. The Mets and Phillies were both
in the same situation. Brave's running away with the NL.
Least the Phillies made a move. Rob Thompson took the
Phillies to the World Series, like seriously, and they decided
that it wasn't working out. And guess what, Don Matteley
shows up the team. He already goes from five to
under the three and they start winning and they saved
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their season. But the Phillies made a change and it worked.
The Mets didn't make a change, and it's still in
the same run. What is it about Colins Mendoza that
they feel they can't let this guy go?
Speaker 9 (17:59):
Well, is there's a reason, because it's not his fault.
No one told him to get rid of his coaching staff,
the coaching staff he had last year, Rob, I don't
care what anyone says. It wasn't that bad. Antoine Richardson,
who is now with the Braves, was a great first
base coach. Great and look what he did to want Soto.
Wan Soto stole over thirty bases. Did you think Juan
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Soto was gonna steal with thirty bases last year? That
was because of Anton Richardson. Okay, the pitching coach, also
now with the Braves, wasn't that bad either. I think
it's all on the GM. The GM made these mistakes.
He added Marcus Simeon. Look I love Marcus Simeon, but
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he can't hit anymore. And this has been going on
for the last two and a half years now. So
I think that's why you don't let carls Mendoza go
because he didn't do anything.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Because Moley pushed back to you is last year they
get Wan Soto. All they need to do was win
one game in the end of the season to make
the playoffs. They can't be again.
Speaker 5 (19:04):
The Marlins.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
I'm just like they wonder last year was not to
make the playoffs. How can they make the last year.
Speaker 9 (19:12):
But again this is again the GM because of the
trade deadline. Look at who who he was able to
get Hensley awful. A lot of the people he acquired
during the trade deadline did nothing, and I blame that
all on the GM. The GM didn't make the right
moves that need to be made, and unfortunately the pitching staff,
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meaning the starters like Sean and Iyah, they all went downhill.
So again I have to blame the GM. I will
never blame Carls Mendoza for that, all right.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
His name is Bill Lats and he covers Major League
Baseball for MLB dot Com MLB bro dot com based
in New York, and Bill appreciate the insight. Thank you,
my man, anytime.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
In case you missed Rob Parker on the MLB networks,
here's his latest appearance on mL Dina. Rob, great to
have you here.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
So I laid it out.
Speaker 10 (20:11):
I won't give you stats on Otani, but you have
to give it up now, right, I just bkay.
Speaker 4 (20:18):
It's the same story I've been talking about.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
I'm not dissing him and doesn't think he's a great pitcher.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
But the competition the Diamondbacks is that.
Speaker 10 (20:27):
They probably a playoff team. Diamondbacks are probably a playoff team.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
Probably are they will they make the playoffs? Yes or no?
Speaker 10 (20:35):
BK French the French no differente not that good, so
they should still at all even I know you're going
strength to schedule, which we normally don't do for anybody
until like we get to cy Young and it's like
Mike Messina face in the Al East or something like that.
But this guy right now, look at the slash line,
even the batting average, you like, batting average three oh one,
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four to twenty on base five twenty one, slugging, the
way runs created plus tied for the league lead zero
points seventy four is the best in baseball. Like, come on,
come on, Rob, Now, that's it. You don't need to
strike the schedule wherever he's facing. He's so dominant. I'm
so impressed now. And I take shots too when I
think it's warranted, but right now this is startling.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
No, he's having a really good season, putting it both together.
Speaker 4 (21:25):
Finally he's hitting like we expect.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
So yes, he's having an MVP season.
Speaker 5 (21:29):
Okay, look he said it.
Speaker 10 (21:30):
Philly has been time to swept the Padres twenty three
and ten since Don Mattingley took over. I know you
spoke to Donnie. Let's hear part of you with Don Mattingley.
Speaker 7 (21:41):
And really all I tried to do was talk about
playing better baseball.
Speaker 6 (21:44):
I knew he had a good team, so I had
two things on my side.
Speaker 7 (21:47):
I had talent and time. We'd only played twenty nine games,
that's all. That's a such a small smart.
Speaker 5 (21:55):
Part of a baseball season.
Speaker 7 (21:57):
And when you have talent, you know it's gonna start
finding its way. I just tried to give it a
little kick start as far as playing trying to play
better baseball.
Speaker 10 (22:07):
That's on your podcast Inside the Parker. What do you
make of what Donnie did? I mean, Look, we all
love Rob Thompson. We thought, you know, that's a shame
what happened to Rob. But there's no denying what's happened
since Don Mattingley took over, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
And you know what, that's why sometimes you need to
make a change. I hope the New York Metro listening.
Sometimes you have to do it, BK. And you know what,
it saved the Philly season. They're going to be in
the postseason. Makes they have a good team, and look
at the pitching since Don Maddenley arrived. The eerra was
over five and then we saw under three.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
That's it.
Speaker 10 (22:40):
Yeah, well Zach Wheeler had just gotten back, and Wheeler
goes again today. He's kind of he's the difference. But
you're right, and you're right on all that. Here's the
thing we never even bring up. Will anybody ever catch
Oral herscheizer because it's like it's not even on the table.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
Christopher Sanchez came close.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
I'll tell you it is no way, no how.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
Oral streak now reminds me of Joe DiMaggio's fifty six
game hitting streak, which nobody will get to. I don't
think they'll catch Oral. I don't think they'll catch Joe DiMaggio.
It's too hard, too tough, too tough. Sanchez was pitching
brilliantly and he couldn't do it.
Speaker 10 (23:19):
He came with the nine innings and by the way,
the guy running too the plate, a better left fielder
with a better arm gets that guy at the plate.
And he still has a streak.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Did you see that last night?
Speaker 10 (23:30):
He's close to being he's close to being like a start. Now,
no one goes nine, but he's close to being a start.
Plus of being away from that record.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Close but no cigar.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Yeah, I hear you.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
I love your next hot take.
Speaker 10 (23:44):
This is so unreasonable. You're saying nobody from the Mets
should make the All Star Team. Nobody, not one met
give us your rationale.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
I mean, come on, look at where this season is,
look at the payroll, look at what the expectations were true.
Speaker 4 (23:58):
I'm sorry out of it.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Why in the world are we rewarding a team that's underachieved. Nobody,
not even Juan Soto, belongs on the All Star Team.
Speaker 10 (24:07):
Juan Soto is tied with Otani for the league lead
and hitting like just about it rated runs credit plus
with Drake Baldwin and show TONI like, come on, he's
hitting a little better than Swarbur and James Wood. Like, on,
you can allow Wan Sodo to go to the All
Star Game, right, I'm sure he'd rather go fishing, But
like you'd allow so Sodo should go.
Speaker 4 (24:26):
He didn't make it last year.
Speaker 9 (24:27):
B K.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Don't you remember when he was Wan so So? He
didn't make it last year.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
This year he's number one in hitting. Like, it's a
different year.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
It's a different thing.
Speaker 10 (24:36):
It's a different All Star Game.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
You'll punish him because his boom is terrible.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
If I'm voting, I'm looking for the team next to
the guy's name.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
If it says Mets, no vote for.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
Me, well that's you.
Speaker 10 (24:47):
It's you being you, and sometimes you're unreasonable and sometimes
it makes sense.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
I get it, Rob, Thank you. It's time for a
trip down memory lane. Here on inside the Parker.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Ron Parker has covered Major League baseball for forty years. Now,
let's relive a memorable moment of his career. In two
thousand and one, I covered the most.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Dramatic back to back World Series games in baseball history.
The Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees hooked up
in a battle royale. Games four and five in the
Bronx at Yankee Stadium. Both ended in extra innings, and
(25:36):
both were tied with dramatic home runs. With the Diamondbacks
leading the series two games to one, it appeared as
if they were going to take control of the World Series.
In Game four, they led in the bottom of the
ninth when Tino Martinez came up.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
With a man on base and two outs.
Speaker 4 (26:02):
There's Chino one on, two out, bets swung.
Speaker 8 (26:04):
On at drill they right, let let us hot, let
us fun, let us go the fam.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
Tino with two outs have a bottom of the night.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
The Yankees would wind up winning a ten innings Jerry
and Mister November with the whole on to win the
game and evening this series at two games apiece. The
next night, on Thursday, November first, the Yankees found themselves
(26:35):
again down two runs in the bottom of the night
with two outs, when Scott Broaches came up and did
this here.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
A game five?
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Broch six back, he took tweet again.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
The Yankees went on the win Game five, then come.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
To the throw by Sanders to play.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Untie for me.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
A sports columnist at Newsday, it was an eerie feeling
in the press room underneath the Yankee Stadium when Brocius
hit his home run, the press room froze.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
Writers looked at each other in disbelief.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
No one could believe that on back to back nights
in the World Series, the Yankees would get a two out,
two run home run to tie the game and send
it into a trap. It was only fitting that the
Arizona Diamondbacks won this World Series in seven games, beating
(27:45):
the great Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning a secon.
Speaker 5 (27:53):
Hey, this is Rob Parker.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Come back all season long, every week as ile my
forty years of covering Major League Baseball and if you
missed any episodes, go to mlbbro dot com and catch up.
(28:18):
In the words of New York TV legend the Lady
Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until
next time, Rob Parker out d can't Davin.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
This could be an inside of Parker.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
See you next week, same bat time, same Matt station.
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