This week on Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob on Astros rookie Yordan Alvarez emerging as an MLB star in his first season, Mariano Rivera's nearly unparalleled career, Dodger Stadium's $100 million facelift ahead of the 2020 All-Star Game, and why there's nothing like Cooperstown. He also names his Top 3 MLB Teams of the Week, this week's 'Twitter Trash Talk' Winner, 'Foul or Fair' and the Analytic Stat of the Week.
Guests: Jerry Hairston, Jr.- Former 16-year MLB veteran and Dodgers broadcaster, discusses on transition from the diamond to the broadcast booth and the future of the game; Jon Heyman - MLB Network insider looks at team needs heading into the trade deadline.
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From the Burke shears 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 one oh three, Rob Parker. Welcome into
Inside the Parker podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker. Coming
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up on the show, we'll talk with former Major leaguer
Jerry Harriston Jr. He drops by and talks about the
game and the future of the game. Can't wait. Also,
we're here from Major League Baseball Hall of Famers who
are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
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That plus much more. Welcome into the show. Let's go
better up to lead off, it's getting robbed and keep
him on. Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories
in Major League Baseball. Number one Astro's rookie Sensation. Your
Dan Alvarez has been incredible. I mean, this guy's rookie
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season has been one for the ages. Coming into Tuesday,
Alvarez had thirty five RBIs in his first thirty games.
Guess who's record he broke by doing that? Albert pool Hools,
who had thirty four runs in his first thirty games. Unbelievable.
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People are talking about this guy as the future star
of baseball and what he's been able to do, and
he does mirror a lot like Albert pool Hools in
that pool Hols also debuted at twenty one years old
like Alvarez, and um is an outfielder pool Holts. In
two thousand one, he was the National League Rookie of
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the Year and he capt an unbelievable rookie season, hitting
three twenty nine, he had thirty seven home runs in
a hundred and thirty RBIs and he scored a hundred
and twelve runs, and uh, Alvarez is on pace. Are
you ready for this to hit three fIF team, thirty
four home runs, hundred RBIs and uh looks like he
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should or will win the a L Rookie of the
League Rookie of the Year, I should say if that
were to keep up, and some people are going as
far to say he should be in the running for
the m v P of the American League with the
season that he has put together so far. So here
it is the Houston Astros who put together a lot
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of young players, they developed, they won a World Series,
and yes they have another star in their hands. Alvarez
has been incredible. If you haven't paid attention, you need
to focus on left field, you need to focus at
the plate and watch Alvarez hit and play baseball for
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the Houston Astros. Number two. On Sunday, Mariano Rivera, the
Yankees star stud closer, was inducted to the Baseball Hall
of Fame, the first unanimously elected by the Baseball Writers
Association of America. And people didn't think it would be
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possible because there's always a guy holds out a vote
or doesn't vote for somebody. And since it hadn't happened
before and so many other great players have gone into
the Hall, people thought that it wouldn't happen in this case.
But Mariano becomes the first player to ever go in
with one of the vote and he deserves it. I'm
here to tell you that in pro sports, nobody nobody
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ever had a more perfect career than Mariano Rivera. And
I'm not saying it was perfection. Yes he lost games,
Jesse Blu saves and big moments, Yes there were things
like that, but you take a look at his overall
scope and overall career, he was never bad. A major
league record six hundred and fifty two saves. He also
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helped the Yankees win five World Series. I doubt that
the Yankees would have won all five of those without
Marianod That's how big he was. And when you really
take a look at what he was able to do
with that cut fastball, that cutter that everybody knew what
was coming, yet they couldn't hit it. Here's why I
say I think he had an almost perfect career and
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probably one of the best careers ever in the history
of pro sports, not just baseball. His career two point
to one e r A and his one point zero
zero whip are the lowest in the live ball era
amongst qualified pictures. You heard me, Nobody in the history
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of baseball has a lower e r ray or lower whip.
He also, in the postseason has the record for the
lowest e r ray in the postseason with a zero
point seven zero e r A. Just phenomenal. It's incredible
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to come into those kind of pressure situations and be
able to produce the way that he did. Mariantto Rivera
the first ever unanimous in the Baseball Hall of Fame,
and you know what he deserves it number three. The
Commissioner of Baseball, Rob Manfred, was in Los Angeles on
Tuesday at the Big press conference that announced that the
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Los Angeles Dodgers will have a one hundred million dollar
renovation the Dodger Stadium, which is the National League second
oldest ballpark behind Wrigley Field, and also that the renovations
will proceed the All Star Game, which will be held
at Dodgers Adium for the first time since nineteen eight.
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Is that incredible? So the Dodgers will have the Midsummer
Classic at a ballpark that, in all reality is great
the way it's already set up. It's great that they're
adding money to it. They'll never rebuild it. People love
Dodgers Stadium. They flocked the Dodgers Stadium. But here we go.
Dodgers Stadium will be spruced up and all of the
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country will be able to enjoy it for the Baseball
All Star Game next July in Los Angeles, way way overdue,
kind of like the Dodgers winning another World Series since
it hasn't happened since. But here we are. The Dodgers
All Star game in Los Angeles. It sounds great. Can't wait.
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Number four Sunday was a special time at Cooperstown, New York,
at the Baseball Hall of Fame. I've been there a
number bred times. If you have not gone to the
Hall of Fame, you must make that pil pilgrimage. If
you haven't been to the Baseball Hall of Fame, you
must make that pilgrimage. It is an unbelievable museum about
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the national pastime. It's a must see. And this year
we did hear some amazing speeches, and we heard from
amazing Hall of famers, and we want to share that
with you, including New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. I
don't understand that why I always have to be the
last I keep saying that for the last twenty years
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and the last seventeen years in my career. I always
say why I have to be the last one? But
I guess being the last one was a special It's
a privileged and owner to yes be part of one organization.
I did it with dignity, with owner and pry. I
tried to carry the peace strikes the best that I could.
I think I did it right with that and the
widow of Roy Halliday, Brandy hall Day Bright, would want
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everyone to know that people are not perfect. We are
all imperfect and flawed in one way or another. We
all struggle, but with hard work, humility, and dedication, imperfect
people can still have perfect moments. Right was blessed in
his life and in his career to have some perfect moments.
But I believe that they were only possible because of
the man he striked to be, the teammate that he was,
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and the people he was so blessed to be on
the field with. I'm so humbled to say congratulations to
this year's Hall of Fame inductees, to say thank you
to all of you on Roy's Behalf. Here comes the
Big interview. Listen. He's so good. Let's welcome in. Jerry
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Harriston Jr. Former Major League baseball player, in fielder and
outfielder who played sixteen seasons in the Major Leagues and
won a World Championship with the New York Yankees and
two thousand nod Jerry, what's happened and welcome to the podcast.
Thanks you having me Rob always living in l A
get better than that, no, no doubt about it. With
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this beautiful weather and great baseball. Jerry, tell me, at
what point in your major league career did you think
you would get into broadcasting, As you know you're a
pre impost game hosts for Spectrum Sports in l A.
Did you know you always wanted to get into television. Well,
you know what I think, at a young age, I
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always wanted to be around the game of baseball, whether
it's to be a manager after I was done playing
or getting the broadcast. I remember when I was eight
or nine years old, I was writing a bus uh
to the park with my father. You know, we're on
the road. I believe it was in Milwaukee. That's in
the Milwaukee Brewers for in the American League. And remember
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on the bus a guy named Don Drysdale who was
doing the White Sox TV at the time. I got
a chance sit next to him. So he starts talking.
You know, I'm right nine ten years old and he
either we started talking, and I only knew him as
a broadcaster. At this point, I had no idea who
Don Drysdale the legendary picture was. So we started talking
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and go, hey, I really love listening you play. Because
I learned a lot about baseball and he goes, oh,
that's crazy, goes, well, how did you learn about the
game basis? As well, I was a player I used
to play. I go, you play, kid, you think you
think broadcasters? You know broadcasters right, you don't know that
their actual uh uh players. So I go back and
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tell my dad. I go back and tell my dad.
You know he had a conversation Don drey Dale in
the base off the broadcaster. He told me his vesilverry.
My dad said, well, yeah, he was, He's a legend.
So I did some research on Don Drying, so I
didn't realize he was the Don driving So so I said,
that's what I want to do. I don't want to
be a baseball player, and then when I'm done, I
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don't want to be a broadcast. I want to do
just like what Don Dryanzell did. So that was really
my introduction of being a baseball player and then when
I'm done be a broadcaster. I really early believe Don
Dryingzelles who want to kind of inspired me to do that.
That's amazing, what a great story. Also, you did manage
and me mentioned managing, and your name came up in
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the off season about possibly managing and you know, the
way baseball is going, a lot of teams are looking
for younger guys, younger guys who embrace analytics, and a
lot of guys who were coming off of television as analysts.
And would you be interested in managing and were you
close to getting a gig? Uh? Well, there have been
some clubs that have kind of reached out. And ever
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since I got uh done playing at thirteen, there's been
clubs that have reached out for me to be a
big league coach, whether it's a third base coach, possibly
a first base coach. That kind of groom me, grew,
grew me into becoming a manager. And then obviously now
that I'm doing the TV gig uh, like you mentioned,
more are inclined to hire a younger type of uh
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uh coach manager because they understanding kind of maybe take
on the analytics, which in my opinion is still the
same alice is is statistics, they just renamed it. And
I've always been a person of of wanting information, and
I think that gathering that information and giving it to
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the players and let the players decide, Hey, I'm gonna
use this, I'm gonna use this to better my game.
I think sometimes now we're starting to get into the
into the realm of getting getting too much information and
it's sometimes paralyzing for formats of certain players. So Alex
to Core does an incredible job. Dave Roberts, which four
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or five years ago, they all would have been on
my coaching staff. You know, we're all good friend. Aaron Boone,
Aaron Boone me and are a really good friend. We
actually coach our sons in Scott's Arizona, uh, four or
three or four years ago. Uh, and the coaching staff
we had was Aaron Boone, myself, Cody Ross uh, Kyle
Losch uh and Josh Barfield, who was the manager of
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that team. So it's definitely a thing that I have considered.
But the most important thing for me is being able
to raise my kids. Have a thirteen years year old son, Jackson,
who who's an excellent basketball player, a really good baseball player. Uh.
He wants to start getting into into really taking baseball seriously.
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I'm around him, and I have two daughters. One's a
volleyball player, the other as a soccer player. So you know,
I want to be around them, and I think doing
the TV that I do, I work around a hundred
twenty days a year, year round, and being around them
to be able to raise them, uh, has been very special.
So I love what I'm doing. Awesome. How about this? Okay?
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So you played in Baltimore with the clubs, in Chicago,
Range jerss in Texas, Cincinnati, knew you up with the
Yankee San Diego, Washington, Milwaukee, and of course Los Angeles
with the Dodgers. Which was your favorite town? I want
to lean towards New York? Could you want a championship
in two thousand nine? But baseball towns? Out of all
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the ones you played, and tell me which one was
your favorite? Uh? I get? I gotta ask this a lot.
I love every place I played because I got a
chance to learn different nuances about not only the city,
different types of people, but I got a chance to
learn for really good baseball men. Okay. Uh. In Chicago,
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Dusty Baker incredibly prepared manager. Him and Buck show Walker
were the most prepared managers I ever played for. Dusty
Baker would have lineups ready, uh weeks in evance, making
sure he gives the rest to his star players, make
sure that he gets his best players involved, and make
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sure it's a proper balance up the season book show
Walter or with outstanding outstanding as far as making sure
the bullpen was managed, well, you know, I got a
chance to be around Donny Baseball. Loved the way he
communicated also to his players. You know, Budd Black, one
of the most underrated managers that doesn't really get talked about.
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Incredible communicator, gives confidence to whether you're a position player
or a pitcher. George Gerardy, great exit and those guys.
Kind of a greater type of guy. And I know
I'm leaving a few guys off, but I got a
chance to see a different type of managers go about
their business. And I think I've taken a little bit
from them and kind of use that in my TV
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in the TV realm, you know what I'm saying, as
far as being able to kind of dissect certainly certain games,
certain situations. Last thing, obviously you've covered the Dodgers. You're
you're watching his team. Incredible offense, great starting pitching, bullpens
a question mark and the trade deadline coming up very quickly,
and we got about a minute. Tell me what should
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they do? Do they really need to add a uh
some bullpen help because The Dodger are trying to get
to the World Series for the third year in a row,
and Jerry, we know that and win the first two
years and here's you know, your windows start to close
after a while. How imperative is it for them to
secure some bullpen help. Andrew Friedman has been aggressive each
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in every deadline. He's been a part of the Dodgers organization.
I expect them to be more aggressive this offseason. It
ain't about just getting the World Series. You know, we
talked about it all the time. There's no participation trophies.
Either you get the parade and the World Series ring
or you don't. And the Dodger players understand that. That's
why they've had such a successful season so far. They've
taken nothing for granted. They worked extremely hard, from Cody
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Bellinger to Max Munsey, Justin Turner, Clayton Kershaw, computer these guys.
Or understand you know what ain't about getting just getting
the World Series again. We have to complete the deal.
Nobody remembers teams that finished second place. They remember World
Series champions. And I believe they're gonna be aggressive at
the deadline. They're gonna go out and get an arm
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or two in that bulp and maybe get a position
player that can play the middle infield, a high contact guy,
and it really solidified this team. Jerry Man, thank you
for the knowledge. Were appreciated. His name is Jerry Harriston Jr.
Former Big leaguer and outstanding TV broadcaster for Spectrum Sports
l A. We appreciate you, Jerry any time out that
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it was a big week in the Big League. Who's
Who's is it follow or is it fair? And now
Here's shadow league dot Com MLB Insider Jr. Gamble j R.
This past Sunday, Harold Baines and Lee Smith were in
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sucked it into the Baseball Hall of Fame. They failed
to get in through the writer's vote for more than
fifteen years on the ballot, but they got into the
Veterans Committee. Is it foul or fair to say that
they came into the Hall through the side door? It's south,
is all. I not sure that all of the guys
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who made it through the Veterans Committee the last few
years were deserving. Trammels debatable, So was Morris in my opinion.
But Lee Smith so mission was a tragedy to begin with.
He retired as the all time NLBC leader and say
they put guys like Trevor Hoffman in the whole thing before.
One of the most intimidating relievers to ever played, he
was also a mentor to so many players and had
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impeccable character, at least after what African American players like
Eric Davis, Tom Flash Gordon and Marvin Freeman tell me.
His legacy is standing way beyond the numbers if you
ask the players. The base Full Writers Association of America
isn't perfect, and sometimes players get lost in the sauce
for some reason. I never had any doubt in my
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mind that Smith was a Hall of famous and it's
good that the veteran committee could finally write an injustice.
The b b w a A is still blackballing deserving
guys like a Rod and Bonds, so it's good to
have another selection committee who might see things a bit
different and not be as critical and weird when it
comes to certain players. The US government has systems of
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checks and balances, and baseball needs it to some fresh
eyes to look in hold of fame worthiness from a
different perspective. Hopefully these guys will get Dick Allen and
Fred McGriff said just do eventually as well. Thank God
for the Veterans Committee. I hope it's here to stay
fasten your Seatbellian. Here comes Parker's top three MLB teams
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this week. Number three that Houston Astros. Coming into Tuesday,
they were sixty four and thirty seven, And the Astros
are getting healthy and getting some momentum going. Remember, they
had a long stretch of a lot of injuries, especially
to their pitching staff, and this past week the Astros
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did some damage pitching wise, giving up only eight runs
and four straight wins against divisional opponents. That's the kind
of stuff that you put together when you look at
the team and say, yes, they are going to be
a problem when everybody is healthy and um on their
pitching staff. And the other thing is the lineup is
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really really good. They have filled wood mashers. So the
Astros are the third best team in baseball. Number two.
Number two the Los Angeles Dodgers coming into Tuesday sixty
seven and thirty five. They continue to roll everything they
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have hitting, they have, pitching, what don't they have? I
mean I look at the Dodgers and I just say
they have everything you would want to have, and no wonder.
They look destined to be heading for their third straight
World Series. There's just one thing that is the bugger
boll and we talked about it over and over and over.
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It's the bullpen. Will they get help, will they fix it?
They need it. I can see this Dodger team having
this great regular season, doing everything and then getting into
an important spot in the postseason and not being able
to seal the deal with the right arms coming out
of the bullpen. But right now, this week, they are
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the second best team in baseball, Number one, number one.
I've been saying it all year long. I know there've
been other weeks when other teams have jumped into the
top spot, but the best team in baseball remains the
New York freaking Yankees. Coming into Tuesday, there was sixty
four and thirty four. They continue to beat up on
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the competition. They continue to hit home runs, they continue
to get good pitching. They just need one piece, which
is to add a starting pitcher. And the Yankees, if
they can get that one starter, add a guy who
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can solidify that rotation, they have an unbelievable bullpen. They
have a fearsome lineup, they have sluggers up and down
the lineup. They've done all of this and put together
this record of thirty games over five hundred and have
just one home run from Stanton all year. Nobody would
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believe it's possible. And the same thing, judgements so much time,
has less than ten home runs, and yet the Yankees,
you heard me, are the best team in baseball. Take
out the favor. Then it's time for trash talk Twitter
with your chance to trash anyone or anything in Major
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League Baseball. This week's winner is Lieutenant Archie hi Cock,
and he writes this, I'm trashing the Oakland A's. Can't
stand them with their nappy white uniforms, their nappy white cleats,
wearing butts. They always gotta be so damn clean and
white ever since the Giambie Tajada Mulder Hudson days. And
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their park is so ugly. Man, I hate the A
so much. Go Angels. If you want a chance to
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add Rob Parker fs one on Twitter. When Rob was
a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto. If I'm
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writing I'm ripping, let's bring in a writer and broadcaster
older new all right, let's welcome into the podcast, John
Hayman from Intercom Radio and the MLB Network and a
friend of mine, a former co worker. John Hayman, Welcome
to the podcast. Great to be here, Rob, Thanks a lot,
No no sweat, uh, John, Let's start right away. The
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trade deadline has changed the Major League Baseball July thirty one.
Is it drop dead cut? You can't add any other players,
no waiver wire? How much is that going to change? Uh?
The trade deadline? And how much action do you expect
to see? Well, it should mean more trades on July
thirty one. Obviously there'll be no trades now in August,
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so everybody's gonna have to make their decisions. It's gonna
be interesting and difficult for these teams, I think, because
right now we've got about a dozen teams that are
in the middle deciding what they want to do. Around
five hundred or so a little different than nationally than
the americanly American League wild cards a little tougher. You
gotta win a bunch of games to win that wild
card and get one of those two spots. I think. Know,
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it looks like you can probably win eighty three games.
Maybe you'll slide into that second wild card. So some
tough calls coming up, but they all got to make them.
By July thirty one, John, I see two teams that
look like they're headed maybe possibly to meet in the
World Series, the New York Yankees in the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It's pretty obvious the Yankees need a starter and the
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Dodgers need a reliever or two. Help me with both.
Do the Yankees get it started during at the deadline?
I think they will there. It looks like there might
not be a lot of starters available. Something we thought
were gonna be available may not be now. So it's
gonna be interesting and not easy. But the Yankees have
the prospects and they certainly have the money to do it.
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So I think they're gonna do it. And how about
the Dodgers, Uh, you know they're trying to get to
the World Series for a third time in a row. John,
you know their stacked. They got hitters up and down,
the up and down. They have a great starting pitching,
but the bullpen is he issue? Joke? Kelly has been
bad for them. Uh, Jansen hasn't been the same. Do
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they get do they get somebody they definitely will. They're
they're gonna be relievers available still already are available, and
they'll definitely get somebody for the back end. I don't
think there's any question about that. I'm sure Janson will
remain the closer, but uh, there are a lot of
guys out there, whether it be Green or Giles. I
don't know about the San Francisco guys. That's an interesting situation.
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They have a lot of relievers. I think they'd be
willing to trade with l A if they trade. But
at this point, there right in the middle of the race,
and they're the hottest team in baseball, So I think
that's the most interesting situation. Are the Giants gonna be
a seller still as of today? I would say not,
but we still have more of their weight to go.
All right, you smell that. That's the New York Metropolitans,
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the Mets and help me out, John. Are they gonna
be sellers? I mean, they put together, they made a
lot of moves in the offseason, new general manager, trying
to shake it up, and it just really hasn't totally
worked for them. Are they going to sell? Are they
are they buying? They're gonna sell their committed sellers at
this point. I don't think there's any question about that. Uh,
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that's what I have heard. They are going to sell
and uh you know, I mean and know it's Syndergarden's
name is gonna be out there. But I'll be surprised
if he has traded. They still have two more years
with him. Uh, they could get a lot for him,
but uh, they really don't seem like they're anxers to
give him up. So I think I'll be surprised if
he's traded. That they would like to trade Wheeler, whose
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contract is up after the year, and uh, you know,
I think that's gonna be a tough one because he's
been out for ten days or so with his shoulder situation. Uh,
they hope he pitches, are scheduled to pitch Friday, and uh,
if if he does, maybe somebody will trade for him.
But I think that shoulder thing is looming so not
gonna be so easy. They may just have to give
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him the qualifying offer at the end of the year
and take their draft choice or whatever happens there. Maybe
he takes the qualifying offer, probably not, so they're probably
gonna draft choice to the Vargas is the guy who's
gonna be traded back in starter. He's done well over
the last couple of months, but I don't know that
he makes a playoff rotation for anybody. So they're not
gonna be able to get that much from So it's
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it's a disappointing season and it's gonna be a disappointing sale.
I think for the Mets as well. Last thing, quick,
we got thirty seconds. The Red Sox, they're they're a
look to be out of it. Are are they going
to give up some of their players because or are
they gonna keep fighting to the end. I mean they're
defending champs. Yeah, they're defending champ. They got a payroll
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well over two hundred million. I think they're in it
to win it, despite the fact they have not played
that well. I think the hangover got them, and uh,
you know, we'll see. I still think they have a
shot if I had a picked today and let's say
Oakland and then the loser of Minnesota and Cleveland get
in and then Boston does not. But I think with
the payroll well over two hundred that they go for it.
If they don't, maybe they trade Porcello. But I don't
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see them trading Mookie Betts or j D. Martinez or
anybody like that. I be surprised. His name is John Hayman.
He is one of the best in the business breaking
stories and John always a pleasure, my man. Thank you absolutely, Rob.
Great talking to you. Now bringing the closer. Here's why
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MLB is better than the NFL or NBA, and it
isn't even close. Baseball is better than the NBA and
NFL for this very reason. Baseball we talk about the
actual games, the action on the field. What's going on
in the NFL. There's so many weeks where there's no football,
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people make up stories about them. How about all these
phony list about the NFL top ten, this top ten
that that's what they have to do to keep the
game alive, to keep people talking about him n b A.
The biggest season for the NBA is the off sea
in who's going where, who's gonna team up with each other.
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It's not the regular season. You're not talking about the action.
You're not talking about the games. Major League Baseball has
action every night, almost every night, for six months. A
month of spring training. There's always something to talk about.
You don't have to fabricate and make up stories to
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keep people interested. The NFL plays for four months. The
other eight months is nothing but made up stories and
injury news to keep people salibrating about the sport. Baseball
relies on game action. Let's talk about it. I love
baseball for that reason. That's what keeps me interested. In
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the words of New York TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen,
thanking you for your time this time until next time.
Rob Parker out he can't get it. This could be
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From the Burke shears 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 one oh three, Rob Parker. Welcome into
Inside the Parker podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker. Coming
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up on the show, we'll talk with former Major leaguer
Jerry Harriston Jr. He drops by and talks about the
game and the future of the game. Can't wait. Also,
we're here from Major League Baseball Hall of Famers who
are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
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That plus much more. Welcome into the show. Let's go
better up to lead off, it's getting robbed and keep
him on. Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories
in Major League Baseball. Number one Astro's rookie Sensation. Your
Dan Alvarez has been incredible. I mean, this guy's rookie
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season has been one for the ages. Coming into Tuesday,
Alvarez had thirty five RBIs in his first thirty games.
Guess who's record he broke by doing that? Albert pool Hools,
who had thirty four runs in his first thirty games. Unbelievable.
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People are talking about this guy as the future star
of baseball and what he's been able to do, and
he does mirror a lot like Albert pool Hools in
that pool Hols also debuted at twenty one years old
like Alvarez, and um is an outfielder pool Holts. In
two thousand one, he was the National League Rookie of
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the Year and he capt an unbelievable rookie season, hitting
three twenty nine, he had thirty seven home runs in
a hundred and thirty RBIs and he scored a hundred
and twelve runs, and uh, Alvarez is on pace. Are
you ready for this to hit three fIF team, thirty
four home runs, hundred RBIs and uh looks like he
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should or will win the a L Rookie of the
League Rookie of the Year, I should say if that
were to keep up, and some people are going as
far to say he should be in the running for
the m v P of the American League with the
season that he has put together so far. So here
it is the Houston Astros who put together a lot
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of young players, they developed, they won a World Series,
and yes they have another star in their hands. Alvarez
has been incredible. If you haven't paid attention, you need
to focus on left field, you need to focus at
the plate and watch Alvarez hit and play baseball for
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the Houston Astros. Number two. On Sunday, Mariano Rivera, the
Yankees star stud closer, was inducted to the Baseball Hall
of Fame, the first unanimously elected by the Baseball Writers
Association of America. And people didn't think it would be
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possible because there's always a guy holds out a vote
or doesn't vote for somebody. And since it hadn't happened
before and so many other great players have gone into
the Hall, people thought that it wouldn't happen in this case.
But Mariano becomes the first player to ever go in
with one of the vote and he deserves it. I'm
here to tell you that in pro sports, nobody nobody
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ever had a more perfect career than Mariano Rivera. And
I'm not saying it was perfection. Yes he lost games,
Jesse Blu saves and big moments, Yes there were things
like that, but you take a look at his overall
scope and overall career, he was never bad. A major
league record six hundred and fifty two saves. He also
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helped the Yankees win five World Series. I doubt that
the Yankees would have won all five of those without
Marianod That's how big he was. And when you really
take a look at what he was able to do
with that cut fastball, that cutter that everybody knew what
was coming, yet they couldn't hit it. Here's why I
say I think he had an almost perfect career and
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probably one of the best careers ever in the history
of pro sports, not just baseball. His career two point
to one e r A and his one point zero
zero whip are the lowest in the live ball era
amongst qualified pictures. You heard me, Nobody in the history
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of baseball has a lower e r ray or lower whip.
He also, in the postseason has the record for the
lowest e r ray in the postseason with a zero
point seven zero e r A. Just phenomenal. It's incredible
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to come into those kind of pressure situations and be
able to produce the way that he did. Mariantto Rivera
the first ever unanimous in the Baseball Hall of Fame,
and you know what he deserves it number three. The
Commissioner of Baseball, Rob Manfred, was in Los Angeles on
Tuesday at the Big press conference that announced that the
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Los Angeles Dodgers will have a one hundred million dollar
renovation the Dodger Stadium, which is the National League second
oldest ballpark behind Wrigley Field, and also that the renovations
will proceed the All Star Game, which will be held
at Dodgers Adium for the first time since nineteen eight.
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Is that incredible? So the Dodgers will have the Midsummer
Classic at a ballpark that, in all reality is great
the way it's already set up. It's great that they're
adding money to it. They'll never rebuild it. People love
Dodgers Stadium. They flocked the Dodgers Stadium. But here we go.
Dodgers Stadium will be spruced up and all of the
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country will be able to enjoy it for the Baseball
All Star Game next July in Los Angeles, way way overdue,
kind of like the Dodgers winning another World Series since
it hasn't happened since. But here we are. The Dodgers
All Star game in Los Angeles. It sounds great. Can't wait.
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Number four Sunday was a special time at Cooperstown, New York,
at the Baseball Hall of Fame. I've been there a
number bred times. If you have not gone to the
Hall of Fame, you must make that pil pilgrimage. If
you haven't been to the Baseball Hall of Fame, you
must make that pilgrimage. It is an unbelievable museum about
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the national pastime. It's a must see. And this year
we did hear some amazing speeches, and we heard from
amazing Hall of famers, and we want to share that
with you, including New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. I
don't understand that why I always have to be the
last I keep saying that for the last twenty years
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and the last seventeen years in my career. I always
say why I have to be the last one? But
I guess being the last one was a special It's
a privileged and owner to yes be part of one organization.
I did it with dignity, with owner and pry. I
tried to carry the peace strikes the best that I could.
I think I did it right with that and the
widow of Roy Halliday, Brandy hall Day Bright, would want
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everyone to know that people are not perfect. We are
all imperfect and flawed in one way or another. We
all struggle, but with hard work, humility, and dedication, imperfect
people can still have perfect moments. Right was blessed in
his life and in his career to have some perfect moments.
But I believe that they were only possible because of
the man he striked to be, the teammate that he was,
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and the people he was so blessed to be on
the field with. I'm so humbled to say congratulations to
this year's Hall of Fame inductees, to say thank you
to all of you on Roy's Behalf. Here comes the
Big interview. Listen. He's so good. Let's welcome in. Jerry
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Harriston Jr. Former Major League baseball player, in fielder and
outfielder who played sixteen seasons in the Major Leagues and
won a World Championship with the New York Yankees and
two thousand nod Jerry, what's happened and welcome to the podcast.
Thanks you having me Rob always living in l A
get better than that, no, no doubt about it. With
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this beautiful weather and great baseball. Jerry, tell me, at
what point in your major league career did you think
you would get into broadcasting, As you know you're a
pre impost game hosts for Spectrum Sports in l A.
Did you know you always wanted to get into television. Well,
you know what I think, at a young age, I
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always wanted to be around the game of baseball, whether
it's to be a manager after I was done playing
or getting the broadcast. I remember when I was eight
or nine years old, I was writing a bus uh
to the park with my father. You know, we're on
the road. I believe it was in Milwaukee. That's in
the Milwaukee Brewers for in the American League. And remember
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on the bus a guy named Don Drysdale who was
doing the White Sox TV at the time. I got
a chance sit next to him. So he starts talking.
You know, I'm right nine ten years old and he
either we started talking, and I only knew him as
a broadcaster. At this point, I had no idea who
Don Drysdale the legendary picture was. So we started talking
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and go, hey, I really love listening you play. Because
I learned a lot about baseball and he goes, oh,
that's crazy, goes, well, how did you learn about the
game basis? As well, I was a player I used
to play. I go, you play, kid, you think you
think broadcasters? You know broadcasters right, you don't know that
their actual uh uh players. So I go back and
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tell my dad. I go back and tell my dad.
You know he had a conversation Don drey Dale in
the base off the broadcaster. He told me his vesilverry.
My dad said, well, yeah, he was, He's a legend.
So I did some research on Don Drying, so I
didn't realize he was the Don driving So so I said,
that's what I want to do. I don't want to
be a baseball player, and then when I'm done, I
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don't want to be a broadcast. I want to do
just like what Don Dryanzell did. So that was really
my introduction of being a baseball player and then when
I'm done be a broadcaster. I really early believe Don
Dryingzelles who want to kind of inspired me to do that.
That's amazing, what a great story. Also, you did manage
and me mentioned managing, and your name came up in
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the off season about possibly managing and you know, the
way baseball is going, a lot of teams are looking
for younger guys, younger guys who embrace analytics, and a
lot of guys who were coming off of television as analysts.
And would you be interested in managing and were you
close to getting a gig? Uh? Well, there have been
some clubs that have kind of reached out. And ever
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since I got uh done playing at thirteen, there's been
clubs that have reached out for me to be a
big league coach, whether it's a third base coach, possibly
a first base coach. That kind of groom me, grew,
grew me into becoming a manager. And then obviously now
that I'm doing the TV gig uh, like you mentioned,
more are inclined to hire a younger type of uh
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uh coach manager because they understanding kind of maybe take
on the analytics, which in my opinion is still the
same alice is is statistics, they just renamed it. And
I've always been a person of of wanting information, and
I think that gathering that information and giving it to
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the players and let the players decide, Hey, I'm gonna
use this, I'm gonna use this to better my game.
I think sometimes now we're starting to get into the
into the realm of getting getting too much information and
it's sometimes paralyzing for formats of certain players. So Alex
to Core does an incredible job. Dave Roberts, which four
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or five years ago, they all would have been on
my coaching staff. You know, we're all good friend. Aaron Boone,
Aaron Boone me and are a really good friend. We
actually coach our sons in Scott's Arizona, uh, four or
three or four years ago. Uh, and the coaching staff
we had was Aaron Boone, myself, Cody Ross uh, Kyle
Losch uh and Josh Barfield, who was the manager of
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that team. So it's definitely a thing that I have considered.
But the most important thing for me is being able
to raise my kids. Have a thirteen years year old son, Jackson,
who who's an excellent basketball player, a really good baseball player. Uh.
He wants to start getting into into really taking baseball seriously.
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I'm around him, and I have two daughters. One's a
volleyball player, the other as a soccer player. So you know,
I want to be around them, and I think doing
the TV that I do, I work around a hundred
twenty days a year, year round, and being around them
to be able to raise them, uh, has been very special.
So I love what I'm doing. Awesome. How about this? Okay?
(13:53):
So you played in Baltimore with the clubs, in Chicago,
Range jerss in Texas, Cincinnati, knew you up with the
Yankee San Diego, Washington, Milwaukee, and of course Los Angeles
with the Dodgers. Which was your favorite town? I want
to lean towards New York? Could you want a championship
in two thousand nine? But baseball towns? Out of all
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the ones you played, and tell me which one was
your favorite? Uh? I get? I gotta ask this a lot.
I love every place I played because I got a
chance to learn different nuances about not only the city,
different types of people, but I got a chance to
learn for really good baseball men. Okay. Uh. In Chicago,
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Dusty Baker incredibly prepared manager. Him and Buck show Walker
were the most prepared managers I ever played for. Dusty
Baker would have lineups ready, uh weeks in evance, making
sure he gives the rest to his star players, make
sure that he gets his best players involved, and make
(14:57):
sure it's a proper balance up the season book show
Walter or with outstanding outstanding as far as making sure
the bullpen was managed, well, you know, I got a
chance to be around Donny Baseball. Loved the way he
communicated also to his players. You know, Budd Black, one
of the most underrated managers that doesn't really get talked about.
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Incredible communicator, gives confidence to whether you're a position player
or a pitcher. George Gerardy, great exit and those guys.
Kind of a greater type of guy. And I know
I'm leaving a few guys off, but I got a
chance to see a different type of managers go about
their business. And I think I've taken a little bit
from them and kind of use that in my TV
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in the TV realm, you know what I'm saying, as
far as being able to kind of dissect certainly certain games,
certain situations. Last thing, obviously you've covered the Dodgers. You're
you're watching his team. Incredible offense, great starting pitching, bullpens
a question mark and the trade deadline coming up very quickly,
and we got about a minute. Tell me what should
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they do? Do they really need to add a uh
some bullpen help because The Dodger are trying to get
to the World Series for the third year in a row,
and Jerry, we know that and win the first two
years and here's you know, your windows start to close
after a while. How imperative is it for them to
secure some bullpen help. Andrew Friedman has been aggressive each
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in every deadline. He's been a part of the Dodgers organization.
I expect them to be more aggressive this offseason. It
ain't about just getting the World Series. You know, we
talked about it all the time. There's no participation trophies.
Either you get the parade and the World Series ring
or you don't. And the Dodger players understand that. That's
why they've had such a successful season so far. They've
taken nothing for granted. They worked extremely hard, from Cody
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Bellinger to Max Munsey, Justin Turner, Clayton Kershaw, computer these guys.
Or understand you know what ain't about getting just getting
the World Series again. We have to complete the deal.
Nobody remembers teams that finished second place. They remember World
Series champions. And I believe they're gonna be aggressive at
the deadline. They're gonna go out and get an arm
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or two in that bulp and maybe get a position
player that can play the middle infield, a high contact guy,
and it really solidified this team. Jerry Man, thank you
for the knowledge. Were appreciated. His name is Jerry Harriston Jr.
Former Big leaguer and outstanding TV broadcaster for Spectrum Sports
l A. We appreciate you, Jerry any time out that
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it was a big week in the Big League. Who's
Who's is it follow or is it fair? And now
Here's shadow league dot Com MLB Insider Jr. Gamble j R.
This past Sunday, Harold Baines and Lee Smith were in
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sucked it into the Baseball Hall of Fame. They failed
to get in through the writer's vote for more than
fifteen years on the ballot, but they got into the
Veterans Committee. Is it foul or fair to say that
they came into the Hall through the side door? It's south,
is all. I not sure that all of the guys
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who made it through the Veterans Committee the last few
years were deserving. Trammels debatable, So was Morris in my opinion.
But Lee Smith so mission was a tragedy to begin with.
He retired as the all time NLBC leader and say
they put guys like Trevor Hoffman in the whole thing before.
One of the most intimidating relievers to ever played, he
was also a mentor to so many players and had
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impeccable character, at least after what African American players like
Eric Davis, Tom Flash Gordon and Marvin Freeman tell me.
His legacy is standing way beyond the numbers if you
ask the players. The base Full Writers Association of America
isn't perfect, and sometimes players get lost in the sauce
for some reason. I never had any doubt in my
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mind that Smith was a Hall of famous and it's
good that the veteran committee could finally write an injustice.
The b b w a A is still blackballing deserving
guys like a Rod and Bonds, so it's good to
have another selection committee who might see things a bit
different and not be as critical and weird when it
comes to certain players. The US government has systems of
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checks and balances, and baseball needs it to some fresh
eyes to look in hold of fame worthiness from a
different perspective. Hopefully these guys will get Dick Allen and
Fred McGriff said just do eventually as well. Thank God
for the Veterans Committee. I hope it's here to stay
fasten your Seatbellian. Here comes Parker's top three MLB teams
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this week. Number three that Houston Astros. Coming into Tuesday,
they were sixty four and thirty seven, And the Astros
are getting healthy and getting some momentum going. Remember, they
had a long stretch of a lot of injuries, especially
to their pitching staff, and this past week the Astros
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did some damage pitching wise, giving up only eight runs
and four straight wins against divisional opponents. That's the kind
of stuff that you put together when you look at
the team and say, yes, they are going to be
a problem when everybody is healthy and um on their
pitching staff. And the other thing is the lineup is
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really really good. They have filled wood mashers. So the
Astros are the third best team in baseball. Number two.
Number two the Los Angeles Dodgers coming into Tuesday sixty
seven and thirty five. They continue to roll everything they
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have hitting, they have, pitching, what don't they have? I
mean I look at the Dodgers and I just say
they have everything you would want to have, and no wonder.
They look destined to be heading for their third straight
World Series. There's just one thing that is the bugger
boll and we talked about it over and over and over.
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It's the bullpen. Will they get help, will they fix it?
They need it. I can see this Dodger team having
this great regular season, doing everything and then getting into
an important spot in the postseason and not being able
to seal the deal with the right arms coming out
of the bullpen. But right now, this week, they are
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the second best team in baseball, Number one, number one.
I've been saying it all year long. I know there've
been other weeks when other teams have jumped into the
top spot, but the best team in baseball remains the
New York freaking Yankees. Coming into Tuesday, there was sixty
four and thirty four. They continue to beat up on
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the competition. They continue to hit home runs, they continue
to get good pitching. They just need one piece, which
is to add a starting pitcher. And the Yankees, if
they can get that one starter, add a guy who
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can solidify that rotation, they have an unbelievable bullpen. They
have a fearsome lineup, they have sluggers up and down
the lineup. They've done all of this and put together
this record of thirty games over five hundred and have
just one home run from Stanton all year. Nobody would
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believe it's possible. And the same thing, judgements so much time,
has less than ten home runs, and yet the Yankees,
you heard me, are the best team in baseball. Take
out the favor. Then it's time for trash talk Twitter
with your chance to trash anyone or anything in Major
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League Baseball. This week's winner is Lieutenant Archie hi Cock,
and he writes this, I'm trashing the Oakland A's. Can't
stand them with their nappy white uniforms, their nappy white cleats,
wearing butts. They always gotta be so damn clean and
white ever since the Giambie Tajada Mulder Hudson days. And
(23:33):
their park is so ugly. Man, I hate the A
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a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto. If I'm
(23:55):
writing I'm ripping, let's bring in a writer and broadcaster
older new all right, let's welcome into the podcast, John
Hayman from Intercom Radio and the MLB Network and a
friend of mine, a former co worker. John Hayman, Welcome
to the podcast. Great to be here, Rob, Thanks a lot,
No no sweat, uh, John, Let's start right away. The
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trade deadline has changed the Major League Baseball July thirty one.
Is it drop dead cut? You can't add any other players,
no waiver wire? How much is that going to change? Uh?
The trade deadline? And how much action do you expect
to see? Well, it should mean more trades on July
thirty one. Obviously there'll be no trades now in August,
(24:38):
so everybody's gonna have to make their decisions. It's gonna
be interesting and difficult for these teams, I think, because
right now we've got about a dozen teams that are
in the middle deciding what they want to do. Around
five hundred or so a little different than nationally than
the americanly American League wild cards a little tougher. You
gotta win a bunch of games to win that wild
card and get one of those two spots. I think. Know,
(25:00):
it looks like you can probably win eighty three games.
Maybe you'll slide into that second wild card. So some
tough calls coming up, but they all got to make them.
By July thirty one, John, I see two teams that
look like they're headed maybe possibly to meet in the
World Series, the New York Yankees in the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It's pretty obvious the Yankees need a starter and the
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Dodgers need a reliever or two. Help me with both.
Do the Yankees get it started during at the deadline?
I think they will there. It looks like there might
not be a lot of starters available. Something we thought
were gonna be available may not be now. So it's
gonna be interesting and not easy. But the Yankees have
the prospects and they certainly have the money to do it.
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So I think they're gonna do it. And how about
the Dodgers, Uh, you know they're trying to get to
the World Series for a third time in a row. John,
you know their stacked. They got hitters up and down,
the up and down. They have a great starting pitching,
but the bullpen is he issue? Joke? Kelly has been
bad for them. Uh, Jansen hasn't been the same. Do
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they get do they get somebody they definitely will. They're
they're gonna be relievers available still already are available, and
they'll definitely get somebody for the back end. I don't
think there's any question about that. I'm sure Janson will
remain the closer, but uh, there are a lot of
guys out there, whether it be Green or Giles. I
don't know about the San Francisco guys. That's an interesting situation.
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They have a lot of relievers. I think they'd be
willing to trade with l A if they trade. But
at this point, there right in the middle of the race,
and they're the hottest team in baseball, So I think
that's the most interesting situation. Are the Giants gonna be
a seller still as of today? I would say not,
but we still have more of their weight to go.
All right, you smell that. That's the New York Metropolitans,
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the Mets and help me out, John. Are they gonna
be sellers? I mean, they put together, they made a
lot of moves in the offseason, new general manager, trying
to shake it up, and it just really hasn't totally
worked for them. Are they going to sell? Are they
are they buying? They're gonna sell their committed sellers at
this point. I don't think there's any question about that. Uh,
(27:09):
that's what I have heard. They are going to sell
and uh you know, I mean and know it's Syndergarden's
name is gonna be out there. But I'll be surprised
if he has traded. They still have two more years
with him. Uh, they could get a lot for him,
but uh, they really don't seem like they're anxers to
give him up. So I think I'll be surprised if
he's traded. That they would like to trade Wheeler, whose
(27:31):
contract is up after the year, and uh, you know,
I think that's gonna be a tough one because he's
been out for ten days or so with his shoulder situation. Uh,
they hope he pitches, are scheduled to pitch Friday, and uh,
if if he does, maybe somebody will trade for him.
But I think that shoulder thing is looming so not
gonna be so easy. They may just have to give
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him the qualifying offer at the end of the year
and take their draft choice or whatever happens there. Maybe
he takes the qualifying offer, probably not, so they're probably
gonna draft choice to the Vargas is the guy who's
gonna be traded back in starter. He's done well over
the last couple of months, but I don't know that
he makes a playoff rotation for anybody. So they're not
gonna be able to get that much from So it's
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it's a disappointing season and it's gonna be a disappointing sale.
I think for the Mets as well. Last thing, quick,
we got thirty seconds. The Red Sox, they're they're a
look to be out of it. Are are they going
to give up some of their players because or are
they gonna keep fighting to the end. I mean they're
defending champs. Yeah, they're defending champ. They got a payroll
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well over two hundred million. I think they're in it
to win it, despite the fact they have not played
that well. I think the hangover got them, and uh,
you know, we'll see. I still think they have a
shot if I had a picked today and let's say
Oakland and then the loser of Minnesota and Cleveland get
in and then Boston does not. But I think with
the payroll well over two hundred that they go for it.
If they don't, maybe they trade Porcello. But I don't
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see them trading Mookie Betts or j D. Martinez or
anybody like that. I be surprised. His name is John Hayman.
He is one of the best in the business breaking
stories and John always a pleasure, my man. Thank you absolutely, Rob.
Great talking to you. Now bringing the closer. Here's why
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MLB is better than the NFL or NBA, and it
isn't even close. Baseball is better than the NBA and
NFL for this very reason. Baseball we talk about the
actual games, the action on the field. What's going on
in the NFL. There's so many weeks where there's no football,
(29:40):
people make up stories about them. How about all these
phony list about the NFL top ten, this top ten
that that's what they have to do to keep the
game alive, to keep people talking about him n b A.
The biggest season for the NBA is the off sea
in who's going where, who's gonna team up with each other.
(30:04):
It's not the regular season. You're not talking about the action.
You're not talking about the games. Major League Baseball has
action every night, almost every night, for six months. A
month of spring training. There's always something to talk about.
You don't have to fabricate and make up stories to
(30:25):
keep people interested. The NFL plays for four months. The
other eight months is nothing but made up stories and
injury news to keep people salibrating about the sport. Baseball
relies on game action. Let's talk about it. I love
baseball for that reason. That's what keeps me interested. In
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the words of New York TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen,
thanking you for your time this time until next time.
Rob Parker out he can't get it. This could be
an inside the Parker to see you next weekend, same
bad time, same bad station. H
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