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Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame

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voter number seventy six, Rob

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Parker coming

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up on the podcast. We will talk

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about the world champion Houston

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Astros, will talk

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about the season two

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as it comes to an end after

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an incredible run in Major League

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Baseball. That at why

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Major League Baseball is better than nd, NBA

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and NFL, all that at much more. Let's

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go up

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to lead off, it's getting robbed

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and keep him on. Rob's hot take on the

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three biggest stories in Major League

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Baseball. Number

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one, these Houston as Joe's

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of course, have won the World Series and

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uh I have won it for the second time in

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six years, and uh

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capped off an incredible two

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season. We uh,

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we weren't sure if they could

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get it done obviously when they won their first

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championship in seventeen with

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the cheating scandal, and they needed

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to win this World Series to make people feel

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better about the

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Astros and about and and when

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we get it only four or five players remained

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from that team that Major

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League Baseball investigated, and I

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knew who cheated during the seventeen

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season with the UM with the

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sign stealing scandal, but they

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did get it done. I had picked the Phillies

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in six games. I was impressed. And

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the Astros did it with pitching because

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after the Phillies scored that seven

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nothing win in Game three to take a two

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to one lead, I thought the Phillies

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were in their way, but instead the Astros

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they know, hit the Phillies in Game

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four, and then they limited the Phillies

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to just three runs in

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the last three games of the World Series. That's

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how you win. Justin Verland and picked

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up his first ever win, now one in

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six in World Series games. Big

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for JV to get that done. And of course

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I'm not burying the league. But Dusty Baker

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finally wins the World Series. Big

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deal for him. He was gonna get into the Hall of

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Fame because he had a stat

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that nobody else had, which was he

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led five different organizations to the

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playoffs. This was the icing

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the cherry on top. Uh to finally

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win a World Series for Dusty Baker

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and uh, you know a lot of fans

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around Baseball America. They didn't like the Astros

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and and the cheating scandal, but they love

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Dusty. And I heard so many

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people say, I don't want the Astros

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to win, but I want Dusty to win. And

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UH. In order for Dusty to win, the

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Astros had to win and they got it

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done. So congratulations.

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And Dusty Baker is not done. I

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thought he might ride off into the sunset after

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getting that crowning jewel to his career

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as both the player and a manager, but he

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wants to continue rolling on. So

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he's back, at least for one more year. You got

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a new one year contract from the Astros,

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so Dusty Baker will

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be coming back. Number two.

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The Hank Aaron

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Award winners were announced by Major

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League Baseball and Yankees

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outfielder Aaron Judge and Cardinals

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first baseman Paul Goldschmidt both

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the strong candidates for m v P and they

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both won the award, both

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of course, for the American League and the National

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League, and this award recognizes

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the best offensive performer in both

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leagues. It was established in and

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named after the Hall of Famer and

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great player Hank Aaron and

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UH of the previous forty six

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winners, two were uh

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m vps that same year.

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And we know the years that both of these

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guys had. They were pretty pretty

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impressive. Uh Aaron

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judge sixty two home runs

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UH and led baseball and a

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ton of categories including runs, uh

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R, b I, O b P, slugging

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OPS, total bases and

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uh he had one of the highest awards as

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well. So no shocker there.

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And gold Schmidt was in

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the running for a triple crown late into

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the year. Uh he wind up

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not getting it, but he had that kind of

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season and past d

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NL in slugging percentage

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o P S o P S plus he

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finished among the top three in the senior circuit

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in runs R b I,

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total basis batting average o BS,

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o b P I should say and war So

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both are very diverse, deserving

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and deserve these awards. They

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are your Hank Aaron winners

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number three. And the Mets wasted

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no time locking up

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their closure Edwin Diaz.

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He agreed on a five year, one

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hundred and two million dollar deal

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to stay with the Metropolitans,

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to stay in Queens, and

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it's a good move. It's also the richest

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contract for any

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relief picture o Aldus

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Chapman had the richest contract prior

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to that, five years, eighties, six

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million. But the Mets make Diaz

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the highest paid closure in baseball

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history with the one hundred and two

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million dollar deal, and you know what,

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last year for the Mets he was worth

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every penny. Now

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bringing the closer. Here's

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why MLB is better than the NFL

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or NBA, and it isn't even

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close. Here's

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reason five hundred and fifty

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five why Major League Baseball is better

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then the NBA and the NFL.

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And it was this season, the two

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season. Who could have expected

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that the Phillies would make the

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World Series and that the Astros

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would win another one. I mean it

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was up and down season.

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Uh. The Yankees started off, think about

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it, how does a firecracker? We thought they might

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set the record for all time wins. Then

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the Dodgers turned it up and they put

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together a hundred and eleven wins season.

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They were unstoppable, the Dodgers.

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So we looked at those teams thinking maybe there

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might be a Yankees Dodgers World

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Series for the first time since

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Night One. That didn't happen.

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We saw a team young team like Cleveland

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Blossom make the postseason.

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That was pretty amazing. They won the Central

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in the a L. The White Sox

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were banged up. The Twins started good but

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then faded. We saw a lot of

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different things. The Orioles laid

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well and had a shot at making the playoffs.

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We saw the Mariners, who had like this

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unbelievable drought in baseball, finally

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make the playoffs. Some exciting baseball

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at the end. And then we had some

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unfortunate stuff. You know,

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we had the Tattoos suspension UH

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for Jews, and that was a bummer,

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especially UH for the Padres,

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because the Padres also in the season

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had the biggest trade and

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UH probably baseball history, getting Juan

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Soto for a ton of UH

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prospects, and and

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you know, thinking that of course UH

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Tattoos would be back from injury and they

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would be able to make a run to the

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postseason and to the World Series maybe,

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And they did beat the Dodgers finally, but

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that was it. So there were

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those things, and then probably the

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creme de la creme was

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the errand judge home run chase

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to set the all time record, beating

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Roger Marris's record in the American League

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of sixty one, and I

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mean he also set the all time Yankee

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record, which Maris had. He passed

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Babe Ruth, who had sixty in a season

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for the Yankees. It was magical

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and I know he struggled down the stretch to finally

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get there, but he got there and

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it was worth the weight he had. He put

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together an unbelievable season and

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uh and carried the Yankees to ninety

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nine wins. It was disappointing

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they didn't get to the World Series and haven't

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been since two thousand nine, but

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there were a lot of good things that happened in baseball

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and good stuff to look forward to as

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we get ready for the three

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season. And UH,

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on that note, I

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enjoyed every minute every

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week of the podcast with you this past

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season. And all the people who of

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course work on at Rob garret our producer

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of course, David Gascon and

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DDE Masterson and j R. Gamble

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and all the people who add

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to this every single week. We appreciate

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them. We appreciate you guys who subscribe,

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who downloaded, who listened, and

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be our first. It will be every month until

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we get back to the regular season. And

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uh, you know, I can't stress

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that we can't do the podcast without you, and

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we appreciate your feedback and your support.

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And two was amazing

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and was a great baseball season, and

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I can't wait for three, Rob

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Parker. All I'm gonna say is

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peace until December. In

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the words of New York TV legend

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of Late Bill Jorgensen, thanking you

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for your time this time until next time,

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Rob Parker out.

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