Inside the Parker - A Midseason Firing, Bad Mets History + YES Network analyst David Cone & MLB.com reporter Jason Beck
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
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4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s edition of Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob kicks things off by discussing why the Pittsburgh Pirates fired manager Derek Shelton, the Texas Rangers' two-year long World Series hangover and a bizarre piece of bad New York Mets history. Rob also talks with former MLB pitcher and YES Network analyst David Cone in addition to MLB.com Detroit Tigers beat writer Jason Beck. Plus, the latest editions of the Parker Pushback, Sean Bo's Weekend Wagers and Anthony Masterson's Pocket Protector Central, as well as Rob's latest appearance on MLB Network.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:06.4 | From the Berkshires to the sound. |
| 0:09.0 | From wherever you live in MLB, America, this is Inside the Parker. |
| 0:14.0 | You give us 22 minutes and we'll give you the scoop on Major League Baseball. |
| 0:18.0 | Now, here's Baseball Hall of Fame voter number 57. |
| 0:23.2 | Rob Parker. |
| 0:25.2 | Come on, I've been covering Major League Baseball for almost 40 years now. |
| 0:30.1 | In New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit, in L.A. |
| 0:35.3 | I love this game. |
| 0:37.4 | Let's go. Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker, |
| 0:44.4 | and what a show we have for you today. Former Major League pitcher David Cohn drops by. |
| 0:50.5 | He'll tell us about the NLE East, the Mattoto some other stuff can't wait to get his insight also |
| 0:57.0 | from MLB.com we'll talk with jason beck he covers the Detroit tigers plus we'll have a Parker pushback |
| 1:06.1 | that and much more let's go better up to lead off it's getting robbed and keep him up Let's go. Better up. To lead off, it's getting robbed. |
| 1:13.0 | And keep them up. |
| 1:13.9 | Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball. |
| 1:18.8 | Number one. |
| 1:20.1 | On Thursday, the Pittsburgh Pirates fired their manager, Derek Shelton, to no surprise. |
| 1:26.1 | I mean, the Pirates were scuffling 12 and 26. |
| 1:29.8 | They lost their seventh in a row on Wednesday. |
| 1:32.6 | And guess what? |
| 1:33.9 | The pirates have Paul Skeens, |
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