Inside the Parker - Ohtani Double-Dipping Again, Tatis Jr's Home Run Drought + Author Tim Bown
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s edition of Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob discusses Shohei Ohtani going back to pulling double duty as a pitcher and a hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Fernando Tatis Jr’s bizarre home run drought, and a wild misstep by the New York Mets involving Gary Carter’s famed No. 8 jersey. Plus, longtime MLB writer and author Tim Brown swings by to promote his new book, Nolan, on the life and impact of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. Finally, we drop Rob's latest appearance on MLB Network and the latest edition of Foul or Fair with MLBBro.com managing editor JR Gamble, and reveal the eighth installment of Rob’s Memory Lane series.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.5 | From the Berkshires to the sound. |
| 0:08.1 | From wherever you live in MLB, America, this is Inside the Parker. |
| 0:13.1 | You give us 22 minutes and we'll give you the scoop on Major League Baseball. |
| 0:17.3 | Now, here's Baseball Hall of Fame voter number 56. |
| 0:22.3 | Rob Parker. |
| 0:23.5 | Come on. |
| 0:24.5 | I've been covering Major League Baseball for almost 40 years now. |
| 0:28.1 | In New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit, in L.A. |
| 0:33.6 | I love this game. |
| 0:35.6 | Let's go. |
| 0:40.5 | Welcome into the podcast. |
| 0:42.2 | I'm your host, Rob Parker. |
| 0:43.5 | What a show we have for you today. |
| 0:45.7 | Longtime baseball writer Tim Brown stops by for an in-depth interview about his new book on Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. You don't want to miss |
| 0:56.6 | this for sure. That plus foul affair and much more. Let's go. Better up. To lead off, |
| 1:06.5 | it's getting robbed. And keep him up. Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball. |
| 1:13.9 | Number one. |
| 1:15.7 | Shewohay Otani is back in business, and I'm talking about pitching and hitting. |
| 1:22.3 | The Dodgers had kind of shied away from that. |
| 1:24.8 | But Wednesday in San Diego against the Padres, |
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