Inside the Parker: Spring Training is Here, Everybody Hates the Shift + 2x World Series champion Jim Leyritz
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
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4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On the latest MLB offseason edition of Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob leads off by sharing his thoughts on the new Major League Baseball rule changes that are being unveiled this week at Spring Training. The pitch clock and larger bases don't make any sense in the eyes of our fearless leader, but banning the shift? That sounds like a home run! Later, 2x World Series champion Jim Leyritz checks in to discuss his legendary home run in Game 4 of the 1996 World Series, his thoughts on the seemingly unnecessary rule changes being implemented by the powers that be, why Aaron Judge is the ideal face of the New York Yankees and much more! Finally, Rob closes the show by explaining why the mere fact that sports fans are excited about the preseason (Spring Training) is further proof that MLB is better than the NFL or the NBA.
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| 0:00.0 | Everyone in our country has a voice. It's something that says not just where you come from, |
| 0:04.2 | but who you are. Welcome to MPR's Black Stories Black Truths, a collection of podcasts |
| 0:09.8 | and a celebration of the host and journalism who've always spoken truth to power. |
| 0:14.2 | Our voices are as varied, nuanced, and dynamic as the Black experience, |
| 0:18.7 | and stories should never be about us without us. Find MPR Black Stories Black Truths |
| 0:24.6 | on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.6 | From the Burke Shears to the Sound, from wherever you live in MLB America, this is Inside the |
| 0:38.0 | Parker. You give us 22 minutes and we'll give you the scoop on Major League Baseball. |
| 0:43.0 | Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame voter number 76, Rob Parker. |
| 0:50.0 | Welcome into the podcast and I'm your host Rob Parker. What a great show we have for you today. |
| 0:55.1 | We're going to talk with former Yankees Catcher Jim Layrance, who have one of the biggest |
| 1:00.9 | world series home runs in Yankee history. We'll talk about that. Plus, getting Rob and why Baseball |
| 1:09.2 | is better than the NBA and NFL, that and much more. Let's go. |
| 1:13.8 | Better up. To lead off, it's getting rough and keep him up. Rob's hot take on the three biggest |
| 1:20.9 | stories in Major League Baseball. Number one, pictures and catchers are arriving at spring training |
| 1:29.2 | in both Florida and Arizona. Yes, indeed. Baseball is back, baby. The Super Bowl is all done. |
| 1:36.0 | Football is pushed to the side and Major League Baseball will start to spread its wings for the |
| 1:41.8 | season to start in late March, but spring training can't wait so much to talk about and we knew |
| 1:49.6 | spirit in the game and all that. But also MLB has new rules that are officially being unveiled |
| 1:58.7 | this week at spring training. So there is the arrival of the pitch timer, restrictions on extreme |
| 2:06.7 | infield shifts and bigger bases are the most significant alterations to the MLB rules in decade. |
| 2:16.6 | Like, this is going to be different. And so that's why MLB is using this week the start of spring |
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