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From the Burke Shires to the Sound, from wherever you live in MLB America,

this is Inside the Parker. You give us 22 minutes and we'll give you the scoop on Major League

Baseball. Now here's baseball hall of fame voter number 76, Rob Parker.

Coming up on the podcast, we will talk about the world champion Houston Astros.

We'll talk about the season 2022 as it comes to an end after an incredible run in Major League

Baseball. That and why Major League Baseball is better than the NBA and NFL. All that and much more.

Let's go!

To lead off, it's getting rough and keep him on Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major League

Baseball. Number one, the Houston Astros of course have won the World Series and have won it for

the second time in six years and capped off an incredible 2022 season. We weren't sure

if they could get it done obviously when they won their first championship in 2017 with the

cheating scandal and they needed to win this World Series to make people feel better about

the Astros and when we get it, only four or five players remain from that team that Major League

Baseball investigated and knew cheated during the 2017 season with the signed steal in scandal.

But they did get it done. I picked the Phillies in six games. I was impressed and the Astros did

it with pitching because after the Phillies scored that seven nothing win in game three to take

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