The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Inside the Parker - Sheffield Shade, Lindor NY Struggles, George Floyd Verdict Player Reaction, Betting on the Bases

Episode Date: April 22, 2021

This week on Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob discusses Gary Sheffield's recent comments that he doesn't watch baseball today, Francisco Lindor's early struggles with the Mets, and the MLB player reaction to the George Floyd verdict. Also, Fair or Foul, Betting on the Bases, Guests: 1990 World Series Champ Herm Winningham on the '90 Reds run, his experience playing in Montreal for the Expos, and why he doesn't enjoy watching today's MLB. Dodgers Reporter David Vassegh on if the Dodgers can break the all-time wins record, Mookie Betts injury scare, and Trevor Bauer's dominant start to his Dodgers career.Click here to subscribe and download all of the latest Inside the Parker podcasts and follow Rob on Twitter!! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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 83. Rob Parker Welcome into the podcast I'm your host Rob Parker What a show we have for you today We will talk to

Former Major League outfielder Herm Winningham who played for that 1990 championship Cincinnati Reds team Also we'll catch up with the Red Hot Dodgers With David Vasay Who is the Dodgers reporter for AM 570

LA Sports in Los Angeles That and much more Let's go. Better up. To lead off, it's getting robbed. And keep him up. Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball. Number one.

Former Major League slugger Gary Sheffield said he doesn't watch baseball anymore. That might be harsh. But I do get it. The game has changed a lot. And here's the quote he told CBS Sports Radio. quote, I don't watch baseball at all. It was kind of forced. I was kind of forced to watch baseball because I was working for TBS.

And so I had to remember, really find out who these players were. I'll tell you a secret now. I never watched games during the season. I would be educated on it when I got there. It's not something I could watch based on what I'm seeing because I'll be a complainer. This is the first time I ever said that out loud, but I'm just truly disappointed with what I watch.

Gary Sheffield and a lot of players, former players are saying they don't recognize the game anymore, and we talk about it. I don't think it's over the top. It's all about home runs, strikeouts. It's just a game has changed a lot. Analytics have changed the game. and there's not enough action on the base pass.

It's either all or nothing, whatever happened to hit and run and running hit and stealing bases. And it's a different game. There's no doubt about it. But baseball's not alone. The NBA, we see the same thing. It's about a dunk or a three-pointer. I mean, the mid-range game is done. It's totally different.

You can't defend anybody, can't touch anybody. Football has changed. All the great running backs wouldn't even play today. Barry Sanders, Jim Brown. Would there even be a place for those guys? All they want to do is throw the football on every down. So analytics have really affected all the sports, including baseball. I know baseball needs to think about it.

One thing I would do if I was the commissioner is I would change the shift. I think the shift takes away a lot of hits, takes a lot of guys off base. I think you should only be allowed to have two players on each side of the second base bag. I think that would at least allow some of those hits because everybody has hitting patterns and so many hits even when guys make contact go to spots where there's three or four infielders. And I just think that that is a big thing that could easily be corrected and open up some of the field for guys to get hits. Number two. Met's shortstop, Francisco Lindor is struggling.

That's right, big time. And I wonder if New York Mets fans are a little reclaimed and a little upset. He's only batting 171, no home runs, one double. It has been a struggle. Despite, you know, the big contract he signed before the season started. The Mets were excited. their new owner, Steve Cohen, you know, reached deep in his pockets for Lindor. And I just think it's too early for people to automatically think this isn't going to work out.

He's had a tremendous career thus far. Granted, his batting average has gone down every year. But he's a lifetime 284 hitter coming into the season. He's done a lot of things that tell you he could be on a path to be a Hall of Fame shortstop if he continues. sometimes playing in a new place to start in the new league. There's a lot of other things that factor in. And guys do go through slumps. And there's no way you can look at 40 at bats and have that negate the first six seasons in the major leagues and say that the 40 at bats is more representative of his career than the six seasons when he's been solid and been an all-star.

So I'm not going to jump on the panic wagon and say, oh, my God, the Mets made a mistake, and this is going to be a disaster. Let Lindorr hit out of this slump. Let's see how this thing progresses. I say it's not a reason for concern. Number three. Major League Baseball players reacted to the George Floyd verdict in Minneapolis. And the Players Alliance, a nonprofit organization founded. by a group of active and former Major League players with the goal of improving representation

of Black Americans in baseball issued a powerful statement after the verdict where former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three counts. Here is the statement from the Players Alliance. Quote, we stand in support of today's decision to convict. Derek Chauvin of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter charges for the killing of George Floyd. While today's verdict doesn't begin to approach true justice, it's a step in the right direction towards course-correcting the disproportionate police violence against black Americans. It continued, George Floyd's murder

was the spark that lit fire under millions of people of all racist creeds and nationalities around the world who raised their voices against police violence and the racial injustices that exist in this country. That spark led the creation of the Players' Alliance, allowing our players a platform to do the same. Today, we can continue to stroke these flames to fight for equal treatment,

and opportunities, if we neglect to turn these emotions into productive action, these tragic moments in history are destined to be repeated. There it is, part of the statement by the Players' Alliance after the verdict in the George Floyd murder. Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn. Oh, it's so good. All right, now let's welcome in former Major League outfielder, Herm Winningham, who played nine years in the big leagues,

primarily as a center fielder, broken with the Mets, played for the Expos in Montreal, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox, and won a championship in 1990 with those Cincinnati Reds. Herm, welcome to the podcast, buddy. How are you? I'm fine, Rob. Good to hear from it. I ain't glad you want me on this thing. Nobody knows who I am now, you know. But thank you for inviting me.

No doubt, man. Come on, man. You played, let's just start there. In Cincinnati, that great championship team in 1990. What was that like with the characters, the players, even March shot, the owner, Lou Pinella, the fiery manager. They're right. You're right.

Everybody was an individual. But it started in spring terrain and Rob. That's when you, you know, you came over there. that time too. But, and, you know, it was Pete Rose's team. Fine. But we didn't have what I call discipline, you know, kind of thing. But when Pete got in trouble,

Dick on the Lou, Lou was fiery. Lou had structure for us. He told Austin Springtime, what your job was going to be. He got nine, he got eight players and he'll play every day. He got five starters. And he gave you. Now, the role players like myself and Louis Keonis and Griffin and Ulster and Braggs, you know, we knew our jobs from day one.

And we understood that for Luke. And the characters were unbelievable. I mean, it was funny watching Lou, you know, go off. Right. You had Rob, Rob Dibble. It was a fun team to be around. Yeah, Rob Dibble, Chris Sabo. Barry Larkin, Eric Davis.

It was an incredible group of players. What, Herm, tell me about this. Playing in Cincinnati, for people who don't know, Cincinnati's one of the great baseball towns in this country. People love baseball in Cincinnati. What was that like for you? That was everywhere you went. You know, I don't get if you were in Kentucky.

Right. Somewhere in Ohio, there's baseball. They live and breathe Really, it's baseball. I mean, it's on every building. When there's a game, you can tell people go to work at 4 o'clock in the morning or whatever, you know, and there's an actual game,

business man special, but they're done by 12, and they're walking to the ballpark. You know, and it's great, because, you know, baseball's been in Cincinnati forever, you know, way back. So it's just carried out. I mean, you know, it's just one of,

those cities. It's just a small media market, but it's a baseball city. Let's talk about this too. You played for the Montreal Expos and for a lot of the younger people listening to the podcast. They don't even know that Montreal had a baseball team. It's been

so long. But what was that like, the international flavor? The Expos always have had one of the greatest baseball caps, right? The Expo at E on the floor? The Expo cap. Yeah, I still got a couple of those.

Everybody wore it and said, no, I even got my uniform. I can't wear it no more, but I should have my uniform. But those were, I enjoyed those years because they fought enough of me to, you know, I mean, well, trade for me, and that train with the Hubey Brooks, Floyd Yulman, Mike Fitzgerald, for Gary Carter to the Mets. And, you know, I was a started there for a little while, you know, for a couple years. and then, you know, because I had to play with Andre Dawson, which was, you know, one of the best.

Then I, you know, had Tim Rains, you know. I said, wow. Now, all before, I came up with Daryl Strawberry, you know, and who became a great out, great outfielder, you know. You know, and Penn in Montreal, as far as fans, they're great fans. They were baseball there also for a long time. Might not have been amazing baseball, but they had a lot of Mottlese, you know, there.

and you knew Jackie Robinson started his minor league career like his professional career there so you know but the fans they know the game

they know that what's going on it's just that it's a difference in culture as far as your food but it's just the night life is great

you know and you know it's just a little different You feel it. You might not can put words to it, but you feel it. Hey, Herm, let me ask you. I guess is Herm Winningham, former Major League outfielder, played for the Mets and the Expos, the Reds, and the Reds, and the Red Sox.

But let me ask you about today's baseball. Really? And you're a coach right now. You are a head coach of the Orangeburg Wilkinson. That's how long it's been. That's how long it's been. I have an assistant now at Calhoun County High School Baseball in St. Matthew, South Carolina. Duke Isgit is the head baseball coach.

But that's what I'm at. I'm 10 miles from the high school that I was at. My high school, I'm about. My high school alma mater. Okay. So help me with this. Today's baseball, which is a lot of strikeouts or walks, is it as entertaining to you? or do you like this baseball when you were coming up,

if you struck out as many times as some of these guys, you would probably be in the minor leagues, wouldn't you? Probably, probably. You ran what the Sheffield said? I can't watch it. It's a different baseball. I mean, it's totally, it's not the baseball game. Baseball being played the way that baseball is supposed to be played.

All right? if you had a batting average of 215 by May the end of me you think you'd still be there? No, you wouldn't be there. If your ERA was over three as a starter, you wouldn't be there. Okay? Right. The type of baseball there played,

if you struck out 180 times in the first month, you have no chance they ever coming back. No doubt. No, that's where... And then those guys are still in the big leagues and they're making millions of dollars. Right. No, it is definitely a different brand of baseball.

Last thing, though, please. I want to ask you, it is analytics. What about with you, with the kids, what do you guys teach on the high school level? Is it about contact? Is it about hit and run? What are you guys teaching on that? Little ball.

Get him over, get him in. Get behind the runner. Pull it when you have to. Get in the third. It made a lead. They put a guy on a second base. They asked their Indians. All right?

They put them on second. Wrong. They very seldom you see him try to butt the guy over. They're trying to end up all the road. Right. All right? My thing is, the way we were taught in the minor leagues,

guy in front of you hit a double. with no outs, because you had to put it on no sides. Right. You knew your job. If I was right-handed and I had a tough town of this pigeon, I was going to drop it down so I can get him to the third. I don't get through the first-place hit it or four-place in the field. It doesn't matter.

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Now, long a product of the dreaded eye test. with Saber metrics always evolving, we're now able to measure these tools to an awe-inspiring degree. One of the most special combos you can find is the power speed combo. In years past, that metric has been measured almost solely by home runs and stolen bases, like only four players who ever at 40 homers and stolen 40 bases in a season. Nowadays, with Statcast, there are numerous ways to measure the players that rank highly in both power and speed. First, we look at barrels and barrel rate. Barrels are any bad at ball with a hit probability of 50% or better

and an expected flugging percentage of 1,500 or better based on exit velocity launch angle among what's happening as sprint speed or on the base pass not confined to just trying steel bases. Ball rank in the 94th percentile or better in both Baxter and 23-year-old Marlins rookie Jazz Chisle, whose barrel rate of 28.6 percent leads all of baseball, while, albeit enough, also 28. point in the 94 percentile.

We know Trout and Buckson can do it all, but don't sleep on the kid from the Bahamas. Or is it fair? And now, from MLBbro.com, here's J.R. Gamble. J.R., the Yankees just snapped their five-game losing streak on Tuesday night. Before that, the Yankees were five and ten off to their worst start since 1997. is it foul or fair to say that the Yankees are figuring things out and will be serious contenders for the division crown when it's all said and done?

Fair. It's a fair ball. Baseball's panic over the Yankee slow start is comical. What they don't tell you is that in 1997, the Yankees rebounded to win 96 games and take Cleveland to five games losing four to three in the ALDS. So 97 isn't a bad barometer. The Yankees don't stink.

No, they're not hitting, and they have a lack of timely hitting. They rank 29th out of 30 teams in hitting going into Wednesday night's game. Who would have thunk it with all those high-priced boppers? The pitching staff, 7th and ERA, that's decent, but the defense is 27th ranked, and they have the eighth most errors in the league. So it's been all bad on those fronts. Still, it's way. too early to panic. Any baseball fan knows this deep down. This isn't the 60 game COVID season.

There's no rush. The Yankees have 146 games left. Howe Reynolds said it best on MLB Network. They're five games out of first place, but if they catch the ball and make routine plays, they're in the games. They cost themselves because the defense is lackadaisical. Pitchers want somebody to catch the ball. You do that and everything will come around. He's a profit Because on Tuesday night The Yankees did that And broke their five-game losing streak

Against a tough Braves team To take the opener of the two-game set They did it with timely hitting The homobiah Scheller and great pitching They also had a bit of luck As the red hot Ronald Akuna is out And day-to-day with an abdominal strain But look for the Yankees to be right there in the end

Same as in 97 Turn money into more money Now it's time for best That ain't on the bases with Dave Gascott. Love that money. Love that money. Rob, I'm not going to lie. I have not had a losing week just yet in Major League Baseball.

No plans in doing that anytime soon. Three teams I'm looking at over the weekend. Arizona, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. And the reason why three worst pitching staffs in all of Major League Baseball, Diamondbacks are in Atlanta on Friday night for their weekend series. They'll take on Kyle Wright and the Braves who need to find a way to get over 500. And they'll do so against Luke Weaver and the Arizona Diamondbacks. the brave straight up in that ball game.

Also, Minnesota taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Twin Cities. Pirates are bringing up Trevor Cahill in this ballgame. He's got an 0-1-2 record. ERA is over 9 at 969. I'm taking the home team, the twins in that affair as well. And then we jump Saturday and we go right to Sunday. A great matchup between Anaheim and Houston, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, of course.

I'm taking the over in that ball game. Angels continue to swing the bat well. Lance McCullors versus Dylan Bundy in that pitching. match up pound the over. That's it. Got to make some cash. I'm out. When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto. If I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring in a writer or broadcaster, old or new. All right, now let's welcome to the podcast, David Vasay. He is the Dodger reporter for AM 570 LA Sports here in Los Angeles. David, welcome to the podcast, buddy. Hey, thanks for having me again, Rob. Appreciate it. No doubt.

Let's talk about those Dodgers who are off to a incredible start, 14 and 4, and some people are already writing that they could set the all-time win record. Where are you on that, Dave? Is that possible with this roster? You know, it's possible with the level of competition in the National League, Rob, but I'm not sure, you know, this pitching staff is so good. It is possible. I'm not going to say it's out of the question.

but the Dodgers were approaching that Mariners record a few years ago. I believe it was in 2017, and that's not important to the Dodgers. They're more about the big picture to have their roster ready, healthy, and rested for October. So I don't believe that's something they're going to try to chase, even if it is in reach in September. Dave, let's talk about Mookie Betts who made an incredible catch to win a game in San Diego in game two of that exciting three-game series. But he's injured. Give us an update on Mookiee Betts.

Yeah, Mookiee is supposed to be in the starting lineup for Thursday against the Padres. He had X-rays on his right forearm, Rob, and they came back negative. So that was a really huge sigh of relief for the Dodgers after his hit by a pitch by Raphael Montero on the ninth inning of that game. So that was really the Dodgers. the bullet in more ways than one because if there's one guy they can not afford to lose for any extended period of time is mooky bets, especially with Cody Bellinger on the injured list right now. So he is going to be back in the lineup according to Dave Roberts on

Thursday. Dave, the guy that I think tip the scales for the Dodgers is when they signed Trevor Bauer, the free agent. Cy Young Award winner coming over from the Reds. He's been tremendous to start the season. Talk about his addition and is the sky to limit for this guy with this Dodger offense. I think he can win the National League Cy Young again. What do you say? Yeah, I would say so after the way he's pitched in the first three or four outings of this season, Rob, there's no doubt that he's very much in contention to do it again. And he's, he is part of this Dodger rotation to me that has given them the best. record in baseball. It's not their offense. It's not their

bullpen. It's their starting rotation that has really helped the Dodgers get off to this great start. You go from Bauer to Bueller to Kirschad to O'Reyes and also giving Dustin May the opportunity to grow in this rotation as he learns on the job. I think it's going to be really the rotation that keeps the Dodgers afloat all season. Our guest here on Inside the Parker is David Vassay, the Dodgers reporter for AM 570 L.A. Sports in Los Angeles.

And Dave, I don't think this is an overstatement. I watched all the games. But that Padre's Dodgers series last weekend in San Diego felt like a playoff atmosphere, especially that Friday night game that went into the extra innings. Am I being over the top with it or was there something to it? No, it was a great series, Rob, a great three-game series, and it was one of those few things that lived up to the hype,

and you don't usually see that when everybody's hyping it up. And this series is going to be a rematch of everything that we saw in that three-game series with the starting rotation because of May and Musgrove going on Sunday, Snell and Bauer getting round two, and starting it off with Bueller and David Weathers. By the way, the Padres lost one of their best.

starting pitchers in Nelson Lament. So that was a big loss for them. Who's the best player in baseball? Is it Mike Trout or is it Mookiee Betts? Mookie Betts has been one of the stars. It's been the Mookiee show ever since he got here, Rob. That catch on Saturday night is just indicative of... Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal but encouraged.

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for all our Survivor 50 takes. to pod meets twirled on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts his preparation his athleticism and his baseball IQ he doesn't make that catch without getting a great jump off the bat so for me mookie bets by far is i know everybody's talking about mike trout and ronald akunia junior akunia junior is a great player so is mike trout but for me Mookie Betts has come up time after time in big moments, and I would say that he's the best player in baseball for me, hands down. Last thing, Clayton Kershaw, is there a chance that he resigns with the Dodgers

and comes back to finish his career, or could this be possibly his last season in L.A.? It's possible, Rob, but I don't see him pitching in any other uniform. I thought there was a chance he might leave a couple of years ago because he really wasn't buying into the analytics from Andrew Friedman and then started to buy into it. And he saw that the success they were able to have. He never was into just measuring players by numbers and making decisions off of that. He can live with it right now. They just won the World Series.

His family loves it here. I don't see him going anywhere. You know, everybody talks about the Rangers, but they haven't gotten any better, even though they've gone into that new stadium. So I can't see him playing for a 90-lost team. I don't care how close it is to his house. And it feels like the Dodgers and their ownership loves him so much and understands the legacy that he would never,

they would not allow him to go anywhere else. But it'll be interesting to see what kind of agreement they can come to because he's not a $35 million a year pitcher. No doubt. All right, there it is. Thanks for the knowledge, Mr. David Vassay. Roger's reporter, AM 570, LA Sports in LA. We appreciate you, Dave.

We'll see you down the road, buddy. Okay, Rob, thanks a lot. I appreciate you having me on. Great as always. Hey, pet parents. Have you heard of Just Food for Dogs? Since 2010, we've been helping dogs everywhere live healthier, longer lives through the power of fresh, whole food nutrition.

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A fan's take on the game we love. Hello everyone. This is Jones, MLB Bro, content reporter. Today, I have a message for all Yankee fans. Yes, the Yankees are off to a rocky start, but let's not act like this never happened before. In 1997, they also started 5 and 10, and they ended up winning 96 games. Now, I'm not necessarily saying just because they rebounded in the past that history would repeat itself. All I'm trying to say is baseball is a marathon. They play 162 games.

It's not a sprint. So let's let the season play out a bit. Let's get a larger sample size. I mean, we're not even 20 games into the season. So as of right now, chill. It's not time to panic. Bring in the closer. Track one.

Strike two. Right three. Here's why MLB is better than the NFL or NBA. And it isn't even close. Reason number 995 why baseball is better than the NBA and the NFL. It's because it's a long season. You can't bury somebody or bury a team because the first two or three weeks weren't good. The Yankees are off to a terrible start.

You think the season's over in the Bronx? No way, no how. The Red Sox got off to an 0 and 3 start and, you know, the sky was falling on Chicken Little. Guess what? They ran off nine straight wins. In some sports and the NFL, you lose four or five games. The season's over. in the NBA

it doesn't take too much before you can run yourself out of contention and of course the seating and where you finish can determine often if you're going to move on so getting off to a horrendous start could put you in a hole that would be very difficult to get out but baseball's played for six months

every day virtually there's so much baseball to be played no matter how bad it is and it's early. We're still in April. Fans don't have to be like, oh, this is it. This is going to be a long season. I don't want to watch. Teams can get hot, run off a ton of games, and get back in it.

That's what makes baseball great. It's not a sprint. It's a marathon. In the words of New York TV legend, the late Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until next time. Rob Parker, out. can't get it. This could be an inside of Parker. See you next week. Same bad time, same bad station. Get right to the romance and find the way to wow this valentines with 1-800flowers.com.

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