The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Parker - Inside the (Rob) Parker - Manfred cops to juiced balls; Pujols' St. Louis homecoming; Tampa/Montreal Rays split: Guests: Eric "The Red" Davis and Yankees Analyst Jack curry

Episode Date: June 26, 2019

Listen to Inside the (Rob) Parker in Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-rob-parker/id1460750158This week on Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob looks at Rob Manfred seemingly admitting the baseballs are juiced, and why the proposal to split the Rays season between Tampa and Montreal is an awful idea. He also runs down his Top 3 MLB Teams of the Week, names this week's 'Twitter Trash Talk' Winner, and gives the Analytic Stat of the Week. Guests: Former Reds All-Star slugger Eric Davis discusses his long relationship with the Reds and the evolution of the game since he played; YES Network Analyst Jack Curry discusses the Yankees season so far and what to expect ahead. Check out Rob's debut on Fox's MLB Whiparound coverage (June 26th)! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And coming up, former Reds outfielder Eric the Red. That's right. Eric Davis is stopping by. Plus, we'll talk with Yes Network's Jack Curry about the streaking Yankees, that and so 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. Baseball commissioner Rob Manford has finally come clean, I guess. He's saying now that the baseball is. juice. He's saying it without saying it. And I don't know. We've been talking about this home run thing and what pace baseball is in to shatter the home run record. It's not even close. We're watching guys hit unbelievable numbers and stacking up home runs.

And he was quoted in Newsday by saying they, Rawlings, haven't changed their process in a meaningful way. They haven't changed their materials. there's two points that I would make, even in the report last year. The scientists identified the pill in the baseball, not what is actually composed of, but the centering of the pill in the baseball as something that could be a drag issue. To the extent that the pill is not perfectly centered,

the ball wobbles when it hits, centers more drag. we think one of those things that may be happening is while they're getting better at centering the pill, it creates less drag. Major League Baseball is currently on a pace for 6,483 home runs this season. And let me tell you, that is huge and not even close when we always talk about the PED and the steroid era. But baseball home runs are here to stay, and I'm not completely. Plaining. Number two. St. Louis, Missouri is the baseball capital of the United States. Make no mistake about it. It's always been a great baseball town, but we finally got to see it on display when Albert Poulos returned with the Angels for the first time since he signed that free agent

contract to join the Angels and leave St. Louis. And the reception and ovation that he got from the fans there in Lewis was out of this world. I've been watching baseball my whole life. I can never remember a time when a former player came back and got that kind of a ovation from the home team's crowd. It was incredible. And St. Louis, if you've never been, that city, all they care about is baseball. Go to a game at Bush Stadium and see everybody wearing red.

and this is all you need to know on why St. Louis loves baseball. The city has run two NFL teams out of the city, the Cardinals and the Rams, and nobody better than I. I dare you to try to take the Cardinals baseball team out of St. Louis. You'd have problems. Number three. History in the making in Major League Baseball, the Yankees and the Red Sox are playing across the pond.

They have a two-game series in London, major league baseball games that count for the very first time on June 29th and June 30th on Fox. This will be interesting. I know leagues love to flirt with putting teams in foreign lands and spreading the wealth and trying to sell jerseys and jerseys and hats and all kinds of stuff and selling the game. I'm not against the Yankees and Red Sox playing in London, but let's keep the game in the United States. This will be fun to watch and make sure everybody comes back home after it's over. Number four.

Lastly, enough with the Tampa Bay Rays maybe splitting their season and playing some games in Montreal. Ask me if I think this is a good idea. No way, no how. and I'm not some old geez or some old guy who can't get hip with the times. Tampa Bay has failed as a baseball town. Montreal has failed as a baseball town.

Why are we trying to do this? It's like the old saying. If you have two girlfriends, it means neither one is fully satisfying. We don't need to do this baseball. Find a new home for the raise, a place that will embrace baseball and want it. How about Portland, Oregon? How about that? Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn. Oh, it's so good. Let's welcome in Eric Davis, former outfielder for a number of teams,

mostly the Cincinnati Reds when they won the World Series in 1990. Two-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glob winner, and also a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner. What's up, E.D.? How you doing? Man, I'm good and good to be here. I'm good everything with you. Man, loving the podcast. Glad to get you on. Eric is also currently a special assistant to the general manager for the Cincinnati Reds.

And let's start with the Reds. They are playing much better. They got off to a really bad start. It looked like it was going to be a bad year. E.D., what's turned around for the Reds? Well, anytime you play good baseball, it always starts with pitching. And when DJ came in, Derek Johnson came in and revitalized. what the philosophy was going to be behind pitching and some of the moves that we made,

getting Tenorog and Sunny Gray to help stabilize our young guys and start to put some guys in some positions to have some consistency. And with Luis Castillo's, it's our number one to actually start her has been great all year. So it's allowed us to stay in games early and not have to really worry about our offense and not of the offense are starting to put runs together. You're seeing a team that has a real capability to win it every night.

What about Pueg? Have they embraced him in Cincinnati? You know, he was a fan favorite in L.A. Fans were disappointed when the Dodgers dealt him, but are fans loving what he's doing and, you know, what he brings? I think they have. I mean, he's had his foundation be a part of Ohio.

He's moved from L.A. to Cincinnati and going back and forth. If you play well, anybody in bringing him. You don't play well ain't nobody. So that's what it's really about. Then no doubt about it. And obviously, you played a long time in Cincinnati from 1984 to 1991, and you guys won the World Series in 1990.

What was that like the experience? Because Cincinnati's one of those great baseball towns. I always say you look at St. Louis, you look at Boston, you look at Cincinnati, some of the great baseball towns. What was it like? It's really almost a double-edged sword. It depends on how you take it. If you come from that organization and you're playing an organization that has a lot of rich tradition,

you have a tendency to get sucked up in the past more than you can in the present or the future. And by the big red machine and even before the big red machine, even in the early 70s when they were going to the championship, the World Series, and losing to the Orioles. and those great the Orioles teams and then even the Oakland A's teams in the early 70s.

That three-pitted, the Reds were always there and then the big red machine as they turned it on and then we followed them. You have to be able to embrace that, but sometimes you can get swallowed up in that and tradition is tough. But it's a great baseball town

and they don't expect anything less than winning. How about today's game? You know, the problem I have with it is it seems like it's all strikeouts or home runs. You know, you just see nothing but home runs going on. Do you like the game? It doesn't seem to be as much hit and run, stealing bases, used to steal bases. Do you like this version of baseball currently? It's doing what it's supposed to do.

I guess whoever tried to figure it out to be going this way has done a good job. The only thing that bothers me is the cliche is let them play. But we're really not playing baseball. I don't see kids sliding and getting dirty and sweating and doing that kind of stuff. That's the fun of letting me play. I think they're confusing throwing ice on them and tearing uniforms up after the game. If you get a game when they hit it and running around the field, that's what their explanation of fun is.

I don't think anybody had more fun playing a game than I did. I think my era, guys were dirty every night. I mean, it was fun to break up a double play. It was fun to hit the catcher. It was fun. Competition was fun, and it wasn't an individual thing to bring it to me. See, the fun right now is based on each individual to bring the fun to himself, and it's really not a signature of the game, per se.

It's an individual fun. No doubt about it. And it's changed with the analytics. I'm not against analytics, but I think sometimes... Last night, a blown call changed the game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where SportsSlice comes in.

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four home run hitters didn't play at Fenway. Didn't start the game. Does that make sense to you? No, and that's probably why they were bridesmaid. Right? I don't have a problem with analytics. I just think it's incomplete. And the problem is the current players and the players in the past, analytics,

is not new. First and foremost. Data is not new. Right. First and foremost. But at the end of the day, baseball people utilize their eyes because the data doesn't tell the whole story. I don't have a problem with data, but data is incomplete.

Because it doesn't really tell everything about what decision needs to be made because how baseball changes. I don't know what that guy did last night. can't go about what he did two weeks ago. You know what I'm saying? I don't know if he slept good or if he had something wrong with him, if he was out drinking and parted all night. So your eyes don't lie, and the reason Boston was because in crucial situations,

Carl, when it's instinct and with his eyes, and the Dodgers didn't. No doubt about it. His name is Eric Davis, aka Eric the Red. Always a pleasure, my man. You know, I appreciate you. Anytime, man. Do you own or rent your home? Sure you do, and I bet it can be hard work.

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Hi, Rob. Let's talk speed. Sprint speed to be. Exact. Now, sprint speed is a stat-cast metric that aims to find out how many feet per second a player runs in its fastest one-second window. I tell you want to quantify how fast a guy really is on the base pass because it's not just about stolen bases anymore when it comes to quickness. You can see this most typically on a batter running home to first on a ground ball or running first to third or first to home on a base hit. According to data given by statcast, a base runner can get about seven full effort strides over the course of a one-second window. So a player who sustains that a high feet per second rate is known to be quite the burner. Now, any number higher than 30 feet per second is considered elite.

And no surprise here, but a speedy center fielder for the twins, Byron Buxton led all base runners last season with a sprint speed of 30.5 feet per second, a mark only eight players reached in 2018. It may also surprise you that Mike Trout, you know, the game's best all-around player, currently has an average sprint speed this season of 29.2 feet per second, ranking 22nd and all of baseball, but he's the only player in the top 25 with even 10 home runs this season. He really does do it all. I actually like that one for a change.

It was a big week in the big leagues. Who's up? Who's up? Or is it fair? And now, here's shadowleague.com MLB insider J.R. Gamble. Show Hey, Otani's having an unbelievable year with the bat Coming into Tuesday at nine home runs in just 36 games So you know what all the buzz is about Whether or not he should just stick to hitting

And not pitch anymore J.R. Is it foul or fair Making Otani just a hitter? That's fair. It's a fair ball. While it might have been a foul last year when he bursts on the scene and was banging home. Last night, a blown call changed a game.

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Hey, ref, my mom wants you to wave at her. What? Time out. Quarterback on office blue 42. Hey, ref, my mama want you to wave at her. What? Hey, Miss Parker. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast,

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He was like the alpha-ethy-O-Mega. He was defying the odds. Those who said he wouldn't be a major leaguer and couldn't hit 20 bombs and win double-digit games, he would have been on his way if not had gotten hurt. Now he's carrying a two-way load, and that's pretty tough. It was unprecedented then in the modern era, and the Angels are just a dumpster. fire, Rob. They had the best playing the game in Trout. They can't win anything. They said they weren't going to pitch Otani this season when he got hurt. Now they're short of pitching

and they want to put him back out there. That organization is a mess. Where's the leadership? Where's the plan? O'Tonnie's in all-stars, an outfielder or a pitcher, but choose one and get the most out of him before the angels end up with nothing. Fasten your seatbelt. Give you fuel, give me five, give me that what I desire. Here comes Parker's top three MLB teams this week. Number three. The Minnesota Twins, they are in the top three. Yes, they deserve it.

Coming into Tuesday, they won 50 games already. They're 50 and 27 in the AL Central. The Cleveland Indians, everybody thought it was going to be automatic, but the twins are for real. We're a couple of weeks from the All-Stra. game. They don't look like they're fading and going anywhere. The Minnesota twins are the third best team. Number two. The New York freaking Yankees. They're the number two team in baseball. You almost wanted to put them as number one considering where they are and that they had a eight-game

winning streak snapped Sunday, but they're still rolling. And then on top of that, They've hit home runs in 27 straight games, which ties the Texas Rangers mark back in 2002. And they're doing all of this, which is amazing, basically without Stanton and without judge. Stanton hit his first home run Monday night of the year. And the Yankees have 49 wins coming into Tuesday. So the Yankees are getting healthy, getting their players back, but they're the number two team in baseball. Number one.

And it's hard not to put the Dodgers at the top of the heap. I know it. They got 54 wins. And to tell you how good the Dodgers are, you ready? They swept the Colorado Rockies with three straight walk-off home runs. And all the heroes, they were all. rookies. They're guys who are not even going to the All-Star game. Are you kidding me? It was Beattie on Friday, Verdugo on Saturday, and Will Smith with a pinch hit three-run

Jack to send Dodgers Stadium into a frenzy. Unbelieve, they're playing the best baseball. There is no argument. The Los Angeles Dodgers are the best team in baseball. It's time for Trash Talk Twitter. Your chance to trash anyone or anything in Major League Baseball. This week's winner is River with A. That's right. And he tweeted us this. One hope as a kid is catching foul balls and taking your glove in case a ball is hit towards you.

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If I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring in a writer or broadcaster, old or new. Let's welcome in baseball analyst Jack Curry from the Yes Network. Jack, how you doing, bud? I'm doing great, Rob. You and I go all the way back to covering the New Jersey Nets once upon a time back in the NBA. So always good to talk to you. No doubt about it.

But let's talk Yankees, of course, Yes Network. And what you do, right now the Yankees are hot. Going into Tuesday night at a 27-game home run streak, what has that been like? It's pretty amazing, Rob, because they have really spread it out. the team that they tied with that historic homerun streak to 2002 Rangers, they really relied on Alex Rodriguez throughout that streak. Meanwhile, when you look at the Yankees streak, Gary Sanchez here, it's Aaron Hicks there, it's Cameron Maiben,

who is now on the injured list. He kept the streak alive for three straight games. So up and down this lineup, one thing that the Yankees do is they hit home runs, and they win at their own ballpark a lot of times because they can hit home runs. they've actually won 26 of their last 34 games at Yankee Stadium. Which is outrageous. That is outrageous. You want to have that kind of home field edge.

And they get big boppers. Brian Cashman doesn't try and hide from that. He talks about we want these big guys who can hit the ball out of the ballpark. And obviously you want hitters who can do other things too, which is why they went out and got a guy like DJ Lemayu. But, yeah, Rob, they have a pretty formidable lineup now that Judge and Stanton are back. and that they added in Carnaccio. Well, that was my next question is they've done all this.

And Stan hit his first home run of the year, and Judge has, what, five home runs coming into Tuesday night. So six, only six home runs from those two mashers, yet the Yankees are in first place. Yeah, it is pretty amazing. Well, you look at Glabor Torres at the bottom of the lineup, he's got 18, and you look at what Sanchez has done. He already has 23, and he's actually a guy.

that I think doesn't get enough credit for how much he has turned things around this year. We all see the offensive numbers, and he's been terrific at the plate. But he has bettered his defense and improved his defense. It seemed as if there was a panic throughout New York City last year.

Every time he had a pass ball, he has really pightened things up and deserves to be the American League's all-star catcher. No doubt about it. And what about, speaking of the all-stars, Luke Void, could he be the starting first base? for the American League in the season he's had?

He's had great numbers, and if you want to spread some credit around, you have to give credit to Brian Cashman in his front office, and he has pointed to some of his analytics people who said, this guy void, even though a lot of it's at AAA, we like the way his exit velocity is. We like the launch angle. We like what this guy is doing. If you can facilitate a trade to get this guy over,

you think he's a major league hitter. And Rob, since late August when he took over at first base 40, for the Yankees. He's got more homers and more runs better than anybody in the American League. And this is a guy who was stuck at AAA with the Cardinals. Now, here we go with the Yankees. You look around, they got a great bullpen, they hit home runs. They got a lot of stuff going for them. But maybe starting pitching is a situation you'll look at the Yankees and say there might be one guy short. There was a chance to get Dallas Keiko who was still out there. And all the indications were that the Yankees were going

to get him, but it didn't happen. Why didn't they get them and do the Yankees need another pitcher, starting pitcher, to fill out this team? I'll answer the last part first. Yes. They do need another starter. General manager, Brian Cashman, is on the record of saying he's in the hunt for pitching.

I think it's more about a starter than a reliever. I think their bullpen is set. Rob, they were interested in Keikle. And they went to a certain level financially, about 11.5 million a year for what was left in this season. and the Braves outbid them, and the Yankees didn't push their offer up any higher,

that they went to that level, and I think that's the level that they were comfortable with. And you could say, well, if you needed an arm and you needed a guy to eat submitting, a guy like Keikel could come in, what's another million and a half, $2 million to just get the pitcher and not have to give up any players

and just make it a financial move? That's a very valid take. That's a very valid criticism. But I think in the way the Yankees operate these days, they give everything a value, And when it peaks higher than where they're comfortable going, I think they've shown that they're comfortable walking away. And we saw that in the off season with Patrick Corbyn.

I thought they were going to sign Patrick Corbyn. I thought a kid from Syracuse would want to pitch for the Yankees, and they were comfortable going to 5 and 100. He ended up getting 6 and 140 from the national. Wow. And last thing, Jack, you wrote a book with David Cohn. Tell us about it. Wrote a book called Full Count, the Education of a Pitcher with David Cohn.

and Rob, you know the New York scene well. I was always amazed by Tony, and the way he acted on the mound, I always thought I saw the wheel spinning. He was always thinking, he was always plotting, he was always scheming. Since we worked together at, yes, we've gotten to know each other even more, and I approached him and said, let's write a book that gets inside the mind of a pitcher. I think readers would love to know what it's like to be on the mound when you don't have your splitter, you don't have your slider.

And conversely, what it's like to be on the mound when you've got 96 in your pocket, and you're striking out 19 guys. And David agreed. He said, let's do it. And fortunately, the book came out in mid-May, and we hit the New York Times bestseller list. His name is Jack Curry. He's a baseball analyst at Yes Network

and one of the best guys in the business. Always a pleasure, Jack, man. Thank you so much. Rob, great catching up with you. Thanks for having me on. Now bring in the closer. Track one. Strike two.

And right three. Here's why MLB is better than the NFL. or NBA, and it isn't even close. Batting fifth, number five, first baseman, Albert Pujolz. This is why baseball is better than the NFL and the NBA. I want you to find another circumstance where a former player returns to his original team and gets the ovation that Albert Pujolos got in St. Louis. I got goosebumps. Did you hear that? Remember, Albert left. They didn't trade them away,

but they'll never give up what Albert Pujols delivered those championships in St. Louis. It is why baseball is king of the world. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it. And finally, before we check out, don't forget to catch me and my debut on FS1, whip around the Major League Baseball show. I'll be on tonight, Wednesday night, on FS1, and then again Thursday night on FS1. It's my debut as a baseball analyst. Hope you check us out.

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. He can't get it. This could be an inside of Parker. See you next week. Same bad time.

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