May 4, 2021 • 39 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome. It's our number one, our number one
of the Ben Maller Radio program as we loviate the
podcast away and this hour dedicated to an old radio
friend of mine, Terry Bradshaw. I did radio with Terry
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back in the day, and he has put Aaron Rodgers
in a bodybag, bodybag, body bag, calling him weak, saying
the packers should just let Aaron Rodgers cry. This is
Bradshaw's rebuttal to Rogers being unhappy and leaking the story
last week about wanting to be traded from Green Bay.
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We react to that and more. It's coming your way
right now here. It is our number one. How do
you really feel welcome? Come? In the beginning of the
Ben Mallers Show, another edition. We are in the air
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and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of fs
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for the journey on the Red Eye flight all night
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long in our lead. This hour comes from a place
we have been over the last several days. With a
little bit of a twist on it. Quarterback on quarterback Crime,
we take you to the mouth of a Hall of
Famer attacking a future Hall of Famer, and we get
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the benefit of that. On sports talk radio, we're talking
about Terry Bradshaw, star commentator NFL on Fox. For years
and years and years, Terry Bradshaw has been embedded on
the Fox pregame postgame coverage there for the NFL. Well,
Bradshaw made the rounds. I'm not sure what he was promoting.
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I'm assuming he was promoting something because he popped up
on a number of sports radio shows doing interviews. Well,
he unloaded on Aaron Rodgers and if you didn't hear,
perhaps he missed, I'll give you some of the highlights here.
So Terry Bradshaw, he was all over the map. He
expressed a disgust with the way Aaron Rodgers is handling
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his relationship with the Packers. I can't go on on,
but let's play a little taste of it. Here is
Terry Bradshaw, in his own words. He popped up on
Wfan in New York, he was on the score in Chicago.
Here's a little taste of Terry Bradshaw making the rounds
with him being that upset shows me just how weak
he is. Who the hell cares who you drafted. I mean,
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there's a three time MVP in the league, and he's
worried about this guy they drafted last year at number one,
and for him to be upset, my god, I don't
understand that Pittsburgh drafted Mark Malone number one, Cliff Stout
in the third or fourth round. I had had him
coming at me from all angles. I embraced it because
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when we went to practice, I wasn't worried about those guys.
You know, they didn't scare me a bit. So I
don't understand why he's so upset at Green Bay. Yeah,
all right, So that was That was a meaty part
of what Bradshaw said. He also went on to admit
that there might be more to the story than meets
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the eye, and then when he popped up on a
separate radio interview in the Windy City, Terry Bradshaw said
that he thinks that Aaron Rodgers is dumber than a
box of rocks. That's a that's a just a bomb
tossed out by Terry Bradshaw. So let us discuss the
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question thumbs up or thumbs down? On Terry Bradshaw's extreme
attack criticism directed at Aaron Rodgers. So I am going
to go thumbs up all right now, full disclosure, I'm
a little biased here. Years ago and Terry did a
radio show in La I became decent acquaintances for a
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brief time with Terry Bradshaw. So I do appreciate the
gift of gab that Terry has. But my thoughts on this.
You've got footwear, Clark Gable and double edged sword and
we will tie all of these things together into a nice,
neat little package. Now, a Aaron Rodgers is certainly not
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a victim in all this. Others people, Oh, it's not
fair that Terry Bradshaw would do this. You know, he's
just grumpy and angry. He's the old guy. But Aaron Rodgers,
and we're gonna talk about him a lot. So if
you've already got your fill of Aaron Rodgers commentary on
the radio, well, bad news, bad news. We don't make
up the news, we just talk about it. So Aaron
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Rodgers delusional about his situation. That's pretty much what Terry
Bradshaw was saying. He used some flowery language to get there.
But Rogers hubris is uncalled for, and Bradshaw did a
solid job of counterpunching Aaron Rodgers and his situation. And
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that's why Bradshaw's been on TV for a long time,
gets paid a lot of money to do that kind
of thing. And as they say in the footwear business,
if the shoe fits wear, it talking for us about
Aaron Rodgers being the guy who looks terrible in the
situation in green Bay. That is the drama queen in
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this particular story, like anyone would disagree with that. Now,
part B of this Terry Bradshaw, who is so far removed,
so far away from the playing field that and he's
made so much money doing television when he can put
his neck out there like this is the exception the rule.
Terry doesn't have the typical guardrails that other ex jocks have.
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We used the phrase jockocracy quite a bit on this show,
and it refers to X players who get jobs that
they're not qualified for in broadcasting. But one of the
problems with that is that when you become a broadcaster
as a former player, most commentators are very cautious, they're
extra cautious, and they're soft smoke because they don't want
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to step on any toes. And so what happens is
you get a bunch of blah commentary where people speak
in these glittering generalities and you don't get any meat
on the bone. Well, not Terry Bradshaw. He last played
for the Steelers in one game during the nineteen eighty
three NFL season, So thirty eight years removed from the
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Houseyon days in Pittsburgh, and he's got the cash at
So it's not only does Bradshaw have the resume of
being a broadcaster, but as a player, four times Super
Bowl win, Hall of Famer and all that, but he
is lacking your typical water filtration system for his commentary,
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which we love. We absolutely love that you're getting unfettered opinion.
And Terry Bradshaw is not being held and chained because
he needs to get an interview. It's not being held
a hostage because, oh my god, I might have to interview.
If you're Terry Bradshaw, you're thinking I might have to
interview Aaron Rodgers. Next you're Bradshaw, didn't care he might
have to interview Aaron Rodgers. It'll just make for better television.
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And so in this little play. Terry Bradshaw is cast
in the role of Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind,
one of the iconic old Hollywood movies, Gone with the Wind,
and that famous closing scene Clark Gable's character Frankly, my dear,
I don't give a damn. That's essentially what Bradshaw is saying.
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He's not worried about the collateral damage here. And there
was some blowbacks and pushback from some in the fraternity
of football who were annoyed that Bradshaw would be as
as strong as he was and Bradshaw's losing his mind
and oh my god, and all this stuff because you
don't like what he had to say. And we do
know that Aaron Rodgers is the kind of human being
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that will hold a grudge. He's not gonna let bygones
be bygones. That's not how he's wired. And so you
have to appreciate the Maverick approach to all this. Now
the last word, at least for a little bit on
Aaron Rodgers. The Aaron Rodgers story continues to be on
the front burner, and it's not dying down anytime soon anyway.
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In fact, it's not just Terry Bradshaw. We had Aaron
Rodgers BF Davante Adams, his teammate there, who took a
page out of the Quarterbacks Passive Aggressive Handbook. It's page
thirteen of the Passive Aggressive Handbook. Adams sending out a
cryptic post on social media that certainly appear to run
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neck and neck with the drama of the day involving
Aaron Rodgers. What did Davante Adams post? I'll tell you
the wide receiver said quote, gott to appreciate what you
got while you got it. Explanation point. Now, that might
be just some regular positive thinking mumbo jumbo, or it
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was a shot across the bow right, So if you
parse the words of Davante Adams, that's what we're about
to do here. Is that really a load blow below
the waist there at the Packer front office? It suddenly
sounded that way right? And does what does he know
that we don't know about Aaron Rodgers and his situation
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going forward? And does that cryptic, vague comment. Does that
comment by Davanta Adams mean that he's also underappreciated and
he needs out. Nobody appreciates my hard work. Now, my
response to Adams and also to Aaron Rodgers, but Davante
Adams is the one that sent this out. It is
a double edged sword, right, meaning that appreciation cuts both ways.
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Aaron Rodgers does not at this moment in time, seem
appreciative of the situation he's got in Green Bay. And
no one, no one is indispensable. We've said this for
a while now and it's going to be the case forever.
No one is indispensable. Everyone is replaceable. And the Packers,
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believe it or not, had quarterbacks and receivers prior to
Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams, and spoiler alert, when they're gone,
and both of them will be gone, whether it's now
or down the line. Other players will play quarterback and
play receiver. And where the Green Bay Packer uniform. Just
a cog in the wheel. Now, granted, some cogs are
more important than other cogs, but you're still just a
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cog in the wheel. That's how it works. So that's
the latest on the Aaron Rodgers soap opera. As the
plot thickens, it is the Ben Maller Show. If you
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right now? Would that statement right now? All right? I'm
gonna sue your ass for one hundred thousand dollars for
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Roberto Benny the Bopper right here, Dodger Stadium, leading off,
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playing shortstop and now leading off the Dodger a half
of the first Dinny Benny, the Bopper, Buddy ball dollar,
the unnattering nay Bob negativity. That's shortstop number one in
your hearts and minds and in the air everywhere. Ben Moller, well,
thank you, thank you for that. And how dare you
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you're so jealous? Eddy, You're so you're so envious to
my success? That is a tremendous a company. You know,
some people were saying radio having big ratings and having
million dollar contracts and when you sell a house it
ends up in the real estate section. I have none
of those things. But I am known as Benny the
Bopper and you heard it, Dodger Stadium public address announcer
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right there, and you, of all people, Eddie, I mean,
just it's stop stop with this envy. It's unbecoming of you, Eddie.
Come on, there's no envy. It's there's a lot of
end I'm sensing for you that I didn't have anybody
recorded at all. No, you're making that up, and again
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you have the opportunity now to retract the statement. Absolutely
not all right, then I will continue to contact possible lawyers.
Where's my guy, and where's my guy in Santa Monica?
My my lawyer in Santa Mardi. Is he listening? We
need him to call him my legal counsel because you're
getting on my nerves here, Eddy, because you're making things
up then aren't are true? If anyone wants to see
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what I'm talking about, go to Twitter, prop guy, because
somebody posted something with b as an initial and he
but that's pretty big leap of faith there, Eddie. That's
a pretty big to co sign on evidence. Pretty big
is not damn the first letter be in their name.
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My God, all right, big rig Rob writes in he says,
when you do an A plus monologue like that one,
This is big rig Rob from the Highways and Byways
of the Evergreen State. He says, when you do an
A plus monologue like that one he just opened up with,
it sets the tone for an amazing show. Aaron Rodgers
is a whiner and green Bay should keep messing with
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his emotions. The shaman of schaden freudom blesses us again.
Great job by you, he says. DJ DJ Don John
says a plus monologue Calvin and Davenport. Though he's the
other side of the aisle, he does not agree with
the monologue. He says, a very mediocre mallar monologue. Terry
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Bradshaw's over raided, and it's no secret that green Bay
will be horrible without Aaron Rodgers. People may be replaced,
but star power equals more fans and revenue. Blah blah. Well, Calvin,
you're a typical to toe sucking fan. Is what you
sound like to meet? Calvin? Hero worship one oh one
bowed down and licked the toes of Aaron Rodgers. I'm
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not in that camp. You can be that guy. I'm
not gonna be that guy. Aaron Rodger a good player,
but somebody else will played quarterback. And who's to say
Jordan Love doesn't succeed and have success with the Green
Bay Packers and do wonderfully. All he's gotta do is
win one Super Bowl and then he's matched Aaron Rodgers.
Right as far as if you look at the championship scoreboard,
which so many of you, I'm reminded of daily think
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that that's the end all be all. Well, if that's
the case, then all Jordan Love has to do is
win one Super Bowl. While he's quarterback. He's mashed Aaron
Rodgers and Brett Farve, by the way, and Brett Farve,
late night drug tester from Parts Unknown rights and says,
I believe people in the Green Bay area are not
worried about the departure of Aaron Rodgers, but the arrival
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of the Ben Maller Show crew to a minor league
baseball game and a meet and greed at Ben's brother's house, well,
I would be the closest affiliate right there in green Bay,
the w NFL, the home of the Ben Maller Show
in Green Bay. My brother lives just across the way.
They're in Appleton's my younger brother, Minnesota. Mitch writes in
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he says, Hey, Ben, I bought my first house last week.
Can I get a shout out? No? No, Minnesota Mitch.
We will not give you a shout out. We will
not say congratulations that you bought a house, because if
we're not a morning zoo show, and if we were
to give you a shout out, we would have to
give everyone shout outs, and that's not how we're wired here.
And you know, I'm certainly not going to congratulate you
and your wife, who are expecting the second child there
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for the family. I'm not going to congratulate you on
that at all because everyone else would be like, what
about me? What about me? Let's see here. Chris in
Houston says, you brought up people being replaceable, and you're wrong.
Moms are not replaceable at all. My dad told me
long ago, you can have multiple dads, but only one mother.
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By the way, Happy Mother's date. All the great moms
out there, that's a premature celebration. There By, Chris and Houston.
We moms are great. Moms are wonderful. But I'm sure
there's plenty of people that have like step moms that
are pretty cool and things like that. So teach the Owes.
Let's see hear. Alex writes and says, Aaron Rodgers is
the most overrated player in NFL history. He's good, but
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he's such a diva narcissist. He spins the media into
inflating everything he does, so, says Alex. Robin Vegas writes
and says solid monologue, Benjamin, I love me some Terry Bradshaw.
He is the Charles Barkley of the NFL. When he
tells the condom story from a nude scene he had
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to do in a movie, will make you roll around
laughing out loud. He's got a couple of beautiful daughters
as well as, according to rob in Vegas, which is
only slightly, only slightly creepy. All right, let's go to
the phones, and who do we have banning leadoff? Let's
go to the great state of New Mexico and we
will say hello to Michael who's in the leadoff spot.
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Hello Michael, Hey, Hello, you want to get on the air, Michael. Yeah, okay,
let me see if I can make that happen. Hold
on a sake, We'll figure this out here, all right, Roberto,
can we can we see if we can get this
guy on the air, This guy Michael in New Mexico
wants to get on the air. Can we get him
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on there? Let me see him in him and push
his button here. It's like he's gonna be a good caller,
though he might be terrible. I mean, I mean, see
what's going on? Here we go? Uh, okay, okay, he
should be on all right, here we go. We'll take
it from the top. Yeah, yeah, all right. Let's go
to the phones here, and Michael in New Jersey is
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up next. Hello, Michael, New Mexico. Ben, come on, Hold
on a sac stop, hold on, hold on. I'm sorry
about that. That's a bad job. It was written wrong
on my screen there, I'm sorry about that. Hold on
a sec here, Coop. Are we good on that, coop? Yeah?
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We can. We can just pick it up from that,
we can. We can pick up okay, all right, all right,
just pick it up from the top of the call.
So not not New Jersey. Okay, all right, here we
go three let's go to Michael now, who's in New
York City, And Michael is next on the Ben Mallishow.
Hello Michael, welcome, Hey, how's it going? Hold on? Hey,
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um hey, Michael the consultant. We have these consultants, and
they don't like when people ask how we're doing because
it's a time killer. So can you not ask how?
Already really cares how we're doing. They just want to
be entertained. They don't really care at all. We're just
a voice in the magic radio box. So here we go.
All right, we're good on that. Yes, all right, here
we go. Just jump right into it. Michael. I don't
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know where Michael's calling from. Michael us next year on
the Ben Maller Show. Hello Michael, Hey, Ben, I wanted
to I want to talk about Aaron Rodgers. You guys
are giving these guys so much airtime, um Colin and
divas and everything. But it's not really a surprise, is it.
I mean, think about it. We give these guys millions
of dollars right out of college, right you know, I'm
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I'm I'm almost done with college and I can't imagine
having millions of dollars, you know, So is it really
any any surprise that they act this way? You know what,
Michael says, it's pretty solid take right there. That's a
good take. What you just did is a good take, Michael.
That's a solid take. Boy. Where do you go to college?
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By the way, Michael, you are you going to school? Uh?
New Mexico State University. Oh? Look at that? So the
epicenter of college football. Yes, when you think everyone it's
either Tuscaloosa or Mexico State. Yeah, football program. Well, listen,
you're a good sport, Michael, and I'm gonna give you
a golden ticket. I don't know that you know what
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that means. Probably not, but yeah, I've heard about it,
but I don't know what I mean. Yeah, it means
next time we call up, we're gonna get you on
right away, because you know you're an aggone. Cool and
as a New Mexico State aggie, we'll get you on
right away. And thank you, Michael. All right, be good,
and we'll teach you about radio and how it works.
When you hear that will, when you hear that sound
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like that, that means you're on the air. It's a
dead giveaway, dad giveaway. It's one point that the Burner
account writes and says, I'm gonna go thumbs down on
the monologue. I'm a Benny bright Side on this one.
I agree with Aaron Rodgers. If I give you my
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prime years, at least meet me halfway with the tools
to win a super Bowl. You can't wear that Superman cape.
Every game band who wants jazz eggs. It seems like
Aaron Rodgers is certainly played well enough, and the Packers
have been good enough to get to the NFC Championship game.
It's always someone else's fault, though. How about some accountability
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by Aaron Rodgers. I play a little bit better in
some of these NFC Championship games? How about that? So
to point that out? Is that too much to ask?
I don't think it is. Be sure to catch live
editions of The Ben Maller Show weekdays at two am
Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Hey, it's Ben, host of The
Fifth Hour with Ben Maller along with my trustee sidekick
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David Gascon. Would mean a lot to have you join
us on our weekly auditory journey. You're asking, what in
God's name is the Fifth Hour? I'll tell you it's
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the fifth Hour with Ben Maller on the iHeartRadio app,
Apple Podcast or ever you get your podcast now. Ben
likes to lie about his age, wants to tell you
he's young and hip when he actually I'm gen z now,
actually gen zed. But he loves old baseball and old
sports names just as much as my old ass does.
So it was sad to see that Chili Davis has
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been fired as the hitting coach of your New York Metropolitans,
and the Mets are not hitting well this year, especially
their newcomer Francisco Lindoor, who Coop talked about yesterday. I
believe it was uh on, what is that little thing
you guys do? The third degree? Yeah, that little thing.
It's a very important piece of talk radio real estate. Right. Yeah,
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he just talking about how Francisco Lindora, who they paid
three hundred and forty one million dollars too, has been
absolutely awful. Uh And and a lot of those mats
aren't exactly hitting well as well. So so Chili Davis
is I love Chili? Uh? I. When I covered the
Angels years ago, Chili saved me from being being beat
up in the Angel's clubhouse by another player on the team.
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So I am grateful to Chilie Davis. And does that
mean that Francisco Lindora is the coach killer? Can we
call him that? I think we should call him that.
George can call him that. Well, Francisco Lindor, who was
batting was like one seventy or something like that. And
when he doesn't swing at the first pitch, he's batting
one hundred. I guess. Oh so after Yeah, he was
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hitting one seventy one coming into Monday, so I guess
he didn't have a hit in the game. But there
you go. And they had to sign him. Couldn't just
wait to see how he did. Had to sign him
to the contract. That new owner wanted everybody to know,
I'll spend money. I'm gonna spend money. Yeah. And if
the fun part about that too is that Lindora was
like the tough guy, right, he was threatening. If I
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don't have a deal done by opening day. All right, Mom,
I'm not gonna sign him, gonna become a free agent. Yeah.
So he got his deal, he got paid, and the
Mets got played. He sucks. He's garbage Francisco Lindora right now.
And if you look at his batting average the last
three years, now, last year was a short year, only
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sixty games, but it was lower than the year before.
And here you look at the metrics, the slugging percentage,
if you look at the ops, down down, down, down,
down down down. And so because Francisco Landor can no
longer catch up to a fastball at this moment, Chili
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Davis had to lose his job. Makes perfect sense. All right,
It is the Ben Mallers Show. As we press on here,
as we continue bloviating the overnight hours away, and would
like to point out that Aaron Rodgers has a very
cheesy offer on his hands. I love this. We call
it guerrilla marketing, where you see an opportunity and you
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toss your company name in there. There's a cheese company
out of Wisconsin who has said, hey, listen this dairy company.
If Aaron Rodgers can patch things up with the packers,
he's disgruntled right now. He's very unhappy that Jordan Love
is around the corner. So a dairy supplier in Wisconsin
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is trying to be the mediator in air quotes. They
really just want some publicity, but we won't give him
any publicity. They had to pay for that. You can
contact the sales department here at Fox Sports Radio. But
they said, we believe a little cheese can make any
situation better. It was a company, a letter the company
sent out, and so that's why they've made They made
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a pledge. They said, as long as Aaron Rodgers remains
in Green Bay, the dairy company is offering him free cheese,
and if he retires with the packers, we will make
it a lifetime offer. So the rest of Aaron Rodgers' life,
he will never have to play for Cheddar, pro Bolone, Swiss,
any kind of cheese. Get all the cheese he could
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possibly want. Their compliments of this dairy company in Wisconsin. Now,
there's one problem with this. Do you want to take
a guess what the problem with this is for Aaron Rodgers.
You had an idea, is he lactose intolerant? No, But
he cut dairy out of his diet like five years ago,
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so he just decided. I think it was twenty sixteen.
He's gone. He's mostly a vegan, which explains a lot.
He's on that vegan diet, the devil diet, and he'll
occasionally eat some red meat and chicken at times, but
it's mostly a vegan diet. Now, I'd be willing to
stay at Fox Sports Radio for the rest of my
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career if they offer me free cheese for life. Would
you be willing to stay here, Eddie? If they'll have
you for free cheese? I would strongly consider it. You
would weigh the possibility. I understand. All right, let's go
to the phones and who do we have. Let's say, hello,
do we have blind Emmett, the Seahawk fan in Olympia, Washington, Hello,
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blind Emma. What's going on? Big Ben? How are you doing? Oh? Wait,
I can't ask that. Um. So you know about the
the maw or the Bopper, Benny the Popper, whatever, Benny
the Bopper, say it properly, say it with the respect,
thank you. Um. Yeah, that's completely auto tuned, but you
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know enough of that. My thoughts on Aaron Rogers, I
don't tuned it all listen, just because you're jealous, like
Eddie take a number at the deli counter. You're jealous.
Why would I be jealous of Benny the Bopper? I mean,
how could a blind guy play baseball in the first place? Well, blind,
you're wrong, blind Scott when I'm blind Scott years ago,
who is the og of blind callers and likely a
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role model for you. Although many say you've passed you've
passed him by, you've passed blind Scott by, But blind Scott,
I remember he would play blind baseball on the weekend. Yeah,
that was a beeper ball. Like I can't go to
MLB and like chilled Dodger Stadium and be hitting home run.
It's like you never know. Listen, the technology improves and
the way the Dodgers have hit up until Sunday, they
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probably have some guys on the team that are blind,
so they've got that going for him. And then you
know those Graham slams yesterday. But I think Gagon would
be a better role model than Bonds. God just saying, oh,
don't say his name, don't do not not even want to
hit the name the names. Don't sully the airways with
that name. David Gasican as Marcel says, yeah, gaff Agin,
that's right. Yeah, yeah, but Aaron Rodgers, Um, I just
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think if I are Aaron Rodgers, you know you've talked
about this, but I would have like tried to get
this out earlier. But I know why he didn't do it.
He didn't want to look like a bad guy, you know,
because their image. Oh he doesn't care whether it looks
like a bad guy or not. What are you talking
about there, Stop with that nonsense. He's he's sent it
out on the first day of the draft because he
knew that would be the most embarrassing day and he
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pulled the pants down on the Packer front office and
that's exactly what happened. Yeah. Well, the thing is, though,
remember like three months ago when he went on Pat
McAfee and he's like, I'm finding Green Bay. No way,
no how, I'm not buying that one. He talks out
of both sides of his mouth. Bind Emmett. My future
is a beautiful mystery. Yeah, the Michael guy from where
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every New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire. Yeah, whatever, one
of the new Yet a good point, like why they
act like that when they come out of college, like
millions of dollars. I could, well, it's not even that.
You gotta go back. Listen, but blind, Emma, you gotta
go back even further. Now, if you are tagged as
a great quarterback, you have your shoulders rubbed. You go
to these quarterback camps. I guess not in twenty twenty
because of COVID, but in normal in normal times, you
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get tagged, you go to like the Peyton Manning quarterback camp.
There's one, and there's a couple in southern California that
you go through and then they just give you a
bubble bath. All right, I gotta go, emman, thank you
go to bed. You have school. So the leading nickname
to replace Redskins This is according to a survey done
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inside the Beltway. Inside the Beltway there the Redskins play
in Landover Maryland, but they are called the Washington Redskins,
honoring Washington d C. Did you see the favorite at
this point to be the new nickname for the NFL
team in d C? Eddie, I did not. Okay, what
do you think it is? A boy? They haven't really
(33:24):
tipped their hand in any way on this um. When
you were hit a list of yeah, there was nothing
on that listed I thought was very interesting. Um M,
you got nothing something to do with, you know, like
the governors or something stupid like that. Something something something
with government, you would think, I don't know that it
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would be stupid. I think that would be appropriate for
the city that they're in. But no, at this moment,
according to what we're hearing here, the nickname that's in
the lead to replace the old Redskins nickname, the Washington
Red Wolves. Yeah. I have heard that before, but I
(34:06):
thought it was so lame that it But it's lame
on several levels. First of all, it's too close to Timberwolves,
which when you get close to that, And secondly, it's
just dumb, Right, do something original, do something unique, something special.
I know you're so afraid about the local RODDI coming
(34:28):
after you and attacking you if you put the wrong
nickname out there and all that, and they want to
keep the sea. Yeah, exactly, it's good. Why single out
the red Wolves? What's up with that? I think that's racist.
I think the NFL should be sued. How about that one? Yeah,
aren't all wolves the same? What's wrong with you? They
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would be following in the footsteps of Arkansas State, who
was the Indians and change their name to the red Wolves. Yeah,
so we've just laid out there. But you'd be close
to the Timberwolves, because you know, Timberpuffs, Timberwolves, worst team
in the history of American sport, North American sport. And
as you said, but Arkansas State, Eddie, is that right? Yes? Oh,
(35:11):
it's embarrassing. Just say no, do not do it, do
not do it? All right, It is the Bannet Maller
Showtime Now for the who am I game? I'll the
MLB pick eems. Well, here's the who am I game?
I was the first major leaguer to hit forty home
runs in two consecutive seasons for different teams. That's happened
(35:33):
to fair amount since then. But I was the first
major leaguer to hit forty plus home runs in two
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(36:18):
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was the first major leaguer to hit forty home runs
in two consecutive seasons, but do it for different teams?
Who am I? That is the question? What is the answer?
Big rig robs as I am MLB slugger blind Emmett
(36:41):
Rickster from the Bus says Bob Kett. Goldweight is the answer.
Jay Buner from The Late Night Drug Tester, George Foster,
tossed out by Pauli d Justin in Cincinnati's going with
the Death Star David, who knows where all the good
restaurants are in Seattle and has fatigue of the Ben
Dollar Show, says Rocky Callavido is the way to go.
(37:03):
Mike from Pittsfield going with Jimmy Fox, Nelson Cruz tossed
out by Minnesota man Kevin. That's his answer. Who else
do we have? Jose Conseco from will in Penn soul
Vania page down here. Terry says Benny the Bopper. Good
guests by you, Terry, but unfortunately incorrect. One Gonzalez guests
(37:26):
by Adam Eric Coleman from ed in Spokane, along with
Christina from Spokane. Franklin Stubbs tossed out by Rich Barry
Bonds from Jason in Denver. Do you have an answer, Eddie? Sure,
Let's go with Dave Kingman Kingman's performance. No incorrect. It's
(37:46):
also not Lee Stevens guest by Chris and dem Ron
Safe from Lee Stevens as good name, right, Ron Say
from Robin, Minnesota. Bumpy Johnson from mister Luciano, Billy Hamilton
from just Josh the correct answer ready, one of the
great names and a guy that we used to work with.
I think he became famous because of this guy's name.
(38:07):
Andres Golla Yes did with the Rockies in nineteen ninety
seven and the Atlanta Braves in nineteen ninety eight. Andres Gallaraga.
Time now for the m LB pick him and who
(38:28):
is going first? Coopa Loop. I will go to Jacob
de Gram all right, Eddie, I'm gonna take Justin Turner, Roberto,
give me Trevor Bauer. All right, I will take Walker
Bueller and Mookie Betsy Roberto double head day they got ready,
Corey Seeger all right, go ahead, Eddie. Did somebody did
(38:49):
you take Buster Posey? No, I'll take Buster Posey all right.
He's gonna break out of his slump. Mookie Bets I
already picked him, dummy, didn't you didn't? Yes? I did?
Oh crap, hurry on, as J. D. Martinez AX would have.
Robernard Ryan McMahon has s Winker of the Red Winker
(39:12):
who I don't know? It's hidden well
Hello and welcome. It's our number one, our number one
of the Ben Maller Radio program as we loviate the
podcast away and this hour dedicated to an old radio
friend of mine, Terry Bradshaw. I did radio with Terry
(00:20):
back in the day, and he has put Aaron Rodgers
in a bodybag, bodybag, body bag, calling him weak, saying
the packers should just let Aaron Rodgers cry. This is
Bradshaw's rebuttal to Rogers being unhappy and leaking the story
last week about wanting to be traded from Green Bay.
(00:42):
We react to that and more. It's coming your way
right now here. It is our number one. How do
you really feel welcome? Come? In the beginning of the
Ben Mallers Show, another edition. We are in the air
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for the journey on the Red Eye flight all night
(01:25):
long in our lead. This hour comes from a place
we have been over the last several days. With a
little bit of a twist on it. Quarterback on quarterback Crime,
we take you to the mouth of a Hall of
Famer attacking a future Hall of Famer, and we get
(01:45):
the benefit of that. On sports talk radio, we're talking
about Terry Bradshaw, star commentator NFL on Fox. For years
and years and years, Terry Bradshaw has been embedded on
the Fox pregame postgame coverage there for the NFL. Well,
Bradshaw made the rounds. I'm not sure what he was promoting.
(02:08):
I'm assuming he was promoting something because he popped up
on a number of sports radio shows doing interviews. Well,
he unloaded on Aaron Rodgers and if you didn't hear,
perhaps he missed, I'll give you some of the highlights here.
So Terry Bradshaw, he was all over the map. He
expressed a disgust with the way Aaron Rodgers is handling
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his relationship with the Packers. I can't go on on,
but let's play a little taste of it. Here is
Terry Bradshaw, in his own words. He popped up on
Wfan in New York, he was on the score in Chicago.
Here's a little taste of Terry Bradshaw making the rounds
with him being that upset shows me just how weak
he is. Who the hell cares who you drafted. I mean,
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there's a three time MVP in the league, and he's
worried about this guy they drafted last year at number one,
and for him to be upset, my god, I don't
understand that Pittsburgh drafted Mark Malone number one, Cliff Stout
in the third or fourth round. I had had him
coming at me from all angles. I embraced it because
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when we went to practice, I wasn't worried about those guys.
You know, they didn't scare me a bit. So I
don't understand why he's so upset at Green Bay. Yeah,
all right, So that was That was a meaty part
of what Bradshaw said. He also went on to admit
that there might be more to the story than meets
(03:33):
the eye, and then when he popped up on a
separate radio interview in the Windy City, Terry Bradshaw said
that he thinks that Aaron Rodgers is dumber than a
box of rocks. That's a that's a just a bomb
tossed out by Terry Bradshaw. So let us discuss the
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question thumbs up or thumbs down? On Terry Bradshaw's extreme
attack criticism directed at Aaron Rodgers. So I am going
to go thumbs up all right now, full disclosure, I'm
a little biased here. Years ago and Terry did a
radio show in La I became decent acquaintances for a
(04:15):
brief time with Terry Bradshaw. So I do appreciate the
gift of gab that Terry has. But my thoughts on this.
You've got footwear, Clark Gable and double edged sword and
we will tie all of these things together into a nice,
neat little package. Now, a Aaron Rodgers is certainly not
(04:36):
a victim in all this. Others people, Oh, it's not
fair that Terry Bradshaw would do this. You know, he's
just grumpy and angry. He's the old guy. But Aaron Rodgers,
and we're gonna talk about him a lot. So if
you've already got your fill of Aaron Rodgers commentary on
the radio, well, bad news, bad news. We don't make
up the news, we just talk about it. So Aaron
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Rodgers delusional about his situation. That's pretty much what Terry
Bradshaw was saying. He used some flowery language to get there.
But Rogers hubris is uncalled for, and Bradshaw did a
solid job of counterpunching Aaron Rodgers and his situation. And
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that's why Bradshaw's been on TV for a long time,
gets paid a lot of money to do that kind
of thing. And as they say in the footwear business,
if the shoe fits wear, it talking for us about
Aaron Rodgers being the guy who looks terrible in the
situation in green Bay. That is the drama queen in
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this particular story, like anyone would disagree with that. Now,
part B of this Terry Bradshaw, who is so far removed,
so far away from the playing field that and he's
made so much money doing television when he can put
his neck out there like this is the exception the rule.
Terry doesn't have the typical guardrails that other ex jocks have.
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We used the phrase jockocracy quite a bit on this show,
and it refers to X players who get jobs that
they're not qualified for in broadcasting. But one of the
problems with that is that when you become a broadcaster
as a former player, most commentators are very cautious, they're
extra cautious, and they're soft smoke because they don't want
(06:23):
to step on any toes. And so what happens is
you get a bunch of blah commentary where people speak
in these glittering generalities and you don't get any meat
on the bone. Well, not Terry Bradshaw. He last played
for the Steelers in one game during the nineteen eighty
three NFL season, So thirty eight years removed from the
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Houseyon days in Pittsburgh, and he's got the cash at
So it's not only does Bradshaw have the resume of
being a broadcaster, but as a player, four times Super
Bowl win, Hall of Famer and all that, but he
is lacking your typical water filtration system for his commentary,
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which we love. We absolutely love that you're getting unfettered opinion.
And Terry Bradshaw is not being held and chained because
he needs to get an interview. It's not being held
a hostage because, oh my god, I might have to interview.
If you're Terry Bradshaw, you're thinking I might have to
interview Aaron Rodgers. Next you're Bradshaw, didn't care he might
have to interview Aaron Rodgers. It'll just make for better television.
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And so in this little play. Terry Bradshaw is cast
in the role of Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind,
one of the iconic old Hollywood movies, Gone with the Wind,
and that famous closing scene Clark Gable's character Frankly, my dear,
I don't give a damn. That's essentially what Bradshaw is saying.
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He's not worried about the collateral damage here. And there
was some blowbacks and pushback from some in the fraternity
of football who were annoyed that Bradshaw would be as
as strong as he was and Bradshaw's losing his mind
and oh my god, and all this stuff because you
don't like what he had to say. And we do
know that Aaron Rodgers is the kind of human being
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that will hold a grudge. He's not gonna let bygones
be bygones. That's not how he's wired. And so you
have to appreciate the Maverick approach to all this. Now
the last word, at least for a little bit on
Aaron Rodgers. The Aaron Rodgers story continues to be on
the front burner, and it's not dying down anytime soon anyway.
(08:40):
In fact, it's not just Terry Bradshaw. We had Aaron
Rodgers BF Davante Adams, his teammate there, who took a
page out of the Quarterbacks Passive Aggressive Handbook. It's page
thirteen of the Passive Aggressive Handbook. Adams sending out a
cryptic post on social media that certainly appear to run
(09:01):
neck and neck with the drama of the day involving
Aaron Rodgers. What did Davante Adams post? I'll tell you
the wide receiver said quote, gott to appreciate what you
got while you got it. Explanation point. Now, that might
be just some regular positive thinking mumbo jumbo, or it
(09:23):
was a shot across the bow right, So if you
parse the words of Davante Adams, that's what we're about
to do here. Is that really a load blow below
the waist there at the Packer front office? It suddenly
sounded that way right? And does what does he know
that we don't know about Aaron Rodgers and his situation
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going forward? And does that cryptic, vague comment. Does that
comment by Davanta Adams mean that he's also underappreciated and
he needs out. Nobody appreciates my hard work. Now, my
response to Adams and also to Aaron Rodgers, but Davante
Adams is the one that sent this out. It is
a double edged sword, right, meaning that appreciation cuts both ways.
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Aaron Rodgers does not at this moment in time, seem
appreciative of the situation he's got in Green Bay. And
no one, no one is indispensable. We've said this for
a while now and it's going to be the case forever.
No one is indispensable. Everyone is replaceable. And the Packers,
(10:31):
believe it or not, had quarterbacks and receivers prior to
Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams, and spoiler alert, when they're gone,
and both of them will be gone, whether it's now
or down the line. Other players will play quarterback and
play receiver. And where the Green Bay Packer uniform. Just
a cog in the wheel. Now, granted, some cogs are
more important than other cogs, but you're still just a
(10:52):
cog in the wheel. That's how it works. So that's
the latest on the Aaron Rodgers soap opera. As the
plot thickens, it is the Ben Maller Show. If you
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and a friend, Thomas. More great answers like that coming
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of Money. Some call it Garcia's pile of pacers. Nobody.
Nobody calls it a fire liar pants on fire. It's
Ben Maller. Just plately make things up. Well, you know
(13:09):
that thing or two about that, wouldn't you? I don't
make anything of Yes, yeah, play play the audio show
investigation and found out that you paid this man. I
didn't pay to do this announcement. I will I will
sue you for one hundred thousand dollars if you continue
to say that I did not pay a single cent
(13:31):
for that audio? Would you like to retract that statement
right now? Would that statement right now? All right? I'm
gonna sue your ass for one hundred thousand dollars for
lying and slandering. Mike, would we go to court? Will
have to come out because you under the truth will
come out. I can't wait for the discovery. You're making
things up. The other prop guys a fraud, the guys
(13:53):
a fraud. I wouldn't be surprised if that's actually the
gag on account one of the other accounts there. Okay,
do you understand? And you've accused me of paying for
someone to say that I didn't pay anybody. I didn't
even know what was going on that came, that came
to me, I had the gift was given. You play it.
Roberto Benny the Bopper right here, Dodger Stadium, leading off,
(14:15):
playing shortstop and now leading off the Dodger a half
of the first Dinny Benny, the Bopper, Buddy ball dollar,
the unnattering nay Bob negativity. That's shortstop number one in
your hearts and minds and in the air everywhere. Ben Moller, well,
thank you, thank you for that. And how dare you
(14:39):
you're so jealous? Eddy, You're so you're so envious to
my success? That is a tremendous a company. You know,
some people were saying radio having big ratings and having
million dollar contracts and when you sell a house it
ends up in the real estate section. I have none
of those things. But I am known as Benny the
Bopper and you heard it, Dodger Stadium public address announcer
(15:00):
right there, and you, of all people, Eddie, I mean,
just it's stop stop with this envy. It's unbecoming of you, Eddie.
Come on, there's no envy. It's there's a lot of
end I'm sensing for you that I didn't have anybody
recorded at all. No, you're making that up, and again
(15:23):
you have the opportunity now to retract the statement. Absolutely
not all right, then I will continue to contact possible lawyers.
Where's my guy, and where's my guy in Santa Monica?
My my lawyer in Santa Mardi. Is he listening? We
need him to call him my legal counsel because you're
getting on my nerves here, Eddy, because you're making things
up then aren't are true? If anyone wants to see
(15:44):
what I'm talking about, go to Twitter, prop guy, because
somebody posted something with b as an initial and he
but that's pretty big leap of faith there, Eddie. That's
a pretty big to co sign on evidence. Pretty big
is not damn the first letter be in their name.
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My God, all right, big rig Rob writes in he says,
when you do an A plus monologue like that one,
This is big rig Rob from the Highways and Byways
of the Evergreen State. He says, when you do an
A plus monologue like that one he just opened up with,
it sets the tone for an amazing show. Aaron Rodgers
is a whiner and green Bay should keep messing with
(16:26):
his emotions. The shaman of schaden freudom blesses us again.
Great job by you, he says. DJ DJ Don John
says a plus monologue Calvin and Davenport. Though he's the
other side of the aisle, he does not agree with
the monologue. He says, a very mediocre mallar monologue. Terry
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Bradshaw's over raided, and it's no secret that green Bay
will be horrible without Aaron Rodgers. People may be replaced,
but star power equals more fans and revenue. Blah blah. Well, Calvin,
you're a typical to toe sucking fan. Is what you
sound like to meet? Calvin? Hero worship one oh one
bowed down and licked the toes of Aaron Rodgers. I'm
(17:12):
not in that camp. You can be that guy. I'm
not gonna be that guy. Aaron Rodger a good player,
but somebody else will played quarterback. And who's to say
Jordan Love doesn't succeed and have success with the Green
Bay Packers and do wonderfully. All he's gotta do is
win one Super Bowl and then he's matched Aaron Rodgers.
Right as far as if you look at the championship scoreboard,
which so many of you, I'm reminded of daily think
(17:32):
that that's the end all be all. Well, if that's
the case, then all Jordan Love has to do is
win one Super Bowl. While he's quarterback. He's mashed Aaron
Rodgers and Brett Farve, by the way, and Brett Farve,
late night drug tester from Parts Unknown rights and says,
I believe people in the Green Bay area are not
worried about the departure of Aaron Rodgers, but the arrival
(17:53):
of the Ben Maller Show crew to a minor league
baseball game and a meet and greed at Ben's brother's house, well,
I would be the closest affiliate right there in green Bay,
the w NFL, the home of the Ben Maller Show
in Green Bay. My brother lives just across the way.
They're in Appleton's my younger brother, Minnesota. Mitch writes in
(18:15):
he says, Hey, Ben, I bought my first house last week.
Can I get a shout out? No? No, Minnesota Mitch.
We will not give you a shout out. We will
not say congratulations that you bought a house, because if
we're not a morning zoo show, and if we were
to give you a shout out, we would have to
give everyone shout outs, and that's not how we're wired here.
And you know, I'm certainly not going to congratulate you
and your wife, who are expecting the second child there
(18:38):
for the family. I'm not going to congratulate you on
that at all because everyone else would be like, what
about me? What about me? Let's see here. Chris in
Houston says, you brought up people being replaceable, and you're wrong.
Moms are not replaceable at all. My dad told me
long ago, you can have multiple dads, but only one mother.
(19:00):
By the way, Happy Mother's date. All the great moms
out there, that's a premature celebration. There By, Chris and Houston.
We moms are great. Moms are wonderful. But I'm sure
there's plenty of people that have like step moms that
are pretty cool and things like that. So teach the Owes.
Let's see hear. Alex writes and says, Aaron Rodgers is
the most overrated player in NFL history. He's good, but
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he's such a diva narcissist. He spins the media into
inflating everything he does, so, says Alex. Robin Vegas writes
and says solid monologue, Benjamin, I love me some Terry Bradshaw.
He is the Charles Barkley of the NFL. When he
tells the condom story from a nude scene he had
(19:46):
to do in a movie, will make you roll around
laughing out loud. He's got a couple of beautiful daughters
as well as, according to rob in Vegas, which is
only slightly, only slightly creepy. All right, let's go to
the phones, and who do we have banning leadoff? Let's
go to the great state of New Mexico and we
will say hello to Michael who's in the leadoff spot.
(20:07):
Hello Michael, Hey, Hello, you want to get on the air, Michael. Yeah, okay,
let me see if I can make that happen. Hold
on a sake, We'll figure this out here, all right, Roberto,
can we can we see if we can get this
guy on the air, This guy Michael in New Mexico
wants to get on the air. Can we get him
(20:28):
on there? Let me see him in him and push
his button here. It's like he's gonna be a good caller,
though he might be terrible. I mean, I mean, see
what's going on? Here we go? Uh, okay, okay, he
should be on all right, here we go. We'll take
it from the top. Yeah, yeah, all right. Let's go
to the phones here, and Michael in New Jersey is
(20:49):
up next. Hello, Michael, New Mexico. Ben, come on, Hold
on a sac stop, hold on, hold on. I'm sorry
about that. That's a bad job. It was written wrong
on my screen there, I'm sorry about that. Hold on
a sec here, Coop. Are we good on that, coop? Yeah?
(21:11):
We can. We can just pick it up from that,
we can. We can pick up okay, all right, all right,
just pick it up from the top of the call.
So not not New Jersey. Okay, all right, here we
go three let's go to Michael now, who's in New
York City, And Michael is next on the Ben Mallishow.
Hello Michael, welcome, Hey, how's it going? Hold on? Hey,
(21:34):
um hey, Michael the consultant. We have these consultants, and
they don't like when people ask how we're doing because
it's a time killer. So can you not ask how?
Already really cares how we're doing. They just want to
be entertained. They don't really care at all. We're just
a voice in the magic radio box. So here we go.
All right, we're good on that. Yes, all right, here
we go. Just jump right into it. Michael. I don't
(21:58):
know where Michael's calling from. Michael us next year on
the Ben Maller Show. Hello Michael, Hey, Ben, I wanted
to I want to talk about Aaron Rodgers. You guys
are giving these guys so much airtime, um Colin and
divas and everything. But it's not really a surprise, is it.
I mean, think about it. We give these guys millions
of dollars right out of college, right you know, I'm
(22:20):
I'm I'm almost done with college and I can't imagine
having millions of dollars, you know, So is it really
any any surprise that they act this way? You know what,
Michael says, it's pretty solid take right there. That's a
good take. What you just did is a good take, Michael.
That's a solid take. Boy. Where do you go to college?
(22:43):
By the way, Michael, you are you going to school? Uh?
New Mexico State University. Oh? Look at that? So the
epicenter of college football. Yes, when you think everyone it's
either Tuscaloosa or Mexico State. Yeah, football program. Well, listen,
you're a good sport, Michael, and I'm gonna give you
a golden ticket. I don't know that you know what
(23:04):
that means. Probably not, but yeah, I've heard about it,
but I don't know what I mean. Yeah, it means
next time we call up, we're gonna get you on
right away, because you know you're an aggone. Cool and
as a New Mexico State aggie, we'll get you on
right away. And thank you, Michael. All right, be good,
and we'll teach you about radio and how it works.
When you hear that will, when you hear that sound
(23:29):
like that, that means you're on the air. It's a
dead giveaway, dad giveaway. It's one point that the Burner
account writes and says, I'm gonna go thumbs down on
the monologue. I'm a Benny bright Side on this one.
I agree with Aaron Rodgers. If I give you my
(23:50):
prime years, at least meet me halfway with the tools
to win a super Bowl. You can't wear that Superman cape.
Every game band who wants jazz eggs. It seems like
Aaron Rodgers is certainly played well enough, and the Packers
have been good enough to get to the NFC Championship game.
It's always someone else's fault, though. How about some accountability
(24:13):
by Aaron Rodgers. I play a little bit better in
some of these NFC Championship games? How about that? So
to point that out? Is that too much to ask?
I don't think it is. Be sure to catch live
editions of The Ben Maller Show weekdays at two am
Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Hey, it's Ben, host of The
Fifth Hour with Ben Maller along with my trustee sidekick
(24:34):
David Gascon. Would mean a lot to have you join
us on our weekly auditory journey. You're asking, what in
God's name is the Fifth Hour? I'll tell you it's
a spin off of that Ben Maller show, a cult
hit overnights on FSR. Why should you listen? Picture if
you will? A world will? We chat with captains of
industry in media, sports and more every week Explorer, some
amazing facts about a human nature and more. Let'sten to
(24:56):
the fifth Hour with Ben Maller on the iHeartRadio app,
Apple Podcast or ever you get your podcast now. Ben
likes to lie about his age, wants to tell you
he's young and hip when he actually I'm gen z now,
actually gen zed. But he loves old baseball and old
sports names just as much as my old ass does.
So it was sad to see that Chili Davis has
(25:17):
been fired as the hitting coach of your New York Metropolitans,
and the Mets are not hitting well this year, especially
their newcomer Francisco Lindoor, who Coop talked about yesterday. I
believe it was uh on, what is that little thing
you guys do? The third degree? Yeah, that little thing.
It's a very important piece of talk radio real estate. Right. Yeah,
(25:38):
he just talking about how Francisco Lindora, who they paid
three hundred and forty one million dollars too, has been
absolutely awful. Uh And and a lot of those mats
aren't exactly hitting well as well. So so Chili Davis
is I love Chili? Uh? I. When I covered the
Angels years ago, Chili saved me from being being beat
up in the Angel's clubhouse by another player on the team.
(25:58):
So I am grateful to Chilie Davis. And does that
mean that Francisco Lindora is the coach killer? Can we
call him that? I think we should call him that.
George can call him that. Well, Francisco Lindor, who was
batting was like one seventy or something like that. And
when he doesn't swing at the first pitch, he's batting
one hundred. I guess. Oh so after Yeah, he was
(26:21):
hitting one seventy one coming into Monday, so I guess
he didn't have a hit in the game. But there
you go. And they had to sign him. Couldn't just
wait to see how he did. Had to sign him
to the contract. That new owner wanted everybody to know,
I'll spend money. I'm gonna spend money. Yeah. And if
the fun part about that too is that Lindora was
like the tough guy, right, he was threatening. If I
(26:43):
don't have a deal done by opening day. All right, Mom,
I'm not gonna sign him, gonna become a free agent. Yeah.
So he got his deal, he got paid, and the
Mets got played. He sucks. He's garbage Francisco Lindora right now.
And if you look at his batting average the last
three years, now, last year was a short year, only
(27:05):
sixty games, but it was lower than the year before.
And here you look at the metrics, the slugging percentage,
if you look at the ops, down down, down, down,
down down down. And so because Francisco Landor can no
longer catch up to a fastball at this moment, Chili
(27:27):
Davis had to lose his job. Makes perfect sense. All right,
It is the Ben Mallers Show. As we press on here,
as we continue bloviating the overnight hours away, and would
like to point out that Aaron Rodgers has a very
cheesy offer on his hands. I love this. We call
it guerrilla marketing, where you see an opportunity and you
(27:49):
toss your company name in there. There's a cheese company
out of Wisconsin who has said, hey, listen this dairy company.
If Aaron Rodgers can patch things up with the packers,
he's disgruntled right now. He's very unhappy that Jordan Love
is around the corner. So a dairy supplier in Wisconsin
(28:13):
is trying to be the mediator in air quotes. They
really just want some publicity, but we won't give him
any publicity. They had to pay for that. You can
contact the sales department here at Fox Sports Radio. But
they said, we believe a little cheese can make any
situation better. It was a company, a letter the company
sent out, and so that's why they've made They made
(28:36):
a pledge. They said, as long as Aaron Rodgers remains
in Green Bay, the dairy company is offering him free cheese,
and if he retires with the packers, we will make
it a lifetime offer. So the rest of Aaron Rodgers' life,
he will never have to play for Cheddar, pro Bolone, Swiss,
any kind of cheese. Get all the cheese he could
(28:57):
possibly want. Their compliments of this dairy company in Wisconsin. Now,
there's one problem with this. Do you want to take
a guess what the problem with this is for Aaron Rodgers.
You had an idea, is he lactose intolerant? No, But
he cut dairy out of his diet like five years ago,
(29:19):
so he just decided. I think it was twenty sixteen.
He's gone. He's mostly a vegan, which explains a lot.
He's on that vegan diet, the devil diet, and he'll
occasionally eat some red meat and chicken at times, but
it's mostly a vegan diet. Now, I'd be willing to
stay at Fox Sports Radio for the rest of my
(29:39):
career if they offer me free cheese for life. Would
you be willing to stay here, Eddie? If they'll have
you for free cheese? I would strongly consider it. You
would weigh the possibility. I understand. All right, let's go
to the phones and who do we have. Let's say, hello,
do we have blind Emmett, the Seahawk fan in Olympia, Washington, Hello,
(30:00):
blind Emma. What's going on? Big Ben? How are you doing? Oh? Wait,
I can't ask that. Um. So you know about the
the maw or the Bopper, Benny the Popper, whatever, Benny
the Bopper, say it properly, say it with the respect,
thank you. Um. Yeah, that's completely auto tuned, but you
(30:23):
know enough of that. My thoughts on Aaron Rogers, I
don't tuned it all listen, just because you're jealous, like
Eddie take a number at the deli counter. You're jealous.
Why would I be jealous of Benny the Bopper? I mean,
how could a blind guy play baseball in the first place? Well, blind,
you're wrong, blind Scott when I'm blind Scott years ago,
who is the og of blind callers and likely a
(30:44):
role model for you. Although many say you've passed you've
passed him by, you've passed blind Scott by, But blind Scott,
I remember he would play blind baseball on the weekend. Yeah,
that was a beeper ball. Like I can't go to
MLB and like chilled Dodger Stadium and be hitting home run.
It's like you never know. Listen, the technology improves and
the way the Dodgers have hit up until Sunday, they
(31:06):
probably have some guys on the team that are blind,
so they've got that going for him. And then you
know those Graham slams yesterday. But I think Gagon would
be a better role model than Bonds. God just saying, oh,
don't say his name, don't do not not even want to
hit the name the names. Don't sully the airways with
that name. David Gasican as Marcel says, yeah, gaff Agin,
that's right. Yeah, yeah, but Aaron Rodgers, Um, I just
(31:30):
think if I are Aaron Rodgers, you know you've talked
about this, but I would have like tried to get
this out earlier. But I know why he didn't do it.
He didn't want to look like a bad guy, you know,
because their image. Oh he doesn't care whether it looks
like a bad guy or not. What are you talking
about there, Stop with that nonsense. He's he's sent it
out on the first day of the draft because he
knew that would be the most embarrassing day and he
(31:52):
pulled the pants down on the Packer front office and
that's exactly what happened. Yeah. Well, the thing is, though,
remember like three months ago when he went on Pat
McAfee and he's like, I'm finding Green Bay. No way,
no how, I'm not buying that one. He talks out
of both sides of his mouth. Bind Emmett. My future
is a beautiful mystery. Yeah, the Michael guy from where
(32:15):
every New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire. Yeah, whatever, one
of the new Yet a good point, like why they
act like that when they come out of college, like
millions of dollars. I could, well, it's not even that.
You gotta go back. Listen, but blind, Emma, you gotta
go back even further. Now, if you are tagged as
a great quarterback, you have your shoulders rubbed. You go
to these quarterback camps. I guess not in twenty twenty
because of COVID, but in normal in normal times, you
(32:39):
get tagged, you go to like the Peyton Manning quarterback camp.
There's one, and there's a couple in southern California that
you go through and then they just give you a
bubble bath. All right, I gotta go, emman, thank you
go to bed. You have school. So the leading nickname
to replace Redskins This is according to a survey done
(33:01):
inside the Beltway. Inside the Beltway there the Redskins play
in Landover Maryland, but they are called the Washington Redskins,
honoring Washington d C. Did you see the favorite at
this point to be the new nickname for the NFL
team in d C? Eddie, I did not. Okay, what
do you think it is? A boy? They haven't really
(33:24):
tipped their hand in any way on this um. When
you were hit a list of yeah, there was nothing
on that listed I thought was very interesting. Um M,
you got nothing something to do with, you know, like
the governors or something stupid like that. Something something something
with government, you would think, I don't know that it
(33:45):
would be stupid. I think that would be appropriate for
the city that they're in. But no, at this moment,
according to what we're hearing here, the nickname that's in
the lead to replace the old Redskins nickname, the Washington
Red Wolves. Yeah. I have heard that before, but I
(34:06):
thought it was so lame that it But it's lame
on several levels. First of all, it's too close to Timberwolves,
which when you get close to that, And secondly, it's
just dumb, Right, do something original, do something unique, something special.
I know you're so afraid about the local RODDI coming
(34:28):
after you and attacking you if you put the wrong
nickname out there and all that, and they want to
keep the sea. Yeah, exactly, it's good. Why single out
the red Wolves? What's up with that? I think that's racist.
I think the NFL should be sued. How about that one? Yeah,
aren't all wolves the same? What's wrong with you? They
(34:50):
would be following in the footsteps of Arkansas State, who
was the Indians and change their name to the red Wolves. Yeah,
so we've just laid out there. But you'd be close
to the Timberwolves, because you know, Timberpuffs, Timberwolves, worst team
in the history of American sport, North American sport. And
as you said, but Arkansas State, Eddie, is that right? Yes? Oh,
(35:11):
it's embarrassing. Just say no, do not do it, do
not do it? All right, It is the Bannet Maller
Showtime Now for the who am I game? I'll the
MLB pick eems. Well, here's the who am I game?
I was the first major leaguer to hit forty home
runs in two consecutive seasons for different teams. That's happened
(35:33):
to fair amount since then. But I was the first
major leaguer to hit forty plus home runs in two
consecutive seasons for different franchises. Who am I? The answer? NAGT.
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(36:18):
and I'll lie from the Fox Sports Radio studios, It's
Ben Maller. Here is the who am I? Game? I
was the first major leaguer to hit forty home runs
in two consecutive seasons, but do it for different teams?
Who am I? That is the question? What is the answer?
Big rig robs as I am MLB slugger blind Emmett
(36:41):
Rickster from the Bus says Bob Kett. Goldweight is the answer.
Jay Buner from The Late Night Drug Tester, George Foster,
tossed out by Pauli d Justin in Cincinnati's going with
the Death Star David, who knows where all the good
restaurants are in Seattle and has fatigue of the Ben
Dollar Show, says Rocky Callavido is the way to go.
(37:03):
Mike from Pittsfield going with Jimmy Fox, Nelson Cruz tossed
out by Minnesota man Kevin. That's his answer. Who else
do we have? Jose Conseco from will in Penn soul
Vania page down here. Terry says Benny the Bopper. Good
guests by you, Terry, but unfortunately incorrect. One Gonzalez guests
(37:26):
by Adam Eric Coleman from ed in Spokane, along with
Christina from Spokane. Franklin Stubbs tossed out by Rich Barry
Bonds from Jason in Denver. Do you have an answer, Eddie? Sure,
Let's go with Dave Kingman Kingman's performance. No incorrect. It's
(37:46):
also not Lee Stevens guest by Chris and dem Ron
Safe from Lee Stevens as good name, right, Ron Say
from Robin, Minnesota. Bumpy Johnson from mister Luciano, Billy Hamilton
from just Josh the correct answer ready, one of the
great names and a guy that we used to work with.
I think he became famous because of this guy's name.
(38:07):
Andres Golla Yes did with the Rockies in nineteen ninety
seven and the Atlanta Braves in nineteen ninety eight. Andres Gallaraga.
Time now for the m LB pick him and who
(38:28):
is going first? Coopa Loop. I will go to Jacob
de Gram all right, Eddie, I'm gonna take Justin Turner, Roberto,
give me Trevor Bauer. All right, I will take Walker
Bueller and Mookie Betsy Roberto double head day they got ready,
Corey Seeger all right, go ahead, Eddie. Did somebody did
(38:49):
you take Buster Posey? No, I'll take Buster Posey all right.
He's gonna break out of his slump. Mookie Bets I
already picked him, dummy, didn't you didn't? Yes? I did?
Oh crap, hurry on, as J. D. Martinez AX would have.
Robernard Ryan McMahon has s Winker of the Red Winker
(39:12):
who I don't know? It's hidden well
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