Hour 1 - Friendly Fire

Ben Maller talks about Japan beating the USA in the World Baseball Classic on an Ohtani strikeout of Mike Trout, the odds more star pitchers take part in the future, and much more!

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Hello and welcome. It's our number one hour one of
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on the weekend. But here an hour number one. It's
all about that World Baseball Classic. Pleasing to the eye,
Baseball got the matchup they wanted. Japan beats the USA
on the Showhey, Otani strikeout of Mike Trout. So what
do you think the conclusion of the World Baseball Class?

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What do you think of it? And we'll tell you why.
Shohei Otani is the big winner in more ways than one,
and who gets to wear the goat horns and the
Dunce cap at the World Baseball Classic, the big loser
in the moment, and one of the odds that Major
League Baseball is able to convince more star pitchers to
take part in the World Baseball Classic. Rob Manford says

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it's one hundred percent chance that this event will come
back in twenty twenty six. Do you believe the hundred
percent number. We'll talk about that. A bird's eye view
of the World Baseball Classic right now here. It is
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By request, I have been badgered by seamheads who are
demanding hot World Baseball Classic conversation. Now, my rebuttal is
I have done multiple Mallar monologues over the last couple
of weeks about the World Baseball Classic. One of them
involved snap crackle pop to the New York Mets closer

(02:54):
Edwin Diaz. The other one was a shot in freud,
a heavy Mallar monologue as we celebrated the punishment. Finally,
a two month punishment for that cheater, Jose al Bouve
of the Astros. But this is a little different, so
bear with me. Major League Baseball has been hyping up
what they're calling one of their showcase events. It's a

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global marketing opportunity. The maid for TV moment took place
on Tuesday night. It was on FS one. I don't
know if you watched it or not, maybe not. And
you had two of the stars of baseball who never
play in the postseason. They were eye to eye, belly
to belly, mono to mode, whatever you want to say.

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Ninth inning World Baseball Classic in Miami. You knew it
wasn't a Marlin's game because there are actually people in
the crowd and a World Baseball Classic there Tuesday night,
South Florida and the team from Japan trying to close
out a win in the title game. On one side,
you had show hey Otani, who was brought in for

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the ninth inning, Japan holding on to a one run
lead barely. And on the other side you had his
angel teammate who you don't see unless you go to
a regular season game, Mike Trout. Now he was up
third in the inning and the game on the line,
the leadoff batterer McNeil of the Mets walked, and then

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Mookie Betts, saving his big hits for the playoffs, the
real playoffs, not this who gays the event. Mookie Betts
hit a tailor made four six three double play. So
that set up Mike Trout, who had worked the count
full and then saw wingbada, saw wingbada. He struck out

(04:42):
on a slighter bild totty, and that propelled the team
from Japan to a three to two victory over Team
USA in the World Baseball Classics. So they get the title.
Let us discuss the question what did you think of
the conclusion the crescendo of the World Baseball Classics. So

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I've got Billy May's science fiction film and Agent k
and we'll toss some fat into the fire and we'll
get the party started. So this did appear like it
was a scripted reality simulated reality there, and maybe we're

(05:24):
just all non playable characters. But to set up a
scenario in the ninth inning with the game on the
line and you had Otani on the mound and Mike
Trout at the plate, that does not typically take place
in baseball. It's one of the problems with baseball. Unlike
basketball and football, if you have a star quarterback, you

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know this. The quarterback, if you're down in the fourth quarter,
will have his hands on the ball. In basketball, if
you're down in a few seconds to go, you can
manipulate it where your star player has the game in
his hands. In baseball, that's not typically how it goes.
And that's why you see teams that aren't as talented

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winning baseball, because you have teams that you have players
at the bottom of the lineup that are just as
important in the key moments as players that are making
all the money. But in this case that a side
right Shohailtani, for multiple reasons, can truly smile from ear
to ear to the victor goes the spoils. He's the

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big winner in more ways than one in this head
to head matchup, in the big picture, the World Baseball Classic.
Let's be honest. In this country, it's a relatively low
level of importance to the sports fan. Globally it's got
more meaning. But for Otani this was a herculean moment
in the business of baseball. The people involved in that

(06:48):
business we're watching and Otani closing things out like a thoroughbread.
This tournament was essentially an infomercial for Shohei Otani and
is pending free agent campaign following the upcoming regular season.
It is a set it and forget it situation, a
license to print even more money. Now, he's already got

(07:11):
the international man of mystery behind him, but we might
as well bring in the ghost of Billy Mays. Are
you tired of your star baseball players not living up
to the hype. Do you wish that your big name
stars would have global appeal? Well, Hi, I'm Billy Mays
here with show hail Tani. The fastest easiest way to

(07:32):
solve your baseball blues is with Oltani guaranteed order. Right now,
operators are standing bucks. That's the pitch right, He's he
was already heading towards a record payday, and this only
enhances it. Now, there's still a lot of baseball to go,
and you could have a snap crackle pop situation which
would change things. But in this moment, we do the

(07:55):
show today. We don't do the show to marrow. We
do the show today, and in this moment, show hay
Otani is Ritchie rich, even more Richie rich than before,
in large part because of the afterglow of this particular tournament.
Now turning the page, all right, page two, who gets
to wear the goat horns? Because the better story is

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in the losing locker room. That would be the Team
USA locker room at the World Baseball Classics. So at
this moment, it is Otani's teammate. Now I realized that
many bleeding heart Bruce Springsteen loving baseball writers and bloggers
have lamented for many years the fact that Mike Trout
plays off the grid, that he's pretty much off in

(08:37):
the woods and the boondocks of baseball, stuck in purgatory,
playing meaningless game after meaningless game at Anaheim, away from
the spotlight. But way back, I'm barely old enough to
remember this I was a little child in twenty fourteen,
and Mike Trout appeared in three playoff games for the Halos.
This is so long ago. The Royals were in the

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season and good good and Anaheim went over for three
and Trout went one for twelve. And I remember correctly
the one hit, which was a home run. The Angels
were down by a gazillion runs at the time he
hit the home run in Game three, if I remember correctly.
So here was a partial opportunity, not a full opportunity.

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It's not October baseball, it's March baseball. But it's better
than spring training, is better than a regular season game.
You're in the pressure cooker. And how did that turn out?
Mike Trout at the end, they're disintegrated into pieces. By
the time the World Baseball Classic had ended yet again,
starting in a remake of a classic science fiction film,

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The Incredible Shrinking Man. Now, what is my evidence? Not
only the eyeball test, but the numbers. Mike Trout at
the end of this thing took it in the shorts.
It's a small world, after all, it's a small, small world.
In its three final appearances the World Baseball Class, Trout
was a deer. Maybe not a deer in the headline.

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It's more like a Rob Deer. If you're an old
school baseball fan, you know who that is. Played for
the Brewers and a bunch of other teams back in
the day. But he sucked at a time you cannot suck. Trout.
Not only did he with at the end against Otani,
but the final three games Trout had fifteen at bats.
He went three for fifteen. That's a two hundred batting average,

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struck out nine of the fifteen at bats over the
final three games for the USA team and had one
stink in RBI and one walk over the final three games.
Keep in mind that the pitching in the World Baseball Classic, overall,
top to bottom, was not world class. These were not
the top pitchers, certainly the major league pitchers, many of

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them cowardly they would not take part in this. Afraid
of it more than that in his sec But Mike
Trout closing it out three for fifteen and then the
final three games there, that is not going to get
it done, all right, last word here, So Bozo the
Clown has entered the chat. Otherwise known as the Commissioner
of Baseball, Rob Manford we'd like to call him man fraud,
but Rob Manford said that the World Baseball Classic will

(11:11):
one hundred percent return in twenty twenty six. He pointed
that out. Now, I'm gonna address that and then we'll
get to the other things that he said. So, do
I believe it's one hundred percent? No, I don't believe
it's one hundred percent the World Baseball Classic will return.
There's a lot of time between now and then. There's
a lot of things that can take place between now
and then, and you can't get past the fact. We

(11:34):
can't get past the fact because of the level of
injury to big money players and the amount of money
that Baseball is gonna have to pay in future World
Baseball Classics, this becomes a problem. So I'm not I
don't think he's one hundred percent now. I also, I
believe it's more than than sixty five percent that this
thing's gonna be back, But it's not one hundred percent now.

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Manford also groaned to the assembled media that he'd like
to see more star pitchers in the tournament. We just mentioned.
There were not many big name pitchers that were part
of this thing. He said, quote, I'd like to see
pitching staffs that are on the same of the same
quality as our position players. And he said Baseball will
attempt to convince the teams, the league officers will attempt

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to convince the teams to be more supportive and more
cooperative with their pitchers at future events. Now, Manford, he said,
he's not lobbying, but he's a weasel, so of course
he's gonna have to lob a lobby. He said, it's
having facts. Manford claims he's got the facts to support
that that pitching in high leverage situations like these these games,

(12:39):
he said, actually helps players develop. So one of the
odds that Major League Baseball is going to be able
to convince more star pitchers to take part in the
World Baseball Classic. So we are setting the Malorus sportsbook
odds at plus two thousand, which is a less than
five percent chance. So again just in case you're keeping track,

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So I think there's an over sixty five percent chance
of the things back. But as far as more star pitchers,
the volume of pitchers taking part, it's less than five percent.
You have a lot of fires you gotta put out.
Not only do you have to convince the teams but
you also have to twist the arms of the pitchers. Now,
considering the interest that Diaz and al boove, the owners

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are not going to be bending over and just handing
you whatever you want. As far as the big ticket
items are concerned, they have never cared about the marketing
of the game. That's why baseball has become a regional sport.
It's the leadership of baseball. They have failed the sport
and they at one point had a choke hold on

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popularity and they gave it back and other people took it.
And as far as the plan here, may we recommend
that the Commissioner's office bring in Asian k and the
neuralizer for men in black there. And if you use
the neuralizer, you have they to wipe the mind of
anybody who sees that flash. And once you've been neuralized,

(14:06):
baseball can then replace the erased memories and son and
then maybe you could work that out. As far as
the pictures are concerned, as it grew, pictures are near
the very top of the food chain. When it comes
to entitled and babied. They remind me of your NBA superstar.
They hold up about as well as warm cookie dough

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and you have a vast assortment of delicate flowers, right,
the pussy willow flower, for example. And Major League Baseball
is going to have to fight the woo woo pseudo
science which is out there. See Manford's like, well, yeah,
you know, the facts support my argument high leverage situations.
By the way, I hate to say this, but I

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actually agree with Rob Manford. But the reality is that's
not how it is perceived. Pictures are taught. They've been
taught this for at least a decade that you only
have a certain number of high leverage pitches in you
per year, and the more high leverage innings you pitch,
the more likely you are to have some kind of
major injury. They've been told that they've been brainwashed into that.

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Good luck, You've got a couple of years to change that.
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It's Ben Maller, Eugene in Chicago. Right soon, he says, Ben,
No question Showhail Tani is the best player in baseball. Well, Eugene,
the term best means is good, is all the rest.

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But he certainly does more than any player in baseball.
I know that, I don't know the very top, but
he's he's certainly putting more work in than the vast
majority of players. Fur Dog writes in he says the
page down here. What he says the real story is
Shohotany and Mike Trout are back to being teammates. I

(17:19):
think they're ploysed to have breakout years for the Halos. Yeah,
I think that's the way to go. Milkman Mike writes,
since says a globally intriguing opening malar monologue on the
World Baseball Classic. Though most Americans are not completely interested
and in it, we did take pride in the fact

(17:40):
that we made the final, he says, But leave it
to that gypsy Poppy to curse us yet again. Band
Poppy's pixel. I heard that from multiple people, and the
Pie guy checked in. He said, Poppy Robbie, the Mariner
fan both all agreed that Poppy was the reason that
Team USA lost that game, that it wasn't the lack

(18:01):
of starting pitching It wasn't the quality of the offense.
It was poppy giving the kiss of death. The kiss
of death on these airwaves. In a previous episode of
the show, System of a Clown rites, and you know
this is a big time listener. System of a Clown

(18:22):
says big Man. Do you think the World Series could
ever be played in Japan? Could the World Baseball Classic
ever be used to determine where postseason baseball is played?
So I'm gonna go no on that. And baseball does
have a bit of a problem. It could be a

(18:43):
blessing or a problem. It depends how you look at things.
And I love baseball. A lot of people listen to show.
You know that I get in trouble because I actually
talk about it more than a lot of these other
losers that do this for a living, and I enjoy it,
certainly nationally. There's not a lot of guys that talk
a lot of baseball, But I enjoy baseball, and so
I like it's because I'm old. But baseball has got

(19:05):
a problem. It's not it's not clicking. It's a regional sport.
And to point that out, this World Baseball Class, you
can talk about global domination and the amount of influence
that baseball has over the hearts, minds, and souls of
the people in Japan. It's insane. So the TV ratings,
which are pretty good indicator, and they've done okay. Baseball

(19:27):
has done okay. We obviously the numbers for the game
that was played on Tuesday night, they won't be available
till later on on Wednesday, or possibly even Thursday. If
they're bad, they might not be available till Friday afternoon.
But to give you an example, I'll give you a
point of reference here on global domination. So Team USA

(19:48):
in the World Baseball Classic, they destroyed Cuba on Sunday
in Miami. That was the game. Trade Turner had a
couple of home runs in they averaged that that broadcast
on F one averaged less than two million of viewers. Now,
Team USA the quarter finals, they had to win over Venezuela.
That was on Saturday, and in that game they got

(20:10):
like two point two million people watching on Fox. Now,
those games were in prime time. So I bring this
up as a point of reference, and we go back
and some of the numbers that I was reading earlier,
if you go back to eleven twelve days ago, I
think it was March tenth was the date, and Japan

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played the South Korean team. That was at the Tokyo Dome.
And you want to take you guess how many people
watched that game on Japanese television. Now, remember in the
US domestically, you had two point two million on Saturday,
Team USA, you had a little less than two million
on Sunday. In Japan. It is estimated that that game

(20:55):
averaged sixty two million viewers on Japanese to sixty two
million people in Japan or one. That's if I'm correct
on the math, that's like one out of every two
people were watching the broadcast on Japanese television. And Major

(21:18):
League Baseball games in Japan have averaged a forty four
point four rating. Now I don't work in television. I'm
worried about radio ratings. I'm not worried about television ratings.
But that's that's Nutso that is to put that in perspective.
I read this earlier. That is bigger than any World
Series audience ever to watch a World Baseball Classic game.

(21:41):
It's crazy how popular baseball has has been. It's been
that way for a long time. A Javans, it's not
exactly like breaking news. But when you compare and contrast,
just this this, what is this? It's a World Baseball Classic.
They've got their own major leagues in Japan, they've got
the it's they've got their own thing going. They've been
doing a long time. They're pretty good at it, and
hear in the in the States, but just wild, It's

(22:04):
absolutely wild. The difference there bigger than any World Series
audience ever ever, and the percentage of households tuning in
is wild, completely off of Be sure to catch live
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(22:49):
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. John Morant
spoke for the first time to reporters since returning from
his suspension and his counseling for his issues off the court.
Jaw told reporters that he made a terrible decision, but
he does not have a drinking problem and he will
always be Jaw. Did he really get counseling, Eddie? Did

(23:13):
you really know? I wasn't with him, but he wouldn't
think he got the ray Key form of healing. What
it's called ray Key It's a Japanese form of energy healing,
which according to right now, Yeah, no, I'm not I'm
not kidding. That's good God. He went to a place
in Florida. It's alternative medicine. It is according to a

(23:34):
medical quackery website which keeps track of bogus medic you know,
bogus bogus medical treatments. Yes he's on I'm sure he's
on there. But that is on there. That it's called
like palm healing or a universal energy. That is what
job morand did. I'm sure that will be very effective. Yeah. Oh,

(23:59):
it's so funny. And in the NBA it's like, oh yeah,
and all those Partner's Night, all these these these endorsers
he's got. Oh yeah, he went to therapy, Like come on,
what do you think we're all more on. The funny
thing is most people are. Most people have jobs and
they don't have time to pay attention. They never look
into it, and it's just so so hilarious. All Right,
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restless in Major League Baseball. They're unhappy, and now Major

(24:45):
League Baseball is considering changing the rules which they just
changed for spring training. Say what Yes. Number of players
have complained to the union about the new pitch clock rule,
and Major League Baseball as admitted less than ten days
before opening day the season begins on March thirtieth, that

(25:08):
they are considering tweaking some of the big rule changes
they put in prior to the start of the season.
That includes the pitch clock, restrictions on defensive shifts and
now the larger bases. They're not doing anything with that,
but the word is that there's concern about when the

(25:28):
timer starts, that the timers should be relaxed when no
one is on base, and that hitters should have a
little more time to be in the batter's box and
alert to the pitcher. And they're so they're complaining about that,
and currently as it stands, the batter would receive an
automatic strike if they are not ready, prim and proper,

(25:52):
standing at attention, ready to receive the pitch with eight
seconds remaining on the clock. And the number of hitters
of complaint as well, we're hearing because they would like
to have more than one time out per play is great.
They have a question, if you don't mind, Yes, Eddie
Garcia with a question, mister Garcia, why did they make

(26:14):
the basses bigger? I believe it was man Roberto might
be able to correct, but I believe it was because
Bryce Harper slipped on a base a couple of years
ago and got hurt. And there have been some other
players that have slipped, and they think that it's because
the bass was too small. I think that's part of it. No,
I thought it was because they want they want players
the uh just to increase the people stealing bases. Well,

(26:36):
that's part of it, but I believe it was because
Bryce Harper got hurt slight he sliding on a base
and it reached the base a couple of years ago
for the Phillies, if I remember correctly, and there's been
some other so they figure if the basses are bigger, yeah,
you have more stolen bases maybe, but also you'll have
more room. You know, those bang bang players at first
base when the runners running down the line. And remember

(26:57):
who's that that first baseman for the Brewers. He's oounced
around that injured. He stepped on the the foot of
not Machi the playoff game? Was it Machilo? Stuff on
his foot? I thought he stepped on wascho on his foot? Yeah?
Child the Dodgers? Yeah no, there you go. No, but
there's been more than one instance of that too. So anyway,

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all right, let's take some calls here. It is a
call in radio show, and let's see here any meaning
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he is up for Hello blind Emmage, Hello, big Ben,
how are you doing? If I was any better, I

(27:40):
would be taking a nap right now. We're sleeping, but
I'm not. I'm I'm talking man. How do they know where?
How do they know you're actually doing the show live
right now though this could be a tape show. You
never know that. Well, yes, this is a CIA uh siop.
It's a it's all the deep fake. And I actually

(28:01):
I stopped doing radio. A lot of people don't know this,
but they don't realize this. And I'll tell you when
when were you born? In ith four? I actually stopped
doing radio in oh three, So your entire life, I
have not done radio. I have totally. Yeah, this is
actually a fake of Ben Maller voice of Robertos typing
it into the keys or hidden enter and it's talking.

(28:22):
But yeah, yeah, because I can tell the world right
now and I'm the only one that has this the
real Ben Mallor. He retired from radio because he was
making so much money doing the overnight show. He figured
he didn't actually need to do it anymore, so they
just replaced him with a computer. Yeah, that would be something.
But this whole like Baseball World Classic thing is I

(28:44):
think it's really cool to see for Otani and you
know the you know Japan, But he has to realize
something here for Otani. In terms of success, I mean
Otani's a great player. I mean the pitching at a
high level and the hitting at a high level is
crazy and it's cool. But he plays for the Angels. Man,
so like, in terms of like actual MLB success, I

(29:05):
really don't know if he's gonna get that this year.
The means Mike Trout and Otani against each other bell
on Twitter band that you've probably seen some of these on,
you know, throughout your day. But keeople are like, oh,
having Mike Trout and Showhy I'm the same team. You
think this will be a playoff team? Oh wait, it's
the Angels. I mean it's interesting because I know Robbie

(29:26):
was tweeting into the show, like, you know, Showhyshago the Mariners.
I'm really interested to see what happens with the whole
Showhy thing in the offseason. In terms of his contract, yeah,
you like Southern California play for the Dodgers next you
they'll give him I think half what are they gonna
give him, Roberta? Do we know what Otani's gonna get?
Is he gonna get the revenue from the pavilion out
in left field? I get the revenue there, they'll give

(29:48):
him the proceeds. They can't get him parking because that
old owner, Frank McCord has the parking, so they can't
give him that. I wish the Dodgers picked him up.
But there's one thing I like, Yeah, Ohtani and all
that on the Dodgers. They're gonna do great things in
the regular season. But Roberto, get ready to hit the bell.
If I know you're gonna agree, Dave Roberts needs to

(30:08):
be gone if you guys want to have playoff success.
I mean, dude just chokes every year. No, Dave Roberts
is the perfect man. No, Dave Roberts is perfect because
he does whatever he's told. So he's the man sharing Kennedy.
So he's like, and if they got rid of Dave Roberts,
thank thank you, emmy, they got rid of Dave Roberts,
they would just replace Dave Roberts with another sock puppet. So, yeah,

(30:29):
Dave robert that's what the payroll the Dodgers have. He's
making a million dollars. But Dave Roberts is Yeah, it
goes to tell you, it goes to tell you that
he has uh no saying what the Dodgers do. No
the puppet. By the time he's done, he'll have every
wins record for the Dodgers. He'll be the all time
winning his Dodger manager. If he just lasts, he doesn't
quit because they're not gonna fire him. Time now for

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the who am I? Game? Here we go. You can
call me a ballhawk. My three pick sixes since the
start of the twenty twenties season are the most of
any player in the NFL. Again, call me the ballhawk
if you want. My three pick sixes since twenty twenty
are the most of any player in the NFL since

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that date. Who am I? I will give you the answer.
We'll get to that, and we will do it next.
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I Game? A blatant attempt to get you to listen
a little bit longer. Call me the ballhawk if you want.
My three pick sixes since the start of the twenty
twenty season are the most of any player in the NFL.

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Who am I? That is the question? What is the answer?
Late Night drug Testers going with Dion Sanders as his answer,
Willie Wonka guess by the Cowboy Killer The Sawman says
it has to be Mississippi State defensive back Emmanuel Forbes
as the answer. Who else? Page down, page down, can't

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read that on the air? Artie Marino guests by ferg Dog.
That's his selection. Minca Fitzpatrick from Robbie the Mariner Fan
Tim Mccaiger guess by Oscar that's his answer. Page down,
page down, Ha ha, Clinton Dix guest by White Rob

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the First, Very funny JT. He says, that's Matthew Stafford.
Good good listening skills there, JT. Wait to go on that.
Good job by you. Sir scratch Off is the leader
in all time. Pick sixes guests by Malapropka. Yeah, well
he does like the lottery. We know that the Texas

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Rattlesnake Stone Cold Steve Austin from Rob in Vegas, Ron
Pope Peel from Rob the Goatman. What a legend he
was in his day. James Weinstein guests by Justin in Cincinnati,
The Curse of Appy from the Burner Account. Nick in
Wisconsin is going with Nick Collins as his answer. Gus

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the man named Gus says Troy Paulamalu is the way
to go. Milkman, Mike and Colorado, says Patrick. Certain. The second,
who else do we have? Page down? Page down? Matt
the Warrior Readorayes fan says, Paul hawk loser? Zach Hampel
is the answer, Eddie? Do you have an answered? Is
not Andre Dawson, known as the Hawk guess by listener Mason, Yeah,

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it's a great guess. Uh No, The answer, Ben is
former Saint Louis Cardinals football player Larry Wildcat Wilson. Oh,
the great Larry Wildcat Wilson. Is that correct? Is that
the answer? No? That does not win this Dog and
Pony show. The correct answer. He played for Tampa Bay.
Mike Edwards, who's now part of the Kansas City Chiefs.

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He has three pick six since two thousand, the most
of any player any NFL. Let's go to the phones
right now. We'll say hello to Danny, who's in Vermont. Hello, Danny,
you're on Fox Sports Radio. Welcome. Danny has checked out
of the building. We'll say hello to Let's go to Jed,
who fled Who's next? Hello, Jed? I know why that

(35:16):
SBA backed out because Vermont is all thrails. Then in
the snack with South, you don't never know what you're
gonna see. But I found me a dead horse, and
this dead horse has a sexual fetish he'd likes to
be beating. I'm about to beat this dead horse. Okay,
I'll let you go. Thank you. I'm gonna let you
go on that. All right, thank you, Let's go. Let's
go to Joey and Nashville. Hello, Joey, hey man, how
you doing, Joey? If I was any better, I'd be

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having what you're having tonight. But I'm not. I don't
know Colin being Uh, what do you think about the
new Alabama deal with the football player bust of all
in drugs doing about a hundred semra. Yeah, let's turning
around from the cops and all that. What do I

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think about I don't think that was a a wise decision.
I mean, what are you doing? I mean you know,
I mean, did you the interview that uh, the coach
came out compared to the one that the basketball players
sort of took shots out of me? No? Yeah, Yeah,
we talked about this, Joey. We talked about this in
a previous episode of the show. Yeah, Saban was taking

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some backhanded shots at the basketball program. It's got to
annoy saving Saban likes to be the only one that
does anything good. He does not want competition from the
basketball program Alabama basketball. Stay in your lane. They're not
supposed to be good. What's up with that? I know it,
I know it, I know it. I just thought it
was like, you know, does that ever worked? I mean,

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it must work. If you go fast enough, maybe you
can get away from the police. I very rarely I
don't recall seeing that actually work, but I mean, you know,
that was it. I was like, what the hell? I mean,
she my lay was But you know what the world,
you know what's going on? You know what in the
world is happening here? I can't believe it. Unbelievable. Joey, Yeah,

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it's like your thing burmister eighty, if you don't mind, yes, uh.
I talked to him nance Jim. First thing I asked
him about the toast. Okay, what he's saying and the
toast is he carries a picture with him because he
ordered his toast burnt and he never gets it burnt right,

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And what do you figure it out? Over thirty eight years,
waiting ten more minutes for every breakfast and turning, he
turned it into years basically, No, that's what he saved. Yeah,
somebody who also, heyway, Joey is somebody. Me and Jim
Nance have this in common. I like my food well done, awesome.

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So that's a good move. How you get to off
the waffle or waffle as whichever you call it? A lot?
You know? Yeah, No, Jim Nats is absolutely correctcause you
only weirdos like burnt food. No Nance, you know what,
I think you should apologize to Jim Nance. Eddy, that's
a great move by Nance. Think of all the time
he travels for his job. He's going in different cities

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every weekend. He wants his toast a certain way. Give
me my toast, I need my toast, and now he
gets it the way he wants it. That's brilliant by
Jim Nance. What a genius that guy is. He is
absolutely he's friends with Joey the alcoholic. Come on,