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July 9, 2025 • 40 mins

Ben Maller talks about Nikola Jokic telling the Nuggets that he doesn't plan to sign a contract extension this offseason, reports that the Warriors have a handshake deal with Al Horford to join the team, DeAndre Ayton being introduced with the Lakers, and much more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here we go.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
Welcome, It's our numbber one, Happy hump Day, It's the
ninth day of July. It's a beautiful day for talk radio.
So here in our number one pro Bouncy Ball, Nikola
Jokic is told the Nuggets he does not plan to
sign a contract extension this off season. What does that

(00:23):
signify to you? Also, we're hearing the Golden State Warriors
have a handshake deal with average Al Horford to join
the roster. How do you feel about this? And DeAndre
Ayton was introduced with the Lakers at a Pepper rally
there in LA and talked about playing with Luca, said
it's going to be like a video game, and he's

(00:43):
not going to take this opportunity for granted. What say
you will analyze? Will parse the words? Right now? In
our number one.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
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So the congregation of the Malord Militia has reunited. Here
reunited and a lot going on, a lot of moving
parts here now a story that is a developing story.
We're gonna start with this the Mile High City. There's
a lot of things moving around. The pinball machine there
and pro bouncy Ball, the silly season. As yet again,

(02:54):
we are on the pulse of what many of you
find repulsive gossip, speculation and rumor mongering. That's right, but
interesting Wrinkle out of Denver. We have a mantra on
this show. We have many mantras, but one of the
mantras is we just we wake up. We don't know

(03:14):
what's going on, and then you know, we don't even
know what's going on when we go to bed, but
we wake up and I'm like, well, whatever's interesting, whatever
the news of the day is, and we just talk
about and so I thought this was interesting, and I
have editorial control, So I'm gonna I'm talking about now.
Someday I'll give that up and Supermarket Steve will have
editorial control. We'll talk WNBA and then they'll turn the

(03:35):
transmitter off and that's it.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
But if you didn't hear, maybe not so.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
Multi time Platinum ENVP guy, the whole thing. Nicola Jokic,
we learned will not will not sign a extension with
the Nuggets this offseason. Not gonna happen. There was a
standing offer by the Denver basketball team. He is not

(04:02):
going to do it. Now the Nugget Media is, well,
it's not really that big a deal because he can
make more money in a couple of years or actually
just in a year. So just like wait, and he
is under contract. So let us discuss though, because there
were other factions, other factions, enemy combatants who say, not

(04:23):
so fast, my friend. So let's discuss the question. Nicole Jokic,
we are told, has let the Nuggets know that he
does not plan to sign a contract extension this offseason.
So what does that signify to get cut through the fog?

Speaker 1 (04:42):
What does that signat signify to you?

Speaker 2 (04:44):
So I've got gatorade, Early Bird and kneepads, and we
will combine all of these things together and we are
gonna make the Gobba Ghoul. We're gonna make the Goba
gool So a, what does it signify? This is not
that deep at Sports Direct from Europe, all away from Europe,

(05:05):
Ladies and gentlemen, step right up under the big top.

Speaker 1 (05:08):
That's right under the big top.

Speaker 2 (05:10):
The greatest show in the basketball off season is underway.
Get a glimpse. Get a glimpse. It's not for the
faint of art, but get a glimpse of the Serbian sledgehammer,
the drama. Oh my god, now Jokic telling the Nuggets

(05:30):
to go pound sand that he's not gonna sign a
two hundred twelve million dollar contract extension this offseason. Now,
that has opened the floodgates. Whether you like it or not,
it's opened the floodgates from Walla Walla, Washington to Kalamazoo. Okay,
every team that plausibly plays basketball and occasionally wants to

(05:52):
win and they have dreams of championships, and the whispering
is underway. Could we get the joker in the deck?
Could we get the joker in the deck?

Speaker 5 (06:02):
Now?

Speaker 1 (06:02):
The party poopers you know who they are.

Speaker 2 (06:06):
Oh, they say, listen, Nikoliokiic, he's just waiting. He's just
he's gonna get an extra eighty million dollars more if
he just waits a year. And really, what is a year?

Speaker 1 (06:16):
Time flies? The older you get just goes by fast.

Speaker 2 (06:19):
So while that is certainly possible, that is certainly possible.
I don't dismiss that. I don't dismiss that. But he
is also ridiculous to dismiss the possibility that this is
the beginning of the end for Nikoli Jokic in Denver
Remember the owner came out said there is a scenario
where Jokic isn't going to stay in Denver. He tossed
that out unsolicited, by the way, and now just a

(06:42):
few days later, Jokic says, I ain't signing that extension. Okay,
So in the multiverse, you put everything together in the multiverse, No,
it's possible that this is a four shock. What Nikola
Jokic did is a four shock to a larger seismic
event plot dickens. Now, regardless, the power brokers, if you

(07:05):
want to call them that, and my favorite, the gossip hounds.
They're like bloodhounds of gossip and they're all salivating. Oh
my God, like Pavlov's dogs the sound of the dinner bell. Man,
are they excited?

Speaker 1 (07:20):
Now?

Speaker 2 (07:20):
Jokicic, he's not going anywhere today unless he wants that.
But remember anything as possible anytime, like the NBA could
call the Nuggets up and say, hey, we want Jokic
to play for a real team like the Clippers and
say we believe the conspiracy. That's how Luca ended up
with the Lakers. It's not because of some slick gm
work by Skinny Jeans Rob Polinka it's like, well, the

(07:42):
NBA TV ratings were down, Let's get Luca in LA.

Speaker 1 (07:45):
We'll get the ratings up. Why not.

Speaker 2 (07:48):
But technically Jokic has not one but two years left
on the deal from what we understand based on a
minute long investigation, also has a player option forget.

Speaker 1 (07:57):
About that that will not be activated.

Speaker 2 (08:00):
And the Nuggets publicly, he's the franchise, he's the cornerstone.

Speaker 1 (08:04):
Certainly is all those things. Certainly is all those things.

Speaker 2 (08:08):
And Denver, seemingly to pacify yo Kitch, went out and
made some moves. They traded Michael Porter Jr. For someone
named Cam Johnson. We're not sure who that is. And
they added Jonas Valan Valentunis, who was so excited about
that he's thinking.

Speaker 1 (08:24):
About leaving and not even playing for the Nuggets.

Speaker 2 (08:27):
But the effort was made to bolster the depth on
the Denver Nuggets, and Yokich himself had asked for more depth,
so they went out and made some moves to get
more depth. Now, regardless of the math, I'm even talking
about Mallard math. I'm talking about contractual math. I'm not
talking about the Mallard math, which is different. It's a
version of math. But it's not the actual math. It's
the malor math. It's different. So yo kitch in my head,

(08:51):
that little cartoon bubble over my head. Yokich is filming
a Gatorade commercial for the Denver Nuggets. Make them all right,
he's making them sweat a little bit. Yeah, Sure, there's
a world where he gets that extra eighty million dollars
and we're all good.

Speaker 1 (09:07):
We are all good, right. It is a savvy move
for a guy.

Speaker 2 (09:12):
He's not chasing a championship, but guy's little, his little
honk of metal Finals MVP three, regular season MVPs. The
nugget Backers though, the real Nugget back they're they're biting
their fingernails a little bit.

Speaker 1 (09:26):
Uh and for good reason.

Speaker 2 (09:29):
You know. Well, it's a savvy business play for now.
It's a business play for now.

Speaker 1 (09:34):
Uh and uh, you know, is he gonna end up
in New York or LA or you know, the Warriors
in San Francisco. We don't know. But the whispers are
only gonna get louder, louder and louder.

Speaker 2 (09:47):
And the vultures, those NBA vultures, Yes, the Hyaenas, they're
out and they're gonna get altitude sickness. The recruiting is underweight.
I guarann f into you that the recruiting is underways. Hey,
you know, I just talked to Jokics, you know, go
why he's having some pints of beer watching a horse

(10:07):
race somewhere in someplace, far far away the Centema text.
You know, Hey, yeah, Nicole, you ever thought about coming
to Milwaukee in the winter? Beautiful weather? Yes, So the
circus is just getting started with what I'm trying to say.
All right now turn the picge page two. So to
the Bay Area, the aforementioned Bay Area, we go wild

(10:27):
ending in the baseball game there. We're not talking about
that right now. I'll get to that later. But some
late night musings, some late night musings, and we're hearing
now the Golden State Warriors, the Golden State wars who
would have been the San Francisco Warriors, but they kept
winning championships, so they decided not to change the name.
They were gonna change the name to San Francisco Warriors,
which it had been, but they was we kept winning,

(10:49):
so we're gonna go back, you know, keep the name
Golden State Warriors. Anyway, the Golden State Warriors, we are told,
have a handshake deal, shaking your head, a handshake deal
with Al Horford, late of the Boston Celtics. Al Horford,
late night news, Al Horford handshake deal. He will join
the roster of the Golden State Warriors. So how do

(11:10):
you feel about that? How do you feel about this
particular move Al Horford with the Warriors. So I have
this on my note app, on the notes app on
my front. I put the word sketchy. That's what I put.
Because which version of Al Horford are the Warriors going
to come on down? Which version of Al are you getting?

(11:31):
Is he going to be locked in? Is he going
to be what he had been quite a bit in Boston?
His nickname average Al was his nickname. He's the Taverage
and Horford, as of twenty four hours ago, was said
to be debating whether or not he wanted to go

(11:51):
out to the West Coast, to go to San Francisco
or to a nice retirement a timeshare in Boca with
tea time at like three o'clock of the afternoon. So
let's not sugarcoat this. There's no need to sugarcoat the
Al Horford story. Horford has certainly been more of the
early bird special version of basketball player than the stretch

(12:16):
five specialists, the difference maker.

Speaker 1 (12:19):
It's not that guy.

Speaker 2 (12:21):
Hadn't been that guy for the better part of a
couple of seasons now in Boston. And sure he's had
occasional moments returned to glory. He's hit some corner threes,
and I'm sure he'll do a little bit of that
with the Golden State Warriors, and occasionally some defensive plays,
will make a play here and there, and and fine,

(12:44):
but he's been around since like the flip phone. You know,
he's been in the NBA since the flip phone was
still still a popular thing. And so, but don't confuse
a few random playoff performances it looked okay on the
boob tube. Don't confuse that with some kind of renaissance

(13:06):
career renaissance. I do not believe this is a Benjamin
and not like not me but Benjamin Button type situation.
The mileage has piled up there in the NBA. Again,
Horfe's not a bad player. He was never a great player. Yeah,
you're not that guy, Pal, You're not that guy. He's

(13:27):
just he's just kind of air. And it does a
little bit of this a little bit of that, but
not a lot of anything. And there's eighteen minutes a
game and a couple of screens here, broadcasters slobbering all
over him.

Speaker 1 (13:41):
Sure you know I can get a good back in
the day story.

Speaker 2 (13:45):
Remember how Horford back in the day with the Atlanta
Hawks when they had no good players, but somehow I
had all these all stars.

Speaker 1 (13:52):
Made no sense? All right? Now? Last word?

Speaker 2 (13:54):
We go to Los Angeles where it was welcome to
the Claw, Welcome to the club. Date DeAndre Ayton, the
next stiff for the Lakers. DeAndre Ayton was introduced, Hey heroes, welcome.
Oh boy, they have no idea what they're getting into.
So DeAndre Ayton was introduced with the Lakers. His big

(14:17):
pep rally news conference there for DeAndre Ayton, and he
talked about Luke the Super Combination draft mates in the
same draft class years ago. He was twenty eighteen, I believe,
so he was really going big. He was laying it

(14:38):
on thick. DeAndre Ayton introduced with the Lakers, talked about
playing with Luka Dacik and it's gonna.

Speaker 1 (14:45):
Be like a video game.

Speaker 2 (14:47):
He said, he's not going to take this opportunity for granted, Okay,
what say you?

Speaker 1 (14:55):
What say you?

Speaker 5 (14:56):
All right?

Speaker 2 (14:56):
So, Ayton, I'm worried that he overdosed on hutzpah, a
lot of hutzpa, a lot of hoods for there.

Speaker 1 (15:06):
Now the video game line that was great, like a
video game. Oh yeah yeah.

Speaker 2 (15:12):
And of course, the only joystick that DeAndre Ayton has
been holding for a while is the one controlling his
own hyprial and selective editing. If you watch the selective editing,
you will think deandreat and is much better.

Speaker 1 (15:27):
Than he is.

Speaker 2 (15:28):
The opportunity, he said, this is an opportunity that I
won't take for granted. Okay, really that is known as
being extra rich. That is extra rich coming from someone
who has been coasting along like he's on a peloton.
He's got that subscription to the peloton and he's just

(15:49):
kind of gliding through his basketball career there. But he
really did. DeAndre Ayton, though he fawned all over Luke.
It was a little uncomfortable, little uncomfortable. It was, you know,
talked about the cheat code thing and once in a
generation and super ripped.

Speaker 1 (16:09):
He said, he said, Lucas super ripped.

Speaker 2 (16:11):
Uh. Glad to be on his side all that I mean,
everything goes everything. It was eight and praising Luka donci
By the time he got done with this news, it's
on YouTube, you can watch it. By the time he
got done, you would have thought that Luka Doncik had
been the person that had discovered fire and that I mean,

(16:32):
he just like a like a caveman Neanderthal, and he
came up with fire, Luca, of all people that's recorded
DeAndre eight, My god, it's amazing. He went full hot
tour with the knee pads on he had. He was
going for it. He was going for it, full tongue
bath from DeAndre eight, and it was wow. I thought

(16:54):
he was describing some kind of Marvel character, not a
not a teammate, not a basketball player.

Speaker 1 (17:00):
What are you doing? Well?

Speaker 2 (17:02):
The surprise of surprises for good old DeAndre. As far
as the video game, you are not the main character
of the video game.

Speaker 1 (17:11):
You are not the main character of said video game.

Speaker 2 (17:14):
And I didn't hear a lot of talk about Lebron.

Speaker 1 (17:18):
Maybe I missed it from DeAndre eight.

Speaker 2 (17:21):
And also does that mean that they're sitting Lebron's exit
up in Lakerland.

Speaker 1 (17:26):
I don't know about that. We'll keep an eye on that.

Speaker 2 (17:28):
But you're not the main character in the video game.
So that's the first thing. You are the non player
character NPC as the kids say there, and you're also
the one that keeps glitching, like there's a glitch there,
and the glitch happens when you're supposed to box somebody out,
pay attention, not fall asleep on the court in the

(17:49):
middle of a play, the glitch happens, and the extra
special spoiler alert, the.

Speaker 1 (17:55):
Extra special spoiler alert. If this were a video game.

Speaker 2 (18:00):
DeAndre Ayton real close to just being unplugged, I mean
total zero in the finals for the Phoenix Suns. Disappeared
multiple times in that series, a winnable series against the
Milwaukee Bucks goes to Portland. Is a total turd, and
he is one of those guys it's all hat and
no cattle. That sums up I know he's not a Texan,

(18:23):
but that sums up DeAndre Aiden.

Speaker 1 (18:26):
So yeah, so.

Speaker 2 (18:29):
Why are things going to be different over there on
skid Row where the Lakers play beautiful skid Row. So
he's had talent. I'm pretty sure that he's had the
size DeAndre Aiden. I don't think he's lacked opportunity in
his pro bouncy ball career. I said a lot of

(18:50):
things handed to him that he didn't deserve because he's
taller and bigger than the other players. So he's had
a lot of good opportunities and mainly in Phoenix with suns,
and he used it to serve up muffins.

Speaker 1 (19:05):
Yeah, they were mediocrity muffins is what he's served him.
Not very delicious, not a lot of taste in those. Anyway.

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right back to it we. Go and we do have
have The Mallord. Palooza we were originally gonna do The
Mallet palooza next, week BUT i think we'll push that
back a. Week we normally have it coincide with The
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Now we started out with some pro bouncy ball talk
and we start out with who else but the number
One Denver nuggets Apologist jeff In.

Speaker 1 (24:45):
Denver, Hello, Jeff, Welcome, Hey.

Speaker 6 (24:48):
BEN i don't think this is a big deal at.

Speaker 1 (24:52):
All of course you wouldn't think it's a big.

Speaker 6 (24:54):
Deal, well, No When nicoleiokis talked After malone got, fired
the simple he said that this is my. JOB i
happen to be really good at my. Job it's my.
Job so this is just a business.

Speaker 5 (25:06):
DECISION i, mean if you could wait a year.

Speaker 6 (25:09):
To recite your contract With fox and make more, money
why would you resign it?

Speaker 1 (25:12):
Now, yeah it's also a business.

Speaker 2 (25:13):
Decision if you DECIDE i want to play for The,
knicks that's a business decision.

Speaker 5 (25:16):
Too, Right he's not going to go, anywhere but that
would be a.

Speaker 2 (25:19):
Bit you would, agree that would be a business, decision,
right you would be siding for your.

Speaker 1 (25:22):
Business my business would be. Better like with the, nigsure.

Speaker 5 (25:26):
He's not going to jump. Ship he's.

Speaker 1 (25:28):
Not, well why would? He why would? He there's no.
Loyalty you think there's. Loyalty why would it be.

Speaker 6 (25:33):
Loyalty he's happy, Here he's not that kind of a.

Speaker 5 (25:36):
Guy it's a business. Decision he'd us this as his,
job simply as his. Job all, right you can make.

Speaker 1 (25:41):
It if that gets you to, sleep that's. FINE i can't.

Speaker 2 (25:46):
STRESS i can't stress enough that there is, no there's
no loyalty between the teams or the. Players i'm sure
if you if you, asked if you, Asked, Luke i'm
not starting. Rumors the man was offered a, contract he
didn't sign the, Contract so why would trying.

Speaker 5 (26:00):
For less money when you can get more?

Speaker 2 (26:02):
Money or he's waiting to see how this turns out
this year and then and then possibly you'll be, like you,
know on second, THOUGHT i kind of want to want to.

Speaker 1 (26:09):
PLAY i want to see what's like In New.

Speaker 5 (26:10):
York, Mark, mark he stayed In. Denver, oh, yes, yes.

Speaker 1 (26:15):
Everyone mark jeff In denver's.

Speaker 2 (26:17):
Words The jeff In denver has now spoken that he
has now, Talked so we can now eliminate.

Speaker 1 (26:25):
That take that off the.

Speaker 5 (26:26):
Board it's his.

Speaker 6 (26:28):
Job he's gonna he's gonna make what he can. Make
and then if they can make more next, year why
DO i find out just sign next year and take more.

Speaker 2 (26:34):
Money, yeah that's. Right, No NO nba players changed. Teams you're,
right that is. Right they stay with the. TEAM i
know he's not The, Yeah lucas not that kind of.
Guy and then you asked The mavericks Trading. Luca we're
not Trading. Luca, no, no, no we're not doing. That
lebron's not gonna Leave, freveland. Right lebron's From. Ohio he's
not gonna leave the.

Speaker 5 (26:53):
Cast lebron's a. Jumper he'll go To he'll go. Anywhere,
okay you're surprised he gets if he goes somewhere else
at forty whatever he.

Speaker 2 (27:03):
Is, now you know what this sounds like to? Me
sounds like you've already admitted he's. Gone you just don't want.
To you don't want to say it. Publicly deep that
that's what it sounds. Like you're you're trying to rationalize this,
yet but deep, down you know you followed basketball along.

Speaker 5 (27:16):
Time whatever they spin it the way you, Want i'm
not spinning.

Speaker 1 (27:19):
Anything i'm just that's what it sounds like to. Me
i'm interpreting your. Words it sounds like you sound like
a guy that Is. Denver well he's. Not he's not
In denver right, now he's is?

Speaker 5 (27:30):
He well he's In. Serbia dumb, Geez, Dan come?

Speaker 1 (27:34):
On did you were you about to curse with? ME
i think he was about to say mean?

Speaker 2 (27:37):
Things do You why would you say mean things to?
Me we're having a civil conversation About Nikole. Jokic why
would you get so. UPSET i don't understand is.

Speaker 6 (27:44):
To calm down because because you're acting a bit like
a horse is Behind.

Speaker 1 (27:49):
Ben what HAVE i said that it's.

Speaker 5 (27:51):
Incorrect you're interpreting my words. Differently well that's my.

Speaker 1 (27:55):
Interpretation AM i not allowed to interpret your?

Speaker 5 (27:57):
Words well you're?

Speaker 1 (27:59):
Wrong Well i'm.

Speaker 2 (28:01):
NOT i haven't proven wrong. Yet it's a good chance
you're wrong as. Well, no you were wrong about The
nuggets in the.

Speaker 1 (28:07):
Playoffs we beat your.

Speaker 5 (28:10):
CLIPPERS i know.

Speaker 2 (28:12):
It always goes back to the clippers because they. Matter
you just made my, point the clippers. MATTER i didn't
bring the clippers. Up you brought the clippers. UP i
didn't bring them.

Speaker 1 (28:19):
Up that was. You you brought them.

Speaker 5 (28:21):
There you are spinning things again your.

Speaker 1 (28:23):
Way there's no spin What i'm. Talking it's a talk.
Show i'm.

Speaker 5 (28:26):
TALKING i know What tead just. Said we're get your.
Party we beat your.

Speaker 1 (28:32):
Clippers are you are you eating a sandwich right? Now
what is going? On your voice?

Speaker 5 (28:37):
Changed?

Speaker 1 (28:38):
Star is that is that A cuban? Cigar?

Speaker 5 (28:43):
No, no it's hard to get it's hard to get True.
Cubans BUT i will say you that a True cuban.
IS a good comparison would Be Don perignon Versus Cold.

Speaker 2 (28:52):
Duck, okay all, RIGHT i gotta, go but go smoke your. Cigar,
okaya go, away Great. Jeff and In denver so a demotion,
situation The knicks Introduced Mike.

Speaker 1 (29:08):
Brown what Can brown do for?

Speaker 5 (29:10):
You?

Speaker 2 (29:11):
Again everyone, says nice, Guy Mike brown. Coach, uh not
a great, coach but nice. Guy so the story out
Of New york is that The knickerbockers coach plans to
Demote Rick, brunson gonna have a reduced role on the
next coaching. Steps who Is Rick? BRUNSON i don't. Well

(29:34):
Rick brunson happens to be the father of someone who's
kind of a big deal for The New York. Knicks
that would be His his kid happens to be the
face of the.

Speaker 1 (29:48):
Franchise Jalen.

Speaker 2 (29:49):
Brunson so people, are, oh, wait now he's gonna have a,
change the change in dynamics at the front of The knicks.

Speaker 1 (29:58):
Bench the nix o'll hire a new associate head.

Speaker 2 (30:01):
Coach oh the, Trauma yeah file that one, away Nature
boy writes in answering the call the while he says
jeff In denver is about to Cry fern talk mark my.
Words fergie, says when The joker becomes a free, agent
he's gonna sign with The. Clippers he seems like a

(30:23):
guy who loves the glitz and glamour Of. Hollywood alf The,
Alien opinus, say is just like The. Joker i'm not
that kind of.

Speaker 1 (30:30):
Guy i'm not going. Anywhere, yeah a lot.

Speaker 2 (30:34):
Of people saying he sounds nervous, there uh. Suer Marcus steeves,
SAYS i missed a couple of episodes a week. Ago
did you guys announce A vegas? Tributet, no there's no
no announcement yet on.

Speaker 1 (30:44):
That the little.

Speaker 2 (30:45):
Waiting the network has not gotten back to me on,
That SO i cannot make any plans, yet BUT i
will let you know when we have a. Day probably
might have to be sometime In. August at this, POINT
i would think it's Already july.

Speaker 1 (30:58):
Eighth of the. Ninth maybe it'll Be.

Speaker 2 (31:00):
Christmas mare with like a holiday thing could. Happen Fir
dog also, Says Happy Cow Appreciation, Day. Ben just think without,
cows we wouldn't have ice cream or perfectly cooked the
well done. Steaks the next time you drive by here
in Southern, California, ontario remember to show the cows some.

Speaker 1 (31:21):
Appreciation do not touch my. Cow, okay that's my.

Speaker 2 (31:26):
Heifer, well the malar cow did leave the farm there
In minnesota and made some, nice nice. Burgers it went
right to the, slaughterhouse but it did live a good
life for like a you can eat live the solid life.
There ryan writes in From San. Diego he says the
owner makes one of the dumbest comments in regards to Moving.

(31:48):
Jokic you can see this coming In. Braille ryan the
Exact that's What i'm. Saying Danny DeVito stars In Jersey mice.
Commercial does this lead To Jersey mike being the official
sponsor of The malor. Show, well they should contact the sales.
Department it'd be a great. Sponsor they'd like to be

(32:09):
an advertiser. Here we'd love to have. Him And ryan
also points Out Al horford just celebrated his two hundredth,
Birthday so happy birthday.

Speaker 1 (32:16):
Is a little a little younger Than.

Speaker 2 (32:18):
America but happy, Birthday al copy, birth good old Average.

Speaker 1 (32:23):
Al.

Speaker 2 (32:26):
Yeah eileen writes and, says let's go full fossil With
Al horford and have the oldest lineup in pro bouncy.

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Ball with The. Warriors they're That they're that. Close they're that.

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Close sean Aka Siria, sean the non sequitor guy writes
in with a non sequitor because he Is Sirias, sean
The king of the non. Sequator let's. SEE i Just
josh writes and, says do you remember when you JOINED?
X i do hard to believe That i've been listening
to The Malor show for ten. Years the only REASON

(33:01):
i joined this?

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App, well there you.

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Go i'm Sure elon will send you a check and
we'll get a check and everyone will be.

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Happy. Wow, yes absolutely.

Speaker 2 (33:12):
Correct Slim tim, Says, woo another night Of mallor on the,
mic bringing me hot, takes and there you go in
you're co pilot for four glorious, hours for, amazing amazing.
Hours all, right it is The Ben Mahlor show as
we press on time now for the who AM I?
Game and this is where we pretend to be somebody?

(33:34):
Else as we call it the who AM? I? Game
you can answer this ON x At Ben, mallor who
the only shortstops In Major League baseball this? Season this
season with fifteen or more home runs and fifty five
or more runs batted in Are Elideta cruz of The
reds and. Me the only shortstops in baseball with fifteen
or more home runs fifty five or more runs batted

(33:57):
in Are.

Speaker 1 (33:57):
Elideeda cruz of The Sin sinnati and. Me who AM?
I that is the?

Speaker 2 (34:03):
Question the, Answer we'll get to it and we will
do it.

Speaker 4 (34:08):
Next be sure to catch live editions Of The Ben
Meller show weekdays at two Am eastern eleven Pm.

Speaker 1 (34:13):
Pacific all, Right Bill miller and.

Speaker 2 (34:16):
You it is The Ben Maler show up all, night
every single, night and you can be part of this
show multiple. Ways the podcast goes up shortly after the,
program but you can also. Watch that's, right you can

(34:38):
actually watch the. Show the company has a YouTube channel,
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Speaker 1 (35:10):
YouTube thank god for The.

Speaker 5 (35:12):
Internet we'll have.

Speaker 2 (35:13):
The play of the day coming up in a minute
as soon as we get. That and here's the who AM? I?
GAME i am the only shortstop In Major League baseball
with fifteen or more home runs fifty five or more
runs batted. In now It's ellie Dether cruz of The
reds in. Me the only shortstops in baseball so far
this season with fifteen or more home runs fifty five
or more runs batted in Are Ellie Deather cruse of

(35:35):
The reds and.

Speaker 1 (35:38):
Me who AM?

Speaker 5 (35:39):
I that is the.

Speaker 1 (35:40):
Question what is the. Answer let's see does anyone know the?

Speaker 2 (35:46):
Answer Hugh jazz From Random ryan checking in From carolina see,
Here Reggie cray From Mister, Luciano Jay scoop going With
giants And angels. Legend Chili. Davis, yeah a big fan
Of chili back in the. Day actually knew him a

(36:07):
little bit WHEN i was a baseball radio. Reporter good,
Dude who else do we? Have A Paige Dan Paul
householder From Bay, City Tony paige Dwn scrooge also went
To Chili. Davis John collins From shane in The moine.

Speaker 1 (36:24):
Who that's the guy that was a New.

Speaker 2 (36:26):
Clipper jeff The nuggets apologist In denver from malor prop.
Guy that's his, Answer Milkman mike And colorado got a
rite bad job by. Him Pee Wee reese From andy
In line O', Lakes. Minnesota Jack Lambert's dennist randomly tossed
out By bobby In. Florida alf The Alien opiners, Said

(36:50):
Walt weiss is the, answer mister nice. Guy going With Tim,
belcher WHO i once saw get into a dust up With.
Dodger pitch your chan Ho park who karate Kicked Tim
belcher on the field before social media won a great
and one of the great brawls THAT i witnessed him
person Of Angel dodger, game and there was an incident

(37:12):
in Chanholl park like karate Kicked Tim.

Speaker 1 (37:15):
Belcher all? Right who else we?

Speaker 2 (37:17):
Have Just josh went With Edmund Dallas, Steamboat Willie, Judas
solid Gold Garcia freddy going with Former Dodger Corey seeger
is his. Answer Brian bosworth From William eloy From Comptence's
hall Of famer, Lardass Rick flair From King.

Speaker 1 (37:34):
Rory who else we?

Speaker 2 (37:36):
Have Miguel tahata from just From josh In nebraska And
Ozzie giann went With Andrew andrew in The Bay.

Speaker 1 (37:42):
Area all do you have an, Answer, Lorraen.

Speaker 2 (37:44):
Yes my favorite blue, Man Papa smurf is It Papa?
Smurf it is a player THAT i said The Red
sox should have released months.

Speaker 1 (37:53):
AGO i Mean Trevor.

Speaker 2 (37:56):
Story Trevor, story who's been ever since That mallard, monologue
that tough love he took, Off so a. Wildfish time
now for the Tire Iraq play of The.

Speaker 1 (38:08):
Night and there's only one. Play we had to get.

Speaker 2 (38:10):
IT i guess the editors left early, shocking But cooper
was able to find. It so here it is the
play of the. Night let's go the tire Rack play
of the. Night The giants and The. Phillies phillies up
two runs in the. Night take a.

Speaker 1 (38:22):
Listen i'll tell you this About Patrick. Bailey he's having
a tough year, offensively but he Does that's a catcher
for The.

Speaker 4 (38:27):
Giants third one, Out patrick gets a high drive deep
right center.

Speaker 2 (38:32):
Field this one is the cup of the long.

Speaker 1 (38:37):
Head it wrecases and it's rolling on the learning.

Speaker 2 (38:40):
Track two runs Around bailey coming around third, Trick, bailey
it's on the inside the park walk off home.

Speaker 4 (38:54):
Round now we've seen, everything all.

Speaker 2 (38:58):
Right The giants broadcast with the call their first catcher
in ninety nine years to hit a walk off inside
the park home. Run that is a big time play
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Com the way tire buying should. Be that is one
of the baddest beats if you bet on The. Phillies
they're up two runs in the ninth inning and about
to close it, out and then that happens off the
brick facade at that beautiful ballpark In San. Francisco The philly,
outfielders it was like the Three stooges There vadvillian.

Speaker 1 (39:44):
Comedies they had no.

Speaker 2 (39:46):
Idea how to play the ball at ricochet past them
past Centerfielder Brandon marsh who was closed to the bounce
away and The giants. Win last time that happened for
a catcher the Great Benny tait in nineteen twenty, six
the last time that happened in, baseball
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