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March 24, 2025 • 39 mins

Ben Maller talks about the latest developments between Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers, what's happening in Russell Wilson's free agent journey, Ja'Marr Chase buying his dream Lamborghini this week, Maller to the Third Degree, and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ding No, it's our number two. Our number two is
ready to go. And the question for you, how do
you assess the latest developments between Airin Rogers and the Steelers.
Rogers closing in on a contract to take his talents

(00:21):
to Pittsburgh. Can you explain what is happening also with
Russell Wilson and his free agent journey not going so well. Meanwhile,
viral video over the weekend Bengal wide receiver Jamar Chase
reently bought his dream Lamborghini and there was video posted
if he and teammate t Higgins zooming around the streets

(00:42):
of Miami. Your thoughts on that and more right now here.
It is our number two, a star of childhood television
if you're of a certain age. Mister Rogers Neighborhood was
in Pittsburgh, it was based on Pittsburgh, and now the
NFL version of mister Rogers Neighborhood this close to heading

(01:07):
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So our lead this hour is from Footbool. We'll get
back to the collegiate basketball at some point here as
we're down to the sweet sixteen, and everyone chames you
if you pick chalk. But if you pick chalk, you're
doing very well. If you pick chalk, you're doing very
well in the NCAA tournament. But our leaders from football

(02:20):
in the berg and while you were away, well you
might have been here, but we weren't here. We were
away from the guard shack, as we have the watch
tower overlooking the sports world in the middle of the night,
the graveyard shift and we do the podcast on the weekends,
and so we're not manning the fortnite. I did mention
a heavy sporty monologue on Saturday reacting to the death

(02:42):
of George Foreman over the weekend, the Foreman grill will
live on forever, and well not forever, but for a while.
And then also some of the NFL news. But we
have a time to go a little deeper, and it's
missed some new developments here involving Aaron Rogers, who had
a clandestine trip to western Pennsylvania in a not so

(03:03):
not so private get together, very public, very public. Right
there at the confluence of the Manhangahila and the Alleghany,
the creation of the Ohio River. There was Aaron Rodgers
in all his goy So if you've not heard the
latest on this, some new developments over the weekend, we're
now hearing that it appears to be green light, go

(03:26):
stay tuned safe. Bet is the way it's being described
that Aaron Rodgers, it is anticipated, will sign a contract
to play professional football with the Pittsburgh Football team. Say
why yeah, The reporting over the weekend, if you missed it,
is that Aaron Rodgers is going to end up with

(03:47):
the Steelers. He's forty one. He spent six hours. Can
you imagine six hours? What do you do for six.
You look at the weight room, Okay, what's that? Take
twenty minutes. You go look at the facilities. Okay, you
look at the urine. Okay, there's a urinal cake in there.
That takes another twenty minutes. You meet with the coach
for about an hour. You have lunch. That's an hour.

(04:07):
What are we at? Maybe three hours? Six hours? What
are you doing for six hours? What the hell are
you doing?

Speaker 2 (04:13):
All right?

Speaker 1 (04:13):
Anyway, so let us discuss the question, how do you
assess the latest developments between Aaron Rogers and Petsburg Steelers.
So I've got Buzz light Year Registry and Vin Diesel,
and we will combine all of these things together and

(04:37):
we are going to make a delicious pastrami sandwich, which
I believe I've mastered the pastrami sandwich. I made one
over the weekend. Chef's kiss. Just a chef's kiss is
what it was, all right? So numb I said number,
get a number. So we are heading towards a water.

(05:00):
We know where we're going here, and our long national
nightmare is inching closer to a resolution. Now part of
me loves this because I have a lot of people
in my circle that are fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers
and also people that like to take shots at Aaron Rodgers,
and so to see these two worlds collide, I'm just

(05:22):
gonna sit back with a big bucket of popcorn and
just enjoy the show buttered popcorn and just enjoy joy
Shore Now. Am I beyond maybe sending a insightful or
leading message to these people that are Steeler friends? Eh, well,
you're gonna get your Aaron Rodgers jersey. You go to
knock yourself out there. Yeah, but my theory is concept.

(05:45):
But you don't go to Pittsburgh in the months of
March and the month of March unless you're ready to
not sign on the dotted line, but do the docu sign.
Unless you're ready to do the docu sign. It's a
matter of when it happens, not if it's going to happen.
At this particular point, there's really no other good options.
The giants blow, the vikings don't really seem all in.

(06:08):
So it's unless something magical pops out of thin air.
That's it. Right. There has been a public bromance. What up, bro,
There's been a bromance between Aaron Rodgers and Mike Tomlin.
That has played out for a couple of years. But
if you look at the Steelers and what they have
done now, I would argue the last couple of years

(06:28):
Ben Roethlisberger was there, he was a turd that he
went very good. But if you look overall Pittsburgh the
last couple of years they had Roethlisberger, It's continued through
the Kenny Pickett, Mason Rudolph that directly put out there
last year with Justin Fields, and also mister unlimited Russell Wilson.

(06:50):
That has been a temporary job. The Pittsburgh quarterback job
is a temp job, and so you put Aaron Rodgers
out there, it's a big name, it's an MVP name,
but in reality, it is another buzz light Year band aid.
It's a little kid's band aid with that buzz light
Year on it, and that's what it is. It's a turnstop.
That job is a turnstile job at this particular point,

(07:12):
which is fine. They keep making the playoffs there. Rogers
did an absolute belly whopper with the Jets, and now
here we are. He's a year older, forty one at
this point, he looks to be on the other side
of the wash the other side of the tracks and
it's not going well. But I love it. I love it.

(07:35):
The Steelers are a high profile team, even though you
say Pittsburgh's not a big market. That is one of
the legacy teams in the NFL, the Pittsburgh Steelers that
have fans everywhere. I know when the Steelers, I can
do the show from Los Angeles. When the Steelers come
to LA they might as well be in Pittsburgh. It
is a packed house of Yinzer lovers there, and that's

(07:55):
everywhere the Steelers go. They're one of the great draws
on the road that fans all over the place, still
benefiting from Terry Bradshaw and the nineteen seventies Steel Curtain
defense back in the day. So they've got that. The
generations of fans for the Pittsburgh sities, we get that.
So it's a highly combustible situation, which is good for

(08:16):
people like me. You look at it and you've got
the long in the tooth quarterback who still thinks he
can play in Aaron Rodgers. He's the agent provocateur. You've
got the firebrand quarterback mixed with the long tenured coach
who's got Supreme Justice Supreme Court Justice tenure in Mike Tomlin.

(08:40):
You mix together the polarizing look at me wide receiver
George Pickens, who now has to take a back seat
to another devil wide receiver, DK Metcalf who got the bag.
Both those guys are capable of dominating, absolutely dominating, and
also dominating in a negative way. So you got the
yinn and wide receiver, and you've got all these ingredients,

(09:04):
and I'm down for it. I'm in, I'm in. And
the reason why I have a daily talk show I
have to do every night, I have to come in here.
I have four hours of talk radio I have to do.
And it's more fun when you have this type of situation.
If it works, mozletom, congratulations, right, if it works, good
for you. Black and yellow, black and yellow, black and
yellow and all that playoff win here, there and everywhere,

(09:28):
and whoop, be damned Fluke run to the plubs now
if it flops. If it flops, great for guest baggery.
It is a situation. If you look at it from
the outside, it's you've got inflammatory comments, guarantee, right, guarantee.
Because every every week Rogers will hang out with Pat
McAfee they'll do their little grab ass. He'll maybe do

(09:51):
a couple of Joe Rogan interviews as spots and say
something zany and crazy and all that, and then Mike
Tomlin will be asked to comment about what Rogers said,
and then Tom's not gonna want to comment, so we'll
say some stupid thing, and then that'll then go to
Rogers and what was your Tomlins said? And then they'll
go back and forth, and it's a win win situation
from a content standpoint, it's a win win all right. Now,

(10:13):
page two, so can you explain the other quarterback here?
Can you explain what is happening in Russell Wilson's universe,
his free agent sojourn, his journey around the NFL. So
on this one, I'm relating to Russell Wilson because I

(10:33):
know what it's like to be picked last. I know
what it's like. That's what Russell Wilson's going through. Welcome
to my world, Russ, Welcome to my world, mister last
picked on the playground. I know what that's like. I
know what that's like, Russ. And that's reality. That is
the situation that Russell Wilson's in. He is a declining asset,
and he's he's never never was an MVP level player,

(10:57):
never got a single vote for the Most Valuable Player award.
There's always a guy that benefited from being on a
great defensive with a great defensive team in Seattle, the
Legion of Boom and all that stuff. But right now
he finds himself on the registry. He is on the
do not call registry. And that's the way it is
right now. As Sean Payton and Mike Tomlin, Sean Payton
the last year Russ was in Denver and Tomlin last

(11:19):
year were able to hide the many moles, the warts
that Russell Wilson in his game has And the real
ones know, though, the real ones know that Russ was toast.
And you can only put so much lipstick on to
cover up the many flaws and the imperfections and all

(11:39):
that stuff, and at some point you just look like
a clown and it's just not good at all. And
Russell Wilson has met with the Browns, speaking of clowns,
they met with the Browns and also the Giants, another
clown operation. They're the New York Giants. And so mister unlimited,
fair to say, is not in demand. You don't get
all warm and fuzzy. You don't win the day when

(12:02):
you hire Russell Wilson, who's washed up as your quarterback.
That is not something that happens these types of aging
or quarterback that doesn't want to give it up. A
diamond doesn't. Diamond doesn't. And so but Russell will get
a job somewhere, whether it's right now, or somebody gets
hurt during the off season or in training camp, someone

(12:24):
will bring bring him in now. Final point, So the
ben Gals, that's a football team, not a good one.
They didn't make the playoffs last year. So Cincinnati wide
receiver Jamar Chase, he apparently read this over the week
and he bought his They say he bought it. I
don't know if he rented it or bought it. There's
different reports. One report said he rented it, another said
he bought the Lamborghini. I guess there's video of him

(12:46):
saying he bought it. But after he signed that record
setting contract, highest paid wide receiver in NFL history. So
there was some video posted on the socials that showed
Jamar Chase zooming around the streets of Miami, which I've
been to Miami. You can't really drive that fast in Miami,

(13:06):
but he was zooming around or trying to with teammate
T Higgins. And your thoughts on the viral video which
has made the rounds here of the Bengals wide receivers
enjoying a nice, leisurely drive around South Florida. So my
first thought was Vin Diesel Baby, that's Vin Diesel Fast

(13:27):
and the Furious, like thirty three. I think they're up
to thirty three now, just that was what it was.
And I also thought of the movie that I saw
years ago, the documentary Bankrupt. I thought of that, and
people say that a fool and his money are soon parted.
But it's possible the just rented to cars. I'm not
sure whether they rented them or bought them. And they

(13:48):
bought them, then you can goof on them and you know, hey,
that's the way it goes. But that Lamborghini that's a
five hundred thou minimum five hundred thousand of it's new,
so that's half a million right there, plus the insurance
on that, get maintenance, good luck on that. What could
possibly go wrong? And they look like the other cars

(14:09):
were McLaren's in the video that I saw, I'm a
car guy, car guy, so I thought McLaren's possibly there,
And hey, you know, as the line goes, we all
know this as dudes. You know, we grow older and
we don't stop playing with toys. The toys just get
more expensive. They're bigger and more expensive the older you get,
and that's just the way life is. And then you

(14:31):
check out and that's it game over all right. It
is the bed mash. But as long as those guys
are not going full like Oakland, Las Vegas Raider wide
receiver guy, you know what I'm saying, And you know,
smashing in any cars and killing people and whatever, go ahead,
knock yourself out, have a fine time. My money, all right,
is the bed at Malor Show. If you would like
to be part of this, you can join us right now.

(14:54):
And there's a line open at eight seven seven ninety
nine on five that's eight seven seven nine nine six
six three sixty nine. Also on the X Machine at
Ben Mahlor. That's at benmes. So it's not a done
done deal that Rogers is going to Pittsburgh, but it's
like a half halfway done, not quite out of the

(15:15):
oven yet, but it's almost out of the oven. It's
that kind of thing. And moving on from that, well,
there is a saying that when you ban something, it
becomes more popular. We'll see if that's true. If you
ban something it becomes more popular. We'll get to that
and we will do it next.

Speaker 2 (15:34):
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(16:48):
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Benny versus the Penny. As we are rolling on here
the Sweet sixteen. If you like Southeastern Conference teams, you're
really in joining this Sweet sixteen. Seven of the sixteen
teams from the Southeastern Conference and we are in the
era of the death Valley for the mid major in

(17:10):
college basketball. We began this hour with Air and Rogers,
not quite breaking news yet, but it's upside down and
the anticipation is something happening soon. Keep in mind, though,
with Aaron Rodgers, he's probably gonna go back to Malibu
and walk up and down, have a jug of ayahuasca.

(17:32):
Maybe he'll pop up on the Joe Rogan podcast. Well,
I assume he'll make the announcement with his buddy McAfee,
who pays him like a million dollars a year to
go on there. So I if somebody paid me a
million dollars a year to do a ten minute hit
on a radio show, I would certainly announce my plans
on that show. That would be my move one hundred percent.
So I assume that he'll announce it when he does

(17:53):
hammer out the details on the docu sign, he'll announce
it there. We'll take your calls eight seven seven ninety
nine on Fox. Also your witty comments, as we said
on the X Machine, that's at Ben Mahler. That's at
Ben Mahler if you'd like to be part and Late
Night Drug Tester writes In says Aaron Rogers deva act

(18:14):
will not play in Pittsburgh, no matter how desperate they
are for a quarterback. No, I disagree. I disagree. It'll
play as long as they're okay, as long as he's
They put up with Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, who
both suck, all right, so deal with it. Alf the
Alien of Pinter, has a fun fact he'd like to

(18:36):
a fun fact, fun fact, fun fact, fun.

Speaker 2 (18:38):
Fact, mallor fun fact.

Speaker 1 (18:40):
In nineteen eighty eight, Wade Boggs had more doubles then
swings and misses for the Boston Red Sox. That is
your fun fact right there from from Alf. And also
was that when he was dating Margot Adams. There's a
name from the past and eating a lot of time.

Speaker 3 (18:58):
Right.

Speaker 1 (18:58):
No, no, no, this is the There was a pre
social media scandal that only old people know about. But
Wade Boggs was like this big star with the Red
Sox and he was having a little side fun with
this woman. Oh see yeah, Nick writes in Nick the
Windy's Guy. He says, hey, buddy, Ben, Buddy, it's Nick
the Windy's Guy here. I know you bash Minnesota. I

(19:19):
do not bash Minnesota teams, But do you see the
Vikings making a push for Justin Herbert or as that
ship sailed? I saw that rumor over the weekend some
Viking blog or Minnesota sports blog was tossing out there.
That same rumor popped up a year ago because two reasons.

(19:39):
Jim Harball is, even though he's not at Michigan anymore,
he's a Michigan man, and he supposedly had a big
bro man. It's not supposedly he did with JJ McCarthy.
And so it is a logical rumor, and I wouldn't
say it's impossible. Listen, the Dallas Mavericks gave away Luca
Donzik for a half eaten bag of potato chips, So

(20:01):
if that can happen. Sure the Chargers could wake up
and say we're gonna trade Justin Herbert to the Vikings
and give us JJ McCarthy and a first round pick
and maybe two first round picks. Now would Minnesota do it?
Because I look at a guy like Herbert as a
stat bandito, as a West Coast Dak Prescott. He's not

(20:21):
a big game player. He's been a terrible playoff quarterback
and then a few opportunities he's had for the Chargers
Justin Herbert and he's a guy that when you watch
him on Sunday Night, Chris Collinsworth slobbers all over him, slopper, slapber, slobber,
but he doesn't produce against better opponents. There's a lot
of empty numbers there with Justin Herbert. If I were
the Chargers, I would absolutely make that trade. If hardball

(20:44):
Jim Harbaugh is totally sold on JJ McCarthy and that
that's his guy, and he just coached Justin Herbert for
a year and knows this guy's a mister softy and
would rather be out there surfing, then I would absolutely
make If I was the Charge, does I make that trade?
I don't know how to make that trader on the
Vikings though. I mean her Roe put up great numbers.
Anybody in Minnesota is gonna put up great numbers because

(21:07):
you've got two stud wide receivers. It's impossible to not
put up. Sam Darnald put up good numbers with those
wide receivers. And then what happened at the end when
Sam Donald had to step up his game a little
bit and suddenly he pooped the bed. It's called the phones,
and let's say hello, any meaning money mo Let's hello

(21:29):
to Jerome and Charleston. Hello Jerome, it's been a minute.
Hello Jerome, Jerome and Charleston going once, going to I
do not hear Jerome and Charleston. No, there he is,
Oh man, thank god Hellelujah. Oh look at that. He
took a shot. Jerome took a shot at the RAINA.

Speaker 4 (21:52):
I'm like, why isn't he on six?

Speaker 1 (21:55):
You might want to put that up there. That's usually
the way that you have.

Speaker 5 (22:01):
Sam will get like thirty something million dollars before the
guarantees kicking. For Hey, he's not doing too bad. I
hope he watched a lot of rains because I heard it.
It raised a lot up there in Seattle. You know.

Speaker 1 (22:13):
It raised a lot of a lot of places you having.

Speaker 5 (22:16):
Do you have somebody on the side then, because you
seem to know about people's personal life and who the
what they're doing on the side a lot.

Speaker 3 (22:24):
You know.

Speaker 5 (22:24):
How do you know this stuff? Man?

Speaker 1 (22:27):
Because he was in a newspaper forty years ago. That's
how I know. I read it in a newspaper article
and there was a lawsuit from the woman against like
Wade bogs That's how I know it, and I remember
it to have because I have a good memory chicken
every day because I heard some Yeah. Wait, wait, Wade
Boggs was famous for eating chicken every day. He was
like that was his thing.

Speaker 5 (22:48):
Oh, by the way, if you were talking about these
players selling themselves to these different schools for money, oh,
where have you lived the last two hundred years, Dan Maller?
People have been doing that for forevers themselves for money.
Somebody needn't tell their body.

Speaker 1 (23:03):
Come on, all right, I'm glad, Jerome, the meds are
not working anymore, Jerome. But that that make explain something
to you because you're so bright. Okay, So yes, players,
star players of ours got money. The difference is the
mid major guys. Those guys normally didn't get the money,
and they weren't being poached by the Power Conference teams,
which is what's going on right now. If you're a

(23:24):
halfway decent mid major player, let's say you're some three
point sharpshooter and you're playing at some mid level team
in D one, you will then be poached by Kentucky
or by Florida or whoever fill in the blank that
didn't happen before.

Speaker 5 (23:43):
Let's tell you it's good enough for the dog on coaches,
why shouldn't be good enough for the players?

Speaker 1 (23:49):
Did I ever say, Jerome? Did I ever say, Joe, hello,
is this on? Are we broadcasting? You might want to cut?
Are you clean out your ears? Jerome? You got a
lot of gunk in your ears. You got a lot
of gunk inside your freaking ears. Okay, I never said
it wasn't it wasn't okay for the players. I just
merely said that this is the new dynamic now, and

(24:13):
you're not gonna see under this current system any real Cinderella.
It's not going to happen because of the way the
system is now. That's all I say.

Speaker 5 (24:23):
And it's about and it's about down town.

Speaker 1 (24:26):
It's about time, Yes, it's about time.

Speaker 5 (24:28):
There's no moral to anywhere in this world. Okay, nowhere
when you gotta sound a prenups you agreement, there's no
mod to anywhere. No one can do right.

Speaker 3 (24:41):
Now?

Speaker 1 (24:42):
Where you've been to?

Speaker 2 (24:42):
Where?

Speaker 1 (24:43):
Where have you been? By the way, where have you been?

Speaker 5 (24:46):
Uh? I had to go to the doctor. I'm gonna
have to have an operation. I'm not sureia on my leg?
I got something growing on my leg. I gotta god.

Speaker 4 (24:57):
Do you want to describe it to us?

Speaker 3 (24:58):
Please?

Speaker 1 (24:59):
Is it? Is it fungus? Do you have fungus growing
in your legs?

Speaker 5 (25:02):
No? No, no, no, that's like a lump, you know, a lump? Yeah,
you talk about dad. I'm a man in chopping for years. Man,
you're the only one who'll talk to me. And by
the way, I saw Gottley's contract the other day. He's
gonna be he's making two hundred grand for a lousy
cooking junk.

Speaker 1 (25:18):
Whoa how do you know everyone salary?

Speaker 5 (25:20):
What? What do you?

Speaker 1 (25:21):
Why do you know everyone salary? What's up with that?
I don't understand way you know everyone salary? What's such?
You're such a nosy, you're such a Karen. You're a
Karen is what you are?

Speaker 5 (25:29):
Because I'm smart.

Speaker 1 (25:30):
That's why you're smart? All right?

Speaker 5 (25:32):
Smart?

Speaker 1 (25:33):
What's what's two plus two core? Are you sure about?

Speaker 5 (25:37):
That's what's Ben Malland plus Ben Mallard?

Speaker 1 (25:40):
Ben Mallard, Yeah, Ben, Ben Mallard plus Ben Maller is
a headache? Is what that is? That's a headache. That's
a headache.

Speaker 5 (25:48):
Man.

Speaker 1 (25:48):
Nobody wants that. Nobody wants that.

Speaker 5 (25:50):
By the way, I hope Melland gets cushed by Florida
because that guy from Merlous caught that game winning basket.
He rock right in front of the stick in a fission.

Speaker 1 (26:00):
You are such a dinosaur. There's no traveling in basketball.
What's wrong with you? There's no traveling. They stop, they
stop calling traveling thirty five years ago in basketball? Yeah
when James, Yeah, you want to bring back the peach
You want to bring back the peach basket. You want
to bring that back to James Nasmith had a peach basket.

Speaker 5 (26:21):
Commersion my last peach basket.

Speaker 1 (26:23):
Yeah? Are you done nothing? All right? Hang up on yourself,
go away? All right. Well, let's say hello to Danny DeVito,
the Great Danny DeVito calling the show. Hello, Danny, Welcome, Welcome.
What's going on, Danny, Danny, Danny, Danny. Since you started
calling the show, we've had many trash men, fellow trash

(26:44):
men call the show. Danny, you've inspired the hostile takeover
by fellow trash employees.

Speaker 5 (26:52):
Yeah. I thought I.

Speaker 6 (26:53):
Heard one recently called from Minnesota. I love that. I
hope they all call.

Speaker 1 (26:57):
Yeah, we had one. We had one from Minnesota, We
had one from San Francisco, and then apually you and
I think we I got some other emails from trash guys.
But anyway, go ahead, what's on your mind?

Speaker 6 (27:08):
Yeah, Ben, what did you do yesterday? As far as
the gambling goes, I got killed yesterday and I lost.
The way I lost is pretty pretty sad.

Speaker 5 (27:18):
I mean I lost sleep over it.

Speaker 6 (27:20):
You know that first game Florida and Yukon.

Speaker 1 (27:23):
Yes, yes, I had the under.

Speaker 6 (27:25):
The under and that game I had the under and
that game serious money and you know what.

Speaker 5 (27:31):
Beat me right, which the very last shot.

Speaker 6 (27:35):
I don't if you watched the game, there was a
thirty five foot shot that meant nothing except.

Speaker 2 (27:40):
For the total.

Speaker 6 (27:41):
And the idiot he goes out there and hits it.

Speaker 5 (27:44):
He goes out there and hits.

Speaker 6 (27:45):
It just got I sucked and I started off my day.
As you know, when you.

Speaker 3 (27:50):
Lose like that, it basically is a sign that Yeah,
the total was what one hundred and fifty and a half,
and with that basket at the end, it was a
one hundred and fifty two, So it.

Speaker 1 (28:01):
Went over and you bet the under Yeah, you're probably
you're probably thinking yet halftime, you're in pretty good shape.
There was was it thirty one all and a half
of them sixty two points midway through, so you're thinking, all right,
I'm gonna win this.

Speaker 6 (28:14):
That's I got that one exactly. Yeah, want chicken dinner.
I really bet that sport then, because you know, I
never watched it throughout the season like everybody else, but
I watch it, you know when it's uh March madness,
and I bet it.

Speaker 1 (28:27):
Yeah. Yeah, see that's good. Well that and they also
a lot of the places will shame you're like, yoh,
you should bet hunderdogs, you know, but if you more
times than not, if you bet the chalk, you'll end
up you'll end up winning. And you're not. They say
you're not supposed to do that because you know, you
gotta bet the underdog. Everyone wants to bet the underdog
and all that, but like look at look Dot like Duke.
Duke was favored by thirteen, they won by what they

(28:50):
were by twenty. They covered by thirteen as a number
one seed Kentucky, they were I think they might have
been actually an underdog in that game. But they covered
at Kentucky against Illinois. I can go game by gamer
you want, but don't want to hear that. But the
point is that this was in this tournament. The favorites
did very well, did very Yeah.

Speaker 6 (29:11):
I had Duke on Friday, which is a rocky ship bet.
I love that you sit there and you cash out,
so it's failing pretty good going on a Sunday, and uh,
you know you know how that goes. So I lost it.

Speaker 1 (29:24):
So well, hey, just calm down. I I did not
did not partake because I I have not watched enough
to really have any real nuts. I'm waiting for baseball.
I'm gonna go full Pete Rose here. Once opening Day
comes around on Thursday. That's my that's my wheelhouse.

Speaker 6 (29:40):
Yeah, that's that's gonna be stopping.

Speaker 5 (29:42):
I'm soon.

Speaker 6 (29:42):
So you you don't bet every.

Speaker 1 (29:44):
Week or you better no, No, I don't. I My
problem with Dan is I hate losing. So I like
to pick my spots when I feel pretty confident. So
I'm not like a daily guy. I don't have to
have action every day. That's my problem. Maybe maybe maybe
it's not my product. Yeah, you know so, but I
respect it, Danny. If you're able to do it every

(30:04):
day and you can handle the ups and downs, I
can't handle the day, Yeah, I can't. You gotta be selected, man,
I'm telling you, man, you can. You gotta pick your spots.
You gotta pick your speck.

Speaker 6 (30:15):
That's the whole thing.

Speaker 1 (30:16):
Ben, Yeah, buddy, pick up some you go pick up
some trash. There's a Danny DeVito checking in. Yeah, that's uh,
that's stuff. And then they celebrate the eight nineteen parlays
that win because that's a sucker's bet. They want you
to bet those And it's an evil, evil cycle, is

(30:39):
what it is. So if you ban something, it becomes
more popular. There was a report over the weekend then
at least twenty states in the United States here have
banned from school. You see what they banned the rain.
What do you think they've banned from school? Crocs? That
is correct. You got it right, they banned croc from school.

(31:02):
Dozens of schools in at least twenty states have banned
crocs from being worn. They say there's there's a safety hazard.

Speaker 4 (31:11):
I heard Disney was thinking about doing that, but I
didn't hear about schools.

Speaker 1 (31:15):
Doing Yeah, it's a big issue at schools. What is
the safety hazard?

Speaker 4 (31:19):
They don't stay on your feet well, and kids are
tripping and falling. And also think about the playgrounds and
the sticks that they have on the playgrounds. Think all
the splinters that are happening.

Speaker 1 (31:27):
Well, they're not supposed to be worn for an extended
period of time.

Speaker 7 (31:31):
That's isn't that like like the most popular shoe of
like nurses.

Speaker 4 (31:35):
Yes, they're for nurses.

Speaker 1 (31:36):
Well, so then I don't think they do nurses. I
think they have special nurse shoes. I think they have
like nurse nurses love crocs.

Speaker 4 (31:43):
Hey, nurses out there tap in?

Speaker 1 (31:46):
No nurses listen to the show. They don't call them show,
They don't call them show. They can send me an
email or something like that. But no.

Speaker 7 (31:54):
But I mean, if it's if it's safe enough for
a nurse to wear what, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (31:59):
It says it is an act fuel safety hazard. They
can twist the knees, twist the ankles, things like that,
and he says, this is happening. This is from a
high school principal in Alabama said in the hallway, kids
are moving, things are happening. It's a problem. It's an issue.
Who knew, man, I've never been a crock guy. They're

(32:21):
from Colorado. You know that they're the Crocks.

Speaker 4 (32:24):
I did not know this. But I only have one pair.
I only have that lit.

Speaker 1 (32:27):
They're so ugly. Yeah, they're pretty bad. I went to
a Croc store today. I did. I did.

Speaker 4 (32:32):
I was told they have a big sale going on,
so I wanted to see if they have this one
pair that I like. And when I walked in, the
girl was like, are those the Lizzie mcguires o man?
And I was like, yeah, they are, Yeah, they are.

Speaker 1 (32:44):
Those are the ugliest ones I've seen. God, alright, it
is the Ben Maler shelferg dog right, since says Jerome's
not the only one with a lump growing around their leg.
He points out, all right, but bump, very nice. It
is the Ben Mahler show. Alf Fossil points out Wade

(33:04):
Box's nickname was because of a Chicken Cookbook, the Chicken Man.
There you go. All right, fun fun fact. The drums
is surly, that's all. He's just a surly guy. Ah yeah, yeah,
all right. Time now for the Insta trivia. And here
is the Insta trivia. Vladimir Guerrero Junior has two qualified

(33:26):
seasons with at least a three to ten batting average.
Blank is the only Toronto Blue Jay player ever to
do so more than twice. Again, Vladimir Guerrero Junior of
the Blue Jays has two qualified seasons with at least
a three to ten batting average. Blank is the only
Toronto player to do so more than twice. That is

(33:47):
the Insta Trivia. The answer. We'll get to it, and
we will do it with also Mallard of the third Degree.
We'll do it next.

Speaker 2 (33:53):
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(34:28):
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to it. Well back, So what we go? It is
the Ben Maler Show, and that would be Ben and
you would be you, and we will have Mallard of
the thirty degree coming up in a moment. But first
the insta trivia. But also like to point out before

(34:51):
I get to the instributa several people pointing out that
the nurses do not wear crocs. They wear hokus or
whatever those are.

Speaker 4 (34:58):
Oh yeah, those are also very popular nurse shoes.

Speaker 1 (35:00):
I agree. Well, people claiming that the report of crocs
being worn by nurses erroneus very upset. Anyway, here's the
ins to trivia, and here we go. Vladimir Guerrero Junior
has two qualified seasons with at least a three to
ten batting average. Blake is the only Toronto player to
do so more then twice. That is the question. What

(35:24):
is the answer? Bernie Mack guessed by a scrooge boy.
He was good for the Blue Jays back in the Day,
Benny Di Stefano from I forty Ian Pirates Legend, Tamar
Hamlin who is twenty seven today from Late Night Drug Tester,
Len Mattuzak from Miguel on Fire, Warren Jensen from Big
Greg and Iowa CM Punk Guess by Rob in Vegas.

(35:48):
Else we have Steve Bartman who wasn't wearing a glove
like Rodney Pete from Fergnock Andy and Lionel Lake, says
the wonder Hamster Matt Stairs, Alfredo Griffin, good name by
alf the Alien, Oll pineer Lyle Alzado from Robin, Minnesota.
Who else do we have Page Down? Danny Ainge unless

(36:08):
it's not from BP, Paul Molitor from e in Roseville, Minnesota,
Willie Upshot good name by Steve the Misplaced San Diegan,
Roy Halliday from Justin and Cincinnati Boy, Wait way too
soon with that? Who else do we have some bad
take guy from the Commonwealth guests by Jason in Rocky Mount, Virginia.

(36:30):
Who else? Paige Down? I can't read that, Perito, says
Kelly Leak from Chico Bail Bonds Bears Team, John Alarude
from Johnny Q Blue Jay's Legend, Marquise Grissom. I think
he meant ex bo legend, big great rub All right, now,
do you have an answer? It's not Colombo guests by
Manuel and Guardina and Lorraina.

Speaker 4 (36:52):
I was thinking Brittany Murphy, Ben.

Speaker 1 (36:54):
Brittany mur Is it Brittany Murphy? Is that unfortunately incorrect?
The correct answer would be none other than well, he
died that long ago. Tony Fernandez. Tony Fernandez four seasons
over three ten for the Blue Jays. It's maller. How

(37:15):
about that?

Speaker 2 (37:15):
To the third degree?

Speaker 1 (37:18):
This is one big beent gets grilled Koulo.

Speaker 7 (37:23):
Now, before the start of last season, it was reported
that Ryan Tannehill's next death would be very selective about
his next destination. It would need a compelling opportunity to
move his family from Nashville.

Speaker 1 (37:34):
Oh.

Speaker 7 (37:34):
Sure, he didn't sign with anyone, But now it's being
reported that the Vikings consider him a potential option. Ben,
do you think Minnesota would be a compelling enough opportunity?

Speaker 1 (37:43):
Well, I figure he Maria's family in Minnesota. It's a
great place to live, not in the winter time, and
enjoy their fine foods, good food city there in Minnesota.
And he is no threat to JJ McCarthy. He is
no threat, and he could probably make like ten million
dollars as a backup, So yeah, why not for like
ten million is a backup? Sure?

Speaker 7 (38:00):
Hassan Reddick was one of the first free agent signings
earlier this month when he inked a one year deal
with the Buccaneers now the GM. Jason Light Yeah made
a recent radio appearance where he said that he thought
twenty twenty four was an aberration and that Reddit can
get back to being an elite player in twenty twenty five.

Speaker 1 (38:18):
Do you agree? Well, what is your definition of believe?
He's never gonna get the money back that he lost
his owner and salary, the bonuses, that he lost one
of the great debacles in recent NFL history. He lost
approximately seven million dollars. I would need therapy. I would
need meds if I lost seven million. Can he be

(38:41):
a good rusher? He's been a good rusher. Is he
gonna dominate the Tampa Bay defense? I'm gonna go no
on that. So I'm gonna disagree with the overly optimistic
general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But if I'm him,
I mean, oh my god, he also over seven million next.

Speaker 7 (38:57):
Kyrie Irving took unbridge with the notion that the map
X were to blame for his ACL injury, saying I
led the leagues in a minute, so the f what.
He also went on to say, if he asked ninety
five percent of the league if they would rather be
playing fifteen minutes or thirty five minutes a night, I
guarantee you ninety five percent of them would say thirty
five minutes.

Speaker 1 (39:14):
Do you think that's true, Ben, No, not at all.
The players have been brainwashed the dogma of the nerds
that you know, you gotta take care of your body,
don't play back the Backs, blah blah blah blah blah.
The Lakers the other night, didn't they shut down half
their team because they're you gotta you know, you gotta save,
you gotta play Bronni the gaming they lost who they
playing that night? After the Bucks? The Bucks, they just
shot down. All these guys buy into that stuff. So

(39:34):
I disagree with Kyrie. They all believe it. How did
we do? Kooboloop he passes that is a way you can.

Speaker 6 (39:40):
Put it on the balloo.

Speaker 1 (39:42):
I want James hollowing James. I want James
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