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June 23, 2025 • 39 mins

Ben Maller talks about David Ortiz unloading on Giants slugger Rafael Devers for being out of shape and having attitude issues with the Red Sox, the Mets optioning starting catcher Francisco Alvarez to Triple-A Syracuse, Insta-Advice Line, and much more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Playball. It's our number three. Our number three is ready
for me. More im portanly, it's ready for you. On
the podcast on this Monday, the twenty third day of June,
David Ortiz unloading on giant slugger Rafael Devers for being
out of shape and having attitude issues with his Red

(00:22):
Sox days and not responding to him via text message.
How do you assess this one? Also, the Mets have
optioned their starting catcher, Francisco Alvarez to triple A. It's
late June. What does that signify to you? Also, the
Cardinals chose not to suspend or even punish broadcaster Chip

(00:43):
Carrey for his butchering of a disability Pride Night promo.
Are you surprised? We'll talk about that as well. Right now,
settle in playing bass ball. It's the Baseball hour here
in our number three, coming down from me rope with
the Atomic Elbow. Welcome in the beginning of another hour

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This hour is from San Francisco, but really from Finway

(02:10):
Park with the Red Sox playing the Giants and a
series that got a lot of attention this weekend because
of a trade that happened last weekend, Rafael Dever's Revenge.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Revenge Weekend for Rafael Devers.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
The big trade, the man that signed the three hundred
million dollar contract, the volatile slugger. He took on the
socks for the first time while wearing Giants laundry and
San Francisco won two of three over the weekend, so
they won the series. Rafael Devers, how did he do?
Did he get a lot of revenge? Well?

Speaker 2 (02:41):
He batted one sixty seven this weekend.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
That sucks.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Two hits and twelve at bats.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
He did hit a home run, had a couple of runs,
batted in, one walk, and three strikeouts. Now, I didn't
play in the major leagues. I don't think that's that good,
but what do I know. Anyway, while that was going on,
a former Boston Star unloaded on Deva from the top rope.
Did you see this? This is a better story than

(03:09):
anything Rafael Deverest did on the field, so perhaps you
missed it.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
David Ortiz.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
David Ortiz said the Red Sox did not disrespect Rafael Devers.
Devers had made some comments at the beginning of the
weekend about the Red Sox not respecting him because they
asked him to change positions and they didn't do it
the right way and he's a schmuck, and so anyway,
Devers made it all about him, and of course David
Ortiz came back and said that he, meaning Rafael Devers,

(03:38):
disrespected himself by showing up the spring training out of
shape and being a horrible defensive third baseman.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
Now those are some hot takes, but wait, there's more.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
So Big Poppy pointed out because of this, because Devers
was not able to keep himself in top notch physical condition,
was a bad defensive third baseman. Boston signed a gold
glove that would be cheating astro Alex Bregman, and then
Devers said, I ain't playing anywhere else. Screw you, essentially

(04:10):
go pound sand Now Ortiz showed this is where it
gets good. So Ortiz then showed a series of unanswered
text messages that he sent to Devers in spring training.

Speaker 2 (04:23):
He was on a live stream or tees and he
just picked.

Speaker 1 (04:26):
Up his phone and said, here's all the messages I said,
and there they were. This goes back to March and
Devors didn't respond to them, and he also appeared there
was a video call that Ortiz attempted to make to
Rafael Devers. He didn't answer that either. Maybe he was
taking a dump and he didn't want to answer, but
he didn't answer. So let us discuss the question. David Ortiz,

(04:51):
Who's got a free meal at any restaurant around Finnway
the rest of his life? David Ortiz pig poppy unloading
on the Giants. Now, Rafael Devers are being out of shape,
having attitude issues with the red sox and not responding
to him.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
How do you assess this one?

Speaker 1 (05:09):
All Right, So I've got rainy day, Canadian bacon, and
dead air, things that give me nightmares. We'll combine all
of these things together and we'll make some toast. We'll
make some.

Speaker 2 (05:24):
Toast like David Ortiz toasted Rafael Devers.

Speaker 1 (05:28):
Now, first of all, David Ortiz, what he did is
he just said the quiet part out loud.

Speaker 2 (05:33):
He said the quiet part out loud.

Speaker 1 (05:36):
He played nice publicly for months because he had to
play nice. David Orties had to be the good cop.
But now he can be the bad cop. And he
had to publicly defend Rafael Devers and all that stuff.
But the gloves are off. Everything that you've been saving,
all that stuff that you've been putting aside for a
rainy day, you can now use. If you're David Ortis.

(05:59):
No limits, no restrictions, none of that stuff, no rules,
no rules. Right now, I actually understand why Devers did
not respond. Not that I'm defending Rafael Devers, because I
am not, but I understand he is a diva. Devers
not a dummy. He's a diva, not a dummy. Here,
let me explain why. Because RAFFI understood the Red Sox

(06:21):
had deputized David Ortiz.

Speaker 2 (06:24):
They had ulterior motives.

Speaker 1 (06:26):
They used Ortiz to massage Rafael Devers. Big Poppy is
a franchise ambassador, Okay, And the point of this is
he's still on the payroll. That's why he couldn't publicly
rip Devers until now, because Devers has been traded. So
now now you're allowed to do it. All right. He
was a diplomat trying to massage, massage the relationship. It

(06:51):
didn't work.

Speaker 2 (06:52):
Devers wanted no.

Speaker 1 (06:53):
Part of it. You know, the kids came an oldhead
or David Ortizi's an old head, and so.

Speaker 2 (06:57):
He ghosted him. Devers, I'm ghosting. That's it.

Speaker 1 (07:01):
Now that it's done, we get the unfiltered David Ortiz.
We get the David Ortiz in a live stream holding
up his phone. Look here, look at this douchebag that
he didn't respond to me. Look at this. No artificial sweeteners,
no artificial colors. All right, now, pitch you to New York.

(07:22):
We go. Now. The Philadelphia Phillies smashed the Mets in
the Sunday night game, and we tuned over a little bit.
We were mostly watching the NBA Finals game, but when
there was a timeout, since ESPN's coverage is so terrible
Stephen A. Smith plays solitaire, we flipped over to watch
the Phillies and the Mets, which wasn't much of a game. Now.

(07:45):
Prior to the game, though, the story here, the Metropolitans
have demoted their starting catcher. Francisco Alvarez has been sent
to the minor leagues. They optioned him to SYRAC So
what does that signify to you? So this is kind

(08:05):
of a big deal. The trade deadline is about a
month away. It's about a month away New York. They
can spin this, and they already are spinning this. It's
a reset. He's got to reset his timing, you know,
catching reps and all that and going on and make
any kind of excuse you want. Just throw it against
the wall like spaghetti and see what stinks. And I'm
already hearing some of that. You can sugarcoat it doesn't matter,

(08:29):
all right. Here's the deal. I mean, you look at
this objectively. When you send your starting catcher down to
the miners in late June, we are closing in on
the fourth of July. It'll be here. Before you know it,
you're telling everyone, Hey, it's over.

Speaker 2 (08:45):
For this guy. We've tried everything.

Speaker 1 (08:48):
You don't just all of a sudden make that irrational decision.
You have been working with the ballplayer for several years
and it hasn't worked, and you've just given up again.
This was the same guy who is the number one
pro number one prospect in baseball. What do we always say,
a prospect is a suspect and to approve another lies.

(09:11):
So he was the number one prospect in baseball. We
are now three plus years later since he arrived in
the major leagues in Queens, Francisco Alvarez. Three plus years later,
he is now out of the bubble of trust. The
bubble has popped. You're now playing Triple A baseball in Syracuse.
A defensive liability who is a career two twenty three hitter.

(09:34):
That's what you've got with the number one prospect in baseball,
two twenty three hitter who's now fundamentally flawed defensively.

Speaker 2 (09:41):
Now, my advice to the Mets.

Speaker 1 (09:45):
Canadian Bacon, Canadian Bacon, who is my favorite catcher in baseball. Now,
I know Alf knows this, and Ferg Dog and mister
nice guy, Alejandro Kirk, the Great Fat Hope of the
Toronto Blue Jays.

Speaker 2 (10:05):
That's the guy. That's the guy.

Speaker 1 (10:08):
You go out and get the Great Fat Hope Alexander Kirk.
This guy's amazing, and I know he got a new
contract recently, and so there's an argument he's untouchable. I
don't believe he's untouchable. I don't buy that. This guy
is built like a fire hydrant. He moves about as
well as a fire hydrant too, but he hits for contact.
He's a decent defensive catcher. He knows the strike zone

(10:30):
and you know what else. He doesn't need to be
developed in Triple A. He's an established major league catcher,
and he's kind of an old school vibe, old school
fat catcher. He used to have a lot of those
guys in baseball. We don't have many of them now.
And he calls a solid game by all accounts and
doesn't strike out all that much.

Speaker 2 (10:50):
And that's the guy. If I'm the Mets, I don't this.

Speaker 1 (10:54):
I'm a Dodger fan. I don't want the mess to
get better. But if I'm the Mets, I go out.
I try to get that guy. And the argument as
well the Blue Jays are a playoff team. They are
the second wild card I believe in the American League
At this point, however, does anyone think that's a legit
team as far as a World Series run? Not that.
Even if you trade Kirk, the catcher, Alejandro Kirk, he's

(11:15):
like you still you're gonna get a catcher in return?

Speaker 2 (11:18):
I would trade Francisco Alvarez.

Speaker 1 (11:20):
And if you're Toronto, well, this guy is the number one.
He was the number one prospect in baseball a couple
of years ago. We'll take a.

Speaker 2 (11:24):
Shot at it. Why not, that's the guy I go after.

Speaker 1 (11:28):
It's clear, though, the Mets have to get a catcher,
whether they get the guy I'm I'm recommending or somebody else.
Once you have publicly shamed the guy that you had,
there's really no going back for Francisco Alvarez, that he
just tried everything. Now you've publicly shamed him. You flogged
him publicly by sending him to this triple A. Good luck,

(11:51):
good luck all right now. Final thought to Saint Louis
we go and the Cardinals. The Saint Louis Cardinals ed
Birds made some headlines over the weekend, not on the field,
but in the broadcast booth, they chose to not not
suspend or even punish broadcaster Chip Carry for his very

(12:13):
interesting butchering of the Disability Pride Night promo. Do you
see this over the week? No, I gotta tell you
there's not a lot of things I laugh at. I
laughed at this.

Speaker 2 (12:31):
I could not.

Speaker 1 (12:32):
I had multiple people in my circle, you know, radio friends,
who sent me this. I thought this was the funniest
thing I've heard a long time, you know.

Speaker 2 (12:41):
As a blooper.

Speaker 1 (12:42):
So the Cardinals chose not to punish broadcaster Chip Carry.
He absolutely butchered a disability Pride Night promo. Are you
surprised that he didn't get punished?

Speaker 3 (12:55):
So?

Speaker 1 (12:55):
Yes, I am the way I almost got it two words,
pleasantly surprised. I am pleasantly surprised. So thumbs up on
this way to go at the time. And I know
we're trying to get out of this, but we're still
in that time where common sense is like a hate
crime for a lot of people. And I say congratulations

(13:17):
to the Saint Louis Cardinals for handling this the way
they did. Unlike I remember the Oakland Athletics with Glenn
Kiper the broadcaster who I believe made a mistake and
they chose to whack him, even though he had support
from Dave Stewart and others in the organization. Chip Carrey
obviously made a slip of the talk, and as someone

(13:41):
that talks for four hours a night and also does
a podcast on the weekends and all that stuff, I
understand that it does happen. Occasionally. It happens, and we
can't really play it on the air. But Chip Carey
meant to say the word flag. He left out a

(14:01):
very important letter, the letter L. In that he did
not say the letter L, which made it very awkward
when you're doing a promo for Disability Pride night and
you want to say a word that has you know, flag,
and then you take the L out of that. It
got lost on the side of the road somewhere, and

(14:24):
there was that moment when you hear there was silence
for about thirty seconds when he realized now he immediately
corrected himself, but the IFB right from the truck. Hey, Chip,
I think you think you said that. You can't you can't,
you can't say that. And of course social media went

(14:47):
into cardiac arrest right. Oh, like all the bots were
activated and you know, went viral with a capital V
over the weekend and all that stuff. And again he
immediately corrected himself. He realized he was more to the
whole thing. There was thirty seconds of dead air, and
I can only imagine what was going through his head.
He was like going over to the LinkedIn to update

(15:07):
his resume and all that stuff. And so listen, I
do tip the microphone to the Redbirds. I'm not a
big Cardinal fan, but I support the organization there. That's
a good job by them. They're often thought of as
too traditional, too conservative, to borring, unimaginative and all that.
The fact they did nothing was the right move, right,

(15:29):
that was the right move.

Speaker 2 (15:30):
Just dead air, just dead That was it.

Speaker 1 (15:33):
It was thirty seconds of dead air, no suspension, no
mandatory sensitivity training, none of that, and no groveling virtue
signaling from the Cardinals, like these other.

Speaker 2 (15:44):
Teams do you follow? You fell short of our franchise
values because you misspoke.

Speaker 1 (15:50):
Just understanding, right, you know, you made a mistake, bad
job by you, and it's a human being and that happens.
And yeah, every once in a while an adult mispronounces
a word. It happens, and that's one of those words.
It's a lot. You really don't want to get that
one wrong. You really don't want to go there. And

(16:12):
I'm sure he feels so terrible about the whole thing,
and you know, the usual. It's nice that even though
we had the usual knuckleheads out oh my god, this
was the oh my god, they're gonna fire them, and
a rush to judgment and all that stuff and performance outrage,
which is what social media is all about, performance outrage,
and then people freak out react to it and they

(16:32):
lose their mind. At least in this case, the Cardinals
use some logic and just kind of let it go.
And I still chuckle when I hear that. You know, everyone,
so I've been playing it. It's pretty good. It's a
solid blooper, pretty good blooper of all the things you
can't say, they can't slip up. And he was I'm
guessing here because I've been in similar situations kind of

(16:53):
how I relate to it. When I've been given copy
that there's there's something in there where you're like, boy,
I really have to get this one right, and you
start overthinking it and then you end up saying it
on the air, and it inevitably the thing you don't
want to say comes out because you're trying not to
say it. You're thinking about got to make sure and

(17:14):
just it's a disaster. Anyway. It is the Ben Mahllor Show.
If you would like to comment on any of that,
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Vice Line. Time Now for the Mallor Riddle of the Day.
And here's the Mallard Riddle of the day. You can

(17:34):
answer this on x SO. Lebron James was greeted by
blank and blank on the streets of New York City
this weekend. Lebron James was greeted by blank and blank
on the streets of New York City this weekend. That
is the Mallor Riddle of the day. The answer, We'll

(17:55):
get to it and we will do it next.

Speaker 4 (18:00):
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Speaker 1 (18:14):
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The hosts are two absolute morons who have the dumbest
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Speaker 1 (18:26):
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Speaker 2 (18:36):
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Speaker 1 (18:39):
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the Riddle of the Day, the Insta advice line, and
later on we'll have the Mallard Milisia feud. Next hour

(19:01):
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Act accordingly and back to it all. Right, back to here
we go, and a time now for the Mallor riddle

(19:23):
of the day. The mallor riddle of the day is
the Oklahoma City Thunder win the NBA Championship on Sunday.
But over the weekend, Lebron James was greeted by blank
and blank on the streets of New York City. That
is the Insta trivia. The answer, well, we'll get to
that right about now. Let's see, does anyone know the answer?

(19:45):
Scrooge is going with blind Scott and weed Man Hippie
as his answer. Alf the alienis Pinter says I missed
the riddle because my work WiFi cut out, So yeah,
I guess he complained and he was sweating excessively while
wearing a long sleeved flannel shirt in ninety five degree heat.
Now that was me. Ashure going with SpongeBob and Patrick

(20:10):
as the answer. Mickey Mouse and Goofy the only two
people who acknowledge this phony twenty twenty title from Ferg
Dog Hans Solo and Chewbacca guest by Donkey Sausage. Interesting
Chewbacca photo there. Who else? Leverne Lady Cybirds dating himself
or herself going with Laverne and Shirley Boats and hose

(20:35):
from Jess en Junction, Jesse n Junction, Sidney Sweeney and
Anna de armas guest by King Rory, and it's his answer.
Who else do we have? A hawk toua girl his
son and hawk toa girl from Robin, Minnesota. Jim the
Anvil Are you getting that hawk?

Speaker 4 (20:56):
Dude?

Speaker 1 (20:57):
Night and Brett Hart from Steve the misplay San Diegan
inca terror, says spin Cycle Regina and Doc Michael. We
heard from spin Cycle Regina she's not living in Kent
since she started listening to show. She lived in Minnesota,
went to Colorado and now she's moved on to Kansas.
Uncle that's from the Great Inca Tarror Eke in Roseville, Minnesota,

(21:17):
going with Uncle Moe and Marcel as the answer. Chip
and Dale from BP A couple of legends. Let's see
Aaron Judge was met by Vin and Vigor from Douglas
delivering the newspaper there in Mississippi. Beavis and butt Head
from JT the Wingman in the Knoxville area, Bert and

(21:39):
Ernie from Patrick DJ spin Let's see here, Larry D said,
baby oil and a ballgag. Wow, all right, what else
do we have? Jacoby and Myers from Flynn that's pretty funny.
A far tar and feathers from Johnny q Ozzie Waz.
He says something very interesting and we will now to

(22:00):
read that on the air. All right, do you do
you have an answer? Loren? It's the Mallard riddle of
the day. Lebron James was recently greeted by blank and
Blank on the streets of New York City over the weekend.

Speaker 6 (22:12):
Well, if I was on the streets of New York City, ben,
I would want to be greeted by Splinter and Michelangelo.

Speaker 2 (22:19):
My favorite of the turtles, all right is that the
correct answer? Is it?

Speaker 3 (22:23):
No?

Speaker 2 (22:24):
Unfortunately not, it turns.

Speaker 1 (22:26):
Out, Lebron James, the answer was greeted by Hecklers and
Booze on the streets of New York City.

Speaker 2 (22:36):
Man shouted, Lebum, go back to La.

Speaker 1 (22:40):
We don't want him in Ella either, and you'll never
be Jordan or Kobe. Pretty good, pretty good, enjoyed that.
The nice welcome there to New York. Let's go to
the phones, and Sugar White Mike is in South Beach. Hello,
Sugar White Mike. Welcome Sugar am I going once, going twice?

(23:03):
He must be passed out in the gutter because his
Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup. Let's say hello in
a hollering James, let me holding, put this sky on hold,
hollering James, Hello, hollering James, hollering.

Speaker 3 (23:15):
James's that passed that without a doubt. He's sure to
hour and shout Hello.

Speaker 2 (23:28):
Do you want to get on the air.

Speaker 3 (23:30):
I'm already there, and I got something to scare. I
want to scare the readA.

Speaker 1 (23:40):
Oh my gosh, why would you do that? Man? You
just scared a woman? What's wrong with you doing?

Speaker 3 (23:46):
I'm a doing jeris kind of guy. Who would you
get me a little bit high? And I mean fethers
that like to take? And he could tell.

Speaker 1 (23:56):
What happened? How there he is now, James. How many
pills did you take to night? James?

Speaker 2 (24:04):
Oh, that's right, and you take thirty six pills in.

Speaker 1 (24:06):
The morning and thirty It's almost like somebody made a
song about that, right.

Speaker 3 (24:12):
Oh.

Speaker 4 (24:15):
My gosh, want me to sing.

Speaker 3 (24:16):
It to you.

Speaker 7 (24:17):
I got thirty six pills in the morning, and I
got thirty six pills.

Speaker 1 (24:24):
The real song.

Speaker 2 (24:24):
Here we go, here's the real song.

Speaker 1 (24:26):
Jay Scoop, Just Josh hollery, James Yeah.

Speaker 7 (24:34):
Pills in the morning and thirty six pills that night,
A month to do in the afternoon, NEX big bill.

Speaker 8 (24:42):
All right, night.

Speaker 7 (24:43):
I bought these pills in time of Sleep.

Speaker 1 (24:46):
I bought the Time of Sports.

Speaker 3 (24:49):
I thought some.

Speaker 1 (24:51):
What happened?

Speaker 8 (24:52):
Come?

Speaker 1 (24:54):
I don't know what happened. I didn't stop it. I
don't know. Just we got to get that in the
system though, I mean, this is still being played off
Coop's computer for some reason. I can't I don't know
what I need to do. But we can't get this
stuff in the system because it actually takes extra work,
and nobody wants to do it, but we it'd be
nice if this stuff was in the system, we just
play it and not have to play it off his

(25:14):
computer because he's not going to be here for a while,
so then we won't have it.

Speaker 2 (25:18):
Uh see, that's the problem.

Speaker 6 (25:19):
But yeah, I know it.

Speaker 1 (25:27):
Takes extra work. Shocked to put that in. I have
to want to now do extra work. Yeah, okay, I didn't.

Speaker 8 (25:34):
Say that question.

Speaker 3 (25:36):
Let me ask you a question.

Speaker 1 (25:38):
Okay, Yeah, to ask me anything.

Speaker 8 (25:40):
Why did.

Speaker 3 (25:42):
Durant Why because he didn't want to go there, that's
why he mean, he picked the rockets Durant picked the Rockets.

Speaker 1 (25:49):
He could have gone to San Antonio or Minnesota, the
Clippers or the Knicks, or whoever he wanted.

Speaker 2 (25:53):
You don't want to play there because.

Speaker 4 (25:55):
You know why.

Speaker 1 (25:56):
By the way, little Birdie told me, the reason he
didn't want to go to Minnesota is not the old
weather and all that.

Speaker 2 (26:01):
It's because of you mean, you don't like me.

Speaker 1 (26:04):
Yeah. See, he doesn't like you as a caller. He
thinks you're a bad caller. So that's why he didn't
want to go to the Timberwolves.

Speaker 3 (26:10):
Oh, I'm your number one.

Speaker 1 (26:12):
I'd say that. I said, Durant does not enjoy your
calls to talk radio.

Speaker 2 (26:16):
That's why Raymond turns.

Speaker 3 (26:18):
My calls on that call up.

Speaker 1 (26:21):
Okay, thank you, I got to go. I appreciate that.
On that note, mister Irrigation wanted to be on the
air the last hour. But mister Irrigation, you're on the
air right now in Houston, where Durant chose to go
because of mister irrigation.

Speaker 6 (26:34):
Well, probably not the case. But but Ben, I've been
listening to the show. I think the real story and
it's not in the locker room. It's in the astros
and and they won today eight to seven. I mean
that one was a kick ass game.

Speaker 1 (26:52):
Ben, and didn't see a second of it, did not
watch a second.

Speaker 6 (26:57):
Well, listen, Houston, we got a pretty damn puff uh
uh uh uh repeat Capill. You know we've got the
Euston Texans, the NFL champs in the South Division, the Rockets,
the Southwest Division champion NBA, and then the Astros League

(27:17):
MLB West, American League West. You know, we're a national
league team in the junior circuit. That's why he's got
this great pitching. And I'm gonna tell you something, Ben,
We've got a secret weapon in our minor league system
right now. He plays first base. It's gonna be coming.

Speaker 1 (27:33):
Up, you know, just another can't miss minor league player,
just like that, Just like the Mets catcher who again
so the number one this for the record again, the
number one prospect in baseball a couple of years ago
was Francisco Alvarez. Has now been demoted by the Mets
to triple A.

Speaker 2 (27:52):
So but he was a Cantus guy too. Yeah, good
miss this guy, great catcher, unbelievable.

Speaker 6 (27:57):
Yeah, well listen, Ben, Yes, did you hear my background music?

Speaker 1 (28:03):
I hear the sound of silence is what I hear?

Speaker 6 (28:05):
Can you not hear my background music?

Speaker 1 (28:07):
I hear nothing. I have I hear something.

Speaker 6 (28:10):
I'm playing the opening song from Joe Kids.

Speaker 1 (28:15):
Okay, I don't hear anything. Am I the only one
that doesn't?

Speaker 6 (28:17):
He Let blind Scott describe it for you?

Speaker 3 (28:23):
Who blind Scott?

Speaker 1 (28:25):
I don't know who that is.

Speaker 6 (28:26):
Well, listen, I'm in the faction of the Malard militia
that says he's not in it.

Speaker 1 (28:31):
Okay, so you're anti blind Scott. You've taken a strong
anti blind Scott position.

Speaker 2 (28:36):
I got you.

Speaker 6 (28:37):
It'll be uh yeah. And yeah, he quit the show too, man,
I mean, you know, if you're going to be in
the militia, you can't quit.

Speaker 1 (28:45):
Well, he's quit the show multiple times and then he
comes back to the show, he takes quit. Yeah. I
haven't heard from him tonight, so maybe he did quit
the show again tonight. It's possible blind blind blind Scott
free show. So all right, thank you, I gotta go.
There's a mister irrigation from Houston and we say hello

(29:05):
to Manuel in Guardina.

Speaker 2 (29:07):
Hello, Manuel, Welcome.

Speaker 9 (29:10):
Benny's the basher. Hey, I was talking to my boy
DV earlier this week and your name came up and
he was like, yeah, that's Fanny's.

Speaker 8 (29:19):
The basher for you, and uh well, he once again
got smack on Doc Roberts, the greatest manager in MLB history.

Speaker 1 (29:29):
What what?

Speaker 4 (29:30):
What?

Speaker 1 (29:31):
Wait?

Speaker 9 (29:31):
What?

Speaker 1 (29:31):
Time out? What? What did you just say?

Speaker 8 (29:33):
Yeah?

Speaker 9 (29:34):
Remember you were saying that he should be fine for
throwing in the towel on that game.

Speaker 1 (29:38):
Oh this crap, Dave rob You know when he pitches
a tent when the Dodgers have I got seven run
leads so he can go to the bring in key
key Hernandez, Roberts pitches a tent and the Doug guys
all good. I can bring in a position players. It's
so bad it sucks.

Speaker 9 (29:53):
Cootboard, look up at it. He has the.

Speaker 1 (29:56):
Best embarrassing you are the Dodgers. What's along with you?

Speaker 9 (30:01):
Hey, real quick before we get sidetracked. Congratulations on your
son representing the US Marine Corps.

Speaker 1 (30:09):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (30:09):
I'm excited for him.

Speaker 1 (30:12):
You you know, I've.

Speaker 9 (30:13):
Been rolling with you since the nineties, since the Ben
and Dave Show, So you know I'm Mallard.

Speaker 2 (30:18):
We go way back me and wait, but.

Speaker 9 (30:22):
I also got to come down on you once again,
not only for wait, wait, wait, wait wait.

Speaker 2 (30:26):
Did you did you ask best say?

Speaker 1 (30:28):
Did you say, David, can you please take your your
lips off Blake Snell for a minute?

Speaker 2 (30:33):
Did you ask him that?

Speaker 3 (30:36):
Well?

Speaker 8 (30:36):
He was mumbling, so I don't know. Okay, all right,
but anyway.

Speaker 9 (30:41):
Hey man, you know you and DV have both wrapped
the Dodgers with excellence, and I appreciate both you guys.
In your time, you were excellent. Dv's excellent.

Speaker 2 (30:50):
No, I listen, not to say I had harder, but
I had harder.

Speaker 1 (30:55):
The DoD doesn't make the playoffs every year when I
was doing that job. The Ogre teams when I was there,
never a year they're in the playoffs. They get to
the world.

Speaker 9 (31:05):
Yes, you had the trade, you had Hollinsworth, who was great.

Speaker 1 (31:10):
Yeah, they they had like four they where they had
four or five rookies of the year in a row.

Speaker 9 (31:17):
The second half blunder all those things. But hey, but
before I get sidetracked, like I said, eight, bad take
by you, Benny, bad take by Carucio, bad take.

Speaker 1 (31:29):
No, he said it. That's listen that he pointed out.
He said it. Alice Caruso said it. Now I got
a real one.

Speaker 2 (31:40):
Now I got a real one, Alice Caruso.

Speaker 9 (31:43):
I answer me, this man who was favored in that bubble?
And you know, damn.

Speaker 1 (31:49):
Will, I don't care who was favored in the bubble.
I don't care. It doesn't matter. And that was a
bogus playoff. It was the It was the easiest in
the history of the NBA, and even the guys that
won it know it was ridiculous.

Speaker 9 (32:05):
Your boys couldn't get it done.

Speaker 1 (32:06):
Again, you're making this about the Clippers. This is the
late We're talking about the Lakers. This guy on the Lakers,
Alex Carusso, who is now admitted publicly that was a
fraudulent championship ring Alex Carusso.

Speaker 9 (32:17):
Ship, even though they were favored. Nah man, the twenty
twenty championships are as real as real good gid Dodgers.

Speaker 1 (32:26):
The different Again, baseball was harder. I don't how many
times you have to say baseball was harder because unlike
every other baseball season, we have time to have a
bad couple of weeks, a bad month, a sixty game
regular season, you have no time for the.

Speaker 9 (32:38):
World was harder. We couldn't stand freaking five feet from
each other.

Speaker 2 (32:43):
Well it I think it was yeah six feet yeah,
looking like no. But the NBA had it easier.

Speaker 1 (32:48):
They were at they were at a resort, there were
no fans, no travel, all the things that make the
playoffs hard.

Speaker 2 (32:54):
Yeah, and baseball was it was harder and in basketball
is easier.

Speaker 9 (32:58):
They're real champ.

Speaker 1 (33:00):
Well the Lakers is not as again, Alice Crusso, now
I got a real one.

Speaker 2 (33:05):
Now nobody can say anything.

Speaker 9 (33:07):
Yeah, he's just saying that because same thing like what
the Dodgers were saying and when they won last year. Oh,
because you know all the naysayers, all the idiots, all
the low IQ fans.

Speaker 2 (33:18):
Are you using my material?

Speaker 4 (33:20):
Sir?

Speaker 1 (33:20):
I feel like you're using my material? How dare you?
How dare you? I always use your material?

Speaker 9 (33:25):
You know why? Because I can.

Speaker 1 (33:27):
Ah, gotcha? All right, well listen there, thank you, my man.
All right, go away, the great Manuel, great long Shorman.

Speaker 8 (33:33):
There.

Speaker 1 (33:34):
Manuel from Guardian just delivers, you know, picks up stuff,
delivers anyway. It is the Ben Mahlor Show. As we
press on here and we are moments away from the
Insta advice line, and this is where we give advice
to someone in the world's worst I have an idea
who gets our advice. I have an idea who gets irrest.
Maybe you want to recommend somebody else. Send it in

(33:55):
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Speaker 4 (34:06):
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Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.

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Speaker 1 (34:13):
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Speaker 2 (34:23):
Now you should be listening.

Speaker 1 (34:24):
On your local station or a lot of you listen
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(34:46):
can select Fox Sports Radio The Ben Maler Show the
Fifth Hour Podcast as some of your precests. Just like
the presets on the car radio dial, the Ben Malor
Show could be p one for you reset one on
Fox Sports Radio's channel So again, Ben Maler Show, Fifth
Hour Podcast, Fox Sports Radio. iHeartRadio app. It will always

(35:09):
pop up at the very top of your screen.

Speaker 4 (35:14):
Hey you sports figure, guy or girl?

Speaker 8 (35:17):
Who got here?

Speaker 1 (35:17):
Were you talking to?

Speaker 2 (35:18):
So hear some instant advice? Hold that thought.

Speaker 1 (35:21):
No one's paid attention to me for ten whole seconds.
And if you don't like it, you and we go.
It's the inset advice line on screened radio.

Speaker 2 (35:33):
The safety net is off. Who needs our advice?

Speaker 9 (35:37):
Now?

Speaker 1 (35:37):
There were some recommendations. I think we're pretty much on
the same line of thinking here as the NBA Finals
came to an end. This is unscreened radio. Your calls,
no call screener. You're live on the air when you
hear my voice. Who needs our advice now? Alfie alien
Opiner said Tyrese Haliburton's Achilles. I was thinking just Pacer

(35:58):
fans in general, on how to deal with getting to
a game seven, getting all fired up. You got all
the party goods right, you got a big thing of booze.
You got food right, you're grilling the whole thing. The
weather's good, you're excited about your team. You got a
shot to upset and win Game seven, and then in
the first quarter, Kaboom goes.

Speaker 2 (36:19):
To the Achilles.

Speaker 1 (36:19):
So advice to Pacer fans, and if you want to
give advice to Tyres Halliburton's Achilles, you can do that
as well.

Speaker 2 (36:24):
You're live on the air.

Speaker 1 (36:25):
When you hear my voice at eight seven seven ninety
nine on Fox, do not attempt this at home. We
are trained broadcast professionals. We'll start out with you online.

Speaker 9 (36:35):
One.

Speaker 1 (36:35):
Your advice to Pacer fans on dealing with the loss.
Line one, get.

Speaker 8 (36:40):
Some acupuncture and drink some warm milk.

Speaker 1 (36:43):
All right. Line two your advice please, line too. That
was solid advice. Advice to the Pacer fans. Line two,
all right, thank you for that. We're going to line three.
Line three, you are on the air. What is your
advice to the Pacer fans. Line three.

Speaker 9 (36:57):
Yeah, in morning time, just tell them to go watch
the movie.

Speaker 4 (37:00):
There you go.

Speaker 2 (37:01):
That's Rick and Maryland legend on the show.

Speaker 1 (37:03):
Hello, line four, you're on the ear. It's the instant
Advice Line eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox. The
phones are working. Call early, call off and hello, line four.

Speaker 5 (37:13):
Come the House of.

Speaker 9 (37:14):
Montezuma to the shores. Of Triple Lee. We fight our
country's battles in.

Speaker 8 (37:18):
The air landing.

Speaker 1 (37:19):
Okay, all right, thank you, yes, all right.

Speaker 2 (37:20):
The Ferg Dog their line of five.

Speaker 1 (37:23):
Hello, line five, you're on the Airline five, Line five,
not paying attention. Line six, you're on there. I hear
your line six. Hello, let me hear all right, please
my god, you what the James? I mean to stay
off the booze James. Line one, you're on the air.
It is the Insta Advice line, the Insta advice line

(37:46):
for Pacer fans and Tyrese Halliburtons Popped Achilles. Hello. Line one.

Speaker 8 (37:51):
Hey for the Feld party, even though we did lose.

Speaker 2 (37:54):
There you go celebrate good times. They're probably at somewhere.

Speaker 1 (37:57):
We're not in Oklahoma City, probably not much open on
a Sunday into a Monday. And now a line too. Hello,
Line two to my dude.

Speaker 9 (38:05):
Sean the Hood Guy.

Speaker 6 (38:06):
Much love, roll up.

Speaker 1 (38:08):
With that, all right, there you go, love for Sean
the Hood Guy. Line that's from Manuel and Guardiana. Line three,
you're on the air Line three. Hello, okay, okay, I
need some help.

Speaker 2 (38:21):
A Line four.

Speaker 1 (38:21):
You're on the air. At eight seven, seven ninety nine
on Fox, the insta advice line unscreened radio. Hello line four,
Oh can you put Blindscote on hold for the fourth No,
I can't. I cannot do that.

Speaker 2 (38:33):
Hello line five, Hello line five.

Speaker 9 (38:36):
Friends don't let other friends drive drunk. And remember l
CU before you.

Speaker 1 (38:41):
Oh, that's some of my great work in public service
announce announcements of years past. That's supermarket Steve, a fan
of the PSAs. Hello, line six, you're on the air.
You go daggershit. Remember tiger Man used to call the show.
You don't call anymore. I don't know what happened.

Speaker 2 (38:59):
I guess we upset the line one.

Speaker 1 (39:01):
Hello line one.

Speaker 9 (39:02):
I'm number one.

Speaker 1 (39:04):
Love you Okay, go away, you're a drunk Hello line two.

Speaker 2 (39:11):
There you go. That's right.

Speaker 1 (39:12):
You give me saying that a lot the next few years.
Hello line three. You're on the Airline three, Hello line
right to declare Oklahomas no stop one more, hurry up
to one more, hurry on three, fight for you on
the airline for godlighte fuck go?

Speaker 9 (39:28):
Why are we talking about the Titans? Talk about the Titans?

Speaker 2 (39:31):
Oh my god, we forgot about the Titans.

Speaker 1 (39:34):
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