Hour 3 - Lionhearted

Ben Maller talks about Lions QB Jared Goff saying he likes 'when they doubt us' ahead of the 2025 NFL season, Jets QB Justin Fields claiming he isn't a storyline going against the Steelers in Week 1, Too Much or Not Enough, #QueenOfHearts w/ LaReina, and more!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Pizza pizza. It's our number three, our number three, and
the Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff says he likes it
when they doubt us. He said that ahead of the
twenty twenty five NFL season, what does this signify to
you as the Lions open things up this Sunday? And

(00:22):
how do you categorize Jets quarterback Justin Fields claiming he
is not not a storyline going against the Pittsburgh Steelers
even though he played for the Yinsers last year. And
does this NFL gold shield patch addition to the uniform
move the needle for you at all? Will analyze that

(00:43):
uniform adjustment right now here? It is our number three.
He is definitely lion hearted, that's for sure. Welcome in
the beginning of another hour of the Ben Malor Show.
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That's Express Pros dot Calm. So our lead this hour
is from Pro Football. Will go to Detroit north of
Cowboy in Windsor, Ontario, Motown is where we go the Lions,

(02:16):
who in recent years have done something they never did
in my childhood, they never did in my adulthood. They
have established themselves as a second level contender in the NFC.
I know it's shocking. I'm surprised by it too. So
the last couple of years the Lions have been a
playoff team. They got to an NFC championship game and

(02:36):
then in the second half they rode the vomit comet
against the forty nine ers. But Jared Goff, despite the
recent success of the Detroit football team, and Jared Goff
is embracing the underdog mentality. He loves it heading into
the season. If you saw this or not, maybe not.
The Detroit quarterback said, quote, I like being on this

(02:59):
side of it more when they doubt us. Golf snickered
to a inkstain wretch of a beat reporter there. Now
Golf is referencing the fact that some some pundits, not all,
but some pundits are not so sure that golf will

(03:20):
be able to do well this year because the Lions
have changed offensive coordinators. Ben Johnson, the Prodigy has moved
on to the Chicago Bear. So let us discuss the
question Lions quarterback Jared Goff. Jared Goff says that he
likes when they doubt us ahead of the twenty twenty
five NFL season. What does that signify to you? So

(03:44):
I've got Chevron, kangaroo and be dazzled, and we will
combine all of these things together and we are going
to make the babagaanooche is what We're going to make
the barbacos. Till, first of all, Jared Goff is putting
some loose change. He had a little loose change. He's

(04:05):
putting the loose change into the vending machine, and he's
pressing a seven in the vending machines, pressing a seven
the vending machine. Now, if you look at the vending machine,
a seven, it's not gatorade. He's buying a bottle of
hater rade, is what he's buying here, because golf is

(04:26):
ready to guzzle it down. Guzzle, guzzle, guzzle, he is.
Athletes love love to pretend that they're all rocky in
training that old movie Rocky. They all think they're rocky.
They're running up the steps, sitting there, They're training in
a frozen barn somewhere in Timbuckto. They all believe that
when in reality, the modern professional athlete has never been

(04:49):
more coddled than they are today. They have never been
more spoiled and more baby. You talk to the old
timers about what it was like being a pro athlete
practicing at high school feels. We had Fred Dryer in here,
who played for the Rams in the in the seventies
and the eighties. And Fred played with a bunch of teams,
but he was the top pick by the way in
the draft, right And he said before practice, the guys

(05:11):
had to get there early, and they had to walk
around the field and pull the divots out of the
field so they wouldn't trip during practice. And that was
professional football, and that are Could you imagine if NFL
players today were saying, you guys got to get the
you gotta get the practice early because there's the field's
kind of crappy and you got to pick up the
little pieces of dirt so you don't trip and break

(05:32):
your ankle. Uh. Yeah, they definitely would not play. Absolutely,
So listen playing the Nobody thought we could do it,
and nobody believed in us. Card. It's it's a little
bit of the the old Diana Ross song. Upside down.
It's upside down logic is what it is because it's
manufactured outrage. Detroit, even with the addition of Micah Parsons,

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Detroit on most of the sports books is a co
favor to win the NFC North. They are a co favor,
the Packers getting a lot of love. But Jared Goff
also not exactly an underdog story. He was the top
pick at the very top of the twenty sixteen NFL
draft by the Rams. He has been spoon fed by
Sean McVeigh and lately Ben Johnson, and for being a

(06:21):
player that has just spoon fed what to do. He
has been rewarded handsomely with the riches of Solomon, or
in this case, the riches of the Lions, and before
that the riches of the Rams. Golf has already made
over two hundred million dollars. Jared Goff is over two
hundred million dollars and by the time he's done with
the Lions, his contract, if the math is right here,

(06:42):
will be over four hundred million by the time that
he is at the end of this deal. So a
lot of these athletes, they like to talk about the
man in the arena that matters. It's the man in
the arena. It's not you, it didn't matter, No, No, it's
the man in the arena. Okay, Yeah. In my experience,

(07:03):
my experience is that the critic is the Chevron Premium
gasoline with tech run. That is the critic that fuels
the entire industrial complex of sports. Now, I've gotten on
my soapbox before and stood atop the bully pulpit and
ranted about that. But they'd certainly go the extra mile.

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The critic that inspires the athlete, and you see it
every time somebody wins. They didn't think we could do it.
They didn't believe in us. We proved them wrong. We
proved them wrong. And it's a if the critic is
not there, what happens. It's like a human being without bones.

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You're not long for the world, right, You got no edge.
There's no juice, none of that. And this is what
athletes have done for my entire life. They invite the Boogeyman.
But it's a fake boogeyman, not a real boogeyman's fake book.
Because the boogeyman's fake unless it's real, and if it's real,
we're all screwed. But they invite a fake boogeyman in reality,

(08:10):
you know that gives them enough juice, unless it doesn't.
You know, it's kind of gray area, all right. Now. Secondly,
we go to Jersey where Jets quarterback Justin Fields discussed
facing Aaron Rogers in one of the games this weekend.
Rogers now playing for the Steelers, former Jet and little trade,

(08:31):
little transaction. There wasn't actually a trade, but Justin Fields
was in Pittsburgh, he said of the week one matchup.
Justin Fields quote, there's no storyline for me. He shrugged
his shoulders and told reporters it's ball for me. That's
what I say too. When I get a call from
our boss, I say, it's just ball for me. I'm
just in it for the ball. That's it, Field said,

(08:52):
is ball for me. So I'll let you guys. You
guys kind of handle the storylines, the news lines and
stuff like that. In the locker room. We just keep
it straight balls. You just feel the testosterone here that
straight ball. I'm going here in my chest right now

(09:12):
hearing that boy straight ball. Man. All right, So question,
how do you categorize Jets quarterback Justin Field's claiming that
he is not not a storyline going against his former team,
these stealers. So, after a minute long deliberation, the jury
of the Malad Militia has determined that this is correct

(09:36):
on a technicality. That is a technicality, and a win
is someone say a TKO. But it's the media's job
under this scenario, it's the media's job here to cook
up storylines. That's the job. Like buttered popcorn. You have
to cook up the storylines. And his job is to

(09:57):
play ball, and he's playing ball and he's not the storyline. However, however,
he is in the storyline. Let me explain. So Fields
is the subplot. If you look at your storyboard. We're
in the writer's room right now, so if you look

(10:18):
at your storyboard from the NFL writers department, so you
look at the first scene, is Aaron Rodgers grizzled the
veteran It didn't work out with the Jets, will things
be different with the iconic Pittsburgh Steelers. He runs out
on the field, Hopefully he doesn't pop an achilles like
he did right after he ran out with the American
flag his first year with the Jets, which was embarrassing.

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So so Fields, then he's the second act in this like,
he's the subplot, as we said, and really could become
the headline if the Jets end up winning the game.
It depends on the outcome. The outcome will determine what
the biggest storyline is. Now. Nevertheless, let's not pretend. Let
us not pretend that this is a situation where it's

(11:00):
not a revenge game dipped in extra drama sauce. It's
getting saucy in here. It is right. The NFL did
not schedule the Jets versus the Steelers because it was
your random run of the mill game. No, this was
a it was not by accident. It was not by accident.
They knew what they were doing. They were tipped off

(11:22):
that Rogers was going to go to Pittsburgh months in advance,
and Justin Fields ended up going the other way to
the Jets. And so like a Hollywood producer casting Fields
and Rogers in a freaky Friday quarterback swap, which is
not on a Friday. So Fields is playing it cool.

(11:45):
We say he's doing the old Teddy Roosevelt, the old
president there talk softly, carry a big stick, that kind
of thing, which normally does not work that well. Yet
if he goes out Justin Fields and torches the terrible
towels on Sunday, then you better believe dollars to donuts.
He will be bouncing off the walls like a caffeinated

(12:06):
Kanga route as Ozzie was would say in cleats, hoppity
hoppity hop all over the place. Now, why he was
staying and he had the back bedroom in Mike Tomlin's doghouse.
He was right in the doghouse, and he was the

(12:27):
starting quarterback because Russell Wilson was hurt. And then Russell
Wilson took over, and then Russ started to puke all
over himself. He had diarrhea also, and Mike Tomlin said, no, no, no,
we're going to go back to We're going to go
back to russ We're not putting Fields back in. And
Tomlin called the split mutual. That's a word he used, mutual.

(12:50):
That's not mutual. Maybe mutual of omaha, but that's not mutual.
When people look back at Justin Field's time in Pittsburgh
in years from now, you look back, a lot of
people won't even remember he played for the Steelers. But
those that do, it's just blip on the radar, just
a little blip blippity blip blip blip. All right. Now,
final thought to the business of football, we go. For

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the first time, the NFL has added a new uniform feature.
What is it? It turns out that the most valuable
player of the NFL and all the players, all the
players of the year that won the hardware that made
for television annoying award show that they do around the

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Super Bowl, all of them will get to wear a
super special gold shield patch. A gold shield patch. The
twenty twenty four honorees that includes Josh Allen. Here we go,
Buffalo Eagles running back Sakwon Barkley offensive Player of the Year,

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will see that in the game tomorrow night in Philly.
The Broncos defensive back Patrick Certained the second there defensive
Player of the Year, and you had Commander's quarterback Jaden
Daniels offensive Rookie of the Year and the Rams linebacker
Jared Verse, who was the defensive Rookie of the Year
last year. So all of them will have gold shield patches.

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Whoop the damn do yes, I'll be on there five
five jerseys, So those five players will have that gold
patch right there through the entirety of the season, beginning
in that game between Philly and Dallas on Thursday night.
So does this NFL gold shield patch addition to the uniform?

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Does it move the needle? Because you know we are fashionistas.
We are we're on the catwalk and we're doing the
pirouette on the cat walking on. So this is a
classic case of NFL dressing, window dressing from the NFL.
It's a little razzled. Damn, a little razza if you're

(15:02):
a jersey junkie. I used to be a big collector
back in the day. I haven't really done that in
a long time. But that was a point in my
life where I was in that world and I was
a memorabilia maniac. I'm not that that guy right now,
but Josh Allen Barkley, as certain Daniels versus all those

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guys will be dressed like they are walking into a
royal galap and instead of a goal line stand, they'll
be all aduled up and all that stuff. So let's
call it what it is. This uniform adjustment is a
marketing mirage, is what it is. It is a bedazzled
badge of honor. You are bedazzled little gold there and

(15:46):
uh yeah, look at me. It just screams, look at mate,
look at me. There was a time for years in
the NFL, everyone's got to dress the same. The uniform.
Gestapo's out there before the game, got their little clipboard
out and they're jotting down which player is not wearing
the uniform. The socks aren't the right way, and that's

(16:06):
a five thousand dollars fine. And this is not right.
You picked your nose. That's worth ten grand, just the
whole thing, and you get fifteen thousand if you pick
your nose and don't get a booger that's a fifteen
thousand dollars. Fine, it's only ten thousand if you get
a booger out of your nose. But it's gonna be
Look at me, I've got the gold thing on there,
and I'll be much louder than the drunk in the

(16:30):
third row who's screaming and desperately trying to get on
television during a blowout. So for me, it's not moving
the needle. This is not for me. Though I realized
this is not for me, but it's not really moving
the needle at all. The NFL's version of giving out
gold stars in kindergarten or a nice puffy sticker. That's it, right, cute. Yeah,

(16:52):
does it make a big impact. Maybe you show your friends,
You might show your parents if they come by. But
this isn't This is not about enhancing the product, obviously
it's not. It's about inflating the aura. So we live
in the ear of the aura. It's all about the aura.
And you think Sekwan Barkley's gonna stiff arm someone a
little stronger because he's got this little patch thing, or

(17:15):
Jared Versa, the Rams is gonna go out there against
the Texans. This weekend and tackle better because he's got
that gold glisten from the bedazzled thing on his jersey there,
and he's gonna go out there like he's got a
Grammy trophy on his chest and all that. No, the
patch will have the same effect on gameplay as the

(17:36):
puffy Hello Kiddy sticker on a playbook. If you put
that on a playbook, the same thing that. Regardless, here's
the rub on this. It does play well in that
memorabilia mark and the NFL makes a lot of money
off that. So now, if you're a jersey collector, you
got to go out and buy a patch or buy

(17:57):
the jersey. Right, collector is already salivating like Pavlov's dogs,
very excited the next card convention, next memorabilia collection. The
patch turns a jersey into a nice investment because it's
a special jersey. You get all five because this is
the first year you're doing it, and then you can

(18:17):
sell it on eBay and all that stuff. But it's
a tip of the cap, if you will, to the
cardboard officient natos that are out there and the people
collect the autographs and all that stuff. So there you go.
You can build a shrine and add these patches to
your shrine. And it is the Ben Mahler Show. If
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(19:03):
fans not to blank after a star player pranked his
followers with a recovery tip. Again, Australian rugby team telling
fans not to blank after one of their star players
pranked his followers with a recovery tip. That is the

(19:25):
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We need so much, you forget. I've been playing love
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Say hello to Lorena FSR Tech Queen and Coop at
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(21:50):
you in the court of sports radio. Back to it,
We go back to it toime. Now for the Mallor
Riddle of the day. Our guys in Australia, if they
answer cheating Ozzie Wise and the other dope's Ozzie Momentum.
I haven't heard from Ozzie Momentum in a while either.
What happened to him? Anyway? Here's the Malor riddle of

(22:10):
the day. Australian Rugby. An Australian rugby team told fans
and not to not too blank after a star player
pranked his followers with a recovery tip. That is the question.
What is the answer to the Mallard Riddle of the day.
And let's see here. Luke the Vending Guy, a fan favorite,

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does very well in the younger demos. Luke the Vending
Guy going with Drop the soap late night drug tester
says to not pick up women by showing your bluey knowledge.
Is that a good way Lorena to pick up ladies?

Speaker 5 (22:50):
To say some single moms might like it?

Speaker 1 (22:52):
I guess Bobby and Florida says they told them not
to dance at the Pink Pony Club. Ye, what else
do we have? Page down? Alf? By the way, did
find a photo of Blair in Maine. He was not kidding.
Blair in Maine shaved off his eyebrows because someone on
TikTok told him to shave off his eyebrows. I mean,

(23:16):
my god, there's a reason for some people not to
be on social media. I love Blair. He's a very
honest person. He doesn't lie, which is good but also bad.
He's also very gullible. What else do we have? Page down?
Fergduck says to not to drink beer before liquor. He says,

(23:36):
what else do we as page down? Malar Prap Guy
says the medicinal value of Doc Mike's hard lemonade as
the team flush with excitement buying the shaquill O'Neal pregnancy test.
That's King Rory, you know, that's that's pretty funny. What
else do we have? Page down? To not to squeeze

(23:57):
the Charman from Miguel on Fire. Don't do anything crazy
like rob a bank from just Josh. Ozzywash says a
hair of the dog, avoid hangovers, stay drunk. Justin in
Cincinnati says, I have no effing clue is what he says.
Stevie Meatballs, one of our great blind listeners, says they

(24:18):
told their fans not to blank a blank, not to
blow an old ring. Let's a challenger line there. I
used that the other day. Taser kangaroos from Inka Terra.
Another member of the senior Brigadier General in the Mala Militia.
Been in many battles Inka Terror, many many battles. He'll
throw the piano at you. Who else wo Matt Jack says,

(24:41):
besmirched the name of Tony Zendejas. That's right, mad Jack.
Somebody sent an email ripping Zendas. I've been there. I
enjoyed my time there, Matt Jack, I don't know. Some
guy was all bitter about that. I don't know what
to tell you. Uh, Paige down, mister irrigation. We'll skip
over that here. Do you have an answer of the raid? Yeah?

Speaker 5 (25:00):
He said not to do everything that you see on
the internet.

Speaker 1 (25:04):
Okay, Well, an Australian rugby team told fans not to
blank after a star player prank followers with a fake
recovery tip the Brisbane Brisbane. As you said Brisbane, I
think Brisbane Brisbane. The Brisbane Broncos told people not to
drink toilet water after a full back Rhees Walsh filmed

(25:24):
himself doing exactly bad, claiming it helped him recover from
an injury. So see, that's the kind of Blair and
Maine Blair would be like, I'm gonna put my head
in the toilet.

Speaker 2 (25:34):
Now.

Speaker 1 (25:35):
Remember that time blind Scott sat on a plunger. It's
that kind of it. But Scott didage end. Well you
can there's a SoundBite in there he said he didn't
realize the plunger was in the toilet set right down there.
Oh no, yeah, yeah, yeah, big surprise. Let's go back
to the phones. Let's salo to eenie meenie miny moe
hollering James is in Minneapolis, minnesot A. Hello, hollering James.

Speaker 6 (26:02):
What is coop? The audacity the authority to just qualify
me from playing the game show tonight.

Speaker 1 (26:11):
Well, there's other people that want to play. They're on
hold you're a regular, so there's other people that want
to play. It's called I am the producer of the show.
That is my authority. James, ooh, James, you've upset Cooper.

Speaker 6 (26:23):
Bully out right fan, he's bullying out rank. When I
met you at the Mermaid, when I had a big
and bleed and beg Jet's wife to.

Speaker 1 (26:32):
Come along, Yes, James, I remember that. Now, what a
magical night that was. I'll never forget You're meeting you
at the Mermaid after I got a speeding ticket in Minnesota.

Speaker 6 (26:42):
Yes, have you come again?

Speaker 2 (26:43):
I will pay a hoover to come see you.

Speaker 1 (26:46):
I will pay a can.

Speaker 2 (26:49):
Hoover.

Speaker 1 (26:49):
He's going to ride a vacuum cleaner. That's gonna be
a big, a big vacuum cleaner. I'm the funniest guy
on your show. No, you're not chan the You're the
funniest guy on the show in your head, which is

(27:09):
all that matters. In your head. You're the funniest gun.

Speaker 6 (27:12):
I'm Herman Tad. I don't know if you ever seen that,
said guy Herman.

Speaker 1 (27:16):
Tand Herman said, I don't know what that is. Does
anyone know what that is? I do know what that is.

Speaker 5 (27:21):
Actually, because I did a sitcom with the star of
Herman's Head.

Speaker 1 (27:25):
Okay, it was it a good show given personalities? Did me?

Speaker 6 (27:30):
Coop even had a couple of females.

Speaker 1 (27:33):
You gotta try, sweet, all right? Herman Herman's Head American
sitcom aired on Fox. It last aired April twenty first,
nineteen ninety four. Yeah.

Speaker 5 (27:46):
William Ragsdale, who played Herman played my father in The
Brothers Keeper.

Speaker 1 (27:51):
Did he send you the attention themselves?

Speaker 6 (27:56):
And so am I ain't that we got something coming?

Speaker 1 (27:59):
Yeah? You and James? Yeah, Coop, you got some of
the Yeah, I guess so beats the alternative? What what
I think?

Speaker 6 (28:08):
I think? Bears?

Speaker 1 (28:13):
You think you think they're gonna win every you think
they're gonna win every game? James, I don't know.

Speaker 2 (28:18):
I don't.

Speaker 1 (28:20):
All right, I gotta go, Jay, I got a game
to play. I gotta go. All right, I thank you?
All right, Let's see you Now?

Speaker 5 (28:28):
Should I press the button?

Speaker 1 (28:30):
Well, I mean you can't. I mean we've got two
people that want to play, and I mean press the button. Press.

Speaker 2 (28:35):
It's another Ben Maller game.

Speaker 1 (28:37):
We've endured too many of these? Is it too much
or not enough? Already? So we're gonna have We're gonna
have Dennis play the game homeless mic though, he called
back from Tempe. He was, you were already on, homeless Mike,
you've already been on. You gotta wait till tomorrow to
play the game. No what.

Speaker 6 (28:57):
I can blame one of one.

Speaker 5 (29:02):
Who gives him the authority?

Speaker 1 (29:04):
Do you believe you're in charge, homeless Mike, that you
can do whatever you want?

Speaker 6 (29:08):
I do believe.

Speaker 1 (29:09):
Yeah, okay, well you're wrong. Let's say hello though, to Dennis,
who's in Vermont? Dennis, is you just called in the
other day? Now you're a regular Dennis.

Speaker 6 (29:18):
We got it that right, Ben.

Speaker 2 (29:20):
How you doing?

Speaker 1 (29:20):
How's that new place? You got everything? Good there?

Speaker 6 (29:23):
Yes, it's fantastic.

Speaker 1 (29:25):
All right, very good.

Speaker 6 (29:27):
You know, homeless Mike. Sorry, but uh you know former
homeless Dennis now has a nice apartment to talk to Benn.

Speaker 1 (29:36):
All right, homeless Mike, Are you homeless Michael? You're jealous
of Dennis. He's getting a nice apartment.

Speaker 4 (29:44):
Him.

Speaker 1 (29:44):
Dennis. Would you like homeless Mike to leave Arizona to
go to Vermont to live with you?

Speaker 6 (29:49):
No?

Speaker 1 (29:50):
Okay, absolutely, well, let's play the game. Good luck to
you here, Dennis. Two much time first time that you
always remember your first time? Here? Is this still the
hollering James edition? It's not right? We did that last No,
I just forgot to delete. All right? If you go
five for five, you join the exclusive fifty to fifty
club will name the game after you for a week.
All you have to do is get three right to win?

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Are you ready, Dennis?

Speaker 6 (30:15):
Already? All right?

Speaker 1 (30:17):
Here we go. Question number one. There have been one
hundred leadoff homers hit by American League batters in the
twenty twenty five season. Is that too much or not enough?

Speaker 6 (30:33):
I'm gonna say, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (30:38):
You sure about that?

Speaker 6 (30:40):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (30:41):
Okay, he says not enough. Let's find out that's wrong. Ah,
that's too much. There have been ninety one leadoff homers,
still good for the most in a single season in
ALE history. They're doing that in honor of the greatest
leadoff hitter of all time, the great late Ricky Henderson.
Question number two one, Soto? He plays you know a
team for one? Soto? Yes, Oh, you're right. Yeah. Juan

(31:05):
Soto just became the third player in baseball history with
at least ten home runs, ten stolen bases in twenty
five walks in a calendar month? Is that too much
or not enough? Dennis is contemplating. He's in Vermont right now,
he's trying to get this ready, wants to win the game,

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he wants to go.

Speaker 6 (31:30):
I'm gonna say not enough.

Speaker 1 (31:38):
All right, let's see here is now you're wrong again?
Too much? He is the first player in baseball history
to reach those marks in a calendar months. So the
answer was too much. Well, you're oer for to Dennis,
so you might want to change your strategy. Things are
not going well for you right now, Dennis. Well, that's
all right. See what you do. On question three, jud

(32:00):
Junior Camonero just became only the fifth player in Ray's
history to reach one hundred RBIs in the season. Is
that too much or not enough? Tennis? Calculated, methodical?

Speaker 6 (32:20):
Not enough?

Speaker 1 (32:22):
Let's see that is right? Look at that, you got
it right, You're still alive. Unbelievable. Not enough, as j
did not get shut out. Junior Camanaro seventh Raised player
to reach that mark. Question number four, Matthew Stafford has
thrown for an average of three hundred twenty five yards

(32:42):
per game in season openers as in La RAM Is
that too much or not enough.

Speaker 6 (32:49):
How many times?

Speaker 1 (32:51):
Well, he's been with the Rams. What are we looking
at like five years or so? I think you would
taking so Matthew Savage is thrown for an average of
three hundred twenty five yards per game and season openers
as a Ram. Staylor, Yeah, go ahead, take your time.

Speaker 6 (33:11):
Work there.

Speaker 4 (33:11):
Too much?

Speaker 1 (33:13):
Too much? Let's fight out right again, oh, Dennis. Dennis
is Yeah, that's right. Too much. He has thrown for
an average of three hundred three yards and season openers.
It comes down to this, that's as a RAM. Question
number five, Dennis, this is Game seven of the World Series.
This is your super Bowl. This is the NBA Finals,

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Game seven. The amount of pressure, Dennis, People right now
waking up their families to hear this. The ratings are
going to be through the roof. There are small children
that are in their pajamas right now that are turning
on the radio to hear what you do.

Speaker 6 (33:47):
Christmas.

Speaker 1 (33:49):
You can cut the tension, Dennis. This is unbelievable. Question five.
It has been ten years since the Indianapolis Colts have
won a Week one matchup? Ten years? Is that too
much or not enough? Is this to win or to
lose the game? Dennis in Vermont. What's what say you?

Speaker 6 (34:10):
I want to just google it, but I don't want
to cheat, Soop, that's a long time. I'm gonna say.

Speaker 1 (34:25):
Any dad an an I need an answer. I need
an answer. All right, let's fight out. That's a wad
my god, Dennis says, done it. But Dennis delight. Dennis
comes all the way back. The Coles have got eleven
straight seasons without winning. Well, Dennis, congratulations you you know

(34:48):
you get a golden ticket. Dennis, so good things. Well,
now you got one. It'll change your life in amazing ways. Congratulations, Dennis,
you have a golden ticket. There you go, Dennis and Vermonte.
You're you call and I'll put you on hold. Coop,
we'll explain every evening you right there. All right, we
will get to the Queen of Hearts with lorrain A.
Send your questions and your questions in hashtag Queen of Hearts.

(35:11):
We'll get to that. We will do it next.

Speaker 2 (35:14):
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us out.

Speaker 2 (35:52):
It's other boys with little rain at ten nine clean
up hearts going to help you gear right.

Speaker 1 (36:00):
Tonight. You're right tonight, you rye man.

Speaker 5 (36:08):
It is time now for some love.

Speaker 7 (36:11):
And you know what, Ben, you know we like to
hit a little segment before we start the questions.

Speaker 1 (36:16):
Yes, please please do not let.

Speaker 5 (36:18):
Your desperation seep out.

Speaker 7 (36:20):
Okay, if there's a woman or a man that you're
interested in, you hang out one time. If they leave
a sock or the back of an earring at your house,
do not say, Hey, do you want this back? Can
I come find you and give you back the back
of your earring?

Speaker 1 (36:35):
You're saying that's like a dog marking their territories.

Speaker 5 (36:37):
Are you saying it looks desperate?

Speaker 1 (36:38):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (36:39):
Okay, she will come and talk to you if she
wants to hang out again.

Speaker 7 (36:41):
Okay, throw away the back of that airring, keep that
sock sniffet for later.

Speaker 5 (36:45):
Don't even tell.

Speaker 1 (36:46):
Her you have it. Wow, okay, Salsa writes in says,
I don't drink. I'd rather not buy one for twenty dollars,
but maybe I will look cheap. How do I manage
this with women I meet?

Speaker 7 (37:01):
I have dated multiple men who do not drink, and
it is never a problem. Still offer her, would you
like a beverage? Make sure you don't shame her. I
went on a date once and the guy shamed me
for ordering us Agria. So you know, just because you
don't want to doesn't mean you're cheap. It means you
just don't drink, and that's fine.

Speaker 1 (37:19):
Okay, just offer a water. Douglas rights it says, I'm
I'm coming up Douglas and Mississippi Sis. I'm coming up
with my third wedding anniversary and I want to get
some jewelry. But I can't decide a ring on a ring, necklace, bracelet,
or anklet. What do you suggest?

Speaker 5 (37:35):
Well, if you go to the sex store, they have
special rings there. I would get one of those.

Speaker 1 (37:39):
He was talking about those. I said, Daddy say that.

Speaker 7 (37:43):
Well, there's all sorts of rings, and I want to
make sure he knows there's other.

Speaker 1 (37:46):
Options, other options out there. All right, great advice. That's
why we do the segment right there as example. That's it,
all right. Ferg Dog says, which theme park has more
attractive women? Disneyland or not very Farm, Very important Farm.

Speaker 7 (38:00):
I would say probably has the more scandalous women. But
I've seen a lot of risque outfits of Disney lately,
is that right?

Speaker 5 (38:08):
Yes? Lots of span Dex straight up the butt like.

Speaker 1 (38:12):
Who says no to that? Got?

Speaker 5 (38:16):
Did theyt you in like that?

Speaker 1 (38:17):
As long as you put the Disney ears on, you're good.

Speaker 6 (38:19):
You're good.

Speaker 2 (38:20):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (38:20):
Out of parent Mouse ears, you're just cosplaying.

Speaker 1 (38:22):
Yeah, that's that's right.

Speaker 6 (38:24):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (38:24):
Josh says, I have a sugar mama in another state.
What are your tips you can give to make a
long distance relationship work? Says Josh.

Speaker 7 (38:33):
Oh, for a sugar mama specifically, she probably just wants
your time and attention. So I would, you know, text
her every morning maybe to go out of the way
if you want to really get extra sugar from her,
maybe deliver something to her house. I mean it's long distance, right,
so yeah, send something like send some flowers or maybe
a pizza be like pizza pizza.

Speaker 1 (38:53):
Yeah, late night drug tester says, can we let our
wives and girlfriends know that you too? Tube and win
eight thing now with Benny versus the pen that's right,
Bennie versus the Pennine. It's very important women know about that.

Speaker 5 (39:07):
On YouTube, right, Lorraine, Yes, definitely.

Speaker 1 (39:10):
Unless it's not for some reason James. Well, I can't,
right if I go to James.

Speaker 5 (39:15):
He's gonna come on, give him a chance.

Speaker 1 (39:17):
No, I can't because he's going to destroy the clock.
He's going to say something that'll it'll be a neutron bomb.
And we know you love Tammy, we know, and he
loves you too. He's a big fan of you.

Speaker 2 (39:28):
Know.

Speaker 5 (39:28):
Well, you can manifest love. So just keep dreaming, keep dreaming,
dreaming the dream.

Speaker 1 (39:32):
There you go.