September 24, 2024 • 38 mins
Ben Maller talks about A's owner John Fisher writing a letter to the fans, if there is more to the story of the A's leaving Oakland than we are being told, Maller's Mountain of Money: Nas Edition, and much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome. It's our number three, and we break
up the monotony of the NFL with a little hot
baseball talk the final few days of the baseball season.
We're not going to talk about playoff teams. Instead, we
discuss a letter. How did that letter from A's owner
John Fisher hit you? Is there more to the story
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of the Athletics leaving Oakland than we are being told?
And how should John Fisher have handled the A's situation
in Oakland. He's the guy that's moving the team to
Sacramento and eventually on to Las Vegas. We'll talk about
all that and more right now here. It is our
number three, and it is not exactly a love letter.
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It's something that's the opposite of that. Welcome. In the
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take a pause on the NFL two Monday night games.
We will get back to the rest of you guys
on hold in. Not a single call about anything but
the NFL. But early this hour is from baseball. We're
not going to break down the last week of the
baseball regular season. Playoffs start next week, which is kind
of cool. The story that caught my attention, though, is
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from the Bay Area final couple of games at home
this week for the franchise known as the Athletics under
the Oakland brand. This is it, It's all, she wrote.
A few more home games and Thursday is the finale.
That is when the fun ends, and see you later.
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Time on to Sacramento and then eventually to what they
think will be their permanent home until they finago wore
tax dollars out of another city fifty years from now
and somewhere else. But they'll be in Vegas for a
while anyway, that's the plan. So the games are not
that interesting. Who cares about that? But instead it's all
about It's all about the letter. Now, if you didn't
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see this, and maybe it slipped past your radar, this
guy named John Fisher. You don't know a lot about him.
Why would you. He owns a baseball team, and he's
not a famous owner. There's only a few famous owners.
He's the guy that owns the Athletics. So he released
a prepared letter on Monday addressing the fan base, the
same fan base he's taking the team from to eventually
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go to Nevada. So Fisher did include an apology, he
said in a long winding letter, he wrote, staying in
Oakland was our goal, he said, it was our mission,
and we failed to achieve it. And for that I
am genuinely sorry. And by the way, I'm taking all
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of those tax dollars from Nevada, you suckers. Now, Fisher
purchased the team way back in twenty oh five, with
money he did not earn. And he explained in the
letter that he made every effort to keep the team
in California, every effort until he didn't. All right, so
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let us discuss the question how did this particular letter
from A's owner John Fisher? How did it hit you?
So I've got the Great Gatsby, food stamps and Broadway,
and we're gonna combine all of these things together and
we are going to make an elephant, which is the
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A's mascot. There an elephant, and may an elephant sit
on top of John Fisher. That's what I have to say. Now,
I don't have a dog in the fight. You know this.
I don't Some of you know that I actually got
paid by the Oakland Athletics years ago, and I was
a radio stringer. I did some work for the athletics,
and that was back when Bill King was the voice
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of the A's and Ken Korak, who's still the voice
of the A's is he was just starting out as
a major league broadcaster time. And actually ran into Ken
a while back, and we were reminiscing about those days.
And I don't know that he's going to be with
the team when they're in Vegas or not. But all
that said, I don't. I'm not an AS fan. In fact,
I often hated the A's they played the Dodgers in
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the World Series. I'm a Dodger fan and they had
amazing teams for several periods of my life as a
kid growing up. But as I understand it, this is
more of the same from John Fisher. And rather than
face the music, rather than be out in front, he
stood behind a brigade of spin doctors, high priced PR people,
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dimes the donuts. You want to bet that he did
not actually write that letter. Yeah, methinks that that message
was written by someone who works in the PR world
and he's just trying to curry favor. And the thing
about this is it is a testimonial Fisher and his
career as an owner is a testimonial to the curse
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of the Great Gatsby old money versus new money. And
we see this all the time in the NFL. We
talked earlier about the Bengals, and that's old money. It's
old family money. And when you have old family money,
you just don't run things the right way. And in
my opinion, Now other people think that's great and all
that stuff. It's generational wealth. But Fisher is the epitome
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of that generational wealth, money that has been passed down
from generation to generation, whether it be an investment like
the athletics property, which is also involved in this, and
cash and all that. But new money is someone that
earned it themselves, that either created something came up with
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something of value. That's new money. You earned it. John
Fisher didn't earn that money. He just happened to win
the genetical lottery. Congratulations, right, And he's moving the A's
to Vegas because he got a sweet, hard deal. And
he would have never gotten that in California. We know
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the politics in California would have never given that. There's
a lot of places that just bend over when a
team comes to town. They're like, whatever you want, here
you go, here's all the public money. Take what you want,
leave some for us. But you're not supposed to say
the quiet part out loud. Now, speaking of that page two,
is there more? Is there more to the story of
the athletics leaving Oakland now than we're being told one
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thousand and it's a story that needs to get out there,
but it's not really gotten out there. And I'm gonna
explain this to you like you're in kindergarten. So we're
being told the real reason that the A's had to
leave Oakland now is simple, right, because Major League Baseball
is gonna put a team in Vegas. Eventually, they're gonna
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have an expansion team. They're gonna add two teams. They've
put a team in Vegas. The reason this is happening
is because John Fisher wanted to conte you to get
corporate food stamps. Essentially, that's what he wanted, right. Major
League Baseball revenue sharing follows the market score rating system
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that they have, and I don't really understand all of it.
But from what I am being told by those that
are much smarter than me, the A's, based on their
market score, should not have qualified for the handout that
they were getting. I shouldn't have qualified for that. They
are in a major market, San Francisco Bay Area, they
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have no stadium, and so they were given a special
loophole because of that to receive the handout money from
other teams that actually are trying to win. However, as
my former radio colleague Evan Drelich, who works at the
Athletic tells me that the special loophole that the A's
had to get that money had an expiration date and
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they had to have a deal in place for a
permanent solution to their problems by twenty twenty four. So
Fisher panicked. He panicked, I need that free money. I
need those corporate food stamps. I need them. I need them,
Sam I am, And so he moved. The team announced
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they were moving to Vegas a couple of years ago,
so he can continue to be a tightwad owner and
spend pennies and the revenue sharing handouts from teams like
the Dodgers and the Yankees and the Rangers that spend
a lot of money in the Mets will continue to
come in. Got to keep the corporate version of electric benefits, transfer,
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the EBT card alive and well, alive and well for
the athletics. And plus they'll have more money, not that
they're going to spend it in Vegas. And so John
Fisher will be rewarded for his incompetence as an owner
and writing the letter. Was you talk about before the
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real hoods but would have been going on the camera.
People will saying why didn't you go on camera? Of
course he wasn't gonna do that. Come on all right.
Final thought, So, how should John Fisher and Major League
Baseball have handled the A's situation in Oakland? It's not
that hard. We give out free advice here every night,
five nights a week, and when we do the podcast
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on the weekend. It's very simple. And this is my
approach to all teams. And I feel bad for my
friends in Oakland that loved the A's and there's a
hearty bunch of A's fans that are getting the screw job.
I've been there. I grew up a Rams fan, and
they left, they went to Saint Louis and they came
back eventually. I don't see the A's ever going back
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to Oakland. I think this is it. There was always
a chance even when the Rams left, like well, they
could always come back to LA because LA never got
a team to replace them. But the Giants in San
Francisco are not going to allow another team in that market.
But to answer the question, the way I would approach this,
either and we're told a lot of bull crap as
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sports fans, but either sports teams are a community trust
part of the fabric of the community, right, they're part
of the arts, part of the culture of the community,
or they're not, and you have to decide you can't
have both teams and sports. Want to have both, But
if you're not, I'm fine with that. If you want
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to be run is a big business, I get it.
You are a big business. I totally understand that these
aren't the days of mom and pop sports ownership. Okay, fine,
so you're you're a big corporation, so we'll treat you
like that, and we're gonna limit how much public money
we spend on you. Well, you, but you give a
lot of corporate money into big corporation. That is true.
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But sports, the whole selling point is well it's part
of the fabric of society and all that. Now, if
you're not part of that, again, I'm okay with it.
Pretty simple. The move here, should weasel like John Fisher
be unwilling or unable to pay for a stadium himself,
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then the move is to sell, sell, sell, sell, sell,
sell sell and go to hell, hell, hell, hell, hell.
That would be a move here. You open up the
auctioning house is what you know it Again, it comes
down to whether you're part of the community and the
fabrica of the arts of an area and part of
the culture of an area, or you're not. And if
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you are, the way I look at this, if that's
what you identify as that you're part of a community,
that the athletics are part of. What it's like the
experience of growing up in Oakland and being part of
that community. Okay, the franchise can't leave. It's like I
look at it like Broadway. Let's say they don't sell
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enough tickets on Broadway. Do they announce we're leaving Manhattan.
We're gonna move to Burlington, Vermont. Maybe we'll sell more tickets,
we'll get a better deal. No, they got to figure
it out. They're literally on Broadway in New York, the
theater district. How about in New Orleans, right, Bourbon Street
and all that. Right, it's like, well, you know, not
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enough people came and visited us here at Marty Grass,
so we're gonna move Marty Gras, I don't know, to
Birmingham or something like that. I mean, no, that's part.
You're part of the fabric of the community. When you
think of these places, you think of those things South
Beach in Miami. Same thing. That's like South Beach. They
have a bad year at South Beach where we're gonna
move to Fargo and see if we can make more money.
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We've got a better tax. No so, but these sports
teams they sell it like they're at the same as
Bourbon Street or Broadway or any of these things. But
yet they're willing to leave and go to It's ridiculous anyway.
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Riddle of the day for your dance, singing and dining
in pleasure. Here it is so wedding guests, we're shocked
when a cow in a nearby field turned out to
be blank. That is the Malay riddle of the day
to see does anyone know? The answer would go to
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the Great Unwashed Rob in Vegas, as the cow turned
out to be pregnant with the groom's child. Move. Wow,
all right, guy who thinks he's a cow from Ohio
says for the cow was full of strawberry milk, and
then that would be awesome if cows had show, oh Man,
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strawberry milk. When I was a kid, I was like
a special treat chocolate. I love nest quick strawberry milk
mix in to this day. Yeah, yeah, it's very rare.
When you knew you'd won the lottery. You done something
really good when you got the strawberry milk. That was
like the next next level. Bloody Rowe from Alf the
Alien Opiner. Who else we got page down? Matt the
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Warrior Raider Tom Brady roast fan said his wedding guests
were shocked when a cow and a nearby field turned
out to be Marcel in Brooklyn. That would be shocking.
Who else do we have page down? Let's see who
you had to read that on the air. Andy from
lion O Lake said the cow turned out to be
Blair and angry Bill in a costume. Uh see uh.
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Jay Dodd says I have I'm dumbed down. I forgot
the Malard riddle I'm so dumb now, Miss Piggy guess
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the Maid of Honor that was was the cow across
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the way there? Father of the bride Yes by Donkey
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full lexus. Uh we had Bartolo Cologne guests by Kyle
uh The cow was an oversized panda from Michael Lepper.
Whoopee pie Blair's mother from JT. The Wingman in Utah
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a horse, of course, guessed by Paul. That's his answer.
All right, Martin, you have an answer. Wedding guess this
is the malar rid of the day. Were shocked when
a cow in a nearby field turned out to.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
Be blank Marius Mems backup CINCINETI Bengals offensive tackle.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
All right, look at that and is that correct? Great answer, Martin. Yeah,
I don't know what he said, but sure I know
he's incorrect. The correct answer. This is a viral video
wedding in Oklahoma. What looked to be a cow on
a nearby field, though while the wedding was going on,
turned out to be a furry taking picture. You saw
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this field for hours in a cow. I know, right, man?
And now are you pro or anti furry?
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Well?
Speaker 4 (18:55):
I don't think wearing a tail and ears is bad.
I think it's pretty cute.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Should furries be allowed in high school? Should you be
allowed to dress as a furry at high school?
Speaker 4 (19:05):
I think you should focus on educational school. I'm not
wearing a tail and ears that distract everything.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
I have a fun furry fact for you, Fun Fact
Furry Edition. Years ago, I was in Pittsburgh visiting with
some listeners. We had a Mallard meet and greet in
Pittsburgh and there was a at the hotel across the way.
Now I was not saying this hotel, but across the
way I saw a bunch of people. I thought I
was at an amusement park. I thought, oh, I didn't
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know what the furry was at the time, but there
was a furry convention going on in Pittsburgh.
Speaker 4 (19:41):
Yeah, did this inspire you?
Speaker 5 (19:42):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Scared me? Not inspired, I would say inspired. It scared me.
I was a little taken aback by it. And then
I heard this is my nightmare. Well, you fall down
that rabbit hole when you start under. Did you see
some rabbits?
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Well, you know, you see like what what the furry
lifestyle is like all about. It's a lot involved, it's
a whole those are horny rules that he Yeah, there's
a lot of a lot of that corner. So yeah,
one of those people just get jobs, is like mascot
Jonas was Chuck E Cheese and you can get a job. Wow,
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Jonas was Chucky Cheese. That might be too close to home.
He was a furry though, No, I didn't know he
was the How do you not know that? He talks
about it every other day, Jonas. He always talks about
how do you not know? He was Chuck e Cheese?
Everyone knows you You knew, right, you knew he was
Chucky Cheese, right, I knew? He worked several odd jobs.
He was the actual Chuck Chucky Cheese. That was one
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of his gigs. Now every year, I dress up as
Santa Claus once a year and I get on the
back of a fire truck and I wave. I wave
to get so in many ways, I'm living the furry
lifestyle because it's a furry costume that I put on
and I wave and people they don't think I'm Santa Claus,
but they way back. They're very polite and they're kinds.
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Let's go to the phones and we'll say hello to
man so good came down. Let's say a little Poppy
in San Diego, Hello Poppy.
Speaker 6 (21:10):
Hello, Hello a right o' brich.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
For picking up some food. Hey guys, it's.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
First of all, I'm here working late and I want
to give a great job all of males.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Youa welcome to Martin doing.
Speaker 6 (21:25):
A great job on those uptakes.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
You know, thanks be appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (21:30):
Yeah, yeah, my pleasure. And I just wanted to tell
you know, everyone I went through and on my bitch.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Well, yes, it's all about this is all about Poppy.
This is all about Poppy doing. You're doing a pirouet
and the catwalk is what you're doing.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
No, no, but my little thing is that thank you.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
The thing is that I have. Can I what did
the people order?
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (21:50):
The people order right here. They ordered a I'll tell
you what they did. Yeah, they ordered a big corunchry
wrap and uh they got four saffas and the big
cheese it crunchy combo.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
Chicken no chicken pot cheese sofa.
Speaker 6 (22:10):
I'm pretty sure Lorena will like.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
That, uh for uber eas you know, yeah I did. Yeah. Okay,
well Poppy, there you go. So you're back. What is
his record now? Three and four and three or something
like that something that.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
No, Actually, i'm poor.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
And you lose money at five hundred, you know a game,
and you lose money at five hundred, you have be
about five hundred.
Speaker 6 (22:32):
Oh well, we got a long season, Ben, and I
am going to be going about five hundred, but I
was gonna say for the big Uh.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
You know, Ben Mallard is a bit u. I went
three and all I should go first.
Speaker 6 (22:42):
Uh you know this way on the paper.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Oh stop stop your complaining. You're already complaining. We'll get
in a big head here. Wow. Uh Now, Lorena, you
had the Steelers who did win, you had the Colts
who lost, yes, and you had the Saints who lost.
Speaker 4 (22:59):
No, they won. So I got two out of three.
I got two out of three on my teams. I'm
pretty sure.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Am I direct down the wrong games? No? He didn't one?
That's one? Two?
Speaker 4 (23:08):
No, No, let me let me check, Let me let
me check.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Well, i'm looking at I'm looking. I wrote down the game.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
You will Steelers, Colts, and Saints, and.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
The Saints lost to the Eagles and they were favored.
The Colts lost, Uh, Biscuits was also the Colts. One.
That's one. See, I got two out of three. You're liar? Three?
Why are you trying to make me lose?
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (23:33):
I want to make sure you're paying attention over here.
Darn two weeks in a row.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
I suckt She bounced back.
Speaker 6 (23:42):
I bounced back.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
We both all right, that's one sounds like a trampoline park.
Speaker 6 (23:47):
But I was gonna say it, being like uh uh
for a requests for maybe Ricky he can do like
and not we can do a sound bite like.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
He wants imaging. He's demanding now imaging for the bit
he would like image. No, yeah, we're good on that,
but thank you. All right, make sure those people get
their nacho cheese before it's crazy. All right, you don't
want to get nacho cheese when it's cold. I mean,
you got to eat that crap.
Speaker 4 (24:17):
When it's when it's cold, it gets all lumpy.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
I think you've met it this way. But it's like
he's he's asking for.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Imaging on his On his second, you're like, don't forget
us to finish your door dash uber eats.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
No, I mean, I respect he's working. I didn't mean it.
He said. With the people at you, the nachos, cheese
and salsa and all that crap, it is the ben
mal sho. We're gonna have mallards amunt of money coming
up in a couple of minutes. But right now, let's
get you caught up on everything going on. In the overnight,
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and we say hello to a man who was in
Detroit then got on a plane and made it here.
Traveling man. Yeah, not tired at all? Right, And I
had an uber eats today? You did? I did right
on the way in. Okay, look at that unbelievable Martin
the Man first time on the show. How's it going, Martin?
Everything good? Having a blast? Really you're lying? I am good.
(25:16):
I'm just I'm kind of upset that. Uh, what are
you upset about? It was the guy that always falls asleep?
Oh Halloween, James, where's he at? Your dreams will come through?
Just keep listening. You might be online one who knows
we'll get him for you.
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The Diamondbacks lost to the Giant six to three.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
Arizona leads Atlanta by one and a half games for
the final NL wildcard spot. We only had a handful
of games today in Major League Baseball, but this is
the wild card kind of race right here. Royals and
the Tigers lead the Twins by one game for the
last two wildcard spots in the AL. In the NL
the Diamond actually the Braves by one and a half games.
Like I just said, in the NLS, the Dodgers lead
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Padres by three games.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
You're just clarifying that point. That's a very important point.
You wanted people to know that point, and you just
clarified the point for them. And I just wrote it
down twice because you know, Mark, you know that the
listener listens like to hear about I think it's like
twenty percent maybe of what we say.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
This is something like seven minutes is about the longest
you can expect on to somebody.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Yeah, that's what they claim. But it's like the like
when you're listening, the amount that you actually retain what
kind of just background noise? You know, just in case Arizona,
what is that Martin?
Speaker 3 (26:35):
One and a half games over Atlanta for the final
NL cards?
Speaker 1 (26:38):
That's your fun fact of the hour? Is that not Martin?
Your fun factor the hour? Fun fact? Martin fun fact?
I know? And if I keep going on like this,
I might be looking for a new job myself.
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the Diamondbacks still need the Braves by one and a
half games, and.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
If that changes, break in at any moment, Martin, If
that changes, you got a bit middle of the night.
Will studies say that most people usually only remember seventeen
to twenty five percent of the things that they listened to.
So that means even if we get twenty five percent retention,
seventy five percent of the crap that we're saying, you're
(27:35):
gonna forget seventy five percent. Fun fact, fuck back, fun fact,
fun fact, fun fac fun back, maler fun fact. Well.
Martin mentioned that Trevor Lawrence has now lost eight straight games.
That blows their only number one picks. Who number one
overall picks a quarterback to lose more than eight straight games?
Jameis Winston, You've got Jim Plunkett, Jeff George, Steve Bartkowski,
(28:02):
Jared Goff. He lost ten straight, Carson Palmer lost ten straight,
and the one that lost the most consecutive games as
a number one overall pick is a guy you probably
watched on TV on Monday night, Troy Aisman with the Cowboys.
How about them Cowboys? Eleven straight? That is the record.
(28:22):
So you look ahead and you're like, I want Trevor Lawrence.
The way Jacksonville is playing, they have a legitimate shot
at him being the worst ever in terms of losing streak.
Number one overall pick, and what's ahead? What's ahead for Jacksonville?
You ask? I'm glad you asked. They have the Texans
up next. That'll be a loss in Houston Indianapolis, and
(28:47):
that could be a win. That could be When I
think that game, I think that's a London game. And
then they play the Bears, Bears and at Patriots after that.
So there are some winnable games. But I'm pulling for
Trevor Lawrence to be the biggest quarterback in terms of
number one pick all the time. Let's go to Blind Emmett.
I'm still waiting on cool. Can you get these people
ready for the game show? Otherwise I'll just take calls.
(29:09):
Let's say hello to Blind Emmett, who is hanging out
in Washington. Hello, Blind emmittt what's going on?
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Ben?
Speaker 6 (29:16):
I mean, ay, I'll play the game if you.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Want me to know. I'm good. I'm good. We have people,
but Coops not. He didn't screen him, so we'll get him.
We'll get him.
Speaker 6 (29:23):
Yeah him, Houston have a problem.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
Yeah, what's up?
Speaker 6 (29:27):
I mean, Ben, you remember me calling just you know,
just saying Bryce Young was all good and all that.
Last week I tweet at you, I'm completely wrong about that.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Yes, yes, you were claiming that like everyone else, all
the quarterback suck ups in the media, it's all do
the coaching staff and the offensive lines fault. Suddenly that
offensive line didn't look so bad against the Raiders. Amazing
When you have a real quarterback, it's almost it's almost
like the quarterback is responsible for many of the times
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they get sacked.
Speaker 6 (29:59):
It's amazing, Ben, I'm ready to say it, though I'm
claiming it. I think Trevor Lawrence is a bus.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
I mean, well, that's now that's the original take. Did
you come up with that on your own?
Speaker 6 (30:13):
Oh, one hundred percent. I totally came up with that.
But man, I just you know me, you're calling me
the quarterback suck up.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
Here, Ben, Well, you were you were like you were
like everyone else in the media, all these guys that
make excuses for quarterbacks who are terrible. It's like it's
always someone else's fault. There's no accountability. It drives me insane.
I can't stand it.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
I mean, on one hand, I agree with you, but
there's some situations. I mean, when you said.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
Bryce Young, you you were the one that said Bryce Young,
same coaching staff, same players around him, the quarterback, and
uh look like a completely different team for Carrol.
Speaker 6 (30:49):
The readers are just that trash. But I mean it
could be a bit of both.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
Do you understand if Bryce Young? Hey, blind em, if
Bryce Young had started that game, the Raiders would have
won the game. That's how bad he is.
Speaker 6 (31:04):
Well, okay, then why are seven teams offering them trades?
I mean like they're offering he.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
That's you don't know if that's true? And b what
are they what are they offering? I mean it's called clickbait,
is what it is.
Speaker 6 (31:17):
I mean, clearly this team's interested in him.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
How do you know that you believe everything you hear?
I mean, I hate to tell you, some of these
guys make crap up because they're in the business of
getting clicks, and so they'll make the embellish stories. How
about that, no embeller's stories.
Speaker 6 (31:33):
Oh yeah, obviously the stuff that's like the clickbait all
the time.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
Yeah, it's crazy, I know exactly. All right, you're gonna
have Martin? Do you gonna have Martin on your podcast again?
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (31:45):
I mean, of course Martin. Martin did great. Martin brings
a heat. I mean that dude got some pretty good
takes and he's entertaining.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
Hey, emit, did you know Brian Shung's played eighteen games
in his career? Okay, all right, he's had three losing
streaks of more than five games in a row. That's
not eighteen games in a career. Yeah, six in a row,
six in a row and five in a row.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
And the one that he won.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
That broke up to the streak that would have been eleven,
nine to seven versus Atlanta.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Yeah, and that's the guy you defended. You defended him.
Speaker 6 (32:22):
Defend the Crafts organization. But see, and Andy Dalton go
absolutely off against the Raiders yesterday. I mean, I thought
mac crossey is gonna have a field.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Day, but no, Yeah, I gots all right, I gotta go.
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All right, New York state of Mind, and Jacob, which
one do you want one? Love? All right, all right,
New York state of Mind.
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Frank, you're gonna have forty five seconds and need the
first and last name of the athlete. These athletes were
all born in New York City. Forty five seconds on
the clock.
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Let's go. Uh.
Speaker 5 (35:24):
His Aernest the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael
Yes uh. This was a running back for the Giants.
He is now on the Eagles. Yes uh. This guy
was the manager for the Yankees when they won all
their championships in the nineties. All right, we'll skip it.
(35:46):
We'll skip it. Running back for the Ravens. He punched
a woman in an elevator.
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Hmmm, yeah, soon for yeh big sto.
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Okay, all right, let's go with the cornerback for the Patriots.
He's played in more postseason games than any defensive back
in history.
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He has a twin bad job Cooper. I think he
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He didn't say it stopped but how many points did
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Stop it? All right? Let's Jacob? Are you there, Jacob?
(36:26):
You got thirty points? All right? All right, Jacob, here
we go. You picked one love. These athletes only have
eyes for one woman, as far as we know, went went.
Are you ready?
Speaker 4 (36:36):
I am?
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All right? Forty five seconds on o'clock, Here we go,
the around mound rebound from team Yes. Coach of Golden
State Warriors. Yes, tight end for the old San Diego Chargers.
He never been. Yeah, there you go. Shortstop for the
Red Sox with a really long last name. Back yeah,
(36:57):
guard for the Miami Heat with a krill killer crossover.
Played with the Golden State Warriors. Also his kid, Yes,
guard for Utah Jazz, went to Illinois, went to Illinois
point guard, real tall guy. Else describe him, Darren, Yeah,
you're you're almost there. Yeah, that's sure, all right? Our quarterback,
(37:24):
his brother played in the Super Bowl. He's on ESPN
racist alright. Deron Williams was here, you're looking Darren. I
think he said Darren looks like Darren. But I said Darren.
Speaker 5 (37:34):
Was it Darren?
Speaker 1 (37:35):
Yeah? It was? There was Darren Williams. He played at Illinois.
I made. They played Arizona. He came back from like
fifteen down. I got, I lost. I don't want to
get into it anyway.
Speaker 5 (37:45):
All right, all right, all right, all right? Uh Frank?
What's the score?
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A lot too? A little? All right? Hold on me
and sixty? All right?
Speaker 5 (37:57):
All right, Frank? Do you want if I ruled the
world or nothing lasts forever?
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Hurry up? All right?
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Forty five These athletes went on to become GMS. Forty
five seconds. Let's begin, No chance, Hall of Fame. Quarterback
for the Broncos, one number seven. Yes, uh, this guy
is the logo of the NBA. It's a white guy
for the Lakers. Oh my god, he's dead. Okay, he
(38:24):
is the current GM for the forty nine ers.
Speaker 1 (38:26):
No chance. His father owned a radio station I worked for.
He used to be a safety on the on the
Tampa Bay Bucks. His father did own a radio station, Sandy,
but he doesn't. All right, we're out of time. Congratulations.
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Hello and welcome. It's our number three, and we break
up the monotony of the NFL with a little hot
baseball talk the final few days of the baseball season.
We're not going to talk about playoff teams. Instead, we
discuss a letter. How did that letter from A's owner
John Fisher hit you? Is there more to the story
(00:23):
of the Athletics leaving Oakland than we are being told?
And how should John Fisher have handled the A's situation
in Oakland. He's the guy that's moving the team to
Sacramento and eventually on to Las Vegas. We'll talk about
all that and more right now here. It is our
number three, and it is not exactly a love letter.
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take a pause on the NFL two Monday night games.
We will get back to the rest of you guys
on hold in. Not a single call about anything but
the NFL. But early this hour is from baseball. We're
not going to break down the last week of the
baseball regular season. Playoffs start next week, which is kind
of cool. The story that caught my attention, though, is
(02:16):
from the Bay Area final couple of games at home
this week for the franchise known as the Athletics under
the Oakland brand. This is it, It's all, she wrote.
A few more home games and Thursday is the finale.
That is when the fun ends, and see you later.
(02:38):
Time on to Sacramento and then eventually to what they
think will be their permanent home until they finago wore
tax dollars out of another city fifty years from now
and somewhere else. But they'll be in Vegas for a
while anyway, that's the plan. So the games are not
that interesting. Who cares about that? But instead it's all
about It's all about the letter. Now, if you didn't
(03:02):
see this, and maybe it slipped past your radar, this
guy named John Fisher. You don't know a lot about him.
Why would you. He owns a baseball team, and he's
not a famous owner. There's only a few famous owners.
He's the guy that owns the Athletics. So he released
a prepared letter on Monday addressing the fan base, the
same fan base he's taking the team from to eventually
(03:25):
go to Nevada. So Fisher did include an apology, he
said in a long winding letter, he wrote, staying in
Oakland was our goal, he said, it was our mission,
and we failed to achieve it. And for that I
am genuinely sorry. And by the way, I'm taking all
(03:47):
of those tax dollars from Nevada, you suckers. Now, Fisher
purchased the team way back in twenty oh five, with
money he did not earn. And he explained in the
letter that he made every effort to keep the team
in California, every effort until he didn't. All right, so
(04:11):
let us discuss the question how did this particular letter
from A's owner John Fisher? How did it hit you?
So I've got the Great Gatsby, food stamps and Broadway,
and we're gonna combine all of these things together and
we are going to make an elephant, which is the
(04:31):
A's mascot. There an elephant, and may an elephant sit
on top of John Fisher. That's what I have to say. Now,
I don't have a dog in the fight. You know this.
I don't Some of you know that I actually got
paid by the Oakland Athletics years ago, and I was
a radio stringer. I did some work for the athletics,
and that was back when Bill King was the voice
(04:52):
of the A's and Ken Korak, who's still the voice
of the A's is he was just starting out as
a major league broadcaster time. And actually ran into Ken
a while back, and we were reminiscing about those days.
And I don't know that he's going to be with
the team when they're in Vegas or not. But all
that said, I don't. I'm not an AS fan. In fact,
I often hated the A's they played the Dodgers in
(05:13):
the World Series. I'm a Dodger fan and they had
amazing teams for several periods of my life as a
kid growing up. But as I understand it, this is
more of the same from John Fisher. And rather than
face the music, rather than be out in front, he
stood behind a brigade of spin doctors, high priced PR people,
(05:39):
dimes the donuts. You want to bet that he did
not actually write that letter. Yeah, methinks that that message
was written by someone who works in the PR world
and he's just trying to curry favor. And the thing
about this is it is a testimonial Fisher and his
career as an owner is a testimonial to the curse
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of the Great Gatsby old money versus new money. And
we see this all the time in the NFL. We
talked earlier about the Bengals, and that's old money. It's
old family money. And when you have old family money,
you just don't run things the right way. And in
my opinion, Now other people think that's great and all
that stuff. It's generational wealth. But Fisher is the epitome
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of that generational wealth, money that has been passed down
from generation to generation, whether it be an investment like
the athletics property, which is also involved in this, and
cash and all that. But new money is someone that
earned it themselves, that either created something came up with
(06:44):
something of value. That's new money. You earned it. John
Fisher didn't earn that money. He just happened to win
the genetical lottery. Congratulations, right, And he's moving the A's
to Vegas because he got a sweet, hard deal. And
he would have never gotten that in California. We know
(07:05):
the politics in California would have never given that. There's
a lot of places that just bend over when a
team comes to town. They're like, whatever you want, here
you go, here's all the public money. Take what you want,
leave some for us. But you're not supposed to say
the quiet part out loud. Now, speaking of that page two,
is there more? Is there more to the story of
the athletics leaving Oakland now than we're being told one
(07:30):
thousand and it's a story that needs to get out there,
but it's not really gotten out there. And I'm gonna
explain this to you like you're in kindergarten. So we're
being told the real reason that the A's had to
leave Oakland now is simple, right, because Major League Baseball
is gonna put a team in Vegas. Eventually, they're gonna
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have an expansion team. They're gonna add two teams. They've
put a team in Vegas. The reason this is happening
is because John Fisher wanted to conte you to get
corporate food stamps. Essentially, that's what he wanted, right. Major
League Baseball revenue sharing follows the market score rating system
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that they have, and I don't really understand all of it.
But from what I am being told by those that
are much smarter than me, the A's, based on their
market score, should not have qualified for the handout that
they were getting. I shouldn't have qualified for that. They
are in a major market, San Francisco Bay Area, they
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have no stadium, and so they were given a special
loophole because of that to receive the handout money from
other teams that actually are trying to win. However, as
my former radio colleague Evan Drelich, who works at the
Athletic tells me that the special loophole that the A's
had to get that money had an expiration date and
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they had to have a deal in place for a
permanent solution to their problems by twenty twenty four. So
Fisher panicked. He panicked, I need that free money. I
need those corporate food stamps. I need them. I need them,
Sam I am, And so he moved. The team announced
(09:18):
they were moving to Vegas a couple of years ago,
so he can continue to be a tightwad owner and
spend pennies and the revenue sharing handouts from teams like
the Dodgers and the Yankees and the Rangers that spend
a lot of money in the Mets will continue to
come in. Got to keep the corporate version of electric benefits, transfer,
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the EBT card alive and well, alive and well for
the athletics. And plus they'll have more money, not that
they're going to spend it in Vegas. And so John
Fisher will be rewarded for his incompetence as an owner
and writing the letter. Was you talk about before the
(10:00):
real hoods but would have been going on the camera.
People will saying why didn't you go on camera? Of
course he wasn't gonna do that. Come on all right.
Final thought, So, how should John Fisher and Major League
Baseball have handled the A's situation in Oakland? It's not
that hard. We give out free advice here every night,
five nights a week, and when we do the podcast
(10:21):
on the weekend. It's very simple. And this is my
approach to all teams. And I feel bad for my
friends in Oakland that loved the A's and there's a
hearty bunch of A's fans that are getting the screw job.
I've been there. I grew up a Rams fan, and
they left, they went to Saint Louis and they came
back eventually. I don't see the A's ever going back
(10:43):
to Oakland. I think this is it. There was always
a chance even when the Rams left, like well, they
could always come back to LA because LA never got
a team to replace them. But the Giants in San
Francisco are not going to allow another team in that market.
But to answer the question, the way I would approach this,
either and we're told a lot of bull crap as
(11:04):
sports fans, but either sports teams are a community trust
part of the fabric of the community, right, they're part
of the arts, part of the culture of the community,
or they're not, and you have to decide you can't
have both teams and sports. Want to have both, But
if you're not, I'm fine with that. If you want
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to be run is a big business, I get it.
You are a big business. I totally understand that these
aren't the days of mom and pop sports ownership. Okay, fine,
so you're you're a big corporation, so we'll treat you
like that, and we're gonna limit how much public money
we spend on you. Well, you, but you give a
lot of corporate money into big corporation. That is true.
(11:45):
But sports, the whole selling point is well it's part
of the fabric of society and all that. Now, if
you're not part of that, again, I'm okay with it.
Pretty simple. The move here, should weasel like John Fisher
be unwilling or unable to pay for a stadium himself,
(12:06):
then the move is to sell, sell, sell, sell, sell,
sell sell and go to hell, hell, hell, hell, hell.
That would be a move here. You open up the
auctioning house is what you know it Again, it comes
down to whether you're part of the community and the
fabrica of the arts of an area and part of
the culture of an area, or you're not. And if
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you are, the way I look at this, if that's
what you identify as that you're part of a community,
that the athletics are part of. What it's like the
experience of growing up in Oakland and being part of
that community. Okay, the franchise can't leave. It's like I
look at it like Broadway. Let's say they don't sell
(12:48):
enough tickets on Broadway. Do they announce we're leaving Manhattan.
We're gonna move to Burlington, Vermont. Maybe we'll sell more tickets,
we'll get a better deal. No, they got to figure
it out. They're literally on Broadway in New York, the
theater district. How about in New Orleans, right, Bourbon Street
and all that. Right, it's like, well, you know, not
(13:09):
enough people came and visited us here at Marty Grass,
so we're gonna move Marty Gras, I don't know, to
Birmingham or something like that. I mean, no, that's part.
You're part of the fabric of the community. When you
think of these places, you think of those things South
Beach in Miami. Same thing. That's like South Beach. They
have a bad year at South Beach where we're gonna
move to Fargo and see if we can make more money.
(13:29):
We've got a better tax. No so, but these sports
teams they sell it like they're at the same as
Bourbon Street or Broadway or any of these things. But
yet they're willing to leave and go to It's ridiculous anyway.
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strawberry milk. When I was a kid, I was like
a special treat chocolate. I love nest quick strawberry milk
mix in to this day. Yeah, yeah, it's very rare.
When you knew you'd won the lottery. You done something
really good when you got the strawberry milk. That was
like the next next level. Bloody Rowe from Alf the
Alien Opiner. Who else we got page down? Matt the
(16:56):
Warrior Raider Tom Brady roast fan said his wedding guests
were shocked when a cow and a nearby field turned
out to be Marcel in Brooklyn. That would be shocking.
Who else do we have page down? Let's see who
you had to read that on the air. Andy from
lion O Lake said the cow turned out to be
Blair and angry Bill in a costume. Uh see uh.
(17:21):
Jay Dodd says I have I'm dumbed down. I forgot
the Malard riddle I'm so dumb now, Miss Piggy guess
by Nicolana Lizzo answers uh see. I forty Ian went
with Hillary Clinton as his answer. The Luckness Monster from
King Rory Uh. Chris and Kent Washington said it was
the Maid of Honor that was was the cow across
(17:44):
the way there? Father of the bride Yes by Donkey
Sausage and Roseville, Minnesota scared everyone and said it was
full lexus. Uh we had Bartolo Cologne guests by Kyle
uh The cow was an oversized panda from Michael Lepper.
Whoopee pie Blair's mother from JT. The Wingman in Utah
(18:05):
a horse, of course, guessed by Paul. That's his answer.
All right, Martin, you have an answer. Wedding guess this
is the malar rid of the day. Were shocked when
a cow in a nearby field turned out to.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
Be blank Marius Mems backup CINCINETI Bengals offensive tackle.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
All right, look at that and is that correct? Great answer, Martin. Yeah,
I don't know what he said, but sure I know
he's incorrect. The correct answer. This is a viral video
wedding in Oklahoma. What looked to be a cow on
a nearby field, though while the wedding was going on,
turned out to be a furry taking picture. You saw
(18:44):
this field for hours in a cow. I know, right, man?
And now are you pro or anti furry?
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Well?
Speaker 4 (18:55):
I don't think wearing a tail and ears is bad.
I think it's pretty cute.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Should furries be allowed in high school? Should you be
allowed to dress as a furry at high school?
Speaker 4 (19:05):
I think you should focus on educational school. I'm not
wearing a tail and ears that distract everything.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
I have a fun furry fact for you, Fun Fact
Furry Edition. Years ago, I was in Pittsburgh visiting with
some listeners. We had a Mallard meet and greet in
Pittsburgh and there was a at the hotel across the way.
Now I was not saying this hotel, but across the
way I saw a bunch of people. I thought I
was at an amusement park. I thought, oh, I didn't
(19:33):
know what the furry was at the time, but there
was a furry convention going on in Pittsburgh.
Speaker 4 (19:41):
Yeah, did this inspire you?
Speaker 5 (19:42):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Scared me? Not inspired, I would say inspired. It scared me.
I was a little taken aback by it. And then
I heard this is my nightmare. Well, you fall down
that rabbit hole when you start under. Did you see
some rabbits?
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Well, you know, you see like what what the furry
lifestyle is like all about. It's a lot involved, it's
a whole those are horny rules that he Yeah, there's
a lot of a lot of that corner. So yeah,
one of those people just get jobs, is like mascot
Jonas was Chuck E Cheese and you can get a job. Wow,
(20:16):
Jonas was Chucky Cheese. That might be too close to home.
He was a furry though, No, I didn't know he
was the How do you not know that? He talks
about it every other day, Jonas. He always talks about
how do you not know? He was Chuck e Cheese?
Everyone knows you You knew, right, you knew he was
Chucky Cheese, right, I knew? He worked several odd jobs.
He was the actual Chuck Chucky Cheese. That was one
(20:38):
of his gigs. Now every year, I dress up as
Santa Claus once a year and I get on the
back of a fire truck and I wave. I wave
to get so in many ways, I'm living the furry
lifestyle because it's a furry costume that I put on
and I wave and people they don't think I'm Santa Claus,
but they way back. They're very polite and they're kinds.
(20:58):
Let's go to the phones and we'll say hello to
man so good came down. Let's say a little Poppy
in San Diego, Hello Poppy.
Speaker 6 (21:10):
Hello, Hello a right o' brich.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
For picking up some food. Hey guys, it's.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
First of all, I'm here working late and I want
to give a great job all of males.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Youa welcome to Martin doing.
Speaker 6 (21:25):
A great job on those uptakes.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
You know, thanks be appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (21:30):
Yeah, yeah, my pleasure. And I just wanted to tell
you know, everyone I went through and on my bitch.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Well, yes, it's all about this is all about Poppy.
This is all about Poppy doing. You're doing a pirouet
and the catwalk is what you're doing.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
No, no, but my little thing is that thank you.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
The thing is that I have. Can I what did
the people order?
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (21:50):
The people order right here. They ordered a I'll tell
you what they did. Yeah, they ordered a big corunchry
wrap and uh they got four saffas and the big
cheese it crunchy combo.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
Chicken no chicken pot cheese sofa.
Speaker 6 (22:10):
I'm pretty sure Lorena will like.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
That, uh for uber eas you know, yeah I did. Yeah. Okay,
well Poppy, there you go. So you're back. What is
his record now? Three and four and three or something
like that something that.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
No, Actually, i'm poor.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
And you lose money at five hundred, you know a game,
and you lose money at five hundred, you have be
about five hundred.
Speaker 6 (22:32):
Oh well, we got a long season, Ben, and I
am going to be going about five hundred, but I
was gonna say for the big Uh.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
You know, Ben Mallard is a bit u. I went
three and all I should go first.
Speaker 6 (22:42):
Uh you know this way on the paper.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Oh stop stop your complaining. You're already complaining. We'll get
in a big head here. Wow. Uh Now, Lorena, you
had the Steelers who did win, you had the Colts
who lost, yes, and you had the Saints who lost.
Speaker 4 (22:59):
No, they won. So I got two out of three.
I got two out of three on my teams. I'm
pretty sure.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Am I direct down the wrong games? No? He didn't one?
That's one? Two?
Speaker 4 (23:08):
No, No, let me let me check, Let me let
me check.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Well, i'm looking at I'm looking. I wrote down the game.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
You will Steelers, Colts, and Saints, and.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
The Saints lost to the Eagles and they were favored.
The Colts lost, Uh, Biscuits was also the Colts. One.
That's one. See, I got two out of three. You're liar? Three?
Why are you trying to make me lose?
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (23:33):
I want to make sure you're paying attention over here.
Darn two weeks in a row.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
I suckt She bounced back.
Speaker 6 (23:42):
I bounced back.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
We both all right, that's one sounds like a trampoline park.
Speaker 6 (23:47):
But I was gonna say it, being like uh uh
for a requests for maybe Ricky he can do like
and not we can do a sound bite like.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
He wants imaging. He's demanding now imaging for the bit
he would like image. No, yeah, we're good on that,
but thank you. All right, make sure those people get
their nacho cheese before it's crazy. All right, you don't
want to get nacho cheese when it's cold. I mean,
you got to eat that crap.
Speaker 4 (24:17):
When it's when it's cold, it gets all lumpy.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
I think you've met it this way. But it's like
he's he's asking for.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Imaging on his On his second, you're like, don't forget
us to finish your door dash uber eats.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
No, I mean, I respect he's working. I didn't mean it.
He said. With the people at you, the nachos, cheese
and salsa and all that crap, it is the ben
mal sho. We're gonna have mallards amunt of money coming
up in a couple of minutes. But right now, let's
get you caught up on everything going on. In the overnight,
(24:54):
and we say hello to a man who was in
Detroit then got on a plane and made it here.
Traveling man. Yeah, not tired at all? Right, And I
had an uber eats today? You did? I did right
on the way in. Okay, look at that unbelievable Martin
the Man first time on the show. How's it going, Martin?
Everything good? Having a blast? Really you're lying? I am good.
(25:16):
I'm just I'm kind of upset that. Uh, what are
you upset about? It was the guy that always falls asleep?
Oh Halloween, James, where's he at? Your dreams will come through?
Just keep listening. You might be online one who knows
we'll get him for you.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
The Diamondbacks lost to the Giant six to three.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
Arizona leads Atlanta by one and a half games for
the final NL wildcard spot. We only had a handful
of games today in Major League Baseball, but this is
the wild card kind of race right here. Royals and
the Tigers lead the Twins by one game for the
last two wildcard spots in the AL. In the NL
the Diamond actually the Braves by one and a half games.
Like I just said, in the NLS, the Dodgers lead
(26:00):
Padres by three games.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
You're just clarifying that point. That's a very important point.
You wanted people to know that point, and you just
clarified the point for them. And I just wrote it
down twice because you know, Mark, you know that the
listener listens like to hear about I think it's like
twenty percent maybe of what we say.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
This is something like seven minutes is about the longest
you can expect on to somebody.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Yeah, that's what they claim. But it's like the like
when you're listening, the amount that you actually retain what
kind of just background noise? You know, just in case Arizona,
what is that Martin?
Speaker 3 (26:35):
One and a half games over Atlanta for the final
NL cards?
Speaker 1 (26:38):
That's your fun fact of the hour? Is that not Martin?
Your fun factor the hour? Fun fact? Martin fun fact?
I know? And if I keep going on like this,
I might be looking for a new job myself.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
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a hand?
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That's where Eddie went. That's why he's not here. Yes,
while Express helps people and all interestry swam work.
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to find your local office. That's expresspros dot com. And
the Diamondbacks still need the Braves by one and a
half games, and.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
If that changes, break in at any moment, Martin, If
that changes, you got a bit middle of the night.
Will studies say that most people usually only remember seventeen
to twenty five percent of the things that they listened to.
So that means even if we get twenty five percent retention,
seventy five percent of the crap that we're saying, you're
(27:35):
gonna forget seventy five percent. Fun fact, fuck back, fun fact,
fun fact, fun fac fun back, maler fun fact. Well.
Martin mentioned that Trevor Lawrence has now lost eight straight games.
That blows their only number one picks. Who number one
overall picks a quarterback to lose more than eight straight games?
Jameis Winston, You've got Jim Plunkett, Jeff George, Steve Bartkowski,
(28:02):
Jared Goff. He lost ten straight, Carson Palmer lost ten straight,
and the one that lost the most consecutive games as
a number one overall pick is a guy you probably
watched on TV on Monday night, Troy Aisman with the Cowboys.
How about them Cowboys? Eleven straight? That is the record.
(28:22):
So you look ahead and you're like, I want Trevor Lawrence.
The way Jacksonville is playing, they have a legitimate shot
at him being the worst ever in terms of losing streak.
Number one overall pick, and what's ahead? What's ahead for Jacksonville?
You ask? I'm glad you asked. They have the Texans
up next. That'll be a loss in Houston Indianapolis, and
(28:47):
that could be a win. That could be When I
think that game, I think that's a London game. And
then they play the Bears, Bears and at Patriots after that.
So there are some winnable games. But I'm pulling for
Trevor Lawrence to be the biggest quarterback in terms of
number one pick all the time. Let's go to Blind Emmett.
I'm still waiting on cool. Can you get these people
ready for the game show? Otherwise I'll just take calls.
(29:09):
Let's say hello to Blind Emmett, who is hanging out
in Washington. Hello, Blind emmittt what's going on?
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Ben?
Speaker 6 (29:16):
I mean, ay, I'll play the game if you.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Want me to know. I'm good. I'm good. We have people,
but Coops not. He didn't screen him, so we'll get him.
We'll get him.
Speaker 6 (29:23):
Yeah him, Houston have a problem.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
Yeah, what's up?
Speaker 6 (29:27):
I mean, Ben, you remember me calling just you know,
just saying Bryce Young was all good and all that.
Last week I tweet at you, I'm completely wrong about that.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Yes, yes, you were claiming that like everyone else, all
the quarterback suck ups in the media, it's all do
the coaching staff and the offensive lines fault. Suddenly that
offensive line didn't look so bad against the Raiders. Amazing
When you have a real quarterback, it's almost it's almost
like the quarterback is responsible for many of the times
(29:57):
they get sacked.
Speaker 6 (29:59):
It's amazing, Ben, I'm ready to say it, though I'm
claiming it. I think Trevor Lawrence is a bus.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
I mean, well, that's now that's the original take. Did
you come up with that on your own?
Speaker 6 (30:13):
Oh, one hundred percent. I totally came up with that.
But man, I just you know me, you're calling me
the quarterback suck up.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
Here, Ben, Well, you were you were like you were
like everyone else in the media, all these guys that
make excuses for quarterbacks who are terrible. It's like it's
always someone else's fault. There's no accountability. It drives me insane.
I can't stand it.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
I mean, on one hand, I agree with you, but
there's some situations. I mean, when you said.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
Bryce Young, you you were the one that said Bryce Young,
same coaching staff, same players around him, the quarterback, and
uh look like a completely different team for Carrol.
Speaker 6 (30:49):
The readers are just that trash. But I mean it
could be a bit of both.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
Do you understand if Bryce Young? Hey, blind em, if
Bryce Young had started that game, the Raiders would have
won the game. That's how bad he is.
Speaker 6 (31:04):
Well, okay, then why are seven teams offering them trades?
I mean like they're offering he.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
That's you don't know if that's true? And b what
are they what are they offering? I mean it's called clickbait,
is what it is.
Speaker 6 (31:17):
I mean, clearly this team's interested in him.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
How do you know that you believe everything you hear?
I mean, I hate to tell you, some of these
guys make crap up because they're in the business of
getting clicks, and so they'll make the embellish stories. How
about that, no embeller's stories.
Speaker 6 (31:33):
Oh yeah, obviously the stuff that's like the clickbait all
the time.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
Yeah, it's crazy, I know exactly. All right, you're gonna
have Martin? Do you gonna have Martin on your podcast again?
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (31:45):
I mean, of course Martin. Martin did great. Martin brings
a heat. I mean that dude got some pretty good
takes and he's entertaining.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
Hey, emit, did you know Brian Shung's played eighteen games
in his career? Okay, all right, he's had three losing
streaks of more than five games in a row. That's
not eighteen games in a career. Yeah, six in a row,
six in a row and five in a row.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
And the one that he won.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
That broke up to the streak that would have been eleven,
nine to seven versus Atlanta.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Yeah, and that's the guy you defended. You defended him.
Speaker 6 (32:22):
Defend the Crafts organization. But see, and Andy Dalton go
absolutely off against the Raiders yesterday. I mean, I thought
mac crossey is gonna have a field.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Day, but no, Yeah, I gots all right, I gotta go.
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Speaker 2 (33:22):
Now Poormailer's Mountain of Money? Do you have what it
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Speaker 5 (33:33):
All.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
Let's get to the game right now. We welcome in
our contestants. We have Frank in San Diego. Hello, Frank,
who hear me? Can you hear me? Now? Frank, what
part of San Diego are you in? Frank? Oh, look
(33:53):
at you, very bougie Pacific Beach. All right, very nice, Frank.
You want to play the game? I assume who do
you want to partner up with? Frank? You got me?
Ben Eddie is away with Martin. We have the Coople Loop,
and if you really want to have fun, pick a Lorena.
Speaker 6 (34:11):
Lorena.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
Here's here's me sarcastic. Yeah, all right, who do you
want to partner with? You? Frank? Seriously? Yeah? All right? Cool,
very good? All right, hold on second, you will play
the game, and we have Jacob in Delaware. Hello, Jacob?
Speaker 6 (34:29):
Hey you doing Ben?
Speaker 1 (34:30):
Good sir? How's everything with you? Everything's good, buddy? All right,
you're on the phone, Frank, Jacob. Who do you want
to partner up with? Jacob? You be all right? We're
in it to win it. What are the categories? Hoople Loop?
What are we? All right? Gentlemen?
Speaker 5 (34:45):
This is Malard's Mountain of Money NAS edition. He turned
fifty one years old last weekend. H Category one is
New York state of Mind. Category two is one Love,
Category three if I ruled the world, and category four
nothing lasts forever. Frank you were on first? Which category
would you like to start with?
Speaker 2 (35:03):
We go to New York.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
All right, New York state of Mind, and Jacob, which
one do you want one? Love? All right, all right,
New York state of Mind.
Speaker 5 (35:15):
Frank, you're gonna have forty five seconds and need the
first and last name of the athlete. These athletes were
all born in New York City. Forty five seconds on
the clock.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Let's go. Uh.
Speaker 5 (35:24):
His Aernest the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael
Yes uh. This was a running back for the Giants.
He is now on the Eagles. Yes uh. This guy
was the manager for the Yankees when they won all
their championships in the nineties. All right, we'll skip it.
(35:46):
We'll skip it. Running back for the Ravens. He punched
a woman in an elevator.
Speaker 1 (35:51):
Hmmm, yeah, soon for yeh big sto.
Speaker 5 (35:55):
Okay, all right, let's go with the cornerback for the Patriots.
He's played in more postseason games than any defensive back
in history.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
He has a twin bad job Cooper. I think he
said it at the end. No, he didn't say how
many points? Was that like ten? Or what did you say?
He didn't say it stopped but how many points did
he given? I wasn't keeping school. What did you say, Frank?
Stop it? All right? Let's Jacob? Are you there, Jacob?
(36:26):
You got thirty points? All right? All right, Jacob, here
we go. You picked one love. These athletes only have
eyes for one woman, as far as we know, went went.
Are you ready?
Speaker 4 (36:36):
I am?
Speaker 1 (36:37):
All right? Forty five seconds on o'clock, Here we go,
the around mound rebound from team Yes. Coach of Golden
State Warriors. Yes, tight end for the old San Diego Chargers.
He never been. Yeah, there you go. Shortstop for the
Red Sox with a really long last name. Back yeah,
(36:57):
guard for the Miami Heat with a krill killer crossover.
Played with the Golden State Warriors. Also his kid, Yes,
guard for Utah Jazz, went to Illinois, went to Illinois
point guard, real tall guy. Else describe him, Darren, Yeah,
you're you're almost there. Yeah, that's sure, all right? Our quarterback,
(37:24):
his brother played in the Super Bowl. He's on ESPN
racist alright. Deron Williams was here, you're looking Darren. I
think he said Darren looks like Darren. But I said Darren.
Speaker 5 (37:34):
Was it Darren?
Speaker 1 (37:35):
Yeah? It was? There was Darren Williams. He played at Illinois.
I made. They played Arizona. He came back from like
fifteen down. I got, I lost. I don't want to
get into it anyway.
Speaker 5 (37:45):
All right, all right, all right, all right? Uh Frank?
What's the score?
Speaker 1 (37:50):
A lot too? A little? All right? Hold on me
and sixty? All right?
Speaker 5 (37:57):
All right, Frank? Do you want if I ruled the
world or nothing lasts forever?
Speaker 1 (38:00):
Hurry up? All right?
Speaker 5 (38:03):
Forty five These athletes went on to become GMS. Forty
five seconds. Let's begin, No chance, Hall of Fame. Quarterback
for the Broncos, one number seven. Yes, uh, this guy
is the logo of the NBA. It's a white guy
for the Lakers. Oh my god, he's dead. Okay, he
(38:24):
is the current GM for the forty nine ers.
Speaker 1 (38:26):
No chance. His father owned a radio station I worked for.
He used to be a safety on the on the
Tampa Bay Bucks. His father did own a radio station, Sandy,
but he doesn't. All right, we're out of time. Congratulations.
Check up another win on the All Time Wednesday at
Malors Mountain. No money quite on the more
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