November 8, 2023 • 39 mins
Ben Maller talks about former Raiders GM Dave Ziegler ripping Josh McDaniels on his way out of Vegas, Mike Vrabel deciding to move forward with Will Levis, Password: Word Game of the Stars, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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x third shift workers who have gone to the dreaded
day shift who listen to the podcast. So what is
the meaning of a former NFL executive Dave Ziegler ripping
Josh McDaniels on his way out of lost wages Nevada?
Is the video going around of CEO Jonathan Kraft ripping
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the Patriots roster something or nothing? And what exactly is
Mike Rabel talking about when he discussed the quarterback change
in Tennessee with Will Levis. Well iron out all the
details on all that and here we go. Heo, oh,
it's our number four. Have a wonderful hump day. Let
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Way tire buying show me and our lead this hour,
coming from Sin City. The story that still has legs
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involving the Raiders out of the Nevada Desert. The Silver
and Black fallout continues now Mark Davis, the spawn of
Al vaporized the brains of the Raiders. The ex pats
are running back to Bill Belichick begging for jobs. As
Belichick's trying to hang on to his job. We're now
getting nuggets of gold, nuggets of gold from the Raiders.
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If you have not heard, perhaps not, we have now
learned that the former Vegas GM who comes from Patriot Place,
Dave Ziegler, Lade of Vegas, tried to talk head coach
Josh McDaniels out of signing Jimmy Garoppolo to a fateful
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three year contract for seventy two million dollars sports Illus traded.
They're still in business. That's a shocker. They reported that
Ziegler thought it was a horrible decision to sign Jimmy
garopp but ultimately he said, you know what, you know
what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do it anyway. And
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because Josh McDaniels had final cut, final edit, and Josh
wanted Garoppolo, and so Dave Ziegler said, I got to
give this guy my quarterback. Plus he's got more power
than me. And but the Dave Ziegler, the GM of
the Raiders, thought it was a terrible decision. So let
us discuss the question what is the meaning? What is
the purpose of Dave Ziegler and this story of him
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ripping Josh McDaniels on both of their exits from Lost
Wages Nevada. So I've got Greyhound Bus, spades and tick talk,
and we will combine all of these things together and
we are going to make a bunch of losing tickets
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at the sportsbook, which is what Dave zig when Josh
McDaniels gave Raider fans a bunch of those losing tickets. Yeah, yeah, exactly,
all right, So our top thought on this is welcome
to the spin cycle, not spin cycle Regina. She lives
in Minnesota. But Dave Ziegler is attempting to distance himself
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from the nuclear fallout zone of the Raider Rubble, and
it's like bedrock there the Raider Rubble. Even though he
was the GMS, Ziegler is attempting to say that he
had no power. He was ballless toothless as the general
manager of the Raiders, and he's trying to downplay his involvement.
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So let's play a game. We haven't played this game
in a while. I would like to play the game
right now if you will give me the opportunity to
play it with you. So here's the game. Who leaked
the story? Who do you think leaked the story that
Dave Ziegler did not want? Jimmy Garoppolo is the Raiders quarterback.
He attempted to play hardball, but McDaniels went out. So
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the two questions we always ask are the first question
is who stands the gain from the league and why
would you leak?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Now?
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Okay, the clear and obvious answer to both of those
questions is Dave Ziegler and people around him playing with
loaded dice. He's trying to control the narrative. He's trying
to drive the narrative that even though he was the GM,
he had no power and he knew this was a
disaster and he knew better, but he could not convince
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his head coach to go the other way. So he's
trying to minimize the damage done with the Raiders. You
plant the story now because the story's still fresh, and
Ziegler can then latch his tentacles on to some other
NFL front office gig in tim Bucktoo or parts unknown.
You just figure out a job somewhere on the Great
Blue Yonder and Dave Ziegler went to the greyhound bus
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term and he tossed Josh McDaniels under the bus that
was headed to Al Paso. He just tossed him bright
on the bus. He washed his hands with Jimmy g
and is now free to roam around the cabin to
try to find another NFL gig somewhere. That it wasn't
my fault, and it wasn't me, It wasn't me, all right. Furthermore,
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headline from New England AFC East Cellar dwellers still making
News several of our p ones in the Greater Boston
area who live in the Commonwealth in the New Land
States who listened to the show religiously, and God bless you.
These fine folks sent me this show. I just sent
from multiple listeners and I did not see this initially,
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so I will I will thank you for sending this
my way. And it involves the ownership class of the
Patriots admitting the teams a bunch of patsies in a
viral clip. Now in the clip, it was taken off
the Fox broadcast with our friend Kenny Albert doing the game,
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and it shows owner Robert Kraft and his right hand
man aka son Jonathan Kraft. They're sitting in their luxury box,
their ivory tower, looking down at their minions, the great Unwashed,
the Hoy PILOI out on the field in the stands
and they're watching the game against the team formerly known
as the Redskins. And the lip readers noticed that Jonathan
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Craft trashed the Patriots. Say what yeah, lip readers. Cording
to the lipreaters, now this is in the third quarter.
He waved his hand wave of the hand and said
we're not a good team. While he was reaching for
his binoculars. Now Sitting to his right was the owner
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of the team, his pops, Robert Craft, who knows where
to get a good massage. The orchards of Asia Day
Spa there. He also his favorite tree is the fruit
of the poisonous tree. That's his favorite tree. Anyway. In
the video, as we said, Jonathan Craft, the CEO, was
ripping the Patriots. Is this something or nothing? Is this
something or nothing? So I will go first. I'm going
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to say this is nothing because I will gure run
to you. I will guarantee you the behind closed doors.
This is the kind of stuff that is said all
the time. They know that you know what you know,
and you don't know what you don't know. Publicly, they
have to candy coat everything with sugar. Privately, they can
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be frank. Privately, they off the record. He didn't realize
that he was on camera at the time, Jonathan Craft.
And he's playing spades, right, He's calling a spade a spade.
The Patriots need humanitarian relief at this point. They need
a humanitarian aid mission to save them. They're terrible. They're
better at special teams offense and defense. I don't know
what else there is. Keep in mind Jonathan Craft said
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the team was not good enough. While the team was winning.
They were up by a touchdown in the third court
order against Washington. You know what you know, and when
you've brushed up against greatness, you know the opposite of greatness.
And no one is singing Kumbai yah. As the Patriot
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traveling party heads to Germany, and we'll Bill Belichick make
it back. I believe he will. I'm in a Belichick
will not be fired mindset. But we'll see if I'm
right or not. Should they go out and lose to
the Colts. I look at the Colts pretty similar to
the Washington football team. If you lost to Washington, you
can certainly lose to the Indianapolis Colts. And the games
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in Germany, and we know Mac Jones, things go haywire
for him. Will things also go haywire for Minshu Mania
my guy Gardner Minshew, who's a bit of a loose
can all right? Partishaw headline from the Music City, The
Tennessee Titans going all in on Will Levis, the rookie quarterback.
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No longer eat, no longer just an injury replacement guy.
He's no longer that he will start the game on
Sunday against Tampa Bay now known as Tampa Bay again.
So Will Levis is going to start. Now this is newsworthy.
I'll tell you why, because the Veterans starting quarterback Ryan
Tannehill is healthy and has been benched. He has been
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benched in shame. Tannehill is expected to be the backup,
so he'll likely get another bite out of the apple,
but for now he has been demoted. The head coach,
Mike Rabel, is he the next Patriot coach? Mister Fancy
Schmancy himself. Mike Rabel, well, he told the reporters quote
there's clearly something there was the quote, and that is
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for words about Will Levis. Clearly something there. So the
question what exactly is Mike Rabel talking about with Will Levis?
So here's how I interpreted thisicular quote. I'm never wrong
about these things. What Mike Rabel is saying is that
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Ryan Tannehill is antiquated. It's like using dial up internet
to go on MySpace, where Will Levis is closer to
TikTok on high speed internet. The jury is not in
on Will Levis, but the verdict is in on Ryan Tannehill,
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and they were singing a song in the jury room.
In the jury room, the song was da Da Da
Da da da Hey Hey good bye. That was the
song Tennessee will be giving. Will levis an open casting call,
dry run, dummy run, whatever you want to call it,
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to have the full time gig next season. The ball
is in his court. Well, it's actually his hands, and
so that's that's the way I take it is. I
take it at face value that the Titans like what
they saw on week want again. He didn't completely fall
off the map against Pittsburgh, and so they got to
find out if they have something, and if they have something,
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they'll hold on to it. If not, you'll have Alligator
Arms Murray as your quarterback. Can next year, Kyler Murray
somebody like that. They'll be the quarterback shuffle yet again.
There'll be a bunch of quarterbacks that change teams. It
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I know I had a pretty good week again, and
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Speaker 1 (15:19):
Coming up later this hour, we will have Password, the
Word Game, other stars and some great audio we'll play
as well. We have amazing audio, and I was told
by boll my Man, well you got great audio, you
gotta play it. All we got is audio. That's it.
We we got good audio, you gotta play it. So
we'll play the good audio. We'll take your calls, the
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whole shabang, the whole shebang. As we work our way
through the overnight, the tabloids reporting that, oh Jay Simpson
not doing so well, Say what Yeah, Ojay is very
active on Twitter. It's apparently not moving well at all.
Radar Radar Online, one of the great smut websites, says
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a frail looking OJ Simpson was spotted hunched over struggling
to walk in a rare public outing. Now, is that
OJ just having a bad day? The guy's seventy six.
I'm assuming you have bad days. But I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know the juice who knows.
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I've heard from people in Vegas that he lives like
a king. When he goes out, everyone wants to take
their photo with OJ and have a great time with
The Daily Mail also has video of a hunched back
OJ Simpson wearing a tracksuit jacket and sweatpants and apparently
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tolls it needs a cane to walk around.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Who's OJ?
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Yeah? But doesn't like evil live forever?
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Right?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
So OJ should be fine? All right? I think this
kind of keeps going on and on and on. So
do we do we have this audio? Coop? Do we
have this ready to go? I will say we the
good audio here?
Speaker 2 (17:05):
All right?
Speaker 1 (17:05):
We have this radio? So this is great audio. I
somehow I was gonna play this earlier, but I'll save
it for prime time. I consider this our primetime hour.
So we go to the general manager meetings in Arizona
and Brian Cashman he's getting he's just attacked by the
meeting because he's done a terrible job with the Yankee's
got one of the biggest payrolls in baseball, and the
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Yankees have not been a very good team here recently,
and so Cashman's also under attack because of the analytics.
It's a common knowledge in baseball that the Yankees are
all about analytics, that Aaron Boone doesn't actually manage the Yankees,
that he just follows the three ring binder that Brian
Cashman and Goose Gossage was the one that really pushed
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this forward. That Goose Gossage said a few years back
that Brian Cashman has an army of nerds that follow
him around. Well, it appears that Brian Cashman, the gym
in the New York Yankee has gone Popeye the Sailor Man.
Now you know you know what that means, right, Popeye
the Sailor Man. That's an old cartoon, and it means
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he can't take it anymore. Right, that he's had enough
and he's decided that's all I can stands and I
can't stand no more. So here's Brian Cashman pushing back
on your little narrative that the Yankees are all about
the analytics, take a.
Speaker 7 (18:29):
List and injuries which are largely out of your control.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
But is there anything that needs to change and will
change on the process side.
Speaker 8 (18:36):
Oh, we're always looking to improve on process. So last year,
like last year, everybody thought that well, first and foremost.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
On here we go.
Speaker 8 (18:44):
Here we I want to make sure you know, and
I think it's been put out there. So people talk
about we're analytically driven, right, yeah, here we go. Do
you know where the second the least large. We have
the smallest analytics department in the American leagueest is that
a socrate? You guys got the largest pro scatting department
in all baseball?
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Is that a chakra to you?
Speaker 8 (19:02):
To everybody shouldn't be But no one's doing their deep dives.
They're just throwing ammunition and bullshit and accusing us of
being run analytically. Analytics is an important spoken our wheel,
but it should be in everybody's will, and it really
is an important spoken every operation that's having success. There's
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not one team that's not using it. We're no different.
But to be said, we're guided by analytics as a driver.
It's a lie, but that's what people want to say.
Speaker 9 (19:31):
I know.
Speaker 8 (19:32):
I can't change that narrative. All I can continue to
do is say bulls not true. But I will you
know guarantee it's important, and we utilize it along with
our pro scouting opinions, along with our amateur scouting opinions.
And yes, sometimes we do better than and sometimes we
do worse with some of our decisions. Sometimes they don't
work out, but that's also part of the process, and
we've had obviously our fair share in the more recent
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two seasons.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
That's the gist of it. The bullshoy for Brian cash
a couple of things. My first question is, how does
Brian Cashman know that the Yankees' analytics department is the
lowest in the American lease He must mean in terms
of employees. I'm assuming he doesn't know the finances of
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the Red Sox or the Rays or the Blue Jays
of the Orioles on how much they spend dollar for
dollar on the analytics. So we've got that. That's the
first thing. Now, the second thing is you can tell
that Brian Cashman is feeling it right, very contentious, very
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argumentative with the media. He's bickering and he he's feeling
now whether or not that leads to his dismissal as
the Yankees gam it's fair to say that if the
Yankees don't make some noise in the American League next
year and go on a run, that that's it. Goodbye
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to Youla. Very combative. I'm all for it. I love it.
I love the fact that he's trying to be rate
the media because that's always a battle you win, right
you always you could admonish the media and chastise them.
You're never going to win that battle. But I love
good personally. Yeah, oh that's good. Let's go to the phones.
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Let's say hello to you. Got that Doc in Chicago,
the great Doc Mike in the Windy City, Hello Doc Mike.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Good morning Bennie. And uh, where's Eddie in Chicago? Watching the.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Eddie retired? He finally retired from the show, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
No, I think he's.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Been gone so much. I think he finally retired. I
don't know. I don't I don't work in HR.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
You know, we had the second coming of Jesus over
here on the black Hawks. I thought, maybe come over
and see the kid.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Oh is that what they're calling Connor Bernard? Are you
now you are you a fan of Connor or not?
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Absolutely? The kids hot and you know the Bulls are
in the tank. The Cubs have tanked, the Bears have tanked,
the socks of tanked. So our last hope here is
the twenty thousand black Hawk fans that are in Chicago.
You know, they load the stadium up and watch for
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the fights and get drunk like the forty thousand drunks
that Wriggley Field. And you know, the kid's doing okay.
He's scored a couple of goals and he's very talent.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
The more importantly, Doc, when baseball season comes around in
twenty twenty four, will you be back at Wrigley Field
with the goat head or is that tradition now over?
Speaker 2 (22:46):
Don't you get it? Well, I'm going to the Bears
with some goat heads. Bear. Yeah, you know they Well,
I know you you've bounced me off your show when
we start talking about epileptics. But guess what, the doctors
have made a decision not to hire some bears because
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they have some medical problems. I think it's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Are you back in Chicago. You're probably not right.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
It's twenty years ago. Yeah, I remember twenty years ago
when we were All we were talking about was like
a half hour straight of adverse reactions to steroids.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Yes, yes, we had. We used to have Doc on
for a half an hour back in the day, and
we just did amazing steroids.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
It was a banned and you got banned from the score. Yeah,
banned from Chicago.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
I did. I got kicked out of Chicago because of you.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
John.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
How do you feel do you feel guilty? Doc, that
because of you, this show was not broadcast in Chicago
for years. Do you feel any kind of guilt? No,
you don't, right, you have so much footstet.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
You do not feel any gift on your you know
that's on your suits over there that you know. We've
got six million rabid cub fans over here. Okay, we
need your drivel.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
That's right, that's right, we do need my Yeah, we
are heard in Chicago, Doc, you know we're on that
satellite radio. We're on that, yeah, but the internet radio.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
You know where it is a little uh double a
battery station. About those are my.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Favorite radio stations. I love the ones you have to
like crank the wheel to turn on the power on
the transmitter. Those are my favorite radio stations. Yeah, Doc,
I gotta go, But Doc, hold on, Doc, maybe I'll
go back to you. There is the great Doc Mike.
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Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller
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Speaker 6 (24:43):
No NBA tonight, it's election night in a few states,
so the league deciding to take the entire night after
last night.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
It's night, last night, day, It's it's now five in
the morning. It's five thirty in the morning. That was
last night. It's a new day. People are starting their
day today and you talking about tonight. But it's a
new dawn.
Speaker 7 (25:02):
It's a new day.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Yeah, I'll teach you how the clock works there. That'll
be in my masterclass Radio for idiots.
Speaker 7 (25:09):
Kevin's referring to his consciousness like he's been awake since yesterday.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
So are you trying to clean up his mess? No,
I'm just spill on Aisle seven.
Speaker 6 (25:19):
I mean, you're the only one who thinks it's a mess.
But I think he's just adding context to the situation
as all. It's a mess anyway, college basketball wasn't.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Actually going Oh my god, college number.
Speaker 6 (25:31):
Twenty Baylor opening the season with a win Againsts.
Speaker 7 (25:37):
Come from behind a win over Auburn on opening night.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
Baylor takes the season opener over the Tigers eighty eight
eighty two. The final score.
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Speaker 7 (26:05):
Back to you, big Ben, All right, there's a reason
for that Play the Day, Ben, there's a reason for
college basketball. We had to get to play the day
in there.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
So I want to play a hockey highlight. Trust me,
more people care about hockey than college basketball right now.
Speaker 9 (26:17):
I think that's available, but not really.
Speaker 6 (26:20):
I mean, if you're north of.
Speaker 7 (26:23):
It was regularly sure.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
But if you look at their television ratings for college basketball,
no one's watching zero zippo. There's no audience Anyway, Ryan
in Main points out there's a big event this weekend
and it's probably been publicized a lot there locally, but
there's a event. They're holding their first Annuel Lewiston Strong
Memorial Benefits softball tournament. It's being held there. There was
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the the craziness that happened in the state of Maine
a few weeks ago, and so they're they're raising money,
trying to help people out there, the families. They're selling.
They got food trucksweatshirts and all that for the other
listeners in Maine. You probably already know about it, but
it sounds like a fun event. I'm bummed out. Ryan
invited me, Ryan and made invited me, but unfortunately my
lear jet, the Fox Jet, is not available. But theyre
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got food t shirts, food trucks, all kinds of thing,
playing cornhole, and they're gonna unite together and all that.
All proceeds of that event going to be the families,
according to Ryan in Me. So that's that's a cool
that's a cool thing. So anyway, let's get back to
the phones. Let's say hello to Benny in Ottawa. It's
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Ben and Ben or Benny and Benny. Hello.
Speaker 9 (27:32):
Benny, Yes, sir, how we doing?
Speaker 1 (27:35):
If I was any better, I'd be a penny. But
no I wouldn't because I beat the penny on Benny
versus the penny last week.
Speaker 9 (27:42):
Yes, yes, yes, well I was hoping to play password.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
But no, I didn't realize that. I thought you just
wanted to talk. Well, hold honest, well, I didn't realize that.
I just saw your name on the screen. Let's go
to Marcel in Brooklyn. Hello, Marcel, thing, Ben.
Speaker 9 (28:03):
Paul, Sam, and I don't do understand. I hope you
guys are saying back on Monday doing about the Eddie
and Karen's wedding here in my state of New York.
How was it? I hope he's not retired, but he'll
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be back with you sometime soon.
Speaker 7 (28:27):
In the West Eddie got married?
Speaker 9 (28:28):
Huh, Yes, Eddie and Karen got married.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Really he got married?
Speaker 9 (28:35):
And also why was I not a but also told
me about the latest on Instagram the scene on New
York instead.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Now, Marcel, did you see the photo Eddie took of
the Statue of Liberty. It's the single greatest photo I've
seen in years. It should win some kind of photography award.
Speaker 9 (28:54):
Yes, it is yes it is. The Photography award belongs
to him not and also on Instagram's eddies the I
G page. I saw the Madison Square Garden where the
Knicks and Rangers and Saint John's played, and also not
just for the sports, but it's also great entertainment at
(29:16):
the world's most famous arena, the mecca of the garden
continues a great tradition what none other.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Now have you ever been to Madison Square Garden?
Speaker 9 (29:24):
Yes, I've never been to MSG before either. Saw the
Ringling Brothers and Monny Bailey Circus I was a child.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Did they have elephants?
Speaker 9 (29:35):
All elephants, great circus, great cloud?
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Yeah, he got rid of They got rid of the
elephants because the the wackos said, we can't have anything fun,
so they got rid of the elephants. I used to
love going to the circus. The smell of crap from
the animals, the clowns with their you know, their funny
shoes and their their red noses, and all that fun
under the big Top, under the Big Top.
Speaker 9 (29:57):
Fun for all ages, yes, under the big not fun
for all ages exceptar teene at exceptee.
Speaker 7 (30:07):
Teens can have fun the circus, Oh, they can't.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
According to Marcel a fun for all ages except teenage.
Speaker 7 (30:12):
No, the circus is stupid.
Speaker 9 (30:15):
Yeah, fun, that's a lot.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Are you sure a why Marcel? Is it true that
you are going to leave Brooklyn to join the circus
and travel around as a hobo working at the carnival
at the circus. No, you are denying that. Okay, Marcel
is denying that he will work as a hobo.
Speaker 9 (30:39):
Hobo hobo according to Mike's quarter page, or should I
say acts? Oh, Johnny Conson, one of the great late
night viewers over the years on NBC, had signing to
the Rams to be back up at Stafford. What no.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Got here, Marcell? You gotta talk slower. So you're reporting
the Rams have signed who to be the backup quarterback?
Speaker 9 (31:07):
Oh? Johnny Carson for Stafford? Got his mind?
Speaker 1 (31:14):
Judy? Can you tweet out that breaking news, coop, because
that that's impressive. The king of late night TV, Johnny
Carson is now going to play a quarterback for the Rams.
Nobody else has that content.
Speaker 9 (31:27):
M He's done many years ago.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
Yeah as well. No, he died. I died in the
two thousand. I think the Rams are actually gonna go
down to the cemetery with a shovel and they're gonna
dig him off to play quarterback.
Speaker 9 (31:40):
Yes, that's what you're going to do, waiting for Ryan
and May will play it along because of his TV pits.
And it's a good down and it's a new day
it is, so let get into it. And yes, Ryan
in Maine listening on a big jab right now, who's
joining us as well? More than welcome aboard? What is
(32:02):
your TV pick from last night?
Speaker 2 (32:05):
I think you watch adult programing Pearl Thomas and his brother.
Speaker 9 (32:13):
Oh warning, no nudity and all language shup will not
be allowed on radio or TV made by the FCC.
But this is not.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Technically, Marceli. You can be naked on the radio. In fact,
I'm naked right now. What No, put some calls on
absolutely naked right now. It's radio. Nobody can see it
can be naked.
Speaker 9 (32:40):
Not being naked on TV or radio.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
FCC, are you looking at me right now?
Speaker 9 (32:46):
What?
Speaker 1 (32:47):
No, you're not looking. You can't look at me because
it's radio. I say you watch the New York Rangers
defeat the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night at Madison
Square gard the mixed match.
Speaker 9 (33:00):
It is.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Okay, I always say, I say, I'm go ahead, buddy, Marcel.
Speaker 7 (33:06):
You were watching the Drake Bulldogs and stealing their signs
and Poughkeepsie for Drake versus Marist. That's what you're watching.
Speaker 9 (33:13):
That's not a mixed match, Sam, But thank.
Speaker 10 (33:15):
You though, I think you watched the series finale of
the Sopranos.
Speaker 9 (33:23):
Oh this is from Max Shames Scandefini died many years ago.
But that's not a mixed match either. That's in your
seatbelts to see who is going to be the TV
pick that night? Al Ben, Yes, it is wan TV
(33:44):
pick from last night Blue Shirts Detroit.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Yeah, that's nowhere.
Speaker 9 (33:53):
Hard Game of the Stars. If you want to play
with Ben and new guys, call now eight seven seven
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show right after this.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
All right, hey, by the way, that's say I looked
it up. James Gandalfini. Tony soprano. You know it's been
ten years since he died.
Speaker 7 (34:09):
Wow, I thought it was like three or four years ago.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
Died in twenty thirteen. Oh man, how much how much money?
If he had lived? How much more? I mean he
would have made like two or three soprano movies right.
They were planning on making movies for the Sopranos, and
you know, he unfortunately kicked the bucket. He was only
fifty one too. There's a guy that very older, Yeah,
very talented actor, but he looked a lot older than
(34:33):
his you know age. I think I thought he looked
a little maybe too much. Goba Ghulba goal could be
I don't know. Died of a heart attack in Rome's
fifty one Man Tony Soprano. I love the Sopranos. I
got really into that show back in the day. It
is the Ben mal Show. I also have gotten into password,
the word Game of the Stars. If you would like
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Speaker 9 (34:57):
Well dressed Hobo.
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the word Game of the Stars. Here's Ben Meller.
Speaker 1 (35:48):
All right, here we go, let's do it. Here we go.
We say hello to Benny and Ottawa. He was on earlier,
but he wanted to play. Hello Benny and Ottawa.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
Yeah there, I'm here.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
All right? What are you doing Outawa?
Speaker 2 (35:58):
Benny Toders Shop?
Speaker 1 (36:01):
All right, very good? And then Iowa Sam. You can
either pick caller number one, caller two, or caller three.
I'll go with three, all right. You'll picked Colin in Minneapolis. Hello,
Colin Hope ever are you there? Colin?
Speaker 9 (36:22):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (36:22):
Good morning?
Speaker 1 (36:23):
All right, good morning to you, Colin. Your phone sounds
wonderful unless it doesn't. All right, Benny, who do you
want to partner with? Benny? You got me Ben, you
got Iowa Sam or koval Loop.
Speaker 9 (36:34):
I'll take Benny.
Speaker 1 (36:35):
All right. It's Benny and Benny Colin in Minneapolis. Who
do you want to partner up with? Iowa Sam or
the Kooble Loop. All right, that's the matchup. We have
a list of words one to ten. Benny, get us
start at pick a number, and then we'll give you
the clue.
Speaker 9 (36:53):
I'm gonna have to go with lucky number nine.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Number nine. All right, I'm gonna go with sneakers. The
password is sneakers. Mm hmmm, Benny, Come on, Benny, Gary,
(37:19):
somebody doesn't know how to play the game.
Speaker 7 (37:21):
Butter sausage. Get it out of my face. I think
this guy's This guy's sabotaging you.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
I think so, I believe so. All right, go ahead.
The first time you've put somebody on to sabotage me
in a game show, You've done that a lot of
Cooper Loop over you. I still have the most wins
of all time. Go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 7 (37:40):
Yeah, go uh go ahead, call in a pick pick
of number.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Yeah, I know it's number nine. You know that's right,
that's right, that's right. Forget how to play the game.
Speaker 10 (37:50):
Well, I just that was so bad. I just I
thought we were moving on. Let's go with Boots. Come on,
what do you he said footwear.
Speaker 1 (38:03):
Oh my god, do we have to get rid of password?
Is it time? Now? Okay? All right? How about sandals? Benny?
How about what sandals?
Speaker 2 (38:19):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (38:22):
I'm this close to okay, I'm hanging up on you. Yeah,
we're done with Benny and very funny? Is is our
friend from Florida still online?
Speaker 2 (38:33):
There?
Speaker 1 (38:33):
Cooper? Did he hang out? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (38:35):
He's there?
Speaker 1 (38:36):
All right? Jed and Jed and Ottawa? Jed? All right,
you're in. You're in the sandals? Is the clue?
Speaker 9 (38:47):
Uh?
Speaker 8 (38:49):
Dad?
Speaker 9 (38:50):
You go, we're on the board. Did all right?
Speaker 1 (38:54):
Pick a number?
Speaker 9 (38:54):
Jen? Right now?
Speaker 2 (38:57):
Baby, Threember number three?
Speaker 1 (39:00):
All right, let's go with Tardy. Say again, Tardi, I can't.
I don't care, like yeah, it's amazing cooping.
Speaker 10 (39:17):
You have people actually know whatever saved you.
Speaker 1 (39:22):
You cheat it again. I didn't cheat. You cheated by
putting Betty and Ottawa on Another win for me.
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x third shift workers who have gone to the dreaded
day shift who listen to the podcast. So what is
the meaning of a former NFL executive Dave Ziegler ripping
Josh McDaniels on his way out of lost wages Nevada?
Is the video going around of CEO Jonathan Kraft ripping
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the Patriots roster something or nothing? And what exactly is
Mike Rabel talking about when he discussed the quarterback change
in Tennessee with Will Levis. Well iron out all the
details on all that and here we go. Heo, oh,
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Way tire buying show me and our lead this hour,
coming from Sin City. The story that still has legs
(02:11):
involving the Raiders out of the Nevada Desert. The Silver
and Black fallout continues now Mark Davis, the spawn of
Al vaporized the brains of the Raiders. The ex pats
are running back to Bill Belichick begging for jobs. As
Belichick's trying to hang on to his job. We're now
getting nuggets of gold, nuggets of gold from the Raiders.
(02:34):
If you have not heard, perhaps not, we have now
learned that the former Vegas GM who comes from Patriot Place,
Dave Ziegler, Lade of Vegas, tried to talk head coach
Josh McDaniels out of signing Jimmy Garoppolo to a fateful
(02:54):
three year contract for seventy two million dollars sports Illus traded.
They're still in business. That's a shocker. They reported that
Ziegler thought it was a horrible decision to sign Jimmy
garopp but ultimately he said, you know what, you know
what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do it anyway. And
(03:14):
because Josh McDaniels had final cut, final edit, and Josh
wanted Garoppolo, and so Dave Ziegler said, I got to
give this guy my quarterback. Plus he's got more power
than me. And but the Dave Ziegler, the GM of
the Raiders, thought it was a terrible decision. So let
us discuss the question what is the meaning? What is
the purpose of Dave Ziegler and this story of him
(03:36):
ripping Josh McDaniels on both of their exits from Lost
Wages Nevada. So I've got Greyhound Bus, spades and tick talk,
and we will combine all of these things together and
we are going to make a bunch of losing tickets
(03:57):
at the sportsbook, which is what Dave zig when Josh
McDaniels gave Raider fans a bunch of those losing tickets. Yeah, yeah, exactly,
all right, So our top thought on this is welcome
to the spin cycle, not spin cycle Regina. She lives
in Minnesota. But Dave Ziegler is attempting to distance himself
(04:20):
from the nuclear fallout zone of the Raider Rubble, and
it's like bedrock there the Raider Rubble. Even though he
was the GMS, Ziegler is attempting to say that he
had no power. He was ballless toothless as the general
manager of the Raiders, and he's trying to downplay his involvement.
(04:41):
So let's play a game. We haven't played this game
in a while. I would like to play the game
right now if you will give me the opportunity to
play it with you. So here's the game. Who leaked
the story? Who do you think leaked the story that
Dave Ziegler did not want? Jimmy Garoppolo is the Raiders quarterback.
He attempted to play hardball, but McDaniels went out. So
(05:05):
the two questions we always ask are the first question
is who stands the gain from the league and why
would you leak?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Now?
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Okay, the clear and obvious answer to both of those
questions is Dave Ziegler and people around him playing with
loaded dice. He's trying to control the narrative. He's trying
to drive the narrative that even though he was the GM,
he had no power and he knew this was a
disaster and he knew better, but he could not convince
(05:35):
his head coach to go the other way. So he's
trying to minimize the damage done with the Raiders. You
plant the story now because the story's still fresh, and
Ziegler can then latch his tentacles on to some other
NFL front office gig in tim Bucktoo or parts unknown.
You just figure out a job somewhere on the Great
Blue Yonder and Dave Ziegler went to the greyhound bus
(05:59):
term and he tossed Josh McDaniels under the bus that
was headed to Al Paso. He just tossed him bright
on the bus. He washed his hands with Jimmy g
and is now free to roam around the cabin to
try to find another NFL gig somewhere. That it wasn't
my fault, and it wasn't me, It wasn't me, all right. Furthermore,
(06:19):
headline from New England AFC East Cellar dwellers still making
News several of our p ones in the Greater Boston
area who live in the Commonwealth in the New Land
States who listened to the show religiously, and God bless you.
These fine folks sent me this show. I just sent
from multiple listeners and I did not see this initially,
(06:41):
so I will I will thank you for sending this
my way. And it involves the ownership class of the
Patriots admitting the teams a bunch of patsies in a
viral clip. Now in the clip, it was taken off
the Fox broadcast with our friend Kenny Albert doing the game,
(07:03):
and it shows owner Robert Kraft and his right hand
man aka son Jonathan Kraft. They're sitting in their luxury box,
their ivory tower, looking down at their minions, the great Unwashed,
the Hoy PILOI out on the field in the stands
and they're watching the game against the team formerly known
as the Redskins. And the lip readers noticed that Jonathan
(07:26):
Craft trashed the Patriots. Say what yeah, lip readers. Cording
to the lipreaters, now this is in the third quarter.
He waved his hand wave of the hand and said
we're not a good team. While he was reaching for
his binoculars. Now Sitting to his right was the owner
(07:48):
of the team, his pops, Robert Craft, who knows where
to get a good massage. The orchards of Asia Day
Spa there. He also his favorite tree is the fruit
of the poisonous tree. That's his favorite tree. Anyway. In
the video, as we said, Jonathan Craft, the CEO, was
ripping the Patriots. Is this something or nothing? Is this
something or nothing? So I will go first. I'm going
(08:10):
to say this is nothing because I will gure run
to you. I will guarantee you the behind closed doors.
This is the kind of stuff that is said all
the time. They know that you know what you know,
and you don't know what you don't know. Publicly, they
have to candy coat everything with sugar. Privately, they can
(08:32):
be frank. Privately, they off the record. He didn't realize
that he was on camera at the time, Jonathan Craft.
And he's playing spades, right, He's calling a spade a spade.
The Patriots need humanitarian relief at this point. They need
a humanitarian aid mission to save them. They're terrible. They're
better at special teams offense and defense. I don't know
what else there is. Keep in mind Jonathan Craft said
(08:53):
the team was not good enough. While the team was winning.
They were up by a touchdown in the third court
order against Washington. You know what you know, and when
you've brushed up against greatness, you know the opposite of greatness.
And no one is singing Kumbai yah. As the Patriot
(09:14):
traveling party heads to Germany, and we'll Bill Belichick make
it back. I believe he will. I'm in a Belichick
will not be fired mindset. But we'll see if I'm
right or not. Should they go out and lose to
the Colts. I look at the Colts pretty similar to
the Washington football team. If you lost to Washington, you
can certainly lose to the Indianapolis Colts. And the games
(09:37):
in Germany, and we know Mac Jones, things go haywire
for him. Will things also go haywire for Minshu Mania
my guy Gardner Minshew, who's a bit of a loose
can all right? Partishaw headline from the Music City, The
Tennessee Titans going all in on Will Levis, the rookie quarterback.
(09:59):
No longer eat, no longer just an injury replacement guy.
He's no longer that he will start the game on
Sunday against Tampa Bay now known as Tampa Bay again.
So Will Levis is going to start. Now this is newsworthy.
I'll tell you why, because the Veterans starting quarterback Ryan
Tannehill is healthy and has been benched. He has been
(10:21):
benched in shame. Tannehill is expected to be the backup,
so he'll likely get another bite out of the apple,
but for now he has been demoted. The head coach,
Mike Rabel, is he the next Patriot coach? Mister Fancy
Schmancy himself. Mike Rabel, well, he told the reporters quote
there's clearly something there was the quote, and that is
(10:45):
for words about Will Levis. Clearly something there. So the
question what exactly is Mike Rabel talking about with Will Levis?
So here's how I interpreted thisicular quote. I'm never wrong
about these things. What Mike Rabel is saying is that
(11:06):
Ryan Tannehill is antiquated. It's like using dial up internet
to go on MySpace, where Will Levis is closer to
TikTok on high speed internet. The jury is not in
on Will Levis, but the verdict is in on Ryan Tannehill,
(11:27):
and they were singing a song in the jury room.
In the jury room, the song was da Da Da
Da da da Hey Hey good bye. That was the
song Tennessee will be giving. Will levis an open casting call,
dry run, dummy run, whatever you want to call it,
(11:47):
to have the full time gig next season. The ball
is in his court. Well, it's actually his hands, and
so that's that's the way I take it is. I
take it at face value that the Titans like what
they saw on week want again. He didn't completely fall
off the map against Pittsburgh, and so they got to
find out if they have something, and if they have something,
(12:09):
they'll hold on to it. If not, you'll have Alligator
Arms Murray as your quarterback. Can next year, Kyler Murray
somebody like that. They'll be the quarterback shuffle yet again.
There'll be a bunch of quarterbacks that change teams. It
is the Ben Mallor Show. As we continue on, We're
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(13:15):
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And I don't know yet whether I beat the Penny.
I know I had a pretty good week again, and
we'll see if we stacked back to back wins. As
the Penny starts to slow down a little bit, as
we get to the dog days of the NFL season,
(13:37):
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Coming up later this hour, we will have Password, the
Word Game, other stars and some great audio we'll play
as well. We have amazing audio, and I was told
by boll my Man, well you got great audio, you
gotta play it. All we got is audio. That's it.
We we got good audio, you gotta play it. So
we'll play the good audio. We'll take your calls, the
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whole shabang, the whole shebang. As we work our way
through the overnight, the tabloids reporting that, oh Jay Simpson
not doing so well, Say what Yeah, Ojay is very
active on Twitter. It's apparently not moving well at all.
Radar Radar Online, one of the great smut websites, says
(16:03):
a frail looking OJ Simpson was spotted hunched over struggling
to walk in a rare public outing. Now, is that
OJ just having a bad day? The guy's seventy six.
I'm assuming you have bad days. But I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know the juice who knows.
(16:24):
I've heard from people in Vegas that he lives like
a king. When he goes out, everyone wants to take
their photo with OJ and have a great time with
The Daily Mail also has video of a hunched back
OJ Simpson wearing a tracksuit jacket and sweatpants and apparently
(16:45):
tolls it needs a cane to walk around.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Who's OJ?
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Yeah? But doesn't like evil live forever?
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Right?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
So OJ should be fine? All right? I think this
kind of keeps going on and on and on. So
do we do we have this audio? Coop? Do we
have this ready to go? I will say we the
good audio here?
Speaker 2 (17:05):
All right?
Speaker 1 (17:05):
We have this radio? So this is great audio. I
somehow I was gonna play this earlier, but I'll save
it for prime time. I consider this our primetime hour.
So we go to the general manager meetings in Arizona
and Brian Cashman he's getting he's just attacked by the
meeting because he's done a terrible job with the Yankee's
got one of the biggest payrolls in baseball, and the
(17:26):
Yankees have not been a very good team here recently,
and so Cashman's also under attack because of the analytics.
It's a common knowledge in baseball that the Yankees are
all about analytics, that Aaron Boone doesn't actually manage the Yankees,
that he just follows the three ring binder that Brian
Cashman and Goose Gossage was the one that really pushed
(17:48):
this forward. That Goose Gossage said a few years back
that Brian Cashman has an army of nerds that follow
him around. Well, it appears that Brian Cashman, the gym
in the New York Yankee has gone Popeye the Sailor Man.
Now you know you know what that means, right, Popeye
the Sailor Man. That's an old cartoon, and it means
(18:12):
he can't take it anymore. Right, that he's had enough
and he's decided that's all I can stands and I
can't stand no more. So here's Brian Cashman pushing back
on your little narrative that the Yankees are all about
the analytics, take a.
Speaker 7 (18:29):
List and injuries which are largely out of your control.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
But is there anything that needs to change and will
change on the process side.
Speaker 8 (18:36):
Oh, we're always looking to improve on process. So last year,
like last year, everybody thought that well, first and foremost.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
On here we go.
Speaker 8 (18:44):
Here we I want to make sure you know, and
I think it's been put out there. So people talk
about we're analytically driven, right, yeah, here we go. Do
you know where the second the least large. We have
the smallest analytics department in the American leagueest is that
a socrate? You guys got the largest pro scatting department
in all baseball?
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Is that a chakra to you?
Speaker 8 (19:02):
To everybody shouldn't be But no one's doing their deep dives.
They're just throwing ammunition and bullshit and accusing us of
being run analytically. Analytics is an important spoken our wheel,
but it should be in everybody's will, and it really
is an important spoken every operation that's having success. There's
(19:22):
not one team that's not using it. We're no different.
But to be said, we're guided by analytics as a driver.
It's a lie, but that's what people want to say.
Speaker 9 (19:31):
I know.
Speaker 8 (19:32):
I can't change that narrative. All I can continue to
do is say bulls not true. But I will you
know guarantee it's important, and we utilize it along with
our pro scouting opinions, along with our amateur scouting opinions.
And yes, sometimes we do better than and sometimes we
do worse with some of our decisions. Sometimes they don't
work out, but that's also part of the process, and
we've had obviously our fair share in the more recent
(19:54):
two seasons.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
That's the gist of it. The bullshoy for Brian cash
a couple of things. My first question is, how does
Brian Cashman know that the Yankees' analytics department is the
lowest in the American lease He must mean in terms
of employees. I'm assuming he doesn't know the finances of
(20:16):
the Red Sox or the Rays or the Blue Jays
of the Orioles on how much they spend dollar for
dollar on the analytics. So we've got that. That's the
first thing. Now, the second thing is you can tell
that Brian Cashman is feeling it right, very contentious, very
(20:36):
argumentative with the media. He's bickering and he he's feeling
now whether or not that leads to his dismissal as
the Yankees gam it's fair to say that if the
Yankees don't make some noise in the American League next
year and go on a run, that that's it. Goodbye
(20:58):
to Youla. Very combative. I'm all for it. I love it.
I love the fact that he's trying to be rate
the media because that's always a battle you win, right
you always you could admonish the media and chastise them.
You're never going to win that battle. But I love
good personally. Yeah, oh that's good. Let's go to the phones.
(21:21):
Let's say hello to you. Got that Doc in Chicago,
the great Doc Mike in the Windy City, Hello Doc Mike.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Good morning Bennie. And uh, where's Eddie in Chicago? Watching the.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Eddie retired? He finally retired from the show, Eddie.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
No, I think he's.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Been gone so much. I think he finally retired. I
don't know. I don't I don't work in HR.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
You know, we had the second coming of Jesus over
here on the black Hawks. I thought, maybe come over
and see the kid.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Oh is that what they're calling Connor Bernard? Are you
now you are you a fan of Connor or not?
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Absolutely? The kids hot and you know the Bulls are
in the tank. The Cubs have tanked, the Bears have tanked,
the socks of tanked. So our last hope here is
the twenty thousand black Hawk fans that are in Chicago.
You know, they load the stadium up and watch for
(22:23):
the fights and get drunk like the forty thousand drunks
that Wriggley Field. And you know, the kid's doing okay.
He's scored a couple of goals and he's very talent.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
The more importantly, Doc, when baseball season comes around in
twenty twenty four, will you be back at Wrigley Field
with the goat head or is that tradition now over?
Speaker 2 (22:46):
Don't you get it? Well, I'm going to the Bears
with some goat heads. Bear. Yeah, you know they Well,
I know you you've bounced me off your show when
we start talking about epileptics. But guess what, the doctors
have made a decision not to hire some bears because
(23:07):
they have some medical problems. I think it's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Are you back in Chicago. You're probably not right.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
It's twenty years ago. Yeah, I remember twenty years ago
when we were All we were talking about was like
a half hour straight of adverse reactions to steroids.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Yes, yes, we had. We used to have Doc on
for a half an hour back in the day, and
we just did amazing steroids.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
It was a banned and you got banned from the score. Yeah,
banned from Chicago.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
I did. I got kicked out of Chicago because of you.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
John.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
How do you feel do you feel guilty? Doc, that
because of you, this show was not broadcast in Chicago
for years. Do you feel any kind of guilt? No,
you don't, right, you have so much footstet.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
You do not feel any gift on your you know
that's on your suits over there that you know. We've
got six million rabid cub fans over here. Okay, we
need your drivel.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
That's right, that's right, we do need my Yeah, we
are heard in Chicago, Doc, you know we're on that
satellite radio. We're on that, yeah, but the internet radio.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
You know where it is a little uh double a
battery station. About those are my.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Favorite radio stations. I love the ones you have to
like crank the wheel to turn on the power on
the transmitter. Those are my favorite radio stations. Yeah, Doc,
I gotta go, But Doc, hold on, Doc, maybe I'll
go back to you. There is the great Doc Mike.
Speaker 3 (24:37):
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Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.
Speaker 6 (24:43):
No NBA tonight, it's election night in a few states,
so the league deciding to take the entire night after
last night.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
It's night, last night, day, It's it's now five in
the morning. It's five thirty in the morning. That was
last night. It's a new day. People are starting their
day today and you talking about tonight. But it's a
new dawn.
Speaker 7 (25:02):
It's a new day.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Yeah, I'll teach you how the clock works there. That'll
be in my masterclass Radio for idiots.
Speaker 7 (25:09):
Kevin's referring to his consciousness like he's been awake since yesterday.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
So are you trying to clean up his mess? No,
I'm just spill on Aisle seven.
Speaker 6 (25:19):
I mean, you're the only one who thinks it's a mess.
But I think he's just adding context to the situation
as all. It's a mess anyway, college basketball wasn't.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Actually going Oh my god, college number.
Speaker 6 (25:31):
Twenty Baylor opening the season with a win Againsts.
Speaker 7 (25:37):
Come from behind a win over Auburn on opening night.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
Baylor takes the season opener over the Tigers eighty eight
eighty two. The final score.
Speaker 6 (25:47):
That was John Morris on the Baylor Sports Network from
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Speaker 7 (26:05):
Back to you, big Ben, All right, there's a reason
for that Play the Day, Ben, there's a reason for
college basketball. We had to get to play the day
in there.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
So I want to play a hockey highlight. Trust me,
more people care about hockey than college basketball right now.
Speaker 9 (26:17):
I think that's available, but not really.
Speaker 6 (26:20):
I mean, if you're north of.
Speaker 7 (26:23):
It was regularly sure.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
But if you look at their television ratings for college basketball,
no one's watching zero zippo. There's no audience Anyway, Ryan
in Main points out there's a big event this weekend
and it's probably been publicized a lot there locally, but
there's a event. They're holding their first Annuel Lewiston Strong
Memorial Benefits softball tournament. It's being held there. There was
(26:45):
the the craziness that happened in the state of Maine
a few weeks ago, and so they're they're raising money,
trying to help people out there, the families. They're selling.
They got food trucksweatshirts and all that for the other
listeners in Maine. You probably already know about it, but
it sounds like a fun event. I'm bummed out. Ryan
invited me, Ryan and made invited me, but unfortunately my
lear jet, the Fox Jet, is not available. But theyre
(27:08):
got food t shirts, food trucks, all kinds of thing,
playing cornhole, and they're gonna unite together and all that.
All proceeds of that event going to be the families,
according to Ryan in Me. So that's that's a cool
that's a cool thing. So anyway, let's get back to
the phones. Let's say hello to Benny in Ottawa. It's
(27:29):
Ben and Ben or Benny and Benny. Hello.
Speaker 9 (27:32):
Benny, Yes, sir, how we doing?
Speaker 1 (27:35):
If I was any better, I'd be a penny. But
no I wouldn't because I beat the penny on Benny
versus the penny last week.
Speaker 9 (27:42):
Yes, yes, yes, well I was hoping to play password.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
But no, I didn't realize that. I thought you just
wanted to talk. Well, hold honest, well, I didn't realize that.
I just saw your name on the screen. Let's go
to Marcel in Brooklyn. Hello, Marcel, thing, Ben.
Speaker 9 (28:03):
Paul, Sam, and I don't do understand. I hope you
guys are saying back on Monday doing about the Eddie
and Karen's wedding here in my state of New York.
How was it? I hope he's not retired, but he'll
(28:25):
be back with you sometime soon.
Speaker 7 (28:27):
In the West Eddie got married?
Speaker 9 (28:28):
Huh, Yes, Eddie and Karen got married.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Really he got married?
Speaker 9 (28:35):
And also why was I not a but also told
me about the latest on Instagram the scene on New
York instead.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Now, Marcel, did you see the photo Eddie took of
the Statue of Liberty. It's the single greatest photo I've
seen in years. It should win some kind of photography award.
Speaker 9 (28:54):
Yes, it is yes it is. The Photography award belongs
to him not and also on Instagram's eddies the I
G page. I saw the Madison Square Garden where the
Knicks and Rangers and Saint John's played, and also not
just for the sports, but it's also great entertainment at
(29:16):
the world's most famous arena, the mecca of the garden
continues a great tradition what none other.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Now have you ever been to Madison Square Garden?
Speaker 9 (29:24):
Yes, I've never been to MSG before either. Saw the
Ringling Brothers and Monny Bailey Circus I was a child.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Did they have elephants?
Speaker 9 (29:35):
All elephants, great circus, great cloud?
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Yeah, he got rid of They got rid of the
elephants because the the wackos said, we can't have anything fun,
so they got rid of the elephants. I used to
love going to the circus. The smell of crap from
the animals, the clowns with their you know, their funny
shoes and their their red noses, and all that fun
under the big Top, under the Big Top.
Speaker 9 (29:57):
Fun for all ages, yes, under the big not fun
for all ages exceptar teene at exceptee.
Speaker 7 (30:07):
Teens can have fun the circus, Oh, they can't.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
According to Marcel a fun for all ages except teenage.
Speaker 7 (30:12):
No, the circus is stupid.
Speaker 9 (30:15):
Yeah, fun, that's a lot.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Are you sure a why Marcel? Is it true that
you are going to leave Brooklyn to join the circus
and travel around as a hobo working at the carnival
at the circus. No, you are denying that. Okay, Marcel
is denying that he will work as a hobo.
Speaker 9 (30:39):
Hobo hobo according to Mike's quarter page, or should I
say acts? Oh, Johnny Conson, one of the great late
night viewers over the years on NBC, had signing to
the Rams to be back up at Stafford. What no.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Got here, Marcell? You gotta talk slower. So you're reporting
the Rams have signed who to be the backup quarterback?
Speaker 9 (31:07):
Oh? Johnny Carson for Stafford? Got his mind?
Speaker 1 (31:14):
Judy? Can you tweet out that breaking news, coop, because
that that's impressive. The king of late night TV, Johnny
Carson is now going to play a quarterback for the Rams.
Nobody else has that content.
Speaker 9 (31:27):
M He's done many years ago.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
Yeah as well. No, he died. I died in the
two thousand. I think the Rams are actually gonna go
down to the cemetery with a shovel and they're gonna
dig him off to play quarterback.
Speaker 9 (31:40):
Yes, that's what you're going to do, waiting for Ryan
and May will play it along because of his TV pits.
And it's a good down and it's a new day
it is, so let get into it. And yes, Ryan
in Maine listening on a big jab right now, who's
joining us as well? More than welcome aboard? What is
(32:02):
your TV pick from last night?
Speaker 2 (32:05):
I think you watch adult programing Pearl Thomas and his brother.
Speaker 9 (32:13):
Oh warning, no nudity and all language shup will not
be allowed on radio or TV made by the FCC.
But this is not.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Technically, Marceli. You can be naked on the radio. In fact,
I'm naked right now. What No, put some calls on
absolutely naked right now. It's radio. Nobody can see it
can be naked.
Speaker 9 (32:40):
Not being naked on TV or radio.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
FCC, are you looking at me right now?
Speaker 9 (32:46):
What?
Speaker 1 (32:47):
No, you're not looking. You can't look at me because
it's radio. I say you watch the New York Rangers
defeat the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night at Madison
Square gard the mixed match.
Speaker 9 (33:00):
It is.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Okay, I always say, I say, I'm go ahead, buddy, Marcel.
Speaker 7 (33:06):
You were watching the Drake Bulldogs and stealing their signs
and Poughkeepsie for Drake versus Marist. That's what you're watching.
Speaker 9 (33:13):
That's not a mixed match, Sam, But thank.
Speaker 10 (33:15):
You though, I think you watched the series finale of
the Sopranos.
Speaker 9 (33:23):
Oh this is from Max Shames Scandefini died many years ago.
But that's not a mixed match either. That's in your
seatbelts to see who is going to be the TV
pick that night? Al Ben, Yes, it is wan TV
(33:44):
pick from last night Blue Shirts Detroit.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Yeah, that's nowhere.
Speaker 9 (33:53):
Hard Game of the Stars. If you want to play
with Ben and new guys, call now eight seven seven
ninety nine on Fox for three minutes past the hour
show right after this.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
All right, hey, by the way, that's say I looked
it up. James Gandalfini. Tony soprano. You know it's been
ten years since he died.
Speaker 7 (34:09):
Wow, I thought it was like three or four years ago.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
Died in twenty thirteen. Oh man, how much how much money?
If he had lived? How much more? I mean he
would have made like two or three soprano movies right.
They were planning on making movies for the Sopranos, and
you know, he unfortunately kicked the bucket. He was only
fifty one too. There's a guy that very older, Yeah,
very talented actor, but he looked a lot older than
(34:33):
his you know age. I think I thought he looked
a little maybe too much. Goba Ghulba goal could be
I don't know. Died of a heart attack in Rome's
fifty one Man Tony Soprano. I love the Sopranos. I
got really into that show back in the day. It
is the Ben mal Show. I also have gotten into password,
the word Game of the Stars. If you would like
to play password, call right now eight seven, seven ninety
(34:54):
nine on Fox. We'll get the password. We'll do it next.
Speaker 9 (34:57):
Well dressed Hobo.
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Speaker 3 (35:38):
Attention everyone, and the password is password, you idiot, password
the word Game of the Stars. Here's Ben Meller.
Speaker 1 (35:48):
All right, here we go, let's do it. Here we go.
We say hello to Benny and Ottawa. He was on earlier,
but he wanted to play. Hello Benny and Ottawa.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
Yeah there, I'm here.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
All right? What are you doing Outawa?
Speaker 2 (35:58):
Benny Toders Shop?
Speaker 1 (36:01):
All right, very good? And then Iowa Sam. You can
either pick caller number one, caller two, or caller three.
I'll go with three, all right. You'll picked Colin in Minneapolis. Hello,
Colin Hope ever are you there? Colin?
Speaker 9 (36:22):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (36:22):
Good morning?
Speaker 1 (36:23):
All right, good morning to you, Colin. Your phone sounds
wonderful unless it doesn't. All right, Benny, who do you
want to partner with? Benny? You got me Ben, you
got Iowa Sam or koval Loop.
Speaker 9 (36:34):
I'll take Benny.
Speaker 1 (36:35):
All right. It's Benny and Benny Colin in Minneapolis. Who
do you want to partner up with? Iowa Sam or
the Kooble Loop. All right, that's the matchup. We have
a list of words one to ten. Benny, get us
start at pick a number, and then we'll give you
the clue.
Speaker 9 (36:53):
I'm gonna have to go with lucky number nine.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Number nine. All right, I'm gonna go with sneakers. The
password is sneakers. Mm hmmm, Benny, Come on, Benny, Gary,
(37:19):
somebody doesn't know how to play the game.
Speaker 7 (37:21):
Butter sausage. Get it out of my face. I think
this guy's This guy's sabotaging you.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
I think so, I believe so. All right, go ahead.
The first time you've put somebody on to sabotage me
in a game show, You've done that a lot of
Cooper Loop over you. I still have the most wins
of all time. Go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 7 (37:40):
Yeah, go uh go ahead, call in a pick pick
of number.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
Yeah, I know it's number nine. You know that's right,
that's right, that's right. Forget how to play the game.
Speaker 10 (37:50):
Well, I just that was so bad. I just I
thought we were moving on. Let's go with Boots. Come on,
what do you he said footwear.
Speaker 1 (38:03):
Oh my god, do we have to get rid of password?
Is it time? Now? Okay? All right? How about sandals? Benny?
How about what sandals?
Speaker 2 (38:19):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (38:22):
I'm this close to okay, I'm hanging up on you. Yeah,
we're done with Benny and very funny? Is is our
friend from Florida still online?
Speaker 2 (38:33):
There?
Speaker 1 (38:33):
Cooper? Did he hang out? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (38:35):
He's there?
Speaker 1 (38:36):
All right? Jed and Jed and Ottawa? Jed? All right,
you're in. You're in the sandals? Is the clue?
Speaker 9 (38:47):
Uh?
Speaker 8 (38:49):
Dad?
Speaker 9 (38:50):
You go, we're on the board. Did all right?
Speaker 1 (38:54):
Pick a number?
Speaker 9 (38:54):
Jen? Right now?
Speaker 2 (38:57):
Baby, Threember number three?
Speaker 1 (39:00):
All right, let's go with Tardy. Say again, Tardi, I can't.
I don't care, like yeah, it's amazing cooping.
Speaker 10 (39:17):
You have people actually know whatever saved you.
Speaker 1 (39:22):
You cheat it again. I didn't cheat. You cheated by
putting Betty and Ottawa on Another win for me.
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