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Say what, Welcome in 11 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: the beginning of another night of the Benmahlor Show. We 12 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:49,279 Speaker 1: are in the air everywhere, mixing and mingling as we 13 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: get in under the wire coast, the coast, border of Order, 14 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: and beyond on the vast and universally powerful microphones of 15 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: FSR ammnating live do it live from inside the Greasy 16 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: Spoon as we are frying up piping hot sports stakes 17 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 1: all night long from the Fox Sports Radio studios. As 18 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: approved by Van the One Legged Bama Man in this 19 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: portion of the Ben Malers Show Me possible in part 20 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: by our friends at Tire Rack. 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It does not, So we 30 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: have a follow up follow up to a previous Mallard monologue. 31 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: We talked about this a couple of days ago, and 32 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: the Portland Trailblazers decided that they did not want the 33 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: services of DeAndre eighton anymore, so they worked a buy 34 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: out to get rid of him. So he became a 35 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: free agent to roam around wherever he wants, wherever his 36 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: heart desires. The NBA so free agent center DeAndre eight 37 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: and the decision is in. He is no longer unemployed. 38 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: I know you're very concerned about this. If you did 39 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: not hear by now, perhaps perhaps you tuned out you 40 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: were not listening. We have learned though it's been a 41 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: double and triple confirmed that DeAndre Ayton is taking his talent. 42 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: If you want to call it that to the Lakers 43 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: a two year deal to have heartache in the playoffs 44 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: with the Lakers. The deal includes a player option, so 45 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: it's really like a one year deal. But the deal 46 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: between Portland and eight they had a falling out. So 47 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: he goes to LA eight and in between the buyout 48 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,679 Speaker 1: from the Trailblazers and the money the new money the 49 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: Lakers are gonna pay him, he will earn thirty four 50 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: million dollars to play pro bouncy ball and will likely 51 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: miss half the games, and then when he plays, he'll 52 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: be engaged about half the time of those games. So 53 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: eight and he'll turn twenty seven on July twenty third, 54 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: so he's got three weeks to go here until he 55 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: turns twenty seven. And he averaged a pedestrian fourteen points 56 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: a game, did have ten rebounds a game, shot fifty 57 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: six percent for the Portland Trailblazers down the Oregon Trail 58 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: last year. So let us discuss the question DeAndre Ayton. 59 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: He goes to the Lakers, what are the odds that 60 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: he reinvents himself and turns out to be the player 61 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: he's supposed to be and not the player that he 62 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: has been So I've got house plans, middle school group chat, 63 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: and T shirt cannon, and we will combine all of 64 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: these things together and we're gonna make the baba Ganoosh, 65 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 1: We're gonna make the babagan so a the word reinvent 66 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: to use that word that he's not going to reinvent himself. 67 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go police on that idea. And I know 68 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: because I live in Los Angeles. LA is a town 69 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: that when you think about the history of transforming underachieving 70 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: seven foot players into gladiators, they have a rich history 71 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: of that, unless they don't right now. It is a land. 72 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: If you want to kill Smoothie, you can get that. 73 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: If you want to hang out with social media influences, 74 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: they're all over the place. And a suntan lotionan here, 75 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: there and everywhere. You've got that. Listen. Eighton. He's played 76 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: now with two different teams. He has not shown any 77 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 1: of that so called Mamba mentality. In fact, he's the 78 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: antithesis of that. He is more likely, by the time 79 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: he's done with the Lakers, more likely to have opened 80 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: a juice bar in Van Eyes than he is to 81 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: have made an All Star team as a Laker, and 82 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: with the Suns. He is not a team that was 83 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: in the finals. Maybe they gagged against the Milwaukee Bucks 84 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: in the finals a couple of years back. You remember that. 85 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: So he was with the Suns. It was a finals team. Grant, 86 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: it was kind of a flukey finals run, but they 87 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: were in the finals and in the finals. I remember 88 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: we did monologues about it. But DeAndre Ayton approached NBA 89 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 1: finals games like he was playing rec ball at the YMCA. 90 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: It's like l L L L, I said, the Boys 91 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: and Girls Club the YMCA. So DeAndre he plays in 92 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: cruise control. At least that's how he has played. He 93 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: has been dining on room service and sleeping through a 94 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: wake up call since he entered the NBA in the 95 00:05:55,279 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen draft. And trust me, watching him play, and 96 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: I'm not just being a shock dog, I don't know 97 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 1: lea a shocking take. Like I've literally seen house plans 98 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: that play with more perseverance and have more energy than 99 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: DeAndre Ayton plays professional basketball. Yeah, they'll be at random 100 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: night where he'll show up and he'll be engaged and 101 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: all that. I don't doubt that's gonna happen. Maybe maybe 102 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: he'll even stack a couple of good games together and 103 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: play well for a week, but just don't count on it, 104 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: all right, And what about the numbers? He averaged a 105 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: double double? What about the numbers? All right? Well, his 106 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: nickname should be stove Top because it's stat stuffing statistics 107 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: that look nice to the uneducated fan, but they have 108 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: little to no impact on winning games. That's DeAndre Ayton 109 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: in a nutshell period. Stop now one of the teams 110 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: that supposedly contacted him. And there's that Indiana. Now, Indiana 111 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: needs a center because they lost their center to the 112 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: Milwaukee Bucks. And the reason the Bucks got their center, 113 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: mister Turner, is because the Milwaukee Bucks are going to 114 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: eat one hundred thirteen million dollars, no barbecue sauce, no 115 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: honey mustard, no dipping sauce, one hundred and thirteen million 116 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: to pay Dame literally to go away. So now there's 117 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: some new reporting out on that if you saw this 118 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: or not, and maybe not, but how do you process 119 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: a story that has been leaked by the Bucks that 120 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: one of the factors in buying out Damian Lillard is 121 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: that they were upset that Dame Time was going to 122 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: rehab or had been rehabbing his achilles injury in Portland. 123 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: They said it was not improved, not approved, not approved 124 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: by the big shots there in Milwaukee. So how do 125 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: you process that? So I love this because it happens 126 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: ninety nine point nine percent of the time, the classic 127 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: sports breakup where both sides pretend that they get along 128 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: with each other. They sing kumbah Yah, right, they wish 129 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: each other the best and all that stuff. The best 130 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: means as good as all the rest. And at the 131 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: same time they are rushing to their phones to send 132 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: text messages in to their friends, their useful idiots in 133 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: the media, and they're leaking all the petty grievances that 134 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: each side has here to the media and it ends 135 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: up being like a middle school group chat where they're 136 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: just throwing all kinds of crap out there, right, all 137 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: kinds of crap out there. Some of it's true, some 138 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: of it's not. Like the Bucks didn't just wave Damian 139 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: Lillard like on his way out. They leaked that they 140 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: were upset with him because he wanted to rehab in 141 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: Portland where his kids are. The horror of horse, a 142 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: thirty four year old father wants to be near his 143 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: family while learning to walk again because his achilles was 144 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: shredded like shredded chicken and how dare him? And it's 145 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: it's part of the story where if you follow the story, 146 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 1: we've seen these kind of hostile sports breakups that have happened, 147 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: these sports divorces. It's the part of the story where 148 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: the Bucks want you to believe that they were the 149 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: aggrieved party, that they that they they were the ones 150 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: that were the victim. This is it didn't work out 151 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: that Dame going back to Portland was some kind of betrayal, 152 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: is what it's being tossed out as I mean, that's 153 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: the NBA. It's not a hostage negotiation. And for the 154 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: Milwaukee Bucks, Damian Lillard was the big flex. You swung, 155 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: you try to hit a grand slam, and you popped 156 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: up meekly to the catcher. That's what you did. It happens, 157 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: and so now you lick your wounds and you move on, 158 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: kind of like the team in New York, we pivot 159 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: last word here we go now to Gotham, Midtown Manhattan, where, 160 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 1: unless there's a last minute snaff o, we have a 161 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: new coach for the fledgling NBA team in the Big 162 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: Apple Mike Brown. What can Brown do for you? Mike 163 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: Brown named coach of the Knicks, although things still have 164 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: to be worked out the crossing of the t's the 165 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: dot in the eyes, but being reported it's a done 166 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: deal barring some kind of last minute snaffo. Mike Brown 167 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: gonna be the coach of the Knickerbockers. Is this an 168 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: upgrade or a downgrade? Upgrade or downgrade? Mike Brown coaching 169 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: the Knicks? So this does not take a high basketball IQ. 170 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: It does not. You do not have to be some 171 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: kind of insider to know. Congratulations to the New York Knicks. 172 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: They have just downgraded, right, They've downgraded from a nice 173 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: bunker to a beach house and a hurricane is coming 174 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: to town. All right, now it looks nice, no beach house, 175 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: but wait till that storm arrives. Not so much. So 176 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: you let me get this straight. You gave Tom Thibodeau 177 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: a pink slip, and this is your solution. This is 178 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: your solution, really like you had no plan. The guy 179 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: that helped drag the rotting carcass of the Knickerbockers out 180 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: of the Dolan Dungeon as they call it in Midtown Manhattan. 181 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 1: Madison Square Garden into the Eastern Conference Finals first time 182 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: since AOL dial up internet was still a thing. And 183 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: you let that go for Mike bleeping Brown? Are you 184 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: kidding me? Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb. Yeah. Brown has been 185 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: fired more than the T shirt cannon at your local 186 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: minor league ballpark. My god. Uh. Cleveland got rid of 187 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: him twice. The Lakers had him for a cup of coffee. 188 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: They dumped him after one year, after five games. I 189 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: think it was five games if I remember, they got 190 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: rid of him. Sacramento just had him. They made the 191 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: playoffs and they still dumped Mike Brown. This was mid season, 192 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: after thirty one games. So that's not a trend, okay, 193 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: That is what's called a pattern. And Tom Thibodeau, who 194 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: was I guess an acquired taste to some We like 195 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: the way he coached from afar. We don't have any 196 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: skin in the game, but his team's had grit. There 197 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: was an edge to a Tom Thibodaux coach team. And 198 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: when you juxtapose that style to Mike Brown, when people 199 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: talk about Mike Brown, everyone says the same thing. Nice guy, right, 200 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: Nice guy boy, Mike Brown. Nice guy. Everyone's talking about 201 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: how players love Mike Brown. Man, you can't get enough 202 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: of Mike Brown. He's great. So how did that work 203 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 1: out for the Cavs? How did that work out for 204 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: the Lakers? How did that work out for the Kings? 205 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: So get to the point, please, So nobody is yapping 206 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: about the x's and o's the mad tactician that Mike 207 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: Brown is. So Mike Brown is essentially the NBA's version 208 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 1: of a substitute teacher in terms of coaching. He's the 209 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: guy that will show everyone loves the sub because you know, 210 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,599 Speaker 1: it's an easy day when the subs there, right, you have, 211 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: the sub brings some snacks, maybe some crackers or something 212 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: like that, and you get to watch movies all day 213 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: and it's great until a key moment comes up and 214 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: you need to execute and you haven't put the work in, 215 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: and it all it's like a grenade. It just blows 216 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: up in your hands and it's a it's a disaster. 217 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: So that's where I am. But hey, listen, these are 218 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: the Knicks. This is the real Knicks. They had a 219 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: little taste of success with Tom Thibodeau, and now they 220 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: kicked his ass to the curb. And now they brought 221 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: in Mike Brown, who will be peaks and valleys, but 222 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: many more, many more valleys than peaks. These stumbling, bumbling 223 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: knickerbockers are back at it yet again. All right, it 224 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: is the Bean Mahlor Show. If you would like to 225 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: comment on that or anything else, you can join us 226 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: right now. We'll open up the lines. They're already filling 227 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: up at eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox. 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Welcome 249 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Malor Show. 250 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: We are in the air everywhere, socializing as we are 251 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: all too human, coast to coast, border to border and 252 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: beyond on the vast and unfathomably powerful microphones of FSR, 253 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: amminating live from the bell as we ring the bell 254 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: all night long from the Fox Sports Radio studios, as 255 00:15:54,800 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: approved by Spaccoli, who listens every single day, not at night, 256 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: but during the day there from just down the street 257 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: from Bill Belichick in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 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Tomorrow doesn't seem 268 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: like it's football, but we are closing in on the 269 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: beginning of training camp and that is our lead. Our 270 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: lead is from this hour from the NFL rookies will 271 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: start showing up to camp in less than two weeks, 272 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: less than two weeks away from training camp opening up 273 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 1: for rookies in the NFL. Now, one of the teams 274 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: that is expected to blow this year the Giants. The 275 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: Giants have been good in a long time, and the 276 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: rookies will report in like twelve days and then a 277 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 1: few days after that the veterans are going to show up. Now, 278 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of noise about who's going to 279 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: play quarterback QB one for the team that calls themselves 280 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,479 Speaker 1: the New York Giants, even though they play in New Jersey. 281 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 1: So if you have not been following, perhaps not. The 282 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: Giants general manager Joe Shane said somewhat recently that Russell 283 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: Wilson brings to the Giants something they haven't had since 284 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: Elijah Manning, so that he was really buttering the biscuits 285 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: of Russell Wilson who came over from Pittsburgh. And then 286 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: you had state sponsored NFL media say that it is 287 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: not a matter of if, not a matter of if 288 00:17:55,600 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: that rookie quarterback Jackson Dart will replace Russell Wilson. It's 289 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: simply a matter of when is it week five? Is 290 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: it week six? Is it week seven? Week get when 291 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: is it gonna happen? So let us discuss the question, 292 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: looking into the crystal ball, what's the most likely outcome, 293 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: most likely outcome for Russell Wilson with the twenty twenty 294 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 1: five New York Football Giants. So I've got Expedia, Summer TV, 295 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: Classic and country gospel, and we will combine all of 296 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: these things together and we are going to make a 297 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: delicious HOGI a delicious hogy. So number one, I said, 298 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: Number yeah, Yeah, it's just some malor math. As you know, 299 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 1: on my distant relative of Nostradamus and friend of noster Denis. 300 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: He lives in Seattle, where Russell Wilson toiled at quarterback 301 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: for the Seahawks back in the day. So Russ, if 302 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 1: my math is correct, is now in the last five years. 303 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 1: Russ is playing for his fourth team in the last 304 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: five years. So that's the math on that. He's thirty six. 305 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: The Giants are trotting him out there, and if you 306 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: believe the quote from the general manager there, Joe Shane, 307 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,959 Speaker 1: they want you to think. They also purchased this offseason 308 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: on Amazon a hot tub time machine and they are 309 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: going to set the year to what twenty fourteen and 310 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: the Legion of Boom And in this case it's just 311 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: Boom goes the quarterback. Good luck on that. So the 312 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:35,360 Speaker 1: most likely outcome looking into the crystal ball, Russell Wilson 313 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: will be grabbing his smartphone. He will be going on 314 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: Expedia and he will be booking a room at a 315 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: bed and breakfast called the Heartbreak Hotel. That is where 316 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna go. Russell Wilson. Now, no one's talking about 317 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: Jameis Winston, and I want Jameis Winston to play. I 318 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: support Jameis Winston. I'll tell you why he's bad. But 319 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: he's fun bad. If you're gonna be bad, be fun bad. 320 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: So Jameis Winston still hanging around there, and then you've 321 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: got the rookie Jackson Dart waiting to take the job. So, 322 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, you don't have to be some kind of 323 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: high Faluton Adam Schefter Jay Glazer type to know that 324 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 1: this is a placeholder situation, plain and simple. That's it. 325 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: Russ got back up money from the Giants because they 326 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: don't believe in him, nor should they. He got the 327 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: kind of a contract where just keep the seat warm. 328 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 1: We don't have seat heaters, so just keep the seat 329 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: warm there, Russ. And then you know, you move over 330 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: to the side and then we'll just we'll be the 331 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: coaching staff of the Jets. We'll just pray that Jackson 332 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: Dart doesn't look like a deer in the headlights by 333 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: the time we get into week three or week four. 334 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:55,719 Speaker 1: But at least mister mister Unlimited is squeezing all of 335 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: the clout he can get out of being the Giants 336 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: quarterback because he's not very good, hadn't been good in years, 337 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, if you read the tabloids, though, in the 338 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: Big Apple, the Naked City never sleeps, and in the 339 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: last four months, Russ has been a regular on the 340 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: iconic Page six the tabloid of the New York Post. 341 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 1: He has been court sided at multiple New York Knickerbocker 342 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: games during their playoff run. He was most recently seen 343 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: at the Met Gala. He was at that Bugase Fanatics 344 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: Fest thing he showed up to that. He's been at 345 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: the Vanity Fair Oscar party. I can go on and on. 346 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:38,439 Speaker 1: He's hit in every socialiite event. I'm sure he'll be 347 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: somewhere this weekend the fourth of July. There'll be some 348 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: high falutin party on the Hamptons and Russell b that 349 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: he's soaking it all in, and I give him credit. 350 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: You got to hit the red carpet because Russ knows 351 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: once he starts playing turn out the last the parties over. Yeah, 352 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: so he's they don't invite you to the red carpet. 353 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: When you're holding a clipboard wearing advisor and you're the backup, 354 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: they don't invite you. So you got to take advantage 355 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: of it. Even though he's like the faux starting quarterback 356 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: for the Giants, you gotta take advantage of it. Now 357 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: a guy in that division that is not a faux 358 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 1: starting quarterback. We turned the page to the Beltway and Washington, 359 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: d C. The district of Columbia and so far, despite 360 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: Internet reports, quarterback Jaden Daniels says he is on team Deebo. 361 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: He is on team Debo. He's impressed with Deebo Samuel, 362 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 1: late of the forty nine ers. Now that goes counter 363 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: these scandalous Internet reports, including photos, the accusations that the 364 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: new commander's wide receiver, Deebo Samuel needs to go to 365 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: a farm, a fat farm. So how much stock do 366 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 1: you put on Jaden Daniels giving an endorsement, a ringing 367 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 1: endorsement of Deebo Samuel with the commander. All right, So 368 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: on this one, Jadon Daniels has turned into a crooner. 369 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: He's singing Deebo Samuel's praises and all that stuff. You know, 370 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: stand by your man. You're supposed to do that. And 371 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 1: it's one of those things. If you have a problem, 372 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: you do it privately. You don't do it publicly. Do 373 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: it privately. That's the way you're supposed to do it. 374 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: But I'm a talk showst I like when you do 375 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: it in the public square. It's I need content. I 376 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: have a nightly show. I got four hours of talk 377 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: radio real estate I gotta fill So he's doing the 378 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: stand by your man thing Jaden Daniels and all that stuff. 379 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 1: Do you think Jaden Daniels though, would come out and say, 380 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: oh my god, Deebo Samuel, he is one more sub 381 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: sandwich from exploding, right, I mean, and listen, Jayden Daniels. 382 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: He probably don't care whether Deebo Samuel's rocking a couple 383 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: of extra you know, Chick fil A sandwiches or whatever 384 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: it's it is setting up, though, Like the thing that 385 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: interests me about this story is its setting up to 386 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: be a summer TV classic for the Washington commanders. It's 387 00:23:58,040 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: a it's a show that's been on and off in 388 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: six generation of six decades to tell the truth. Will 389 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: the real Deebo Samuel please stand up? And you'll have 390 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 1: three people all dressed like Deebo Samuel. Will the real 391 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel stand up? Because no, debo, He's never gonna 392 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: win a Mister Universe contest, nor will I by the 393 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: by that by that token. But based on some social 394 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: media clips that I've seen, and you've sent me, some 395 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: of you knuckleheads love to send me. Do you see this? 396 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: Oh my God, he's got a belly, He's got a 397 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 1: beer belly. Yeah, So people are acting. People are acting 398 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: like Deebo Samuel waddled in to the commander's facility like 399 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 1: a penguin, and he was wearing cargo shorts and compression socks. 400 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: And he's like somebody's uncle after a Fourth of July 401 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: cookout this weekend. Now the mystery will be solved to 402 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: tell the truth when training camp opens up in a 403 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: couple of weeks, and will Deebo Samuel show up. Will 404 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: he be wearing a football helmet, football pads, and pants, 405 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: or will he be wearing moo moo. We will find 406 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 1: out when the Washington football team opens up camp. Now, 407 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: final point, we're gonna pivot away from that to baseball. 408 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: The big story in baseball not the infestation of doubleheaders 409 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: because of the bad weather that hit the Atlantic seaboard 410 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:21,719 Speaker 1: this week. But instead everyone's been yapping about Dodger starting 411 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: pitcher Clayton Kershaw, the old left handed Clayton Kershaw. On 412 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 1: a random Wednesday night against one of the worst teams 413 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: in baseball, the Chicago White Sox, Clayton Kershaw reached three 414 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 1: thousand strikeouts and many pundits of baseball are convinced that 415 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 1: he is the last one, the last one to reach 416 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: three thousand strikeouts. So is that an overreaction or is 417 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: that a smart take? Overreaction or a smart take that 418 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw is the last pitcher to reach three thousand strikeouts? 419 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 1: So this is with a capital H, hyperbole is what 420 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: this is now. I know that we're being fed this 421 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: propaganda that three thousand strikeouts, this is it by a starter, 422 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: and Kershaw's a relic from a different era. I say, Phoe, 423 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: I say for Clayton Kershaw's milestone, what it should be 424 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 1: is a bridge, a bridge over troubled waters, a hardball revival, 425 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: and someone's gonna have the goal to actually do this, 426 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 1: and it's gonna be a crappy team, a team that 427 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: has no real fan base that's willing to do it, 428 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: to think outside the boxes. Everyone's thinking the same way 429 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: in baseball, copycat situation and all that stuff. With Kershaw, 430 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: what you should be doing is crank up the Hank 431 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: Williams country gospel tune. I saw the light. I saw 432 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: the light. Baseball like everything, it's cyclical, everything cyclical. It 433 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: can once again, I am am I'll go ahead for 434 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: believing that baseball can once again rediscover big time starting pitching. 435 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: And they always take the easy road out. They say, well, 436 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 1: it's not an orful. These guys didn't throw a lot 437 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: in high school. They didn't throw a lot in college. 438 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: But a lot of the pitchers are drafted out of 439 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: high school. Clayton Kershaw, I believe, came out of high 440 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: school from the Dallas area. And you can take a 441 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: picture who's eighteen years old out of high school and 442 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: the guys they're signing in the Dominican and other places 443 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: are younger than that, and you can mold them into 444 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,199 Speaker 1: starting pitchers. You have enough time to do that, so 445 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: you can. You can rally around, and I'll give you 446 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: the little dirty secret about the sport of baseball. Baseball 447 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 1: is better when you have dominate starting pitching. Does anyone 448 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: disagree with that? Does anyone want to raise their hand? 449 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,719 Speaker 1: No one's going to raise their hand and disagree. So 450 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 1: I would like you to join my grassroots movement. It's 451 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: an upstart, renegade outfit, and let's make starting pitching great again. 452 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: The nerds killed it. We can bring it back from 453 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: the dead. We can resuscitate it. The starting pitcher is 454 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: the one person in baseball who can control the narrative, 455 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: the one person with the ball who can set the tone, 456 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 1: and you're like, I guaranteed to win this. They very 457 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 1: rarely will we not win when this guy's pitching. You 458 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: cannot replicate that with your bullpen day. And let the 459 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: aces walk the tight rope when they go third time 460 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,360 Speaker 1: through the lineup. You don't need to have a coronary 461 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: when you get to the eighth inning. Let him pitch, 462 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: let him pitch out of trouble, let them get dirty, 463 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: let him give up some runs and blow some games. 464 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: Because baseball does not need any more of these matchups 465 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: where you bring out the three ring binder and you're 466 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 1: playing nerd ball. You need dramatic moments and a dominant 467 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: starting pitcher, and there's hardly any of them left in 468 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: the game. But a dominant starting pitcher on the mound. 469 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: It's like going to see a heavyweight boxing match back 470 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: in the old days, Right, everyone's anticipating what's gonna happen, right, 471 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,479 Speaker 1: you own the night, that is the moment, it's the 472 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: moment of truth. Who's gonna pitch better that night, Who's 473 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: gonna do better all that and like the idea that 474 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: well this is the last one, Clayton Kershaw, it shouldn't 475 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: be right. And it's gonna take a team that has 476 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: no fans, like the Athletics who don't even have a city. 477 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: They're so embarrassed about being in Sacramento, or the Tampa 478 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: Bay Rays. There's another minor league outfit, and just just 479 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 1: go for it. Just develop pitchers to be dominant starting pitching, 480 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: and you have such an advantage over everyone else, and 481 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,959 Speaker 1: then that team has to succeed, and then when they succeed, 482 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:50,479 Speaker 1: everyone's gonna copy them. Period. Stop. It is the Ben 483 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: Mahler Show. As we are rolling through the overnight. You 484 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: want to comment on any of that, you can join 485 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: us right now. A couple of lines open up all 486 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: of a sudden, as some of these knuckleets did not 487 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: have these staying powers. So anyway, eight seven seven ninety 488 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: nine on Fox eight seven seven nine nine six six 489 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,719 Speaker 1: three sixty nine. Also on the X Machine at Ben Mahler. 490 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: That's at Ben Mahler. If you want to be part 491 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,800 Speaker 1: of the program. 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You'll find the latest episode and a best 509 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 1: of version posted right after we get off the air. 510 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 1: All right, back to when we go we will have 511 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: coming up in a few minutes, We have Mallard the 512 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: Third Degree. But time now to pay off the Insta 513 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: Trivia And here it is Detroit's Hobby Baiaz joined Pete 514 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:46,040 Speaker 1: Rose harmon Killebrew and Blank is the only players to 515 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: start the All Star Game at three different positions. That 516 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: is the question. What is the answer? Let's see does 517 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: anyone know the answer? And let's see here. Marco Scutero 518 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: fromge hiding somewhere in the in the Bay Area. Jose 519 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 1: Offerman from Miguel on Fire. You cannot spell Offerman without 520 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: an E for error. Who else do we have? Richard Simmons, 521 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: Yes by Mallard prop guy, that's his answer. The great 522 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 1: former Dodger. Let's see here, page down. Ocho Texto went 523 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: with a porn star. Who else do we have? Brian 524 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: from the movie Life of Brian? Guessed by Bobby in Florida. 525 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: Eke in Roseville, Minnesota, going with Yogi Bearra as his answer. 526 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: Alf the Alien Opiner says it's the Swiss Army Knife. 527 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 1: That that is the answer. King Rory checks in with 528 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 1: Max Power or Max Powers is his answer. The annoying 529 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 1: caller of the Year, Poppy. Yeah, I didn't you know. 530 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: I'm doing a lot of talk radio today. I did 531 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: not have time for Poppy. I could not take any more. 532 00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: Poppy could not Robin Minnesota's going with John Rocker as 533 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: his answer. Matt, the Bears fan in Nebraska says that 534 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: would be Ben's favorite Dodger pitcher Blake Snell. Yeah, Blake said, 535 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 1: this is how you know that guy Vessay I was 536 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: on earlier locally in LA that guy Bass said is 537 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 1: the Dodger posting. He's such a Blake Snell toady. He 538 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: would not admit that Blake Snell has been a bust. 539 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 1: He's made two starts as a Dodger, two starts as 540 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: a Dodger. Horrible, horrible move. 541 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 3: Uh. 542 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: Mark in Queens via San Diego and Arlington says, Abner 543 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 1: Doubleday is the answer? A fine relevant name, A contemporary name. 544 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 1: Sewn in Portland's going with Danny Ainge as his answer. 545 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: Mark checks in with Rusty Koontz and make sure I 546 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: say that properly. Gonna pause before you say the last name. 547 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 1: Who else do we have? Page down? Christopher in Canns 548 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: City going with Dodger legend the Liono de Shields as 549 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: a his answer. Jason going with Craig Bigo. Yeah. I 550 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 1: was getting a lot of messages from fans of the 551 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,360 Speaker 1: ass one thousand and two, one thousand holes, all excited 552 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,319 Speaker 1: because they beat the Rockies. Does anyone want to let 553 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: the people of Houston know the Rockies suck and everyone 554 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: beats the Rockies? Does anyone to let me know? Anyway? 555 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 1: Let's pay off the insta trivia question. So the Tigers 556 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: Hobby Bias, joining Pete, Rose, Harmon, Killebrew and Blank is 557 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 1: the only players to start the All Star Game in 558 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,840 Speaker 1: three different positions. Let's go over to Mary, Mary, do 559 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 1: you have an answer? Mary? 560 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 3: Oh? My mom? 561 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: All right? Is it Mary's mother? Is that the answer? 562 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: Let's find out? Apparently it's not your mom. I'm sorry, 563 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure she's a lovely lady. No, the correct answer 564 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: is Albert. Whoo hosts Albert who is the answer? Who 565 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 1: started the All Star Game at first base, third base, 566 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: and in left field? Oh? There is that? With that 567 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 1: in your pipe and smoking? And right now, here we go, 568 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,240 Speaker 1: Here we go. It's time hit that button. There, Mary, 569 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 1: that's the one right there, that's it, that's the one. 570 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,279 Speaker 1: All right. We go over to the producer's chair and 571 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:13,360 Speaker 1: Ian Roddy. 572 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 3: Hello, Ian, You notice I've learned not to jump the 573 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 3: gun as much like I did last week. 574 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 1: You were excited it happens, you know. 575 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm learning I'm learning. 576 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,799 Speaker 1: Here we go, let's jump in here though. Number One. 577 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 3: On a recent podcast interview, Chiefs tight end, Travis Kelsey 578 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 3: recalled some troubles he had behind the scenes back when 579 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 3: he hosted Saturday Night Live back in twenty twenty three. 580 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 3: So the hardest part of hosting SNL was the pre 581 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 3: show table read because apparently he can't really read that well. 582 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 3: So inevitably social media got a hold of that, got 583 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 3: a hold of that, and you know, they've been making 584 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:44,840 Speaker 3: a ton of fun of him. So, Ben, do you 585 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:46,840 Speaker 3: think any less of Kelsey now that you know he 586 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:47,760 Speaker 3: has tough time reading? 587 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: No, because I think he was embellishing it. If he's 588 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 1: not embellishing it, I mean, that's pretty impressive. He went 589 00:35:55,520 --> 00:36:00,080 Speaker 1: to Cleveland Heights High School in Cleveland. He went to 590 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,880 Speaker 1: the University of Cincinnati. I think he spent four years 591 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,319 Speaker 1: in college. And if he was able to make it 592 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: through all that and not not be able to read, 593 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,959 Speaker 1: like there's reading at a high level and then there's 594 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 1: like reading just being able to read enough. I don't 595 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 1: doubt that Kelsey's not a prolific reader. He's a football player, 596 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,759 Speaker 1: and he's like a meathead football player. I don't think 597 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: any less of him. I never thought of him as 598 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,920 Speaker 1: an academic type person anyway, So who cares. You know, 599 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,799 Speaker 1: he reads a lot, and I'd like to think that 600 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 1: he's not totally lacking the ability to read anything all. Right. 601 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,880 Speaker 3: Next, with all the potential trade rumors circling around Lebron 602 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:38,719 Speaker 3: right now, his son Bron, he was asked how he 603 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 3: feels about all of it, So he said, he doesn't 604 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,960 Speaker 3: really pay attention to all that stuff. But look, Ben, 605 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 3: if Lebron's senior were to be traded, what do you 606 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 3: think the Lakers would do with Brownie? 607 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 1: They'd include him in the trade if Lebron. No, I 608 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,160 Speaker 1: don't think Lebron's being traded. And let me tell you Ian, 609 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:56,120 Speaker 1: that is the number one answer publicists tell you. The 610 00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:58,719 Speaker 1: number one answer when you're asked a difficult question is 611 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,319 Speaker 1: if it's about to play in a football game, so 612 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 1: I didn't see the play, and if it's about trade rumors, 613 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,360 Speaker 1: you say, I don't pay attention to that stuff. I 614 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: was unaware of it. Right, You played dumb that way. 615 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 1: You just kind of kill the line of questioning and 616 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,799 Speaker 1: all that. But no, if the Lakers are gonna get 617 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,640 Speaker 1: out of the Lebron business. If they are ready to 618 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,439 Speaker 1: unload Lebron James, then it is a two for one 619 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 1: special at the flea market, and it's gonna be Lebron 620 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,120 Speaker 1: and Bronni. They're going to trade them to the Knicks 621 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 1: or the Cavaliers or to wherever. And I will guarantee 622 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:36,120 Speaker 1: you that Bronni is absolutely aware of what's going on 623 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 1: with Lebron and where he's gonna end up because he 624 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: is handcuffed to Lebron. The only reason Bronni's in the 625 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 1: NBA the kid can't play. The only reason he's in 626 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 1: the NBAS because it was Dad. Next. 627 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,319 Speaker 3: So the Milwaukee Bucks, who you know, as you mentioned 628 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,400 Speaker 3: in the monologue yesterday, they recently released Damian Lillard and 629 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,160 Speaker 3: they're reportedly eyeing twelve time All Star Chris Paul as 630 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,479 Speaker 3: his potential replacement. According to Chris Haynes, So Ben, would 631 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,360 Speaker 3: you like the forty year old CP three for the 632 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,240 Speaker 3: Bucks is a short term bridge at point guard? 633 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: So only if you can get a Delorian and go 634 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:07,959 Speaker 1: back to the future and head back, you know, back 635 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: in time. But no, listen, Chris Paul's washed up at 636 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,600 Speaker 1: this point. He's a backup. I read where Chris Paul 637 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,360 Speaker 1: wants to start. He's looking for his starting job. No, 638 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 1: I mean, he gotta signed somebody. But Chris Paul, I 639 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:20,200 Speaker 1: have a feeling he's gonna end up with the Clippers 640 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,480 Speaker 1: and all that. But no, I would not I would 641 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,319 Speaker 1: not bring Chris Paul in expecting him to be a 642 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,279 Speaker 1: starter or a play big minutes and all that at 643 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 1: this point, although he did play a lot in San 644 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,600 Speaker 1: Antonio on a terrible Spurs team that seven people watched. 645 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,600 Speaker 1: All right, there it is Mallard to the third degree. 646 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:37,680 Speaker 1: How did we do? 647 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,960 Speaker 3: It was close today, but you still managed to win 648 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:41,279 Speaker 3: this one. 649 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: Ben, nice job. That has a win. I got the long. 650 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,200 Speaker 1: I don't think I've lost a Mallard of the third 651 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,440 Speaker 1: degree this year. I think I'm undefeated this year at 652 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,440 Speaker 1: MAL What a streak, A record streak.