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Hour 2 - The Failing Phils · The Ben Maller Show

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  Speaker 1: Let's do the Mallarmambo.
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  Speaker 2: It's our number two.
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  Speaker 1: Hour two. And the Benny man can. The Benny man can.
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  Speaker 2: A little baseball this hour as the wild card round
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  Speaker 2: has ended. What went wrong for Bryce Harper's Phillies as
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  Speaker 2: they've been eliminated from the playoffs? The winner take all
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  Speaker 2: game three of the wild card round.
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  Speaker 1: Also, has the.
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  Speaker 2: Championship window closed in Philly? Thumbs up or thumbs down?
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  Speaker 2: Is it time for GM Dave Dombrowski to take out
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  Speaker 2: the dynamite and blow up.
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  Speaker 1: The Phillies roster? All those veterans making a lot of money.
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  Speaker 2: And also, how do you size up Matt Olsen, Ronald
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: Acuna Jr., and the Atlanta Braves matchup with the big
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: blue wrecking crew? Braves in a bit of a quandary,
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  Speaker 2: or are they taking on the presumptive favorite.
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  Speaker 1: To win tonight? the National League pennant this year, the Dodgers.
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  Speaker 1: We get to all that and more right now. Here
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  Speaker 2: If you had the Philadelphia Phillies winning the World Series
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  Speaker 2: And then it was Jerry in Rhode Island. She's bummed
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  Speaker 2: out because her Red Sox are no good.
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  Speaker 1: They're out.
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  Speaker 2: And it wouldn't matter anyway. They're not playing in the
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  Speaker 2: But there is no time like October.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. Smell it.
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  Speaker 2: The NLDS is here, streaming live on Fox 1. Both
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  Speaker 2: the NLDS series, both of them can be seen on
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  Speaker 2: Fox 1. It's the Atlanta Braves. We'll talk about their
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  Speaker 2: victory over the Phillies in a minute. The Braves will
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  Speaker 2: take on the Dodgers beginning on Saturday. And that will
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  Speaker 2: be tomorrow at 4 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: Eastern time.
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  Speaker 2: A nice toasty start. Supposed to be in the mid-90s
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  Speaker 2: in L.A., around 100 degrees at Dodger Stadium for first
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  Speaker 2: pitch of that game.
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  Speaker 1: That will be perfect.
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  Speaker 2: It's a dry heat, unlike that southern humidity. And the
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  Speaker 2: Padres and the Brew Crew, that'll be the late game
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday night, 8.30 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: Eastern time.
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  Speaker 2: Every hit could be the one that changes everything. But
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  Speaker 2: you already knew that, Kathy and Madison. Stream the MLB
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  Speaker 2: postseason live on Fox 1.
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  Speaker 3: Kind of.
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  Speaker 1: Cool, right? Kind of cool. Not bad. Not bad at all.
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  Speaker 2: So our lead this hour, don't bury the lead, my man.
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  Speaker 2: We're not going to bury the lead. Calm down. We're
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  Speaker 2: not going to bury the lead. Our lead this hour
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  Speaker 2: from Major League Baseball. Now, we would like to alert
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  Speaker 2: all the affiliates, though. That coming up in a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: we will have. We'll do the baseball monologue, and then
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  Speaker 2: after that, no calls. We've got Benny versus the Penny.
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  Speaker 2: We have hand-picked the eight most important games that are
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  Speaker 2: worthy of conversation on the radio. So we'll get to
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  Speaker 2: the eight games, and then all the picks will be
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  Speaker 2: on the Instagram and the Facebook page. So you'll get
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  Speaker 2: all the picks against the spread. And boy, did we
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  Speaker 2: start out with a great pick. We hope you lost
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  Speaker 2: a lot of money with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Just a
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  Speaker 2: completely pathetic performance. Disgraceful performance by the Yinzers as they
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  Speaker 2: go down in the Thursday night game. But our lead
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  Speaker 2: is from below the Mason-Dixon line. It was the final
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  Speaker 2: game of the wild card round in the MLB postseason.
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  Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber and the Fightin' Phils squaring up with Matt Olsen.
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  Speaker 2: And the Braves, the winner, gets a play date with
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  Speaker 2: the Dodgers. And that'll be this weekend, of course, as
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  Speaker 2: we said there, the divisional round on Fox 1. Were
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  Speaker 2: you locked in? Were you engaged? Well, with the NFL
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  Speaker 2: game going on, Steelers and Browns, and this game, baseball
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  Speaker 2: game going on at the same.
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  Speaker 1: Time, my right hand was getting a workout.
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  Speaker 2: So somebody named Michael Harris II, I was more of
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  Speaker 2: a fan of Michael Harris I, but Michael Harris II went.
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  Speaker 2: Boom!
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  Speaker 1: And then he said, Kaboom!
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  Speaker 2: And blasted a 3-1 ding-dong in the first inning.
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  Speaker 1: And the game was pretty much over.
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  Speaker 2: Atlanta, Tomahawk chopped their way to a 6-2 win over
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  Speaker 2: the once-proud Philadelphia baseball team. And that is a decisive
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  Speaker 2: Game 3 win in the wildcard round. Someone named Ray
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  Speaker 2: Kerr was the surprise star. I say that in air quotes.
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  Speaker 2: He is a no-name who was the opener. He threw
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  Speaker 2: three and a third scoreless innings in his postseason debut
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  Speaker 2: for Atlanta. And only the fourth start of his Major
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  Speaker 2: League Baseball career, he allowed one hit and one walk.
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  Speaker 2: Ozzie Albies added a two-run home run, and that was
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  Speaker 2: 5-0 at that point.
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  Speaker 1: Then Matt Olsen.
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  Speaker 2: Said, hey, let me try this. Let me go Boom Shakalaka.
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  Speaker 2: So he went Boom Shakalaka, hit a home run, and
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  Speaker 2: extended the margin. Now, the better story is in the
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  Speaker 2: losing locker room, so that is where we're going to start.
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  Speaker 2: Philadelphia has now been excommunicated from the postseason. They were
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  Speaker 2: on fumes the last week. They barely made the playoffs,
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  Speaker 2: and now The band is playing.
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  Speaker 1: La, la, la, la.
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  Speaker 4: La, la, la.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, hey.
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  Speaker 1: Goodbye. Just like that. So that is a good jumping
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  Speaker 1: off point. Let us discuss the question.
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  Speaker 2: What went wrong for Bryce Harper's Phillies in this winner
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  Speaker 2: take all game three in the wild card round? So
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  Speaker 2: I've got Slurpee, Chesterfield Sofa, and Mosquitoes.
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  Speaker 1: And we will.
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  Speaker 2: Combine all of these things together and we are going
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  Speaker 2: to give you one hell.
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  Speaker 1: Of a shaggy dog story. Now in this case, number one!
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  Speaker 1: Number one!
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  Speaker 2: Number one! This was a shaggy dog covered in fleas
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  Speaker 2: type story.
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  Speaker 1: Is what this was. This game was O-V-E-R early.
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  Speaker 2: Now the lesson to this game and really what went
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  Speaker 2: wrong for the Philadelphia Phillies. It's the old Wall Street disclaimer.
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  Speaker 2: and Philadelphia clearly did not read the fine print on that.
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  Speaker 2: Past performance does not guarantee future results. Philadelphia went with
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Nola. Remember the guy that had a hissy fit
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  Speaker 2: because he didn't get named to the All-Star game, and
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  Speaker 2: then when he was invited to the All-Star game, he said.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going. You didn't invite me.
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  Speaker 2: So what a fitting ending to this schmucks season in Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Nola, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Arrogant over there, was supposed to be the seasoned adult
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  Speaker 2: in the room. 12-year savvy veteran. That Philly pedigree. Big
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  Speaker 2: playoff games he's been in. 34 playoff starts in his career.
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  Speaker 1: An all-star nod.
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  Speaker 2: However, in October, it turns out that your baseball card,
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  Speaker 2: your baseball reference page, is just prologue. The box score
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  Speaker 2: writes the ending. So Aaron Nola starting on short rest.
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  Speaker 2: God forbid. God forbid. So Aaron Nola on short rest.
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  Speaker 1: And what did he do?
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  Speaker 2: Well, instead of punching his ticket and the Phillies' ticket
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  Speaker 2: to the next round, Aaron Nola punched the ticket on
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  Speaker 2: the Vomit Comet.
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  Speaker 1: They went on the Vomit Comet. He lasted a.
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  Speaker 2: Pathetic one-and-two-thirds innings while surrendering three runs, including that Michael Harris.
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  Speaker 1: Bomb. That really pretty much ended the game, right?
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  Speaker 2: The first inning, three-run home run, that's it, following back-to-back walks.
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  Speaker 2: So this is an industrial strength, a nausea situation at
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  Speaker 2: a time you simply cannot have nausea and suck. Now,
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  Speaker 2: to make matters worse, Philadelphia got pretty much frozen out
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  Speaker 2: by someone named Ray Kerr.
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  Speaker 1: Who the F is Ray Kerr?
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  Speaker 2: This is the ultimate convenience store opener who went from stocking.
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  Speaker 1: Shelves at a, 7-Eleven in Reno, Nevada. I'm not making
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  Speaker 1: this up, by the way.
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  Speaker 2: In his younger days, baseball was not going well, and
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  Speaker 2: he took a job at a movie theater, and he
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  Speaker 2: took a job at a 7-Eleven in Reno, Nevada. And
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  Speaker 2: he ended up mopping up Bryce Harper. in Game 3.
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  Speaker 2: Three to third innings for this guy Kerr. Scoreless innings
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  Speaker 2: as he gave the Philadelphia baseball team the full 7-11 experience.
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  Speaker 2: They were shoved a slurpee, a big gulp, and a
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  Speaker 2: postseason stomachache. This story is the kind of story they've
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  Speaker 2: made a million times in Hollywood. But this one would
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  Speaker 2: actually be rejected for Hollywood schmaltz. Except It actually happened,
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  Speaker 2: and Philadelphia had to swallow the Big Gulp and the
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  Speaker 2: Slurpee and the taquitos and the hot dogs that had
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  Speaker 2: been on those rollers for 17 hours.
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  Speaker 1: They had to enjoy those. All right, now, page two.
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  Speaker 2: To the autopsy of the Fightin' Phils, from 30,000 feet
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  Speaker 2: up in the sky looking down, the question must be asked,
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  Speaker 2: has the championship window closed? Thumbs up or thumbs down.
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  Speaker 2: Is it time for Dave Dombrowski to take out the
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  Speaker 2: sticks of dynamite and.
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  Speaker 1: Blow up the Philadelphia Phillies roster? Is it now time?
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  Speaker 1: Must it happen? All right. So on this one, I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to go thumbs down. I'm going thumbs down on
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  Speaker 1: a full rebuild. It is melodramatic. It is completely unnecessary.
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  Speaker 2: And honestly, The idea that you're going to intentionally lose,
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  Speaker 2: which the clinical term is called tanking.
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  Speaker 1: Tanking is a scam. It's a disease.
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  Speaker 2: It's snake oil. The championship window is not closed. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to sit here and tell you that
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  Speaker 2: it's wide open.
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  Speaker 1: It's not.
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  Speaker 2: The championship window is stuck halfway down, and the general manager,
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  Speaker 2: Dave Dombrowski, needs to go out to Home Depot and
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  Speaker 2: buy some WD-40s.
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  Speaker 1: He just does. You don't trade.
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  Speaker 2: You do not trade Bryce Harper or Trey Turner without
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  Speaker 2: eating a lot of cash.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of.
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  Speaker 2: Delicious dead presidents with barbecue sauce on top. And those
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  Speaker 2: contracts are so bloated. I believe Trey Turner's got seven
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  Speaker 2: years left. He's already slowing down. He's got seven years
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  Speaker 2: left on his contract.
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  Speaker 1: Holy crap on a cracker, Batman. Seven years. The guy's
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  Speaker 1: already showing signs of decay. My God.
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  Speaker 2: And those contracts, the Harper-Turner contracts, have their own zip codes. Now,
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  Speaker 2: you could trade them. Again, you'd have to throw money in.
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  Speaker 2: You wouldn't get much in return. But this is Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 2: And that is a town I don't believe you can
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  Speaker 2: get away with rebuilding, which is, again, it's a bull
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: crap term, rebuilding. It's intentionally sucking. So you have to
• 12:56
  Speaker 2: try to reload on the fly. so the people can
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  Speaker 2: still complain, except they won't complain as loud. You don't
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  Speaker 2: blow the thing up in Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 1: You don't.
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  Speaker 2: My guy Jonathan in Delaware, Fats in Philadelphia, those guys
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  Speaker 2: and Fry Daddy, they know that you can reshuffle, like
• 13:15
  Speaker 2: you're at the Bellagio, you can reshuffle the cards, and
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  Speaker 2: you hope that Dave Dombrowski's not holding a 16th. He
• 13:22
  Speaker 2: needs Dombrowski to get, when he's down getting the WD-40,
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  Speaker 2: he needs a paint scraper, drywall compound, and to make
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  Speaker 2: several uncomfortable phone calls.
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  Speaker 1: He's got to make that happen.
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: This offseason, we will not see HGTV demo day. We're
• 13:42
  Speaker 2: not going to have demo day. What we're going to
• 13:44
  Speaker 2: have is some light enhancements. You change the wallpapers. You
• 13:48
  Speaker 2: add an accent wall. You add that, reupholster the Chesterfield sofa,
• 13:54
  Speaker 2: and you throw Alex Baum's.
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: Recliner on off or up and say, hey, you want
• 13:58
  Speaker 1: a recliner? This is his recliner. You've already paid for
• 14:01
  Speaker 1: the house.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to remodel the kitchen without setting the fire
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  Speaker 2: to the mortgage.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want to burn up the mortgage there.
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  Speaker 2: So Don Mattingly, any chance Mattingly had to return his
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  Speaker 2: Phillies manager, you would say is over at this point.
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  Speaker 2: It's not that big a brain teaser. Donnie Baseball will
• 14:17
  Speaker 2: go back to coaching somewhere. He will not be the
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  Speaker 2: manager of the Phillies next year. And the Phillies, though,
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  Speaker 2: have not reached what's known as the Godzilla threshold. The
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  Speaker 2: Godzilla threshold is the level where things are so bad.
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  Speaker 2: How bad are they? They're so bad that total destruction,
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  Speaker 2: back to bedrock, is justified.
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  Speaker 1: They're not there.
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  Speaker 2: Godzilla is somewhere offshore right now. lounging on a platoon
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  Speaker 2: boat so not that far away we're not quite there
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  Speaker 2: now final point looking ahead looking ahead we go to
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  Speaker 2: atlanta the atlanta side of things they get the victory
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  Speaker 2: rather easy easy peasy lemon squeezy over the once proud
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  Speaker 2: philadelphia phillies and now the braves will head off to
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  Speaker 2: the west coast la la land to face old friend
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  Speaker 2: freddie freeman and the D-O-D-G-E-R-S Dodgers.
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  Speaker 1: That'll be the battlefield.
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  Speaker 2: Chavez Ravine, as these teams have met quite often in
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs over the last 10 years, and they will
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: meet again. The question, how do Matt Olsen and the
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  Speaker 2: Atlanta Braves match up with the big blue wrecking crew,
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  Speaker 2: the favorite to win the.
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  Speaker 1: World Series this year, the Dodgers?
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  Speaker 2: So looking at the tail of the tape, The Braves
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  Speaker 2: are the mosquito in the Dodgers' bedroom. It's like 2,
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  Speaker 2: 2.17 in the morning or so, and that mosquito, that
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: blood-sucking mosquito is out there, and there's a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: other mosquitoes around it. Now, you might eventually kill that mosquito,
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  Speaker 2: but what about all its friends? What about all its
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  Speaker 2: little mosquito buddies? What about the buddies?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So good luck sleeping. Good luck sleeping.
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  Speaker 2: Atlanta is not as good as the Dodgers. They are pesky,
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  Speaker 2: and I have seen it too many times. Pesky can
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  Speaker 2: be lethal in October. I do not expect this to
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  Speaker 2: be a cakewalk. The Dodgers bring in the Hollywood razzle-dazzle.
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  Speaker 2: They fix things at the end of the year. They
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  Speaker 2: played well the last few weeks of the season after
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  Speaker 2: taking some time off and enjoying themselves, as they.
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  Speaker 1: Often do after the All-Star break. But here's the thing.
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  Speaker 1: So the Dodgers have the razzle-dazzle.
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  Speaker 2: They believe Otani will magically return and be great and
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  Speaker 2: all that stuff. But nobody ever got eliminated because the
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  Speaker 2: other team looked better if you looked at the depth
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  Speaker 2: chart on your tablet.
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  Speaker 1: You don't get eliminated because of that. That's why they
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: play the games.
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  Speaker 2: So Atlanta does not need to be better than Los
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  Speaker 2: Angeles for six months. They don't have to be better
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  Speaker 2: than the Dodgers for three months. They just merely need
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  Speaker 2: to be better Over the five games.
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  Speaker 1: That's it. That's the October loophole. Five games. The Dodgers are.
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  Speaker 2: Floating around on a luxury.
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  Speaker 1: Yacht right now.
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  Speaker 2: But Atlanta shows up and they're on a little boat
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  Speaker 2: out there, fishing boat, a little dinghy.
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  Speaker 1: Not even a fishing boat, but they have a flamethrower.
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  Speaker 1: They have a flamethrower.
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  Speaker 2: So you got Matt Olsen, Ronald Lacuna Jr., a couple
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  Speaker 2: other guys that are big boppers. Some industrial strength can
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  Speaker 2: openers there. One mistake, one meatball sub over the plate,
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  Speaker 2: and they peel the lid right off that vaunted Dodger
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  Speaker 2: pitching staff.
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  Speaker 1: So you got Walt Weiss, his squad.
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  Speaker 2: Bringing some success head-to-head recently against the Dodgers.
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  Speaker 1: Elite defense.
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  Speaker 2: The Braves have a studier bullpen, at least based on
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: what has happened over the course of the season. And
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: the Dodgers, they have the supposed better rotation system. They
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: have more depth. They've got Otani. They have the party
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: favors on paper, the Dodgers. However, it's a short series.
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  Speaker 2: It's a short series.
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  Speaker 1: So a couple.
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  Speaker 2: Guys get sluggish, and then there you go. And remember,
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: we'll get the complaining from the teams that were off. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: it's so difficult. It's so hard. Oh, we didn't play
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  Speaker 2: for a week.
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  Speaker 1: Horror of horrors of horrors. So upstart does beat elite.
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: All the time in baseball, it does happen. So we'll
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: see how this plays out.
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: It is the Bane-Maller show as we are working our
• 18:37
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• 18:39
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• 18:41
  Speaker 2: and shout and all that stuff.
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: We're not doing that now. Why not, Maller?
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: Because Benny versus the Penny, we've handpicked the most important
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: eight games. And we are going to tell you who
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: should win, in our opinion. Not who's going to win.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: Who we think is the right side to bet on. Now, remember,
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: if you do bet, you should limit your losses.
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: And don't go crazy here. And don't try to be
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: a hero. And don't chase. You have a budget.
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: And if you have a couple hundred bucks, whatever it
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: might be to gamble, that's it. And when you lose
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: all that money, and you probably will lose all that money,
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: you put the kibosh on it and you wait until
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: you have more money and then you start over. And
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: that's how it works. So we'll have Benny versus the
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: Penny for the rest of the hour. We'll get to that,
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: and we will do it.
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  Speaker 1: Next.
• 19:31
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• 19:37
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• 19:41
  Speaker 5: Stugatz here, pleased to be hosting college football with Stugatz
• 19:45
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• 19:47
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• 19:51
  Speaker 5: You can expect a little bit of this. Will Stein,
• 19:53
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• 19:56
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• 19:58
  Speaker 3: Will or will not? No.
• 20:01
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  Speaker 4: Ketchup on steak.
• 20:03
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• 20:06
  Speaker 1: Thank you. A little bit of this.
• 20:08
  Speaker 5: Rhys Davis, host of College Game Day, is with us now.
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: And then I'm going home to the BBC, and they're
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: saying Jockovich instead of Jokovich.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: Right, because you can't say Jockovich.
• 20:18
  Speaker 5: If you do, you know the blowback you're going to
• 20:20
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• 20:22
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• 20:28
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• 20:31
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• 20:34
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• 20:40
  Speaker 2: The Ben Maller Show on Fox Sports Radio. As we
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: roll on and on and on further tonight, we're moments
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: away from Benny versus the Penny, and excited about that.
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: So no calls this hour. You've been saved from having
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: to hear the callers, and you'll hear.
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: And that was a premature button push there.
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: So let's... We lost you for a second.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: All right. Well, you're a little overreacting there. So I
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: thought I'd fill the time. All right. In the meantime,
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: you can be part of.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. It's very important there. And there is.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: There is no time... Like October. There is no time
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: like October. The NLDS is here streaming live on Fox 1.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: Both NLDS series can be seen on Fox 1. It's
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: the Braves at the Dodgers beginning tomorrow at 4 p.m.
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: Eastern.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: Then the Padres and the Brewers. From Wisconsin, beginning Saturday night.
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: There at 8.30 p.m. Eastern time.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: Every hit could be the one that changes everything. Stream
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: the MLB postseason live on Fox 1. So that's the
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: big baseball right now.
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: The football. Get me in the mood. Here we go. Football, football, football.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: Time to roll.
• 22:06
  Speaker 3: Welcome in, militia.
• 22:07
  Speaker 4: Speaking of winners.
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: Can you handle more malar mayhem?
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen. It's time now for.
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  Speaker 3: Step back.
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  Speaker 1: Benny versus the Penny. All right. Here we go.
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: It is time now for Benny versus the Penny. We
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: head into the NFL week four card. We started last
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: night with a big fat L. Thanks to the pathetic
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: Steelers who chose not to play in the first half.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: And then by the time they started to play football,
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: they were down by two touchdowns. And although they tied
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: the game. They ended up losing to that suckbag Cleveland
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: Browns team. So pathetic performance by the Yinzers. They lose
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: that game, but we move on upward and onward. That
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: was our first Thursday night loss of the season. Before
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: we get to the eight hand-picked games, and we have
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: all kinds of information on all eight of these games,
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: before we get to those eight games, we must first
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: look back at Week 3. Now, I'd like to sit
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: here and tell you it was a magical Week 3.
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: That would be a lie. It was not a magical
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: Week 3. There was a lot of agony.
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: A lot of pain in week three in the early
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: television window. The keeper of the statistics on Benny versus
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: the Penny, representing the Penny this season, the Koopa Loop,
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: Justin Cooper.
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: So, Koop, before we look ahead, let's look back.
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: And what does the scoreboard, the CompuBox stats, what do
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: they say here about last week?
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  Speaker 6: Well, it was a rough week for you both. Though
• 23:35
  Speaker 6: you had a lot of differing picks, you both ended
• 23:38
  Speaker 6: the week 6-10.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that sucks.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it is amazing, though, because we differed on five
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: or six games, I think.
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: I have to go look at my notes.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: But there were a lot of disagreements. And the games
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: that we disagreed on, you'd think, well, that would lead
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: clearly to a big separation.
• 23:58
  Speaker 6: No.
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: No, somehow we managed to find a way to disagree
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: on a lot of games and still end up with
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: the same effing record, which sucks. Now, the competition on
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: Benny versus the Penny, man versus metal, and The penny's
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: being discontinued, but we'll always be part of the zeitgeist
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: in society. And so the competition, I want to win
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: all the bets. Obviously, that's not happening right now. Then
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: it's head-to-head versus the penny. So the penny, we're three
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: weeks in, Coop. How many weeks has the penny won, Coop?
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: That would be zero, Ben.
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: That's right. That's right.
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: So while I'm not doing great, I am better than
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: a penny or as good as a penny this week.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: So let's get to the games.
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: You're one under 500 right now.
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: You don't have to highlight that. There's no need to
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: highlight that. Time now for the beginning of week four.
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: We'll start out in London as Indianapolis 1-2, a three-and-a-half
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: point neutral side favorite versus Washington.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: The team used to be called the Redskins.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: It's on state-sponsored NFL Network's Dave Pasch, Kurt Warner, and
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Jason Kelsey. Well, we definitely do not get enough of
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: Jason Kelsey on television, so hallelujah. Thank God he's getting
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: a break there. to call this game. Of course, I'll
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: be sleeping right through this. It's an early game. Mostly
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: cloudy temperatures in the 60s at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium there
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: in London.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: I'm going to take the Colts in this game.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: Marcus Mariota. It really doesn't matter whether it's Marcus Mariota
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: or Jaden Daniels. We think it's Marcus Mariota. Marcus Mariota,
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: 11-25-1 against the spread over a full game.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: And the first half, he hasn't been good either. Been terrible.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: And here's why I'm taking the Colts. The commanders are
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: 30th in defensive yards per play. They're 29th in coverage grade,
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: according to the nerds. So you'd like to think that
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: Daniel Jones will be able to slice them up. And
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: I don't really care who plays quarterback for Washington, whether
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: it's Daniels or Mariota. and he should be able to
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: also exploit what appears to be, based on the injury report,
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: a really dinged-up offensive line. A lot of guys either
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: playing hurt or not playing in this game, so good
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: luck on that. Plus, the Commanders got their big win
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: of the season. They got their Super Bowl win over
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: the Seahawks last week, so it's back to reality this week.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: Give me the Colts and Koopaloop. Who does the penny like?
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: And when we flip the penny in the air....
• 26:29
  Speaker 4: Penny's going with the Commanders.
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: And how did you determine that? Because it's a neutral
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: side game, right? It's a neutral side game.
• 26:35
  Speaker 6: Well, the Commanders are technically the home team for this game,
• 26:39
  Speaker 6: and since the penny landed on heads, we're going with Commanders.
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: That is correct.
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: Tails, you sit on your ass when you travel. At home,
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: you use your head. Let's go now to Orchard Park,
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: New York. Buffalo at 3-0. The Bills take on their
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: AFC East rivals, New England. The traveling road show comes
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: in there. Patriots off to the 1-2 start. It's on
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: Sibias with Ian Eagle and Ross Tucker. And it'll be
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: in the 60s at kickoff in Orchard Park, New York there.
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: And I'm going to take the Bills in this game.
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: I generally do not like betting favorites. I'm betting more favorites.
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: It's probably why I'm losing more games. But I just
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: can't find a reason to take the Patriots in this game.
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: Josh Allen has closed a home favorite of six or
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: more points versus the AFC East 15 times in his career.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: The Bills are 14-1 straight up.
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: However... They actually have a.
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: Losing record against the spread as a favorite of six
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: or more points with Josh Allen. And so, again, I
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: love dogs normally. However, I just cannot back the discombobulated
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: Drake May, who has just one touchdown pass, six interceptions.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: New England is averaging 12 points per game. You juxtapose
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: that to Buffalo averaging an NFL high 33.7 points per game.
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: Sorry, Chicago Bears.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: The Bills are the highest scoring team in the NFL.
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: And the Bills had a sloppy game against the Chargers
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: last week. They still found a way to win it.
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: You figure they'll clean some of that up this week.
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: That's normally what happens. So I'm going to take the favorite.
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: I'll lay the points. Buffalo should win this game by
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: at least 10 points. Give me the Bills and the
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: Penny picks.
• 28:18
  Speaker 4: We have more disagreement. Penny's going with the Patriots.
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: All right. So two for two on disagreements. Next up
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: on Benny versus the Penny.
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: It's back on radio after a couple years on television
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: and YouTube and all that and the podcast. It's back
• 28:31
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• 28:34
  Speaker 2: it every week and tell a friend. Next up, Dallas,
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: 1-2 at Houston, also 1-2. Actually, no, the Texans are 0-3, rather.
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: Check that.
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: So Houston, a 2.5-point favorite, 2.5-point favorite at home. The
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: game is on Fox with friend of the show, Kenny Albert.
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: who loves his steak well done. God bless him. And
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: Greg Olson. I don't have time for my Greg Olson story,
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: but Tom Looney. We used to have Greg on when
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: he played in the NFL, and it was very amusing,
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: one of the line of questions that he got from Looney.
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: So the weather, it doesn't matter. It's a dome, but
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: it's going to be hot, shocking, 80 degrees or so
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: in Houston on Sunday.
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: I'm going to take the Texans this game. Oh, my God,
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: you're taking the Texans. What are you doing? You're taking
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: the Texans. Oh, my God. Here's why.
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: It's more of a play against Dallas than it is
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: on the Texans. It looks like Joey Porter Jr. is
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: going to play for the Cowboys at the time we're
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: doing this. The Cowboys have been absolutely gashed against the run.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: They rank near the bottom in the NFL in just
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: about every statistical category at stopping the run. So that
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: means that Houston should not have to lean into C.J.
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: Stroud.
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: Although there are some options there to make some plays,
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: Houston should just keep the ball on the ground with
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: Montgomery and Marks and those running backs and control the clock,
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: keep Dak Prescott watching on the sidelines.
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: And C.J.
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: Stroud, there will be some plays there. That Cowboy defense,
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: I know Porter is supposed to play here, but the
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: Cowboys are dead last in that nerd stat EPA per play,
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: and their defensive success rate is terrible. So, again, I'm
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: going to take the home team here. Houston, a small favorite,
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: two-and-a-half-point favorite. So that's three favorites in a row.
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: What am I doing? And the Penny picks.
• 30:19
  Speaker 4: Penny agrees, going with the Texans.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: All right, we agree on that. Next up, the L.A. Rams. L.A.
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: Rams off to that slow start, 1-2. Really 2-1, though,
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: because the NFL gave the Broncos a win. Philadelphia comes
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: in 2-1. They beat a couple of cupcakes to start
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: the year, then played the Bears and went belly up.
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: It's on Fox. Which $ 700, 000 watch is Tom Brady going
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: to wear to this game with Kevin Burkhardt? Temperatures in
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: the 60s in Philadelphia for the kickoff of this game,
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: the first weekend of October. Chance of rain showers at
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: the link. So if you're attending this game, please bring
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: an umbrella. Well, I probably won't let you take an
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: umbrella in.
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: Bring a poncho?
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: No?
• 30:57
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: When the Rams face a team who has short rest
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: like the Eagles do, They are 17-8 straight up, 16-9
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: against the spread. They did not do well in this
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: spot last year, but overall, seven games above. 500.
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: I'm going to take the Rams. I'm taking the Rams
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: in this game. Again, another favorite. I know.
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: Eagles are 0-3 against the spread so far this year.
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: Coming off that ugly loss as favorites in Chicago.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: It's a short week.
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: And the Philadelphia D under Uncle Vic. They only have
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: three sacks through three games. I didn't play in the NFL.
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: I'm told that's not good. And you figure if Stafford
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: has a clean pocket, Pook and Nakua is expected back
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: this week. You should see a barbecue for the Rams
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: offense there. And also the ability to run the ball
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: because you look at that Eagle defense, there's some options there.
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: Kyron Williams of the Rams is averaging over five yards
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: a carry to begin the year, so that's obviously pretty good.
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: And the Rams, if they can have those long, methodical.
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: Drives, convert third downs, you keep Saquon Barkley, who's killed
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: them in the past, and Jalen Hurts watching on the sidelines.
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: And the Eagles are just a little off right now,
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: so again, I'm taking the Rams.
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: What about the penny on Benny versus the petty?
• 32:20
  Speaker 4: Penny's picking the Eagles.
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: Birds.
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: A lot of disagreement. We continue.
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: Next up, Kansas City off to the 3-0 start. And
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: they are a 4.5-point favorite on DraftKings as they take
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: on Las Vegas off to the 3-0 start.
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: It's on serious.
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: This is the big game there. Jim Nance and J.J. Watt,
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: the A team at CBS, will have the call. It
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: is a dome stadium in Vegas, Allegiant Stadium. A cash
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: cow for the Raiders. It's good to dome. I mean,
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: it's still in the 90s there in Vegas on Sunday afternoon.
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: And here's a fun fact. The Raiders quarterback, Kirk Cousins,
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: has started four games against Andy Reid coach teams in
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: his career since 2017. And his team, Kirk Cousins, is
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: 0-4 against the spread against Andy Reid coach teams, failing
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: to cover by over four points per game. Now, I
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: have bashed the Raiders. I don't think they're legit. However,
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: I am going to take the Raiders.
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: In this game.
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: Kansas City, listen, they must play well. Obviously, tougher to
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: play on the road, divisional game and all that stuff.
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: In order for the Raiders to just hang around, the
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: Raiders aren't going to win this game. They just have
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: to lose by a field goal, lose by less than
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: four points or, you know, obviously four and a half.
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: So if they can string together long drives and avoid
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: the turnover, which is going to be very difficult for
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins, shorten the game here, we do expect cousins
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: to hit a speed bump nevertheless the value you go
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: with the value you don't go with your heart or
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: who you have a radio beef with you go with
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: the value and so the raiders can give up yards
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: between the 20s as long as they're just giving up
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: field goals that's how you cover the spread on a
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: game like this so i'm going to take the home
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: team even though it'll be arrowhead stadium of nevada i'll
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: take the raiders plus the four and a half points
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: and the penny.
• 34:23
  Speaker 4: Picks Penny's also going with the Raiders.
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: It is Benny versus the Penny. Man versus metal next up.
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: Koopa Loops, Denver Broncos off to the 2-1 start, taking
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: on the San Francisco football team that plays in Santa Clara.
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: And they're off to the 3-0 start. This on CBS.
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: Friend of the show Kevin Harlan and Trent Green have
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: the call. It'll be in the low 80s in the
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: Bay Area at this game in Santa Clara. And the
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: pick is in. And I want to take the Broncos
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: in this game. I'm going to take the Broncos here.
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: Since the start of the 2024 season, Bo Nix, he
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: started 20 games where the other team has received the
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: majority of the bets in the gambling market. And the
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: Broncos are eight games above 500 in those games where
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: the public.
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: Does not believe in Bo Nix and the Broncos. So
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: I'm going to take the Broncos here.
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: And when in doubt, and this is a very close game,
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: handicapping this game during the week, I was like, well,
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: I can make a compelling argument for the Niners, but
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: you want to bet on the healthier team. That substation
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: is causing more problems. You look at the injury report,
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: Nick Bosa out, Trent Williams, Dre Greenlaw, Mike Evans have
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: also missed practice time this week. Obviously, we don't know
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: who's exactly going to play and who's not among those guys.
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: But that's a compromised roster for the 49ers. The pass protection...
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: is dinged up. The weaponry is not great.
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: I think Mr.
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: Cooks was activated for this game, Brandon Cooks, so good
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: luck on that. Niners slightly inflated. The Rams were a
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: good team, but that was an Australia thing. A couple
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: of bad teams after that. I'm going to take the
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: Broncos and Sean Payton. I will take the three points
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: and the underdog and the Penny picks.
• 36:14
  Speaker 6: No wonder the Penny's been doing so bad this season.
• 36:16
  Speaker 6: Penny's going to go with the 49ers.
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: Okay, disagree on that. Disagree.
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: All right, we'll pause for the cause here. We have
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: two more games to get to. And here is, before
• 36:24
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• 36:27
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• 36:33
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  Speaker 2: Quarterback Blank is 1-10 against the spread in the first
• 36:43
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• 36:46
  Speaker 2: Failing to cover. His team failed to cover by 4.4
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: points per game. That is the single worst mark of
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: the 17 quarterbacks in the NFL with at least 10
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: such games in that span. Again, quarterback blank. 1-10 against
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: the spread. First four games of a season over the
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: last three seasons. And that is the worst mark out
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: of 17 quarterbacks who qualify for that statistic.
• 37:10
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• 38:00
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• 38:03
  Speaker 1: Back to it. Well, back to it.
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: Time now for the Insta Trivia. Quarterback Blank is 1-10
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  Speaker 2: against the spread in the first four games of a
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  Speaker 2: season over the last three seasons, failing to cover his
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: team by 4.4 points per game. That is the worst
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: mark out of 17 quarterbacks with at least 10 such
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  Speaker 2: games In that span, and what is the name of
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: that quarterback?
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: Let's see. Does anyone know the answer?
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: Tim Couch from Alfie. Boy, you save every photo I took.
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: Who else do we have? Mack Jones from Eakin, Roseville, Minnesota.
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: Mr.
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: Brittany Rogers from JT the Wingman.
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: Who else do we have? Page down. Jim Plunkett from
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: Dat Dude.
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: Mr.
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: Unlimited Russell Wilson from Walker from New Hampshire. Let's see here.
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: Page down.
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: Chad Tracy from Frankhauser, the worst of the 17 quarterbacks.
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: Mark Malone from Donkey Sausage. Jared Goff guessed by Rob
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: on the 3-2-1. Danny Almonte from James.
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  Speaker 1: Who else? Page down.
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  Speaker 2: Bubby Brister from Mediocre Kabuki. Gino Smith from Johnny Q.
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: What say you? Analog Alice says Joe Burrow.
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: What say you? Sean King. Oh, Sean, I know that guy. No,
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: that is incorrect. Sean King, former Bucs quarterback. It is C.J.
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: Stroud of Houston, Texas.
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  Speaker 3: C.J. Stroud.
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  Speaker 1: Here we go.
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: Back to it. Let's get to it. Two games to go.
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: Benny versus Penny. Island game Sunday night. Not a great
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: Sunday night game. Detroit 2-1 at Carolina 1-2. Lions a
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: 3.5 point favorite on DraftKings. It's on NBC with Mike
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: Tirico and Chris Collinsworth. Chance of rain in Charlotte on
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: Sunday night. Attempts in the 60s. I'm going to go
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: with the Lions here. Bryce Young has started three games
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: in prime time with the Panthers, Carolina Panthers, and they
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: are 0-3 straight up. Carolina scoring 17 points or less
• 39:59
  Speaker 2: in all three games. Detroit is the stronger team. Here's
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: why I'm taking the Lions. They're the stronger team. They
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: have more offensive firepower. And Carolina, all kinds of injuries. Remember,
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: go with the healthier team on offense. Running back, receiver,
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: offensive line depth.
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: All hurting there. Carolina's secondary also without J.C. Horn. He's injured.
• 40:19
  Speaker 2: Fellow starting quarterback Mike Jackson's been dealing with a groin injury.
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: I'm taking Carolina. The penny picks. No, I'm taking the Lions,
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: by the way. Penny picks.
• 40:27
  Speaker 2: Here we go.
• 40:28
  Speaker 4: The penny's going with Carolina.
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: All right, next up, Atlanta and New Orleans.
• 40:32
  Speaker 2: It's on ABC, Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and it's in
• 40:35
  Speaker 2: a dome in New Orleans. I'm going to take the
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: Falcons here, the Dirty Birds. Again, the healthier team. Saints
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: are banged up. Travis Achan is out, injured, running back,
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: offensive line, two offensive linemen injured. Give me Atlanta here
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: and the penny picks.
• 40:52
  Speaker 4: Penny's going with the Saints. Going to be some separation.
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 40:54
  Speaker 2: We got disagreement, baby. Penny versus the Penny. All the
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: picks will be up this weekend.
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: All the picks. All of them. All of them. All
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: of them. All of them.