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Hello and welcome.

It's our number two.

Hour number two of our radio program. We are back at it talking early season baseball where the vaunted New York Yankees have the American League's worst record after 15 games.

Is it time to start stressing out in the Bronx?

Of course it is.

I'll tell you all the issues the Yankees are having right now.

And listen to the entire hour, the debut of a new Zaney member of the Malar Militia,

Hayes from the Twin Cities.

Wait until you hear his very interesting phone call.

That and more here in hour number two.

The Bronx is burning, not literally, but the baseball team not doing so well.

Welcome in. It's the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather show.

We are in the air everywhere as we bloviate coast to coast, border

to border, and beyond the vast and powerful microphones of FSR live from inside the theater,

the theater of the mind, the Fox Sports Radio Studios.

And we do thank you for spending some time with us here inside the magical audio box. So our lead this hour coming from the big leagues and as mentioned, the New York Yankees,

one of the highest paid rosters in professional sport.

And they have fallen into poverty.

At least the record is in the poverty department.

Now, if you've not been watching, and maybe you have not,

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