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It's our number three.

Hour number three of the Ben Mather radio show recorded overnight from commercial radio and then repackaged in the podcast format.

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It's a baseball hour.

The Yankees, even though they won on Thursday, are not playing particularly well.

In fact, it's the worst start for the Yankees in 30 years.

So we asked the question what they should do.

Should they shake it up?

There's been a rumor going around.

The Yankees are looking to acquire Trevor's story from Colorado.

Smart move or not a smart move?

We'll take a look at that and more.

Coming your way, including lame jokes right now, hour three.

Here it is.

A pinstripe conundrum.

That's right.

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