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So this hour, the big story in sports, the last 24 hours,

boo!

The cheating Astros made their first visit to the Boogie Down Bronx, Yankee Stadium, since the scandal was exposed.

And Mallor report card time, we grade, put a letter grade on the Bronx booing that took place back on Tuesday night.

We will do it right now here on the early morning Wednesday podcast.

Our number one, here it is.

A Bronx Uprising.

Welcome in the beginning of another edition of the Ben Mallor show.

We are in the air everywhere as we get on our soapbox coast to coast, border to border

and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the flight deck as we soar on the red eye all night long.

I hope you're doing well.

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