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Hello and welcome.

It's our number three, hour number three of the Ben Mather radio program talking baseball.

It's the major leagues, but it looks like Little League.

Chicago Cubs star Javi Baez. Is he a base running hero or is Pirates first baseman Will Craig, their donkey, a Mallor show.

Look at this.

We'll get to it right now.

Here it is our number three.

Plus lame jokes a week.

Here they go.

Up greatness or the bad news buckos at it again.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather show.

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

and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from deep inside the magic radio box.

Hope all is well for you.

I was looking to talk some baseball, and there's a story that I love.

And we very rarely do this type of conversation,

but I feel like it's worthy of a few good minutes on the radio.

Our baseball lead comes from a random game playing on a Thursday afternoon in May.

Why on God's green earth would we bother to talk about this?

It would take something unique, something amazing to rise to the

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