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Hello and welcome.

It's our number three, hour number three of our radio program and we go to baseball.

That's right.

Now, we're not going to break down some particular team or player, but Major League Baseball as a whole, reports say they are deciding now to crack down on pitchers doctoring the ball, putting the goo on the ball.

No more sticky balls for Major League Baseball.

We take a look at what that means and who is in the most danger of collapsing

because of the crackdown on gunk on balls. Coming your way right now. Here it is. And lame jokes of the crackdown on gunk on balls.

Coming your way right now.

Here it is, and lame jokes of the week, in hour number three.

It is a sticky situation.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mallor show. We are in the air everywhere as we have the

upper hand, 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, the Fox Sports Radio Studios,

Hope all as well.

I'm walking around like a peacock here.

I am in a good mood.

Good mood, Benny.

Man, I don't know why I'm in such a good mood.

I don't know if anything happened Thursday night in sports that caused me to just celebrate.

I've got a Treshire cat smile on my face from ear to ear.

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