07/05/2021 - Hour 2 - A Not So Stellar All-Star Decision
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 863 Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Ben Maller breaks down Jacob deGrom's comments about not wanting to pitch in the MLB All-Star Game. Plus, a wild story that's rocking the sports media world, and Ben offers his thoughts on who's to blame for the Yankees struggles, and just how good the Jaguars will be in 2021.
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| 0:31.8 | Hello and welcome. |
| 0:41.8 | It's our number two, our number two of our radio program. We go to baseball where the All-Star Reserves were announced, |
| 0:46.6 | pitching staffs announced, and he met's ace Jacob de Grom. |
| 0:50.5 | He was named to the All-Star team, as you might imagine, the top pitcher in baseball, |
| 0:54.2 | but he is rejecting the idea of pitching in the All-Star game, possibly even going to Denver for the actual game itself. |
| 0:57.8 | We are not impressed. |
| 0:59.4 | We are not impressed. |
| 1:00.2 | I'll give you my 10 cents on Jacob de Grom and his stance. |
| 1:03.2 | We'll get to that and much more here in our number two. |
| 1:07.3 | Not interested in mile highhigh fun, clearly. |
| 1:12.1 | Welcome in the beginning of another hour. |
| 1:16.6 | We are in the air everywhere on the Ben Mather show as we live on a shoestring, coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast and powerful |
| 1:29.9 | microphones of FSR emanating live from under the moonlight camouflaged by the darkness |
| 1:39.6 | hanging out here at the Fox Sports Radio studios. |
| 1:43.3 | Hope you're well. |
| 1:45.0 | Glad you've chosen to listen to us on a big holiday when a lot of people are not working. |
| 1:49.9 | So our lead this hour coming from Major League Baseball. |
| 1:54.6 | They announced over the weekend the All-Star Rosters. |
| 1:57.5 | I was very proud and I was very happy that not a single |
| 2:01.2 | Astro was named to the starting lineup. Good job by the men, women, and children |
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