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Hello and welcome.

It's our number three, our number three of our radio program.

And we do a tap dance on the third rail, my man, the third rail.

So Dave Stewart might remember him if you're old.

He used to play professional baseball for the Oakland Athletics and others. He's boycotting a 40th anniversary of the Dodgers World Series title from 1981.

Stewart was a relief pitcher on the 81 Dodgers.

He's boycotting as an act of protest.

He's upset the way the Dodgers handled the Trevor Bauer situation.

We highlight the hypocrisy from Smoke, Dave Stewart, and his position on this topic.

Right now, here it is our number three.

I am not going to go.

I don't care what you do.

I'm not going to go.

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

We are in the air everywhere.

We are cruising for a bruising coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast

and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the cosmos,

hanging out on this little blue marble spinning around the Milky Way.

We're hanging out at the Fox Sports Radio Studios.

Good to have you.

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