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Hey, it's Ben.

I hope you're having a wonderful day today.

And we've got a big podcast for you.

And a very exciting night.

You know, I was dreading the possibility of having to come in after the Astros had won the World Series.

I was, boy, was I not looking forward to that, not at all.

But fortunately, the Astros gagged away game seven.

They had a two-nothing lead going to the seventh inning, nine outs away from the title, and they could not get it done.

They just imploded.

Their bullpin was a hot mess, and so we will discuss that and how overrated are the Astros with a tip of the headphones to the Washington Nationals.

Because I did have a case of an attitude,

and I'll explain how my voodoo doll actually helped.

My voodoo doll actually helped.

Baker Mayfield, we're going to talk about this,

but we bumped Baker Mayfield from the show.

We knew a monologue on Baker,

but instead, Steph Curry,

a big injury in the NBA, and we give essentially

the eulogy for the Golden State Warriors, as it appears they are going to be buried by the time

Curry comes back.

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