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It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here?

Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn. In our first season,

Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election,

which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.

So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore. Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio. And a, not a full slate of games, because the, uh, the rain got in the way of a couple of games,

but we had a, uh, a array, array of things going on in baseball, which concluded with the Seattle

Mariners beating Cory Klooper and the Cleveland Indians.

The, uh, Mariners, not a lot of offense in that game.

Kind of the game I was at.

It was the Dodger Giants game.

A game that was lacking offensive mojo.

One game that was not lacking offensive mojo,

at least for the long ball.

No, I'm not going to the White Sox Royals game.

The Royals pitching staff makes you want to puke.

I'm not talking about that.

No, I'm talking about the Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays and the much-ballahood,

Jean-Carlo Stanton, who is not, not wasting any time to feast on Toronto pitching, knowing that being in the American

League East, you will go against that wretched Blue Jay pitching staff numerous times.

Now, if you did not watch, it's one of the earlier games in the day on opening day on

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