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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.

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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

The much Ballyhooed.

Is that a good word? I like that word. We don't use that word enough. Got to find a way to mix in Ballyhooed. I like that word Ballyhood.

We don't use that word enough.

Got to find a way to mixing Ballyhooed more into the show.

But it was anticipated the Shohei Otani on the mound situation in Oakland.

It was such a big deal.

I watched some of the game. There were thousands of empty seats, but that's just in Oakland A It was such a big deal. I watched some of the game.

There were thousands of empty seats, but that's just an Oakland A's baseball game.

That's just how that goes.

There was such a big deal.

There was no one in the crowd.

No one was there, but it was billed as a global phenomena making his big league mound debut, the Babe Ruth of Japan.

And how did that go?

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