Best of The Ben Maller Show 04/18/2018
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2018
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Big Ben talks about Shohei Ohtani getting blown up by the Red Sox, a recap of the night's NBA Playoff games, Maller to the 3rd Degree, and Password: Word Game of the Stars!
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| 1:05.6 | The typical protocol this time of the year is whatever the big story in the NBA, you go with it because, hey, |
| 1:12.8 | it's the postseason in the NBA. It's a big effing deal. But this night is different than most |
| 1:19.2 | nights. Very rarely do we get the gift of a hyped major league baseball game. Doesn't happen |
| 1:24.9 | very often. Baseball is a regional sport. |
| 1:30.7 | It is not designed right now to be a national sport. |
| 1:33.5 | But this was the exception to the rule. |
| 1:38.2 | And so I'm going to take the exception of the rule and I'm going to run with it is what I'm going to do. |
| 1:38.8 | And if you're a baseball fan, I know, supposedly there's not many of you left. |
| 1:43.0 | I would be won. |
| 1:44.5 | This was a big deal, right? The Red Sox off to the greatest start in their 118 year history |
| 1:50.6 | against an angel team that seemed like they were legit, although it didn't look very legit |
| 1:55.8 | in the game against the Red Sox. And the billing was all about Shohei Otani, the Babe Ruth from Japan. |
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