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The excuse is continuing to rain down, down, down, down.

Welcome in the beginning of another edition of the Ben Mather Show.

We are in the air everywhere.

You there, me here, as we land the first punch, coast to coast, border to border

and beyond, on the vast and refreshingly powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the aid,

the sleep aid of the overnight.

The Fox Sports Radio Studios inside the audio device that you are listening to.

And our lead this hour comes from baseball.

Now, there are several ways we could go.

We could do Sky is falling radio.

Oh my God, the Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves and they got crushed

overrated it was by 12 runs by 12 runs to the Atlanta Braves in a key NL East match. And we could also talk about the free fall in New York Yankees who were shut out.

Second straight game.

The Yankees shut out.

And the first time that's happened in many years, it's been half a decade or so, more than that, since the Yankees were last shutout,

back-to-back games.

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