Consolation Pies
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2017
⏱️ 162 minutes
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Ben Maller reacts to the Dodgers disappointing Game 7 and the Houston Astros being crowned World Series Champions. Also, Josh Gordon being reinstated by the NFL, rumors of Bill Belichick's retirement & more!
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| 0:29.9 | Well, I was told the Dodgers were going to win the World Series |
| 0:32.8 | because they had momentum. |
| 0:34.7 | They had one game six. |
| 0:37.4 | Every hack sportscaster told me they had momentum. They had one game six. Every hack sportscaster told me they had momentum. |
| 0:41.7 | F you! |
| 0:43.5 | The Astros are the kings, the professional baseball, the choke factor, the winner. |
| 0:50.7 | Well, I think we know who the winner of that is. |
| 0:53.2 | Yikes. |
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| 1:17.5 | Well, we were right about some things. |
| 1:19.3 | We knew that Lance McCullors was in over his head for the Astros. |
| 1:22.5 | He was. |
| 1:24.0 | He hit four batters. |
| 1:26.5 | The guy was warming up in the outfield before or after the game six loss for Houston. |
| 1:33.1 | And then went out there and just, just it was terrible. |
| 1:38.1 | And it didn't matter because the story, the game was over for all intensive purposes |
| 1:43.5 | before the real meat of the trouble there for McCullors who had a very short start in game seven. |
| 1:51.2 | But the final round and all the cliches and the descriptive terms that we use about this being a heavyweight matchup. |
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