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Hey, it's Ben.

I hope you're having a wonderful Tuesday, and I want to thank you again for supporting our show, for downloading the podcast.

You are the backbone, the salt of the earth for our little radio show, the little engine that could.

So coming up on today's program, here's what you're in store for, several compelling

mallor monologues, including the fallout from the Cleveland Browns,

who have apparently systemic issues with a no-show effort against the 49ers.

And just how bad, how bad was Baker Mayfield, we will dissect a therapeutic mallor monologue,

at least for me, the Dodgers on the brink of disaster after a pathetic

effort against the Washington Nationals.

They're not dead yet, but they put themselves in a precarious situation.

And we dive into the NBA.

They are under attack, and they want that Chinese money.

And so they're trying to walk back comments from Darry.

There's a lot of money.

We're talking about billions of dollars on the line the NBA could lose,

and we'll check back in with baseball and the Houston Astros,

who have a Zach Granky problem on the road to the goalie lock zone.

Zach Granky not getting the job done, and he hasn't gotten the job done in a while in the postseason.

We've got some crazy callers that called up, some fun game shows, and some other cool things as well.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy today's edition, the latest edition of the podcast.

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