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It's our number one, hour one.

Ready for some fun.

It is the Ben Mallor Show podcast back from the big meet and greet we had in Newport, Kentucky,

at Strong Brick Oven Pizzeria.

What a wonderful event.

I want to thank you, boys, for coming out, and just a great crowd. A lot of you dragged your wives, your kids, the whole thing. It was a lot of fun. We'll talk more about it throughout the night. And also on the fifth hour podcast this weekend, we'll mostly be dedicated to just the events that took place there in Ohio and Kentucky.

So thanks to the hospitality.

Everyone was just first class.

But here in our number one, we're back to the salt mine, the sweatshop of sports talk, the audio dojo.

And here in our number one, Alex Cora, decommissioned over the weekend as Red Sox manager.

Why did this happen?

Should Red Sox fans be mad that the fired coaches looked happier on the plane ride back from the team than they did all season?

And after getting polaxed by the Red Soxed, what's next for Alex Cora?

You know he's going to end up on his feet somewhere.

We'll talk about that.

And more right now.

Here we go.

It's our number one.

Well, you win some, you lose some, and sometimes you're bye-bye, see you later.

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