Hour 2 - The KO Kid Gets Paid
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Ben Maller talks about Konnor Griffin getting a $140 million deal from the Pirates at the age of 19, if Pirates fans should be worried about Paul Skenes calling Griffin "the face of the franchise", MLB umpires whining about being judged by accuracy, Maller to the Third Degree, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Play ball. |
| 0:05.6 | It's our number two. |
| 0:09.4 | Our number two as we get ready to partay here together and talk in baseball. |
| 0:17.4 | Big story, big story, big contract out of Pittsburgh. |
| 0:22.5 | And is Connor Griffin, the K-O kid, K-O for Connor. |
| 0:27.0 | Connor Griffin is getting a $140 million deal with the pirates at the age of 19. |
| 0:34.2 | Is this a bargain or a boondoggle for the Bucco's? |
| 0:38.5 | Also, should Pirates fans be worried that Paul Skeens is calling Connor Griffin the face of the franchise? |
| 0:47.5 | Isn't that Paul Skeens? |
| 0:48.7 | And why are Major League Baseball umpires whining, whining about being judged on accuracy. |
| 0:56.2 | Isn't that literally the job to be judged on accuracy? |
| 0:59.6 | We'll talk about all of those stories. |
| 1:01.4 | And also, we will have in a Fox Sports Radio, Ben Mallor's show exclusive, |
| 1:06.7 | the man, the myth, the legend, Matthew, who won the bracket challenge and is a longtime listener of the Ben Maler show calls in to celebrate his victory. |
| 1:18.7 | That'll be coming up here as well. |
| 1:20.1 | All of it for you in our number two. |
| 1:24.4 | The K.O. Kid gets paid. Money, money, money. Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mallor show. We are in the air everywhere. |
| 1:41.2 | Denizens, as we say, be bold and be different or shut up. |
| 1:46.0 | Coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast. |
| 1:51.3 | And beautifully, powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the prime, |
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