Hour 2 - The Rules Police
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 863 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Ben Maller talks about Braves broadcaster CJ Nitkowski wanting baseball to dump the Ohtani Rule, why Jazz Chisholm is taking so much heat for targeting the 50-50 club with the Yankees, MLB owners saving up $2 billion for a work stoppage, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Play ball. |
| 0:05.7 | It's our number two. |
| 0:09.4 | As we get all mixed up here in hour number two, |
| 0:11.8 | and it's all about the LABOIs. |
| 0:14.9 | Their broadcaster, C.J. Nkowski wants baseball to get rid of the Otani rule, |
| 0:22.7 | implying that it's unfair to the Dodgers. |
| 0:26.5 | It's unfair to the rest of baseball. |
| 0:28.3 | The Dodgers get to use an extra pitcher. |
| 0:30.9 | How does all that sound to you? |
| 0:33.2 | I will also put the conspiracy theory hat on. |
| 0:36.1 | Also, why is Star Jazz Chisholm taking so much heat for targeting a 50-50 campaign? |
| 0:45.5 | Only one member of that 50-50 campaign. |
| 0:47.4 | That's Shohei Otani, but he's got big plans for the Yankees this year. |
| 0:50.6 | Also, what is the word for Major League Baseball owners saving an estimated |
| 0:55.4 | $2 billion in a war chest preparing to lock out the players? We'll go there as well and try to |
| 1:02.9 | stay afloat in our number two. Make way, make way! The rules police have arrived. Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mallor show. |
| 1:19.1 | We are in the air everywhere crawling along as we slip, slurp, and savor. |
| 1:27.7 | The sporty flavor, coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast. |
| 1:33.3 | And impeccably powerful microphones of FSR emanating live. |
| 1:41.5 | From the footprint, as we increase our carbon footprint by the second from the |
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