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We go to baseball.

Do the Yankees have a Garrett Cole problem?

He sucked at a time you cannot suck again for the Yankees earlier this year.

We will parse the words of Aaron Boone and take a look at Garrett Cole.

That and more right now in our number three.

Here it is.

The Bronx is a burning unless it's not.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather show.

We are together in the air everywhere as we swing into action coast to coast, border to border and beyond on the vast and overwhelmingly powerful microphones of FSR emanating live.

From the catch, the catch of the day, the Fox Sports Radio Studios at a secret location

somewhere in the North Woods in our lead this hour from Major League Baseball. And take a peek behind the curtain in the Northwoods. And our lead this hour from Major League Baseball.

And take a peek behind the curtain in the Yankee locker room.

What is going on there?

The Bronx Bombers playing a random game, bad weather, bad weather in Motown,

a frigid night there, Detroit baseball.

And so he said, who cares about a random Tuesday night game between the Yankees and the Tigers?

Well, Garrett Cole got the start for the Yankees.

Considering he's the highest paid pitcher in baseball, we're always curious how things turn out for Garrett Cole, as he is the guiding light of a shaky Yankee rotation, said to be one of the weak spots of the Bronx baseball team.

So if you didn't see this game, and chances are you probably didn't, either you were doing

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