Hour 3 - Chop It Up
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Ben Maller talks about MLB commissioner Rob Manfred planning to add an in-season tournament and a split-season to MLB, many teams bailing out on their regional cable TV deals, the latest on the Tarik Skubal sweepstakes in Detroit, Lame Jokes of the Week, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:04.4 | Boom! |
| 0:05.7 | Shaka! |
| 0:06.4 | It's our number three. |
| 0:09.7 | Our number three is ready to go talking baseball. |
| 0:14.8 | And what is your reaction to Rob Manford, the commissioner, planning to add an in-season tournament expansion and a split season, |
| 0:27.7 | along with eight divisions in Major League Baseball. |
| 0:31.5 | There's a lot going on with this story. |
| 0:33.5 | We'll talk about it. |
| 0:34.2 | Why are Major League Baseball teams bailing out nine of them on their regional cable sports TV deals? |
| 0:40.7 | And how do you see the Terrick Scoobel sweepstakes shaking out in Detroit? |
| 0:46.2 | The Yankees claimed they tried to get Scoobel. |
| 0:48.7 | The Tigers wanted half the roster. |
| 0:50.6 | We'll talk about that as well. |
| 0:52.6 | And we also have lame jokes of the week this hour, the friend Billy, aka weed man from South Florida. |
| 0:59.0 | All that coming your way right now. |
| 1:00.4 | It's our number three. |
| 1:02.9 | Yeah, just chop it up. |
| 1:04.4 | Get your knife out and just chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop. |
| 1:09.8 | What are you talking about? Well, we'll explain, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop. What are you talking about? |
| 1:12.2 | Well, we'll explain. |
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