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Hello and welcome.

It's our number three, our number three of our radio program.

And believe it or not, it's pro bouncy ball season.

They tip off the regular season in the NBA on a Tuesday night.

So what do we love and what do we hate about the start of the NBA regular season?

We take a peek behind the curtain before the curtain goes up on the NBA,

and we do it right now in hour number three.

A little slice of Hoops Heaven.

Welcome in the beginning of yet another hour of the Ben Mather show,

we are together in the air everywhere as we draw blank coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast and extremely powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the nest as we hang out with the night owls

inside the Fox Sports Radio Studios at a secret location in the Northwoods.

So this hour was something a little different.

We had a Red Sock Astro game that ended in glorious fashion.

The Astros licking their wounds at this point, down two games to one, two losses away

from going home in baseball.

The NLCS was off.

Dodgers back at it.

Early start on the West Coast. If you're on the East Coast, 5 o'clock, 2 o'clock in the off. Dodgers back at it, early start on the West Coast.

If you're on the East Coast, 5 o'clock, 2 o'clock in the West,

Dodgers and Atlanta Braves in game three.

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