Roses Are Red, Violets are Blue...
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2020
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
Ben Maller dedicates the show to the cheating Astros press conference and breaks down the circus including comments from owner Jim Crane, remarks from Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, JJ Reddick, Dallas Kuechel, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | experiencing the news each day can feel like a journey with up first from npr though it doesn't have to be welcome to 15 easy minutes of breaking news clarity on international and national affairs and a casual tone that you can take in with breakfast begin your day informed ready and refreshed Begin your day with Up First. |
| 0:25.9 | Subscribe to Up First from NPR on the IHeart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:34.1 | It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here? |
| 0:39.3 | Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn. In our first season, |
| 0:45.0 | Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election, |
| 0:50.8 | which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history. |
| 0:54.6 | So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, |
| 1:00.4 | Bush v. Gore. Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 1:05.8 | Hey, it's Ben. I hope you're having a wonderful day today. I'm glad you have spent some time with us on the podcast. This is the radio version of the podcast. A friendly reminder to help my fledgling |
| 1:13.4 | broadcasting career. If you like this podcast, there's a spin-off podcast called The Fifth Hour |
| 1:19.0 | with me, Ben Mallor and David Gaggon or Gascon, depending how you say it. That podcast will |
| 1:25.7 | drop later today. Scheduled, I believe, for 3 o'clock Eastern, noon in the West. |
| 1:32.6 | And we will have that podcast, which is for your weekend listening pleasure. |
| 1:36.9 | But this podcast coming up on today's show, it is a long-distance dedication to the cheating Houston Astros. |
| 1:45.7 | We go in-depth on all parts Astros. |
| 1:49.2 | We dedicate this. |
| 1:51.6 | It's supposed to do a day of atonement for the Astros. |
| 1:53.7 | Their owner, Jim Crane, turning into a Saturday Night Live sketch was ridiculous. |
| 2:00.9 | Former Astro, Dallas Keiklel sounded like a punch drunk boxer. |
| 2:04.8 | We examine his comments now with the White Sox. |
| 2:07.0 | And we take the temperature in the room as some media people are carrying the water saying let bygones be bygones with the Astros. |
| 2:16.8 | I give my hot take. |
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