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5 min readThe Fifth Hour: The Maller Matchmaker
Late one night at the Maller Mansion in the Northwoods of Southern California, Ben Maller was lying on his sofa eating crunchy tacos while his English bulldog Moxie slept across his legs, snoring and occasionally farting. A text came in from his radio buddy "Sports with Coleman"—Jerry Coleman, a Baltimore media figure who claims to be a personal friend of Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. Coleman was at Camden Yards for the Orioles-Yankees game and sent Maller a photo of the famous warehouse. That simple exchange set off a chain of events that turned Maller into what he calls "the Wizard of Oz of Camden Yards"—a long-distance matchmaker connecting two strangers at a baseball game 2,300 miles away, all without ever leaving his couch.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (03:30) **Setup: Ben Maller's Command Center** - Ben describes his nightly routine at the "Maller Mansion" in the Northwoods, lying on the sofa with his bulldog Moxie, eating tacos, and preparing for his overnight sports talk show.
- 2 (07:55) **The Spark: A Text from Sports with Coleman** - Ben receives a photo from his radio buddy Jerry Coleman (Sports with Coleman) at Camden Yards during an Orioles-Yankees game.
- 3 (09:16) **The Game: Where in the World is Marlins Man?** - Ben describes his personal ritual of scanning the first few rows behind home plate at every baseball game to find the famous fan known as "Marlins Man."
- 4 (11:40) **The Legend of Marlins Man** - Ben provides backstory on how he met Lawrence (Marlins Man) and confirms he is a genuine fan of the show.
- 5 (14:12) **The Missing Sandwich** - While watching the game, Ben notices Marlins Man get up and leave his seat in the fourth inning.
- 6 (16:00) **The Maller Matchmaker Idea** - Ben realizes his two friends, Jerry Coleman and Marlins Man, are at the same game but don't know each other, and this bothers him.
- 7 (20:02) **The Meetup: Operation Orange Visor** - Ben watches the entire interaction play out live on television from his couch as Coleman and Marlins Man connect behind home plate.
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One random night watching a Yankees and Orioles game somehow turned Ben Maller into the executive producer and kingpin of "The Maller Matchmaker: Friend Edition," a completely spontaneous and unnecessary adventure some 2,300-miles away from the People's Republic of California, co-starring Marlins Man and Sports With Coleman. Because when you see Marlins Man behind home plate, naturally the next move is to start meddling in people’s lives. Along the way, Ben plays the adult version of Where’s Waldo?, while Bob Uecker, Don King, Casey Kasem-style “long-distance dedications,” and the Pentagon somehow wander into the story. Sure, why not? Then there’s the important historical investigation nobody requested: What clothing item did President Truman, Elvis Presley, Tom Selleck, and Jimmy Buffett help make popular? We also squeeze in the Atari 2600, Jonestown, and the philosophical dilemma that has tortured mankind for generations: What exactly qualifies as Kool-Aid? It’s Friday’s Fifth Hour — a perfectly normal podcast made by perfectly normal people, unless it's not.
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