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Hang Up and Listen

Almost Perfect

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6986 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Vinson Cunningham, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the epic Game 1 of the Nets-Celtics series. They also talk about the Minnesota Timberwolves, young playoff stars, and Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai. Finally, the Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh joins for a conversation about near-perfection at the start of the baseball season. Nets-Celtics (3:05): Jayson Tatum, Kyrie Irving, and a whole lot more.   NBA playoffs (26:39): What we’re watching this postseason. Baseball (49:02): The sadness of two perfect games that almost were. Afterball (1:09:34): Vinson on the Timberwolves’ spotty playoff history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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The following podcast includes explicit language not restricted to words beginning with F, S, B, and Q. Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's National Editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the

0:56.5

week of April 18th, 2022.

0:59.9

On this week's show, we're going to talk about the thrilling first game of the Celtics

1:03.4

Nets Eastern Conference playoff series the outcome of which will determine the fate of

1:08.0

the universe and more. We'll also discuss a bunch of other NBA stuff including the Timber Wolves play-in

1:14.4

celebration, Chris Paul's agelessness, and that's owner Joe's Sigh's relationship

1:19.9

with the NBA and with China. Plus the ringers Ben Lindbergh will be here

1:24.6

to help us assess a week of historic pitching feats,

1:27.8

including two near perfect games, ruined by managers,

1:31.9

an immaculate inning, and a whole lot of pitches faster than 100 miles per hour.

1:36.4

I'm in Washington, D.C. and I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast One Year.

1:41.0

Also in D.C. Stephen Fatsus, he is the author of Word Freak, a few seconds of panic, and wild and outside.

1:47.0

Stephen, is this the point in the show when you tell us about all the heaters that you faced in slow pitch softball?

1:53.0

I hit a grand slam and had a chance to hit a second grand slam in the same inning.

1:58.6

Did not enter the record books with that second granny. Alas.

2:03.0

Is that Fernando Tatise who had the two?

2:05.0

I think it is, right?

2:07.0

Yeah, yeah.

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