Hang Up and Listen - Baseball Announcers vs. the Pitch Clock
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Slate’s Jack Hamilton to talk about Draymond Green, Dillon Brooks, and NBA villainy. Chicago White Sox announcer Jason Benetti also joins to discuss how to call a baseball game in the pitch-clock era. Finally, Talia Barrington comes on for a conversation about same-sex pairs in figure skating.
NBA villains (3:01): The basketball playoffs need bad guys.
Jason Benetti (24:39): “We are covering a different sport now.”
Same-sex pairs (47:10): Is figure skating ready for a monumental change?
Afterball (1:05:24): Stefan on the Athletics’ long history of threatening to move.
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| 1:34.3 | 2023. On this week's show, Slates Jack Hamilton will join us to talk about |
| 1:39.4 | Dramon Green's Triumphant Return to The Warriors, and Dylan Brooks's Dremon Green |
| 1:44.4 | impression for the Grizzlies. Chicago White Sox announcer Jason Bonetti will |
| 1:48.7 | also be here to discuss the changing job of a baseball play-by-play guy in the pitch clock era. |
| 1:54.4 | And finally, Talia Barrington will come on for a conversation |
| 1:57.8 | about the possible dawn of a new era in figure skating, |
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