Hang Up and Listen - Baseball’s $700 Million Man

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🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss Shohei Ohtani’s record-setting contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. They’re also joined by the Washington Post’s Ben Golliver to assess the NBA’s first in-season tournament. Finally, they discuss Joel’s story about his tenure at ESPN and what it’s become now.

Ohtani (4:31): Did the Dodgers actually get a bargain?

In-season tournament (23:41): Was it a flop or is it here to stay?

ESPN (47:57): What is the Worldwide Leader trying to be?

Afterball (1:08:30): Josh on Bills coach Sean McDermott talking about the teamwork of … the 9/11 hijackers.

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0:54.0	The following podcast includes explicit language.
0:57.0	Sorry, mom. Hi, I'm Josh Levine, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of December 11th,
1:16.4	2023.
1:18.2	On this week's show, we'll go Auga when discussing Shohayotani's record-setting setting 700 million dollar deal with the Dodgers.
1:25.0	The Washington Post Ben Goliver will also join us to assess the NBA's first ever in season tournament.
1:31.0	Sound effects could come in that segment too. And finally, we'll talk about a piece by our own Joel Anderson about his time at ESPN, what the worldwide leader has turned into now, and the time he did not tweet about Roseannebar.
1:45.2	I'm in Washington, D.C. I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast One Year. Our new season, One Year 1990, is out now.
1:53.2	The episode on George H.W. Bush's War on Broccoli
1:56.9	got released last week, and we have just two more to go,
1:59.9	so catch up now.
2:01.2	Also in DC, Stephen Fatsis, He is the author of the book's Word Freak
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