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Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the

week of May 9th, 2016.

On today's show, we're going to talk about the time that 42-year-old Matt's pitcher Bartolo

Colon hit a home run and joy and rotund men and donkeys named Poncho. We'll also be joined by James

Myrtle of the Toronto Globe and Mail to talk about the hockey playoffs, and we'll discuss the state

of the WNBA as the league gets set for its 20th anniversary season. Joining me in Washington, D.C.

is Stefan Fatsis, the author of the book's Word Freak and

A Few Seconds of Panic and a Man Who Owns No Donkeys that we know of. No Childhood Donkeys?

Wrote a Donkey. When was that? In Greece. Summers in the village delivering squash,

olives on the back of a donkey.

It turned you under the great kicker that you are today.

Stavros, my donkey.

My concho, Stavros.

With us from New York, filling in for Mike Peska this week.

It's beloved hang up and listen guest host, Mina Kimes.

Mina is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine.

She has a very special relationship with Patrick Peterson's mom, which I wanted to mention on this Mother's Day.

And have you ever ridden a donkey, Mina?

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