Hang Up and Listen - The How Not to Get Fired Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2018
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by ESPN’s Sam Miller to discuss Boston’s fourth World Series title in 15 years. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin also joins to talk about LeBron and the Lakers, and the Ringer’s Kevin Clark explains why NFL coaches are finally getting aggressive on fourth down.
World Series (3:31): How the Red Sox won a championship, how David Price got vindication, and how Dodgers manager Dave Roberts got criticized for removing Rich Hill from Game 4.
Lakers (21:07): The Lakers are off to a 2-4 start. How is LeBron’s team looking, and what’s the nature of the media scrum around basketball’s biggest star? Plus, why did LeBron’s old team fire its head coach Tyronn Lue?
Aggressive NFL coaches (35:37): How coaches stopped worrying and starting going for it on fourth down and going for two-point conversions with increasing abandon.
Afterballs (54:57): Stefan on the historical significance of Arizona’s Warren Ballpark and Josh on kicker Morten Andersen’s single “Take It to the Top.”
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:10.6 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, hang up and listen for the week of October 29th, 2018. |
| 0:18.2 | On this week's show, ESPN's Sam Miller Miller will join us to discuss the Boston Red Sox's |
| 0:23.3 | fourth World Series title in 15 years, the Los Angeles Dodgers' second World Series loss in two |
| 0:30.0 | years, and the various moves and moments that preceded that outcome. ESPN's Dave McMinneman |
| 0:35.8 | will also be here to talk about the opening weeks of LeBron |
| 0:38.9 | James's first season in Los Angeles and the last few weeks of Cavaliers coach Tehran Loo's |
| 0:44.3 | final season in Cleveland. And finally, Kevin Clark of the Ringer will join us to explore why |
| 0:50.5 | NFL coaches are, after low so many years, getting aggressive on fourth down. |
| 0:56.5 | Joining me in our Washington, D.C. studio is Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak |
| 1:01.2 | and a few seconds of panic, known aggressor, Stefan Fatsis. Hello, Stefan. Hey, Josh. |
| 1:08.5 | A little off-putting. That was not aggressive. |
| 1:11.6 | For a known aggressor. |
| 1:14.9 | All right, Stefan, I'm going to start with a question for you. |
| 1:19.6 | Packers Rams was 10-2 and 10-8 at various points. |
| 1:24.7 | Niners Cardinals was 2-0, 3-2, and 5-3. |
| 1:28.5 | I want you to rank those five scores from best to worst. |
| 1:30.1 | Best to worst. |
| 1:38.1 | I like 10-2 because it's a weird disparity, and you've got field goal, touchdown, extra point, safety. |
| 1:39.9 | A lot of variety. |
| 1:41.1 | A lot of variety there. |
| 1:42.3 | I like that aspect. |
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