Hang Up and Listen - The It’s a Marathon and a Sprint Edition
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🗓️ 15 October 2019
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by the Athletic’s Ethan Strauss to talk about LeBron James’ comments on China; the Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh discusses the Nationals’ playoff run and why baseballs aren’t flying as far; and Ed Caesar assesses marathon record breakers Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei.
LeBron, the NBA, and China (02:19): Why the league’s travails are getting worse, and what the NBA can (and should) do about them.
MLB playoffs (20:50): The Nationals’ starting pitching triumphs and the decline of home runs in the postseason, explained.
Marathoners (40:03): How Eliud Kipchoge broke the two-hour barrier and Brigid Kosgei shattered the women’s world record.
Afterballs (58:59): Stefan on CTE romance novels and Josh on shaking press boxes.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:08.1 | Hello, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor and the author of The Queen. |
| 0:12.5 | This is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of October 15th, 2019. |
| 0:18.3 | On this week's show, Ethan Strauss of The Athletic, will join us to talk about the latest on the NBA in China, with LeBron James, the latest to make everyone angry by saying something dumb. The ringers, Ben Lindberg will also be here to discuss the baseball playoffs and to assess the claim that the balls used in the playoffs are not flying as far as they did in the regular season. |
| 0:39.3 | Have they been doctored? Those baseballs will discuss. |
| 0:42.6 | Finally, author Ed Caesar will chat with us about a pair of marathon records, |
| 0:47.0 | Elliot Kipchowke cracking the two-hour barrier, |
| 0:50.3 | and Bridget Koske shattering the women's world record. |
| 0:53.8 | Joining me in Slate's Washington, DC studio, Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic. Hello, Stefan. Hi, Josh. The two-hour marathon barrier has been breached. You'll be breaking it tomorrow. The psychological barrier. It's all psychological. I broke a personal barrier over the weekend in Old Man Softball. |
| 1:13.1 | This is an old man softball update. |
| 1:14.9 | I hit a three-run homer in my first at-bat in the first inning and a grand slam in my second at-bat in the second inning. |
| 1:22.7 | So the psychological barrier was that you didn't think you could – you'd hit three- run homers and grand slams and separate games whenever in the same one. |
| 1:29.3 | I went seven for nine. It was kind of a route. But they were hit over the outfielders heads, which is the barrier for me. Pull the picture, man. I don't usually hit the ball over people's heads. We're doing a live show, Stefan. We are. |
| 1:40.6 | We announced it last week. |
| 1:41.6 | We are going to announce it this week. |
| 1:43.1 | We might even announce it the next week on the week after that. |
| 1:46.4 | But. |
| 1:46.8 | There's a but? |
| 1:47.6 | It's not an and. And come to the live show. It's going to be very fun. It's going to be in D.C. Ask people who've been before. It's always a good time. People do not leave disappointed. That's at the Hamilton Live, great venue, Tuesday, December 3rd. |
| 2:01.3 | You can get tickets at slate.com slash live, and we'll have some announcements soon about |
| 2:06.8 | special guests, special guests. Maybe I shouldn't overpromised and under-delivered. |
| 2:12.1 | There will be guests, Tuesday, December 3rd, DC at the Hamilton, slate.com slash live. |
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