Hang Up and Listen - The Mr. Met Has No Middle Finger Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2017
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Marcus Thompson to discuss the NBA Finals. Bruce Arthur also joins for a conversation about the Stanley Cup Final, and Sadie Stein comes on the show to talk about Mr. Met.
NBA Finals (1:10): A conversation with Marcus Thompson about the Golden State Warriors' dominance thus far, how the Cleveland Cavaliers might turn the series around, and Kevin Durant's relationship (or lack thereof) with Rihanna.
Stanley Cup Final (17:15): Bruce Arthur examines the series between the Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins, assesses Sidney Crosby's performance, and looks at why the NHL won't be sending players to the 2018 Olympics.
Mr. Met (33:57): Sadie Stein explains her ardor for the New York Mets' baseball-headed mascot and examines why he snapped at a bunch of unruly fans.
Afterballs (45:50)
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:15.7 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 5th, 2017. |
| 0:22.8 | On this week's show, Marcus Thompson of the Mercury News will join us to talk about the |
| 0:27.0 | Golden State Warriors dominance in the first two games of the NBA finals, and whether there's |
| 0:31.8 | anything LeBron James, the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, |
| 0:39.3 | or Rihanna can do about it. We'll also be joined by Bruce Arthur of the Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver or Rihanna can do about it. |
| 0:44.7 | We'll also be joined by Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star for a conversation about the Stanley Cup final, |
| 0:47.7 | which is being at least partly contested in Nashville for some reason, |
| 0:52.2 | and has involved an increasing number of airborne, ice-bound catfish. |
| 0:57.2 | Finally, Sadie Stein will be here to assess Mr. Met, the baseball-headed mascot of the New York Metropolitan's Baseball Club, who, in a fit of peak last week, gave a fan |
| 1:02.8 | the finger. Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, the author of the book's Word Freak, |
| 1:08.3 | and a few seconds of panic. Hello, Stefan. I'm not giving you the finger, Josh. |
| 1:12.6 | On Sunday night in Oracle Arena, Steph Curry scored 32 points with 11 assists and 10 rebounds, |
| 1:19.1 | his first triple double ever in the playoffs, while Kevin Durant scored 33 with 13 board, |
| 1:24.4 | six assists, and five blocks, and the Golden State Warriors' 132 to 113 route over the Cleveland Cavaliers. |
| 1:31.7 | The Warriors are now up 2-0 and NBA finals, just like they were in 2016. |
| 1:36.4 | The difference this time being that Curry is playing like the two-time MVP, and they have |
| 1:40.9 | Durant. |
| 1:41.8 | And it looks like the way they're going now, they won't be blowing a |
| 1:45.1 | two-oh lead or a three-one lead or any kind of lead. They're 14 and O in the playoffs and treating |
| 1:50.8 | LeBron James and the Cavaliers. The way the calves treat the rest of the Eastern Conference. |
| 1:56.3 | The calves look like the goddamn Raptors right now, is what I'm saying. Joining us now to discuss is Marcus |
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