Hang Up and Listen - The No Rest for the Winners Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2017
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin talk to Jim Newell about the Masters; Tom Haberstroh about Russell Westbrook and resting NBA players; Meg Rowley about baseball’s return; and Jonathan Hock about One and Not Done, his ESPN documentary on John Calipari.
The Masters (2:20): Breaking down a thrilling finish, Sergio Garcia’s long-awaited major championship, and Jim Nantz’s odd announcing tendencies.
The NBA (16:00): Discussing the Oklahoma City Thunder point guard's latest triple-double feats and the conundrum of star players sitting out regular-season games.
Baseball (33:45): Baseball is back! Does it matter? Delving into the sport’s entertainment value and lack of big-name stars.
One and Not Done (48:34): Talking with Jonathan Hock about his new 30 for 30 documentary on John Calipari and how to assess the Kentucky’s coach’s legacy as it is still unfolding.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:03.7 | Before we get started, just want to make a quick announcement. |
| 0:06.2 | We're looking for an intern for the summer, somebody based in Washington, D.C., |
| 0:11.2 | who could come in on Mondays, help us with some research over the weekends. |
| 0:16.5 | Send us an email if you're interested at Hangup at Slate.com. |
| 0:37.1 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's Sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of April 10th, 2017. |
| 0:39.4 | On this week's show, we'll talk about Sergio Garcia's triumph at the Masters and Russell Westbrook's triple double record and the start of baseball season and the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary won and not done about John Calapari. |
| 0:52.2 | We're going to have guests for all of those segments. |
| 0:54.7 | Shall I name them? Sure. Slates, Jim Newell, ESPN's Tom Haberstro, Meg Rally of Baseball Perspectus, |
| 1:01.7 | and documentary filmmaker, John Hawk. Joining me in Washington, D.C., is Stefan Fatsas, |
| 1:06.4 | the man who answers my prompts when I prompt him. he's the author of the book's Word Freak |
| 1:10.9 | and a few seconds of panic. Thank you for the assist. I think that was one assist. We have a friendly hometown scorekeeper. How are you, Stefan? I'm good. I'm the triple double of prompts. In our bonus segment, first late plus members, I'm just going to get right into it today. Go for it. No need for chit-chat. |
| 1:28.7 | So I figure we'll just have Hock stick around for a little bit longer. We'll do some bonus commentary on the Kalapari movie, and maybe we'll have him talk about officiating your wedding. I don't know if we've done that before. No, I don't think we've ever done that. Can you give us a little preview? He officiated the wedding. It wasn't real. He wasn't like licensed or anything. We had already, we already gotten married. He was more like the Alex Trebek of our wedding. And that he's Canadian and had a mustache. |
| 2:03.1 | Little known facts about Jonathan Hawk. |
| 2:08.2 | You didn't even need to join Slate Plus to hear that tidbit, but just imagine how much more you could get for just $49 a year. |
| 2:11.4 | The depth. |
| 2:12.2 | You'll get bonus segments on this and other Slate podcasts. |
| 2:15.4 | Every week, sign up at slate.com slash hangup plus. |
| 2:20.8 | Five years ago at the Masters, after shooting a round of 75 on Saturday at Augustine National, |
| 2:26.6 | Sergio Garcia said he wasn't good enough to win one of golf's major championships, |
| 2:31.2 | that in 13 years, I've come to the conclusion that I need to play |
| 2:35.3 | for second or third place. Well, it turned out he was a huge idiot because he did win a major. |
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