Hang Up and Listen - The Popping Greenies Edition
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🗓️ 15 July 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis talk about how Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep won at Wimbledon. Sam Anderson also joins to discuss Russell Westbrook and the end of an era in Oklahoma City, and John Thorn helps assess Jim Bouton and Bouton’s classic book Ball Four.
Wimbledon (01:26): On Novak Djokovic’s incredible win over Roger Federer, why fans don’t love Djokovic, the greatness of Simona Halep, and Serena Williams’ continuing quest for her 24th major. Westbrook and OKC (21:36):
Ball Four (42:50): Jim Bouton’s book exposed the underbelly of baseball, but it’s about so much more than ballplayer carousing.
Afterballs (55:38): Stefan on Dick Young and Jim Bouton, and Josh on the Cricket World Cup.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:08.5 | Hello, I'm Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, hang up and listen for the |
| 0:12.8 | week of July 15th, 2019. |
| 0:15.4 | On this week's show, we'll talk about your 2019 Wimbledon Victors, Novak Djokovic and Simone Halp, and your 2019 Wimbledon |
| 0:23.7 | runners-up, Roger Federer and Serena Williams. Sam Anderson will also join us to discuss |
| 0:29.1 | Russell Westbrook's move from Oklahoma City to Houston in the end of a remarkable and championship-free |
| 0:34.9 | era for the Thunder. Finally, baseball historian John Thorne will be here to assess the life of his friend, Jim Bouton, who died last week at the age of 80, as well as the legacy of Bouton's book, Ball 4. I am the author of the book The Queen, The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth, and joining me in the Washington, D.C. studio is Stefan Fatsas. He's the author |
| 0:54.7 | of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic. Books, Stefan. No subtitles for me. I'll just |
| 1:00.5 | sit this one out. You know, when you have multiple books, you don't get subtitles. Welcome back from |
| 1:06.3 | France. Thanks. Great to see you. Great to be back. Victory tour continues. |
| 1:12.9 | You're going to be in Kansas City, San Jose. |
| 1:13.7 | Calahasse. |
| 1:20.2 | Just look out for Stefan wherever you want to celebrate fans of the U.S. Women's National Team. |
| 1:21.2 | I'll be there. |
| 1:21.7 | Nashville, Tuscaloosa, mostly in the South. |
| 1:26.3 | Let's talk about tennis, shall we? |
| 1:28.3 | On Sunday, Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 716-16-16-12. |
| 1:35.6 | Winning Wimbledon, clinching his 16th major title in the first ever fifth set tiebreaker |
| 1:40.5 | in a Grand Slam final. |
| 1:42.9 | Also, fifth set, Skorogami, Stefan. It looks really weird. 13, 12. Wimbledon went to a 12-12 tiebreaker just starting this year. Djokovic saved two match points against Federer earlier in the fifth set, making him the first man to win a major final after being down match point since 2004. That was Gaston Gaudio. |
| 2:01.5 | Who could forget? |
| 2:02.4 | At the French Open. |
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