Hang Up and Listen - The Quest for .400

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🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by the Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh to talk about Luis Arraez’s run at a .400 batting average. The Athletic’s Steph Yang also joins to discuss the U.S. women’s national team’s World Cup roster. Finally, college golfers Maycee Kay Aycock and Sarah Marshall come on to explain why they stuck with the sport despite shooting some of the worst scores of all time.

.400 (3:14): Why it’s still a magic number in baseball.

USWNT (21:57): Will injuries doom them at the World Cup?

Bad golfers (42:26): How two women from Meredith College became sports heroes.

Afterball (1:02:08): Josh on meat judging.

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1:20.0	Hi, I'm Josh Levine and this is Hang Up and Listen for the Week of June 26th, 2023.
1:25.2	On this week's show, the ringer's Ben Lindbergh.
1:27.1	We'll talk about the Marlins Luis Arais and his quest for the first 400 season since 1941.
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