Hang Up and Listen - The “They Shoot Utility Infielders, Don’t They?” Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2018
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin discuss the Vikings’ last-second win over the Saints and other NFL playoff doings; the Wall Street Journal’s Ben Cohen joins to talk about Trae Young; and Sam Miller comes on for a conversation about a 50-inning baseball game.
NFL playoffs (1:35): Stefan consoles Josh about the Saints’ tragic defeat. They also talk about whether Blake Bortles is an elite quarterback and the dominance of the Jaguars’ and Vikings’ defenses.
Trae Young (20:15): Ben Cohen explains how Stephen Curry influenced Oklahoma’s freshman superstar and other members of the “Curry Generation.”
Fifty-Inning Baseball (37:25):Sam Miller dares to imagine what might happen if a major-league game lasted much, much longer than any game has ever lasted before.
Afterballs (59:49):
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:16.4 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of January 15th, 2018. |
| 0:23.2 | On this week's show, I will pretend to speak in an upbeat manner as we talk about the NFL's divisional playoff weekend, which the New Orleanians among us experienced as unadulterated pain, but was reportedly a happy occasion for those in Minnesota, and Blake Bortle's fans and the Eagles |
| 0:39.1 | and Patriots, they won too. In the realm of sports joy, there is Oklahoma freshman guard |
| 0:44.6 | Trey Young, who has the closest thing to Steph Curry, this side of Steph Curry. Ben Cohen of the |
| 0:50.2 | Wall Street Journal will join us to discuss and explain and revel. And finally, Sam Miller of ESPN will come on the show to ponder a question |
| 0:57.6 | that I don't think anyone had ever pondered and maybe for good reason. |
| 1:01.8 | What would happen if a baseball game went for 50 innings? |
| 1:06.3 | Joining me in Washington, D.C. for this non-marathon of a podcast is Stefan Fatsas, author of the book's |
| 1:12.7 | Word Freak, and a few seconds of panic. Maybe I should leave open the possibility that this will go into |
| 1:18.5 | extra, what would you even call it? Extra segments. Extra segments? Extra segments. I don't think that's |
| 1:24.4 | going to happen. But hello, Stefan. Hey, Josh. And I'm going to allow you |
| 1:29.1 | to lead the segment. I'm just going to sit back and enjoy. All right. I'll trigger warning, |
| 1:35.9 | Josh, and other Saints fans. I'm going to play the local radio call of the game ending pass |
| 1:40.6 | from Vikings quarterback Case Keenum to wide receiver Stefan Diggs now. Paul Allen of KFAN in |
| 1:47.1 | Minneapolis is on the play-by-play. The color guy is former Vikings player Pete Bersich. Sorry, Josh. He has not |
| 1:55.8 | heard this yet. Let's listen. Ten seconds to go. 24, 23 Saints. |
| 2:19.8 | Vikings at their own 39. It's third down. Three receivers right, feel, and left. Marshawn Lattimore, 12 yards from Adam. Case on a deep drop, steps up in the pocket. He'll fire to the right side. Calm by Diggs. Stay above. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. No. K. No way. Touchdown! |
| 2:19.5 | Are you kidding me? It's a Minneapolis miracle. |
| 2:23.3 | Stephen Diggs and the Minnesota Vikings have walked up on the New Orleans Saints. |
| 2:30.0 | It's a 61-yard Minneapolis miracle. |
| 2:33.9 | That is a good radio call. |
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