Hang Up and Listen - The Very Weird, Semi-Wonderful Baseball Playoffs
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🗓️ 5 October 2020
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Summary
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about Jimmy Butler’s masterful performance in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. They also discuss the NFL’s first big coronavirus outbreak and the opening week of the baseball playoffs. Finally, they’re joined by Chantel Jennings of the Athletic for a conversation about the WNBA Finals.
NBA (02:47): What makes Jimmy Butler tick? Will he lead the Heat back against the Lakers?
NFL (13:03): How has the league responded to its first big COVID challenge?
MLB (25:19): Assessing the weird, unprecedented pandemic postseason.
WNBA (37:01): Why are the Seattle Storm so dominant?
Afterball (54:11): Josh on the strange endurance of Norm Van Brocklin’s single-game NFL passing yardage record.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:03.2 | Hide your children. |
| 0:10.9 | Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor. |
| 0:13.4 | This is Hang Up and Listen for the week of October 5th, 2020. |
| 0:17.1 | On this week's show, we'll talk about how Jimmy Butler may be got the Miami Heat back in the finals against the L.A. Lakers. |
| 0:23.8 | The NFL is also dealing with its first coronavirus outbreak, and we'll look at how they are doing. |
| 0:29.4 | We'll also discuss the insanity of the baseball playoffs, eight games in a day, under 500 teams, the Corona Marlins, and so forth. |
| 0:38.7 | And Chantel Jennings of The Athletic will be here for a conversation about the WNBA |
| 0:42.6 | finals, where Brianna Stewart and Sue Bird have led the Seattle Storm to a 2-0 series lead. |
| 0:49.9 | I'm the author of The Queen, host of Slow Burn Season 4, and I'm in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:54.9 | Also in D.C., author of The Book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic, Stefan Fatsis. |
| 1:00.6 | Stefan, are you prepared to lie to the American people about your health? |
| 1:04.3 | Yes, actively, I've got videos lined up. |
| 1:07.2 | All set with that. |
| 1:08.2 | We're taking some photos this morning. |
| 1:10.3 | I'm going to change into a white shirt for that. |
| 1:12.9 | Just make sure that you lie in a way that makes the American people feel comforted. That's what we're here to do. |
| 1:19.5 | I've got a black escalade parked in front, so we're all set. |
| 1:22.9 | Joel Anderson, with us from Palo Alto, Slate Staff writer, and the host of Slow Burn Season 3. |
| 1:27.4 | I'm actually concerned about your voice, Joel, as we know, you're a horse from heckling Texas Longhorn fans all weekend. |
| 1:35.8 | Oh, well, I mean, you know, they brought it on themselves, bringing that weak shit into Austin. |
| 1:40.3 | How many years out of how many years is it now? |
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