It is Monday, November 11, 2020.

Welcome back to Hang Up and listen.

This is Slate Sports Podcast.

And back with you again, I'm Alex Kirchner. I co-host the college football podcast Split Zone Duo, and I'm a contributing writer

for Slate, where I write about all kinds of sporting topics. This week, our agenda is to talk about

the results of the recent national elections, not just the college sports landscape, but the

entire American

sports scene. We are going to talk about the state of the NFL's efforts to conquer, not just

the United States, which it already has, but the entire international world, it seems,

with Roger Vidal indicating new intentions to expand on that front. And of course,

we are going to talk about the market for brilliant

baseball players as Major League Baseball Free Agency opens up, and Juan Soto, among another major

superstar, hits the open market. As usual, we've got with us Ben Lindberg. He is a senior

editor for The Ringer. He is the co-host of the effectively wild podcast, and he is the co-author

of the MVP machine, how baseball's new nonconformists are using data to build better players,

and the only rule is it has to work are wild experiment building a new kind of baseball team.

You might know him from his previous work at 538 or Grantland or is the editor-in-chief of

Baseball Perspectus. Ben, good morning. And in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good

evening, and good night. Little Truman Show reference for you this week. Good to be back, as always.

A wonderful film, really one of the best. It holds the, stands the test of time in a way that

few do. And a special treat this week. Matt Brown

is here with us. Matt is the publisher of extra points. That is an industry newsletter covering the

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