Hang Up: Baseball Announcers vs. the Pitch Clock

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🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Slate’s Jack Hamilton to talk about Draymond Green, Dillon Brooks, and NBA villainy. Chicago White Sox announcer Jason Benetti also joins to discuss how to call a baseball game in the pitch-clock era. Finally, Talia Barrington comes on for a conversation about same-sex pairs in figure skating. NBA villains (3:01): The basketball playoffs need bad guys. Jason Benetti (24:39): “We are covering a different sport now.” Same-sex pairs (47:10): Is figure skating ready for a monumental change? Afterball (1:05:24): Stefan on the Athletics’ long history of threatening to move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:12.0	They were the dream couple until Sam got into EDM music.
0:18.0	While Alex enjoyed folk, first loves are kind of like your current account. If they aren't working for you anymore,
0:26.5	maybe it's time to switch with the current account switch service.
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1:30.9	Hi, I'm Josh Levyin, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the Week of April 24th, 2023.
1:36.3	On this week's show, Slate's Jack Hamilton will join us to talk about Dremond Green's
1:39.9	Triumbent Return to the Warriors, And Dylan Brooks's Dremond Green impression for the Grizzlies.
1:46.4	Chicago White Socks are also Jason Benedey will also be here to discuss the changing job
1:51.0	of a baseball play by play guy in the pitch clock era.
1:54.6	And finally, Tatey Burrington will come on for a conversation about the possible Don of a new Agri roll
1:59.9	and figure skating. The same sex pairs might soon be eligible for competition.
2:05.1	I'm in Washington, D.C. and I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast One Year.
2:09.1	Also in D.C. it's Stefan Fatsis. He's the author of the book's word freak
2:12.8	a few seconds of panic and wild and outside. Hello, Stefan.
2:16.2	Hey Josh.
2:17.2	Any mockery of you that's to come in this podcast is only done out of love. I just want you to know
2:23.5	that if something like that word happened hypothetically.
2:27.5	hypothetically, I'm just going to say I had an awesome opening day
2:31.9	in the spring softball season.
2:34.3	There's also some kind of fun synergies across segments. You know, maybe it's sometimes
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