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Hang Up and Listen

The “They Shoot Utility Infielders, Don’t They?” Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6986 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2018

⏱️ 72 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): Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.

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Pepsi Max knows the music isn't just a soundtrack.

0:06.0

It's a pulse, and every city has its own.

0:09.0

That's why they teamed up with Spotify to measure the musical taste of cities across the UK and create a

0:14.9

playlist that matches their pulse perfectly. From Glasgow's dance scene to the Rat Game

0:20.1

in Birmingham. Search for Pepsi Max's profile on Spotify to hear the music your nearest city

0:25.6

loves. Brought to you by Pepsi Max. Dusty for more.

0:30.8

Hi, this is Dahlia Lithwick, host of Slates Legal Podcast, Amagus. If you are listening to this show, you might be interested in Amicus's live show that we're hosting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, May the 14th.

0:45.0

My colleague, Mark Joseph Stern, and I will be talking to some amazing guests,

0:50.0

including Cheryline Eiffel and a sitting state Supreme Court justice.

0:54.5

All about how originalism, a relatively recently invented way of interpreting the Constitution,

1:00.9

has taken over the Supreme Court and radically reshaped the law. It's been

1:05.7

doctrinal rocket fuel for the conservative legal movement and facilitated the

1:10.3

rolling back of abortion rights, the expansion of gun rights, and the obliteration of the separation of church and state. And as another wildly consequential Supreme Court term, careers to its end, the Court's originalists are on a tear.

1:26.5

But there's something you can do about it and we hope you'll join us in DC on May 14th

1:31.7

to explore the possible pathways out of the current situation.

1:36.2

Go to slate.com slash Amicus Live for tickets. The following podcast contains explicit language. Hi, this is Josh Levine and this is Slate's Sports Podcast hanging up and

2:03.1

listen for the week of January 15th 2018. On this week's show I will pretend to

2:08.2

speak in an upbeat manner as we talk about the NFL's Divisional Playoff

2:12.1

weekend which the new Orlenians among us experienced

2:15.2

as unadulterated pain, but was reportedly a happy occasion for those in Minnesota, and Blake

2:20.7

Bordels fans and the Eagles and Patriots.

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