Hang Up and Listen, the Early Winter Classic Edition
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Updated Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at 4:42 PM
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In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss Brett Favre taking on the Packers, the start of the baseball playoffs, and whether table tennis will be the next big television sport.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:
ESPN's SportsNation will "try to set a record for the most mentions of Brett Favre on a TV show."
Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman argues that this year's baseball playoffs show the dominance of high-payroll teams.
Peter Gammons and Joel Sherman argue for expanding the baseball playoffs.
Baseball Analysts ranks baseball teams by "payroll efficiency."
Baseball Prospectus on the "secret sauce" it takes to win in the playoffs.
The secret sauce rankings for 2009.
Anheuser-Busch is hoping for big things from table tennis' Hardbat Classic.
The Wall Street Journal's Dan Ackman on the Hardbat Classic.
Hardbat.com has rules, history, and player rankings.
Stefan's New York Times story on team handball.
Hang Up and Listen's weekly duck snorts:
Mike's snort: the travails of the Binghamton basketball program.
Stefan's snort: Joe Mauer's alleged sign-stealing against the Detroit Tigers.
Josh's snort: the NFL Network's RedZone channel.
You can e-mail us at hangup@slate.com.
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Stefan Fatsis is the author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic, a regular guest on NPR's All Things Considered, and a panelist on Slate's sports podcast "Hang Up and Listen." You can email him at sfatsis9@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter.
Drew Magary is a Deadspin columnist and author of the book Men With Balls: The Professional Athlete's Handbook.
Mike Pesca is a correspondent for National Public Radio who covers mostly sports.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker.