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Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:
- Is Bryce Harper better than Mike Trout?
- Harper told ESPN the Magazine that “baseball is tired.”
- Harper wore a “Make Baseball Fun Again” cap on opening day; you can now buy a “Make Baseball Fun Again” T-shirt.
- Goose Gossage says Harper “has no respect for the game.”
- Bryce Harper is the voice of this generation’s baseball players, and that’s great for baseball.
- The average baseball fan is 55 years old, and getting older.
- Tom Verducci’s 2009 Sports Illustrated cover story comparing the 16-year-old Harper to LeBron James.
- Curt Schilling was fired by ESPN after sharing a transphobic meme on Facebook.
- Schilling’s Facebook page is something to behold.
- The New York Times’ Greg Howard on “Curt Schilling’s Hunt to Be Offended.”
- Ted Cruz is a Schilling fan.
- Follow Ali Krieger on Twitter and visit her personal
- Krieger scored on Sunday for the first-place Washington Spirit of the National Women’s Soccer League.
- The U.S. women’s national team’s pay dispute is very complicated.
- The New York Times’ Juliet Macur argued that people need to support the NWSL if they want women to get equal pay.
- The Orlando Pride recently set an NWSL attendance record.
- Krieger tore her ACL in 2012, then won the World Cup in 2015 on the same field.
- Stefan wrote for Slate about U.S. soccer mishandling Abby Wambach’s concussion.
- Brandi Chastain, Wambach, and Megan Rapinoe have said they will donate their brains to concussion research.
Hang Up and Listen’s weekly Prince William Sparklers:
Mike’s Sparkler: The New York Mets’ radio advertisements don’t fit with the pace of play.
Stefan’s Sparkler: Chris Bachelder’s great novel The Throwback Special highlights Joe Theismann’s broken tibia, an injury that left Monday Night Football’s commentators grasping for words.
Josh’s Sparkler: Richard Nixon’s calls with George Allen and conversations with his daughter Julie were recorded for our listening pleasure.
On this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca take questions from the audience, including why D.C. is a mediocre sports town. Visit slate.com/hangupplus and try it free for two weeks.
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Our intern is Julia Karron.
