Hari Kondabolu on Baseball: ‘I’m Going to Throw This 100-Mile-per-Hour Missile at Your Head’

Hari Kondabolu on Baseball: ‘I’m Going to Throw This 100-Mile-per-Hour Missile at Your Head’

Hari Kondabolu on Baseball: ‘I’m Going to Throw This 100-Mile-per-Hour Missile at Your Head’

Hari and Dave discuss the origins of their New York Mets fandom and how the NFL and MLB reflect American society.

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The comedian behind albums like Waiting for 2042 and the Politically Re-Active podcast stops by to talk sports, social justice, Dave Chappelle, and comedy.

Also, we have some Choice Words about another labor victory for women in sports, the US women’s soccer team. We’ve got your weekly Kaepernick Watch and the first-ever Edge of Sports Theater: a dramatic reading of the Twitter war between Dan Dakich and Frank Kaminsky.

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