First Time, Long Time

How do you choose to keep moving forward when everything and everyone keeps telling you to quit? Nate Fish, the King of Jewish Baseball, tells the incredible story of how he persevered… and Aaron learns an important (and belated) lesson.

MUSIC LINKS:The Action PaintersThe BischoffsJason Liebman

Nate is @kingofjbaseball

Aaron is @aaronwolfe

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This episode dives into the machinery of fandom and fanaticism and explore how a guy from New York City could become obsessed with a team from London — a place he’d never been.

LINKS: 

The Magic of Messi (YouTube)A nice little example of English Football Fans. (YouTube)How Soccer Explains The World (Amazon)The Psychology of Sports Fans (Washington Post)A People’s History of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (Amazon)Alan Fisher on Twitter

Welcome to First Time, Long Time: Stories about sports for people who may not like sports. Here’s a little bit of our origin story and a taste of what’s to come.