Hank Azaria on 'Brockmire' and Chipper Jones on 'Ballplayer' (Ep. 62)

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann bring on actor Hank Azaria to discuss spoofing baseball broadcasters (03:00), juxtaposing baseball and black comedy (10:00), explaining the sport's eccentricities (19:30), his reaction to a famous line from 'Heat' (22:45), and his new IFC TV series, 'Brockmire' (26:00). Then they call former MVP and future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones to talk about becoming baseball-obsessed (27:00), switch-hitting (34:20), playoff randomness (39:00), misbehaving away from the field (41:15), and his new book, 'Ballplayer' (43:15). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices