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Hot Takedown - World Series Super Sabermetrics Special: 10/27/15

Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin preview the World Series in our own special way. Plus a showdown between Chad and FiveThirtyEight's resident Royals fan.

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Hot Takedown - Hello CARMELO, Bunched NFL Wins, And A Startup Hockey League: 10/20/15

Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Special guest Mike Pesca (Slate) joins Kate Fagan and Neil Paine to discuss our basketball projections, why so few NFL teams have winning records, and the brand new NWHL.

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Hot Takedown - QB Stat School Is In Session: 10/13/15

Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:00:00 GMT

The latest edition of Stat School with Professor (aka Stat Man) Neil Paine. This time Kate Fagan and Chadwick Matlin get a lesson in how we evaluate quarterbacks.

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Hot Takedown - MLB Playoff Preview, Maya Moore's Legacy, The Kick-pocalypse: 10/6/15

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine and Chadwick Matlin try to fix the Wild Card system, discuss the WNBA finals, and talk to Ben Morris about kicking!

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Hot Takedown - Injured QBs; The Nationals Implode; A NWSL Finals Preview: 9/29/15

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss how much an injured quarterback hurts their team; try to untangle the Nationals' season; and talk women's soccer.

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Hot Takedown - Nate Silver Defends Elo: 9/22/15

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate and Neil are on vacation, so Chadwick Matlin invites the boss, Nate Silver, in to discuss (and defend) the Elo rating system. Plus Allison McCann's Significant Digit.

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Hot Takedown - Pats' Cheating; Djoker The GoAT; Cespedes MVP?: 9/15/15

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin look for clues in the Patriots' home and road record, discuss Djokovic's U.S. Open win, and assess the Cespedes case for MVP.

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Baseline #5 - A Final(s) Fifteen Minutes In Flushing: 9/12/15

Sat, 12 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Last episode of the U.S. Open mini-pod from FiveThirtyEight. Carl Bialik and Grantland's Brian Phillips discuss Roberta Vinci's upset of Serena Williams, and Djokovic-Federer.

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Baseline #4 - Fifteen Minutes In Flushing: 9/10/15

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT

A U.S. Open mini-pod from FiveThirtyEight. Today, Carl Bialik and the WSJ's Tom Perrotta discuss whether anyone can derail a Djokovic-Federer final or a Serena Grand Slam.

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Hot Takedown - NFL Preview (Now With More Brady!); A Madden Challenge; U.S Open Update: 9/8/15

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin preview the NFL season, challenge you to win Madden with Walt Hickey as your QB, and take a listen to our U.S. Open mini-podcast.

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Baseline #2 - Fifteen Minutes In Flushing: 9/5/15

Sat, 05 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT

A U.S. Open mini-pod from FiveThirtyEight. Today, 9/5, Carl Bialik and Louisa Thomas count Serena Williams's comeback and discuss what's next for Rafael Nadal.

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Baseline - Fifteen Minutes In Flushing: 9/3/15

Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT

A U.S. Open mini-pod from FiveThirtyEight. Today, Carl Bialik and Louisa Thomas visit Novak Djokovic's bakery and worry about Serena Williams's serve.

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Hot Takedown - Americans At The U.S. Open; Serena's Endorsements; Fantasy Football Meets Analytics: 9/1/15

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the sorry state of American tennis, Darren Rovell's comments about Serena Williams, and whether analytics can help your fantasy football draft.

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Hot Takedown - A Crash Course In Pitching Stats: 8/25/15

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:00:00 GMT

It's a new edition of stat school! Kate Fagan, Neil "Stat Man" Paine, and Chadwick Matlin look at the evolution of pitching stats through the ages.

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Hot Takedown - A Statsy Premier League Preview; The NFL Gets Microchips: 8/18/15

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the state of soccer analytics, preview the new Premier League season, and discuss the player tracking coming to the NFL.

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Hot Takedown - We Tell John Starks His Advanced Stats, Streaking Blue Jays: 8/11/15

Tue, 11 Aug 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin celebrate John Starks' 50th birthday by talking to the Knicks legend about his game, through the lens of advanced stats.

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Hot Takedown - Rousey The Outlier, MLB Trades, Track Doping: 8/4/15

Tue, 04 Aug 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin look at Ronda Rousey's fighting dominance, introduce a new metric to measure MLB trades, and the stunning data on doping in track.

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Hot Takedown - Measuring Gender, Boston Says No, Soccer Woes: 7/28/15

Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss the blurring gender lines in sports, why no one wants to host the Olympics, and the U.S. men's soccer loss to Jamaica.

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Hot Takedown - Unstoppable Greinke, The Greatest Basketball Season Ever, And Baseball Brain Data: 7/21/15

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss Zack Greinke's scoreless inning streak, Elena Delle Donne's amazing basketball season, and brain data for baseball.

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Hot Takedown - A Special Stat-School Edition: 7/14/15

Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Kate Fagan, Neil Paine, and Chadwick Matlin discuss three ways to measure batting: batting average, OPS (on-base plus slugging), wRC+ (Weighted Runs Created).

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