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Hot Takedown
Where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down.
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Hot Takedown - World Series Super Sabermetrics Special: 10/27/15
47:38|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
54:20|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.
Hot Takedown - QB Stat School Is In Session: 10/13/15
38:21|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.
Hot Takedown - MLB Playoff Preview, Maya Moore's Legacy, The Kick-pocalypse: 10/6/15
50:12|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!
Hot Takedown - Injured QBs; The Nationals Implode; A NWSL Finals Preview: 9/29/15
43:00|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.
Hot Takedown - Nate Silver Defends Elo: 9/22/15
26:05|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.
Hot Takedown - Pats' Cheating; Djoker The GoAT; Cespedes MVP?: 9/15/15
46:44|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.