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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.