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