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Behind the Numbers
Hosts: Rob Shaw and Wayne Parillo
Guest: Kevin “Duk” Kaduk
About the Guest:
Yahoo.com’s Big League Stew’s Kevin “Duk” Kaduk editor/contributor talks the difference between Yahoo and ESPN, lots of Cubs, and how not to overpay for Cubs tickets.
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Total Running Time: 28:28

The High Level Look

• The rise of Yahoo sports new & how it is different from ESPN (1:00 – 5:23)
• Cubs Signings & Derrek Lee (6:45 – 9:20)
• The Prospects & Cubs Future (11:35 – 14:10)
• The Hawk and other Hall of Famers (18:00 – 23:00)
• Why this season is so great (23:01 – 27:54)

20 Great Duk Moments in this Podcast

(1:44 – 2:23) From Chicago and KC Star to Yahoo

(2:30 – 4:13) The Yahoo powerhouse and news

(4:14 – 5:23) Being honest and how biasness is okay in the blog world

(5:36 – 6:21) Writing Wrigleyworld in 2005

(6:45 – 7:40) Marlon Byrd & the last three years of signings

(7:41 – 8:10) Ted Lilly

(8:12 – 9:20) Reacting to Derrek Lee and his refusal to leave

(9:34 – 9:50) Fred McGriff’s refusal to play

(9:51 – 10:22) Fans in the stands (or lack thereof) & cheap tickets

(10:23 – 11:28) How NOT to overpay for Cubs tckets

(11:35 – 12:52) Discussing Castro, Soto, and Colvin & the prospects

(12:53 – 14:10) How will Ricketts build the team?

(14:11 – 15:00) Why waiting is okay, but no plan is frustrating

(15:18 – 17:50) Pitch counts, Strasburg and the continuing debate

(18:00 – 19:45) His favorite Hawk Dawson memory involving a mailman

(19:51 – 23:00) 1980s and Hof Players – Straight Numbers v Opinion

(23:01 – 24:36) The Trade deadline and what to Look For

(24:37 – 26:21) The Biggest Blunder the baseball world made this year

(26:22 – 26:54) Padres v Giants – a new rivalry

(27:28 – 27:54) Final words from Duk

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