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(Vid) Behind the Numbers: New media & its impact on fandom
Celebrating the Fan Experience Part 3: Sabermetrics, Social Media & the Impact on Fandom
Hosts: Wayne Parillo and Rob Shaw
Behind the Numbers is a series of conversations and discussions with baseball, blog, sabermetric, and fantasy experts.
Guest:Dave Cameron, co-founder ussmariner.com, and writer for fangraphs.com and espn.com Insider. Follow him at d_a_cameron
Dave Cameron covers topics from super 2 status, sabermetrics hitting the main stream, and how new media such as social media and twitter changes the way he is Mariner’s fan. Plus some good old fashioned stories and thoughts on Jose Bautista, the Cardinals, and Charlie Blackmon.
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- Cases of mistaken identity on twitter and that he is not the Prime Minister of England 0:39 – 1:26
- Super 2 status & why young players are being called up this week 1:30 – 2:59
- Young players in the Pacific Coast League and what to REALLY to expect from them 3:00 – 4:48
- A more critical fan response – how so much information affect Dave’s Mariner’s fandom & how he views baseball 4:49 – 6:19
- Sabermetrics hits the main stream as social media and access to information changes the way people interact, including David Cone and mentions on the YES network 6:20 – 8:22
- Apps, twitter, writer rumors, and the greatest impact of new media on the old game 8:23 – 10:19
- Is new media helping or hurting the average fan? 10:20 – 11:22
- Why Dave is okay with corporations subsizing the fan experience 11:23 – 13:27
- How twitter makes you feel like you’re watching the game with other people & how going to the ballpark is an escape 13:28 – 14:38
- The distracted fan: is technology going to be dangerous for fans at the ballpark? 14:52 – 15:53
- Jose Bautista hits like Barry Bonds, how his approach is like a 6-years-old and why it is awesome 15:54 – 17:12
- Albert Pujols’s once a decade slump & how strong the Cardinals actually are 17:28 – 18:14
- Dave’s super secret sleeper: Charlie Blackman 18:25 – 19:20
- July 7th, Fangraphs live at the Saber conference & why everyone should show up 19:36 – 21:20
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(Vid) Behind the Numbers – Confessions of an Autograph Enthusiast
Celebrating the Fan Experience Part 2, Collecting Autographs
Hosts: Wayne Parillo and Brendan McGrail
Behind the Numbers is a series of conversations and discussions with baseball, blog, sabermetric, and fantasy experts.
Guest: Tom Tomae
At some point all of us have tried to get an autograph from a player. Self professed “autograph enthusiast” Tom Tomae takes us inside the sub-cultures within the autograph collecting world, the time Bernie Williams called security, trying to get David Wright’s signature, and a few tips for people who are hunting for autographs.
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- The connection to childhood and why Tom continues to collect autographs 0:42 – 2:00
- The three subgroups in the autograph collecting universe 2:05 – 4:58
- When Tom’s favorite player Bernie Williams called security on him 4:59 – 8:29
- Tom paying to get Bernie’s autograph and the boom box playing Bernie’s music 8:30 – 9:55
- The World Baseball Classic and even though David Wright dissed him he still likes him 10:17 – 11:50
- Tom’s advice for would be autograph seekers 11:50 – 14:24
- Fans helping each other out – The End 14:39 – The End
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(Vid) Behind the Numbers – Jason Fry and his favorite Mets memories
The Grand Slam Single & Other Baseball Stories
Hosts: Wayne Parillo and Brendan McGrail
Behind the Numbers is a series of conversations and discussions with baseball, blog, sabermetric, and fantasy experts.
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Guest: Jason Fry
Celebrating the fan experience with Faithandfearinflushing.com co-founder and NY Times best selling author as he gives us with his craziest Mets story while watching a Mets game at a bar in New Orleans, his most emotional Mets memories, why he goes to games live, and R.A. Dickey and the Darth Vader outfit.
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- Introducing Jason C Fry & The Guest Host 0:21 – 0:58
- The lengths Jason went to watching a Mets game in New Orleans and the unintended involvement of adult entertainment and beer 1:17 – 6:35
- Brendan’s most electrifying he ever watched 6:36 – 7:56
- Being at The Grand Slam Single game and Shea physically rocking 8:19 – 10:20
- The most emotional stadium reactions Jason’s witnessed: Ventura, the 10 run comeback, and post 9/11 sports & why he thought he was having a heart attack and didn’t care 10:21 – 11:24
- What keeps Jason coming back to watch the games live 11:40 – 13:18
- Brendan on never outgrowing baseball and why you appreciate it on different levels over time 13:20 – 14:24
- RA Dickey’s Darth Vader outfit and the naming of his bats 15:00 – 15:58
- Closing & Credits 15:59 – the End
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(Vid) Behind the Numbers – Will Leitch on everything
Hosts: Robert Shaw and Wayne Parillo
Behind the Numbers is a series of conversations and discussions with baseball, blog, sabermetric, and fantasy experts.
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Guest: Will Leitch
The extremely funny and entertaing co-founder Deadspin, contributing editor at New York Magazine, and author of four books stops by. Follow him a @williamfleitch
- Introducing Will Leitch 0:11 – 0:58
About Deadspin
- The creation and evolution of Deadspin & The Influence of Ron Mexico 1:00 – 5:51
- Did traditional media miss an opportunity? 6:21 – 7:04
- A story of Joel Sherman’s “blog” 7:11 – 7:50
- Why Deadspin was revolutionary for sports 8:04 – 8:28
Would Deadspin work now?
- Could Deadspin start up now due to changes in measurement of success 8:36 – 8:58
- Nick Denton emails about March Madness in June 8:58 – 9:28
- Having time to develop an audience & Kyle Orton 9:29 – 10:21
- The line between editorial and ad people and how it changes editorial 10:40 – 11:42
Is the opportunity for independent sites gone?
- Generate revenue in a new world 11:43 – 12:30
- The Only Way to get noticed: be good 12:31 – 13:00
- Why you can’t predict technology(social media) 13:01 – 14:00
- The change to Gawker 14:01 – 14:45
Branding
- Will Leitch: the Brand 14:46 – 15:24
- Rick Reilly’s comments to students 15:25 – 16:06
- Creating yourself as a brand 16:07 – 16:27
- The old path to success is gone 16:27 – 16:59
- New York Magazine’s hires: all with brand name recognition 17:00 – 17:40
- What editors want? Proof of skills 17:41 – 18:29
Closing & Credits 18:30 – the End
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(Vid) Behind the Numbers: How to Discuss Sabermetrics Without Alienating People
Hosts: Robert Shaw and Wayne Parillo
Behind the Numbers is a series of conversations and discussions with blog, sabermetric, and fantasy experts.
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Guest: Steve Slowinski
Writer St Petersburg Times, librarian and contributor at Fangraphs.com, Editor-in-Chief DRaysBay, SB Nation Tampa Bay. Follow him at @steveslow
- Who is Slowinski? 0:29 – 0:51
- Rob admits to the day sabermetrics made him looked like a moron 0:55 -1:19
- The struggle to include sabermeterics & focusing on the concepts 1:27 –2:41
- A real world example involving Kyle Davies 2:42 – 3:51
- How deep do you go in an article before it’s too much? 4:05 – 5:43
- Using scouting terms to help educate people 5:44 – 6:56
- The batter-pitcher crib sheet & sample size 7:08 – 8:30
- Sliding sabermetrics into fantasy article 8:35 – 9:37
- Has fantasy helped or hurt the saber community? 9:54- 11:13
- Discussing Matt Joyce 11:40 – 12:40
- What is coming up from Steve 12:50 – the end
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(Vid) Behind the Numbers: All Things New York Baseball
Behind the Numbers Season: All Things New York Baseball
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Hosts: Robert Shaw and Wayne Parillo
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The Yankees Episode
Guest: Tom Trudeau
Bloomberg Sports baseball analyst and former ESPN worker. Follow him at @Tom_Trudeau
- 0:30 – 0:55 Introducing Tom Trudeau
- 1:22 -2:34 Cliff Lee hinted the Yankees were too old in the near future. Tom says no.
- 2:34 – 3:35 The (justified) excitement over the Yankees farm team
- 3:39 -5:11 Cashman fills in the margins. Do Dickerson & Millwood have any use this season?
- 5:12 – 7:05 Andruw Jones: How he’ll help the Yankees and fantasy owners too
- 7:24 – 9:21 Looking at the uncertain starting rotation
- 9:22 -10:34 Can the Yankees still win the division? Maybe
- 10:34 – 11:30 More on the Starters & Sabathia’s career innings pitched
- 11:33 -13:48 What has to happen for Yankees to make the post-season
- 13:59 – 16:07 Martin & Posada: What to think & expect
- 16:27 – 18:03 Are the Toronto Blue Jay a contender?
The Mets Episode
Guest: Eno Sarris
Writer for fangraphs.com, Amazin’ Avenue, and Bloomberg Sports. Follow him at @EnoSarris
- 0:30 – 0:52 The Return of Eno Sarris to the show
- 0:55 – 1:20 Bay goes down & what it means
- 1:40 – 2:42 Thoughts on the Mets newfound flexibility
- 2:51 -4:02 Should the Mets just play the young guys?
- 4:45 -5:31 Why Sarris thinks the Mets prospects are flawed & how they used to be (statistically) the fastest team rushing players to the majors
- 6:43 – 8:24 Jose Reyes, the rest of the NL east, and flawed teams
- 8:25 – 9:26 Where the Mets can finish & the Mets minor leaguers to watch
- 9:36 – 12:11 What to think of the Mets middle relief and why not to use WAR
- 12:37 – 16:36 A breakdown of the Mets starters & Sarris runs the numbers on the odds of starting pitchers being hurt
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(Vid) Behind The Numbers – Cramming for The Draft
Behind the Numbers – Season 2: Cramming for the Draft When You Don’t Have Enough Time to Prepare
Behind The Numbers Season 2 tries out a new video format which includes pop-up information about the guests and subject matter.
Jonah Keri, New York Times National bestsell author of the Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First joins Behind the Numbers co-host Wayne Parillo and Fantasy Analyst Rob Shaw for a pre-draft cram
session, helping out since Parillo is a new father and hasn’t exactly had time to prepare. Oh, and there is a special Front Office discount code for listeners.
- Buy the Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First
- Follow Jonah on Twitter
- Subscribe to The Jonah Keri Podcast on Itunes
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- 0:16 – 1:15 Why we’re doing a Cramming episode
- 2:00 – 5:34 All About the Rays and how it affects fantasy
- 5:35 – 7:00 Jose Lopez as a bad real life player
- 7:22 – 8:09 Bad real life players who are sometimes good fantasy players
- 8:26 – 9:30 Jose Reyes: Where is he playing & injury
factors - 10:15 – 11:21 Position Scarcity with short stop
- 11:22- 12:59 SS options: Ian Desmond & Stephen Drew & why Ian Desmond should scare you. Or not.
- 13:05 -16:00 Looking at 3B: Top Performers and where to get them. Including Youk. David Wright. A-Rod
- 16:04 – 17:50 Jose Bautista v David Wright
- 17:45 – 18:40 Ryan Zimmerman v David Wright. Where Rob & Wayne agree to disagree
- 18:45 – 20:21 Aaron Harang moves to Petco and what it means
- 20:17 – 20:45 Why you need to include MORE ballpark
factors - 21:23 – 22:33 Chris Young to CitiField
- 22:25 – 24:15 Adrian Beltre to Texas
- 25:30 – 26:11 Jonah gives his option on Hall of Fame
Voters - 26:09 Wayne reads Jonah’s book to his new born daughter and what happens
Episode 2
- 0:48 – 2:11 All About the Extra 2% and Jonah’s most gratifying reviews
- 2:17 – 5:37 Closer Strategies: Wait or Grab When You Can? And how format matters
- 6:00 – 7:17 A comment from @sabometrics regarding Bobby Jenks as a potential BoSox closer?
- 7:29 – 7:50 JJ Putz: Potential Closer
- 7:49 – 9:25 Jonah Reveals His Strategy for Specing on Potential Saves
- 9:35 – 11:00 More on JJ & Risk
- 11:31 – 14:00 Closers and Setup Guys to Keep an Out For & Jonah’s Super Duper Mega Break Out Potential Pick
- 14:00 – 16:44 Bobby Parnell: Why he could close and why he won’t
- 16:58 – 18:34 Big Names Coming off Injuries and What to Do with Them
- 18:38 – 19:41 Ian Kinsler
- 20:13 – 22:36 Wayne thinks 2B is scarce & Rob thinks it is deep
- 23:11 – 24:27 Jonah’s Final Thoughts on Drafting & Words of Wisdom
- 24:54 – 26:00 A little bit more on the Extra 2%
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(Audio) Behind the Numbers w Jeff Passan
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Behind the Numbers
Hosts: Rob Shaw and Wayne Parillo
Guest: Jeff Passan
About the Guest:
Yahoo Sports national writer, co-author of Death to the BCS.
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Total Running Time: 15:26
What’s Inside?
- Who is Jeff? (0:35 – 1:16)
- Talking ALCS (1:25 – 3:51)
- The Umpires as the Story (3:58 – 8:04)
- Kung Fu Panda and Him Not Playing (8:05 – 10:50)
- Prince Fielder’s Body Type: He’s Not Fat He’s… (10:44 – 11:40)
- The New Book – Death to the BCS(11:53 – 12:40)
- Can College Sports Be Cleaned Up?
(12:41 – 13:50)
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(Audio) Behind the Numbers w Dave Studeman
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Behind the Numbers
Hosts: Rob Shaw and Wayne Parillo
Guest: Dave Studeman
About the Guest:
He has been called a National Treasure by Rob Neyer, and is also the owner/manager of thehardballtimes.com.
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Total Running Time: 18:29
High Level
- Being a National Treasure and all about the Hardball Times(0:28 – 2:20)
- The Pirates and the drive to make money (3:21 – 5:45)
- The Hardball Times projections (6:30 – 7:41)
- King Felix for Cy Young & Manny for Chicago (7:44 – 12:43)
- What is the Hardball Times Annual (17:04 – 17:49)
A Highlight a Minute
- (0:28 – 0:59) Dave Studeman – the National Treasure
- (1:00 – 1:35) What The Hardball Times is all about
- (1:40 – 2:20) Sabermetrics for both fantasy & reality
- (2:21 – 3:16) Telling a story visually & joining the Hardball Times
- (3:21 – 4:36) The Pirates making a profit (and the drive to make money)
- (4:37 – 5:45) Pirates previous failures in developing stars
- (5:46 – 6:24) Dave’s business background & his lifestyle choice
- (6:30 – 7:41) THT Projections covering 7,000+ players over the next six years
- (7:44 – 9:09) Stats v WInning Impact on the organization for the Cy Young Winner
- (9:15 – 10:22) Why Dave’s proud of the Wins Probably game graphic
- (10:24 – 11:50) King Felix for Cy Young?
- (11:51 – 12:43) Is Manny Ramirez enough for the White Sox?
- (12:44 – 14:12) Did Numb3rs “borrow” from the THT?
- (14:14 – 15:36) Major League teams buying the annual and the true success of the writers
- (15:37 – 16:13) How to measure stats in the history books due to steroids
- (16:14 – 16:49) Why HOF Guidelines would be good
- (17:04 – 17:49) THT Annual: Stats, Graphs, and Articles
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(Audio) Behind the Numbers w/ Dave Cameron
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Hosts: Rob Shaw and Wayne Parillo
Guest: Dave Cameron
About the Guest:
USSMariner.com co-founder, Fangraphs.com writer, and Wall Street Journal contributer.
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Total Running Time: 21:08
Dave’s Wall Street Journal article we talk about during the podcast
High Level
- Young Pitchers on the Hill & Better Coaching (1:01 – 5:46)
- Defense, Baseball, and Situational Relievers (5:47 – 11:17)
- What We Can Predict for Pitchers (12:11 – 16:21)
- Adrian Beltre MVP, Hall of Famer, and SafeCo (18:04 – 20:24)
- Fangraphs at SafeCo on September 4th (20:33 – 21:07)
Near Highlight a Minute
- (1:01 – 2:04) Why it is NOT the Year of the Pitcher
- (2:24 – 3:20) Are there a young rising stars on the hill?
- (3:20 – 3:51) Why there are bigger, stronger pitchers on the mound
- (3:56 – 4:40) Young pitchers & pin point control
- (4:41 – 5:46) Minor League coaches & teaching wow to pitch
- (5:47 – 6:46) How replacing managers is merely fluction bias
- (6:54 – 8:30) Valuing situational relievers and using situational splits
- (8:31 – 9:16) What it would take for a team to use only situational splits
- (9:17 – 9:45) Educating the pitcher
- (9:57 – 10:49) Defense and baseball – how Mariners have not failed
- (10:50 – 11:17) Why all strategies succeed and fail
- (11:32 – 12:10) Pitchers with ERAs under 3.00 and what it means
- (12:11 – 14:07) Body types, pitching, and what we can predict
- (14:08 – 15:21) How long is a pitcher’s shelf life?
- (15:30 – 16:21) Strasburg v Kershaw
- (16:27 – 17:44) Is Dave a journalist, blogger, or is it all just writing?
- (18:04 – 18:54) Adrian Beltre for MVP and Hall of Famer?
- (18:55 – 19:50) SafeCo and the right handed hitters mentality
- (20:33 – 21:07) Doing an Event at SafeCo During September 4
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