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Behind the Numbers
Hosts: Wayne Parillo and Rob Shaw
Guest: Rob Iracane
About the Guest:
Walkoffwalk.com co-founder, Heist leader, and Deadspin.com combudsman.
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Total Running Time: 20:31

The High Level Look

• The Heist – What it is & why it exists (0:38 – 1:49)
• A-Rod, Steroids, and Home Grown Talent (1:55 – 6:19)
• The Human Condition & Commenters (6:30 – 7:50)
• Smart defending, last season trades & why not to root for Kerry Wood (8:00-13:23)
• Twitter, Blogs v Newspapers & discussing news (13:33 – 27:54)

A Highlight a Minute

• (0:38 – 1:30) The Heist – what it is and why it exsists
• (1:31 – 1:49) PNC Park and the Sellout
• (1:55 – 2:40) A-Rod’s 600th home run
• (2:44 – 3:48) Covering esoteric news
• (3:51 – 5:04) Steroids users being lumped with A-Rod
• (5:08 – 5:28) A-Rod’s celebration v Jeter’s 3000 hits celebration
• (5:30 – 6:19) Yankees homegrown talent
• (6:30 – 7:04) The Human Condition according to Walkoffwalk.com
• (7:05 – 7:21) Boycotting D-Backs as a serious post
• (7:22 – 7:50) The commenters and what else the site covers
• (8:00 – 9:09) The year of smart defending
• (9:10 – 10:00) Are hitters weaker?
• (10:03 – 10:50) Too little, too late for Dodgers but not for Rockies, Padres & Giants
• (10:51 – 11:29) Berkman as DH & why it’s impossible to root for Kerry Wood
• (11:30 – 12:27) Is the Wild Card ruining a great division race?
• (12:34 – 13:23) Is Manny Ramirez done?
• (13:33 – 14:52) From UVA to Deadspin.com combudsman to Walkoffwalk.com
• (14:57 – 16:11) The influence of Twitter & Commenters on fandom
• (16:23 – 17:57) Deadspin’s Brett Favre post & Journalistic standards: Blog v Newspaper
• (18:14 – 20:00) Breaking News v Discussing News & an inner Secret

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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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Behind the Numbers
Hosts: Rob Shaw and Wayne Parillo
Guest: Rany Jazarerli
About the Guest:
He may be the world’s most famous dermatologist, though you probably know him better as the co-founder of Baseball Prospectus, from his website Ranyontheroyals.com or his weekly radio show. Either way enjoy the podcast and make sure to follow him on twitter

Total Running Time: 31:08

The High Level Look at What’s Inside

• The KC Saber-mafia & Why Everyone Came out of KC (:48 – 3:40)
• The State of a Royals Fan’s Mind (4:11 – 15:11)
• The Path from Royals Fan to Baseball Prospectus (15:11 – 21:19)
• Pitcher Abuse & Are Teams Too Cautious (21:20 – 28:09)
• The Four or Five Man Rotation (28:10 – 29:57)

Eleven Lower Level Highlights

• (0:48 – 1:38) The KC Saber-mafia
• (3:00 – 3:50) Boston Globe influence and now Bill Simmons
• (4:44 – 6:35) Low expectations of Royals Fans & why they glom onto hope
• (7:01 – 10:42) Why peole are saying good things about the farm system
• (10:54 – 14:10) Alex Gordon & Billy Butler
• (15:23 – 16:40) Being ownerless & life with David Glass
• (17:21 – 19:20) Right place, right time, and Baseball Prospectus
• (20:00 – 21:19) Why to work for or be a Baseball Prospectus Intern
• (21:20 – 23:10) Are teams now too cautious with pitchers?
• (24:00 – 27:53) Nolan Ryan and why NOT to limit innings
• (28:10 – 29:57) How a brave team needs to step forward and change to a four man rotation

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Behind the Numbers
Hosts: Wayne Parillo and Rob Shaw
Guest: Amanda Rykoff of OCDCHICK.COM and follow her on twitter

Total Running Time: 23:08

The High Level Look at What’s Inside

• Becoming a Yankee fan and bing part of the community (0:00 – 4:32)
• Twitter, Social Media, Community, and the nickname “Queen of Twitter” (4:40 – 8:44)
• Being a woman at the Sloan conference and being involved with sports (8:44 – 11:42)
• Fantasy baseball, The Longorious Basterds, and how Twitter helped build her team (11:46 – 16:10)
• Being at the first game at Yankee Stadium after the recent deaths and reflections on George (16:17 – 22:20)

A Baker’s Dozen of a Lower Level Look

• (1:18 – 2:21) How a SoCal woman fell for the Yankees
• (2:45 – 3:00) Telling her father about her new baseball team love
• (3:21 – 3:51) Baseball roadtrip with a friend from twitter
• (3:57 – 4:32) Rooting for the underdog…unless it’s the Yankees
• (4:40 – 5:30) Queen of Twitter and how she got involved
• (7:27 – 8:12) Twitter as an online sports bar and a Twitter ah-hah moment
• (9:10 – 9:44) Holding your own when your information is good
• (9:45 – 10:50) Being at the Sloan Conference and how it resembled a sports event
• (12:40 – 14:40) The Longorious Basterds
• (16:42 – 17:22) Honoring the deaths at Yankee stadium
• (17:29 – 18:05) Whether to mourn or cheer, and questions about the almost silent PA booth
• (18:37 – 19:03) The weird Sunday return to business as usual
• (21:22 – 22:17) Will any other owner’s death be this big?

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Hosts: Wayne Parillo and Rob Shaw
Guest: Nate Ravitz of ESPN.COM

Total Running Time: 32:23

High Level Look

• Nate’s life before and being Deputy Editor for ESPN (0:00 – 4:35)
• The business reason for no fantasy pro wrestling (4:36 – 7:15)
• A postion-by-position breakout players for the second half (7:16 – 32:32)

Some other highlights

• Matt Wieters and development problems for the Orioles players? (8:02 – 10:20)
• Prince Fielder and all about the Brewers (10:23 – 12:00)

The position-by-position breakdown and highlights

• Catchers (7:30 – 10:00) Matt Wieters & other stars
• First base (10:20 – 12:00) Is Fielder on the move?
• Second Base (12:13 – 15:22) What to do with Brian Roberts
• Short Stop (15:30 – 17:14) Beyond Hanley and is Elvis Andrus a top 5 shortstop?
• Third Base (17:15 – 20:08) Is Kung Fu Panda done and what to do with Chipper Jones
• Outfielders (20:09 – 23:46) Why buy Alex Rios? Plus Torii Hunter, and Delmon Young, and Corey Patterson
• Closers (23:51 – 27:30) The lack of closer turnover and all about Capps, Bell, and Dotel
• Starters (27:34 – 31:25) Why Jiminez might not be a top five pitcher the rest of the season, and selling high on young pitchers and why you shouldn’t be concerned about the Reds.

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Hosts: Wayne Parillo and Rob Shaw
Guest: Jonah Keri, who can be found at JonahKeri.com and follow him on twitter

Total Running Time: 19:10

Topics

• Why Jonah is Wayne’s favorite Canadian
• Pitchers to keep an eye on in the second half
• Why league batting average is down
• Whether Boston fans should worry

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Hosts: Wayne Parillo and Rob Shaw
Guest: Rob Neyer of ESPN and Rob Neyer Baseball

Total Running Time: 20:04

Topics

• Hall of Candidates including Keith Hernandez, Andy Pettitte, and Jamie Moyer
• The lack of backlash agains greenies
• The Pesky-Stuart debate

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Hosts: Wayne Parillo and Rob Shaw
Guest: Rob Neyer of ESPN and Rob Neyer Baseball

Total Running Time: 16:03

Topics

• Growing up a Royals fan in the 70s
• The Holy Grail of stats
• When the competitive balance changed

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Hosts: Rob Shaw and Wayne Parillo
Guest: Chris Liss of Rotowire.com
Topics

• Why he does doesn’t like projections
• Winning Tout Wars
• A message to scared fantasy owners

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