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Episode 110: Players with Criminal Pasts/How Much Do Pitcher Hitting, Fielding, and Baserunning Matter?
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Episode 111: How Do Major-League Managers Differ from Non-Baseball Bosses?
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Episode 112: The Kyle Lohse Quandary
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Episode 113: Three Trade Rumors We Read This Weekend
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Episode 114: The One Where We Talk About the Hall of Fame
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Episode 115: The Alternate-History Hall of Fame/Are NL Teams Stockpiling Position Players for Interleague Play?/Is 162 Games Too Many?/Preserving Parity
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Episode 116: Has the Sabermetric Movement Helped or Hurt Jack Morris?
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Episode 117: Justin Upton Update: Still Not Traded
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Episode 118: All About Pitchouts!
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Episode 119: Chris Sale’s Scary Mechanics/The Tigers and Justin Upton/AL Breakout Players/Trading Ryan Braun/Edwin Encarnacion’s Future
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Episode 120: Quantifying PED Effects/Best Farm Systems in Baseball/Roleplaying Trade Talks
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Episode 121: The Three-Way Trade and the Mariners’ Quest for a Big Bat
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Episode 122: PECOTA Projects Elite Draft Picks from the Past/Should Scouts Fear FIELDf/x?
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Episode 123: How Far Away Are the Astros?/The MLBPA is Mad at the Marlins/Is A-Rod’s Surgery Suspicious?/The Future of Baseball on the Radio
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Episode 124: A World Without Easily Injured Pitchers/Hitter BABIP, and Whether Mike Trout Was Lucky/What We Think About Booing
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Episode 125: The Umpire-Manager Relationship
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Episode 126: Justin Upton is Actually Traded
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Episode 127: 2013 Season Preview Series: New York Yankees
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Episode 128: 2013 Season Preview Series: Baltimore Orioles
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Episode 129: Why the Latest Steroids Scandal Isn’t That Scandalous/2013 Season Preview Series: Tampa Bay Rays
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Episode 130: 2013 Season Preview Series: Toronto Blue Jays
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Episode 131: 2013 Season Preview Series: Boston Red Sox
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Episode 132: 2013 Season Preview Series: Detroit Tigers
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Episode 133: 2013 Season Preview Series: Chicago White Sox
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Episode 134: 2013 Season Preview Series: Kansas City Royals
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Episode 135: 2013 Season Preview Series: Cleveland Indians
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Episode 136: 2013 Season Preview Series: Minnesota Twins
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Episode 137: 2013 Season Preview Series: Oakland Athletics
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Episode 138: 2013 Season Preview Series: Texas Rangers
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Episode 139: 2013 Season Preview Series: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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Episode 140: 2013 Series Preview: Seattle Mariners
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Episode 141: 2013 Season Preview Series: Houston Astros
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Episode 142: 2013 Season Preview Series: Washington Nationals
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Episode 143: 2013 Season Preview Series: Atlanta Braves
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Episode 144: 2013 Season Preview Series: Philadelphia Phillies
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Episode 145: 2013 Season Preview Series: New York Mets
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Episode 146: 2013 Season Preview Series: Miami Marlins
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Episode 147: 2013 Season Preview Series: Cincinnati Reds
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Episode 148: 2013 Season Preview Series: St. Louis Cardinals
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Episode 149: 2013 Season Preview Series: Milwaukee Brewers
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Episode 150: 2013 Season Preview Series: Pittsburgh Pirates
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Episode 151: 2013 Season Preview Series: Chicago Cubs
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Episode 152: 2013 Season Preview Series: San Francisco Giants
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Episode 153: 2013 Season Preview Series: Los Angeles Dodgers
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Episode 154: 2013 Season Preview Series: Arizona Diamondbacks
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Episode 155: 2013 Season Preview Series: San Diego Padres
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Episode 156: 2013 Season Preview Series: Colorado Rockies
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Episode 157: SABR Analytics Conference Recap
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Episode 158: Combining Bad Teams/Blocking the Plate/The 26-Man Roster
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Episode 159: The Carlos Gomez Extension and the 2013-14 Free Agent Class
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Episode 160: The Outlooks for Tim Lincecum and Roy Halladay
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Episode 161: Breaking Down the WBC
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Episode 162: Aroldis Chapman and Player Preferences
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Episode 163: All About the International Draft
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Episode 164: Dan Evans on Being a Baseball Renaissance Man and His New Job with the Blue Jays
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Episode 165: The Worst Team to Work For/Baseball Without Outfield Fences/When to Give Up on Top Draft Picks/Would Mariano Rivera Make an All-Time Team?
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Episode 166: Is the Internet Too Optimistic About the Astros?
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Episode 167: Yasiel Puig’s Explosive Spring
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Episode 168: Projections for the Yankees and Blue Jays/If the Amateur Draft Were an Auction/Lifetime Contracts for Generational Talents
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Episode 169: The Retirement of Tim McCarver/Is Clubhouse Chemistry Less Important Than it Used to Be?
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Episode 170: Jason Parks on Podcasting, Prospect Ranking, and Player Development
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Episode 171: Extensions for Everyone!
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Episode 172: The Confirmation Biases of Opening Day
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Episode 173: Should Contract Size Influence Our Projections for Players?/Revisiting Our Pre-Offseason Predictions/What Started the Sabermetric Revolution?
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Episode 174: More Week One Reactions
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Episode 175: Brian Roberts’ Injury, Baserunners Passing Baserunners, and the Pros and Cons of Trade Speculation
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Episode 176: Jose Fernandez and Service Time/Jose Bautista and Umpire Payback
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Episode 177: How Much Does Velocity Loss Matter?/The Astros’ Runaway Strikeout Rate
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Episode 178: Batter-Pitcher Matchups/Outfield Alignments/A Player Who Can’t Play Defense/The End of Innings
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Episode 179: Extending Barry Zito/The First-Place Royals
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Episode 180: Carlos Quentin vs. Zack Greinke/Why Catcher Height Matters for Framing
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Episode 181: Giancarlo Stanton’s Lineup Protection Problem
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Episode 182: How Much Will Mark Appel Make?/Is Mike Scioscia’s Job Safe?
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Episode 183: How to Set Up a Rotation/The DH of the Future/Batting Stanton Leadoff/Pitchers and Handwarmers/Quad-A Hitters
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Episode 184: Brett Gardner Makes an Adjustment
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Episode 185: Trading International Bonus Pool Space/Shortening the Time Between Pitches
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Episode 186: Deceptive Starters/Matt Harvey’s Improvement/The Blue Jays and Waiver Claims
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Episode 187: More About Velocity Loss/Baseball Players and Appendectomies
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Episode 188: The Yankees and PECOTA/Earned Run Ratio/Least Likely MVP Candidates/When to Trust 2013 Stats
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Episode 189: Should Chad Billingsley Have Had Surgery Sooner?/Brendan Ryan, Robert Andino, and the Mariners
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Episode 190: The Ike Davis Enigma/Trading Prospects Straight Up for Stanton
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Episode 191: The Significance of the Blue Jays’ Slow Start/Justin Upton and Internet Gloating
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Episode 192: Stephen Strasburg’s New Injury Scare/The Underhyped Manny Machado
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Episode 193: AAA Teams vs. the Marlins and Astros/The Braves and Strikeouts/Pickoffs and Pitch Counts/John Farrell and the Jays/Non-Superstar HOFers
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Episode 194: Outlawing Endless Games/Would Baseball Be Better Without Playoffs?
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Episode 195: Bad Body Language/Upgrading Bullpens/Steroids and the Children/BABIP and Bad Luck
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Episode 196: The New Scott Kazmir/The Future of the Angels
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Episode 197: Our Incredibly Premature All-Star Picks
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Episode 198: Hitters with the Yips/Power vs. Contact/Starlin Castro’s Future/Reinhart-Rogoff and Sabermetrics
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Episode 199: Pitchers Putting on Sunscreen/The Astros and Clubhouse Chemistry
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Episode 200: Will Leitch on Media, Fans, and Media and Fans
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Episode 201: Drafting Age-25-and-Under Starters/Still No No-Hitters
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Episode 202: Bryce Harper Hits the Wall/Albert Pujols’ Pain
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Episode 203: Strikeouts and Defense/Shortest Pitching Careers/Novelty All-Star Games/World Series of Worst/Rooting Against No-Hitters
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Episode 204: The Yankees and Luck/How We Watch Baseball/Consuming Scouting Reports
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Episode 205: Catcher Framing Questions/A Hypothetical Pitching Problem/Post-Start MRIs
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Episode 206: When Does it Make Sense to Fire Managers?/What We Think about Hot Streaks
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Episode 207: Reevaluating Patrick Corbin/Baseball and Redheads
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Episode 208: Refunds for Losses/More Catching Questions/DHs and Defensive Positioning/Most Pitchers in an Inning
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Episode 209: Veterans vs. Young Players/The Dodgers and Grit
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Episode 210: Revisiting the Montero-Pineda Trade/Your Ticket Refund/Giveaway Ideas
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Episode 211: The Phillies, the Blue Jays, and Selling/The Scary Side of Jose Canseco
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Episode 212: Doing Away with Errors/Rotating Positions/What Would Retired Players Hit?/Aesthetically Pleasing Players/3-0 Red Lights
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Episode 213: The Royals and Not Hitting Homers/The Physical Signs of Scouting
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Episode 214: B.J. Upton and Fixing Mechanical Flaws/Scouting and the International Draft
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Episode 215: Does Money Still Make Teams Better?/Taking our Temperatures on Tim Lincecum and Chris Davis
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Episode 216: Whither the White Sox?/Dissecting Yasiel Puig’s Debut
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Episode 217: Umpires, Catchers, and Home Field Advantage/Forming a Wall/The Anti-DH Movement/Lengthening Games
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Episode 218: Paralysis by Biogenesis
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Episode 219: The Mock Draft Mystery/Joey Votto’s Future/Scouts and Espionage/The New-Look Royals Lineup
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Episode 220: Sick Starters, The Value of Hitting Coaches, and The Most Disappointing Team of 2013
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Episode 221: Astros Pro Scouting Coordinator Kevin Goldstein on the Amateur Draft
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Episode 222: Bloodlines and the Draft/Giving Up in Extras/Managers Telling the Truth/Moore, Molina, and Calling Pitches
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Episode 223: Should College Pitchers Shut it Down After Being Drafted?/The Red Sox and Advance Scouting
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Episode 224: The Evolution of On-Field Celebrations/The Home Run Derby Draft
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Episode 225: Missing Out on Mariano Rivera/Scouting Scouts
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Episode 226: Predictions About Zack Wheeler/The Story of Signing Puig
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Episode 227: Julio Urias and Young Pitchers/Prospects Switching Positions/Jose Iglesias and High BABIPs/Goodbye Base Coaches
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Episode 228: Matt Harvey and Clubhouse Hazing/Albert Pujols at Present/Underrated Slash Line Stars
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Episode 229: Derek Jeter, Yasiel Puig, and the All-Star Game/The Royals and Blaming the Ballpark
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Episode 230: Deceptive Strikeout-to-Walk Ratios/Picking the Perfect Run Environment
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Episode 231: Revisiting Several Things We’ve Said
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Episode 232: Will Park Effects Go More Mainstream?/Yasiel Puig and Hitting .400/Evaluating Player Development/Loaning Players
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Episode 233: Munenori Kawasaki and Clubhouse Chemistry/The Tigers, Strikeouts, and Defense
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Episode 234: Byron Buxton, Joe Mauer, and the Twins/Dylan Bundy, Tommy John Surgery, and PRP
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Episode 235: Alex Rios’ Value/How the 2013 Pirates Were Built
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Episode 236: Analysts as General Managers/Hall of Fame Probabilities
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Episode 237: Stats That Won’t Last/No-Hitters and No-Walkers/The Worst Shortstop Ever/A Pitcher Who Can Hit/The All-Bunting Team/Trading Top Prospects for Trout/Pint-Sized Power Hitters
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Episode 238: Picking the Worst-All Stars Possible/Josh Hamilton’s Tobacco Turnaround
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Episode 239: Carlos Gomez and the NL MVP Race/The Cubs and Trading Recently Signed Free Agents
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Episode 240: Several of the Finest Listener Emails
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Episode 241: Manny Ramirez and Other Players Who Refuse to Retire/The Loveable, Hateable Yankees
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Episode 242: The All-No-Bang-for-Your-Buck Team
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Episode 243: No-Hitters, Tim Lincecum, and Pitch Counts/Joe Blanton and ERA Estimators
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Episode 244: Thoughts on the Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game/The Real Home Run Record
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Episode 245: Listener Emails Like You Wouldn’t Believe
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Episode 246: Anniversary Episode Emails
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Episode 264: Four Questions About Miguel Cabrera/World Series Odds Update
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Episode 247: Derek Lowe’s Rare Career Path/Matt Garza and the Rangers
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Episode 248: Bartolo Colon and the PED Question/Ruben Amaro and Prospect Rankings
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Episode 249: Gabe Kapler on Advanced Stats from the Player’s Perspective
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Episode 250: A Long-ish Listener Email Extravaganza
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Episode 251: Baseball Stories That Would Be Bigger Today/Finding a Narrative for the Nationals
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Episode 252: Yankees Beat Writer Andy McCullough on the Absurdity of Alex Rodriguez
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Episode 253: Brian Cashman and the Meddlesome Steinbrenners/Revisiting the Justin Verlander Extension
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Episode 254: Are Wealthy Teams Winning?/Pushing the Trade Deadline Back
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Episode 255: Listener Emails Like Never Before
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Episode 256: The Trade Deadline in Review
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Episode 257: Reevaluating Extensions/The Cubs’ Creative International Spending Strategy
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Episode 258: 2014 Team Option Options/Matt Garza, the A’s, and Exploiting Unwritten Rules
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Episode 259: Cricket’s Replay Review Controversy/Revisiting Ruben Amaro’s Offseason Moves/The Ethics of Cruz, Peralta, and PEDs
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Episode 260: Many More Listener Emails, and Our Answers to Them
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Episode 261: Mike Trout and Becoming the Best Ever/Chase Utley’s Aging Outlook
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Episode 262: The All-Banter Episode
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Episode 263: Jose Dariel Abreu and the Future of Cuban Baseball/The Unmade Wil Myers Trade
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Episode 265: Answers to Your Burning Baseball Questions
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Episode 266: How the A’s Were Built/Why the Dodgers Are Winning
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Episode 267: Why We’re Happy About Expanded Replay Review
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Episode 268: Clayton Kershaw and Cooperstown/Xander Bogaerts and Historic Years for Young Talent
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Episode 269: Revisiting the Jose Fernandez Call-Up/Handicapping Cano’s Suitors
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Episode 270: Listener Email Answers in Search of a Theme
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Episode 271: Disciplining Puig/Trade Deadline Do-Overs/Mistaken Sabermetric Assumptions
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Episode 272: Picking Each Team’s Perceived Clubhouse Leader/Delmon Young and Players with Moral Warts
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Episode 273: The State of Seattle’s Front Office/The Decline of CC Sabathia
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Episode 274: Mourning Matt Harvey/A Player Poll About A-Rod
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Episode 275: Listener Email Answers of Surpassing Wit and Clarity
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Episode 276: How Would Wladimir Balentien Hit in the Majors?/Oakland’s Second-Half Success Narrative
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Episode 277: C. Trent Rosecrans on Sabermetrics, the Reds, and the Hazards of Beat Writing
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Episode 278: Chris Cotillo on Breaking Trades Before Finishing High School
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Episode 279: You Have Questions, and We Have Answers to Some of Them
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Episode 280: Is Billy Hamilton Worth a Roster Spot?/Five Free Agents Finishing Make-or-Break Years
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Episode 281: The Soft-Tossing Starter Draft/Harry Pavlidis Explains All PITCHf/x
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Episode 282: Reassessing Trout vs. Harper/Top Pitchers Versus Top Position Players
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Episode 283: An Upper-Minors Inefficiency/The Slippery Definition of Performance Enhancement
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Episode 284: The Best Damn Listener Email Show Period
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Episode 285: Was the Marlins’ Season a Success?/Finessing Derek Jeter’s Final(?) Season
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Episode 286: Picking Comeback Players for 2014/Top Team Improvements of the Past Decade
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Episode 287: Preparing for Postseason Narrative-Building/Guerrero, Helton, and the Hall of Fame
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Episode 288: The Appeal of Year-to-Year Contracts/Ranking Contenders By Rootability
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Episode 289: From Our Inboxes to Your Ears
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Episode 290: The Rays’ Under-the-Radar Move/Hot AL Wild Card Talk
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Episode 291: Hanley After Age 30/Next Year’s Playoff Picture
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Episode 292: Scott Boras’ World Series Plan/A-Rod, Manny, Pettitte and the Hall
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Episode 293: Manny Machado’s Historical Comps/Ranking Playoff Rotations
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Episode 294: Answering Your Baseball Questions to the Best of Our Abilities
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Episode 295: Analyzing September Starter Usage/Reexamining the Astros Experiment
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Episode 296: Rivera’s Farewell/Carlos Gomez’s Strange Suspension
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Episode 297: NL Wild Card Game Preview/Adam J. Morris on the Rangers
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Episode 298: The Creative Questions Our Listeners Ask
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Episode 299: Was the Royals’ Season a Success?/October’s Best Non-Kershaw Starter
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Episode 300: Brian Kenny on Sabermetrics, Broadcasting, and Confrontation
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Episode 301: Dusty Baker’s Future and Joe Maddon’s Perplexing Move/Favorite Prospects from Scout School
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Episode 302: The Diminished Miguel Cabrera/Clayton Kershaw and the Days-of-Rest Debate
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Episode 303: Picking Playoff Narratives
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Episode 304: The Pirates’ Future/Cubs Prospects and Joe Girardi/Listener Emails
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Episode 305: Reevaluating Verlander/More Listener Emails
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Episode 306: The ALCS Discussion Show
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Episode 307: The NLCS Unpredictability Episode
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Episode 308: Playoff Banter Plus Listener Emails
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Episode 309: ALCS Game 4, NLCS Game 5, and More Listener Emails