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What Do Donald Trump And The Kansas City Royals Have In Common?

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (May 10, 2016), we break down the Chicago Cubs’ start to the season and ask if they have the potential to become the G.O.A.T. Then, we talk about the WNBA and ask Kate Fagan why so many star players have […]

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Hot Takedown’s 2016 MLB Preview

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (March 29, 2016), we try and understand Syracuse’s miraculous run to the Final Four in both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, Ben Lindbergh joins the crew as we preview the 2016 baseball season and wonder whether this just might […]

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Hot Takedown’s 2016 MLB Preview

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (March 29, 2016), we try and understand Syracuse’s miraculous run to the Final Four in both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, Ben Lindbergh joins the crew as we preview the 2016 baseball season and wonder whether this just might […]

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Will We See More Royals Magic In The AL Central?

In honor of the 2016 Major League Baseball season, which starts Sunday, FiveThirtyEight is assembling some of our favorite baseball writers to chat about the year to come. Today, we’ll have a go at the American League Central with Deadspin editor-in-chief Tim Marchman and our own baseball columnist Rob Arthur. The transcript below has been […]

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Will We See More Royals Magic In The AL Central?

In honor of the 2016 Major League Baseball season, which starts Sunday, FiveThirtyEight is assembling some of our favorite baseball writers to chat about the year to come. Today, we’ll have a go at the American League Central with Deadspin editor-in-chief Tim Marchman and our own baseball columnist Rob Arthur. The transcript below has been […]

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