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High Heat Stats Podcast

11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 10 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings

A podcast about baseball and baseball stats. Send your questions and comments to [email protected].

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Episodes

Episode 11: Gary Thurman Family Reunion

September 27, 2013 00:57 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB

Adam and Andy sit down to discuss the Veterans Committee Hall of Fame voting process, the SABR Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legends committee, the Gary Thurman 1988 Topps blog post I made 5 years ago, playoff format and timelines, as well as delve into a bit of trivia about Rockies and Marlins managers. Follow the links above to learn more about some of the things we discuss, and follow Adam on Twitter @baseballtwit.

Episode 10: High Heat Lunch

August 29, 2013 11:40 - 40 minutes - 35.9 MB

The group reviews Out of the Park Baseball (simulation software) and also meets up for lunch to discuss our goals in writing about baseball. One note: in the podcast I saw that OOTP 14 is taking pre-orders… that’s wrong. The game is out already and available to play right now!

Episode 9: Beat the Heat #1: Sully

August 21, 2013 01:13 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

Sully from the Sully Baseball Daily podcast (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sully-baseball-daily/id580843151) comes on to tackle the same trivia questions from Episode 8! Can he beat the High Heat Stats team? At the beginning of the podcast, Sully talks about the hat you see in his photo, taken during the recording of this episode. Check out Sully’s blog (http://sullybaseball.wordpress.com/) and follow him on Twitter @sullybaseball.

Episode 8: Trivia Quiz #4

August 14, 2013 11:42 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MB

Dalton, Bryan, and Dan rumble with more baseball trivia, and one of them ends up controlling the fate of the other two.

Episode 7: Intentional insensitivity

August 06, 2013 15:58 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Bryan, Dalton, Dan, & Andy toss around the questions of hitting with runners in scoring positions and the quality & intent of umpiring, and also make cases for a few guys they’d like to see in the Hall of Fame.

Episode 6: Trivia quiz #3

July 30, 2013 16:41 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB

Andy wracks the brains of Dan, Dalton, and Bryan. Accusations and name-calling abound.

Episode 5: A clown award, bro

July 19, 2013 11:04 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MB

Bryan returns, joining Dalton, Dan, & Andy to make predictions for the rest of the 2013 season.

Episode 4: Bunting skills competition

July 09, 2013 17:16 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MB

Andy and Ashley compare perspectives as fans from different generations, and also discuss the All-Star game, the Mariners, and more.

Episode 3: Trivia quiz #2

June 29, 2013 00:24 - 1 hour - 55.1 MB

Andy quizzes Dan, Dalton, and Adam in our first standalone trivia quiz. All three contestants do well, but one particularly impresses. Stay tuned for some epic bloopers.

Episode 2: WAR - What is it good for?

June 23, 2013 00:05 - 1 hour - 75.6 MB

Andy, Dalton, Adam, and Dan discuss strikeouts in 2013, some obscure players and obscure facts about famous players using the Play Index, and we break down how Wins Above Replacement is calculated, different versions, and its use.

Episode 1: Introducing the High Heat Stats Podcast

June 11, 2013 01:07 - 1 hour - 94.7 MB

High Heat Stats is kicking off its brand new podcast! Join Andy, Adam, Dalton, & Bryan as we discuss the 2013 season so far, some sweet all-time stats, the role of sabermetrics in today's game, and have a righteous baseball trivia quiz. We're proud to be sponsored by the Baseball-Reference.com Play Index!