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  Original Air Date: 8/10/2009 10:30 PM UTC

  Imaginary strike zone. MLB managers can no longer be former players!

  One new topic, one old. Both good. Call in to discuss.
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  • Tags:
  • strike zone
  • managers
  • Imaginary
  • radical
  • baseball
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• Original Air Date: 8/3/2009 10:30 PM UTC

  No in season trades. Time limit. Test theories.

  Plus comments an last week's program: faster to first - sliding or running? Test it! Is it instinctive to slide into first? Use best reliever with game on the line: sound familiar?
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  • Tags:
  • trades
  • sliding
  • reliever
  • radical
  • baseball
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• Original Air Date: 7/27/2009 10:30 PM UTC

  Physics in Baseball: do performance enhancing drugs increase home runs?

  University of Illinois physics professor Alan M. Nathan swings at that and more: PitchFX, wood v. aluminium bats, ...
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  • Tags:
  • performance enhancing drugs
  • PitchFX
  • aluminium bats
  • Physics
  • Alan M. Nathan
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• Original Air Date: 7/20/2009 10:30 PM UTC

  Dog days but not the ones you think. And more.

  Eliminate walks. Coaches everywhere. The real dog days, between NBA and NFL seasons.
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  • Tags:
  • NBA
  • NFL
  • dog days
  • walks
  • radical
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• Original Air Date: 7/13/2009 11:30 PM UTC

  Babe Ruth v. Walter Johnson

  Batting and pitching: how did these two titans of the game do against each other? Eric Weiss will tell us with a preview of his SABR national convention presentation.
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  • Tags:
  • Babe Ruth
  • Walter Johnson
  • radical
  • baseball
  • Eric Weiss
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• Original Air Date: 7/6/2009 10:30 PM UTC

  Gene Carney remembered. The defensive positions of catcher and shortstop will be challenged.

  Gene Carney died Sunday; he was a guest in June. I will have some thoughts. Catcher: position of ignorance. Shortstop: who needs one? Plus, some research.
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  • Tags:
  • Catcher
  • Shortstop
  • radical
  • baseball
  • research
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• Original Air Date: 6/22/2009 10:30 PM UTC

  Diamond Dollars author Vince Gennaro on the economics of winning in baseball.

  Vince is a noted author, MLB team consultant, commentator and friend. We'll discuss whether A-Rod's contract still makes sense, team defense and much more.
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  • Tags:
  • Vince Gennaro
  • Diamond Dollars
  • economics
  • baseball
  • A-Rod
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