The Taekcast: A (mostly) Sports Podcast

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Ep. 72 - Inside Astroball w/ Mark Zarthar, President of Houston Astros High-A Team Apr 03, 2019

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The president of the Houston Astros High-A affiliate Fayetteville Woodpeckers joins the Taekcast to discuss minor league baseball, the Smylie Kauffman/Natty Light deal that he helped ink, "Astroball", modern business, predictive analytics and much more.

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Ep. 71 - March Madness Sweet Sixteen Preview w/ BigT from RotoGrinders Mar 27, 2019

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Davis Mattek is joined by Tony Niehaus from Rotogrinders/SharpSide to discuss the sixteen remaining teams in the NCAA March Madness Men's Basketball Championship. The boys give their opinions on a few of the futures bets and make picks for the eight games of the Sweet Sixteen round.

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Ep. 70 - Behind The Screenshots w/Jeff Collins Mar 22, 2019

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Davis Mattek is joined by DFS Pro Jeff Collins (@JeffKCollins) fresh off a year with live final wins in MLB (DraftKings) and NFL (Fanduel) and more than $1M in profits. They talk downswings, staking, and why live finals are a good investment.

Jeff talks about his experience at GuruElite, fantasy process, teaching and launches his newest fantasy venture.

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Ep. 69 - NCAA March Madness Betting Preview w/ AndyMSFW from DeepDivePod Mar 19, 2019

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Davis Mattek brings on Mid-Major NCAA college basketball expert Andy MSFW from the DeepDive betting podcast to discuss March Madness. The boys make picks for the Final Four and First Four, discuss college basketball betting process, some of the interesting 12 and 13 seeds that could make a run and in general preview what to expect over the next few weeks of March Madness.

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Ep. 68 - Betting The 2019 Major League Baseball Season w/ Derek Carty Mar 15, 2019

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Davis Mattek is joined by Derek Carty from Rotogrinders to analyze the upcoming 2019 MLB season and place wagers on 2019 win totals for various MLB teams, analyze the AL/NL MVP and Cy Young odds, make some picks at deeper odds to lead baseball in home runs and discuss a bit of the science behind projecting MLB DFS.

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Ep. 67 - Best. Simpsons. Sports. Episodes. Ever! w/ Rich Hribar from Rotoworld Mar 13, 2019

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Davis Mattek and Rich Hribar from Rotoworld rank the best Simpsons sports-centered episodes ever. The Matt Groening creation has always been sports-adjacent and as the NFL offseason wears on, there is no better time to revisit "Dead Putting Society", "Homer At The Bat" and more from the golden age of the best animated show in American history.

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Ep. 66 - Inside The Life Of Professional Daily Fantasy Sports Players w/ Andrew Wiggins and Drew Dinkmeyer Mar 06, 2019

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Drew Dinkmeyer and Andrew Wiggins join the Taekcast to discuss the life of a professional DFS player and how that has changed over the last 5 years. Condia, MaxDalury, nosebleed games, the profitability of cash games vs GPP's, mental health in a solitary lifestyle, the history of DraftKings and Fanduel, EthanGate, lineup optimizers, Daily Fantasy Sports content providing and much more.

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Ep. 65 - Running Backs Just Don't Matter w/ Ben Baldwin and Josh Hermsmeyer Feb 27, 2019

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Ben Baldwin of the Athletic and Josh Hermsmeyer of 538 join the Taekcast to break down all of the available statistics and evidence on the value of running backs. Does running the ball at all even matter? How do running backs influence the passing game? All of the questions are definitively answered here.

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Ep. 64 - Inside The NFL Draft Process w/ Former NFL Scout Matt Manocherian Feb 26, 2019

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Matt Manocherian of Sports Info Solutions, formerly of the Cleveland Browns and New Orleans Saints, joins the podcast to discuss the NFL Draft Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, the scouting process from inside NFL front offices, the SiS Football Rookie Handbook for the 2019 NFL Draft, and how an NFL Draft pick actually gets made.

SiS Rookie Handbook: http://actasports.com/the-sis-football-rookie-handbook/

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Ep. 63 - What To Argue About In 2019 w/ JJ Zachariason, The Late Round Quarterback Feb 18, 2019

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Davis Mattek from RotoExperts.com is joined by JJ Zachariason from Fanduel and NumberFire to discuss the 2018 NFL season, the Joe Flacco trade to Denver, what we will argue about on Twitter in 2019, how teams should be approaching the 2019 NFL Draft, who to main in Overwatch and much more.

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