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The Box Score Show

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  • The Box Score Show is about the simple numbers that wowed us in the newspaper and taught us to quantify sports. It’s about a single game’s evolving place in the larger context of sports history. Hosts Kevin Chroust and Chris DeSalvo discuss one remarkable box score each week with all sorts of info about its relevance then and now, and they won’t take up an hour of your time to do it. We’ll try to avoid the most obvious games. We’ll try to avoid the confusing numbers. Rather, we’ll stick to the stats we all grew up understanding in basic box scores. And along with our research team, we’ll unearth original insights to ensure we don’t leave you feeling like you just listened to a 20-minute reading of a Wikipedia page. Thanks for giving us a shot, and tell us what you want to hear about at editors@theanalyst.com or on Twitter @optaanalyst.
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Episodes
  • Big Unit, Big Hurt, Big Opening Day

    Big Unit, Big Hurt, Big Opening Day
    Apr 6 2022
    Not long after a stoppage in play, baseball needed a lift. But we aren't talking about 2022 here. Oh no, instead, it’s 1996 – the first full season after the 1994-95 strike – we have in mind for the latest episode of ‘The Box Score Show’ with a particular focus on the anticipation of Seattle's Opening Day and the ultimate letdown of the season that followed. It might not sound like the most likeliest of picks for a game to look back on, but bear with Kevin Chroust and Chris de Salvo as they journey back into an era when Randy Johnson toed the mound for the offensively prolific Mariners, and Frank Thomas was driving in runs for a White Sox team still getting over what could have been in '94. A shortstop sensation by the name of Alex Rodriguez was still proving himself and hit ninth on this opening day, while Ken Griffey Jr. was in the prime of Seattle primes. And Frank Costanza would not be thrilled if we forgot to mention Jay Buhner. You can subscribe to all the podcasts from Th
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    38 mins
  • 78 En Route To 73

    78 En Route To 73
    Jan 7 2022
    For the first time in 2 1/2 years, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson are set to be reunited on an NBA court for the Golden State Warriors. Yeah, the Splash Brothers are back in town. Ahead of their reunion, our own pod brothers Kevin Chroust and Chris de Salvo have gone back to Feb. 27, 2016 for perhaps Klay Thompson and Steph Curry's greatest combined performance. It was the night where the duo combined for a 78 points as the Warriors won against the Oklahoma City Thunder as they chased down the Chicago Bulls’ infamous 72-win regular-season record. It was the night Curry tied the NBA record for 3s in a game at 12 (a record that Thompson himself now owns thanks to his 14 in a night against Chicago in Oct. 2018). It was the night where Kevin Durant possibly decided it might be worth returning any calls that Draymond Green would make at the end of the season. It was the night that the Splash Brothers made their own. Come for the stats and info, stay for Chris’ Tim Robinson impersona
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    24 mins
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