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Dan Szymborski

2:51

DID YOU SEE BATEMAN'S NEAR TOWSON U CLOSED? Stupid university reclaimed that for office space.

Brian

2:51

if you're chatting, how are you watching the game?

Dan Szymborski

2:51

Multitask!

Guest

2:51

Hey Dan how come ZiPS thinks the NYY-MIN series is more of a toss up than all the other projections ? (538, BP, even Depth Charts/Steamer)

Dan Szymborski

2:52

ZiPS just likes the Twins a lot!

Geust

2:52

Is Teheran’s option picked up next year?

Dan Szymborski

2:52

I was honeslty surprised it was projecting that close too

But ZiPS really hearts Odorizzi, for example.

More than you see in the simpler in-seaso model

Ben Clemens

2:52

I think so. He's durable and average, which is really quite useful.

Dystopian Future

2:52

The chances that Glasnow gets the third time through the order has got to be pretty low, right? Astros have looked very comfortable even first time through.

Ethan

2:52

Well, I'm from the Hereford Zone but I work for the Baltimore County Govt. RIP Batemans

Dan Szymborski

2:53

Frigging Hereford Zone. We'd get two hours late for snow and you'd be closed.

Jay Jaffe

2:53

Having crunched the numbers for this year's rosters in my preview, the Twins' starting pitching for this series looks to be as good or better than the Yankees — homer prevention is key — and the bullpen battle is a toss-up.

Ben Clemens

2:53

It was low regardless of how the first time through looked, but yes. Can't imagine they give him much leash.

Dan Szymborski

2:54

I still want Glasnow to develop some kind of changeup/changeup variant long-term.

I would think he'd be a good candidate to develop so kind of chlitter thing.

2:54

Wouldn't the rule be that if gas prices are going down, fill up $20 or what you can afford but if they're going up, fill the entire tank? Let's say you drive 200 miles a week, and your car gets 20 MPG. 10 gallons every week. If you know prices will drop from $2.999 to $2.899, then fill up the $20 amount during the first week, which is 6.667 gallons. For week 2, then if you fill the tank, it would be 13.333 gallons, or $38.65. Over the two weeks, your cost would be $58.65. But, if you filled up every week, then your 10 gallons per week would cost $29.99 and $28.99, for a total of $58.98. Therefore you save $0.33 over the two weeks.

Dan Szymborski

2:54

Wait, did I miss something?

Ben Clemens

2:55

Dan have you never seen the Shaq gas thing?

Dan Szymborski

2:55

I have not! Have I lost my internet cred?

Ben Clemens

2:55

And PD.... look, just put in $20 dollars each time. The average American gets gas once a week.

2:56

This will be worth your while, Dan.

Dan Szymborski

2:56

Not having a daily drive really saves on gas - I just passed 6K in my subaru and I bought it in 6/18.

Ben Clemens

2:56

I had no car from 2008 to this June. It's a big change.

Dan Szymborski

2:57

I've always been a suburban boy, I have to have a car.

Even if it was that Ford Tempo I got when I was 16.

stever20

2:58

after seeing what we've seen these last 4 days, robo umps can't get here soon enough..... And to think we haven't even had Joe West yet.

Dan Szymborski

2:58

They'll program in the AI for Robo West to get 15% of calls wrong and shoot lasers at anyone who questions him

Ethan

2:58

Hereford Zones previous resident Nick Markakis knows all about it.

Andrea's Fault

2:58

Jay, you said you were digging into the Peter Laughner box set a couple weeks ago. What's the verdict? Worth it for someone who has the 1994 out-of-print " Take the Guitar Player for a Ride"?

Jay Jaffe

2:59

oh hell yes. Better sound on those cuts, plus context for the variety of their original sources (he played in so many short-lived bands). My one beef is that I'd like to have seen more Rocket From the Tombs (they had 1 cut) and Pere Ubu (none) — surely they could have added a few rarities to the canon

Dan Szymborski

2:59

Oh man that Shaq clip. I love Shaq but I don't know what's going on in his head there

Ben Clemens

3:00

The broadcast has backed into a good point that I might do a little research on. The cost to batters from runners stealing should theoretically vary by count, and I haven't seen any research into that.

Dan Szymborski

3:00

I wonder if a baserunner has ever put a thumb tack on their hand for holding the base after a steal

I haven't either.

O Shag Hennessy

3:00

What would your walk-up music be if you were a player? Mine would be the instrumental near the end of Bloodsport (when Chong Li says "matay").

Jay Jaffe

3:00

I had the chance to answer this, sort of, when I got to throw out a first pitch in El Paso in connection with The Cooperstown Casebook (short version of the story is that I've been a guest on ESPN El Paso for like 10 years and my guy has gotten sponsors to fly me down a couple times). I chose Devo's Uncontrollable Urge as my music

Ben Clemens

3:00

I'd like to see big Hulk fists- get a little extra reach.

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