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Six Ten

9:43

This feels like a good opportunity for Betances to pitch well and still get a reputation as a choker among WFAN callers.

Sheryl Ring

9:43

Fun fact...Kim Ng is the youngest person, and the first woman, to present a salary arbitration case in the major leagues

(She won, and she won using what were at the time advanced metrics)

9:44

(Another example of how the CBA doesn't really control what stats you use)

5 Run Homer

9:44

Also, excuse the ignorance, but how do you pronounce Ng?

Sean Dolinar

9:44

FG basically started because Appelman was able to automate the creation of graphs of baseball stats. This wasn't an easy thing for 2005, we didn't have the data viz software libraries that we do today. Nor did we have the copious amounts of baseball data we do today.

"At Fangraphs we have 17 graphs for every player that played in the Major Leagues since 2002. That comes to about 30,000 baseball graphs. Every graph is updated every single day of the season with the most current stats. Not only do we graph ordinary stats such as batting average but we also provide graphs of various sabermetrics. Please feel free to send us comments and suggestions. We will have frequent feature updates. " - From the 2005 FG home page.

Dan Szymborski

9:45

It's like halfway between ing and eng if that makes sense.

Tim

9:45

GRAF ZEPPELIN

Zock Jr.

9:45

That’s really rad about Ng, I had no idea

Dystopian Future

9:45

Woah Duquette's gone

Dan Szymborski

9:45

Yeah, that surprised me.

Strelok

9:45

typically, who arbitrates cases? people in the industry, but they can't be affiliated with a team, right?

Dan Szymborski

9:46

From reading the tea leaves, I had the impression that Duquette was staying and Buck was gone.

Sheryl Ring

9:46

Actually, lots of arbitrators aren't industry people

Dan Szymborski

9:46

Buck leaving didn't surprise me, but them cleaning out Duquette was.

HankLloydWright

9:46

I appreciate Sean reappearing to set the record straight.

Sjamb

9:46

Kim Ng has been rumored to become a GM any year now for as long as it took Davey Martinez to become manager. Hopefully she gets her shot soon.

Dan Szymborski

9:46

You guys didn't REALLY think it was founded by a guy named Apples FanGraphs

Nate

9:46

I've been hoping Ng gets the nod in San Francisco. That seems like a strong fit for her.

9:46

I know I'll sound like and old guy, but I'll say anyway - we've come a long way - a lot of people are on Boone for not replacing the starter after the 4th without having given up a hit

Sheryl Ring

9:46

For example:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Shyam_Das

kevin

9:46

To be fair...why are people sayig Buck and Duquette got fired? Their contracts expired this year

Sheryl Ring

9:47

That's why advanced metrics don't get used. These folks are lawyers, and many don't know much about baseball.

Dan Szymborski

9:47

Managers/GMs typically dont' have a mutual parting of ways even if contrarcts expired

Austin Cooper

9:47

Johnny Applegraphs, founder of Fangraphs

Sheryl Ring

9:47

They're trained in mediation and law, not baseball

Sean Dolinar

9:47

A lot of it is the season & daily line graphs on some more basic stats.

This is the successor to those first graphs:
https://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=10155&position=OF&statA...

We've added functionality and made stuff faster and more interactive in 2016.

Perennial Ballboy Tryout

9:47

What was the most advanced graph at the time, Sean?

Dan Szymborski

9:47

Johnny Applegraphs wandered the country, planting FanGraphs wherever he rested.

Ramon

9:48

No Dan, I thought fangraphs was founded by someone named Orange Fangraphs who's nickname was Apples.

Six Ten

9:48

Wait, Apples Fangraphs didn't start Fangraphs? Then what did he start?

Dan Szymborski

9:48

Apples's Jacks, which became Apple Jacks.

Defenestrater

9:48

ESPN Radio is also doing this game, and you can listen to it for free online

Ben

9:48

Thanks for all you do, Sean! Appreciate all the behind the scenes work, especially when all the data is provided for free

Dan Szymborski

9:48

You can also subscribe to FanGraphs and support the site!

Sjamb

9:48

Fun fact: Appleseed planted so many apple trees intending to make cider, not for the apples themselves.

Nick Mar - Cake is Good

9:49

Sean is a god

Hugh

9:49

@sheryl - new drinking game... every time they cite road statistics for the a's

Dystopian Future

9:49

Dan in light of realizing that C Trent Rosecrans has gotten ranted at by the Reds for too long, I want you to tell him the next time you talk to him that everyone loves and appreciates him.

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