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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/30/2020

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Dan Szymborski

12:54

It's so good nobody gets to be 2, 3, or 4.

12:55

Then in 5th place, a tie between the Yankees for being classic, Athletics 40s elephant logo, tigers old english D with the tiger in it, and the colt .45s because it's GOT A FREAKING REVOLVER IN A SPORTS LOGO and the C was like smoke

mike

12:56

I can't think of an interesting question (not that that seems to be a requirement here), so I'll just say thanks for all the entertainment.

12:56

Brewers barrelman logo should be number 1.

Dan Szymborski

12:56

It loses points because barrelman looks a bit like the tin man's unemployable cousin

Anonymous

12:56

what will be Gen X's legacy? the last actually good rock'n'roll?

Dan Szymborski

12:57

Robot Chicken?

12:57

Jaffe always gets rhe HOF questions so lets try your knowledge. Joe torrie got elected as a manager. Can he still be Inducted as a player ? Foe that matter can be inducted as a league official? I could see an argument that he is worthy of three inductions.

Dan Szymborski

12:58

The Hall of Fame can induct absolutely anybody they want.

The board can say "Hey, we're going to induct Steve Garvey as an out-of-wedlock childbreeding innovator" and they can just do that.

Phone interview

12:59

I'm talking to Dick Williams in a few minutes - anything you want me to ask him?

Dan Szymborski

12:59

Ask if there's an afterlife. While I don't personally think there's one, if he's on the phone then the possibility exists!

or you're talking with the other DIck Williams.

Nolan

1:00

Is Adrian Beltre the greatest player who never won an MVP award or a World Series?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

He ought to be up there, but there's no doubt I'm forgetting someone

It's hard when I have like 30 seconds to think

1:02

I mean, Nap Lajoie? Or is that cheating?

You guys like asking me questions there's no way I can think about an answer and still keep things moving.

1:03

I'm only answering 15% of questions already and it's a flurry of misspelling and confusion.

Just curious

1:03

I am having trouble getting ZiPs to pull up, what am i doing wrong?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

You have to be using my computer.

1:03

For the ZiPS player comps, is it comparing to the overall career or a specific year of the comp player's career? Or something else? If it's a specific year of the comp player, could you list that in the table?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

In this case, the linked article I believe does explain it!

In the ZiPS pieces.

At the bottom

bosoxforlife

1:03

I vote for Ernie Banks.

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Beltre's better than Banks.

Also, has MVP

Lagniappe

1:04

Teddy Ballgame never won a WS.

Dan Szymborski

1:04

But he won an MVP

Guys, the question is MVP *or* WS.

Anonymous

1:04

it's bananas to me that Michael Jordan and Tim Tebow became middling-caliber minor-league baseball players. Isn't hitting professional pitching supposed to be insanely hard? How is that possible?

Dan Szymborski

1:05

On some level, it's quite impressive that they both just picked it up.

But at least the White Sox didn't pretend Jordan was a prospect, of course.

Magic Kingdome

1:05

Lightening Round: Best Super Bowl dish?

Dan Szymborski

1:05

Potato

look up a good recipe for potato

Morbo

1:05

The Colt 45s should have never changed their name, should have hired Billy Dee Williams as their mascot, and made Colt 45 as the only beverage available their ball park. Not only would this have been the best and most synergistic marketing plan ever it would have entirely negated the need for the Astro's sign stealing schema because Billy Dee Williams could have just sold the opposing team out to the Empire every game. Also they would have had a huge advantage of the other team not being used to drinking colt 45 from their dugout cooler for an entire game.

cmkeller

1:06

Rafael Palmeiro, maybe?

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