JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 12/15/22

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 12/15/22

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Dan Szymborski

1:24

and being traded for Randy Johnson doesn't help that

MilwaukeeBeerJays

1:24

Daniel san: while ive played most of the ogre battle/tactics series, i just started let us cling together on PSP (emulator). You ever play that one?

Dan Szymborski

1:24

I haven't played it on PSP

I played the PS1 version

or is that just the PS1 version?

I know I jailbroke my PSP to play PS1 games a long time ago

1:25

I do have to say I enjoy how that series likes to use Queen song names for titles

1:26

Though if they get too obvious and start doing Tactics Ogre: Killer Queen or Ogre Battle: Bohemian Rhapsody, they'll probably get noticed and sued

I haven't played the recent port

Trea Turner Overdrive

1:26

Can you answer my question so I can put on my resume that I had something published at Fangraphs? I'm pretty sure that will at least get me in the door for an interview with the Rays.

Dan Szymborski

1:26

Uh oh, I think I missed it

hang on

Trea Turner Overdrive

1:27

How many years did the Rockies and Diamondbacks play before you realized there was MLB baseball in Colorado and Arizona?

Dan Szymborski

1:27

Hey, I was super into the expansion draft!

Baseball Weekly had a TON of coverage of it

Now, if you got me at gunpoint, I'd still say the Brewers are in the AL East and the Astros in the NL West

MilwaukeeBeerJays

1:28

Also were you at the winter meetings and did you say hi to that curly haired foolish bailey nerd?

Dan Szymborski

1:28

My back is particularly rude lately so I did skipped it

Trea Turner Overdrive

1:28

Let's say a 1B had to a play C (and not a converted catcher either). Would the actual difference in defensive runs be roughly the same as the WAR positional adjustment between the 2 positions or would it be worse (or better)?

Dan Szymborski

1:28

Probably be worse

Josh

1:28

How much of your time these days is spent refining ZiPS? How long did it take you to get a version that you had some degree of faith in?

Dan Szymborski

1:28

Hard to guess the percentage because I upgrade in fits and starts

1:29

I'm always tinkering with SOME question or another

SH, Jr.

1:29

Also — solo artists (and collaborations among them) are actually much more common than bands now. It’s believed to be a function of Pro Tools, etc, and the ability to be your own orchestra in a garage.

Dan Szymborski

1:29

I was going to cheat and say Jenny Lewis or Tallest Man on Earth as bands, but they both were solo before 2010 too.

Guest

1:29

Speaking of cats, how about a Zcat update?

Dan Szymborski

1:29

Not much going on with them

1:30

They're all just sleeping one place or another at the moment

Mercutio's limp is better

Alby

1:30

Do you listen to holiday music? If you like orchestral pops, "The Glorious Sound of Christmas" by the Phila Orchestra under Ormandy is a good listen.

Dan Szymborski

1:30

Not really

1:31

The best Christmas song is Parry Gripp's Because It's Christmastime

Farhandrew Zaidman

1:32

What was the true golden age of Pop Punk, 1998-2001 or 2002-2004?

Dan Szymborski

1:32

The earlier one fo rme, but that might reflect my age

1:33

And pop-punk wasn't precisely my favorite genre

Key Flaw

1:34

Have you tried the game Pentiment yet? It is intriguing.

Dan Szymborski

1:34

I have not

mmddyyyy

1:35

Which time zone do you live in?

Dan Szymborski

1:35

EST

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