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War2D2

12:30

Again, not saying you’re wrong about the French dip, this might just be a my-family thing. That said: next time you’re in LA, go to The Hat (there’s a few locations, though the one in Alhambra is the original) and get a pastrami. You won’t regret it.

Dan Szymborski

12:30

I do like a good pastrami. I have to remember to get one ready for opening day

Ral Cipken

12:30

Which GLP-1 is working for you? And this kind of cheating is okay!

Dan Szymborski

12:32

I'm doing compounded GLP-1 and injecting myself weekly. I've really liked it - it sends a pretty strong signal for me to not get carried away with eating or drinking

Paul Schaal

12:32

On the flip side of contact skills, is Arraez's contact skill too good? He makes contact with everything, including pitches he has no chance of doing anything productive with.

Dan Szymborski

12:32

I think I did a piece on this!

12:33

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/luis-arraez-has-entered-the-contact-rate-d...

mmddyyyy

12:33

They say the New York market could support another team. Where would you put the stadium?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

New Jersey

Guest

12:34

whats the order for the Zips projections release

Dan Szymborski

12:34

Random

mmddyyyy

12:34

How long have you been writing?

Dan Szymborski

12:35

On baseball on the web, since 2001. And I was active on usenet and de facto writing a lot on usenet going back to 1996

Seeforman

12:35

Your favourite Christmas carol? And ZIPS’ favourite carol?

Dan Szymborski

12:36

I tend to like older, more traditional carols lke the coventry carol. I especially like ones that have more folk song-esque origins

12:37

I'm an agnostic, so I don't *directly* connect with CHristmas on that level. FOr us growing up, it was always a party holiday

12:38

Weirdly, for a non-religious person, I probably am in the 99th percentile of ownership of albums of religious music, thanks to classical music. I have something like 73 individual requiems, I think

12:39

I enjoy listening to Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ this time of the year, but mostly because I enjoy the piece

12:40

I do enjoy one of Alan Menken's least successful musicals, A Christmas Carol, and usually listen to it once this time of year, typically after I pick up mom and we drive to my sister's

Jacob Marley's song is great fun

Max

12:40

Would you ever do articles about running ZIPS on historical teams, then comparing that to actual performance? I'm fascinated by alternate histories.

Dan Szymborski

12:40

Ihaven't, but it's something to consider

Guest

12:41

If you're the Orioles are you in on Schwarber? I've seen some fans clamor for him but I'm not really all that convinced unless we move some players. It feels like the Orioles should be locking up pitchers instead.

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Schwarber is great fun, but other teams have more of a need

Darren

12:42

I know this is not your department, but if you add up the FLD projections for all players in the Depth Charts which I think is Steamer you get -1506....seems a bit off

Dan Szymborski

12:42

That seems odd

Mooser

12:42

Steamer seems to like Cody Ponce...what does Zips say?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

A bit less excited

12 to 6

12:42

Cole's in Los Angeles claimed to have invented the French Dip (and its a good one) and has been around for over a century. French Dip culture is indeed a thing among the sandwich cognoscenti on the west coast.

Dan Szymborski

12:43

It's good to know I'm not losing my mind. At least on this subject

mmddyyyy

12:43

How many players would you guess will still be on the same roster in 2035?

Dan Szymborski

12:43

I dunno...5?

Guest

12:43

have you been keeping up with the reddit marble race

Dan Szymborski

12:43

I have not

Guest

12:43

You're running an expansion team and can select any 26 current free agents. The rest of your org is generic AA caliber players. How many wins are you expecting?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

81-81?

I'll have some stars and a really good pitching stuff, but my outfield and 2B will have issues, my catcher will be old, and injuries could wreck things if I can only take 26

2 Cents

12:44

Not cheating. I am not a doctor, and obviously obesity is not schizophrenia, but from a patient perspective, i don't see a substantial difference between anti-schizophrenic medication and medication that blocks food noise.

Dan Szymborski

12:46

The thing is, I don't think that the compulsion is as strong. It really is discipline with me; I don't have an addiction to food or drink, so much as I hadn't had really any hugely negative outcomes

My blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar are also basically normal, so it's seemed less urgent. But as I approach 50, I'm trying to be more reponsible and think long-term with my health

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