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Dan Szymborski

1:11

There's a lot of linear algebra I use, which I'm nto always excited about

DJ Tanner

1:12

Do you have gamble of your zips projections? Like Roman Anthony is projected for 18 homers this year, but Fanduel has his O/U bet at 27.5. I feel like you could make a lot of money just betting on your projections

Dan Szymborski

1:12

A bit. I'm not really a gambling personality. I can do better in the market, and books have always bought some data for me which would put me in a tricky place

mmddyyyy

1:13

How many floors do you have?

Dan Szymborski

1:13

I have a split level with an upstairs/downstairs split from the entrance

Four bedrooms, two and a half baths, about 2500 square feet

1:14

basement is completely finished and there are a couple side rooms, a laundry room, and a big family room

I use the big family room as my office, it's about 400 square feet

1:15

So I'm surrounded on three sides with desks, have a bunch of PCs and TVs, a full couch, and one of my pianos in my office, plus one of the corners has piles of boxes of storage

and I use the side rooms idownstairs for storage as well

1:16

I have the digital piano in the living room

school34

1:16

who's your dark horse team this year

Dan Szymborski

1:16

I'm gonna say giants

DEF

1:16

Does paying ransoms come up often in your family?

Dan Szymborski

1:16

it was something we were told when we were five

1:17

also given our family secret keyword so taht we didn't get kidnapped if a strange picked me or my sister up

My mom makes jokes about the Ransom of Red Chief with me (including when Guthrie's mom was kidnapped)

TB or not TB

1:17

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT TRY TO GET OUT OF JURY DUTY! WE NEED MORE SMART, REASONABLE PEOPLE ON JURIES! Think about who you would want judging you if you ever went before one.

Dan Szymborski

1:17

Yeah, which is why at the end of the day I didn't try to game it

but I WAS surprised when I was picked

1:18

I recounted it to one of my lawyer friends and what I said and he basically told me that I made myself far *more* acceptable not less

I was literally asked the most questions of anyone in voir dire, including people who said that a family member had been victims of a crime

1:19

so I was SO sure that there was no way I was going to get picked

I thought journalist woudl be a red flag too. I assumed journalists would be considered troublemakers

(nto that I was lying about that, that's my tax return occupation too)

Phil

1:20

I once had a big argument with my brother about when you can subtly lie in voir dire--my view was never. If I were accused of a crime, I would want to potential jurors to be principled!

Dan Szymborski

1:20

The jurors instantly made me the foreperson too. I assume because I'm clearly comfortable speaking in public, because it's not like I'm particularly charismatic

War2D2

1:20

re: tears and strains: I’m 50 and currently half-assing physical therapy for a rotator cuff injury, and two nights ago I threw ~200 bp pitches for my kid’s baseball team. Do I regret it? Yes. Did the little ingrates complain that I wasn’t throwing hard enough/accurately enough? Also yes.

Well-Beered Englishman

1:20

Also who was the second player you have analyzed under oath?

Dan Szymborski

1:20

well, Roman Anthony

1:21

I spent 90 seconds talking about both of them and if Anthony had not been injured

Fans of the hall

1:21

Do you see MLB’s hall of fame getting smaller every decade as a problem?

Dan Szymborski

1:21

Yes

Devil Ray Jay Johnson

1:21

When I asked the doctor who diagnosed my rotator cuff tear if I needed surgery, he said no as long as I was not a major league pitcher and then reassured me that I would able to play catch with the future kids.

Dan Szymborski

1:21

Reminds me of Louis CK talking about his shitty elbow

1:22

when the doctor basically told him "you're not an athlete" and that he had exercises to do, but not to make ti better, just that it's something he had to do for now on

Tacoby Bellsbury

1:22

ZiPS models pitcher arm injury effects, but does it take into account hand and wrist injuries to hitters?

Dan Szymborski

1:22

Yes. Hand and wrist are two of the broad cateogries

The Oriole Bird

1:22

With the Bassitt signing, do you think the O's are out on Gallen?

Dan Szymborski

1:22

probably