JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat

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Dan Szymborski

1:03

On the contrary, MLB would *love* if minor leaguers went on strike and they weaker financial MILB teams just faded from existence, saving MLB the trouble of doing it themselves.

Matt Klentak

1:03

I took the test and got a score of 15. "not great, not terrible"

Dbo

1:03

Are you going to buy Doom Eternal?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Not really my genre anymore

1:04

My last Doom was the original Doom. I enjoyed it, but 25 years later, I'm just not as interested in killing monsters/demons

I do in Borderlands games, but those games are legitimately amusing in their own way

Dbo

1:04

When are you going to release your ball park food rankings?

Dan Szymborski

1:04

I never thought I was doing one!

Matt Klentak

1:04

Original DOOM was incredible for early pc games

Dan Szymborski

1:04

I played a boatload of Quake

Matt Klentak

1:05

Have you seen the Chernobyl mini series from HBO?, easy 6 episodes these days

Dan Szymborski

1:05

On my to watch list

LAXTONTO

1:05

I scored a 24, but then again i know how the survey design works so I am skewed on it... but most quants I know are well about the national average of 15 and most often in the 18-28 range

Dbo

1:05

I will donate $20 to the Human Fund if you begin adding beans to your chili

Dan Szymborski

1:05

I'll donate $20 just to not ruin chili

BUT A REAL CHARITY

eloquentboot

1:06

I'm pretty confident that you're being dishonest about you're household budgeting expertise. I was alerted of this skill by top men.

Dan Szymborski

1:06

PORKINS IS DEAD

Billy Beane

1:06

Dan, have you watched the Tiger King yet? If not, go watch it immediately. Quit your job if you have to. It is the most absurd thing anyone has ever seen.

Dan Szymborski

1:06

I haven't

I'm a bit distracted - my sister works in a hospital and has now been exposed to COVID-19

1:07

She has a 10 month old at home

So I'm mostly playing games instead of watching things because I can get more engrossed

Mountie Votto

1:07

How many questions in the queue today? Have you seen participation drop a ton since COVID canceled all the good things?

Dan Szymborski

1:08

Very slow. About a third of normal chat size

So I hope you guys come back and read all the articles that go up! As with any company tied to sports, this is a rough patch for us

Dbo

1:08

Sorry to hear about your sister Dan, from my understanding infants and those not in the high risk population are usually fine

Dan Szymborski

1:08

Not so worried about my nephew, but my sister has asthma and isn't always the healthiest

1:09

The swine flu knocked the shit out my sister and I in 2009 -- we both had fevers for literally weeks. So with excessive immune response being what's killing off the (fewer) younger people who get COVID-19, I'm a bit worried.

Derek

1:09

Hi Dan! During one of your chats the possibility of a FanGraphs Discord server was discussed... Any chance of that happening? Now seems like a great time for it!

Dan Szymborski

1:09

There's nearly a 100% chance of this happening, for reasons I can't go into quite yet!

Matt Klentak

1:10

Sorry to hear Dan, hope everything works out, obviously. What games have you jumped into then?

Dan Szymborski

1:10

MLB the Show, naturally. Call of Duty Warzone, Anno 18whatever, and since it just came out for the PC, Legend of Heroes: Trailos of Cold Steel III

Matt Klentak

1:10

I will read every fangraphs article even ones normally Id never read, cant lose the best baseball site on the internet

Billy Beane

1:10

Hey man, hope your sister is all right. These chats and whatnot are fun and games, but I appreciate your sister's work in keeping people healthy

Dbo

1:10

If a sandwich must be between 2 slices of bread, then how does a 3rd slice of bread affect this like in a club sandwich or a dagwood?

Dan Szymborski

1:10

It becomes a 1.5wich

Derek

1:11

On the topic of supporting FanGraphs - I would suggest to everyone in this chat to sign up for a FanGraphs membership (means permitting, of course). Mine just renewed today and it's a great way to support the site, plus getting rid of ads (especially on mobile) is super great.

Dan Szymborski

1:11

Obviously, we wouldn't want anyone to join that can't afford it otherwise!

Getting rid of the ads is definitely a nice perk.

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