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Dan Szymborski

12:29

Greene

Guest

12:29

obligatory "in the actual rules free parking doesn't earn anything" pedantry

Dan Szymborski

12:29

Yeah, but EVERYONE plays with those rules

You should have seen our ruleset

In my early 20s, we played real money monopoly

12:30

(Basically, you divide the entire bank by the number of players, put that amount of cash into the pot,a nd at the the end of the timed game, everyone keeps their money and splits the bank evenly

We allowed very complex contracts

12:31

Like you were allowed to buy non-competes for other unsold properties, pre-negotiate hotel visits, etc.

And you were allowed to loan other people money with an agreed upon interest rate to be paid every time you passed go

With properties as collateral

12:32

Giolito's optimism about Giolito a couple years back, while not so terribly off because of his 2021, never really panned out. Do you think that evaluation bought in too hard too early, or is this simply like a 20th percentile outcome or so?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

He was REALLY good when he wsa really good though

I don't like a lot of the stuff the Sox have done, but I don't think they've done anything inr egards to him

12:33

And he had three really solid years

Smarty

12:33

Hey Dan, do you do a zips 600 projection set?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

I don't, but I could

Planet Dust

12:33

Dan I just took a deer tick off me and am debating the prophylactic antibiotic. There are pros and cons. Right I'm leaning toward no because I don't think the tick was on for 24 hours and I've been working hard on my gut health. May change my mind by the end of the chat. My question is--we are all seeing how the games are different on TV with the new rules. For those who've attended in person, how do you feel about the new pacing etc.?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

You're in trouble if you're getting health and wellness advice from me

12:34

I'm the one who has no feeling in most of his right pinky toe because I made a gash from the toe all the way down to my heel, and just tied it up with a sock tourniquet and went about my business

My sister, who IS a medical professional, was furious because when she saw it after it was closed up said I probably needed about a dozen stitches

12:35

As a general policy, I don't like antibiotics as as precautionary measure

I'd say no

Billiam

12:35

Duvall question… Do I let him sit on my bench for eight weeks until he returns, or drop him for Nootbaar? Thanks.

Dan Szymborski

12:36

I'd drop him for Nootbaar, though I'd hope someone else in the league would give you something if THEY want to do that

I mean it's friggin Adam Duvall

Scuffy Mcgee

12:37

Outman for rookie of the year over Walker..tell me I'm Bananas

Dan Szymborski

12:37

At the end of the year, probably not

but Outman would be the obvious ROY if the season edned now

YorDaddy

12:37

Should my favorite team’s star player’s daughter scream a blood curling scream before every pitch of the opponent?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Sure

Smarty

12:38

Ha, your HTML doesn’t work!!!!

Guest

12:38

Will the Rays go 25-0?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Jefferson

12:38

Is Tj Friedl now the best player in Cincinnati?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Their best player is probably a pitcher

and if not, It's frigging Friedl

Insert Witty Name Here

12:39

When was the last time you stepped into the speed pitch machine at the ball park? And what did it register?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Aberdeen Ironbirds game about 15 years ago. And it was down to 65 then.

I through in the low 70s as a teenager

Eric

12:39

Vinnie P, what a hitter. BWJ and MJ Melendez seem to be slightly warming up as well. Are those a 3 you can confidently build a competitive franchise around (a la Cain, Hosmer, Moose)

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