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Dan Szymborski

12:55

Not that I remember.

I can check my log

12:57

Only a single mention that I recorded

And it was only an ancillary mention

12:58

I was projecting Justin Verlander to retire with 260 wins when a spaceship crashed into ESPN headquarters

Joey Baggadonuts

12:58

Is Kyle Manzardo best described as Italian Brunch, Italian Mid-Morning Snack, or Italian Shovel A Donut In Your Face While Dodging Rush Hour Traffic On Your Commute To The Office?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

I like Italian Brunch

Dijon

12:58

where did you go to school dan?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

Towson High then Loyola

JonWeisman

12:58

Your voice slays me.

Dan Szymborski

12:59

Is there a joke I don't get?

Guest

12:59

Why do you keep a log? Are you into lucid dreaming?

Dan Szymborski

12:59

I keep a laptop on my nightstand and I type down dreams when I wake up before I forget them

I used to do it on notepads, but i've along converted them to text

1:00

And at various states of consciousness, odd things happen

Like the time I woke up with this haunting message besides me

1:01

Tom

1:01

I'm new to this site. Does BABIP tend to indicate either regression or a surge in AVG for a player? Say if BABIP is .050 <> AVG

Dan Szymborski

1:01

It tends to regress heavily, far more for pitchers

hitters have a larger, more predictive band of BABIP ability

Nu Roman Tick

1:02

Who is the best romantic composer and why is it Chopin?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

I'd say Mahler or Liszt, though I'd definitely get pushback in the second one

1:03

Chopin wrote so little beyond piano that it's hard for me to call him number one.

And let's admit it, the orchestral parts of the piano concertos are basically afterthoughts

Re: Dreams

1:03

I keep a dream log as well. I often hear music in my dreams and have hyper vivid dreams. So I can relate

Chef Boyardee

1:03

I'm here.

TStats

1:03

Monopoly is the single greatest boardgame ever but a timer?? smh games with my family went weeks where you just rolled when you walked by the table and left postits for trade deals

Chef Boyardee

1:04

*tiptoe through the tulips plays* .... begin scene... a cabinet slowly opens and a can creeps slightly towards the edge before rolling onto the counter and then the floor. The noise jars you awake. You wake up in a daze. The can is approaching. it stops in front of your bed. Chef Boyardee pops out like a genie in a bottle and you're covered in soup. *end scene*

Dan Stan

1:04

Which happens first? Patrick Corbin throws a no-hitter, Blake Snell shows consistency for 25 consecutive starts, or Baltimore being consumed by the sea?

Dan Szymborski

1:04

The third

1:04

Why do (bad) teams going nowhere sign boring vets to block young promising players, then give the young player sporadic AB and play them out of position which leads to bad production which they think confirms their decision to not give them an everyday job. A lot of times the talent is there to be productive if the teams would get out of their way. What possible benefit are the teams seeing or expecting when they do this? Noone is buying extra tickets or jerseys to see the Aledmys Diaz's of the world.

Dan Szymborski

1:04

Bad teams going nowhere are generally bad teams going nowhere because they're poorly run

banana

1:05

psychopath. the sociopath would put some lemon juice and saran or foil on the end to keep it from browning

Guest

1:05

Here's my preferred recipe: ground chuck, and plenty of maraschino cherries. Still chili?

Dan Szymborski

1:05

There's no peppers!

I guess it's cherri

jWR

1:06

Idea for segment at the 40 game mark…players who have substantially better or worse ZIPS projections based on their early season performance.

Dan Szymborski

1:06

I sometimes do that one

but not always - it's a little too straightforward

Except in a couple obvious cases, I try to write using projections rather than writing ABOUT projections

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