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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/18/24

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Dan Szymborski

1:08

(CT too, but everyone is)

Joe Shlabotnik

1:08

https://meissinger.com/uploads/3/4/9/1/34919185/gmelch_baseball_magic....

Insert Witty Name Here

1:08

If you need a work question, it kinda fits in with baseball too with what some teams are doing with ticketing. Law enforcement agencies develop facial recognition software capable of identifying individuals in real-time using public surveillance networks and cross-referencing their images against government-held databases (driver's licenses, etc.). The technology has some error rate, particularly for certain demographics. Is the use of this software, even with safeguards in place, an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment? Does it depend on how it's used (targeted searches vs. blanket surveillance)?

Dan Szymborski

1:09

I guess it comes down to how Kyllo covers it?

1:10

and I guess reasonableness is in part due to HOW accurate?

But I am not a lawyer, but this should be enough that we talked work

Epstein's Mother

1:10

Nick Castellanos is now 2+ years into his 5-year, $100 million contract, and is currently at negative total fWAR as a Phillie. Is it possible it gets to a point where the Phillies to punt on the money and use, say, Christian Pache in RF for a three CF outfield?

Dan Szymborski

1:10

It might be, I'm touching on this

Manfred’s Burner account

1:11

Does baseball need a version of Swift/Kelce? Have any suggestions?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

I don't know if MLB needs it

but if it does, I hope it's something extremely random

1:12

Like Alex Wood marries Olivia Rodrigo or something

ask a job-related question?

1:12

and give away my line of work?

Dan Szymborski

1:12

Unless you're ultra specific, it's probably not doxxable

Billy

1:13

White isn't in SLC either. I'm not sure where he is? I'd assume rehabbing in AZ?

Dan Szymborski

1:13

Poor guy, maybe he's on the roster but nobody noticed so he's just hanging out at his house

Dale

1:13

Hi Dan - is Volpe for real or will he come crashing down to earth?

Dan Szymborski

1:14

I'm bullish on him

Billy

1:14

Won't the Simpsons style Szymborski head-in-a-jar keep running the model?

Dan Szymborski

1:14

If they figure out cryonics, there are way more people to unfreeze first

and I'm not sure if I'd be even into it if cryonics was confirmed as working

I'd certainly be intellectually interested in knowing what happens the next 500 years

1:15

but beyond that, would I really be happy, living in a time in which everything/everyone I knew and cared about is long gone and forgotten?

While I like to think I'm a curious enough person that I'd be fine, I'm not really so sure

1:16

I know sometimes I look around and see how different people and the world is then the one I grew up in and I feel like a fish out of water

and I'm only 45

Now, I don't think 1992 is objectively BETTER, but it's the reality I grew up in

Bargile

1:16

The most appropriate thing you could do with ZiPS is leave it to the Rockies.

SouthernDandy

1:16

What type of fasting routine do you go with?

Dan Szymborski

1:16

Alternate day

1:17

Now down 45 pounds since the end of the WS

Not drinking beer has been great help

Zips user

1:17

Dan, we keep losing great baseball stuff every time someone gets tired of running a site or they get sick or die. I'd bet a lot of money that you could sell the site with rights to run it until you go so you can ensure it lives on, but you have to work hard on doing that. I hope you find a way to preserve your model for the future

Dan Szymborski

1:17

I think David would be rather put out if I sold FanGraphs!

1947

1:18

Is it even possible to create a script that accounts for the color line? And not just the line but the additional add ons (like not being able to eat/sleep in the same places) that added to the detriment for someone like Mays? I figuratively give the first few dozen Black players a lot of extra value, even if not WAR directly.

Dan Szymborski

1:18

I'm not sure you really can

Dan Symborski's Avatar

1:18

I'll handle ZIPS when you pass, no worries.

Devil Ray Jay Johnson

1:18

Calling up Evan White (who is injured and played in only 2 games last year) should be the response to every team's problems. The SS is not hitting? Call up Evan White. The No. 2 starter's elbow hurts? Call up Evan White. The club's owner threatens to move the team because he does not own enough revenue-generating real estate around the existing ballpark? Call up Evan White.

1:18

Abreu's backup is Jon Singleton. Enough said

Hi Dan

1:18

I'm a Data Engineer by trade and I'm curious, what does the ETL pipelines look like for ZIPS? Hand copy/paste into Excel?

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