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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/14/20

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Downstairs Quinter

1:08

Aren't fans inherently on the side of ownership due to the fact that we root for teams? It's tough to imagine a fan getting excited for Albert Pujols huge contract if it means a decade of mediocre or worse teams, for example. Or is it that it's easier to identify a player who "doesn't deserve" his salary based on performance, but much harder to do so for an owner

Dan Szymborski

1:08

It's possibel: the laundry factor

LFC Mike

1:08

Dan.. what's for dinner and are you making enough for all of us?

Dan Szymborski

1:08

Pizza and no

TooDamnTall

1:08

Shijiazhuang, China

Dan Szymborski

1:08

what happened? is this a rainbow question?

No, Your Name!

1:08

Is there a reason zips doesn't forecast quality starts?

Dan Szymborski

1:08

I never really thought about it is all

Pass The Boof

1:08

Most underrated sandwich? Most overrated?

Dan Szymborski

1:08

underrated croque madame

overrated po'boy

LFC Mike

1:08

Dan How about a "Chili Wars" podcast. You could really cut loose...expand your brand...

pepper

1:09

Well, if you want to drop Murray Chass bombs, who can argue? but if you are trying to weigh opposing opinions of (a) we should boycott baseball to get better minor league pay and (b) if a player doesn't think the pay is reasonable, then find another job......I'm willing to accept that I strongly disagree with one of those without being dismissive of the person offering the opinion.

Scotty M

1:09

FanGraphs opinions 1. Draft is bad. It holds down wages

Guest

1:09

Clase got 59 days of service last year, so he gets none this year? Of course the Indians get rewarded for dumping money.

Dan Szymborski

1:09

If there's no season, the Red Sox make out like bandits in Mookie trade!

1:10

Ty for the chat and the temporary escape from reality. If you were given the opportunity to host a radio show and you can hire anyone to be your co-host, who would be the candidates? Realistic and unrealistic choices.

Dan Szymborski

1:10

I'd love to do a radio show wiht one of The Greatest Generation guys.

Realistically, another baseball writer would be more practical

1:11

I'd love to do one with Todd Shapiro, who I did a lot with with Canada Laughs and Canada Talks on SiriusXM

We always melded well.

Scotty M

1:11

FanGraphs opinions: The draft is bad. It holds down wages. (Also FanGraphs) Shortening the draft is bad. Can you explain better than Craig?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

I'm sure Craig was more detailed than this!

But eseentially, it comes down to first principles.

1:12

I'm sure I have some very differing principles from people here and my colleagues.

A lot of things that people say must be a right, I don't think is a right. I think many of these things are *nice* but not rights.

But I rub salt and vinegar seasoning in my eyes than talk politics so that's as far as I'll go

Zack

1:13

When people talk "millionaires" for the players, they always forget that these guys' careers are so short. if you take an average person's five-figure salary and value it over 30-40 years of work, vs how short an average MLB career is, its more understandable. It isnt Gerritt Cole, but its more relatable.

Players come and go, the fans (and by default, the owner) stick around longer.

LFC Mike

1:13

Make your mom tacos tonight...be a good son.

Dan Szymborski

1:13

I'm going over to make pizza for her

So I'm nto making enough for you all

TooDamnTall

1:13

You seem like a fairly lovable curmudgeon Dan, but how often do you lose your shit on someone?

Dan Szymborski

1:13

Like seriously losing shit? Almost never.

1:14

My outrage is more frustrated bemused bluster. I'm rarely actually *angry* about anything.

Blue Morpho

1:14

Will your patented "It's April" answer simply carry over to whichever month the season starts and will it have the same meaning?

Dan Szymborski

1:14

Of course and absolutely.

John and Jeff

1:14

Does Terminator: Dark Fate know their kill box was like a giant open warehouse with many exits? Such a dumb movie, waste of Mackenzie Davis

Dan Szymborski

1:14

I haven't seen it!

Caveman Jones

1:14

Would you go to a baseball game if it was 50% capacity seating? 25%?

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