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Dan Szymborski

12:37

The Mt. Washington stop is where I'd always go to games with my grandfather when Camden opened

since he lived nearby

12:38

And I've been to Mt. Washington Tavern a billion times

Guest

12:38

same question for your topiary garden-- do you maintain it or have your grounds crew take care of it

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Ha, I have a lawn and some trees

and some bushes that DO NOT flower.

and a little Japanese maple near the door.

As Jim Gaffigan says, I'm "indoorsy"

cool

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Austin D.

12:39

Do you think we'll ever see a player like "Camera Eye" Max Bishop ever again? Someone with an eye so good that their batting average and ISO can be lower than average and they're still a net positive?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I think it's tricky as pitchers are just better today, especially on the low end

Guest

12:40

A wizard has granted you access to the fangraphs leaderboards on April 1, 2040. You can't download anything and have 10 minutes to run whatever reports / leaderboards you want. What are you doing with that 10 minutes?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

Taking pictures wiht my phone :-)

Wireless Joe Jackson

12:42

It's May 15 and all the AL wildcards are in the Central. This is the ides you should have been ware of!

James

12:42

Is Jackson Merrill an 80 FV at some point? It’s his sophomore season and he’s already a bonafide 5 tool CF.

Dan Szymborski

12:42

He has an argument for best CF in baseball. I think that a serious best contender has to be a now 80, no?

12:43

Unless it's 1978 NL and the shortstops are Dave Concepcion and a bunch of guys that answered a classified ad to start a career in sports today

It's hyperbole

Guest

12:43

the real ides are the plots we made along the way

Sidd F

12:43

JAke McCarthy has a .980 OPS in AAA Reno. Will Arizona recall him, or is their OF just too darn crowded.

Dan Szymborski

12:44

I think he actually is traded

Ethan

12:44

What are your thoughts on Luis Robert Jr. and which teams(if any) should pursue him?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

He's been bad enough that he's bordering on reclamation project more than guy you acquire to put in your contending lineup

Johnny5Alive

12:44

Re: dodgers how come they don't get in trouble for IL manipulation. A pitcher has a bad start? 15 day IL for soreness. The Mets got in trouble for 1 guy and the dodgers do this every year

Dan Szymborski

12:45

Given how many of them end up needing significant surgery, I'm not sure it's manipulation

12:46

Agreeing to lose 7 mph off your fastball or have shoulder surgery is real dedication to the con!

Wireless Joe Jackson

12:46

Played Expedition 33 then?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I have not yet

12:47

I'm currently playing through the machine translation of the Japanese version of Kai no Kiseki (Trails Beyond the Horizon)

12:48

Then after I build a PC, I want to finish up Final Fantasy Rebirth

Broken Bat

12:48

Orioles in BIG trouble. Let’s assume they see like no hope by end of June. Is Adley a piece based upon reputation ( not last 6 months) that would bring them decent return in the way of SP prospects wit their own prospect catcher waiting? Would Say Festa or Zebby along with Jax and a 45 prospect make sense for both?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

I'm not sure the O's would trade him THAT aggressively, but in this scenario, it shoudl be on the menu

Insert Witty Name Here

12:48

When we dream, it’s mostly non-lucid. So how do we know our waking life isn’t some kind of higher level non-lucid dream of another state of being? Also, we’re never getting good Aaron Nola back are we?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

We don't necessarily do. We do not understand existence fully.

12:49

I wish I weren't so aware in dreams. I ruin every good dream I have because, even since I was a kid, my dreams always have me questioning the dream at some piont

12:50

And I have way too many realistic dreams. Like if I have a task to do the next day, I will frequently simply dream about doing that task, and nothing dramatic or unlifelike happens.

I've had dreams about writing a piece I was going to write the next day and then wake up pissed because I just wrote it in the dream

Guest

12:51

Views on Manfred's Rose/SJJ decision?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

Guest

12:52

If you had a HOF vote, would you vote for Rose?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

And in what seems like an odd follow-up, I'd vote yes. But I don't think I'll have the opportunity since it appears he'll go through the Committee gauntlet, not be on the BBWAA ballot

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