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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/28/2020

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Dan Szymborski

12:54

Some meat, some cheese, some condiment, stuff it on some bread and into your gullet. It' shard to go too wrong

hscer

12:55

So I guess the AL West has the worst owners collectively then, if we hate Crane too?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

The case can be made!

Jack

12:55

Do you know how many current owners are second gen guys - emphasis on guys - who inherited? I know the Yankees. and Twins are run by sons, can't remember anyone else

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Orioles

though TECHNICALLY Peter still owns

12:56

Cubs

Ilitch of course

(Chris)

12:57

It hink Middleton comes from money, but not HUGE money.

12:58

And then Lil' Wilpon someday.

Though I guess technically, given the Mets debt structure, he might not count as gaining wealth from parent!

Eddie Waitkus

12:58

Lou Brown has to be the best fictional manager/coach of all time, right?

Dan Szymborski

12:59

WHAT ABOUT BUTTERMAKER

Now Moneyball, that was invented by Rachel Phelps.

Jon

12:59

If so many people are defending the owners, is it possible that they're actually on to something? The FG community seems so quick to dismiss them

Dan Szymborski

12:59

Then they shoudl have no problem making an argument in support.

1:00

And just in case it was missed, Perfect Strangers theme croaked out by me.

https://soundcloud.com/dan-szymborski/perfect/s-73P8SUfpQvu

1:02

I also did Take On Me when I had an awful case of laryngitis, by request.

https://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/szymborski/DanLaryngitis2.mp3

Probably kept my voice from healing for an additional week

Smucky the Cat

1:02

Has the business side of baseball always been such a bummer?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

Yes

Ron Paul

1:02

Ron Paul

Dan Szymborski

1:02

A Matt Damon variation?

Guest

1:02

I know this is a question for Meg, but I'm lucky if I notice the time a chat is going on once a week, so you get it. You writers spend hours coming up with clever sub-headlines for your articles, but once the article is off the top lines they are gone forever. Couldn't your witty description of the article be part of the article itself just below the headline so that we can enjoy it forever?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

I'm spending hours thinking those sub-headlines?

Usually it's OMG I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT I BETTER STUFF ONE IN BEFORE MEG OPENS THE PIECE

Rickets bought from the Trib

1:03

I don't think Cubs are inherited.

Dan Szymborski

1:03

I thought we were talking about family money, not necessarily family team

Maybe I was conflating John Fisher conversation with that one

Since he's family money, not family team inheritance

GSon

1:03

Bauer/Scherzer have made it a point to tell Mr BOR-ASS to butt out.. but don't Scott Boras' clients rely on him to get the most money possible? Doesn't that make his input into these negotiations essential?

Dan Szymborski

1:04

Only if his contribution *helps*

If keeping his mouth shut is the best thing for his clients, then he has to do that

GSon

1:04

Paul Dolan

Dan Szymborski

1:04

Oh yeah, forgot he's the "controller" of the team now

Jon

1:04