JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/5/22

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/5/22

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Dan Szymborski

1:14

Generally non-baseball things

Brett Tomko Trucks

1:14

Griffey might have the best midseason retirement. He got mad because someone reported that he was napping during games and the next day he called while driving cross country to say he had retired

Dan

1:14

Are you surprised more players don't do what Roger Clemens did and retire them come back partway through the season? I feel like skipping some of the grind of a long season has to be tempting especially if you've got kids home from school for the summer.

Dan Szymborski

1:15

I think you have to be REALLY good to make that work

Long layoffs are hard

and teams are going to be suspicious

Richard

1:15

I love the shorter base path suggestion. Forces defenders to play shallower which opens up hits on the ground and increases the running game.

Dan Szymborski

1:15

And if a ball hit into play has a higher % of being a hit, there's more incentive to put ball in play

OK, LIGHTNING ROUND time.

1:16

I have to answer questions so long as they're not baseball or a few exceptions (confidentiality, excessively personal, politics)

Tacoby Bellsbury

1:17

Apart from Skyline "chili," what would be on your Mount Flushmore of least-desired foods?

Dan Szymborski

1:17

broccoli/cauliflower. I'd eat skyline every day to avoid those

and I should note that it's Cincy chili STYLE I hate, not skyline specifically

it's not like I turn around and mainline Gold Star

also, you probably shouldn't intravenously consume chili even if you do like it

GBS42

1:17

During the Opening Day chat, you said something about having three four-ways. I know you were talking about division ties, but I was hoping you maybe had changed your mind about Skyline chili. To each their own, of course, but I like it, whether it's "chili" or some meat stew abomination.

Dan Szymborski

1:17

No

MilwaukeeBeerJays

1:18

Back in the 90s in Canada there was a music video countdown tv show called "the hitlist" that was hosted by a guy named Tarzan Dan. What is your favourite primate, Dan?

Dan Szymborski

1:18

chipmanzees of course

chimpanzee

MilwaukeeBeerJays

1:18

If you were to consume enough chili, would you be interested in setting up a premium content OnlyFarts page?

Dan Szymborski

1:19

That sounds like a lot of work and very niche

I'd have to live chili

A Boy Named Yu

1:19

How come they don't make college baseball or basketball video games? I'd play the crap out of those.

Dan Szymborski

1:19

Remember, there were college rights issues that shut down college games for a long time.

NCAA Football reboot supposed to be in 2023

I imagine there will be a basketball one at some point too

1:20

As for college baseball, that's another thing entirely: college baseball just isn't that popular mass-market

Derek

1:20

Regarding your data deliverable question, I would like to imagine it being a 12 foot, hand-rolled scroll delivered by owl....but spreadsheets are cool

Dan Szymborski

1:20

Where do I get trained owls? That seems to add a lot of overhead, I'd have to raise my hourly rate

Morbo

1:20

Can I get a poll for how many margaritas I should drink today? With the options being:

A:0 B: 1 c: too many

Dan Szymborski

1:21

How Many Margaritas Should Morbo Drink?

0 (4.5% | 2 votes)

1 (4.5% | 2 votes)

2 (11.4% | 5 votes)

3 (9.1% | 4 votes)

Till he sees black (11.4% | 5 votes)

Till he sees new colors (59.1% | 26 votes)

Total Votes: 44

Kip

1:21

Did you have a Dreamcast? I broke mine out recently and it's amazing how ahead of the times Sega was.

Dan Szymborski

1:21

Surprisingly, that was one of the first mainstream systems I did NOT have

1:22

There just weren't enough games at the time that I wanted and I got my fill because my friend Chris Burton had a Dreamcast

Brett Tomko Trucks

1:22

Is this is the lightning round? If so, favorite taco and toppings? (Or is it fillings on a taco?) (Or do we go Kenny Powers and say "fix-ins"?)

Dan Szymborski

1:22

al pastor

onion and cilantro

1:23

always onion and cilantro

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