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Dan Szymborski Fangraphs Chat - 6/10/21

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Tim Tebow's Thunder Thighs

1:07

Oh man, based on the Scherzer question earlier, could this be the most muted trade deadline ever, outside of rental? Owners not wanting to commit to multi-year contracts without knowing where the CBA is going and such.

Dan Szymborski

1:08

I think this is going to be a dull deadline

THE Burger King

1:08

Have you ever gotten a major bag alert from Wendy's? If so was it a good or bad experience...and should we who haven't, want one or not?

Dan Szymborski

1:08

Wait, what?

Believe it or not, I eat very little fast food

1:09

That's right, I actually have to eat half-sensibly to maintain THIS figure

Data Nerd

1:09

Do stats based predictors take into account the concentration of positive events. i.e. are homeruns in blow out games weighed less than others.

Dan Szymborski

1:09

I haven't found much value in these

Druidiful

1:09

My earlier comment was not a complaint. Yours is my favorite chat.

Dan Szymborski

1:09

Someone was very grumpy last week!

snid

1:09

Why can batters use grip improving goo, but pitchers can't?

Dan Szymborski

1:10

their grippy stuff doesn't modify the ball itself

Ethan

1:10

Big question, what are the cats up to?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

Mercutio and Cassiopeia were asleep upstairs last I saw

the catlets are watching cicadas dive bomb the windows

Tim Tebow's Thunder Thighs

1:11

If you accept sweet peppers as an ingredient in chili, are you open to the idea of sweet-ish herbs and spices? Such as basil, sumac, saffron, sugar, et al?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

Sugar not so much

Mr Thompson

1:12

Which current player do you think would be most likely to whittle their own bat out of a tree that was struck by lightning like Homer did?

Dan Szymborski

1:12

Cespedes

BarryBondsJuicedForOurSins

1:12

What's your favorite baseball movie and what's the best baseball movie and why is Major League both?