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Dan Szymborski

12:52

I think you can do that on stathead pretty quickly

Time me

12:56

crap, it's not taking my password, i need to reset

Coolidge

12:56

Nothings more extreme than Celebidache's Bruckner.

Dan Szymborski

12:56

Yeah, but I have to do stuff and I don't have two hours

Phil

12:57

Do you know Michael Gielen's Mahler recordings? I find them really fascinating as a distinctive interpretation.

Dan Szymborski

12:57

I don't think I've heard them all. I remember liking a third from him and not so much a fourth

I do like my Mahler kinda neurotic

bndj88

12:57

Who has the best crab cakes in Baltimore, and why is it Faidley's?

Dan Szymborski

12:57

the best crab cake in Baltimore is one you make in your kitchen and using Barbara Mikulski's old recipe

12:58

Bah, I can't get the totals

https://stathead.com/baseball/player-pitching-game-finder.cgi?request=...

I thoguth I could

Guest

12:58

the senator?!

Dan Szymborski

12:58

yeah

12:59

though I put I mix in a tiny bit of horseradish when I mix in mustard

and BROIL the crabcakes

1:00

If crabcakes can be pan-fried without falling apart, you have too much filler

Don

1:00

appreciate you looking...stathead worth the price of admission?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Yes

Leo

1:00

What do you see the Padres realistically doing before the deadline?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

I think they'll be especially low key given they probably have the most financial constraints of any contender with a high payroll

Oaktown Blues

1:00

Do you think a trade structured around Tyler Soderstrom for Chase Dollander could be mutually beneficial? I assume Rockies would have to add a sweetener or two?

Insert Witty Name Here

1:01

What exactly makes a Beethoven 5th “middle of the road”?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

moderate tempos, moderate dynamics, no real interpretive stance, etc

Sal Bando

1:01

I do like the NY Bernstein Mahler---and his Beethoven 5th from that era---but his Vienna recordings of Mahler are mostly atrocious IMO. For Furtwangler the Beethoven 9th from 1942 is my favorite. Regal stuff.

Dan Szymborski

1:01

Yeah, I mostly like 50s/60s Bernstein

1:02

The sad thing about Furtwangler recordings is that many of the best ones have pretty awful sound

1:03

If I had a time machine and went back in time to kill Hitler, I'd probably discover that's something that's easier said then done, and would probably just go listen to concerts or something

But then again, my German is nowhere near good enough to pass for a native

Insert Witty Name Here

1:04

Watching Wimbledon now, would you rather have baseball institute a rule that the crowd has to be quite before each pitch, or allow tennis fans to make noise during the whole match?

Dan Szymborski

1:04

I like noise related pressure

Chess matches should be rowdier too

AWWW BOOHOO CANT REMEMBER MAIN LINE OF NAJDORF SICILIAN WHILE DOUCHEBAG STEVE POURS A BEER OVER YOUR HEAD HUH?

Insert Witty Name Here

1:05

Furtwangler has to be a 9 year old boy’s superhero name.

Don

1:05

you could off nazis in your free time between shows

Dan Szymborski