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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 7/30/18

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Dan Szymborski

3:19

Was thinking of Mac's Cougar Hands thing on It's Always Sunny

Dan

3:19

Chris Archer is not an ace!

Dan Szymborski

3:19

But he has the upside to be one.

Matt

3:19

Did you know that if you break the word "piano" into the mathematico-greek origins of the first half, and unaccented spanish origins of the second half, it translates to "the year of the ratio of a circle's diameter to it's circumference"?

Dan Szymborski

3:19

I did not.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

3:19

I felt a disturbance in the Force, as if suddenly dozens of interns cried out in terror as they were assigned to read every single tweet ever posted by every player on their teams' 40 man rosters (plus top prospects!)

Symbooo Slice

3:19

Adam Jones is refusing to be traded, and there's no way the Birds are going to re-sign him. And the team is terrible. This is not how I wanted my favorite Oriole ever to wrap up his playing career here...

Quinton McCracken

3:20

During a breakout season, will zips have a preference over someone who has a 15 game rolling average with little variability from the mean vs a player whose had some big games meaning high variability?

Dan Szymborski

3:20

Billy Beane

3:20

Dan, are you and Nate Silver friends? Or friendly enough to keep in contact?

Dan Szymborski

3:20

We're acquainted.

I don't know him well enough to claim friend status, I don't believe.

Brandon Nimmo

3:20

You used to talk politics in these chats before politics became POLITICS. I really enjoyed it.

Dan Szymborski

3:21

Yeah, but see, in 2014, everyone only sort of hated each other, in 2018 everybody just hates each other.

I'm concerned about stuff, but I'm happy I don't let it become the overarching part of my life.

But that's not for everyone. Lots of people want to make a difference with their beliefs.

And God bless and all, it's just not for me.

3:22

Maybe there's some moral cowardice there, I don't know.

3:23

But I find life too short to chase waterfalls.

OH GOD I MADE THAT REFERENCE

APODionysus

3:23

Wow somehow I typed Dave instead of Dan

Torchy the Taco

3:23

Bert Blyleven trying to pronounce Saltalamacchia was pure gold.

APODionysus

3:23

Eovaldi looked solid. Brian Johnson and Velasquez have both been decent. Why is Pomeranz still in the rotation Dave? WHY?

Dan Szymborski

3:23

I'm actually not sure.

Aaron Judge

3:23

My dealer just abandoned me, where else can I find some steroids?

Dan Szymborski

3:24

I don't know. I dont' even know where to get pot anymore.

I certainly don't know where to find stuff connected with EXERCISE

John

3:24

If you were a board game it would definitely be Scrabble

APODionysus

3:24

Protesting stars? Please. Did you hear about Pluto? That’s messed up /BurtonGuster

Dan Szymborski

3:24

FREE PLUTO THE PLANET

pine boi

3:24

briefs vs. boxers vs. boxer briefs?

Dan Szymborski

3:24

Boxers

3:24

Some minor league teams do beer batters. They pick an opposing hitter, and if they strikeout, cheap beer that inning.

Dan Szymborski

3:24

I just want ten cent beer night to come back!

3:25

There are 2430 games a year, we hae room for a handful of disasters

Guest

3:25

How weird is it that there was a game played in Baltimore during the riots??

Dan Szymborski

3:25

The weirder thing it was like this secret game that nobody knew about.

It's too bad I didn't have my BBWAA card then, it would've been a hoot to watch an empty stadium game.

Von Hayes

3:25

Lazy journalism regarding tweets has been a going concern for some time now, not much to encourage at this point.

Justin

3:25

What do you think about the Barstool sports night thing?

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