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Dan Szymborski

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Senior Writer for FanGraphs, ESPN contributor, data consultant, ZiPSetician, gamer, talkative, exasperated/ing, possibly the worst. BBWAA, Digital Dandy.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · Nov 20

For those new to BlueSky and interested in FanGraphs writers -- or those who aren't, making this an odd choice -- I put together a FanGraphs starter pack of writers/editors who currently are staffers or contributors to the site.

go.bsky.app/Q1Dm1ED

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 9h

I really appreciate Rico Dowdle's efforts to try and give my fantasy team immunity from my poor decision making.

Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 9h

I LOVE well-cast terrible movies. The Swarm was amazing. Like, it had a completely irrelevant Olivia de Havilland/Ben Johnson/Fred MacMurray love triangle that was never resolved because killer bees derailed the train they were on off a cliff.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 10h

I never knew that Tim Curry and Eric Bogosian were the same guy.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 11h

Tim Curry was a 20-something stage actor living in London in the seedy, sex-drenched 1970s when he auditioned for a new B-movie musical called “The Rocky Horror Show.” In a new interview, Curry discusses the cult classic, David Bowie, Studio 54, and more. http://nyer.cm/Z9RkgrI

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 10h

Betting sites really needed an option for the Titans-Raiders game that was "both teams simply decide to disband and go their own ways."

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 15h

Are the Colts warming up by playing Red Rover or something

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Protect Trans Youth @ptakers.bsky.social · 1d

These are the deepest of possible bummers
Smoltz is broadcasting the game
He has no insight from his playing for summers
Smoltz is broadcasting the game
He talks and he talks with nothing to say
Unable to keep my fury at bay
Forthwith laryngitis for him I so
pray
Smoltz is broadcasting the game

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Will Harris @sandwichpick.bsky.social · 1d

"Alonso acknowledged reality but asks his future team not to"

Tyler Milliken
@tylermilliken

Pete Alonso is expected to seek a contract of
at least years, per @NYPost _Mets.

He also acknowledged the reality that he'll
likely be a DH at some point during this
contract, but it's unclear how soon he'll be
open to that change.

Alonso Wil enter his age-31 season in 2026.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 1d

Oh, and AWD and large enough that I can stuff my fat ass behind the wheel.

Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 1d

I have about 22,000 miles on my car in four years, and probably nearly 20K of those are drives to cities I don't live in!

But I like small cars, that are hatchbacks, are fast, and are not German (and I care not for rear space). These are dwindling fast!

Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 1d

Oh, I just meant the petroleum bridge as the car equivalent of the rainbow bridge. If the problems are worked out, I'd be happy to have one someday! Though not right now; I don't have a daily commute and a large percentage of my driving is LONG drives, so I'm one of the worst fits right now.

Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 1d

I'm getting worried that once my car crosses the petroleum bridge someday, there won't actually be any new cars that so precisely meet my needs and wants.

Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 2d

This game has been going on so long that the reporters are going to go home afterwards and find that their spouses have remarried.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 3d

I'm thankful that Castellanos' hit earlier was a double; a homer might have ended the Gaza peace deal.

Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 3d

I'm hardly a fashion guy, but I *do* like distinctive uniforms and color combinations. There are just too many similar reds and blues out there it gets kind of boring. The A's yellow jersey is 🔥

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 3d

In case it wasn't obvious, when I express love for the Phillies power blue + maroon and wish it were full-time, I don't mean at home.

I'd like the maroon pinstripes to come back for home full time, with a maroon jersey (but not pants) as a home alternate.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 3d

Yeah, I shoudl have been clearer about that!

Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 3d

I didn't mean to use them ahistorically! But I've never liked the current Phillies colors.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 4d

Do I dare ask what ass success is?

Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 4d

I do hope the Phillies take the hint and just keep wearing the powder-blue-and-maroon as the primary uniform for now on.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 4d

People might say that the Red Sox or Cubs had baseball's best curse, but I still think the S-Tier baseball curse is the Hanshin Tigers being cursed by Colonel Sanders.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 4d

I gotta say, it feels like the schemes of Shredder and Krang to destroy the Ninja Turtles have a higher success rate than using Clayton Kershaw in relief in the playoffs.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 4d

As someone who does a lot of predictive modeling, I really appreciate the Wrigley fans clearly chanting for principal component analysis.

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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 4d

me at the start of every october vs. me at the end of every october

Jayson Werth, except now he looks like a wizard or a lumberjack or a prepper who can live for three years on nothing but bark and cicadas

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 4d

The archive was always a dumpster fire too -- it's always been impossible to see the *many* things I did unless I know exactly which one I was looking for!

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Jordan in Finland (Fantasy Baseball Oligarch) @rosenjordanblum.bsky.social · 4d

The reviews are in: critics are hailing OOPSY as Paul Thomas Anderson's most entertaining film yet. No, wait, that is "One Battle After Another." Good work, @dszymborski.fangraphs.com
(2025's best hitting projections on FanGraphs) and
Steamer gang (2025's best pitching projections on FG)

FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 4d

Reviewing OOPSY’s Debut Season blogs.fangraphs.com/reviewing-oo...

Reviewing OOPSY’s Debut Season

This article reviews how the OOPSY projections performed in their debut season. Did the rookie system hold its own compared to its more established peers?

blogs.fangraphs.com

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