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Davy Andrews

@davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social

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Writer at FanGraphs. Guitarist for The Subway Ghosts and The Spaghettis. Baker of cookies. He/him. DMs open. davyandrews.bandcamp.com.

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · Mar 22

Good morning. I wrote this song. I will keep writing more.

Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 7m

100%. I read every Crichton book as a middle schooler.

Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 13m

They have one of these in my neighborhood. I’ll never try it. The whole concept seems so soulless.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 8h

@mattmartell.fangraphs.com @jayjaffe.bsky.social

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 23h

This is a fantastic and well-executed idea.

"The biggest threat to an MLB pitcher’s career is not a career-ending injury—it’s ineffectiveness."

JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 1d

Until I studied this what I didn't realize was how even the best SPs with fringy velo don't have longevity.

I struggled to give you an example of a durable/above-average/successful soft-tossing SP from 2008-2015 who was successful from age 32-36+.

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/to-h...

To Have A Lengthy MLB Career, Pitchers Need To Throw Hard

J.J. Cooper digs into years' worth of MLB pitching data to investigate the connection between throwing harder and career length.

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t imagine this one has already been nominated @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com

pete mo @pete-mo.bsky.social · 1d

chemical burn kink

Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah. That was a good one.

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty sure Savant policy is to call it what the pitcher calls it, so I’d guess it’s just that he doesn’t call it a sweeper.

Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 2d

Even if they had the data—which they don’t—the statistical analysis is also bad.

Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry, David. I hope it gets better.

Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 3d

I love baseball.

Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 3d

Thirteen strikeouts for Ohtani. What a night.

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 3d

How sick are your guitars?

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 3d

I think it's just sticking with the same trimmer setting consistently.

Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, this is easily a six.

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Dan Brooks @brooksbaseball.net · 3d

Hi all. Saberseminar is looking for pro bono legal help to assist with a trademark issue. Please email or reply if you think you might be able to help or refer us to someone that could.

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for doing this!

Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 4d

I definitely filed an article about Kyle Busch a couple weeks ago.

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 4d

Baseball Friends: I need you all to do whatever you can to make sure that Tigers-Mariners is known as the Life of Pi Series.

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Life of Pi: Tigers vs. Mariners ALDS Preview

Get it? After surviving the Guardians, the Tigers head to Seattle face off against the 90-win Mariners.

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 4d

This made me laugh so hard.

Patrick Dubuque @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 5d

OK, here you go, the one topic in everyone’s mind this morning: How would the great minds of philosophy throughout history feel about an automated ball-strike system?

Various Great Philosophers and How They Would Feel About the Automated Ball-Strike System | Baseball Prospectus

Gathering the greatest minds of two and a half millennia to embrace a little debate.

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 4d

Just filed my article for today and guiltily thought, "Man, I left a literary parallel right there on the table and Patrick never would have done that." Anyway, I was right.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Thread.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 5d

The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it.

Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.

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Sam Miller @sammillerbb.bsky.social · 5d

A tiny part of me wanted the Guards to make it to the Blue Jays' round, just for the anagram of C.J. Kayfus

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Davy Andrews @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social · 5d

I thought it was really funny.