Dan Szymborski
@dszymborski.fangraphs.com
Senior Writer for FanGraphs, ESPN contributor, data consultant, ZiPSetician, gamer, talkative, exasperated/ing, possibly the worst. BBWAA, Digital Dandy. Also known as Zebulon Igor, apparently.
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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.
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Typical Yakuza 5 substory:
You stumble upon a Santa Claus. He tells you there are Santa hunters out there. Kids swarm you demanding presents and you escape and run into the real Santa hunters. After beating up the Santa hunters, you give their weapons to the kids as their Christmas presents.
You stumble upon a Santa Claus. He tells you there are Santa hunters out there. Kids swarm you demanding presents and you escape and run into the real Santa hunters. After beating up the Santa hunters, you give their weapons to the kids as their Christmas presents.
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Typical Yakuza 5 substory:
You stumble upon a Santa Claus. He tells you there are Santa hunters out there. Kids swarm you demanding presents and you escape and run into the real Santa hunters. After beating up the Santa hunters, you give their weapons to the kids as their Christmas presents.
You stumble upon a Santa Claus. He tells you there are Santa hunters out there. Kids swarm you demanding presents and you escape and run into the real Santa hunters. After beating up the Santa hunters, you give their weapons to the kids as their Christmas presents.
I really appreciate in Yakuza 5 how they set up this whole chapter in which you slowly put together a hunt for this Big Bad Bear and at the final moment, you settle the storyline by...getting into a fistfight with the bear.
February 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I really appreciate in Yakuza 5 how they set up this whole chapter in which you slowly put together a hunt for this Big Bad Bear and at the final moment, you settle the storyline by...getting into a fistfight with the bear.
Is it weird that after Verlander returning to the Tigers, I kinda want Scherzer to sign with the Diamondbacks to bring him full circle too?
February 11, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Is it weird that after Verlander returning to the Tigers, I kinda want Scherzer to sign with the Diamondbacks to bring him full circle too?
Now, if loan places want to REALLY tempt me, don't pre-approve me for a car I don't need, offer me a pre-approved loan for a Bösendorfer piano that I've successfully denied myself out of practicality.
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Now, if loan places want to REALLY tempt me, don't pre-approve me for a car I don't need, offer me a pre-approved loan for a Bösendorfer piano that I've successfully denied myself out of practicality.
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Yes, but, your warranty is about to expire.
February 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Yes, but, your warranty is about to expire.
You would think with all your data being sold to everyone, car loan places would figure out that a man with a paid off car with only 23,000 miles is really, really not the prime target for a new car loan.
February 11, 2026 at 12:35 AM
You would think with all your data being sold to everyone, car loan places would figure out that a man with a paid off car with only 23,000 miles is really, really not the prime target for a new car loan.
I'm mildly disappointed that Blaze Alexander's parents named his brother Charles and not Freeze.
February 10, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I'm mildly disappointed that Blaze Alexander's parents named his brother Charles and not Freeze.
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So much can go wrong, never forget:
a helicopter is flying over a cliff with a truck in the background
ALT: a helicopter is flying over a cliff with a truck in the background
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 AM
So much can go wrong, never forget:
I was today years old when I learned that if you get injured on a mountain, they can airlift you out dangling in midair, so I'm never going skiing again.
February 9, 2026 at 4:37 AM
I was today years old when I learned that if you get injured on a mountain, they can airlift you out dangling in midair, so I'm never going skiing again.
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Sounded like whistles to me. Like from the crowd or something. It was nearly unwatchable with the sound up.
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Sounded like whistles to me. Like from the crowd or something. It was nearly unwatchable with the sound up.
I do kinda wonder how many world class lugers are out there that go undiscovered because there are only like 100 people in world history who get the chance to see if they're good at luge.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I do kinda wonder how many world class lugers are out there that go undiscovered because there are only like 100 people in world history who get the chance to see if they're good at luge.
On the luge, it's the high pitched whistling at the END when it's not a drone shot. The whooshing high pitched sound during the drone shots isn't as bad. But this one sounds like someone's just leaving the kettle on
February 9, 2026 at 4:18 AM
On the luge, it's the high pitched whistling at the END when it's not a drone shot. The whooshing high pitched sound during the drone shots isn't as bad. But this one sounds like someone's just leaving the kettle on
Were the drone noises this bad during the last Summer Olympics? Because I can't imagine I wouldn't have complained about this.
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Were the drone noises this bad during the last Summer Olympics? Because I can't imagine I wouldn't have complained about this.
Perhaps I'm losing my mind, but so many of these events seem to have background noises that are annoying as hell. The men's luge had this constant whistling sound while every drone shot of the womens' downhill had this horrible whining sound like a manatee being strangled by piano wire.
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Perhaps I'm losing my mind, but so many of these events seem to have background noises that are annoying as hell. The men's luge had this constant whistling sound while every drone shot of the womens' downhill had this horrible whining sound like a manatee being strangled by piano wire.
Every time I watch cross country skiing, I always wonder if they're thinking in their head somewhere "Why didn't I do the skiing where you only go downhill?"
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Every time I watch cross country skiing, I always wonder if they're thinking in their head somewhere "Why didn't I do the skiing where you only go downhill?"
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"Two minutes, getting ass kicked!"
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
"Two minutes, getting ass kicked!"
I always appreciated how in Blades of Steel for NES, there was no penalty for fighting, but there was a penalty for LOSING a fight.
February 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I always appreciated how in Blades of Steel for NES, there was no penalty for fighting, but there was a penalty for LOSING a fight.
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A Google Street View glitch accidentally created the most kickass Honda CRV ever.
February 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
A Google Street View glitch accidentally created the most kickass Honda CRV ever.
I finished the English localization of Trails Beyond the Horizon, and can report that it seems the translation team made a real effort to not directly describe the key historical figure Claude Epstein's research, which is very plot crucial, as "files."
February 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I finished the English localization of Trails Beyond the Horizon, and can report that it seems the translation team made a real effort to not directly describe the key historical figure Claude Epstein's research, which is very plot crucial, as "files."
I'm really happy to just have a normal winter forecast now.
February 8, 2026 at 10:17 AM
I'm really happy to just have a normal winter forecast now.
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It's hard to believe it's been nearly four years since CNN awkwardly interrupted live reporting of the invasion of Ukraine mid-sentence for the breaking news that you could get five boneless wings for $1 at Applebee's with the purchase of a burger.
February 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It's hard to believe it's been nearly four years since CNN awkwardly interrupted live reporting of the invasion of Ukraine mid-sentence for the breaking news that you could get five boneless wings for $1 at Applebee's with the purchase of a burger.
Ever since the time I watched Luther with my mom, she's been casually using the phrase tickety-boo in conversation
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Ever since the time I watched Luther with my mom, she's been casually using the phrase tickety-boo in conversation
A cat stole a half-pickle from me yesterday and ran off with it. I have not encountered the pickle since.
February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
A cat stole a half-pickle from me yesterday and ran off with it. I have not encountered the pickle since.