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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I like the Bösendorfer tone and the action better.
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I like the Bösendorfer tone and the action better.
I'm glad he got a haircut though. His hair in 4 looks worse than mine does
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I'm glad he got a haircut though. His hair in 4 looks worse than mine does
I didn't mind it at all. Though like in Oregon Trail, I wonder how Saejima is carrying thousands of pounds of meat back every time he hunts
February 11, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I didn't mind it at all. Though like in Oregon Trail, I wonder how Saejima is carrying thousands of pounds of meat back every time he hunts
A used Bösendorfer of course. ZiPS needs to be way more popular for me to buy a piano that costs as much as a house in the midwest. And honestly, I'd have be a way better pianist, and with more years of life remaining.
February 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A used Bösendorfer of course. ZiPS needs to be way more popular for me to buy a piano that costs as much as a house in the midwest. And honestly, I'd have be a way better pianist, and with more years of life remaining.
Just to make it clear, I really enjoy the series, and I'm not making fun of it. I am just constantly amused by the wide varieties of societal, personal, and even psychological problems in these games are eventually settled by a fistfight.
February 11, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Just to make it clear, I really enjoy the series, and I'm not making fun of it. I am just constantly amused by the wide varieties of societal, personal, and even psychological problems in these games are eventually settled by a fistfight.
And then after setting up that the Big Bad Bear was an existential threat to the villagers, you let the bear go, because you're totally confident that the bear is humiliated by losing the fistfight and won't bother the village again.
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 AM
And then after setting up that the Big Bad Bear was an existential threat to the villagers, you let the bear go, because you're totally confident that the bear is humiliated by losing the fistfight and won't bother the village again.
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.
Reposted by Dan Szymborski
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.
In the interests of full disclosure, I should note that I possibly crave power the least and also should be among the last people who should have it!
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
In the interests of full disclosure, I should note that I possibly crave power the least and also should be among the last people who should have it!
I BET YOU SUPPORTED MR FUJI THROWING SALT IN PEOPLE'S EYES
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I BET YOU SUPPORTED MR FUJI THROWING SALT IN PEOPLE'S EYES
I'd actually take that over the dangly helicopter ride!
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I'd actually take that over the dangly helicopter ride!
Reposted by Dan Szymborski
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:
HE CHEATS WITH HIS MOTORCYCLE STEEL IN HIS ARM
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 AM
HE CHEATS WITH HIS MOTORCYCLE STEEL IN HIS ARM
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.
I don't think they're those
February 9, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I don't think they're those
Yeah, I think it's different from the drone noise. it's like they have a concession stand that sells panic whistles
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Yeah, I think it's different from the drone noise. it's like they have a concession stand that sells panic whistles
Reposted by Dan Szymborski
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 wish I had your audio track!
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I wish I had your audio track!
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.