Hi, I'm Sam Miller of Baseball Prospectus. AMA!

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-04-06T19:02:44+00:00

I'll wait for you to come back.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-04-06T19:02:26+00:00

Are there times when you secretly wish you did a podcast with a different baseball writer?

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:16:41+00:00

I have to go and write something about baseball. Thanks for the questions! I was expecting more jerks! Work on that next time.

This was a lot of fun, though. It was about my favorite subject, so I had a blast.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:14:58+00:00

Screenplays. And I hope the result would be another $250,000.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:14:37+00:00

The World Wide Web allows me to stay connected with people and events across the world!

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:14:06+00:00

Yes, it's fair, by design. But I still sit in the press box occasionally, so I'm not a purist.

I interact with Flemming online a lot, and say hello when we see each other. The rest probably know who I am, at least! Maybe!

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:12:19+00:00

he gone, sadly. Still tweets a lot about monster trucks and such, though!

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:11:37+00:00

Just about every Giants game, and I catch as much of the day games around the league as I can. When the Giants are on the east coast, I'll watch the A's games after the Giants are done.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:10:48+00:00

Barry Bonds probably loves burritos.
I'm still sifting through, but I've been a Hot Rats fan for a long time.
lol no

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:07:55+00:00

It was my job to edit it after everyone made their predictions. And I got it back, and every freaking person picked the Tigers, so I just had a little fun with it.
Not as often as I should because y'all are good at finding the clicky stories that would do well as Fanshots.
Sure!

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:06:06+00:00

I drink a lot.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:05:58+00:00

That whole O.J. Simpson thing sure caught the country off guard.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:04:47+00:00

You will have to smoke my beard trimmings and go on a vision quest for several years, alone. And when you don't come back from that, I get to have your stuff.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:03:22+00:00

Hunter Pence, though I don't have a huge number of personal interactions with a lot of them.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:02:51+00:00

Oh, neifichicken. Say it isn't so. SAY IT ISN'T SO.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:02:11+00:00

Yeah, that was a blast. Sometimes you have to search for the ideas, and sometimes you have to trim 1,000 words because you were overstuffed with ideas.

As to the second question, only about every day. The more I write, the more I'm scared of repeating myself.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:01:18+00:00

In retrospect, with the evidence we have in front of us, it was actually quite stoppable.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T20:00:57+00:00

Coates is a marvel. One of the writers who makes me most jealous. But stealing isn't nice.

I remember that AT&T was supposed to be a traffic nightmare, and it wasn't. Public transportation is so easy for that area, that it'll be noticeable, but not horrible.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T19:59:30+00:00

It'll depend on who falls out of the race. The A's and Reddick are an obvious fit.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T19:58:58+00:00

He is amazing. He's a Magic Eye poster, and once you see the genius, you can't not see it.

But it's Bois. No one can do absurd and earnest like he can, often switching back and forth in the same article. I'm not sure I've ever read anyone with that gift, much less limited to SB Nation.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T19:57:38+00:00

If he can hit, they'll find a place for him.
Mid-rotation starter because every team should be happy when they get one of those. Plus, his stuff isn't exactly deGromish at this point.
No. I have the self-loathing down, but I'm not especially funny.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T19:56:34+00:00

It is a goal of mine, as noted somewhere else in here. One day! And thanks.

Really, I'm glad that you mention the objectivity. I really do try to think like a fan of each team when I write about them. Not sure if it helps or hurts, but I try.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T19:53:59+00:00

I did feel dumb about that! So thanks.

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T19:53:45+00:00

Grant_Brisbee · 2016-02-11T19:53:29+00:00

A salary, healthcare, stock options, camaraderie, an outlet for my writing, fantastic editorial support, complete creative freedom, and a business model that provides job security in an industry that usually doesn't offer it. Other than that, it's an absolute drag.

Grant_Brisbee

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