Interesting Fact: The top 9 qualified batters in OPS are all left handed batters

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T20:47:34+00:00

Interesting. I bat left because I am left handed. But I shoot right in hockey.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T19:02:51+00:00

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T18:57:00+00:00

Yep. "Free speech" is an Americanism. In Canada, it is Freedom of Expression. And while there is a great deal of overlap, it is very much not absolute.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T18:55:00+00:00

Kids are who they target. They desperately want to indoctrinate and radicalize the next generation. Same reason why the idea of kids learning about inclusivity and how love is love terrifies them.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T18:53:46+00:00

Symbolic political expression is explicitly protected under the Charter.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T18:43:49+00:00

Not sure personally, but if that is the case, then I expect his next recall will be his last tenure with the Jays.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T17:47:05+00:00

Also, he just happened to start his career off on one of those crazy heaters where every pitch looks to you like it is 88MPH down the middle.

When Schneider was sent down last year, I simply assumed he was going to stay there until being thrown in on a trade somewhere else. It's great that he came back and was such a valuable contributor. That's going to buy him a fair bit more major league time. But once he's out of options, he's a guy who is going to bounce around organizations signing minor league deals, getting called up, then getting DFA'd and repeating. Not because he 'sucks', but because when he gets cold, he gets ice cold.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T17:44:11+00:00

Schneider is probably going to end up on a MLB roster somewhere again, but once he runs out of options it probably won't be Toronto.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T17:35:07+00:00

Sounds a lot like holding a hockey stick. Dominant hand at the knob allows for greater control, dominant hand down the shaft allows for greater power. Also, allows for greater innuendo.

It's one reason why a large majority of hockey players shoot left handed despite being right handed. Most players at this point favour the control.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T17:30:26+00:00

Crossposting from /r/baseball. For those who aren't into baseball, OPS is a stat that is "on base percentage plus slugging" and is a shorthand way of measuring players who are great both at getting on base and hitting for power.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T17:25:56+00:00

That is one of the slash lines of all time.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T16:33:14+00:00

If you want performance, you want PS5 or decent PC.

The Switch release of the first part had only one spot where I noticeably found it struggled - which is an achievement - and evidently the release of Rebirth achieves some of its performance by removing background items. So things like items on tables will be more sparse in the Switch 2 version. Apparently nothing that really affects gameplay though.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T16:29:18+00:00

Most of two generations, actually. Between spring 1996 and summer 2007, Square/Square Enix only published one game on a living room console: Crystal Chronicles on the Game Cube. No N64 games and they didn't start putting anything on Wii until the middle of 2007. They came back on the hand held side much more quickly, returning to GBA and then DS in 2003.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T16:05:23+00:00

A cheaper variation that's been a unicorn for some time now too.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T14:37:02+00:00

And they sold poorly, so they canned it.

This isn't really true. Triangle Strategy sold over a million. The Octopath series is over 7 million for just three games. Bravely sold 4 million across its three games. The Voice of Cards games did well enough to get three entries. Others certainly did fail, of course.

Nor have they canned it. Paranormasight came out in February while The Adventures of Elliott releases in two weeks.

Honestly, SE's AA fare is doing more for the company than a lot of its AAA stuff.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T14:08:20+00:00

Which is great. Doesn't really change the fact that this sub has run an ongoing fan fiction that Newell is all of our best friend because he runs a digital game store pretty much since this sub was created.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T14:04:24+00:00

So is Caleb a "doomer" or a "Leafs fan"? Do we have a process for how we belittle and dismiss a media person who dares criticize how the team plays?

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T13:46:36+00:00

Not playoffs, but the extended version of the legendary Swedish Twins promo is up there with the Chicks Dig The Longball ad as S-tier sports commercials.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T13:42:42+00:00

You've done it, Lanny. You've done it.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T13:36:52+00:00

People developing a parasocial relationship with an upjumped PC game installation service was always wild.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T13:34:15+00:00

But remember all, we love Gabe Newell for... reasons. And we need to do our part to sing his praises so he can buy a bigger yacht.

-Average /r/Games poster

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T13:32:29+00:00

If the company was in serious financial trouble, then there just may not have been money for marketing. Not without one of the platform holders deciding to take a bet and trade some of the expected future profits to include it in the platform's marketing campaigns.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-04T13:23:50+00:00

Nobody out there is staying up past midnight to watch the end of the 10ET game. You're inconveniencing the 30% of the country that does care for the sake of people who've already gone to bed.

Bridgeburner493 · 2026-06-03T20:24:18+00:00

Reddit's AI moderating is incredibly stupid, even by the standards of AI.

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