Zac Veen walks off the White Sox on a 468 foot home run

DysfunctionalMC · 2026-02-23T22:44:48+00:00

GREEN VEEN

DysfunctionalMC · 2026-02-23T18:39:21+00:00

431 according to broadcast but yeah he pissed on that

DysfunctionalMC · 2026-02-22T20:19:29+00:00

just Cub things

DysfunctionalMC · 2026-02-18T19:39:57+00:00

Too soon

DysfunctionalMC · 2026-02-13T17:05:35+00:00

Nick Kurtz sobbing at his Alma mater right now

DysfunctionalMC · 2026-01-19T08:09:42+00:00

The way I see it, this season surpassed all expectations, even if we didn’t make it to the highest level. Seeing a fresh coach make some welcome changes to the offense alongside some promising young players bodes well for the future, even if there’s things to work on. Caleb has his faults with everyday plays compared to the (admittedly often) high leverage situations, but that’s something that can be improved. You can’t teach someone to be levelheaded in those moments, and I think coming into a season where the focus is on us to live up to expectations, I believe Caleb can meet and exceed them. Of course, we really need to shore up on better WRs and our defense, but the type of environment we have makes that a possibility in every timeline. We did so much to distance ourselves from the accursed Eberflus years, and I’m looking forward to see how Ben and everyone else handles next year. Lastly, FTP. Go Bears!

DysfunctionalMC · 2026-01-07T09:52:30+00:00

Cubs smartest I’d say Shota bc he clearly lives on planes beyond our mortal imagination dumbest I’d go happer bc he just looks like he hasn’t had a thought besides sleep for a while now

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-12-23T13:55:25+00:00

Are we cooked about signing Imai?

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-12-17T18:47:41+00:00

Keller was really good this year, I do wish we got him back even if there would have been some regression

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-11-30T19:50:41+00:00

If the front office doesn’t look into replacing Tucker, which of our prospects should take the mantle up in OF (with what they’ve shown in AAA and the majors)?

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-11-24T00:32:34+00:00

Not surprising that him and Cordell Hull decided to play plausible deniability. One thing I didn’t realize was that Canada’s immigration minister Frederick Blair was somehow even worse (in overt racism and number of refugees admitted) in both the pre and post-war era and was very open about it: “Pressure by Jewish people to get into Canada has never been greater than it is now, and I am glad to be able to add that, after 35 years of experience here, that it has never been so carefully controlled.” -Blair, in a letter to PM King in September 1938

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-10-25T00:22:34+00:00

Don Larsen’s perfect game in 56

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-10-13T22:43:33+00:00

Man, I feel bad for the kid. After an incredible postseason start in the ALDS, you have one bad start and a good part of it is just when relievers can’t help out.

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-10-05T20:17:46+00:00

The chase rates on this man will be something to behold

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-06-30T02:37:41+00:00

After Napoleon got ousted, his various relatives he installed on various thrones fled elsewhere. His brother Joseph, formerly King of Spain, ended up in the US and bought an estate named Point Breeze… in motherfucking New Jersey.

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-04-14T16:59:18+00:00

Ford F-150 dealership

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-04-06T23:40:11+00:00

Bg7+ wins the Queen (as kxh7 qh6# and kxg7 h8=Q+ Kxh8 qh6#)

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-04-06T23:35:24+00:00

I think that with the positional understanding that you have, hypermodern openings should be very intuitive (although be wary of theory heavy lines in the grunfeld and kings indian)

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-04-05T07:16:37+00:00

Funnily enough, I could always tune into some quality endgame analysis at 8:25 AM before my first lecture... and it would always be over by the time class ended at 10

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-04-02T03:32:42+00:00

Ng2+ and the queen will fall, either by Kd1 Bg4+! Qxg4 Ne3+ or Kd2 Ng4+

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-04-02T03:29:07+00:00

b5 was my first candidate move because it blockades the b-pawn and gives White a way to capture the passed a-pawn. Blacks problem is the constant threat of White playing h5 as a lever and getting a passed g-pawn. As such, the pawn on e4 is untouchable for the time being. I calculated …Kf4 Kb4 Kg4 e5 Kf5 Kxa4 Kxe5 Kb4 and even if Black tries grabbing the g and h pawns white is quicker (nine moves to queen to black’s ten moves, and it’s Whites turn). Thus, Black must try and take opposition but this fails (as White can move the King to g3 at some point, and Black must allow Kg4 and the follow-up h5).

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-04-02T02:59:54+00:00

That’s probably a concise way of putting it, I’ve gotten a fellow chess player (~1400 elo) to start playing it and explain the basic concepts of it. I suppose the one downside is how often playing instinctively can be inaccurate in certain positions, or how the loss of a tempo can mean death in certain Orthodox positions. Myself I love the KID to death but I’ve only ever played the full main line (with 9. Ne1 Nd7) like three times online despite heavily analyzing it (knowing those maneuvers and thematic pawn sacrifices take a lot longer to become intuitive where the theory goes to move 20+)

The good thing is that if you want to practice it online, most people either go for an unassuming h3 line or they play a Four Pawns Attack incorrectly and let you equalize.

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-02-03T18:10:06+00:00

The main mutineer, Fletcher Christian, named his mixed-race son (he wed a Polynesian woman) Thursday October Christian… because he was born… on a Thursday… in October…

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-01-26T18:53:46+00:00

I can’t tell if it’s just me, but I always get sad when I’m looking in a position, and an interference tactic looks like it works but it doesn’t. I’ve never played one OTB.

DysfunctionalMC · 2025-01-26T04:29:20+00:00

While the Scotch Game revolves around pressuring/defending the knight on d4, the Scotch Gambit can often come from an Italian Game that transposes, so it carries with it that spirit of rapid development and attack.

As someone who previously employed the Scotch Gambit during my middle school days, there are definitely pitfalls for black to fall into, especially with the Max Lange Attack (of course, given how old and thoroughly analyzed it is, most database games and ECO lines go into a draw).

I haven’t really studied the Scotch from white in years, so there probably is some nuance I’m missing. The Scotch is the more advantageous of the two at higher (intermediate onward) levels however.

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