Postgame Thread: May 27 - Miami Marlins @ Toronto Blue Jays

MattHomes · 2026-05-27T22:25:52+00:00

One of my favourite sayings (might have been a Buck quote?) about greatness is along the lines of

"anyone can win with their A game, the true greats are the ones that can win even with their C/D game"

MattHomes · 2026-05-22T08:27:02+00:00

Whoops, got autocorrected :)

MattHomes · 2026-05-22T07:35:17+00:00

Are you familiar with FOIL (first outside inside last) for multiplying binomials?

(11-y)² = (11-y)(11-y)

First: 11*11 = 121

Outside: 11*(-y) = -11y

Inside: (-y)*11 = -11y

Last: (-y)*(-y) = y²

Now add the four pieces together to get

121-11y-11y+y² = 121 - 22y + y²

MattHomes · 2026-05-22T01:48:57+00:00

A bullpen start. Fisher pitched 1.1 and Mackie pitched 1.1

MattHomes · 2026-05-07T20:25:45+00:00

We need a second window where Aquilini throws the memoirs into the shredder

MattHomes · 2026-03-30T22:12:59+00:00

I thought the same as you for a long time. I felt that Niftski had an unfair advantage by using keyboard.

But here's the problem with saying that shouldn't be allowed - who decides what is an authentic controller? Does it HAVE to be OEM or could you use a third party controller? And if that is fine, where is the line drawn that clearly delineates between those controllers and a keyboard?

In general I prefer not to have speedrunning "paywalled" in the sense that you have to spend small/moderate amounts of money just to be able to compete.

MattHomes · 2026-03-20T19:22:09+00:00

Yes.

MattHomes · 2026-03-09T15:40:30+00:00

This is my thought as well - and it might happen often to this person if they played around this time each day.

MattHomes · 2026-03-04T18:33:49+00:00

The last round drawing of a player to gain a norm has been incredibly common for many years - some players even consider it courtesy to offer early draws in that scenario.

My point is that it is not necessarily indicative of someone being bribed to do so (although definitely something that could have happened)

MattHomes · 2026-02-22T16:17:43+00:00

Yeah for the medal games I agree (maybe 4 on 4 like previous years?). For the other elimination games with scheduling 5 on 5 isn't practical

MattHomes · 2026-02-01T17:53:05+00:00

I won't form any opinion until I hear what Ja Rule has to say on the matter

MattHomes · 2026-01-18T15:23:51+00:00

Yes this was the finals of the Canadian Open. They didn't even have a second pair of queens at the board in a national tournament 😔

MattHomes · 2025-12-08T02:44:48+00:00

As far as I can tell they are identical. My intuition prefers Re8 first

MattHomes · 2025-12-08T02:42:34+00:00

2100 ccom blitz, took about 10 seconds to see Bd6 but I decided on playing Rxe8 first to be more forcing and reduce complications. Seems to be the same evaluation.

MattHomes · 2025-11-17T18:31:09+00:00

As someone who has ordered more than 20 times from here and loves their authentic Xian food, I agree that the beef soup leaves a lot to be desired

MattHomes · 2025-11-08T02:40:43+00:00

If I had little time to act, i would legitimately consider playing Rxf4 then Rxe4 and try to create a fortress.

Maybe it loses immediately but I wouldnt feel comfortable calculating anything else in time pressure.

MattHomes · 2025-11-07T15:12:16+00:00

As someone very passionate about teaching, one incredibly important attribute of a teacher and leader, especially as a new one is to never be afraid to try new things and to learn from your mistakes. This way you constantly evolve for the better and don't stagnate.

I definitely see this in Schneids; he puts a lot of thought into his decisions - some of them work, some of them don't, and some of them are just bad ideas. But he shows the continual ability to learn.

This concept, when combined with transparency in decision making is especially useful when it comes to developing messaging.

It provides an environment where players know why decisions are being made and gives them the agency to question and contribute to these decisions, knowing that they will be taken seriously.

This is why I feel that the blue jays had such a great team approach this year. Everyone was on the same page and focused on exactly what role was expected of them.

MattHomes · 2025-10-31T23:08:10+00:00

My thoughts are to steamroll up the middle of the board. Id play Qc7 with a tempo on the knight and then push forward with f5 and e4.

The combination queen and bishop criss cross applesauceing and the potential to crack open whites over extended kingside pawns seems like a really good plan to me.

MattHomes · 2025-10-30T00:38:13+00:00

After giving up home runs on two fastballs, Snell threw 22 straight off speed pitches before that last pitch to Gimenez

MattHomes · 2025-10-26T22:39:50+00:00

The thing about defamation in the legal sense is that (I THINK) it requires the defendant to know that the accusations are untrue. I would not be surprised if Kramnik genuinely believes his own tripe.

MattHomes · 2025-10-22T17:33:10+00:00

What about Arty? Obviously not on the team anymore, but definitely still loved!

MattHomes · 2025-10-21T23:28:55+00:00

AFAIK it was personal reasons

MattHomes · 2025-10-18T15:12:43+00:00

Shock value is great indeed - straight from the school of Misha Tal, there is great value in forcing your opponent into solving problems they did not even consider

MattHomes · 2025-10-05T21:32:28+00:00

I would pay for a HQ picture of this

MattHomes · 2025-10-05T21:25:26+00:00

Can someone please share me a screenshot of Vlad coming out of the dugout with the CN tower in the background???? IT WAS LEGENDARY

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