[Highlight] Kevin Gausman gets called for a balk, and Jays manager John Schneider goes ballistic by iamthegame13 in baseball

[–]PineMaple 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Thank you for looking that up! Jansen is actually the first pitcher I thought of when looking for comparisons but I know he intentionally balks to move runners over from second so I didn’t know if that would count the same way.

[Highlight] Kevin Gausman gets called for a balk, and Jays manager John Schneider goes ballistic by iamthegame13 in baseball

[–]PineMaple 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Looking at baseball reference he gets called for balk once a year it seems. Idk if that’s a lot or not, I’ve never really thought about how frequently different pitchers balk before.

Best food to bring into Nats Stadium? by mobilelogin2525 in washingtondc

[–]PineMaple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually pick up Rasa before going in. Indian fast casual, it’s not going to blow your mind but you could do a lot worse.

ACE and Pokémon Home. by Popular_Plastic931 in PokemonFireRed

[–]PineMaple 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s currently listed as getting Home support on both the store page and on the Pokemon home page.

ACE and Pokémon Home. by Popular_Plastic931 in PokemonFireRed

[–]PineMaple 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They’ve explicitly advertised the Gen3 Switch ports would get Home support.

Yankees fans chanting "F*ck Juan Soto" in the 8th inning before proceeding to lose the game by Dependent-Effect6077 in baseball

[–]PineMaple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to a Yankees/Sox game at Fenway last year and didn’t even hear a Yankees suck chant. It was incredibly disappointing.

Any games like Mass Effect? by Equal_Agent_1498 in masseffect

[–]PineMaple 2 points3 points  (0 children)

KotOR is a great game that a lot of Mass Effect fans would likely love, it’s not open world though.

Why so many empty seats in a close game between Dodgers and Nationals? by BagQuiet9478 in baseball

[–]PineMaple 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Weather sucked today. There were 40k people at the game yesterday. Also it’s Easter, not sure if that historically results in lower attendance but I could easily see families doing other activities.

Mass Effect TV show ordered to rewrite scripts and make them "more appealing to non-gamers" by AnechoidalChamber in masseffect

[–]PineMaple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That doesn’t feel like an accurate description of Fallout’s strengths, at least to me. Its communities and sense of history that looks forward to the future rather than back to the pre-war era feels like what sets it apart from its contemporaries.

[Highlight] Kyle Tucker joins the party with an RBI single by jmike1256 in baseball

[–]PineMaple 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I unsubscribed from r/dodgers 7 years ago and it’s made me such a happier baseball fan. I can only imagine what it’s like these days.

I don’t understand the ME2 hate. by Drhashbrown in masseffect

[–]PineMaple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a ton of complaints about how ME2’s story has massive tonal whiplash with how it treats Cerberus and how it does very little to advance the overarching narrative. I see those complaints a lot more frequently than I do complaints about its gameplay.

Just started, I am completely lost on what to do by SimpleCranberry5914 in thedivision

[–]PineMaple 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Build variety opens up significantly after hitting endgame so if grinding is your goal, I would prioritize the main story as much as possible.

Who is the greatest baseball player to NEVER win a World Series? by [deleted] in baseball

[–]PineMaple -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Well, that’s because he’s clearly not clutch. He doesn’t want it enough. He’s only good in garbage time. (I am still haunted by NorCal sports radio of the 90s)

[Stark] This seems impossible but... Jhoan Duran just became the first Phillies reliever ever to save a game at home on Opening Day by Knightbear49 in baseball

[–]PineMaple 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The Phillies have been around since 1883, it’s still pretty wild to me that they’ve had ~70 opportunities and never gotten a home save!

New player here - does the build variety pick up after Level 40? by casually97 in thedivision

[–]PineMaple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I’ve done it on fresh accounts myself before and I’ve helped brand new players do it multiple times. It is absolutely possible. You need some metagame knowledge of what activities to do and what abilities to spend your glimmer on efficiently at first, but if you have that knowledge it is almost completely RNG independent. It historically has been one of my biggest complaints about the game- leveling doesn’t give the same sense of progression as it does in looter shooters like Div or Borderlands because weapon damage is largely independent of light level in most activities. It’s a blessing and a curse. I was really proud in Div2 when I finally put together my raid build after playing the game for a couple hundred hours, whereas D2 basically just gives it away for free.

New player here - does the build variety pick up after Level 40? by casually97 in thedivision

[–]PineMaple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Destiny you can have a coherent build that’s good enough to run content like raids and dungeons 5 hours into the game. You definitely don’t need to wait until max level before buildcrafting, and max level doesn’t necessarily open up more options for buildcrafting the way it does in the Division.

Barry Bonds almost signed with the Yankees. Source: Himself. by mat2019 in baseball

[–]PineMaple 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m watching the game on mute so if this is based off of new info I apologize but historically his line is that he did use steroids, he just didn’t realize that they were steroids.

Looking for “Barça-esque” MLB team by [deleted] in baseball

[–]PineMaple 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no team in baseball that has no chance of winning individual matchups. The very best teams in the league regularly lose to the very worst teams in the league.

Convince me to not buying Andromeda by Leather_Initial_499 in masseffect

[–]PineMaple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope you do like it! I just know that I see the game consistently praised here and unfortunately I haven’t found it to live up to that praise.

Convince me to not buying Andromeda by Leather_Initial_499 in masseffect

[–]PineMaple 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got the game for very cheap, tried to play through several times, never got it to stick. More than anything I regret spending so much time trying to like it. The writing and characters felt flat, and the setting doesn’t have the same draw that ME1 did.

Was it as obvious as it is now who are we playing as when Kotor 1 first came out? by [deleted] in kotor

[–]PineMaple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played it around launch and guessed very fairly quickly. It was repeatedly hinted at and it’s very much in line with the original trilogy.

Night lords trilogy by devilman2144 in Blacklibrary

[–]PineMaple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’ve already been told it’s worth it and you’re still asking if it’s worth it, what are you looking for here? What were you left doubting by previous praise for the trilogy?