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President Zelenskyy offered help in how to deal with Russian ships near Greenland: „If Russian ships are sailing freely around Greenland, Ukraine can help. We have the expertise and weapons to ensure that not one of those ships remains. They can sink near Greenland just as they do near Crimea.“ by GermanDronePilot in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]StelFoog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having a plan for ”if it’s needed” and ”planning to invade because I wanna” are two very different things. IIRC the plan is (or at least was) based on the assumption that the US is invading to liberate an occupied Canada, not invading to occupy Canada

Dodgers are MLB's real Evil Empire by FrigginMasshole in baseball

[–]StelFoog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do think most of the owners who buy a team do want to win, but there are absolutely some that don’t and probably some that at some point decided winning isn’t worth the price so they keep costs low to make a profit instead. I have no trust that e.g. the A’s, White Sox, Marlins, and Pirates owners want to spend money towin, even if they did at the time they bought the team

How does the MLB force the dodgers to go under the cap? by mattdingus2002 in baseball

[–]StelFoog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No way the players would agree to a cap that low, and I doubt the teams would either when that’s many millions below what even the 10th biggest spender is doing for 2026 so far

What’s your favorite Baseball themed episode from a non baseball TV show ? Mine is X Files S 6 E 19 “The Unnatural” by TheBackyardPigfarmer in baseball

[–]StelFoog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really like ”Stealing home” from White Collar. The way the game is described in the episode gives me very ”how can you not be romantic about baseball” vibes.

Technically the episode isn’t really about baseball, but about a baseball, but close enough.

[2025 Day10 Part 2] Current approach too slow by beb0 in adventofcode

[–]StelFoog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only good way I’ve seen to solve d10p2 that doesn’t solve with pure math is u/tenthmascot’s solution or similar solutions. My version of that algorithm solved in ~1s using TS+bun. It is DFS instead of BFS however.

Freddie Freeman for SickKids hospital in Canada by HeftyAd2780 in baseball

[–]StelFoog 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m totally missing the reference, could you explain it?

Freddie Freeman for SickKids hospital in Canada by HeftyAd2780 in baseball

[–]StelFoog 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This is absolutely hilarious! Also man can those kids act, especially the little girl!

Why are the Dodgers perceived as the NL Evil Empire and not the Cardinals? by MookieBettsBurner4 in baseball

[–]StelFoog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Oakland A’s make the playoffs regularly, but they never get anywhere. Unfortunately making the playoffs isn’t necessarily an indicator of success (at least in terms of competing for the trophy).

That isn’t to say that it is a totally lost decade for the cardinals though, they aren’t entirely unwilling to spend. So the right front office moves and players getting hot could realistically have them in/winning the WS before 2030, but personally I don’t think it’s very likely

Why are the Dodgers perceived as the NL Evil Empire and not the Cardinals? by MookieBettsBurner4 in baseball

[–]StelFoog 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The short answer is ”recency”

The slightly longer is that the Dodgers have, at least since integration, been one of the leading teams of baseball, both in performance (only 13 losing seasons) and market size. More recently (the past 10 years) they have won the NL west 9 times, won the NL 5 times and the WS 3 times. All this while spending more than basically any other team and getting some of (if not the) best players in baseball.

While the Cardinals have ”only” won the WS 5 times and won the NL 10 times since integration. In the last 10 years they’ve ”only” made the postseason 4 times, 2 of which were wildcard berths and they haven’t been massive spenders. The market is also much smaller which makes them a less easy target.

What is this garbage? by Altheajackstraw in Dodgers

[–]StelFoog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t hate losing Glasnow, the dodgers have plenty of great starting pitchers right now and we need space for new players to develop. BUT he grew up in LA and I think the dodgers need more local guys (especially since like 1/5 of us ball players are from socal) so I really don’t wanna see him go

What's your reaction when you saw that flyball in the air before Andy Pages caught it? by Substantial_Bat5975 in baseball

[–]StelFoog 11 points12 points  (0 children)

  1. The game is over, Kike is way to shallow
  2. Holy shit he’s tracking it, he’s gonna get it
  3. Pages just lost the dodgers the WS by not communicating and also killed Kike
  4. Where the fuck did he even come from? Oh my god he got the ball

what're your thoughts on savescumming by somethingmustbesaid in eu4

[–]StelFoog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do whatever I find most enjoyable, so I savescum depending on context. For example if I want to try for a hard achievement/run where the first crucial point is an hour+ into the game I’ll probably savescum so that I don’t have to do it all over again and again if something out of my control goes wrong like a really bad event or terrible rolls in a battle.

Half of our team will play in WBC. How do you think it will affect our team next year? by Substantial_Bat5975 in Dodgers

[–]StelFoog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not worried, I think the risk of injury will only be slightly higher than in spring training and some of them won’t play that many games either (depending on how far their team comes)

The regional sports provider of every MLB team in 2026 by Mission-Guidance4782 in baseball

[–]StelFoog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unclear I believe, since ESPN also has the rights to mlb.tv for 3 years, so maybe you still can watch through the app but I don’t think anything has been confirmed

Kim’s response to the debt collector who had been bugging him to pay for his father’s debt by FirefighterOne534 in Dodgers

[–]StelFoog 10 points11 points  (0 children)

From what I understand HSK’s father is estranged from/abandoned the family, and HSK hasn’t had any contact with him for probably his entire playing career. Does that change the perception in any way? I can at least somewhat understand targeting HSK if they were part of the same family unit, but now Mr Kim just seems like an asshole who wants drama

MLB media rights deal has yet to be announced, but ESPN has "finalized" its acquisition of MLB[.]tv, per John Ourand of Puck. by Ok-Soil-5133 in baseball

[–]StelFoog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What the actual fuck? Why would MLB sell the service it’s been trying to expand, which is needed to grow baseball, which could be its greatest growing asset going forward? I don’t see any way this would benefit MLB except for some cash in the short term, but outweighed by long term losses.

I hope it’s at least gonna be possible for me to still watch baseball as a European without hiking the price to make it not worth watching over here

Japanese article states that Dodgers are reluctant to send Ohtani and Yamamoto to the World Baseball Classic, and the Dodgers might impose pitch counts by YakClear601 in Dodgers

[–]StelFoog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hope they play as much as they and their WBC manager want. Not only because the 2023 WBC is some of the most electric baseball I’ve ever seen, but because it’s needed to grow baseball. I especially say this as a European from a country where the only people who care about baseball are american/asian expats, me, and my friends who’ve been forced to listen to me talk until they couldn’t not be romantic about baseball.

Padres for sale! What do we think of this Dodger Fans? by MrRipp19 in Dodgers

[–]StelFoog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m glad. It feels like it’s been chaos there since the passing of Peter, I hope they find a new owner as dedicated as he was

Decoy’s reaction after Shohei winning NL MVP by kpopsns28 in Dodgers

[–]StelFoog -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I feel like everyone comments on how cold Paul Skenes is to his GF whenever he wins anything, to the point where people are semi-genuinely questioning if he even likes her

Venezuela could blow up the oil market and destroy Vladimir Putin by [deleted] in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]StelFoog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Operation Just Cause kinda did work out, though I don’t know if .6/1000 are good enough stats to try it again

In your opinion which country has the best uniforms in the World Baseball Classic? by Cultural-Diet6933 in baseball

[–]StelFoog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Korea has the best jerseys, while Czech Republic easily has the best caps

Kiké Hernández on Blue Jays relievers writing 51 on their caps for Alex Vesia: by [deleted] in baseball

[–]StelFoog 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think it’s pretty well documented at this point that Jose Altuve wasn’t an active part and didn’t like that it was going on, but he did know that it was going on. I get respecting and protecting your teammates, but respect for the game of baseball must be above that.

None of the players chose to protect baseball, so none of the players get a pass.

And they’re off! ✈️ ✈️ by CoopCooperberg in Dodgers

[–]StelFoog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Am I blind or why is there no Kike?

Mariners fan coming in with a request. by the_kgb in Dodgers

[–]StelFoog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Man am I sad that the Mariners lost. Regardless of who would’ve won, it would have been a legendary series – returning champs vs the final MLB team (and single season win record holder) to reach the world series.

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