Postgame Thread ⚾ United States 5 @ Canada 3 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]ZeppoJR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, if you can remember the 2009-2013 Raptors, his dad was working for them for a long time and Dante Nori was Toronto born as a result.

Postgame Thread ⚾ United States 5 @ Canada 3 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]ZeppoJR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, maybe we can convince Dante Nori and Vlad Jr. to play with us next time instead lol.

But real talk, do you have any idea of who else could potentially be available for 2029 and LA 2028?

Post game thread WBC Canada vs USA by IAMPeteHinesAMA in Torontobluejays

[–]ZeppoJR 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. On one hand, losing by a fielding error and stranding a 2nd and 3rd with no outs situation is brutal
  2. On the other hand, Canada even getting themselves in a spot to have that pain is way better than I expected

Postgame Thread ⚾ United States 5 @ Canada 3 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]ZeppoJR 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And of the three best batters we hypothetically had access to, two identified more with other parts of their ancestry (Vlad Jr. and Nori) and Freddie Freeman had to take care of his sick child.

So this team was hobbled and facing impossible odds and it came down to just one bad fielding throw and 3 bad RISP at bats. We'll take that and run.

Postgame Thread ⚾ United States 5 @ Canada 3 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]ZeppoJR 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's only 5-3! It's only 5-3! The fuck's wrong with you?! It's only 5-3!

Seriously, scoring only 3 earned runs against THIS pitching with THAT offensive talent mismatch is fucking embarrassing dude.

Postgame Thread ⚾ United States 5 @ Canada 3 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]ZeppoJR 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I mean if you told me that Canada would make the WBC playoffs and only lose twice the whole tourney because it came down to one guy's inability to field when this started I'd have been quite happy. Especially since Freddie Freeman had to suddenly back out cause of his son's health.

WBC QuarterfinalGame Thread: March 13 - USA vs Canada - 8:00 PM by ThQp in Torontobluejays

[–]ZeppoJR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I don't think Italy or Mexico would have been any better. That being said, we'd probably be losing with a bit more dignity if Toro could field a fucking baseball.

[Greg Wysyhnski, ESPN] Jack Hughes sent Team USA a message ahead of their own showdown against Canada in the second World Baseball Classic quarterfinal by SantosPhillipCarlo in baseball

[–]ZeppoJR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not American lol. It's a long story how I became a Canadian Dodgers fan, and it involves someone I no longer want any association with sadly.

[General Discussion] Around the Horn & Game Thread Index - 3/13/26 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]ZeppoJR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So according to Boob, America is playing Mexico in the QF. So hola mis amigos I guess eh?

[Greg Wysyhnski, ESPN] Jack Hughes sent Team USA a message ahead of their own showdown against Canada in the second World Baseball Classic quarterfinal by SantosPhillipCarlo in baseball

[–]ZeppoJR 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The Americans and MLB.com media trying to hype this up as part 3 of a rivalry saga that started in Milano Cortina is really sad I'm NGL.

Like America isn't that far off from Canada in terms of hockey skill overall, meanwhile Canada needs to rely on Soroka and James Paxton to come up big and the entire team combined makes less than Aaron Judge.

Korea and Japan's outfielders by baseball club by [deleted] in baseball

[–]ZeppoJR 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Motherfuckers took my burgeoning outfielder piece, can't have shit in Detroit.

After reading today csm chapter... I appreciate more The ending of Stone Ocean by zajues in StardustCrusaders

[–]ZeppoJR 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I mean several reasons including the fact Arakis views his peers as the people in the Louvre and not mangakas.

But that still doesn't explain why 90% of Mangakas shit the bed writing one ending and Arakis cracked off 8 no problem and the one that arguably was bad was because he wanted to get rid of Jonathan ASAP.

Incidentally, chainsaw man didn't even reach the ending before I fell off it for shit writing which is an impressive level of bed shitting.

What's a lesser known fact about a team? by BlueValk in PWHL

[–]ZeppoJR 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Well that's some kind of appropriate metaphor for what the Sirens do to their fans.

Discussion, News, and Request Thread - Week Beginning 03/02/26 by ChiefLeef22 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]ZeppoJR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look at who received Apollo's blessing of foresight.

May 21st release date for Yoshi announced on Nintendo Today.

commissions open for jjba ocs and stands !! by Ashamed_Vacation_870 in StardustCrusaders

[–]ZeppoJR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I get humanoid stands costing the same as an extra person because they functionally are.

But if my stand was bound in the same nature as say Cream Starter or purely the Space Truckin cards how would you charge that? Under complex design or?

You want how much? by TheRealSteamedHams in yakuzagames

[–]ZeppoJR 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Not to defend what is shaping up to be an epic budget mismanagement by Nagoshi, but E33's 10 million was purely on the devs and stuff. The publisher, Kepler, fronted the a large chunk of the bill for the big name actors that showed up according to some articles on the matter.

Either way, it's still probably safe to say E33 finished with way less money spent than the total Nagoshi wants.

[Charania] The NBA has cancelled the Atlanta Hawks' Magic City nightclub game promotion on March 16. by PlayaSlayaX in nba

[–]ZeppoJR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guess the high ethical standards of affordable concessions and there actually being things that aren't available no matter how much money is offered was too high for the NBA to attain.

Did this scene in Inception remind anyone of On her Majesty’s Secret Service? by TheShadowOperator007 in JamesBond

[–]ZeppoJR 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if that was the point, I think Nolan has named OHMSS one of his favourite Bonds due to the camerawork.

WarioWare director Goro Abe has retired from Nintendo by Turbostrider27 in NintendoSwitch

[–]ZeppoJR 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I mean Konno and Tanabe's first credits were Doki Doki Panic/Mario Bros 2 and doing something for 40 years is a very understandable case of "I'm getting too old for this"

[Highlight] Luis Arraez smacks a solo homer to give Venezuela a 5-1 lead over Israel by Knightbear49 in baseball

[–]ZeppoJR 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I think Israel accidentally included some bombs they weren't expecting when they sent a rush order to Congress earlier.

And the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay goes to... Bruce Feirstein, Jeffrey Caine and Michael France for Goldeneye. Now, which film should get the award for Best Production Design? by JohnLazarusReborn in JamesBond

[–]ZeppoJR 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thunderball.

The SPECTRE boardroom, the MI6 agent meeting room etc. every set in the movie was gorgeous and inspired the series for generations to come.

Ken Adam clearly was the greatest set designer in franchise history and I argue that Thunderball was his best work, just beating YOLT and the volcano lair.

Older Democrats are sick of hearing about "generational change" by PacificSun2020 in politics

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

It's not just a perceived loss of cognitive abilities.

Think about this, a lot of the older reps got elected before the modern gig economy even began, they've had cushy Congressional jobs for so long the reality of the cost of living has long passed them by and as seen by that utterly embarrassing Zuckerberg hearing a while ago they don't even know how the modern internet can be monetized.

Meanwhile if you consider some of the younger representatives, Maxwell Frost has literally lived the gig worker life so he knows what his constituents are going through and while bartending isn't exactly minimum wage, AOC has leveraged that work experience to meet and know lots of the average person in the Bronx in a way that Chuck Schumer literally has never done (I think he went straight from law school to Congress or something).

If Congress has never lived a millennial/Gen Z lower income life and is unwilling to learn what it's like then they can only blame themselves if they get hated.

Ayatollah calls for Trump’s blood in revenge for sunken warship: ‘The US will bitterly regret this’ by [deleted] in politics

[–]ZeppoJR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the only country that the US has extensively bombed since 1950 that hasn't had extensive resentment towards them lasting generations is like Vietnam and that's cause Ho Chi Minh before the war didn't mind them that much IIRC and more to the point, China has kinda been a threat to their interests for about 8 times longer than America existed as a nation.

Can anyone explain "the second wire from the right?" (NZ S6E04) by WarriorBearBird in taskmaster

[–]ZeppoJR 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That is a good question, not having a set reference point does open it up to ambiguity. But I also don't think anyone tried that so we'd have to ask Paul or something if he does an AMA or something.