# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=124 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 125 --- ## [Tennis Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-question/819353)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-question/819353 "2018-08-11T23:00:02Z")
If player A hits the ball over the net with so much backspin that it bounces back over the net without player B hitting it,and player A fails to return it, the point belongs to player A, is this correct? --- ## [Kickoff, First Pitch, Puck Drop, Tip Off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kickoff-first-pitch-puck-drop-tip-off/819331)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kickoff-first-pitch-puck-drop-tip-off/819331 "2018-08-11T12:16:29Z")
When referring to the start of the baseball game people usually say “The First Pitch is at 7:05”. For football, “Kickoff is at 1:05”. I usually hear Puck Drop for hockey and Tip Off for basketball. I have no idea what yo… --- ## [RIP Stan Mikita](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-mikita/819322)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-mikita/819322 "2018-08-10T03:28:23Z")
Party on, Stan, party on. :frowning: --- ## [Pandemic - sample game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-sample-game/818867)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-sample-game/818867 "2018-08-10T01:21:43Z")
I enjoy the board game Pandemic (2-4 players; takes 45 minutes; easy to learn but tricky to play; best of all a co-operative game!) I was thinking of posting a sample game here - any interest? --- ## [Q about baseball pitching from a cricket fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-baseball-pitching-from-a-cricket-fan/819051)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-baseball-pitching-from-a-cricket-fan/819051 "2018-08-09T19:34:48Z")
Seeing the baseball threads here while listening to the England India cricket match has got me wondering about how pitchers go looking for outs. (Check me out with the terminology.) So in cricket, there are four major w… --- ## [NASCAR CEO arrested for DUI and drug possession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-ceo-arrested-for-dui-and-drug-possession/819181)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-ceo-arrested-for-dui-and-drug-possession/819181 "2018-08-09T15:44:36Z")
Not the brightest thing he’s done. And, naturally, he pulled the, “Do you know who I am?” trick. https://www.google.com/amp/amp.tmz.com/2018/08/06/brian-france-nascar-ceo-arrested-dui --- ## [PS4: Looking for choice driven games like Walking Dead (Telltale) or Until Dawn.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-looking-for-choice-driven-games-like-walking-dead-telltale-or-until-dawn/818528)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps4-looking-for-choice-driven-games-like-walking-dead-telltale-or-until-dawn/818528 "2018-08-08T21:52:00Z")
I’ve played all the Walking Dead games from Telltale and I just finished Until Dawn. Would love to play more games like these. I’m not very good at fast paced shooter games so that’s why I tend to gravitate towards thes… --- ## [True/False Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-false-test/819120 "2018-08-08T16:38:15Z")
My Original True/False Testwas left unsolved on the ATMB forum, so I thought I’d see if I’d have better luck in the Game Room. How is your knowledge of trivia? Better than mine, probably. But no matter. Answer each que… --- ## [State of Decay 1 and 2 for Xbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-decay-1-and-2-for-xbox/818996)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-decay-1-and-2-for-xbox/818996 "2018-08-08T14:59:36Z")
Just curious if anyone else was or is playing these games. I got State of Decay 2 and I have been playing it for a while. I enjoy a lot of the changes (more open world) but I think the zombies are less “horde”-y. --- ## [Clark Kent beats Phelp's 100m butterfly record.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clark-kent-beats-phelps-100m-butterfly-record/819000)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clark-kent-beats-phelps-100m-butterfly-record/819000 "2018-08-08T12:21:51Z")
Clark is only ten years old. We’ll probably see him at the 2024 games. Unless puberty sidetracks his training. :wink: The reporters failed to note that Phelps was 10 when that record was set 23 years ago. He’s 33 now. … --- ## [Why does every Aussie Footy game seem like a blowout???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-aussie-footy-game-seem-like-a-blowout/814450)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-aussie-footy-game-seem-like-a-blowout/814450 "2018-08-06T05:39:15Z")
Love the AFL but over the past 2 seasons it seems like almost every game I see of FoxSports2 is an embarrassingly one sided match. Is this the new norm or are American audiences only being fed the worst games? I’m posti… --- ## [Do You Support A Team That Hasn't Won A Championship Since You've Been Following Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-support-a-team-that-hasnt-won-a-championship-since-youve-been-following-them/818393)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-support-a-team-that-hasnt-won-a-championship-since-youve-been-following-them/818393 "2018-08-04T05:59:59Z")
I’m a Cubs fan, so I know what it’s like to have a team that had never won a championship since I’d been following them. Those days are over now, of course. And my Bears won the Super Bowl when I was a teenager. All tha… --- ## [MLB: July 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2018/817105)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2018/817105 "2018-08-02T02:02:53Z")
Well, the calendar has turned yet again and now it is July. An important month as we head toward the trade deadline and teams need to decide if they’re buyers or sellers. And, of course, endless ESPN hype over the boring… --- ## [MLB: what purpose is the trade deadline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-what-purpose-is-the-trade-deadline/818853)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-what-purpose-is-the-trade-deadline/818853 "2018-08-01T13:17:16Z")
Trades are done after a “deadline”. What is the point? --- ## [Teams staying at hotels before games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teams-staying-at-hotels-before-games/818469)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teams-staying-at-hotels-before-games/818469 "2018-08-01T02:23:30Z")
Couple of questions: Apparently, many home teams will stay at a hotel before the home game - why don’t the players just stay at home and sleep in their own beds? Also some teams will pack up immediately after a road ga… --- ## [Economics of Shohei Otani playing in AL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economics-of-shohei-otani-playing-in-al/818815)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economics-of-shohei-otani-playing-in-al/818815 "2018-07-31T18:38:01Z")
So I went to an Angels game this weekend. I am not by any means a follower of baseball, so I had not heard of Shohei Otani until the game. It seems to me that a player who is good enough to pitch and be DH is leaving a … --- ## [Why no "height classes" in basketball the same way we have weight classes is fighting sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-height-classes-in-basketball-the-same-way-we-have-weight-classes-is-fighting-sports/818793)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-height-classes-in-basketball-the-same-way-we-have-weight-classes-is-fighting-sports/818793 "2018-07-31T15:57:38Z")
Almost every single fighting & strength based sport is separated into different weight classes with people only competing within their class. This allows people with all different sorts of body shapes to train and compet… --- ## [Hardest Hole-In-One on PGA Tour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardest-hole-in-one-on-pga-tour/818828)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardest-hole-in-one-on-pga-tour/818828 "2018-07-31T14:32:43Z")
What is the most difficult “hole-in-one” on the PGA Tour? Please limit your responses to holes where at least one hole-in-one has been made by a professional golfer during the Tour. --- ## [I'm thinking of two former MLB HOF managers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-two-former-mlb-hof-managers/818854)
**Author:** [@ScarletNinny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScarletNinny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-two-former-mlb-hof-managers/818854 "2018-07-31T12:59:51Z")
They have the same last name. They managed in the same division at the same time. One manager played for the other manager’s team during his career. --- ## [Unwritten rules of baseball that you don't get](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwritten-rules-of-baseball-that-you-dont-get/818795)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwritten-rules-of-baseball-that-you-dont-get/818795 "2018-07-31T04:52:17Z")
Here’s two that I have heard over and over again and no matter how hard I try to figure it out, don’t know why. And this is from a guy that THINKS he knows a little about baseball! You don’t use your closer on road ga… --- ## [2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rugby-world-cup-sevens/818299)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rugby-world-cup-sevens/818299 "2018-07-30T14:00:05Z")
Is on right now in San Francisco. Unusually the men and women are playing concurrently. And its straight single elimination over the next two days. The womenhave already played their round of sixteen, with some big team… --- ## [Aggravating Chinese Chess Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggravating-chinese-chess-problem/818798)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggravating-chinese-chess-problem/818798 "2018-07-30T08:08:07Z")
Well, a few of my friends and I here in China have been trying to get the solution to problem #51 on WeChat’s Chinese Chess “mini-program”. The aggravating part of it is that when we finally gave up on solving it ourselv… --- ## [Aggravating Chinese Chess Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggravating-chinese-chess-problem/818797)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggravating-chinese-chess-problem/818797 "2018-07-30T08:05:45Z")
Well, a few of my friends and I here in China have been trying to get the solution to problem #51 on WeChat’s Chinese Chess “mini-program”. The aggravating part of it is that when we finally gave up on solving it ourselv… --- ## [Jim Thome: Godfather of Modern Baseball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-thome-godfather-of-modern-baseball/818745)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-thome-godfather-of-modern-baseball/818745 "2018-07-30T00:10:38Z")
An interesting viewpoint on Jim Thome. Some pretty amazing stats. How is he not in the Hall already? :smack: --- ## [Nintendo Labo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-labo/806867)
**Author:** [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-labo/806867 "2018-07-29T22:35:17Z")
So, Nintendo just announced this new Labo project for the Switch. It’s cardboard building kits that you interact with through the Switch in various ways. I’m not sure I describe it well, so I’ll just post the 3-minute vi… --- ## [Tour de France 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2018/817792)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2018/817792 "2018-07-29T21:46:18Z")
I’m so out of it that I didn’t even realize it has started (there is usually a thread, did I miss it?). 6 stages have finished. If I’m reading it right it is a close race so far (#32 is 16 seconds behind) Anyone follow… --- ## [Baseball Position Number Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-position-number-question/818730)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-position-number-question/818730 "2018-07-28T17:54:44Z")
Across the infield the position numbers are 3 (1st), 4 (2nd), 6 (SS) and 5 (3rd). Why are the SS and 3rd numbers out of order? Shouldn’t the SS be #5 and 3rd be #6? --- ## [Fire john mozeliak!!! Now!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-john-mozeliak-now/818714)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-john-mozeliak-now/818714 "2018-07-28T16:02:59Z")
If you’re going to fire Mike Matheny, then do us a favor and be done with that arrogant, pencil-neck, bow-tie wearing arrogant schmuck who caused half the problems that Matheny was blamed for. Dexter Fowler not getting … --- ## [Mishandling the Dallas Mavericks problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mishandling-the-dallas-mavericks-problem/818632)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mishandling-the-dallas-mavericks-problem/818632 "2018-07-27T16:18:18Z")
I don’t know if this has been discussed before. I don’t follow basketball and I’m just hearing about this. Apparently the Dallas Mavericks have had a big problem with sexual harassment. Former CEO Terdema Ussery was at … --- ## [Best Arcade in Southern California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-arcade-in-southern-california/818665)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-arcade-in-southern-california/818665 "2018-07-27T11:30:20Z")
Just realized I lived in LA my entire life but never knew of a good arcade that wasn’t a chain place like Dave and Busters or Chuck E Cheese. So what’s the best arcade in Los Angeles (or even San Diego)? Looking for a p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=125)