# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=256 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 257 --- ## [Baseball - 3 pickoffs in one inning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-3-pickoffs-in-one-inning/685560)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-3-pickoffs-in-one-inning/685560 "2014-04-07T18:50:22Z")
In 1983, Orioles’ reliever Tippy Martinez picked three Toronto Blue Jays off first base in one inning. Does anyone know if this was ever done before or has been done since in the major leagues? --- ## [What do you think of this variation on Scrabble: Shared rack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-variation-on-scrabble-shared-rack/685523)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-variation-on-scrabble-shared-rack/685523 "2014-04-07T18:33:54Z")
One thing about Scrabble is that it is very heavily determined by which letters each player gets. Of course, over the long term, things should even out and the better player will win a higher number of games, but in the… --- ## [Leland Yee arrested for corruption, arms dealing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leland-yee-arrested-for-corruption-arms-dealing/684710)
**Author:** [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leland-yee-arrested-for-corruption-arms-dealing/684710 "2014-04-07T07:49:01Z")
If you like a nice cup of irony with your schadenfreude pie, here’s a story for you: Leland Yee, the California legislator behind the anti-violent video game law that was eventually struck down in Brown vs. EMA\*, has be… --- ## [Space Engineers: Now w/ Survival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-engineers-now-w-survival/684296)
**Author:** [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-engineers-now-w-survival/684296 "2014-04-06T19:38:45Z")
So they released survival mode in SE. I watched a bunch of videos on SE about a month or two ago and bought it on Steam to play around with creative. I didn’t think that what they had to offer at the time was worth $15… --- ## [2014 SDMB March Madness Tournament Pool: The Sequel (on ESPN)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool-the-sequel-on-espn/684030)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-sdmb-march-madness-tournament-pool-the-sequel-on-espn/684030 "2014-04-06T17:37:59Z")
Since enough people, including myself, grumbled about the intrusiveness of the signup process for the Yahoo! tournament pool, I’ve opened a new group on ESPN. To avoid confusion I am asking the mods to lock the previous … --- ## [First Names Only, Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-only-please/684982)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-only-please/684982 "2014-04-06T03:52:51Z")
Everybody knows John, Paul, George and Ringo are the Beatles. How many of these these groups do you know by their first names only? Please feel free to add your own; be aware that not all of these may refer to musical … --- ## [Board Games, revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-revisited/679955)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-revisited/679955 "2014-04-05T22:47:22Z")
in the Bricker household, we enjoy an occasional game night – we play Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, and just recently got a game called “Five Second Rule,” which has the advantage of being a very quick set-up and te… --- ## [How do you play this puzzle game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-play-this-puzzle-game/684247)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-play-this-puzzle-game/684247 "2014-04-05T16:16:44Z")
This game has been making the rounds but I don’t understand the rules or what the objective is. The instructions say So I press some arrow keys and tiles move around and sometimes double in value, in an apparently non-… --- ## [So Why are my favorite N.Y. celebs Mets fans, not Yankees fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-are-my-favorite-n-y-celebs-mets-fans-not-yankees-fans/684925)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-are-my-favorite-n-y-celebs-mets-fans-not-yankees-fans/684925 "2014-04-05T03:57:02Z")
Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, etc. I recall an episode if the short-lived “Brooklyn Bridge” series depicting Brooklyn Dodgers fans as our downtrodden heroes and New York Giants fans as bullies. What is the current publi… --- ## [Mrs Hudson's teatime gathering - Mafia penut gallery \[No Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-hudsons-teatime-gathering-mafia-penut-gallery-no-spoilers/681219)
**Author:** [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-hudsons-teatime-gathering-mafia-penut-gallery-no-spoilers/681219 "2014-04-05T01:22:04Z")
NO SPOILERS - NO LIVING ACTIVE PLAYERS! With Storyteller’s permission I am starting the peanut gallery thread. This is for observers to pass comment on the game, ask questions, discuss the game mechanics, make wild arse… --- ## [Something inspired: SDMB Poker Q1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768)
**Author:** [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768 "2014-04-04T03:07:19Z")
They told me the title had to be something inspired. Stolen from Robot Arm’s post in the last quarter’s thread… New players are welcome. We’re a friendly and social group; we play the game seriously, but not cutthroat.… --- ## [Logo similarities - Lakers and Clippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logo-similarities-lakers-and-clippers/684961)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logo-similarities-lakers-and-clippers/684961 "2014-04-04T02:27:21Z")
I am not sure if this is a GQ or not, so if it needs to be moved, mods feel free. I put it here because it would get more people with sports knowledge to look at it, but it may be a trademark infringement (or some other… --- ## [Which of these old-styles of sports play do you miss most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-old-styles-of-sports-play-do-you-miss-most/685017)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-old-styles-of-sports-play-do-you-miss-most/685017 "2014-04-03T19:59:43Z")
I remember growing up some tactics used in sports that I just don’t see anymore. I don’t know if it’s just a change in sports mentality (like how 2nd base plays a lot cloer to 2nd than they used to), lack of coaching fu… --- ## [soduko](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soduko/685203)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soduko/685203 "2014-04-03T14:17:32Z")
I usually play a couple of games of soduko each night. I play the medium hard and play a relaxed game. I notice my times are always in the bottom 30% to 40%. What I am curious about is if the speed rating for a game is … --- ## [Dragon Age: Inquisition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition/665518)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dragon-age-inquisition/665518 "2014-04-03T02:56:25Z")
Soooo… It looks like they are actually listening to us!!! Bioware just confirmed: Multiple player races for your character! Yay! Something that was available in the very first DA is finally back. Mounts! Hmmm, in… --- ## [Title IX (Equality of Men's and Women's Sports Opportunities in Education)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-ix-equality-of-mens-and-womens-sports-opportunities-in-education/685093)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-ix-equality-of-mens-and-womens-sports-opportunities-in-education/685093 "2014-04-02T17:14:27Z")
There is a current thread touching on Title IX titled “Baseball bleachers torn down after ruling that girls softball team’s seats must be equal” To refresh your memory: Title IX is a portion of the Education Amendment… --- ## [The next Assassin's Creed location has been announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-assassins-creed-location-has-been-announced/684395)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-assassins-creed-location-has-been-announced/684395 "2014-04-02T14:59:14Z")
And it seems as if they’ve heard my pleas. The next game will take place in Revolutionary France. I wasn’t too enamored with the setting for the last two games, so much so that I didn’t play them, but I had been hoping … --- ## [Age of Wonders 3 released today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-wonders-3-released-today/685038)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-wonders-3-released-today/685038 "2014-04-01T21:11:03Z")
Anyone buying it? Anyone else looking it over? Any other fans of the franchise? --- ## [Delay policy on MLB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delay-policy-on-mlb/685054)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delay-policy-on-mlb/685054 "2014-04-01T14:55:32Z")
Can anyone explain the delay policy on Major League Baseball. I’m not asking about anything related to local blackouts but the following. If I start watching a game anytime while the game is actually live I can jump bac… --- ## [Minecraft players might want to check out the game today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-players-might-want-to-check-out-the-game-today/685084)
**Author:** [@Quarter\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Lane)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-players-might-want-to-check-out-the-game-today/685084 "2014-04-01T14:54:56Z")
The developers have made some changes to the game’s sound files. I am personally enjoying them. Vast improvement :smiley: . Highlights for me are: Let me know if you find anything else of note. --- ## [Google Maps Pokemon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pokemon/685059)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2014, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pokemon/685059 "2014-04-01T08:15:29Z")
So, if you update your Android or Apple Google Maps today, you’ll get the chance to search the world for Pokemon! It’s only for today, though, by the looks of things. As I mentioned in a different thread, I’ve got nothi… --- ## [Word Game: The primrose path of least resistance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676 "2014-03-31T23:57:32Z")
That’s the basic idea. Play with it as you see fit. --- ## [Checkerboard with checker games on the back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkerboard-with-checker-games-on-the-back/685026)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checkerboard-with-checker-games-on-the-back/685026 "2014-03-31T23:45:35Z")
(I asked this back in 2008, but no one had a good answer.) I had a checkers game, and on the back of the board in an insert), there was a diagram of other checkers games that could be played. Anyone with this kind of bo… --- ## [NBA: Eliminate conferences for playoff seeding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-eliminate-conferences-for-playoff-seeding/685010)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-eliminate-conferences-for-playoff-seeding/685010 "2014-03-31T20:03:56Z")
I’ve been meaning to do a post about how woeful the East is again this year when I saw this article on Yahoo.com. Long story short, among other things, the writer proposes the much discussed change of making playoff see… --- ## [2014 IndyCar Season Starts Today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-indycar-season-starts-today/684897)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-indycar-season-starts-today/684897 "2014-03-31T17:02:27Z")
Anyone interested? I love IndyCar - it hits just the right spot for me between NASCAR and Formula 1. Tidbits for this season - Simona de Silvestro has ditched IndyCar for Formula 1. Boo! I really liked her, and sh… --- ## [Major League Baseball 2014: Spring Training edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-2014-spring-training-edition/683427)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-2014-spring-training-edition/683427 "2014-03-31T15:18:30Z")
“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Roger Hornsby We’re in the thick of Spring Training, where we really learn nothing a… --- ## [Vague Movie and TV Trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vague-movie-and-tv-trivia/684847)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vague-movie-and-tv-trivia/684847 "2014-03-31T06:12:41Z")
Don’t mention the name of the movie or show you are posting a question about. Why does Brian need a fake ID? Who played Burt Reynolds’ character’s son on TV? --- ## [Pro sports serving in military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-sports-serving-in-military/684767)
**Author:** [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-sports-serving-in-military/684767 "2014-03-31T04:17:40Z")
Was Ted Williams the most outstanding ‘soldier’ of all the pro sport figures of the 20th and 21st century? Blier? what think you? --- ## [EQNext/EQNext landmark ... thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eqnext-eqnext-landmark-thoughts/682409)
**Author:** [@Oliveritaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oliveritaly)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eqnext-eqnext-landmark-thoughts/682409 "2014-03-31T01:48:25Z")
Haven’t seen a thread on this and was wondering if anyone is excited at all about the upcoming release of EQNext? There are really two games, the yet unreleased EQNext and the (currently) in Alpha testing EQNext Landmark… --- ## [Playing in a fantasy HR league; any advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-in-a-fantasy-hr-league-any-advice/684930)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-in-a-fantasy-hr-league-any-advice/684930 "2014-03-30T23:55:49Z")
I was offered the opportunity to play in some sort of fantasy HR league. The rules are as follows: Select 10 players. They cost 1 point per HR they hit last year, with a minimum cost of 25 points even if they hit fewe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=255) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=257)