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September 5

Were there any NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL/MLS players who only ever played in those league behind closed doors?

Due to the pandemic, the US's five main sports leagues played most or almost all games behind closed doors in 2020. Fans were allowed back into games starting in late 2020/early 2021 or so. However, during that time when fans were not allowed to attend games, were there any players who only played in those leagues then, and have yet to play a game in said leagues after audiences were allowed again? For example, were there any players who have only ever played in the NBA during the NBA bubble, any players who only ever played in the MLS during the MLS is Back tournament, or players in those other leagues who only ever played during their respective bubbles or closed door games and have not experienced playing in front of an audience? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:04, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Narutolovehinata5, why would that be of any encyclopedic interest? The framing of your question acknowledges that these people played in fully professional games. Why should we care whether or not the stands were filled, except in articles specifically about the impact of COVID-19 on professional sports? Cullen328 (talk) 06:12, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I was just curious if such cases existed. It was a bit of a shower thought I had earlier, I never intended it to be a full-fledged article or anything like that. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:16, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure there are such players. For MLB for example, you can look at this table, which lists all players who made their debut in 2020, and check the "last game" column for anyone whose last game was in 2020 as well (Note that a few names for which the latter column is blank have not played in a game since 2020, but are still considered active players, so they could eventually qualify if they play no further games). These players would all qualify unless one of them was involved in one of the few postseason games played in front of some spectators, either the 2020 National League Championship Series of 2020 World Series. Similar information can be found on sister sites to Baseball-Reference.com, which cover the other sports you mention, although in those cases, figuring out which games were without fans may be less clear-cut and would require further research. It's easy in baseball as not a single regular-season game was played with fans present in 2020. Xuxl (talk) 15:03, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The episode title is gone along with cut

The very first of kamen rider gaim episode shows a footage of corridor mall. Then writes the episode 1 title. And then why it only stayed for 1 2 second? I think the editor was his fault. What the hell for the cutting in tv shows? Whu they are love to show less than 10 second of footage before coming to cut a next scene? One of the most infamous case of episode title gone along with cut was ultraman nexus episode 19. Then why i hate cuts in tv show episode? Because not only distracting but it is very abrupt and disgusting for me. Why in the 21st century editor had so much cut to the point onscreen text cannot fade out at all. The most severe cast is later heisei ultraman shows which is veru irritating and get on the last nerve so fast. Okay this is my understanding for this explanation. Sorry for my using word hell if it profane. 125.164.20.52 (talk) 14:29, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For the confused, see Kamen Rider Gaim. Alansplodge (talk) 17:37, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt anyone here can tell you why an editor made specific cuts, but that is just part of the editing process. You would have to ask the TV company themselves. Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:02, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well, tv shows are often cut for 2 major reasons: 1) time, 2) censorship. While intros and titles would often not have anything that would trigger a censor, they often have long stretches where there is nothing really happening. This makes them prime targets for being cut. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 19:27, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's not even close to true... The process of editing is an important part of the narrative process. Whether any 1 particular viewer agrees with the artistic choices made by an editor, doesn't mean much... Editors are part of the creative process, and merely because something was filmed, doesn't mean it will be included in the final product. Such cuts are not merely because material is cut for time or censorship, not everything filmed (not even CLOSE) makes the final product, and decisions about what, and how, to cut an episode down to the final product shown to a customer is primarily creative process in creating a cohesive final piece of art. --Jayron 32 22:32, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the original poster was asking about editing as part of the creative process. The question appears to me to be about cuts made to already produced media for later showing in other markets. If I am misunderstanding the initial post, then I agree with your point. If, however, I am right about the question I stand by my answer. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 11:20, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly; maybe as you note I have misinterpreted the nature of the question and have parsed it incorrectly. Going by Shantavira's response, I assumed the question was referring to creative editing, but perhaps both of us misinterpreted the nature of the question. Clarification by the OP would be useful. --Jayron 32 14:42, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Two and a Half Men

Hello to all!

I have a simple question: is there someone that can kindly say to me from which episode of Two and a Half Men is this scene?

Many, many and many thanks in advance!!! 151.95.207.99 (talk) 18:10, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Tucked, Taped and Gorgeous" (season 4, episode 22). The scene can be viewed on YouTube here. --Lambiam 19:55, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]