"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."Jean-Luc Picard
I'm here because everyone benefits from Wikipedia and I know everyone can contribute. I primarily edit in
STEM (tending towards merging small and stub class articles into suitable larger siblings) but I also try to make any useful clarifications or minor fixes in whatever articles I read.
Bonus fact: My username was inspired by
Los Angeles Dodgers announcer
Charley Steiner's (it may have been
Rick Monday, who knows) description of a
hitter nearly attaining a rare
cycle. That game, the hitter had made a
single,
double, and
home run, but had not yet hit a
triple (which is the least likely outcome of an
at bat which is still positive for the hitter).
Tl;dr - It means "close but no cigar" but for a baseball fan.