Yankee4Life

I recall when Mvp first came out there was a friendly debate going on in here with people that used KC's Total MLB uniforms and Moser's High Res Road Trip uniforms. Thanks to Mvp Studio I alternated many times.

What this website has never lacked is talented uniform creators and this week two more of these modders take center stage. The first was by someone who created some of the first 2X uniforms seen in here and the other by a guy whose uniforms are still featured today. Moser316 Back at the time when Mvp 2005 first was released we were spoiled in here because we had two guys who were releasing a full MLB uniform set in hi-res 2X style. The first was Kccitystar and the second was, because of the amount of time that has now passed, a lesser known modder to people here now named Moser316. Moser had a series of threads that can still be found today that covered the High-Res Road Trip that he had that detailed the release of each of his team uniforms. Moser only released uniforms for the 2005 season but as everyone well knows a lot of teams have changed uniform styles since then and a lot of these uniforms that he made are considered throwbacks. 2005 Cardinals Uniforms. 2005 Texas Rangers Uniforms. 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Uniforms. 2005 Cincinnati Reds Uniforms. 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates Uniforms. 2005 New York Mets Uniforms. Royal Blues Royal Blues was another guy in here that would post eagerly-awaited uniforms because every so often he would have extensive releases that had multiple uniforms included in one single package, as he liked to call his mods. Two examples of what I mean can be seen below. Royal Blues covered throwback uniforms and minor league teams and some of his work is also featured in the Mvp 12 and 13 mods. Toronto Blue Jays History Pack. (This history pack includes 26 uniforms.) Milwaukee Brewers History Pack. (According to the file description this history pack includes over twenty uniforms.) Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees Uniforms. 1935 Detroit Tigers. 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates Home Uniform. Omaha Royals Pack. Tulsa Drillers Pack.

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Hank Aaron American baseball icon Hank Aaron, nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank," is widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the history of the sport. For nearly 23 years (1954–76), Aaron played as an outfielder for the Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers, setting several records and winning a number of honors along the way. Born Henry Louis Aaron on February 5, 1934, in a poor black section of Mobile, Alabama, called "Down The Bay," Hank Aaron was the third of eight children born to Estella and Herbert Aaron, who made a living as a tavern owner and a dry dock boilermaker's assistant. Aaron developed a strong affinity for baseball and football at a young age, and tended to focus more heavily on sports than his studies. During his freshman and sophomore years, he attended Central High School, a segregated high school in Mobile, where he excelled at both football and baseball. On the baseball diamond, he played shortstop and third base. In his junior year, Aaron transferred to the Josephine Allen Institute, a neighboring private school that had an organized baseball program. Before the end of his first year at Allen, he had more than proved his abilities on the baseball field. Then, perhaps sensing that he had a bigger future ahead of him, in 1951, the 18-year-old Aaron quit school to play for the Negro Baseball League's Indianapolis Clowns. After leading his club to victory in the league's 1952 World Series, in June 1952, Aaron was recruited by the Milwaukee Braves (formerly of Boston and later of Atlanta) for $10,000. The Braves assigned their new player to one of their farm clubs, The Eau Claire Bears. Again, Aaron did not disappoint, earning the esteemed title of "Northern League Rookie of the Year." Hank Aaron made his Major League debut in 1954, at age 20, when a spring training injury to a Braves outfielder created a roster spot for him. Following a respectable first year (he hit .280), Aaron charged through the 1955 season with a blend of power (27 home runs), run production (106 runs batted in), and average (.328) that would come to define his long career. In 1956, after winning the first of two of his batting titles, Aaron registered an unrivaled 1957 season, taking home the National League MVP and nearly nabbing the Triple Crown by hitting 44 homeruns, knocking in another 132, and batting .322. That same year, Aaron demonstrated his ability to come up big when it counted most. His 11th inning home run in late September propelled the Braves to the World Series, where he led underdog Milwaukee to an upset win over the New York Yankees in seven games. Over the next decade and a half, the always-fit Aaron banged out a steady stream of 30 and 40 homerun seasons. In 1973, at the age of 39, Aaron was still a force, clubbing a remarkable 40 homeruns to finish just one run behind Babe Ruth's all-time career mark of 714. In 1974, after tying the Babe on Opening Day in Cincinnati, Aaron came home with his team. On April 15, he banged out his record 715th homerun at 9:07 p.m. in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was a triumph and a relief. The more than 50,000 fans on hand cheered him on as he rounded the bases. There were fireworks and a band, and when he crossed home plate, Aaron's parents were there to greet him. Overall, Aaron finished the 1974 season with 20 home runs. He played two more years, moving back to Milwaukee to finish out his career to play in the same city where he'd started. After retiring as a player, Aaron moved into the Atlanta Braves front office as executive vice-president, where he has been a leading spokesman for minority hiring in baseball. He was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1982. His autobiography, I Had a Hammer, was published in 1990.

Same list but in alphabetical order. Aaron, Hank Adcock, Joe Alexander, Grover Cleveland Aparicio, Luis Appling, Luke Ashburn, Richie Baker, Frank Banks, Ernie Bauer, Hank Beck, Walter "Boom Boom" Beckert, Glenn Bedrosian, Steve Belanger, Mark Bell, James "Cool Papa" Bender, Charles Albert (Chief) Bentley, Jack Berra, Dale Berra, Yogi Bezdeck, Hugo Bithorn, Hiram Black, Joe Blackburne, Lena Blue, Vida Boudreau, Lou Brecheen, Harry "The Cat" Brock, Lou Brown, Mordecai "Three Finger" Browning, Pete Campanella, Roy Canseco, Jose Carrasquel, Alejandro Carew, Rod Carter, Gary Cash, Norm Chambliss, Chris Chandler, Spud Chapman, Ben Cicotte, Eddie Clemente, Roberto Cobb, Ty Cochrane, Mickey Collins, Eddie Combs, Earle Concepcion, Dave Cone, David Conigliaro, Tony Crawford, Sam Creighton, James Crowder, General Dalkowski, Steve Davenport, Jim Dean, Dizzy Dent, Bucky Dickey, Bill Dimaggio, Joe Dressen, Charlie Drysdale, Don Duffy, Hugh "Sir Hugh" Durocher, Leo Ehmke, Howard Erskine, Carl Fain, Ferris Figueroa, Ed Fingers, Rollie Finney, Lou Ford, Whitey Fothergill, Bob Foxx, Jimmie Freehan, Bill Furillo, Carl Gehrig, Lou Gehringer, Charlie Gentile, Jim Gibson, Josh Gomez, Lefty Gray, Pete Gregg, Vean Guidry, Ron Gwynn, Tony Halas, George (Papa Bear) Harrelson, Ken Heilmann, Harry Henrich, Tommy Herman, Babe Herman, Billy Hodges, Gil Holmes, Tommy Horton, Willie Howard, Elston Hoy, William "Dummy" Hoyt, Waite Huggins, Miller Hunt, Ron Jackson, Joseph Jefferson (Shoeless Joe) Jacobson, Baby Doll Jeter, Derek John, Tommy Johnson, Walter Kaline, Al Keller, Charlie Kluszewski, Ted Koenig, Mark Koufax, Sandy Lajoie, Napoleon Lazzeri, Tony Lemon, Bob Lloyd, John Henry "Pop" Lyle, Sparky Mack, Connie Maddux, Greg Manning, Rick Mantle, Mickey Maranville, Rabbit Marichal, Juan Maris, Roger Martin, Billy Mathewson, Christy Mattingly, Don Mays, Carl Mays, Willie Mazeroski, Bill McInnis, Stuffy Medwick, Joe Melillo, Oscar Merkle, Fred Meusel, Bob Millan, Clyde Miller, Bing Moore, Terry Mulcahy, Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mungo, Van Lingle Munson, Thurman Musial, Stan Nomo, Hideo Oh, Sadaharu Oldring, Rube O'Neill, Paul Ott, Mel Page, Joe Peckinpaugh, Roger Pennock, Herb Perry, Gaylord Pipgras, George Pipp, Wally Podres, Johnny Prince, Bob (Pirates announcer contributed by Don Spa.) Randolph, Willie Raschi, Vic Reese, Pee Wee Reiser, Pete Reynolds, Allie Rice, Sam Richard, James Rodney "J.R." Richardson, Bobby Rickey, Wesley Branch Rivera, Mariano Rivers, Mickey Robinson, Frank Robinson, Jackie Roe, Preacher Rucker, Nap Ruffing, Red Ruth, Babe Ryan, Nolan Sanders, Deion Schalk, Ray Schmidt, Mike Schocker, Urban Seaver, Tom Shantz, Bobby Shawkey, Bob Simmons, Al Singleton, Ken Sisler, George Snider, Duke Speaker, Tris Stargell, Willie Stottlemyre, Mel Taylor, Arlas Terry, Bill Tiant, Luis Thomson, Bobby Traynor, Pie Trosky, Hal Valo, Elmer Van Slyke, Andy Vaughan, Arky Vaughn, James "Hippo" Waddell, Rube Wagner, Honus Waitkus, Eddie Wambsganss, Bill Weiss, Walt White, Roy Wilhelm, Hoyt Williams, Bernie Williams, Billy Williams, Ken Williams, Ted Yastrzemski, Carl

Thank you redeck for your contribution to this thread. As you said, more people should know James Creighton's name. This guy was one of the very first stars the game ever had. And do you realize that when he got hurt and died days later the Civil War was still going on? Thanks for the history on him and I have updated his name in the players list that lists every player covered in this thread.

Updated to 10-27 ...This year's post season Alex Rodriguez award for bloated contracts and nothing to show for it goes to Detroit's Prince Fielder, the Tigers 23 million dollar a year first baseman who hit .182 against the Red Sox in the ALCS. As happy as the Tigers were one year ago every time Rodriguez came to the plate against them in the 2011 ALCS that is how thrilled the Red Sox were in this past series every time this guy came up swinging his big stick because it got very little results. Fielder's base running was as bad as his hitting and it is a good thing Detroit isn't paying him to do that. ...There's an old baseball saying that says a good manager is worth five to ten wins a year for a team. Earl Weaver was that kind of manager during the glory years of the Orioles and the same could be said about Jim Leyland of the Detroit Tigers, who retired last Monday at the age of sixty-eight. The first time I heard of him was when he managed the Pirates when they lost in the N.L. Championship series three straight years and even back then he was a class act at all times. ...The Red Sox made the news around here locally last week although to be fair it was only indirectly about them. A Boston fan who made his living as a furniture salesman around here quit his job so he could attend the first game of the World Series. He said that his boss would not give him the week off because he didn't give him enough notice. How can anyone work for an employer that requires something like this to be done? This guy is probably so unreasonable and contemptible that he insists that you call in to work when you are sick and not coming in. When you quit your job like this is one thing in itself but when you make sure you let everyone know what you did is just plain dumb. Good luck finding your next job. ...Meanwhile as this guy went to these lengths to see the game I still have not watched an inning of the World Series yet. ...The worst thing that any team can do this off season that has an open managerial spot is to have Dusty Baker fill it. ...Immediately after the Dodgers lost to the Cardinals in the NLCS they fired Trey Hillman, the man Don Mattingly hand-picked as his bench coach. It was easier to fire Hillman and manufacture a reason for doing so then admit that the Cardinals outplayed them and that Clayton Kershaw picked a terrible time to have his worst outing of the year. ...Not for nothing but why is honey so damned expensive? ...Two soccer fans were arrested by police last week for acting like soccer fans after they threw a smoke bomb out on the field of play and hitting the assistant referee in the back. The official was unhurt and the smoke bomb went off after it bounced off him and hit the ground. The two fans, ages 25 and 47 were released shortly after on bail but not before the police congratulated the both of them on their wonderful aim. ...Every time I hear about something like this happening it makes me think of the old Metropolitan Stadium in Minnesota, torn down all these years now. It was December 28th, 1975 and the Vikings were hosting the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Divisional Playoff game. Now I am sure you have heard that on important dates you can remember where you were and what you were doing. For example most people can recall exactly what they were doing when they first heard of 9-11. I'm the same way and then some because I'm like that with all dates. The Vikings lead throughout the entire game and with less than a minute to play Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, who even though was not Irish himself still had all the luck of the Irish, threw a fifty-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson, who probably caught the ball with his eyes closed as the Cowboys won the game 17 - 14. Now here's the part where it turned memorable. Had Pearson not have caught the ball the Cowboys still would have been in great field position because Minnesota's safety, a man named Nate Wright, who was neither Irish or lucky, was called for pass interference. Everybody in Minnesota got angry at once and they started throwing things out on the field. Among the things thrown was an empty whiskey bottle that hit an official named Armen Terzian right in the noggin and later on had to have quite a few stitches. ...A Chinese couple is facing charges for selling three of their new born babies in order for them to purchase iPhones, computers and designer shoes. You know, the really important stuff. They are facing multiple counts of trafficking of women and children. The wife was allowed to post bail while the husband remains in custody, presumably so he can not fill any more orders. ...Bum Phillips died the other week and I was very sad to hear about it. This guy fascinated me as a kid. He was the head coach of the Houston Oilers and he did not look like any head coach that I ever saw. He used to wear a huge cowboy hat on the sidelines and he dressed like he was a character right out of the TV show Dallas. And with that Texas drawl of his I could've listened to him all day. Phillips is also responsible for giving me some of the worst pain I have ever had in a hospital bed. It was right at the end of the first AFC Championship game the Oilers played against the Pittsburgh Steelers. As soon as the final seconds wound down in the fourth quarter the teams from both sides started walking on the field. Being that it was in Pittsburgh and the home team won, many fans ran out on the field to celebrate. One guy came up from behind Phillips and took his hat and ran off with it and Phillips did this double take before running after the guy that made me laugh so hard that it was hurting me. R.I.P. Bum, and I hope you did get that hat back. ...It's common knowledge that somewhere in Las Vegas you can lay down a bet on anything provided that you can find someone willing to take it. That being said I would love to know the odds on how long they think the Kanye West and Kim Kardashian marriage will last. To put it as tactfully as I can, he already got what he came for. ...During this coming holiday season which by the way is not that far away, CBS is going to air a one hour Christmas special from I Love Lucy that are going to be digitally colorized. It will be airing on December 20th and even though I was never a huge fan of that show I'll probably tune in just because it will be something different to see during the holidays instead of watching The Little Drummer Boy again. To me, the Lucy show was so predictable that it wasn't even funny and if you've ever caught any of these reruns you'll know what I mean. Ricky has a new act for his club...Lucy wants to be a part of the show...Ricky says no...Lucy gets in some kind of disguise to go onstage but Ricky catches her and her plot is foiled again...Lucy cries. Rinse and repeat next week. ...Despite of what has been coming out of the mouths of education officials who are saying that most school campuses are still among the safest places for students, it makes me wonder if this is being said because they really believe it or that they just want to believe it. The more that I hear about what goes on in schools across the country the more I believe these people have no idea what they are talking about. What the hell is with all the violence? How the hell does a twelve-year-old boy get a gun and feel he has to use it on a teacher? I had a gun when I was twelve too. It was a squirt gun. And that fourteen-year-old who murdered that teacher? I'll bet my entire pension that he was thinking with his head here and not the one that he wears his hat on and things got out of control and ended up killing her. We are less than two months away from the one year anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut incident and it seems that not even that senseless tragedy has made any impression on these kids. ...My niece was born in March of 1995 and during the last few months of my sister's pregnancy I tried to convince her that she should have the child home-schooled. It got shot down by everyone that I told it to. The only one that actually listened and considered it was my brother-in-law. To make a long story short, she went to school like any other kid and graduated this past June and fortunately she did not have any circumstances that made her parents worry about her more than they should have. Right after the Newtown matter I called her up to talk to her about it and I reminded her of what I said to her about my niece all those years ago and this time I was surprised to hear her say that if she was starting school now she would have seriously considered having her home-schooled. It made me wonder how many parents out there have thought the same thing and how close they come to doing it every time something like this becomes page one news again? ...If someone would ask me the first three things that come to mind when I hear the word Texas I would say that I am glad I don't live there, that I hate every one of their sports teams and that the people there are absolutely crazy about their high school football. And after I heard about what went on last week after one game I can now add a fourth: that some of those same people are, to put it nicely, out to lunch. On the Monday after the Aledo High School football team beat Western Hills by the score of 91 - 0 the Aledo coach received an e-mail notifying him that a Western Hills parent, who must have took this loss much harder than the kids did, was accusing him and his coaching staff of bullying because of the lopsided score. This anonymous parent was quick to point out that the report he/she filed was not directed at the team because they showed good sportsmanship in their eyes but rather at the coaching staff for not telling them to ease up and not play hard once they knew they had the game won. If anyone who has ever played football would know that if you go out there to play just to play out the clock and tone down your play just a little bit that is when you find yourself getting hurt. Since this was a bullying complaint the school was forced to investigate; not because they wanted to but because it was mandated by the state. If I was associated with the Western Hills school as a coach, player, parent or fan I would try to get the memory of this game behind me as quickly as possible and hope that the next game goes better. Doing this just put more unwanted attention on the team. It's always the parents that take these games too far. Little League parents are just as bad with mothers and fathers doing their best Billy Martin impressions when something goes against their boy. The good part about this is that the Aledo coach was found not guilty of bullying and hopefully next year when his team has to play Western Hills again on the schedule he can try to keep his team from scoring more than fifty.

If he does you have to download them from someplace else because we do not have an area for High Heat 2003 here.

Please post any problems for MVP 13 in the correct support thread that is already provided in here.

This is a blast from the past with all these resurrected threads you have been bringing up bdolan, but to answer your question I also play on Pro.

I think you need to search this thread a little more closely. Take a peek on page one.

I sure as hell hope so.

Hahahahahhaa. Oh man I never even imagined this. Post of the day. There have been others but it is a rarity. The first one we had here was someone named Olyrunner. She was a sweet and beautiful woman. Huge Mariners fan and she tolerated my Yankee ways. She even made a stadium mod which you can see right here which I still use often.

Because of the reasons that I already stated in this thread this is a mod that I am very certain will not be made. And a women's softball mod sounds good but not based on the Mvp model. Here's your first problem. There are no female models you can use to base your players on. I don't think you'd want to have your starting first baseman looking like David Ortiz.

I am very interested in reading about your World Series coverage. Great job!

I gave you a plus one for this post of yours because you were able to solve the problem and secondly I had no idea what you were talking about.

An example of what I was talking about when I wanted to update the Modders and Forum Fanatics teams. This is from the Mvp 07 mod.

That link is to a website that has been gone for many years now. That's why I didn't know what you meant. And please, most people here refer to me as Y4L, or you can just call me Yankee4Life or if you don't want to use those two choices you can just say "hey you."

I never looked at it that way but I see what you mean. I still play this mod a lot.

What link are you referring to?

All right!!! What season mod are you going to play first?

Moving on in this thread we feature this week a modder that released mods for both Mvp and the 2k series and a modder who contributions to the modding community here were all minor. Read on to see exactly what I mean by this. Mcoll86 Mcoll86 is a modder who has been with us since the start of this website so it was a huge surprise for me to find out that most of the mods that he has made here were for the 2k sports baseball series. He has made mods for each release of 2K's baseball games and by doing that he has surpassed by far all the work he has done with Mvp Baseball. Mcoll has made a full set of uniforms for both Mvp and 2K. His uniforms are based on the team's actual uniforms as well as ones he creates for them out of his own imagination. His work has been constantly downloaded by members here and his uniforms are among the finest for both games. Mvp 2005 2X Uniforms with a different look (Set 1, updated.) (This is a four part series.) Concept Jersey Series (Blue Jays.) 2005 AL Central Concept uniforms. (Set of six.) MLB 2K12 NL West Uniforms. (Set of six made for all the divisions.) 1980 Atlanta Braves Uniforms. 2K12 Cap Template. Not for game use but for modding. Modernized Retro Fantasy Mets Uniforms. (One of a complete set of MLB Fantasy uniforms.) NL East Parks for 2K12. Bodhiball When I said in my introduction this week that one of the modding contributions here were all minor I was talking about Bodhiball. You see, Bodiball's mods all had to do with updates and improvements for the minor leagues in Mvp Baseball. The uniforms that he made, the stadiums and the cyberfaces that he released each were made for AAA ball and below. At the time when the game first came out many people were updating the game on the major league level. Because of that Bodhiball decided to concentrate on what he liked best which was the minor leagues with a concentration on the Red Sox minor league system. His work can be found in the Mvp 12 and Mvp 13 mods. Ottawa Lynx AAA Stadium. Connecticut Defenders AA uniforms. (Giants AA team from 2003 to 2009) International League Jerseys Part 1. (Set of three) Pawtucket Red Sox Uniform Pack. Red Sox A Ball Uniform Pack. Bowie BaySox AA Stadium.

The Portuguese must be very intelligent people. That's a hell of a saying. I got to remember that. What you said here is something a former member in here and myself have been talking about for years. This is the richest team in baseball and their minor league system should not be like this. I mean what the hell, they have so much money they could have two AAA teams if they wanted. Years ago that is exactly what the Cardinals did. But that isn't the point. They should be promoting from within instead of trading their top prospects for 39 year old veterans. I never understood why the Yankees are so in love with players whose careers are almost over. A lot of people may not like St. Louis but they got people from their system to bring up to their team. No reason why the Yankees can't do it except that they are not patient enough to do it. I would like to have Cano back but only at the right price. If he doesn't back off his 30 million a year demands the Yankees should let him go. As you said, bring him back if the price is right. You're right. I am no fan of Cano and probably never will be. He doesn't run hard out of the box and he doesn't run hard down the first base line and if anything is ever said to him about this it must not be registering because he keeps doing it. No one wants to have someone that is injury prone on their team but at the same time that is better than having someone that is out there and only hustles when he feels like it and usually Cano does not feel like it.

Updated to 10-20 ...Remember the ALCS game last week in Boston where David Ortiz hit that grand-slam home run to tie the game? I'm sure you do since ESPN didn't let anyone forget it. The Red Sox have a police officer standing watch in their bullpen just in case one of the rowdy folks in the bleachers has a flashback to 2003 and decides to attack the wrong bullpen. This guy made national news just because someone snapped a picture of him with his arms raised cheering Ortiz's shot and overnight the guy got turned into the latest Boston hero. He even got his picture taken with Red Sox owner John Henry, which in some circles is considered an honor. He even has grown a beard and won't shave it because a lot of his Red Sox idols have one too. If this team ever wins this thing the male population in Boston will be walking around with unkempt beards and you won't be able to tell them apart from the homeless. ...Because of complaints by other parents, an elementary school principal in Mesa, Arizona asked a police officer not to wear his police uniform or his gun when he picks up his daughter at school because she said it was too scary for some of the other parents because he was carrying his gun. How do people like this get in a position to be in charge of educating children and make decisions like telling a cop not to dress like a cop? The way I see it an officer of the law who drops off or picks up his kids should be seen as a reassuring presence at that school. Good sense it seems is easier to have than to use. ...There's a committee of some sort in Washington called the President's Council on Fitness and essentially their job is to encourage Americans to be more active. All this time I thought this was something your physician would have already known and told you about. The point is they have this cabinet down in D.C. and every once in awhile like any good task force worth their salt they have to do something to give people the impression that they are doing their job or at the very least working. The U.S. Post Office decided to join in and introduced a fifteen set group of stamps depicting children participating in sports such as playing soccer, playing baseball and skipping rope. However the council objected to three of the stamps because they showed children skateboarding, jumping into a pool by doing a cannon ball and doing a headstand without wearing helmet and because of this they did not approve of the post office's contribution to fitness because in their view it raised safety concerns for them and the post office was forced to destroy this entire run of stamps.This happened at a time with the post office in serious financial trouble which was made even worse now because someone on a council decided like how three cartoon stamps looked to them. Fred Allen, who was a great comedian during radio's golden age and the early years of television said once that a committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. I think that covers exactly what these people are. ...I did not know whether to laugh or feel sorry for the German guy who got married and accidentally drove off without his wife after getting off the highway to make a pit stop. It seems the vehicle that they were driving was a mini-bus and when the guy got back in to resume the trip he thought his wife was asleep in the back and for two hours all he did was drive and listen to music but then he started to wonder why she would not respond to him when he was talking to her and he soon discovered why. Back when he made his last stop his wife got out and went to the bathroom herself and when he came back he just took off. He then contacted the police to tell them that she was missing but the cops said she wasn't and that she was waiting for him at the rest area 125 miles away. After five hours the couple were reunited and they resumed their trip. The bride was even interviewed by a radio station when they found out what happened. She told them that she didn't hold a grudge against her husband and she wasn't angry with him. What married man after reading that really believes her? That's why I feel sorry for the guy. He's never going to live this down. This poor guy is in for it and he doesn't even know it. Driving in that car for those two hours when he left her being will be the two happiest hours of his marriage. ...I believe if something like this happened to my wife she would eventually believe me. Maybe it would take years but she would get around to it. I'd never be able to say to her hey honey, remember the time...? I'm smart enough not to push my luck. The only incident that comes close to this is something that happened about nine years ago during one of our trips to visit her parents. We took the thruway and got off at one of the rest stops to do what we had to do and for some reason she stopped in the gift shop there. While she was paying for her things she told me the cashier complimented her on her nail polish and when she did that the conversation took off in a thousand different directions. While this was going on I was in the car waiting for her and once she came back we were on our way again. After about ten minutes on the thruway she screams out that she forgot her phone back at the rest stop and we had to go back and get it. I couldn't just turn around and go back so I got off at the next exit and they had to give me directions on how to get back there using side roads. I still don't know how I got back there but I did. She was in a panic until she got that phone back in her hands. Being the lucky SOB that I am I wasn't worried for one second because she knew that I was no where near that souvenir shop and there was no way that I could've been blamed for it. ...Kanye West is campaigning to get Kim Kardashian a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and not counting the Kardashians themselves, he is the only person so far who would like to see this happen. He's mad at the Walk of Fame because he says she is being "frozen out" from consideration and the people who are in charge of the Walk of Fame even confirm that she has - as well as every other reality star. In other words, nothing personal. To qualify for a star the person needs to win an Emmy or a Grammy or an Oscar and the celebrity must be nominated before they can be considered for a star and so far no one has bothered to nominate her. I am still confused as to what her talent is because all she's ever done is lay on her back and have a camera follow her around. It's nice to know that the Walk of Fame has rules and that they are actually going to follow them. ...The next thing you know he's going to write a song about this trashing the Walk of Fame and he's going to spin it to make it sound like their decision was racially motivated. ...If you have never watched a Mr. Magoo cartoon you are missing a lot. Jim Backus (Thurston Howell on Gilligan's Island) was the voice of the nearsighted Magoo. Thank God some people on Youtube feel the same way because they've uploaded a bunch of them. ...I watched my 2000 World Series DVD last week because I had nothing else to do and I missed baseball even though both Championship Series games were still going on. I had to see one more time when the Yanks were still the Yanks and they didn't need to have a superstar at every position. And to watch them see what they've become over the past thirteen years that lead up to all the playoff defeats where they looked like they were sleepwalking through them right up to the season that they had where they couldn't even keep their twenty million dollar a year players on the field. That's all I was thinking of last week instead of paying any mind to the current playoff action. The Yankees will be back. The question is when. ...By the way, thanks again Jose Vizcaino and Luis Sojo. ...I saw a picture of that eighteen-foot-long dead oarfish that was found off the Southern California coast last week. A marine science instructor was out snorkeling and spotted the carcass of the fish floating in the water. He tried to drag it back to shore but the fish was so heavy he couldn't do it and it finally took fifteen people to get the job done. Now I love the water and I enjoy a good swim as much as anyone but when I go swimming I do it in a pool where I can see the bottom. With my luck I'd be out in the Pacific not bothering anyone and instead of some science teacher spotting a dead oarfish it will be me and I'll be seeing a live one and it will swim past me scaring the hell out of me and then I'd probably start making promises to God that he knows I have no intention of keeping just as long as he gets me out of the water. ...Get a room, Dept: During lunch period a high school girl in Georgia went up to a male classmate of hers and offered to do something to him that teenage boys dream of every single day. Naturally the kid thought she was only kidding and took it as a joke but apparently this girl was not in any mood to fool around, at least not in that way as she immediately began making good on her promise right there on the lunch room floor. The boy said he did try to stop the girl from what she was doing but only after a few minutes had passed. This girl must not have been hungry that day or that cafeteria has lousy food. No matter what the reason that kid wasn't about to ask. Both are facing misdemeanor public indecency charges for their lunchtime antics and before classes began the next day every member of the football team asked the girl out on a date and try as he might, the boy has not been able to stop smiling. ...After being amazed at what I read and laughing about it for awhile I stopped and thought about that girl's parents and what they were thinking when they first heard what their daughter had done and how they must have felt. That's when I stopped laughing. ...Very quietly and with no fanfare the Toronto Maple Leafs did something last week that I really thought was nice for a long time fan that recently passed away. When the team learned that one of their long time season ticket holders passed away they sent a letter of condolence along with flowers to the family to express their sympathy. The only reason why people besides the family knew about this was that the man's grandson posted a photo of the letter the team sent them online to thank them for what they did. When I found out about this it really did not come as much of a surprise to me because there is a sense of decency and kindness in that city that as visitors you get a feel of right away and what the Leafs did for this guy was typical of the people there. No publicity, just do the right thing. I can't imagine this happening in many other places with the same results. Boston, for example. If the Red Sox were to learn that one of their season ticket holders passed away I have no doubt that they'd send flowers to the family or at the very least have a representative from the team give them a call. Five minutes later though they'd have someone leak it to the press for the publicity. ...Linda Kozlowski, the woman Paul Hogan left his wife for to marry during Crocodile Dundee is now divorcing Hogan herself alluding to the usual "irreconcilable differences" acknowledgement that more often than not is heard when something like this happens. Of course now that Hogan is a senior citizen at age seventy-four and not having made a movie in years had nothing to do with the decision to end the marriage. ...Kevin Millar played for four different teams in his major league career but if you listen to him talk you would think he only played for the Red Sox. ...There is a group of people who have been camping outside the offices of Major League Baseball in New York who call themselves Hispanics Across America and they have been holding up signs and cheering for Alex Rodriguez every time he enters or leaves the building since his arbitration hearings began almost three weeks ago. They have even set up a website where you can donate money to help them stop -and this is their own words- "stop the injustice regarding his 211 game suspension." These people are insinuating that baseball gave Rodriguez this lengthy ban because he is of hispanic origin and had he not been he would have never been banned for this amount of games. Well that clears that up for me. All this time I thought he was guilty because he was and that he tried to cover his tracks when they were closing in on him. ...Shows how much I thought I knew. First chance I get I'm going to that website and making a donation. ...Forgive me if I do not congratulate you-know-who on winning the American League pennant. If there is going to be any back slapping and cheering for them in this thread it's going to be conducted by someone else besides myself.