Yankee4Life

All the classic ballparks in the 2012 mod are gone. They have been replaced by minor league stadiums of their choosing. I think what kyleb and everyone involved with this decision made a wonderful move by doing this because this gives people more choices to play some games in parks that they have never used before. If you want all the classic ballparks and then some, go get Total Classics 10.

It's been fifteen years since that game took place and I still don't understand what Gregg was doing that day. Although this is something were replay is not needed because you can just tell by looking at it that the call was completely wrong. I always thought it was a good idea to have those six umpires all the time.

So, is this boy going to grow up a Cubs fan? :)

Great news to find out about! Best wishes to proud mother and father and the entire family!

Also, what people sometimes overlook is when a bad call is made against a team that is struggling and going through a rough patch it is magnified. If the Yankees had played better they would not have been in that position. Sabathia struggled once again as he gave up three home runs in 6 1/3 innings and the way that team has been pitching lately that is still ace material. And what really did them in this game was going 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position. They have been doing that all year long and no umpire can be blamed for that. That's why they lost. Sure it was a lousy call and yes they got screwed. But when you are playing better you don't dwell on these calls. You win despite of them. I'm a baseball fan that dislikes every single one of the changes that this simpleton of a commissioner has put into place. More teams in the post season this year? Why not! Pretty soon they'll be as bad as the NHL where it seems you only have to win 25 games to get a playoff spot. Instant replay? So far just for home runs, but when there is talk about expanding it you know it is just another way of saying here it comes. Before instant replay the Yankees and Red Sox would habitually play games that lasted three hours and thirty minutes. If instant replay is expanded to more than home runs they might have to play their games in parts. Ok, we are going to play innings 1 - 5 tonight. That'll take about four hours and tomorrow afternoon we will play innings 6 - 9 and God help us if it goes into extra innings. Umpires have been blowing calls since the game began. And players and teams have gone hot and cold all that time too. Let them play the game and keep the replay strictly for the highlight shows.

Because I am a baseball traditionalist. Bad calls happen to every team. No team can escape them. And at the same time every team is the benefit of bad calls. They even out. I am just afraid that these people will end up abusing this replay. Now it's used for home runs only. Now they want to expand it to use it for calls like this. What's next? Using replay to go over controversial ball and strike calls? Do you know how long a major league game will end up being if that happens? Every Yankee - Red Sox game right now is long enough. If this happens every fan should carry their favorite pillow with them when coming to the game.

I used to play online in here years ago with people that no longer come to the site. I played many games with MarkB and he lives in Scotland and we did direct IP to IP hookup. It is more fun to play against a live person because you never know what they are going to do.

No, I don't like replay at all in baseball. It is bad enough how they use it now but replay is not a good fit for baseball. Sure I was upset about the Teixeira call but I am over it now. And I can look back on many calls that have went in the Yankees favor when the other team raised a fuss. Things will even out on their own and this replay technology should stay far away.

Ok man, now I understand what you mean. And when you look back on any runner who slides into first base more times than not they do not get the call in their favor. Teixeira slid like that because he didn't want to re-injure his leg but he ended up doing that anyway. I hope this never happens.

What's even worse is that they got swept by the Cubs at home and the Cubs have been mailing it in since Memorial Day. You could tell it was a tough series because the Pirates made Alfonso Soriano look good and that's not easy to do.

Well maybe sabugo. But what MarlinsMY said is something no one can argue with. We don't know how long Teixeira is going to be out now. Yeah we have the technology but no one wants baseball to become like football or any other sport that is dependent on replay. Sure the Yankees got screwed, but another time they will be on the other side. It will even out.

Did you actually see the instant replay of this or did you just read about it and just assume that Teixeira was upset for no reason at all? Now take a look here:

My advice to you right now is not to be a smartass to this guy because he knows more about this game and how to fix problems with it then anyone here. But go on, keep being sarcastic.

Helpful guy, isn't he Jim?

mcoll for all these years I have used a Saitek P880 and I have never gone wrong yet.

Please tell your father that this was done by some Mormon woman in Utah and people do not do this anywhere else. The Mormons are a funny bunch. You still are not allowed to order a beer if you are a Mormon but they give the go ahead to let your kid take a crap in a restaurant. Me too. I'd like to go to another college and conduct the same survey. I think years ago Tony Larussa started this pitch count nonsense and because he was so successful in developing those great Oakland teams from 1988 to 1990, people copied it. Years ago you would hear about pitch counts every so often. Believe it or not you could get through watching an entire game without hearing the words pitch count. These days when a game starts and the lead off hitter sees seven pitches and the next batter sees the same amount the announcers get all worried about the pitch count. I blame all this on Larussa and the writers who constantly called this guy a genius. The guy only won in 1988 and 2006 so how much of a genius was he?

There is no way anyone should argue with what you just said. Every time someone pitches a complete game these days people are almost in shock.

Updated to 9-9 ...A Detroit man who shot four people at a party he was at became so guilty about what he did decided to turn himself in and he found a fire station and went in and confessed that he was the one who was responsible for the shootings that eventually took two lives. The firefighters in turn called the police and were told that all available officers were on high priority runs and that no one was available to come there and pick up the suspect. Apparently a double homicide suspect is not something the police drop what they are doing and pay attention to in that city. Given a reprieve the man left the fire station and had the choice to hide from the cops which in Detroit means going back to doing what you've always been doing or trying again to turn himself in. This guy's conscience must have been eating at him and this time he walked into the nearest police station where he was taken into custody, only because the police didn't have to leave the building to go and get him. This tells you all you need to know why Detroit is the way it is. ...A task force of professors and trustees at Boston University released their conclusions last week that the players on the college's hockey team, because of their "elevated social status" on campus were able to have frequent sexual encounters with women without engaging in an emotional relationship or ongoing commitment. They needed a task force to find this out? Who would have thought that guys and girls in college would have sex without having a relationship? And these people were paid to come up with these determinations. It wouldn't surprise me if some of these people end up working in Congress. ...This same task force released a separate finding where they found that students who do not study have a higher rate of failing then those who do. ...Art Modell died last Thursday at the age of 87 of natural causes. If you don't know who he is ask any Cleveland fan. They'll tell you he was the Browns owner who moved the team to Baltimore after the 1995 season when they became the Ravens. Modell was associated with the NFL since 1961, the first year he owned the Browns and had many contributions to the NFL over the years. But what he did to Cleveland in November of '95 when he took their team away still makes him to this day more hated there even above Lebron James. R.I.P. Art, I hope it was worth it. ...I have always found it impressive to see drivers of those huge 18 wheeler Mack trucks be able to back those things into tight places, like a supermarket loading area without breaking a sweat. ...As I have watched the Yankees play since the All Star Game what really has amazed me the most is that my blood pressure has not gone up at all. ...By the way, have any of you Yankee fans noticed something about Nick Swisher? With the way he's been hitting lately he must think the playoffs have already started. ...Since the 9th of August the Pittsburgh Pirates have a record of 9 - 19. Whether they have hit a tough part of their schedule or have sunk back in their regular losing ways is strictly how you decide to interpret it. ...A mother in Utah took potty training to a whole new level last week when she potty-trained her twins in the middle of a restaurant with people eating all around them. According to a witness, when she first arrived she brought the portable pottys in with her and it was assumed that they were to be used as booster seats, but when the mother started stripping off their clothes, she realized the twins were going to the bathroom-in the middle of the restaurant in front of other diners. Stop and think about this for a second. I'm speechless. The restaurant was packed and the employees did not know this was happening at one of their tables. Usually your waiter will come by to fill your water up again or ask if they can do anything for you. Carrying toilet paper is something they don't expect to do. ...I called my mother immediately after I heard about this and asked her what she thought. Understandably at first she thought I was making it up. She told me that when I was a young kid they had a place to go to in the restaurant called rest rooms and people with young kids would try to sit as close to them as possible when they got a table. Now that I think about it, when my wife and I go out to dinner I noticed the same thing. She said the only problem they had with me was keeping my elbows off the table and I told her after hearing about this story she got off easy. ...Today's a day that whatever baseball does will be overshadowed by the start of the NFL season. True, the Giants and Cowboys started a few days ago but today's the day that everyone gets rolling, except for the Monday night games. It'll be interesting to see how many times Tom Brady's or Tim Tebow's name gets brought up in every telecast today. ...I'm not too concerned with having substitute referees for now. They can blow just as many calls and throw flags at the worst possible time for your team as well as the regular guys do. Should be business as usual. ...I don't get it, I really don't. The Nationals have shut down Stephen Strasburg for the remainder of the season. For the most part that wouldn't be that big of a deal at this time of year for them because they are usually playing out the string and getting ready for the off season. But this year they are in first place with a 6 1/2 game lead over the Braves and they have said he will not be pitching any more in 2012 - including the post season. If this comes back to bite the Nationals they'll never live it down. Years ago, back in the last century pitchers like Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Catfish Hunter, etc, etc would pitch fifteen or more complete games a year. Now if a pitcher makes it past the sixth inning he's a superstar and will make 20 million a year. ...I liked baseball so much better before everyone began treating pitch counts like it was the 11th Commandment.

You can either read the manual or you can set up your controller in the game.

The first thing you got to do is check the download section to see if there are PS2 files. And if you had done that you will see that there is very little to choose from. In fact there are only ten files for PS2 and they are mostly rosters and it is extremely doubtful that more will be added to this.

Thank you JIm. I'm never watching this movie again. :lol:

Yeah man, I got that part. But why the hell did he say that right at the end? What did it mean?

Updated to 9-2 ...Last Tuesday via satellite NASA broadcasted a new song by rapper will.i.am to mark the successful landing of their Curiosity rover on Mars earlier this month. It was also their way to encourage young people to study science and to make science more interesting to them. That's a good idea and I hope it works for them, but a rap song? If there was any life on that planet this song just killed it. ...As soon as the song was over Amazon and iTunes sent a broadcast to Mars informing them if they liked the song they could download it for .99 cents on their respective websites. ...Two members of the female punk band Pu ssy Riot have fled Russia to avoid prosecution for a protest against Vladimir Putin that have sent three other members of their band to prison for two years. The United States is cooperating with Russia just in case the girls turn up in the states and will send them immediately back to Moscow provided that the Russians also take Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and a Kardashian to be named later. ...The school year began last Monday for one Baltimore, Maryland high school with a bang -no pun intended. A fifteen year old kid brought in a gun and started shooting and was able to get off two shots before being subdued by a guidance counselor and some teachers. Unfortunately one shot hit home as one student was hit and remains in critical condition. The shooter's excuse? He was being bullied. It was the first day of school and it wasn't even 11:00 in the morning and yet he said he was being bullied. He must have been looking to do something like this so he packed a pistol in between his bologna sandwiches and marched off to school and was ready just in case someone looked at him cross-eyed. Just once I would like to see one of these poor misunderstood darlings jumped on by about twenty bystanders and beaten so bad that they put his nose where his right ear is. ...Enough is enough with trying to understand the reasons why these shooters do what they do. Stick them in a room with the family of the victims so he can explain to them between punches why he did what he did. ...A clothing merchant in India specializing in Western men's wear welcomed his customers to his new place of business that he named "Hitler" and claimed that he did not know who Adolph Hitler was. He named the store Hitler because that was the nickname given to the grandfather of his store partner because the man "was very strict". To make matters more unbelievable, a Nazi swastika is used as the dot on the "i" in the word Hitler on the front of the store and on their business cards. And this guy claims he still never heard of der Fuhrer. If this store is not successful this guy has a fine career as a politician ahead of him. Something tells me he won't be opening up an outlet in Tel Aviv any time soon. ...If this business does not work out for him maybe he can open up an Italian restaurant called Mussolini's. ...I can not stand it when I watch a movie all the way through and I don't understand the ending. Last Thursday I could not sleep so I turned on Turner Classic Movies and Citizen Kane was on. I've never seen it, so I made some coffee and I sat back to watch the movie and at the very end Kane says "Rosebud" and that's that. The son of a *%#^@. I don't know what it meant but I do know I wasted two hours watching this thing and I left scratching my head. I've asked five people that have seen this movie so far and none of them were able to help me. Next time I'll take two sleeping pills. ...Thank God Roger Clemens is going to be making another start for the Sugar Land Skeeters because ESPN was running out of Tim Tebow stories. ...Two New Jersey mailmen were arrested last week for dealing drugs while making their rounds and were charged with multiple drug counts that included possession of marijuana with intent to distribute near public property. The two suspects were watched over a three week time period but what really lead the police to make their arrests was when one of the suspects delivered the package containing the drugs to the wrong house. ...Have you ever noticed that you are the only one that isn't slow at a drive-up ATM machine? ...If there's a better way to describe this then by all means come in here and tell me but last week had to be the week of the idiots. Two drunken fans fall to their deaths at a football game (one off an escalator in Texas and one in Georgia who fell 45 feet from an upper deck) and one teenage boy from New York who stuck his head out of an emergency hatch in a party bus, hit an overpass and died of massive head trauma. Each incident was sad and all were avoidable had common sense been used but maybe, just maybe, that was asking too much out of one or all three of them. Rest in peace. :sad: ...Gas prices have been higher than they've been going into this Labor Day than any other ones in the past but the good news is that experts at the Oil Price Information Service are predicting that they will be going down very soon. No kidding? It doesn't take a qualified person in this field to hazard a guess about this. This is the last summer holiday weekend of the year and there was no way the price of gas was going to go down before this weekend. Maybe in a month when the kids are back to school but not now when everyone could have used a break. ...After watching Clint Eastwood give his speech at the Republican National Convention, Democrats everywhere must be happy that he's not on their side. ...Ten million pounds of maple syrup was stolen from a Quebec, Canada warehouse that so far has Canadian authorities stumped as to who did it. My question is why? I got one bottle of maple syrup in my cupboard that lasts us six months, maybe more. What are they going to do with all that stuff? I'm sure they'll try to fence it but there's only so much that IHOP and Perkins will take. I don't know who's more upset about this - the company that just discovered that they lost quite a bit of weight in syrup overnight or the bears that live near that warehouse. ...Thank you Oakland Athletics for beating the Boston Red Sox 20 - 2 on Friday night. It brought a tear to my eye. ...Then reality hit me when I suddenly realized that this could be the last time I break out in a smile during this baseball season with the way the Yankees have been playing.

Off topic for a second daflyboys but is that a Philly cheesesteak as your avatar? :lol:

Jim, maybe I can help you out here. This Blue Jays prospect has heard of the Yankees before and knows of them so obviously the Yankees are to blame here.