Yankee4Life

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.

I agree. It's a misconception about this team that they go around buying everyone. I'm not going to try and look the other way when they do go out and get free agents because the fact is that they do go out and spend a lot on them at times. But the last time they did it was after the 2008 season when they went out and got A.J. Burnett, C.C. Sabathia and Mark Teixeira. Well, that was a few seasons back and they haven't got close to doing anything like that since then. During that same time period Boston signed John Lackey and Carl Crawford to inflated contracts and no one said anything about that. I'm not talking about people in here saying anything - I'm talking about fans in general and the press. Same goes for last year when the Angels made that huge mistake and gave Albert Pujols that contract. I said this when that first happened that if the Yankees had signed Pujols to that contract you'd still be reading complaints to this day. I understand what you mean. The guy frustrates me too. Before he got injured he was nothing but a singles hitter who was basically an easy out at the plate. When it was his turn at bat it was the perfect time for me to go and make a sandwich or get a drink because I knew I wasn't going to miss anything.

Well, Rodriguez has had a terrible year before he got hurt and I don't see him getting hot with the bat when he comes back but to complain about him like he is the source of all the problems with the Yankees is just plain wrong. He's just one player and not the entire team. They do? That's another misconception that most fans have. Were the Yankees the ones that signed Pujols to that huge contract last year along with C.J. Wilson? No, I think that was the Angels. Or did they give Prince Fielder that 100 million dollar contract? When other teams go out and do something like this it doesn't get talked about as much as if the Yankees did it. The Yankees have a big payroll sure, but they do not go around outspending everyone.

I don't believe a patch like this belongs on the uniforms of these little leaguers. Sure, it is a nice message that the Little League officials are trying to get across but to me it is an unnecessary one too. The steroid problem is a MLB one and the Little League should distance itself from it as much as possible instead of calling attention to it.

Oh, I know. I just think it's a shame that these two guys had to get themselves caught like this because it just gets the steroid talking started again. This stuff is never going to die down.

I just don't see how the hell the Yankees have to be involved in this.

They also played on other teams too. Why do they have to be associated with the Yankees? Colon played one year -ONE YEAR- with the Yankees and all of a sudden that's the team people associate him with. Clemens played with Boston, Toronto and Houston but all that's forgotten because he played for the Yankees. And Cabrera came up with the Yankees and was traded in 2009. He got in trouble while being a member of the Giants but still all you *&^&%#$ see is that he once played for the Yankees.

Updated to 8-26 ...Roger Clemens just will not go away. He's now making a comeback with the Sugar Land Skeeters, a minor league team from Texas who are a members of the independent Atlantic League. He's convinced he's still got a lot left in the tank and according to his agent his fastball has been clocked at 87 MPH and "all of his pitches were working." Again that is according to Randy Hendricks, Clemens’ agent. He did not say whether Clemens' pitches were working in favor of Clemens or the hitters. The game however is a sellout for the small town of Sugar Land, which is about twenty miles southwest of Houston. And to make the night even more special, the first 500 fans will get a commemorative syringe. ...How about that Melky Cabrera for having the idea to set up a fictitious website and to invent a fake drug to help explain away his positive test for synthetic testosterone recently although if he had a brain in his head he would have seen that this ruse had one major flaw in it that can be explained in one simple word: doctors. He never stopped to think that a doctor that is an expert in this field would come out and say that the drug he was talking about can't provide the results promised only because it doesn't exist. Original idea Melky but next time try to think it all the way through. ...You got to hand it to the Giants. They finally found someone to replace Barry Bonds. ...And in a related incident, Oakland Athletics right-hander Bartolo Colon has been suspended 50 games after testing positive for testosterone. Colon expressed shock and surprise and said he had no idea how this happened since all he did was buy a few products from Melky Cabrera's website. ...A Connecticut was arrested in a Friendly's restaurant recently for soliciting a prostitute inside their place of business, which gave a whole new meaning to the term "Friendly." They were caught finalizing their business agreement because the man could not hear what the woman was telling him and she had to continually raise her voice to tell him exactly what he was going to get out of her and for how much. He may not have heard her price list that good but other patrons did and the police were called. Both were arrested, the woman for prostitution and the man for encouraging her to do her job. So the next time someone tells you that your hearing is one of the first things you notice that leaves you when you get older, believe it. ...At a Walmart store just north of Austin, Texas four people were arrested after being shot when they decided to gather in the store's parking lot to fight and generally have it out with each other. They figured they may as well have it there because once they were done with their version of the Texas Two-Step they were going to go and do some shopping. But rednecks will be rednecks and before long shots were fired and they never got to do their shopping that night. The biggest loser here was Walmart, who figured to make a bundle because these guys were completely out of beer and chewing tobacco. ...A French woman recently endured an eighteen hour flight from Pakistan to Paris and then back again all because she slept through the plane's two hour layover in Paris because no one on the flight crew and ground crew failed to notice her still in her seat asleep. And we wonder how they lose our luggage. ...A Virginia family spent six days stranded at Salt Lake City International Airport because they were using a relative's buddy pass and were continually getting bumped from flights on their return home to Virginia which forced them to live in the airport all that time. It was tough on the family of four since they had to sleep on the uncomfortable chairs in the airport and were forced to eat expensive vending machine food but they all said worst part was listening to the Mormons tell them about the Church of Latter Day Saints over and over. ...KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP DEPT: I had to get some blood work done the other day and the place I go to opens up at 7:00 am. I got there fifteen minutes before the place opened so I can get in and out of there because it can be a very busy place at times. One of the employees there let us in at three minutes before seven and while some of us were walking in, another lady ran out of an office in the back and made us leave because she said we could not come in the place until 7 am exactly. Oh did that raise a fuss with some of the old people that walked in there with me. They were furious that they had to turn around and leave the place for a few more minutes. Imagine throwing rocks at a hornets nest and watching them get all stirred up. That's what happened here. They couldn't wait to get back in and give them a piece of their mind. And true to their word they did. Me? I didn't say a word. You see, I never argue with anyone who is going to be sticking a needle in me. ...I'm sure we've all had neighbors that we can tell horror stories about but I don't know if any of them can top what some people in Queens, New York have had to go through when one homeowner had three million bees confiscated from his residence. People around his home were afraid to walk out their door because the hives were so close to them, which probably explained why they had no friends or relatives come and visit them all summer. ...Early last Wednesday morning a burglar decided to break into a plush Los Angeles home to look around and maybe take some things here and there. It turned out that he should have checked the name on the mailbox because he broke into the home of LL Cool J, a guy who is built like solid granite. And to make matters even worse, LL Cool J happened to be home and asleep at the time of the break-in and he apparently does not like to have his sleep disturbed because he came down his stairs and "physically detained" the would-be thief by breaking the man's nose, jaw and ribs. The burglar is now hospitalized due to these injuries and has admitted his mistake to police, saying that he meant to break in Chris O'Donnell's house instead. ...I'm not really surprised that an ESPN hack had to question if Derek Jeter was doping. And all because Jeter at the age of 38 is having a very good year. It wasn't long ago that Jeter was doing nothing but popping out or grounding into double plays. But to question this is typical of ESPN reporting. They don't need anything to back what they say and the sad part is because it was brought up on television some people are going to believe this. ...Incidentally, Ted Williams was 38 years old in 1957 when he hit .388. Maybe Skip Bayless should question that too. ...If I were a football player and I happened to look across at the other teams side and saw that they had a 6'11' 500 pound player on their team I'd leave as quickly as possible and take up another sport. ...There's no way I can end this week's edition in here without talking about the huge Dodgers - Red Sox trade that happened on Saturday. The first thing I asked myself was what were the Dodgers thinking? They acquired two guys that had over 100 million dollars left on both of their contracts and one of them (Carl Crawford) won't even be playing for them until next year. The Sox gave up Adrian Gonzalez, a guy that they have been after for years, and seemed happy to send him on his way to California. How were they to know the guy was a whiner who would complain to the owners when things got tough? Having Josh Beckett agree to wave his 10-5 rights that would prevent a trade was easy as soon as Beckett learned that Don Mattingly allowed beer in the clubhouse and that he could hook up his PS3 in the player's lounge. Other thoughts: 1. Why did the Dodgers want Nick Punto? Or even better, who would want Nick Punto? 2. What's next for the Dodgers? Is there another 100 million ballplayer Magic Johnson can buy? 3. There was a picture of a smiling Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez and Nick Punto on the plane as it was headed to Los Angeles to begin their Dodger careers. The same could not be said for James Loney because the only picture that had him smiling as he was headed east was a photoshoped one. 4. By taking Beckett and clubhouse cancer Gonzalez off Boston's hands Magic Johnson became more popular in Boston than Larry Bird. 5. It's hard to gauge Carl Crawford's worth in this trade since he will no doubt manage to get injured in spring training next year and will miss half the year. 6. I'm sure that the Padres fans are going to love having Gonzalez back in the NL West and playing for their rivals. 7. When asked about that, Gonzalez said it was "God's will." 8. With all the money the Red Sox freed up they can now go out and re-sign Manny Ramirez. 9. The Sox acquired James Loney, who is going to be a free agent at the end of the year. If he knows what is good for him he'll leave at the end of the season and not look back. 10. The key to the deal for Boston was pitcher Rubby De La Rosa, who is coming off Tommy John surgery. It's a huge gamble to make a trade on the potential of a young pitcher. Just ask the Yankees about Michael Pineda if you don't believe me.

Yes it is. It's never been removed from the download section after all these years. You got to search way back for it. Here it is right here. Remember, this file is for Mvp 04.

Homer, I agree fully about what you said about Jeter. Anyone who thinks that guy belongs on any all time list has listened to Michael Kay's hype for far too long. You are 100% right.

This Qbrick808 guy is like the second coming of SeanO with all the stats he throws at you.

I don't know Homer. This guy who keeps insisting that Jeter belongs ahead of these players is really pissing me off.

Let's get the obvious out of the way first here Homer. I'm a Yankee fan and therefore I am a Derek Jeter fan and that means I root for this guy and I appreciate what he's done for the Yankees since he's been with them. But there is no way I would put this guy on my all time great list. When I compare him to other shortstops in the history of the game I can not with a straight face put him on it. And anyone that makes an argument that he does deserve to be on this list is misguided. I agree here 100%.

I need some time to think about this because this is harder than it seems.

Updated to 8-19 ...Miami Dolphins wide receiver Chad Johnson was arrested for head-butting his wife after she found a receipt for condoms that he recently made. An argument ensued, things got heated and she ended up getting bopped in the head. Johnson spent the night in jail and as soon as NFL commissioner Roger Goodell heard about it he fined Johnson an undisclosed amount of money for an illegal hit to the head. ...If this was all that happened to Johnson I'd have imagined he would have been fine with it but his week just went from bad to worse. Soon after this incident with his wife she decided to file for divorce after only forty-one days of marriage, which gave Kim Kardashian an incentive to beat the next time she ties the knot. And then it was the Miami Dolphins turn. In what was probably going to be the most media attention they will get all season, the team released Johnson -which is their choice- but they made sure to do it while the cameras were on during the NFL Films "Hard Knocks" series which just showed a lack of respect and compassion from them. ...A woman from a small eastern Pennsylvania town not far from Philadelphia was arrested for stabbing her fiance to death during an argument in the early morning hours on the day that they were to be married. What they were arguing about was not disclosed and her excuse was that "she didn't do it on purpose" despite the fact that she ended up stabbing him two times. As any wife can bear witness to this woman really screwed up here because she could have just nagged him for the rest of his life and avoided prison time. For any of you guys in here that are not married yet remember this since it proves the old adage that it is unlucky for you to see your bride before the wedding. ...Four members from Congo's Olympic delegation went missing after the closing ceremony in London last week. Congo officials have unsuccessfully tried to reach them since then but have been unable to. They are not missing. They know exactly where they are. One of them, a judo athlete, lost his final match after forty-nine seconds. The guy probably had his bags packed and is hiding somewhere in London at this moment. Who can blame these poor guys for not wanting to go back to the Congo? Besides, if they ever get homesick and need a reminder of home they can go to the London Zoo and let the lions chase them around for the price of an admission ticket. ...Makes me wonder why the North Koreans didn't try this. ...A Middle School in New Jersey will have a brand new rule for their students when classes resume in a few weeks. Beginning the new school semester students will not be allowed to hug each other during school hours. The incredible reason that the school gave for this was that they wanted to "teach children about appropriate interactions." Hugs may be outlawed but handshakes, pats on the back and the occasional french kiss are still permitted. ...For those of you that missed out on the original Neo-Geo console system twenty years ago, you're going to get another chance. Just in time for the Christmas season the The Neo Geo X Gold will be released for $199 and will come with twenty classic games. That's a hell of a price drop from the first time this hit the market ($650 for the system itself and $200 and up for individual games) and it makes me wonder how these guys expect people to pay two hundred dollars for this to play games that are twenty years old. It's like trying to sell Hardball III to someone who's been used to playing The Show. ...If I were Melky Cabrera I'd make a discreet call to Ryan Braun's legal team to see if they could get him out of the same mess that he was in. ...A burglar broke into the home of Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple and stole computers and other items from his home and was caught by police trying to sell the goods. Among the things he was trying to fence was the only iPhone known to be in perfect working order, along with $60,000 worth of computer items, or the amount you'd pay for two Mac Books and four iPads. ...Vanessa Bryant, Kobe's airheaded trophy wife, said in a magazine interview that she does not want to be married to someone who does not win championships and if her husband has to sacrifice time away from her and her family then he better win a championship and he should do it every single year. And all this time we all thought George Steinbrenner was unreasonable. Kobe's already won five championships in his career and that's a lot for any marriage. Makes me wonder what she'd say if Bryant were a baseball player and he played for the Cubs. ....On a 100 degree day two years ago, a woman decided to attend a scrimmage that the Dallas Cowboys were holding and she took a seat on a black marble bench to watch the practice. Wearing a pair of shorts she sat down on the bench and she immediately burned her lower backside, causing her to jump up faster than she went down. If any of you have accidentally touched the hood of a car after it has been out in the sun all day you will have a pretty good idea how she felt at that moment. The result is that she suffered third degree burns on her buttocks and smelling a lawsuit along with her burned a$$, she did just that. Incredible. She's suing the Cowboys for mental anguish, physical pain and disfigurement. There's no word yet if she will also be suing the sun. If you are asking yourself why she took two years to file this lawsuit you are not alone and why you would go and sit on a marble bench when you consider how hot it was that day is living proof that some people do sit on their brains. ...Now if this woman is successful with this lawsuit consider the suits that you and I can bring up if we use our imagination: 1. For those of us in cold weather states we can sue the makers of the snow shovel that we have because when we first start to shovel our walk the handle is always cold and it makes our hands cold and we just can't have that. 2. The next time we go to 7-11 for milk and bread and they are out of 2% milk we can file a lawsuit for not having the store properly stocked. 3. When going out to dinner we can sue the restaurant if the waiter or waitress does not give us enough butter to go along with our bread. 4. Going to see your favorite team play and watching them lose in person can cause anger, frustration and emotional distress - a perfect recipe for a lawsuit. 5. When you want to do one thing with your spouse and they want to do something entirely different and you are made to do what they want, you can sue for an infringement on your inalienable right of your pursuit of happiness. After thinking about this last one it really doesn't sound like a bad idea. ...Jenny McCarthy's gone through another boyfriend, this time breaking up with Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher after four months. This broad has been tapped more times than the floor at a dance studio. ...For the past eight months R.A. Dickey has been wearing two friendship bracelets on his glove hand that were made by his two little girls and have been worn by him non-stop since the season began. That is until last Wednesday when the umpires forced him to remove them, citing the violation of a rule. It's so nice to know that Bud Selig is always looking out to uphold the integrity of the game.

Very impressive catch and it was also impressive as to how you captured the video from the TV. I'd never be able to do that.

You asked this same question in another thread. Why did you have to make a new thread for the same question?

I'm not trying to be a smartass but just download the 2012 mod and you'll see for yourself the overlay that came with it. It was made just for the Mvp 12 mod. You've been here long enough to know where the overlays are stored for Mvp baseball. To remind you all you have to do is go to the downloads section, go in the Mvp 2005 area and check in the Overlays subsection in there. You will see you have twelve pages of overlays to choose from in case you do not like the overlay that was provided in Mvp 12.

I don't see a problem with the way you want to do this. Makes a lot of sense and I'll be happy to use these rosters.

Can it be any worse? Nope. And look at the good side about this. Lowe does not have Burnett's inflated contract so his future on the team is limited to say the least.

I understand they are just guidelines and that's fine. But that right there is my problem with leagues like this. It's like "if that happens in the game then we do this." I mean I don't think you would pinch hit for Ruth in the 8th inning even though up to that point he was 0 for 3. I want that guy and all power hitters in TC 10 to have as many at-bats in a game as possible. But at the same time there would be no problem pinch hitting for someone else in the same situation who is 0 for 3. I didn't say that. I just said that we have not had Mvp leagues in here in a while. These guys dabble in fantasy leagues in here.

I can tell you put a lot of thought into this management/game simulation league thing that you want to start up and I wish you the best of luck with it because as far as I can remember in here this kind of league has never been brought up. There has been leagues in here but we haven't had any in many years. I did read your proposed rules closely and I really don't understand some of your rules here. This is what I mean: No way would I want to do that. Just because someone is 0 for 3 at the plate you will manually substitute him? Hey, I don't care if Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, Joe Dimaggio, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, etc, etc, etc happen to go hitless in their first three at-bats. That can happen at any time. That doesn't mean I want to take the bat out of their hands before they get up to bat for the fourth time. Never. This makes no sense. Sometimes when the player charges the mound in this game he gets thrown out and sometimes the pitcher does. I have seen both. No one should be suspended for this at all. Anyways, I wish you luck.

Damn that view looks nice. Seems as if it will make it more challenging too, which is fine by me.

Hey, if you don't mind can you post some screen grabs of your classic pitch mod and some shots when you are batting? This really has me interested.

Now that I think of it my phone is almost that old too. I don't have the internet on mine but the reception is very good and that's all I want. The generation of kids that I grew up with were the last ones to play ball in the street and the one of the last to join the playground for organized sports like softball. The only softball that is played at the playgrounds when I was younger are nightly adult leagues. During the day you don't see anyone.