Yankee4Life

Everything you said here is true. Now look at this from my perspective for a second. Ever since Boston won their championships, their fans have become more and more intolerable. They act like they are better than everyone else and if you dare disagree with them they'll act all offended and they'll run off and tell on you. It's almost like since they finally saw their team win a championship it gave them the right to push people around and find fault in them when you don't agree with them.

Before I forget and post this in this thread I want to say Happy Birthday today to your wife and also to you, even though it is two days too early. You are the kind of person that joins our site and is a pleasure to have around. You're knowledgeable about many things,helpful and are always a pleasure to have around. (And you can't say that about everyone who joins.) My only regret is that you have not been with us since the site started up six years back. As far as working on your mod, you got to take a break from it every so often. Jim825 has often said this in the forums and in the shoutbox. Sometimes you need a few days away just to get yourself wanting to go back in there again. I always bring up the example of what Hory did when he created his 1994 mod. It took him 18 months to do because he took his time and he made sure everything was just to his liking. And if you've ever played the 1994 season mod you'll see that he was successful in making one of the best season mods out there. So, take your time. Exactly right. It all depends on how you look at things. And I'll be the first to admit there is too much Yankee-Red Sox crap talked about in here and that it gets overblown at times. Also those two teams are covered way too much in the National media too, but that's how it always has been.

Updated to 2-21 ...It happens every year. When Spring Training opens up in Florida and Arizona and when I see the first film clips of it on NESPN it always gets me depressed. It's because I am watching people in other parts of the country not freezing and I have to be stuck in the one of the worst parts of the U.S. to live during the winter. ...Nice to see the Yanks having a quiet and productive spring so far and there hasn't been a Selena Roberts sighting yet. ...Had to take my wife to a movie last night. It was her choice. She wanted to see something called Dear John. It sucked. It was a typical women's movie with romance and other stuff in it. Avoid this at all costs. ...I need to see a good action movie soon before I lose it. The Rock needs to make one in the near future and he also needs to stay away from making those stupid Disney movies. Previews for The Wolfman look promising though. ...Understand one thing before I go on. I'm neither a fan or a detractor of Tiger Woods. I spend no time thinking of him or what he did. It's his business and he didn't hurt anyone but himself and his family. So he comes out and makes a statement this week and apologizes for what he did. Some people thought it was just fine and some thought it was staged. I guess the point I am trying to make is that you can't tell someone how to act when they are making a statement like that because it's already uncomfortable enough as it is for the person. ...Heck, I don't even play Tiger Woods golf on the PC. I'm still a Links 2003 player and I own all the courses that they have and have a few CD's full of courses made by other Links fans including some by a guy named Mike Jones, who has made some beautiful courses. For those of you who have never heard of Mike Jones, think of him as the PaulW of golf course design. He is that good. ...This week we bought a program at BJ's Wholesale club (very nice place by the way) from Roxio called VHS to DVD. And this program works like a charm. I had two VHS tapes that I bought twenty years ago called "The Golden Decade of Baseball, 1947-1957" which was narrated by Brent Musberger. Now that I have those converted to DVD I am going to convert a lot more. ...So Johnny Damon is a Tiger? Well, that's his fault. But I have to admit I am anxious to see how Bora$ spins this to make it sound like Damon made out in the end. ...Anyone else notice the heavy emphasis on Boston from the MLB Network so far? Or is it just me? ...Censorship is alive and well. Fair warning friends. Don't say anything bad about that team or else someone will cry about it. Just sayin' ...Damn I can't wait to drive again, but as long as I am still taking percocet that's out of the question. ...Did my taxes yesterday morning. I like to do them as early as possible only because I want to get them out of the way. ...There's going to be a lot of new threads in the coming weeks with the return of people to the site from the winter break and with the release of the two new games in early March. But don't lose track of this one right here by emath because this mod sounds like it is going to be fun to play. And of course you can't forget about Homer, who has been steadily plugging away on his mod for a long time now. Who says MVP is dead? Not by a long shot.

Yes it does. It is nice to learn that I finally ran into someone that liked this show. I liked the show because it was entertaining and there was always a lot of action in it.

Updated to 2-14 ...Well, this is it! Spring training opens this week as the pitchers and catchers report on the 17th! ...MLB TV is going to have the 30 teams preview for 30 days the same as they did last year. And every other day they will be going back to cover the Red Sox because the people at MLB love to give extra coverage to that team. With Peter Gammons in the mix now I would not be surprised if every day this spring the Red Sox camp is featured. ...Hating that team for me is a year round occupation. ...Frank Thomas retired last week. Good. Now go away. ...And I can not wait for the day until I say the same thing to Jorge Posada. ...Had a nice coupon for Barnes and Noble bookstores that I used up the other day and I got seasons 3 and 4 of The Wild, Wild West. No one that I know in real life likes that show and my wife refuses to watch it with me because she thinks it's stupid, but I like it and that's all that counts. ...I am considering buying MLB TV for my computer this year but I'm still on the fence about it. ...The PS3 purchase for me is probably a thing of the past since basically I would be buying a new console system to play only one game (The Show) and if -and this is a huge IF- I do buy a baseball game this year it will be 2K10 but I won't be buying it the day it comes out. I am waiting to read reviews from the people in here before I get this because I have no faith in 2K Sports at all to release a game that is even remotely playable. ...Article in the NY Daily News this morning: "Yanks return to Tampa looking to repeat" No kidding? I thought they were coming back to Tampa looking to finish in fifth place. ...Don't forget now, today is Valentine's Day. Buy something even though you don't want to. :blink:

I'm just jumping in here if you guys don't mind because I really hope that something can be done with this mod. I think it was a great idea when it first was introduced but unfortunately the wrong person was behind it and then when he decided that he actually had to do some work he took off and has not been back on the site since. I have two suggestions for you all and if you have already done this, then all I did here was make a post that was not needed. First off, do you have someone that is in charge of this mod? That helps things run smoother when someone is willing to do that. Secondly, have any of you contacted mcoll86 about this? Because mcoll was involved with this before and he is a guy who is dependable and is a good uniform maker. If you have not, someone ought to send him a PM and let him know that there are now quality people working on the NCAA mod and see if he would like to participate. That's all I got. Good luck now.

I'll second that. I got a new laptop for Christmas and it has Windows 7 64 bit on it and I installed MVP on it and I have not had one problem. I love it.

Updated to 2-7 ...You have good days and bad days on your way to recovering from major surgery. So far today's not a good one. It's almost 3 pm and I am just now getting up on my feet. ...Lately I have been getting back into playing a table top baseball game that I used to play when I was in school. It's called Superstar Baseball and it is a very exciting and addictive game to play. I'd tell you all to give it a shot but this game has not been printed since 1978. You can get this game on ebay, but of course you pay more for it. There are updated cards for it on the Internet though because this game still gets a big following. And I also used to play in leagues with this game but I will not let you know the team name I had to use because it's a long story. ...Thank God it is Super Bowl Sunday. That means on Monday morning the NFL will have gone away and our great sport will soon be opening its doors in Florida and Arizona. ...At least right now you can follow the Caribbean series to get a quick baseball fix before Spring Training opens. ...On Animal Planet today there is "Puppy Bowl VI" and that is funny as hell. They bring these little pups out on a rug that looks like a football field with dog toys and they have a guy in the booth giving a play-by-play of what these dogs are doing. It's hilarious. ...Where are you going to be when it starts up again Johnny Damon? I bet you are pretty happy with Scott Boras right now. But keep the faith Johnny. Hold out for that five year contract at 20 million a year. ...I keep on reading about a new contract for Joe Mauer from the Twins. I'll believe it when I see it. Minnesota has a history of being a cheap ass organization. ...I went go and see Sherlock Holmes recently but I don't know if it was a good movie or not. I was so tired I kept falling asleep in the movie and my wife had to keep waking me up. Before long I lost track of what was going on. ...And one week from today is Valentine's Day. My contempt for this holiday is long and deep. I don't like "holidays" invented by American retail salesman with the sole intent of taking your money once again with the excuse of buying something special for your wife or girlfriend. They conveniently forget that Christmas was seven weeks in the past and there are some people still paying for it. And yes, if I don't buy something for her next week I will be hit with the sad face and hurtful look. I know when I'm beat. ...Remember for those of you who are going to be ordering out for pizza for the game, order early. Enjoy!

Next up in this thread is Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain by Marty Appel. This book can be found on Amazon right here. Of all the books that I have read in this thread, this one by far was the toughest one for me to read. Not that it was poorly written, far from it. Marty Appel did a great job on this book. I simply had a hard time reliving the moments again when I first heard of the terrible news of Munson's crash. And really, up until reading this book that is all I knew about this crash. There's a thread in the Yankee fan forum where I go into detail about my memories of Munson thirty years after the incident, so I won't go into it here. Appel goes into detail explaining the cause and the hows and whys about the crash and the reactions of everyone as soon as they heard the news. Many players like Graig Nettles for instance did not believe what he was told at first. Remember, these were the days before cell phones and text messaging. News was a bit slower then. This book shows the outpouring of love the Yankees had for Munson and how they rallied around his widow in her time of need. It also goes into detail about Munson's poor childhood with a father who was anything but a father. This is a book about a good ballplayer and about a husband and a father who left his family much too soon. I highly recommend it. I also recommend this book to every single Red Sox fan who cracked jokes about Munson on the anniversary of his death. What?? You think I forgot this?? Hell no. Some notable things I came across in the book: ...Before George Steinbrenner bought the team in 1973, there was talk from CBS of moving the Yankees to New Orleans to play in the Superdome as their new home. It was based on all the new ballparks being built at the time in Cincinnati, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Kansas City and Pittsburgh that helped increase attendance in those towns. This threat never amounted to anything. ...CBS bought the Yankees for 13.4 million dollars and sold the team at a loss to George Steinbrenner for 10 million dollars. CBS did not mind because they were happy to get out of the baseball business. ...In 1974 there was a deal cooked up between Yankee general manager Gabe Paul and Kansas City GM Cedric Tallis. The Yankees were to send Munson, Bobby Murcer, Tippy Martinez, Scott McGregor and Jim Mason to Kansas City for John Mayberry and Fred Patek. Luckily this never happened.

Thanks Mark and I hope you like the game. I hope other people do too.

In celebration of the sixth year of Mvpmods, I decided to upload a classic radio baseball game that I have. It's the third game of the 1936 World Series between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees and it is being played in Yankee Stadium. The game is in four parts and it is in .Mp3 format. If this is something that catches on in here, I can post a new radio game once a month. I'll just need to know if this is something that people would want because if not I'll just upload this one and be done with it. Here are the Mp3 files: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Boxscore of this game from Retrosheet. Enjoy!

Updated to 1-31 ... Today is a big day for those of us unlucky enough to live in the Northeast part of the U.S. in the winter months. Because today's the last day of January and we have just rid ourselves of another month of winter. ...You don't think this is such a big deal? Consider that while I am writing this up right now it is three (3) degrees outside. I think that says it all. ...Last month when I got my blu-ray player I asked in here what kind of movies would look really nice in it. SeanO recommended a movie called Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. I never heard of it. But then I saw the movie for sale in the bargain area of a wholesale club and I picked it up. It was really a nice movie and yes it did look great on blu-ray. I'm just wondering why I was not familiar with this movie before. It only came out six years ago. ...There is even a website for this game located right here where you can even download a game based on the movie. ...On the 27th my laptop that I got for Christmas came back to me on the day they promised to deliver it to me. Amazing, just amazing. And as an added bonus, everything works well on it too. ...Vikings coach Brad Childress is playing smart with rent-a-year quarterback Brett Favre. He is not putting a deadline on Favre to decide if he wants to play again next year therefore allowing Favre all the time he needs to hem and haw about this. And as soon as enough time goes by with enough attention given to him once again, Favre will return. ...Just how I see it but whatever is going on right now with Tiger Woods and his wife with their marriage counseling is strictly between them and should stay out of the media. ...I think I will only believe that Johnny Damon is not coming back to the Yankees is only when he signs with someone else. But before that happens I won't. ...No, I will not be getting an iPad. The latest over priced (from $499 up to $829 -the model with 64 GB of storage with a 3G wireless data connection through AT&T) product was introduced to the public this past Wednesday and there is nothing about it that makes you want to even consider buying it. ...And it would figure that Major League Baseball got on board with the iPad to try and entice their fans to get the iPad so they can watch baseball on it this upcoming season. It's a perfect marriage. One of America's most user-unfriendly companies joining forces with Apple, a company that makes products that you can easily do without.

Just a note for anyone in here that is interested in creating their own uniforms for MVP or has questions about them, post your questions here in this thread. This is Spungo's thread and over the years he has made uniforms for every single major league team and also the minor leagues too. The thing is, if you have played MVP before you probably have already seen his work. Check out for example the MVP 2008 and 2007 mod. That's his stuff. Also check out the 2009 mod for MVP 2004 by piratesmvp04. What stands out in his work can be summed up in three words: Attention to detail. He won't just make a uniform once and then be done with it. Do the buttons look wrong in one uniform? He'll fix it. He'll keep on tweaking these uniforms until he's satisfied and the end result is what you see in the game, a uniform that looks just as good as the ones you see if you are watching a game on a high definition TV. Only the best modders here have this kind of attitude towards their work. Look at the four top stadium guys (paulw, Big O, Sean O and Pirate) and you'll see that they have the same approach to their work. Look at Hory. It took him 18 months to create the 1994 mod. Attention to detail. And Jim825. Every time he thinks a total conversion mod is completed he finds something else to put in or something else to tinker with. That's what I think spungo's attitude is towards his work. You may be satisfied with his work but he has to be satisfied first. So if any of you guys want to learn how to make your uniforms or make your existing uniforms better there's no other place to go on this site than right here.

Yeah, well if you put it that way. But the Vikings are 0 - 4 in Super Bowls. If they couldn't get it done with great players like Fran Tarkenton, Chuck Foreman, Jim Gilliam, Brent McClanahan, Alan Page and Carl Eller, how can they do it now?

I agree. And I should have written this myself also. And don't think we didn't notice. Don't be a stranger.

Updated to 1-24 ...Championship game Sunday. No other choice for me but to pull for the AFC in this. I'd like to see the Jets beat the Colts and the Vikings beat the Saints. New Orleans should only host a Super Bowl. They should never be in one. ...Wow, what a night I had last night. Slept over eight hours straight. Haven't done that in months. I compare that feat to hitting for the cycle. ...Went to go see Extraordinary Measures yesterday at the local cineplex. Let's just say this movie was not my choice to go and see especially when there was a Jackie Chan movie being shown at the same time. ...Fair warning to everyone in here. Watching the previews of coming attractions before the movie began I saw that there is going to be a movie coming out about Valentine's Day that looks like it is going to suck. You can always tell a women's movie when you see it. ...Final thing about movies. I told my wife we have to go to matinees from now on because of being on a fixed budget. With the price of movies combined with all the drinks and popcorn that you got to get it can get expensive. ...Another Bin Laden threat. What the hell, why can't they find this guy after all this time? And when they do find him, there's going to be more trouble. ...Just curious here. Every so often when you get e-mails that you didn't want, at the end of it sometimes it has an option to unsubscribe from it. Is it actually worth unsubscribing? Or doesn't it matter because they'll keep on sending it anyway? I keep getting one from some "Online Poker tournament" and I'm trying to stop it. Little do these people know I have no idea how to play Poker. ...Still no word as of yet about the future of Tom Cable. I'm watching this as close as I monitor news about the Yankees. ...Kind of disappointed that Jerry Hairston didn't remain with the Yankees. I was really impressed with his versatility. ...You watch the Mariners in the off season try to improve themselves with the moves they made and then you see another team like the Orioles who just bring back retreads like Miguel Tejada. ...I'm still holding out hope that Johnny Damon comes back to the Yankees. While Nick Johnson is a good on-base guy, he does not have Damon's speed and you do need some speed in the lineup. ...How lucky are the Angels? They just traded Gary Matthews, Jr. ...How stupid are the Mets? They just acquired Gary Matthews, Jr. ...Congratulations to Grant Desme, who left the Oakland Athletics to pursue a career in the priesthood. That's something you don't see happening a lot. Dominus vobiscum Mr. Desme and best of luck.

At least we agree on that.

Bob Lemon The easygoing Lemon learned to pitch in the major leagues and went on to become one of the most successful righthanders of the post-WWII period. He was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1976. In two trials as a third baseman before the war he failed to stick with the Indians because of his mediocre hitting. He showed a strong arm in the field, but his throws had a natural sinking effect. Upon his return to Cleveland after three years in the Navy, he turned to pitching at age twenty-six. Cleveland won the 1948 pennant, as Feller, Lemon, and rookie Gene Bearden combined for 59 wins. Lemon, at 20-14, led the AL in shutouts (10), complete games (20), and innings pitched (294). On June 30, he threw a no-hitter to top the Tigers 2-0. In the World Series, he picked up two wins (1.65 ERA) as the Indians defeated the Braves. Lemon became the leader of the outstanding Indians pitching staffs of the 1950s that also included Feller, Early Wynn, Mike Garcia, and later Herb Score. In a remarkably consistent nine-year stretch (1948-56), Lemon won 20 or more games seven times. He missed the magic number only in 1951 with 17 victories and 1955 when his 18 wins topped the league. A workhorse, he led in complete games five times and innings pitched four. TSN named him the Outstanding AL Pitcher three times (1948, 50, 54). The 1954 Indians set an AL record with 111 victories (in 154 games) as Lemon led the pitching staff with a 23-7 mark. He opened the World Series against the Giants and took a 2-2 tie into the tenth inning before giving up a three-run home run to pinch hitter Dusty Rhodes. When the Indians lost the next two, manager Al Lopez brought Lemon back on two days' rest, but he was shelled early as the Giants swept the Series. Lemon's money pitch was his sinking fastball. He led the AL in strikeouts with 170 in 1950, but he was most effective when opposing batters were beating the ball into the dirt. Always slightly wild, his season bases on balls and strikeout marks were usually similar, as were his career bases totals of 1,251 walks and 1,277 strikeouts. Lemon was considered to be one of the best-hitting pitchers of his time and was often used as a pinch hitter, totaling 31 hits in 109 pinch-hit appearances (.284). His 37 home runs lifetime is just one behind Wes Ferrell's record for pitchers, and his 7 HR in 1949 ties him for second on the pitchers' season list.

Sam Rice One of baseball's greatest singles hitters, Rice fell only 13 hits shy of 3,000. In 20 ML seasons, he never hit below .293 and averaged .322. Although he lacked power (21 of his 34 career home runs were hit inside the park), he met every other requirement for stardom. At bat, he usually made contact, averaging only one strikeout in every 34 at-bats. On the bases, he was fast and intelligent, leading the AL with 63 stolen bases in 1920. In the outfield, he was swift and had an excellent arm. His most famous play was on defense. In Game Three of the 1925 WS, he raced full-tilt after Pirate Earl Smith's drive, leaped and backhanded it. He and the ball disappeared into the stands, but when Rice emerged with the ball in his glove, the umpire called Smith out. Had he really caught the ball? He refused to say but left a sealed letter at the Hall of Fame to be opened after his death. In it, he'd written: "At no time did I lose possession of the ball." Rice joined the Senators as a pitcher in 1915 but by the next season was moved to right field. A lefthanded hitter, he stood nearly erect in the batter's box, crowding the plate. Although his speed helped him to 497 career two-base hits and the AL lead in triples in 1923, his forte was the slap single. Of his 2,987 career hits, 2,272 went for one base. With a good batting eye he added 709 walks, and he scored 1,515 runs in his career. In 1924, when the Senators won the World Championship, Rice led the AL in hits with 216 and had a 31-game hitting streak. The next year, for Washington's second pennant winner, he amassed 227 hits and batted a career-high .350. He led the AL with 216 hits in 1926. All told, he topped 200 hits seven times.

Not where I live Jim. The Times-Union went out of business in 1997.

I was a paperboy back then and I delivered the evening papers around here and I recall running to work every day just to read about the latest Yankee game. I got to ignore all the crap going on and just concentrated on the won-loss record.

No Jim, I never did.

Next up is The Best Team Money Could Buy: The Turmoil and Triumph of the 1977 New York Yankees. It was written by Steve Jacobson and can be found on Amazon right here. I like to put a picture of the book that I just finished reading in here just to show you what it looks like but I can not do it for this book. This is an old book, printed in 1978 and it has been out of print for many years. But you still can pick this up although you won't be getting a brand new copy. While this book chronicles the daily happenings of the 1977 Yankee team, this book can be enjoyed by non-Yankee fans as well as Yankee fans. The Yankee fan will read about the problems this team had but will be happy at the end of the book because they ended up winning the World Series that year. The non-Yankee fan will enjoy this book because they'll be laughing at the Yankees because of their behavior from Spring training all the way up to the sixth game of the Fall Classic. Other notable things: ...This book brought back a lot of memories for me. This was the first Yankee team that I saw win a World Series. ...I could remember when all this was going on and wondering to myself why the hell are these guys doing this? All I wanted them to do was win. ...Anyone that buys this book will see that a lot of the problems on the '77 team were because of Billy Martin. At that time I did not realize it but I do now. Martin was defiant, belligerent, argumentative, rude, paranoid, dishonest, untrustworthy, alcoholic and a liar to just about everyone. And I am sure there are some traits about him that I am forgetting to mention. Martin was a good manager when the game was going on but Martin as a man was no damn good. ...There was jealousy over Reggie Jackson's huge contract and that was a major cause of all the strife. ...Not one of the major players of the '77 season ended up looking good in this book. Not Reggie Jackson or Graig Nettles or Billy Martin or Thurman Munson or George Steinbrenner. Each of these people were petty and childish and by reading this book you'll see why. ...Many times Mickey Rivers was unmotivated because he wanted more money. I lost count halfway in the book when he said he wanted to be traded. ...The incident in Boston in June of that year with Jackson being pulled from the game during a pitching change is covered very well. ...Just when you think things were starting to calm down for this team and a few pages went by, a new "crisis" came up that got everyone in a tizzy again. It became more and more ridiculous. ...Again, the only reason why I re-read this book was because I liked the ending of it.

Next up is Yankee for Life: My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes by Bobby Murcer and Glen Waggoner. This book can be found on Amazon right here. This book details the baseball life and times of Bobby Murcer, from his callup to the Yankees in 1965 to his retirement in 1983. It's a typical ballplayers memoir book that mostly a Yankee fan would care to spend the time reading. Murcer is not shy about his allegiances to the Yanks and he goes on to explain to the reader his disappointment of being traded away to the Giants at the end of the 1974 season. But what everyone would admire about Murcer, Yankee fan or not, is how he dealt with the news of his brain cancer and how he and his family handled it. That's detailed in this book too. To me, this is what made this book stand out. Other things: ...I just love the name of this book. Can't put my finger on why though. ...Something that I put out of my memory about the 1977 season about Ron Guidry was brought back to me while reading this book. It seems that before the '77 season began, the Yankees worked out a trade with Toronto to acquire Bill Singer for Guidry. But the Blue Jays front office nixed the trade at the last minute. Why? Because Singer was already on the cover of their media guide, which was already printed. So the Yankees had Guidry start in 1977 and the rest is history. And as you can see by what transpired here, the Blue Jays have been making stupid decisions ever since they entered the American League, a tradition that has continued to this day. ...In 1980, Bobby Murcer had a baseball school in Florida. It lasted only one year. But it did produce one player that made it to the major leagues, catcher Mike Stanley. ...Suzyn Waldman was a Broadway singer in her younger years before she became an announcer.

Grab this one too before MLB sees it. Babe Ruth color pictures. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODnVutu-xrk