Yankee4Life

Updated to 6-21 ...The funniest thing that I read about this week was when the Cubs got their Gatorade machine removed from their dugout. Doesn't it seem to you that they are really going to miss having this small luxury when July and August get here? ...Alfonso Soriano, after finding out the Gatorade machine was taken away, wanted to know if one can be put in left field so he could grab a drink at any time. ...The gutsy play of the year has to go to Toronto's Marco Scutaro. In a recent game against the Phillies, Scutaro was walked and then immediately stole second base as the base was not covered by the Phillie shortstop or second baseman because they were too busy shining their World Series rings. It was a good hustle play that I have never seen happen before and you can view that play right here. Just look for the video highlight called Scutaro's sneaky steal. ...I have not watched a Yankee game all week and I haven't missed a thing because honestly I can't stand looking at those guys anymore. ...Alex Rodriguez is not the only guy who needs to be benched for two or more games. Start with the captain and then move to the outfield. In fact the entire team needs a reality check. ...Once again, I have never seen a team that is supposed to be such a great hitting team constantly go through phases of not hitting at all. All it proves to me is that this is a sorry, overrated bunch of losers. ...Memo to Joba Chamberlain: Throw strikes you SOB. ...One thing I've noticed while I have been on this website is that I can put down, complain about, scream at, yell at and insult the Yankees all I want...and no one says boo. No one complains about it, no one gets mad at me, no one tells me I'm wrong. But God forbid let me say one thing that is not praiseworthy of the Boston Red Sox in here, I am going to hear it just like I had to when I had the nerve to complain about their own Kevin Youkilis being in first place in the All-Star voting. All of a sudden it's a different story. ...The President of the United States killed a fly this week during an interview and PETA actually got upset about it and made a big deal out of it. Can you believe it? Now a fly has rights too? PETA's going to go nuts this summer because people all across the country are going to be killing flies when they are having cookouts or on picnics or when they get in people's homes. In times like this I'd love to have one of the public officials tell these people to go shove it up their ass. ...My sure cure for making any bad day that I have a good one is watching an episode of Quantum Leap.

I can confirm that too. If the ad for the toolbar was moved a little towards the left it would fix everything.

Updated to 6-14 ...This partly has something to do with the three game fiasco the Yankees just finished in Boston, but I will not be watching any of their games probably for the rest of the month. It's getting to be just a little too much watching the true colors of this team reveal itself again. ...Part of their problem is holding on to guys that helped them win in the 90's.Andy Pettitte needs to be shown the door. And fast. Jorge Posada needs to do the same.Thanks both of you for all you did, but my calendar on the wall says 2009 and not 1999. ...I believe that Chien-Ming Wang deserves another start. But only one more. Then if he screws up, take him in the bullpen when no one is there and break his leg. ...And the next time a Yankee reliever comes in the game and walks the first batter I'm going to break something. ...Some people from Accu-Weather.com recently did a study in the new Yankee Stadium and came away with the finding that there is no jet stream in right field that is causing all those home runs. Of course there isn't. It's caused by all the bad pitching by the home team. ...I'm someone who was around when Thurman Munson was the captain of the team and I'm telling you right now that Jeter is a terrible captain. Munson would get in your face if anyone ran the bases like Nick Swisher did in Boston. Munson would tell A-Rod to get his God damn head in the game and start hitting and a Munson lead team would never have lost to the Red Sox eight straight games. NEVER. ...Did anyone read about the way the Indians are trying to combat the seagull problem at Jacobs Field? They're going to set off fireworks between innings to scare them away. The Indians are doing everything they can to get rid of them and the Red Sox are doing all they can to bring them to Boston the next time the Yankees visit. ...Favoritism 101: Brad Penny hits Alex Rodriguez in the back and receives no fine. AJ Burnett doesn't hit the batter and is fined six games. Guess which pitcher is the Red Sox player? ...Favoritism 101, Part II: The fine levied on Jonathan Paplebon for "slow play" (taking too long to make his first pitch when he comes into the game) was only for $1,000. That a way to stick it to him MLB! Paplebon probably walks around with thousand dollar bills in his wallet. What a way to get your point across. And that brings me to.. ...The average Red Sox game this year lasts three hours and three minutes which proves they are doing all they can to stall and bore the hell out you. ...Wrigleyville33 (who is probably one of the funniest guys on this site by the way) brought this to my attention the other day that the hi-res trick that you can do at CBS Sportsline is not working now. I was pretty worried about that until I remembered that for some reason they seem to do this every so often because this happened last year too. ...A big thanks to redsox (<--see how that team haunts me?) for making throwback uniforms. If they all look as good as the early 1970's Expos then this will be one of the hottest downloads of the summer. ...How screwed up is this? The 88 year old nutcase who shot a security guard at the Holocaust Museum will live to face charges while the guy he killed leaves behind a family. ...Anyone see Land of the Lost yet? How bad did Will Ferrell ham it up? ...Welcome back Burn Notice and In Plain Sight.I missed you. ...And Royal Pains looks like another good one on the USA Network. ...Well, the Penguins won the Stanley Cup. And I'm here to say who gives a *&%^? Like it actually made a blip on the radar. And the Los Angeles Lakers are a game away from winning the NBA championship. More exciting news. Hoo-boy. ...If anyone wants to see MVP baseball at it's best, follow any of the dynasties that are currently going on in here. Your best bets are JoeRudi (the king of dynasty presentations)and rookie_rick. ...June 14th is flag day for those interested.

Yeah, I agree and this is exactly what sportsmanship is about. It was an impressive thing that the other team did for this girl. All I am saying is that the competitive part of me would have understood just as much if she had to be credited with that two run single that the umpires said she would have had if someone had pinch run for her.

Nice story of good sportsmanship. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKUaLlK776s...ec-HM-fresh+div I confess I have mixed feelings about that video. I think it was one of the nicest things I ever saw and the sportsmanship displayed by that other team was unbelievable. But on the other hand, what they did helped them lose the game. A Priest beats someone up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X39hHGqGXAs Some nut beats up a pastor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-tu32HkWaw...feature=related

Yes it has, many times. Search the forums.

The title of this thread is Mvp Baseball 2005 for Dummies.

Total Classics Phase 10 Continued Play of the game for St. Louis as they tag out an unlucky Tiger runner as he tries to get back to third base. Birdie Tebbets flys out to deep right against Auker in the later innings. Here's a hidden player in Total Classics, thanks to Fuzzone. Hoot Evers is safe at first on this wild throw by Vern Stephens as the Browns are unable to turn the double play. Chet Laabs of the Browns is shown here as he doubles to drive home the eventual game winning run for the Browns. Hank Greenberg strikes out to end the game against George Caster of the Browns. This video here shows you what happened two batters before Greenberg came up to bat: This is as close as the Tigers got. Final score, St. Louis 4, Detroit 3. Another huge thanks to the Total Classics team of modders.

Next is Total Classics Phase 10, which is the latest installment of the popular Total Classics series. You can download this mod on this site by clicking on this link. Among the differences between Phase 9 and Phase 10 is the addition of the 1933 New York Giants, over fifty updated portraits, seven updated stadiums and roster tweaks. The rest of the changes can be seen on the file description page of the link I provided. Today's game in Total Classics Phase 10 is between the 1942 Browns and the 1946 Tigers. A stolen base off of Hal Newhouser in the second inning. Browns first baseman George McQuinn drives home St. Louis' second run with a single. Elden Auker pitching for the Browns today. Auker went 14-13 in 1942. George Kell singles up the middle against Auker. Birdie Tebbetts sacrifices a runner over to second for Detroit.

Updated to 6-7 ...The biggest piece of news for me came late last night with the announcement that Total Classics Phase 10 was released to the public. I am downloading it as I write up this week's random thoughts, and it's safe to say I already love this update. MVP Baseball is great and Total Classics makes it even better. Thank you Jim825 and everyone else involved. ...Not to forget that another season mod was released this week too, the anticipated Mvp 09 mod made exclusively for Mvp Baseball 2004. You can get the mod right here and as a reminder, you must be a member of Eamods to download it. As if we didn't have enough mods to play, now we have two more. ...Saw this link while reading the shoutbox yesterday. I never knew about this baseball site until yesterday. For anyone who loves baseball history you are going to enjoy this site. ...Sarah Palin was in my area today. The Alaska windbag went to Auburn, NY because some guy who was from Auburn named William Seward negotiated the deal to buy Alaska from Russia back in 1867. So she went there as a political ploy. I did not attend. ...Notice once again that the Yankees have to go to Boston to play three more games there? So that means after the first eight games played between these two teams, six of them will be played in Boston. Don't tell me the schedule isn't fixed. ...But now that we are playing better baseball, let's hope for some better results because there is a lot of payback to be given, starting with laughing boy Ellsbury. ...Let's see..three games, about 4 1/2 hours apiece...should take between 13.5 to 14 hours to play. I'll never make it. The Red Sox are well known to drag out games, but this is ridiculous. ...Anyone ever take a good look at Reed Johnson of the Cubs? The guy looks like Kevin Youkilis' brother. ...What's with Mariano and the Rays all of a sudden? ...David Wells is doing a pretty good job with his TBS job.

Yes. It is a huge project so it takes time.

No, his neighbor across the street is.

2004 Continued Jack Wilson of the Pirates, always a steady player for them. Call strike three! Jeremy Guthrie of Baltimore delivers a pitch. There's action in the Baltimore bullpen. PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Time for a pitching change. Aubrey Huff goes down swinging for the final out of the game as Pittsburgh wins a slugfest, 11 - 8.

Finally I am very happy to say I'm able to update this thread with another season mod. The last few pages in here got us a little off track, mainly thanks to one person who is not amongst the Mvpmods community any longer. Piratesmvp04 has released a mod for the Mvp Baseball 2004 game that will update that game to the 2009 baseball season. The rosters are accurate up to April 25th of this year. There are updated stadiums, player portraits and uniforms to reflect the 2009 season. I played a game just now and captured some screenshots to get a feel of this mod and I'll be honest with you, it did not even take me that long to really enjoy it. This is a wonderful mod. Here are some views, questions and opinions I thought of while I was playing: ...The stadiums and uniforms look top notch. Although like in the 08 mod I think there are too many fantasy uniforms for each team. I like the retro stuff much better. ...I like the datafile and camera views that I saw. ...Excellent choice for the Jukebox. Not one complaint about the song list. ...The overlay is fine, but I will be changing it as soon as possible. The only reason for that is I personally can't stand the FOX Network, so I don't want to see their logo. That's all. ...Will the rosters be updated over the course of the year? ...Good looking photos used for the loading screens. ...What's the obsession with Jay Bruce? NOTES: If you want this mod right now, you can download it from this site right here. This is only a temporary link because it will eventually be put back on EAmods. The file on Eamods had a CRC error in it and it did not extract fully. My guess is that you can download this mod once again at EAmods either later today or tomorrow. Don't forget, there's a huge MVP 2004 section right here on this site where you can a lot more mods for this game. More uniforms, overlays and CTS screens. And one more reminder, this MVP 09 version is not to be confused with the upcoming MVP 09 version for Mvp 05. This mod is to be used for the 2004 game with Albert Pujols on the cover. Remember this is the 2004 version of the game and if you try to put in KATIE ROY in the game to unlock everything it will NOT WORK. But don't worry, there's another code that will do the exact same thing. Create a player named NICK ROY and save it. Then you'll have all the stadiums, uniforms and players. MOD SCREENSHOTS Zach Duke retires Aubrey Huff in the first inning Speedy Nyjer Morgan reaches first safely as the O's are unable to complete a double play. Greg Zaun gets a hold of one off Zach Duke. Brian Roberts tries to bunt to get on base and the Bucs barely throw him out. Baltimore forces out the lead Pittsburgh runner on an unsuccessful sacrifice bunt attempt. The Pirate dugout cheers for Nate McClouth after he hits a two run double. Close play at the play, and he's out.

Not a chance. This mod is still in the planning stages. Work just began on this.

Updated to 5-31 ...Twice a year we go to the Waterloo outlet Mall to do some shopping and yesterday morning was our first time this year. I should correct this. She does the shopping while I wait outside and sit and wish I was someplace else. ...Not that I was alone. There's benches all over that mall and every one of them were taken up by some guy who was doing the same thing I was, being bored and trying not to show it. ...Towards the end of it, I was so tired I couldn't even do the required girl watching. ...I tried the Pepsi Throwback drink the other day. It's not bad and you can tell that their is a difference. ...Next year Mindy McCready will be on a reality TV show called Celebrity rehab. No word as of yet if Roger Clemens will make a guest appearance. ...Gas prices once again are on the rise and just in time for summer too! Don't tell me that this isn't planned. ...Do those midges and mosquitoes only show up in Cleveland when the Yankees are there? ...If those midges need something to do, go and bother Jose Veras. ...It's just nice to see this ballclub playing as good as they should. They're not making excuses, they are just going out and playing the game right. ...Yeah, Zach Grienke had a great month of May (and it still isn't over because he's pitching today) but let's see how he does in June. There's no way he's this good. ...Highly touted catching prospect Matt Wieters is up with the Orioles now. It's unclear as of now if he's had any time to perform miracles yet.

Your best bet is to send OTB Joel a PM and let him know this.

The Japanese are funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVO_WSNEtTY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCConZqZv3g...feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwlwnX45Dg...feature=related Don't laugh or you'll get spanked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_nIuyei9Kw...feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reGBb4tiGGc...feature=related ( I originally saw this on HBO and never forgot it)

A novel approach on how to deal with a pain in the neck roommate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z17-JYf3N08 Female spectator hit by a soccer ball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPdhoPCzXPk...feature=related Amazing, just amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wso13n4kHZ4

Wrong place, wrong time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y978HjnNwOQ&NR=1 Not now honey, ok? I'm busy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvG6E2UOg0o...feature=related This is NOT a porn video. It's an Australian commercial. Don't know why those words were associated with this clip because it is not a porn video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g5NR5wj97U...feature=related

This is a funny kid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A5DjiFL704&feature=dir Mvp 05 video Yankees at Boston posted by ixcuincle, a member of this website (8:05 min) The original music was taken out of this video by youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm8jc7nXKqw...ec-HM-fresh+div

Updated to 5-24 ...A very early morning update to this thread this time. I was watching a movie on the Sci-Fi channel last night called Lake Placid 2 and before I go on I have to admit that these are not the kind of movies I watch at all. In fact I can't stand scary movies. They have a habit of giving me nightmares about the movie. Which is why I am up right now. ....On Friday night I went to see Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian. I was waiting for this one to come out for quite some time after I originally saw the previews months ago and I wasn't disappointed. I'd see it again and I think if you liked the first one, you will like this one. Also, after watching this movie it did not affect my sleep one bit. ...The girl that played Amelia Earhart in the movie, Amy Adams, has a very nice..um, smile. ...Notice to all Will Farrell haters: The guy who thinks of himself as an actor and a comedian is coming out with yet another movie. This one's called The Land of the Lost. The thing about this guy is that he can't act and he isn't funny at all, but yet he keeps making movies. ...Nice to see the chat function get re-introduced on the website. To access it, just check out the top of the home page of the site and click on "chat." See you in there sometime. ...The wonderful thing about this website is that we keep getting new people that join up that quickly become important members of the site just by their presence here daily. Guys like rroy and Wicked come to mind right away. Of course right now I'm forgetting others and forgive me for that. It's 4:30 am and did not expect to be up at this time. ...Well, at least we got the team right Dept: Yesterday during the Phillie-Yankee game on SUX, I mean FOX, John Mayberry Jr of the Phillies hit his first home run of his major league career. FOX immediately zoomed in on what they thought was his father, former player John Mayberry, in the stands as he was wearing a Phillie hat and was clapping and cheering. The problem was, this wasn't John Mayberry. It was just a fan who just happened to be cheering on his Phillies. At least FOX admitted their mistake but not before Tim McCarver gave a detailed explanation as to why it could have been John Mayberry. ...What I like most about this current streak the Yankees are on is that everyone is helping. They're pitching well, fielding well and getting timely hitting. And it isn't just one guy who is relied on. That's what is most important. This is also something that I did not see at all in 2008. ...Because you know when Jose Veras gets credit for a win, things are going your way. ...Everyone enjoy your Memorial Day weekend. And remember when you are enjoying your hot dog today and watching a game, reflect on what this day actually stands for.

I can not believe after all this time this topic has not been stickied. I apologize and it has been corrected.