Yankee4Life

Updated to 9-3 ...I don't care what generation you are from, the one thing in common we all have no matter how old we are is that the summer goes by too damn quick. It seemed as if it were the other day and it was the middle of June and you guys were getting out of school. Even now, being out of school as long as I have been, I still dislike the coming of Labor Day. ...Which makes me stop and thank the DirecTV people. There's so many channels now, I don't have to be forced to watch the Jerry Lewis telethon like I had to when I was a kid. ...Went to see Invincible yesterday with Mark Walberg. Not a bad movie. But there is one movie I am getting anxious to see that will be out around Christmas called Night at the Museum. I'll still see it even though it has that idiot Ben Stiller in it. ...Welcome back NFL. I bet some of you guys can't wait for it to start but I never really got into it until the World Series was over, and then the NFL season was in its eighth week. One thing is different this year: there are three games on Thanksgiving Day this time. The third game is a 8 pm game with Denver and Kansas City. Big deal. ...I would not want to be Carl Pavano when he reports to spring training next year. He has a lot to prove to his teammates. Sure he's had bad luck, but not reporting an accident? ...Unless our minor league team fails to make the playoffs I will not be able to see a ballgame this year. I don't mind, I don't care for the Twins AAA team anyways. ...Old news to some maybe, but I thought it was pretty funny that Tom Cruise got canned by Paramount Studios. He can shove his Scientology right up his *** ...I think the wildcard races, especially the National League, will go down to the last day. The best time of the year for baseball is coming up again. ...The Raiders for some odd reason signed Jeff George, a player who has not played since 2001. And yesterday they released him. Thank God. Why sign him in the first place? ...I like that Bobby Abreau. Why can't they all be patient like he is?

P L E A S E R E A D Please do not make any sigs for new users that have recently joined the website, and I am talking about users that have just joined the site in the past few days. Anyone that has been on here for a while or that you know, please disregard this message. Why? Because we have this kid that has been joining and he's made at least eight accounts. The last one was Jose_Reyes. He was also luis87b. And Redsx_24, and kelly_apol, and etc, etc. All new sign ups. Please don't make them for the new people until they are checked out.

Hahhahaha, well you will think of something Kraw. :D

Exactly what are you talking about? You are not making any sense.

Updated to 8-27 ....Dark roast coffee on a Sunday morning with no one bothering you is a wonderful thing. ...I let my wife pick out the movie we went to see so she picked out World Trade Center. I didn't know if I wanted to see it because it brought back so many bad memories, but I got to say it was a very good movie. It's also hard to believe that soon it will be the fifth anniversary for this. ...Turned on the X-Box for the first time in four months two days ago. I played Mvp 06 NCAA baseball and some people liked it and some didn't. That always seems to go with the territory with an EA game, but I enjoy this game. I don't think I'll wait another four months to turn on the X-box anymore. ...Bargain bins at the game stores can be your friend. I just found two full games on one CD of Top Spin Tennis and NCAA Football 2005 there for $2.99. Yeah, they are a few years old, but if you never played them before it's ok and you also can't beat the price. ...Starting tomorrow for the rest of the year we are getting our lawn serviced from now on because I just can't do the lawn anymore. My knees won't let me. I have no advice for everyone in here except don't hurt your knees. I wish I could be more helpful. ...Did you know that there was a band from England during the 1970's called Babe Ruth?]Babe Ruth? I never knew this. You learn something every day on the Internet. ...F&&& the Angels and everything about them. ...I'm not getting Madden 2007. It's the same thing over and over but the only thing different is they add some new unneeded feature that just takes up more space on your hard drive. Madden 2k3 still isn't bad to play and you still can get updated rosters for it. ...I picked up some advice in another thread and went to this page here for my sports news. It's from Canada and it is a lot better then ESPN. More and more stuff each day seems to be an "insider" thing on ESPN and it got too much for me. So I tried this site and it gives me what I want, and that's just the sports news. Can a Canadian friend tell me what TSN means? ....This has been a very fast baseball season again. :(

Updated to 8-20 ...I can't wait for that new Yankee Stadium to be built. From all that I have seen from those artist renditions, it is going to look great. 2009 isn't far off. ...I like how Bobby Abreau is patient at the plate. Never had a chance to watch him before when he was in Philadelphia and truth be told, I didn't care to because I don't pay attention to the Phils. ...Why is every magazine out there so concerned what Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are doing? Not to mention Tom Cruise. Next time you go in a grocery store or something, just see how many times you see them slapped on a magazine cover. ...Let's also not forget Britney Spears, who continues to be a role model for every girl in the United States that lives in a trailer park. ...And a child shall lead them: I upgraded my verizon phone this week and when I got it, I didn't know how to put the phone numbers in the new phone. Whatever I did, the information did not get saved in the phone. So I had to get my ten year old niece to put them in for me. "Here you go," she said, like it was as easy as turning on the TV. ...The USA Network has some of the best shows on TV today. Now I'm starting to tivo The Dead Zone with Anthony Michael Hall. ...Like many of you guys in here, I've been reading about the latest break in the case of that little girl's death, Jon Benet Ramsey that came out this week. Now it seems that this guy that they have may not have done it at all. Why would anyone want to admit to something like that? ...I don't like when people leave you messages on Yahoo IM to ask you to put them on your buddy list there and don't tell you who they are. I can't repeat here the response I give them because then I'd have to delete my own post. :wink: ...I would't mind if the Yankees got Barry Zito next year to replace Randy Johnson. And remember, Carl Pavano has yet to show the Yankees how good he is. He can help in 2007 too. ...Art Shell is exactly what this lazy Raider team needs. I remember watching him when he was a player and I loved him back then. ...I'd like to thank the Texas Rangers for using the Angels players as pitching targets during a game in Arlington this week. Good going!

Updated to 8-13 ...Damn man is this summer flying by fast once again. It's my favorite time of year and the time from June to September are gone in a flash. On the other hand, January seems to last six months. ...I love how the YES network has the special features now for Directv users that show you a bonus cam, lineups, stats, scores and more. I'm hitting those buttons so much I'm missing part of the game. ...When's this *&$( with these terrorists going to stop? All this is going to do is make travel time even more of a pain. I hear now that people are required to have four hour waits. How the hell is that going to help? ...My wife got a new phone recently. A verizon Razor phone that has a thing on that gives out directions on how to get somewhere when you are driving. She'll still end up getting lost. ...Who else besides me loves French Onion soup? ...Thank you Kansas City Royals. Now go away. ...Here's an example of people I have to deal with, not on a daily basis, but occasionally. Yesterday I went to a corner store to buy a Pepsi before going to work. Well, when I got there all they had was Pepsi Lime, Pepsi Vanilla, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Jazz flavor (whatever that is) and Cherry Pepsi. "Where's the regular Pepsi?" I ask the kid at the counter. He told me he thought that flavor had not come out yet. :? ...I don't like that guy from the Angels, the one they call K-Rod because he likes to rub it in when he gets a save and he taunts the opposition. He'd be a perfect fit in Boston, where they breed people like that. ...What to play first.....Mvp 06 or Total Classics Phase 6? ...My new video card make my game look a lot better. Now I just need time to actually play a few games.

Updated to 8-6 ...Either I am not destined to see a live game this year or what but everytime I have decided I'd go see a minor league game this year, the local team has always been out of town. Note to self: look at the schedule the next time. ...Once again the Yankees acted like they are afraid of a new pitcher that they have not seen as they gathered up all of one hit last night in a loss to the Orioles, who are going no place again. This time they lost to the immortal Adam Loewen. Get him in the Hall of Fame now. ...Got my computer back after it was worked on. Very happy with it. ...For those of us in the east, wasn't this week a tough one with the heat? Especially at the beginning of it when the heat index and humidity was over 100 degrees. It's always the humidity that gets you a lot more than the heat itself. ...Welcome Bobby Abreau, Cory Lidle and Craig Wilson. And thank you for staying right where you are Philip Hughes and Melky Cabrera. ...For the first time in a couple of years I am excited about the upcoming Raider season. Art Shell has been doing an outstanding job out there and I almost can't wait to see this team beginning next month. ...August is going to be a great month on this website. From what I have been reading, TC 6 and Mvp 06 should be out this month. And that's my problem. What do I play first??? I might just have to flip a coin or something. :? ...Thinking about that post above this, I think that everyone on here after these mods are released should PM one of those modders, be it Kraw or Totte or Hory or Fuzz or anyone on the TC team and send them a message of thanks. Especially the Mvp 06 team, a group of people that have been bugged about this mod since the very beginning. ...I got great news. I have to go to a wedding this weekend and I can't go!!! Isn't that wonderful? Seems as if I have to work (oh no!) and I won't be able to take off and attend it (son of a *(&*$) so that means I have to stay home ( :wink: :wink: :wink: ) Sometimes my friends when you work on Saturdays, it works out to your advantage. ...Anyone out there watch Cold Case?? That's one damn good show.

Cut the crap.

Updated to 7-30 ...Going to get my computer upgraded this week. Tomorrow I got to bring it in and the processor is going to be a bit faster and I'll add some RAM. Maybe that will help me play games like Tiger Woods 2006. I'll still be able to be on here while the computer is getting dolled up since I got a laptop. ...Can't wait until 4 pm tomorrow when this trade deadline is over with. Here's hoping the Nationals hold onto Soriano with both hands and also the Yankees hold on to their good young players. Now's the time I get nervous. ...I can't stand having Canadian coins given to me when I get change. That's because they don't go into any vending machine, or newspaper box or anything else you got to insert coins into. I actually separate the Canadian coins when I want to get rid of them before I go into a store to buy the paper. So when I plunk down the fifty cents for the USA Today, the 7-11 guy gets my Canadian stash. Tell me I don't have things covered. ...Either we've been getting the heat and humidity in the 90's around here or we've been getting days with the damn rain that never lets up. I won't complain that much, it's better than winter. Thank God for central air. ...I've been so busy these past two weeks with work that I have not played one game of Mvp. In fact, I've played zero games in two weeks. I don't like it when work takes over your life like that. ...There's a family picnic that is going on today that I am not going to. I'm not spending another day outside then I have to. Besides, some relatives will be there that I don't have to see until the obligatory Christmas how-you-doing-how-you-been-nice-to-see-you handshake that happens every December. ...It's been so bad this week that I have not watched one Yankee game this week. For me, that's almost unthinkable. ...My wife went to see "You, Me and Dupree" with a friend of her's from work. I can't watch crap like that because that Owen Wilson is almost in the category of not being remotely funny just as that idiot Will Ferrell is. ...All e-mail spammers should rot in hell. Yeah, I'm talking about you people who send me mail telling me my mortgage "has been approved" when I didn't apply for anything. And that they've been "trying to contact me for days" about winning something. And why are they always trying to sell Rolex watches "real cheap"? ....Again everyone in here has to realize that using the complaint e-mail address does not mean writing to us telling us how to install Ultimate Rosters 7.1. That's not a complaint, that's an issue with yourself when you can't read Totte's simple and easy directions. ...Mvp the league, let's keep it going.

My God. DJeagles, I just logged on right now and I read the news about your wife and the baby. I'm very sorry because I remember how excited you were when you told us the news. It's more important now for you to be there for her at this time. Your wife needs all the support she can get now.

Updated to 7-23 ...Just got back from being out of town for the weekend. Had to go to the inlaws. Seeing them was fine, where they live isn't. ....It's my opinion that people that drive on the NY state Thruway are just playing a cat and mouse game with the state troopers. They want to see how fast they can go before they see one up ahead. I'm doing 65 mph and it's like I am crawling at times. ...It's rare I cheer for another team, but major props to the Blue Jay organization for getting rid of Shea Hillenbrand. Now that he's with the Giants he will look like a good guy because Bonds has him beat by plenty in the a-hole department. ...I have nothing but nice things to say about Melky Cabrera. I hope he he has a long career with the Yanks. ...Actual conversation that I heard at a thruway rest stop: I went to Baskin-Robbins to get a 20 ounce bottle of water. Now for those of you who don't know, Baskin-Robbins is an ice cream place and they have a lot of flavors to choose from. 31 I believe. Some old guy ahead of me is reading the sign about the flavors and then when it was his turn to order he told the girl "you got a lot of flavors but I bet you don't have chocolate." The girl did a wonderful job of not laughing, and so did I. ...Training camp opens soon. The Buffalo Bills train 10 minutes away from my house but I have not been there to watch them yet in all the years they've been there. I just don't care too. ...Anyone watch that new show on the USA Network called "Psych"? Not bad at all. ...Got lucky last week and played miniature golf and played a good round and I sunk a ball in at the end to win a free game. But by that time I was tired as all hell so I gave it to a kid.

You've earned your title as Spammer.

Updated to 7-16 ....Well this was too fast of a week. This vacation of mine flew by and at this moment I as down as anyone could be. It just seems I don't have time to do anything I want. It's going to take me a few days to get back in the swing of things. ....Went to some festival in a nearby town called Webster yesterday. We didn't even know it was going on because we got lucky to find it. These festival things still look the same as all the ones I went to when I was younger. Back then all the good looking girls would travel in tight, little groups and walk around. Today, they still travel in those same tight, little groups. The only thing different is all of them are talking on cell phones. Nothing changes really. ...Couldn't find my wallet for a few hours yesterday and was almost going to call to stop the credit card and then I got lucky and found it. You almost have that feeling of helplessness when you are looking for it, almost begging it to come out of its hiding place. ...Went on a dinner boat ride cruise last night on a boat called "The Harbor Belle." It was pretty good. The food was so-so, the weather was perfect but later on I got bored. I was wishing I had my laptop with me. Of course this thought was never expressed out loud to the wife at any time. ...Sometimes the waiting for this trade deadline to be over can get to be a little to much. I just hope the Yankees don't make a dumb trade, and I don't want to lose Cabrera or Hughes or both. And no, I don't want Abreau. Start winning some games Philly and keep your players. ...The Detroit Tigers are doing the right things as they lead the AL Central now. They are beating up on the bad teams (11-0 so far against the Royals) and holding their own against the better teams. This team seems to play better against these suck teams then the Yankees do. ...Still haven't seen a ball game yet, but at least I am planning a Hall of Fame trip in mid-October. ...I wonder if other Yankee fans might think I'm not a true fan because I refuse to boo Alex Rodriguez? ...I'm willing to give Sidney Ponson a chance to prove himself. As long as he wins of course. :wink: ...Next week I can't do this "random thoughts" because I'll be out of town. I won't be able to do mine until late Sunday afternoon.

You know something? Don't even bother me in here anymore, ok? This thread is about tywiggins' utility and not for some stupid kid taking pot shots against the Yankees.

Yes I do. I use a program called Ultra-Edit or a program called Web Notepad and I edit the html file and put in details from the game. See above. I am the one that adds that stuff via a html editor. You can use Notepad to do this, but these programs I have listed above do a better job.

I did not have any trouble with this program displaying the caught stealing. I had time today so I used the '62 Mets as a test. I tried to steal two bases, albeit with the wrong guy, but they did show up as attempted. I have no idea what that guy was crying about. 1934 Pittsburgh Crawfords

21 posts and you joined in December of '04? Somehow we will trudge on without you. If you want to go, then go. No one is kicking you out but yourself.

Updated to 7-9 ...Either I am slow this morning or everyone else has been up hours before I was. Bravesj, RAM and Mark started the ball rolling this week already! Hey, suits me fine. Besides, I just woke up at 9am and I still got to try and get going here. It's also the first day of my vacation so I really wasn't in a hurry anyway. ...Actual conversation I heard when I was at a 7-11 on the July 4th holiday when I was in line waiting to pay: A customer came in and asked the clerk at the register if they were open today. The clerk responded "for only 24 hours sir." ...One more final thing about July 4th. I went to our town hall for the get-together they have each year. They have booths set up to sell things and food and drinks. I wore my sunglasses so I could appreciate the finer things there without being bugged by the wife. Good thing I did. I've been kicking myself for not bringing a camera phone. ...Got any All-Star predictions? I don't. I just don't want any Yankee player to get hurt. Oh yeah, and I hope the American League wins. ...Pretty soon the hype is going to start for the release of Madden 2007. I guess it's still a month away or so. On every forum I am on I read each year about how excited people are about this and then after they have it how disappointed they are once again in EA. And this happens each year without fail. ...Please keep Alfonso Soriano away from the Bronx. Don't we have enough problems? And no, I haven't read any rumors lately. It's just that the trade deadline is July 31st and the Yankees still have lots and lots of time to do something stupid. Let him stay in Washington. He's as lazy as the politicians they got there. ...Other Yankee thoughts I've been wondering about. Is Chacon on his way out? I don't want them to get Bobby Abreau. Where's he going to play when Matsui and Sheffield get back? Being more consistent is the key in the second half and it would help if Johnson actually pitched good too. ...By the way, I'm still on vacation. I like to say that. ...It's almost a blessing I have this time off because last week I was working in the yard and I did more than I should (as I put a lot of pressure on the knees) and the last four days I have been walking around has been, well let's say not fun. So a lot of ice on it this week and better judgement on my part.

I read this a few days ago and I didn't understand what you were talking about. Then I forgot about it for a bit and after RAM made his post in here and I read it, I was reminded of what you said about this. Now, here is what I said: Please tell me how I hate people that have pools??? I said I envy the people that have them. As in it's nice you have one so you can use it any time you wish. Anyone who read that correctly could see what I mean. I have no reason to hate a person because they happen to own a swimming pool.

Updated to 7-2 ....Lately in my spare time I have been going to youtube.com to watch videos of just about anything you can think of. It's one of my favorite sites on the web. ....I was watching the NFL Network the other day and they had a special on Bo Jackson. It's been 12 years since he last played in the major leagues and he had a lot of talent, and his football career was just as good too. This was a guy who was not all about himself. He wasn't a big talker or a bragger. He just went out and showed you what he can do and whatever sport he played he impressed. I still consider him to be the greatest athlete I ever saw. ...This current Yankee team is four games out right now and they actually should be grateful for that. They've been underachieving for the entire month of June and I don't see any signs of them breaking out of it. It makes watching their games difficult. ...I don't know about anyone else, but I hate Miracle Whip. I mean what the hell is this crap? I remember the first time I tried this stuff. It looks just like mayonnaise so I thought (wrongly) that it was mayonnaise. Never before did I spit anything out as fast as I did that sandwich. And since that time I have gone to great lengths to avoid this crap. Damn, all you got to do is feed this stuff to the captured Al-Quada terrorists every day and they'll be giving out secrets in no time. ...Short week for me this week, as I only work four days and then I am off for one whole week next week. I always like to take the week of my birthday off so I can do nothing and just enjoy it the entire day. ...I still have not attended any baseball games this year and that kind of bothers me. But when you live in a minor league AAA town you have to pick and choose if you want to watch the Yanks on YES or go out to see the local team. Maybe if they are in town next week I'll try. ...I did my part for this year's All Star voting in baseball by not voting for anyone. I may in the minority here where I believe the fans should not vote for the players. It is always a popularity contest and you'll always see someone every year getting royally screwed. So, I don't vote. ...And if you are thinking "would I have voted for any of the Yankees?" let me tell you right now the answer would be no. Just thinking about them right now gets me mad. ...Any of you guys with a swimming pool out there I envy you! Man, it's been hot here. ...Yesterday was Canada Day so I want to salute our Northern neighbors with a "Happy Canada Day" and I hope you all had a nice day. ...And for us down here, I hope you all have a safe and happy fourth of July on Tuesday. ...Happy Birthday to George Steinbrenner and Al Davis, July 4th by the way.

Updated to 6-25 ...I went to go see Adam Sandler's movie "Click" last night and it wasn't bad at all. I think the more this guy makes movies the better he is getting. While on the other hand you get someone like Will Ferrell, who's got a new movie coming out where he plays a Nascar driver and this guy get worse and worse each time out. Nothing that guy has ever done has ever been funny to me. ...I'm proud to say I have not watched one second of the 2006 World Cup. Soccer is a game that I'll play on the computer or X-box but I can't watch it on TV because I'll nod off. ...What is it with these damn pitchers? Why the hell are they so fragile? Let me just use the Yankees as an example because I know them best. Carl Pavano, who has not pitched in the Major Leagues it seems since Clinton was in office, is always just about to come back and pitch and then something else happens and he has to have another surgery. Now Octavio Dotel, who was just about to come back and help out, has elbow inflammation. ...Here's one for you in the "What the hell were they thinking" department: Not too long ago some guy was paving his driveway around here. From the look of it, he did a good job. The driveway looked fine. As you know with a job like this, when you finish you stay the hell off the driveway until it is dry. Someone must not have told him this because when he got done he blocked off the end of the driveway with garbage cans so no one could drive up the driveway but before he did that, he drove his own car up the wet driveway, parked it there and left it there while the driveway was still wet. Explain that. ...What bothers me most as working as an admin in here is not the name calling that Mark and I get, that's part of the job description. It's the assumption that we are stupid when people come back and make duplicate accounts. Here's what I mean: djm65 was suspended recently. He's done. He came back with a new name......djm1965. "Yeah", djm probably said to himself,"they'll never know it's me!" ...People that keep their dogs in the car when they are out someplace on a hot summer day really get me mad. I saw some dog panting like crazy yesterday when I had to stop and get gas. And here's something that happened around here just a few weeks ago. This lady went to go see a movie and she kept her five month old puppy in the car while she did it. It was in the 90's that day and the dog ended up dying of heat stroke. She was charged with animal cruelty. I'm not ashamed to admit that when I read this I shed some tears for that little dog. Really everyone, what makes people do things like this? ...Years ago, the trading deadline was June 15th. I liked that a lot better than the way they have it now because with the extra 45 days it gives the Yankees more time to do something stupid. ...This is the only time of the year where Baseball is the only sport playing. Football's training camp is a month away. The NHL is done as well as the NBA. For awhile this great sport has center stage. I just hope while we have the spotlight now that no new steroids news comes out. ...Watching part of the FOX game of the week yesterday confirmed to me that the FOX team of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver have adopted the Boston Red Sox as their favorite team and Jonathan Paplebon as the greatest person who ever lived, followed closely by David Ortiz. ...I know this one guy who made Chicken Noodle soup in the microwave and didn't put a lid on the bowl and the soup went all over the place in there. Ok, ok, ok. It was me. I spent a half hour cleaning the *&$&**% thing too. I had to get it done before you-know-who got home. ...I just really love the summer. It's the most relaxing part of the year for me. For you guys who live in the non-snow states, I envy you.

Updated to 6-18 ...Just want to start this off by saying how worried I am. I am worried because I have been reading about rumors that the Yankees are looking to re-acquire Alfonso Soriano. I don't know why the Yanks want this waste of space back, but the good thing is Washington is demanding way too much in Phillip Hughes or Chien-Ming Wang. ...I just love my JAX Yankee sunglasses. Now I can honestly say I see the world through Yankee colored glasses. Here's a picture of the glasses, although this picture features Orioles glasses, you can try and picture what the Yankee ones look like. I couldn't find a Yankee one anywhere, but I am sure after I post this four people will. ...My God I just had another terrible thought about Soriano. You see all the hustle that Cano and Cabrera show? If Soriano gets back on the team I guarantee you'll see those two play like they are sleepwalking within a month. ...For anyone that uses the Box Score Extractor that is available on this site and you want to edit the html in it, you can give Web Notepad or Ultra Edit a shot. I use this because EA at times does not know how to keep score. ...It was hot as hell yesterday (over 90 here) and I still saw someone walk around wearing a coat. ...I saw the Davinci code last week. Great movie. When I left the theater I wondered to myself how much was fiction and how much was truth? ...The next movie I have to go and see when it comes out is Adam Sandler's Click. The previews at least looked good for that movie and Sandler's previous movie (The Longest Yard) was pretty good. So I hope this is ok. Just as long as Ben Stiller or Will Ferrell isn't there, it should be fine. ...Card dealers are *&^&*. I went to a card show recently not really looking for anything in particular to buy. I ended up getting some mid 70's Yankee cards. But one thing I saw was the Kirby Puckett stuff they were pushing. Now around here in upstate NY, Puckett didn't get that much attention, even when he was playing. He got some, but not a lot. But now these guys, because he is dead, have jacked up the prices on him. Sometimes the American way is as tastless as it comes. ...Unconfirmed reports state that everytime Alfonso Soriano steps in an elevator he has to have someone push the buttons for him because he's too lazy to do it himself. I believe it. ...Hey, happy Father's day to all you fathers out there. Kick back and take it easy, you all deserve it.

Hell yeah, I'll give it to you. Why not. EAT-****-GOBUY-THE-GAME-BONEHEAD. Cut and paste that and you'll be all set.

Of course not, anyone can. I just have to make sure I adjust the thread to the proper date.