Yankee4Life

This thread is open for any member of the board who wants to come in and jot down whatever is on their mind. Anyone's welcome.

Updated to 3-9 ...Since I've been home recovering from this knee surgery I can not sleep through the night for some reason, and tonight is no different. So, I'm here. ...Speaking of that, I got to go see the knee doctor on Thursday. I am in no way ready to go back. I can't even go outside and walk on that snow without it bothering me. ...This weather sucks, doesn't it? I think brutushayesosu, when he said this in the shoutbox yesterday, really summed it up: "Tuesday it was 60 degrees here. Friday and today....Old Man Winter spreads his cheeks and squats." ...I just love reading and talking about baseball and everything about it during spring training. About the new prospects, your team's chances, listening to experiences of you lucky few on here that live in Arizona or Florida that get a chance to see this, everything. Not even the weather can over shadow this. ...But you got to remember, the result of the games don't matter. That's misleading about the spring. Hey, even Kyle Farnsworthless is looking good right now, you know what I mean? ...Call them what you want, Devil Rays or Rays, they're still the same old a-holes to me. This just adds another reason why I can't stand that Tampa Bay team. All I can hope is that someone gives it to them for what they did to Yankee prospect Francisco Cervelli. ...You know what the best part of being on staff here is? When you get to deal with new users who get such a big kick out what is offered here. I had three different ones this week that I exchanged PM's with that are overwhelmed at what this site has and what you great modders have done with this game. I don't think there are enough thank-you's in the world that you guys can get for your work. ...Anyone try that Gatorade G2 yet? That stuff's good, especially the grape. And that Snapple Antioxidant water isn't bad either. ...I have a fear of eating or drinking anything past the expiration date. If orange juice in my refrigerator expired yesterday, I won't touch it. Same for any kind of food. ...I'm not a beer drinker. Let me say that right off. But when I was in 7-11 this week I saw this for sale. What the heck is up with beer with clam juice? They don't sound like they should go together. Maybe it's an acquired taste? If so, I'm not acquiring it. ...Daylight Savings Time starts today, so we got to turn our clocks one hour ahead. ...I hear the plows outside constantly as I write. Not good. I think I'll try to go back to bed and try not to think about it.

Kraw please, if there's any questions on the runnings of this site bring up any comment in the Forum and Site Issues threadSITE ISSUES forum or send Trues a PM. I do recall when that happened a few years ago and the reaction it got. I do recall -and I know I'm right- that Trues asked for a five dollar donation from anyone at that time and in return they'd have lifetime access to all the downloads. And that's all I say about that because this thread isn't about this.

I may be able to help you, if you don't mind. Check out these 1937 Dodger uniforms. They were made by someone else and they are in our download section. They are 2X. Now, I am not that comfortable yet using the Tit program ( I still have trouble ) and since these uniforms were made before the Tit program was written, I do not know how to put these into the game. I just want you to know that. I would back up my models.big and just in case portraits.big (I always have backups of these) before installation. Here's a picture of these uniforms:

I was going to suggest making a throwback jersey for Toronto. Before the Blue Jays came in the league, they were a minor league city and their team name was the Toronto Maple Leafs. But I can't find any decent photos to show you. I did see photos of these uniforms and they weren't that bad.

Oh yeah, I see what you mean. But Cashman's the GM, you mean Hank could be a good owner.

What's your point?

....You guys have no idea how happy I am to be back here with all of you instead of being out of town for the weekend like I was. ...I hate tractor trailer drivers. These a-holes don't care what the weather conditions are, they still fly past you at 70 mph. On the NYS thruway and on Route 81 south past Syracuse these jokers acted like it was the middle of July instead of a snowstorm. ...Lucky me got to sleep in his favorite bed down there, the real soft one with no support. Try to picture Frankenstein when he was walking, stiff and rigid. That's me right now. ...Right after I write this post I have to go check up on the news in the world of sports and the world in general. They have a paper down there where my wife's family lives, but it's only good for lining the birdcage. ...On the way home we drove through Elmira, New York. That's Mark Twain country. I waved as we went past. No one waved back. ...Every time I take route 390 home past Elmira, I see a sign for the historical Newton Battlefield State Park. Well I never knew what it was until just now when I looked it up. Seems as if in 1779 the Continental Army went there and beat up a bunch of Iroquois Indians who were pro-British. Anyways, now I know and so do you. ...I didn't do a G.D. thing yesterday except watch TV and sleep in a chair. There's no internet access there. They're lucky they have a telephone. I had to watch a stupid movie called "Tommy Boy" with the late Chris Farley. He is another guy that I don't think is funny at all. ...All I know is that I support Hank Steinbrenner's comment in the latest issue of ESPN the (horse****)Magazine "Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of [expletive] that is," he said in an interview with The New York Times' Play magazine. "That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans. "Go anywhere in America and you won't see Red Sox hats and jackets, you'll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is a Yankee country. We're going to put the Yankees back on top and restore the universe to order." Brings a tear to my eye you guys, it really does. ...And seeing Kei Igawa still in a Yankee uniform brings a tear to my other eye. ...Want a good classic CD to listen to? Try The Who's Quadrophenia. Anything they did with Keith Moon it was great.

I sure can, I'll do it right now.

If someone would like to take the reigns on this when Sunday morning gets here, I'd appreciate it. I'll be out of town from Friday night until Sunday afternoon. Thank you.

Well, I've seen worse, but she just annoys me and that makes me not want to watch the stuff she's in. Nothing wrong with that. Blondes rule.

She is a ugly as she is annoying. I had to be forced to watch "How to lose a guy in ten days" because my wife said it was a "wonderful" movie. It sucked. That's why I won't go and see "Fool's Gold" only because she is in it.

Hell yeah. And don't be a stranger in this thread. I got a feeling if you put your random thoughts down here one morning it would be quite a read. :chin:

The way it looks right now, it appears he's caught. McNamee is just as bad, but it seems Clemens lied more.

Updated to 2-24 ...I'm getting psyched for spring. The Mets play a spring training game on Tuesday at noon and if it is on SNY, I'll tune in just to check out some baseball. ...I even watched NESN (The New England Screwball Network) yesterday when they televised part of the Red Sox spring training. Well, at least I watched about twenty minutes worth. Those announcers on that station are the most biased I've ever come across. ...The worst thing about baseball starting up again??? Having to listen to Michael Kay all over again. ...I sure as hell don't want to be in Roger Clemens' shoes now especially when that photograph linking him to that party has surfaced. Congressmen do not like being lied to Roger. ...Even money says if Randy Johnson plays this year he won't make it to June because of his bad back. ...And if the Mets don't win it this year, a lot of Mets fans on this board are going to have egg on their face. ...Anyone watching the Oscars tonight? Not me. ..."You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive." I read that once and it seems that almost every time I get behind the wheel this is true. ...I miss Fuzzone. And Olyrunner and Carter and Tribetime. Just to name a few. ...The Tokyo Dome. By Salva. Try this!! [/end of shameless plug] ...For all you Monk fans out there like me, the season ending two part episode was very good, wasn't it? That means there will be a seventh season. Also, Psych ended their season on a high note too.

This may not be a youtube video but you might enjoy watching this anyways.

Updated to 2-17 ...That Clemens Congressional hearing last week was interesting. I didn't get to watch all four hours of it but from what I watched, Clemens looks like he's done. I can still hear Waxman saying "It is not your time to argue with me" and all Clemens did was take it. What a way to end it. ...Now it makes me wonder, what's the next step? Is there another hearing? ...Of all the articles that covered this hearing, this one here is really the best. ESPN's Howard Bryant really wrote a gem. ...Joe Girardi says he has faith in Kyle Farnsworthless. Yikes. :nay: ...I still can not watch the movie Continental Divide even after all these years without getting depressed. ...I figure I got another few more weeks at home and then I got to go back to work. Trouble is, my knee is still sore from this surgery. :hmph: ...Robitussin may work pretty good for coughs and colds, but why the hell does it taste so bad? ...I had a nightmare last night that I lost the installations CD's to Mvp 05. That's why I woke up early today. And yes, I did take a quick glance to see if they were still there. ...It's 30 degrees outside right now. That makes it hard to think about anything to do with baseball. ...I've got the Sportsline photo site pretty much figured out right now since that's where I do most of my photo collecting. But for anyone who wants their own hi-res photos just be aware that any photo that starts out with the date on the caption and then the description will not be in hi-res. And that's too bad, because today there's a lot of photos of the Tigers in Spring Training, none of which are in hi-res. ...I don't know about you, but there hasn't been a good movie released since Christmas. ...Actress Kate Hudson is right up there on the annoying scale. ...The Paulie Walnuts commercials for Denny's crack me up.

Updated to 2-10 ... We've finally made it, Spring training starts this week! Just reading that should make everyone feel good about this upcoming week. ...And I still got a smile on my face because of the Super Bowl. I don't know what I was most happiest about last Sunday, watching the Patriots lose or watching Belicheat look like a total idiot after the game. ...The Pro Bowl is today. Wake me when it's over. This game gets no ratings year after year. Even when I was in Hawaii no one there paid attention to it except for the occasional article in the paper about some player. Other than that, it was "oh well." ...I'm still home trying to get this knee healed so I can stay up later at night and I got to tell you the best stuff on TV is on after 11 pm. And I have no idea why. ...Been using the X-box also too. Haven't turned that on in months too. I've forgotten how much I enjoyed playing the All Star Baseball series by Acclaim and the NCAA 06 game by EA. Especially ASB, which I thought was underrated. ...I really found it humorous that Roger Clemens' wife is now being accused of injecting steroids. I expect that this week we will find out that Clemens' paperboy took them too. ...I've played about five or six games of Compmaniac's softball mod this week and I really enjoyed it. I sure wish he'd come back and finish it. He was really on to something. ...There is no better theme song for any TV show than the one for Hawaii Five-O. Period. ...For my own good I have to stop playing those search-and-find games from here on out. You know the ones I mean, where you got to find stuff in a picture and they are hidden in the photo? Those are the games. I get so involved that I turn the light off in the room, get close as I can to the screen and stare at it until I find every one of them. After awhile I get a headache because of this. But do I learn?? Noooo. ...In four days it will be Valentine's Day. That's the day you HAVE TO go out and buy that special girl in your life something because this is the day that Hallmark and the jewelry stores invented for you to spend more of your money because they decided they didn't get enough of it over Christmas. I hate this made up holiday.

You make sense in what you are saying and believe me, I'm not arguing with you on this. I'm a baseball person first and always will be. But baseball is not blameless in having football overtake them. Football's never had their Super Bowl championship game canceled due to a strike and baseball has back in 1994. Plus with the black eye that is steroids, it turns off the casual fan.

Updated to 2-3 ...Early update this week and it's all because I am awake now due to being stuffed up with a cold an sore throat. That and along with not being able to sleep that good with my knee after surgery does not allow me to sleep well these days. :shrug: ...If anyone gets a chance to watch it, that Caribbean series is something to see. ...Since there's no better way to spend the summer anyhow, what do you say we play the games first before we hand the New York Mets the World Series title for 2008? ...It was nice to see former Syracuse star Art Monk be elected to Football's Hall of Fame. That guy was one of the best receivers in the NFL in the 80's. Now, when will it be time for Cliff Branch? ...The New York Knicks are the Oakland Raiders of the NBA in that every time you think they can't get any worse they end up proving you wrong. ...Hey NYM buddy! They're selling Santana jerseys on the Mets website! Time to break open the piggy bank and get one, but it's going to cost you. The cheapest is $90. 8O ...The NHL Network really isn't that bad to watch. ...We had high winds around here the other day. You know, the kind that shake your house? Well, I was home and I was looking out the window watching stuff fly around and the next thing I see is some kid's summer plastic pool flung down the street by the wind. It must of had a successful escape since I did not see anyone come and chase it down. ...It seems that sometime this week I will be watching a movie called "Wargames" for the very first time. ...We all know what next week brings, right? Spring training starts! ...Go Giants.

No he did not not Kraw. I have been here all morning and I have been watching what the heck has been going on. No posts were deleted. If there is a problem with KC downloading this beta version and testing them out and "post a ton of screenshots" in this thread, then let me know immediately. KC said nothing wrong and I have no idea why that guy made the post that he did. Again, I have been here all morning and I have viewed every post. If you really want to get after someone, get after SouthsideCubfan, who apparently can not understand what KC meant.

Updated to 1-27 ...Well, my knee surgery went fine. Now I just have to let it heal. I can't be on for a long period of time because I have to have the leg extended, but that's ok. I'm just happy this is over. ...Operating rooms are intimidating and those health care people are way underpaid. Those people do a great job. ...I don't even want to bother counting how many surgeries I've had because I know it will be over ten. ...Why are the feds going after a retired player (Chuck Knoblauch) with this steroid investigation? That's one thing I don't get. ...R.I.P. Heath Ledger, you were a good actor and you were way too young. ...I like that Brian Cashman. He's not willing to give the Twins the key to farm system for Santana and he is sticking to his beliefs. It's my hope that he is listened to concerning this because every time I read about more Santana trade news I get worried. ...You know, just like a few years ago when we got rid of some good young players for the immortal Randy Johnson, who did nothing. ...I really think the Giants have the momentum and confidence to win next week. ...Because if they don't, those entitled horses*** Boston fans will be bragging around here yet again. ...Thank God for Directv. The President is giving a speech tomorrow night and I have no plans to watch it. ...Each week Psych gets better and better. It's one of the funniest shows on TV.

Updated to 1-20 ....My God it's freezing out. Right now it's 10 degrees out there and I don't want to know what the wind chill is. And it's like this all over the east coast right now. I only have to go out once, and it is right after I get done here when I go and get coffee. ...Here's a nice extended middle finger at the New York State Thruway department for raising the tolls again and one more for talking about raising them again very soon. ...I went to Best Buy on Friday to get a DVD set and they didn't have it. Yeah, it is my fault I didn't check to see if they had it first because I drove 20 minutes out of my way, but how can you be out of the Quantum Leap series and yet have an overflow of others? ...At least when I was there I got a good look at the quality of Blu Ray DVD's. What a picture! ...I've had gift cards for Christmas for Best Buy (like I got this past Christmas) and in previous years at Circuit City. And every time I have a gift card for one store, it is the other store that has what I want. This time, Circuit City had some DVD sets I wanted. ...I know New England is favored in today's AFC Championship game but I can't root for a New England team in anything, so I got to go with the Chargers. And in the NFC, I think the Giants and Packers game will be very close, might be too tough to call. ...I don't know how any of you feel but I am already tired of this political coverage. Did it really matter that the networks had to interrupt the shows last night to tell us that John McCain won the South Carolina Primary? ...Here is hoping the Twins do not budge at all in their demands for the young players the Yankees have for Johan Santana. In fact, ask for more. Pile on the demands so the Yankees finally and once and for all tell you to go *&*^ yourself. I have as much respect for the state of Minnesota as I do Massachusetts. ...I won't be around much after Monday night on the website because on Tuesday morning I will be having my surgery on my right knee. It's arthroscopic surgery and I'll be an outpatient. I won't be able to walk around a few days after that so I won't be able to check mail or do anything like that, so I will see you all later on. ...Finally, I don't want to forget to mention my father-in-law, who died very unexpectedly on Monday the 14th at his home. He was a good man and I thank him for accepting me, a non-Nascar fan like myself, into his home. R.I.P. sir. ...Maybe this is why I was so touchy about you guys thinking it is no problem to crack jokes and make light of what a wake or a funeral is about. I just had the sad duty of going to one this past week and all you had to do is have seen the grief on some of those people's faces that were there and none of you would have considered telling jokes.

Updated to 1-13 ....I got a house full of relatives in from out of town here for the weekend and we only have one bathroom in the house. That's when you find out who takes a long time in there. ...At least none of these houseguests like Boston because if they did they'd be in a hotel and not asleep in the bedrooms as they are right now. :wink: ...Nice to see Seattle get the boot from the playoffs. The Packers played great after they stopped fumbling the ball. ...It's hard to read about any baseball news right now because all that is talked about is the damn steroids. ...I got to go for my pre-admission appointment for my knee surgery on Tuesday, with my knee surgery set for January 22nd. ...I'm glad I've never smoked or purchased cigarettes in my life. I don't need the additional health problems that go with that and I don't have the money to buy the cigarettes either. ...Nice to see compmaniac make an appearance here last night. That means pretty soon we'll see 150 new threads for 150 new questions. ...I never miss reading the shoutblock in here because some of the comments on there are pretty good. ...I don't think I will go and see that Cloverfield movie until I read something in here about it from the Mvpmods movie reviewers. ...Which kind of gives me an idea for a thread. If someone wants to make one we can have a thread for new movies where we can post why we liked going to see it or why it was a complete waste of your money.

Updated to 1-6 ...I always have that nice, calming feeling right around this time of year because the holidays are over and we have a year before this all gets going again. ...So, Clemens and Pettitte are being asked to speak before Congress? After thinking long and hard about this I have decided I could care less. ...Speaking of Clemens, is anyone going to watch him on 60 Minutes tonight? ...I love our new site layout and I want to thank Trues for all the hard work in getting this in place and working right. And I love that Spring Training countdown applet. ...Bye-bye Steelers, have a nice off season. ...I kind of miss having Dunkin Donuts coffee because SeanO ruined it for me by telling me that company was from Boston. I haven't been there since. ...Welcome back to Mvpmods timay. He's a modder also and some of his work can still be found in the download section here. ...Well, my Norton's AV is going to expire soon and I think I might go with AVG Professional or Kaspersky. I still got a few weeks to decide. ...What the hell is going on with Britney Spears now? You'd almost feel bad for her if she wasn't so damn stupid. She's not an entertainer anymore, she's weekly front page news on the National Enquirer. ...I am all for people working and making a living, but the only guy I don't want to see work is the snowplow guy. I agree. Those American team don't belong in that league and there is no reason for it. I think the Mexican League is just fine the way it is now.