Yankee4Life

4 out of 10, 46 seconds. Two lousy days in a row!

Jim, there is no way that I prefer games to go three hours or four hours long. This is why I have refused to watch the Yankee - Red Sox games because they drag on and on and on. Remember a few years back when they played a doubleheader at Fenway Park and both games took about eight hours combined? That's too much. When a Yankee game starts at Fenway Park at 7:00 PM you can almost guarantee they will only have 3 1/2 innings in around 9:15. Both teams are guilty of this and not one more than the other. So to just confirm I am agreeing with you that when games are played at a quicker pace they are more interesting and you do get more involved in them. I mean my God I can go watch an episode of Magnum PI and I would only miss two innings. And no I do not enjoy hitters stepping out between every pitch to adjust their gloves or their hat or their uniform or to have them look at their bat to make sure they brought the right one. All that is a time waster. Do you remember Mike Hargrove of the Cleveland Indians? He drove people nuts with his routine. Now everybody does it to get more TV time. Jim, when you when I first started watching baseball in the 1970s it was a better game than what these people are playing right now. The game was quicker and you have to consider that the catcher had unlimited visits to the mound, the pitcher could throw to first base as many times as he wanted to, teams had the option if they wanted to do a shift or not. As far as pitcher delays they did that to try to install until the bullpen guy was warmed up.The game was played more intelligently during those days and since that was the game I was introduced to I did not appreciate it as much until it was slowly taken away and replaced by the rules and regulations we see today. KC says that the pitch clock eliminates and the dead time during the game. Again you guys make a point. I mean with some batters I was able to go in the kitchen and make a sandwich and come back before the next guy was up. My question is this: if baseball from the 1970s did not need a pitch clock and yet all that other stuff was still in the game why can't they do it today? Okay only let them step out of the batter's box once and if they have to do it the second time make sure they have permission from the umpire for example if they have dirt in their eyes. I am sure that you all could tell that I am a baseball traditionalist and it is almost like I cannot recognize the same game I grew up with.

5 out of 10, 65 seconds. I mad that I missed so many.

I have to agree with you. Now before I explain what I mean since I don't want some people to go half-cocked I am not putting down 2k12. If guys in here like playing it then I see nothing wrong with that. But what I have noticed is basically what you just said. This game did not seem to grab and hold on to users like Mvp has and still does to this. If you think I am wrong, fine. I am not here to debate this. I just stated an opinion. As usual you are articulate and you explained your points very well and with a modder's viewpoint it really does explain everything. i have come away with the belief that it is hard to mod 2k12 just on the fact that I have seen over the years how hard it is to make a roster that will not crash when you reach a certain date. Over and over I have read about this problem. With Mvp that is not the case. Just look at what alfre2jose did. He made us a major and a minor league roster.

4 out of 10, 34 seconds. I only knew one of them.

You did nothing of the sort. Mvp has been around longer and has more mods and modders who have made them. The thing you fail to see is that mods for this game have continued to be made to this day but for some reason mods for 2k12 over the years have really slowed up. Why? I have no idea and if you really want to know you can message every modder who made the mods for that game and ask them why they stopped. Get to work, there are quite a few.

You’re being ridiculous. What’s the name of this website? Quick, take a guess. Mvp 2005 gets undying support here because it DESERVES undying support. Look at the mods for the game, the total conversion mods, the Total Classics series, etc, etc and you will see why it is still popular to this day. Why don’t you try to find out what everyone already knows? It is a great game that can and does hold its own to this day.

10 out of 10, 87 seconds. Very fortunate on two of them.

9 out of 10, 46 seconds. Easy one today.

Beginning a new month. 9 out of 10, 57 seconds. Decent questions. Last month's results. The top four: Y4L 91 points Fiebre 86 points Laroquece 59 points Muller_11 24 points Like always we need more players. This takes less than a minute a day to do.

As photographers take pictures, New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe returns to the dugout after warming-up before the opening day baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Yankee Stadium Thursday, March 30, 2023 in the Bronx, New York. New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe steals second base behind San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford during the third inning at Yankee Stadium Thursday, March 30, 2023. The Yankees won 5 - 0. Anthony Volpe fields a ball during the sixth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Yankee Stadium Thursday, March 30, 2023. The Yankees won 5 - 0.

10 out of 10, 58 seconds. A good way to end the month.

Today is Opening Day and the only one that matters to me is the one down in the Bronx this afternoon. As I write this I am unsure if the game will go on because up here in Central New York we had snow last night. But then again I am not in the Bronx and that is where it counts. I say this every year and I never seem to last but this year I am not going to be getting excited and upset when they lose.** It’s going to happen just like with every team. I don’t see the Yankees improving on what they did last year. That being said, why scream and get mad? Just watch the games. The Yankees already had me mad with this Frankie Montas nonsense. Montas admitted that he came over here from Oakland with an injured shoulder. That tells me one of two things. The Yankee medical staff is incompetent and they completely missed it or Cashman knew this and wanted to get him anyway. Either way with him being out until August (yeah right) it is all on them. Luis Severino in my opinion should not be a Yankee next year. In fact if he is traded in July even better. He does not want to play and I believe he extends his injury time just so he can stay out longer. I am pulling for Anthony Volpe and I wish him well and I hope he has a great year. These rule changes are a disgrace. I have been wondering why they had to be put in. When I was first watching baseball we did not have a pitch clock or bigger bases or rules where you can’t barrel down a catcher. The games were faster then and they had mound visits, catchers going out to the mound, throws to first and shifts. Why could those players do it but not today’s players? Interleague play has killed the excitement of the possible World Series opponents because now everyone faces everyone and oh, screw it. The designated hitter is fifty years old this year and they finally have ruined the National League with this rule. I miss baseball for what it was. I am not too happy with how it is being played today. I don’t expect anyone to agree with me. That is why I am not going to get as upset this year as I have in here in the past. **Did you read that Jim? 👍

2 out of 10, 49 seconds. You read that right.

Take your time. There is never a time line to finish a mod so go at your own pace.

6 out of 10, 61 seconds. i m so upset with myself!

4 out of 10, 34 seconds. I had no chance.

5 out of 10, 66 seconds. Down to earth again.

10 out of 10, 58 seconds. Everyone should get a perfect score today.

8 out of 10, 75 seconds. I'll take it.

Carl Mays Carl Mays is best remembered for throwing the pitch that led to the death of Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman in August of 1920. But he also had a career record of 207-126 and a 2.92 ERA over fifteen seasons, and remains one of the best pitchers not honored in the Hall of Fame. Throwing with a submarine motion so pronounced that he sometimes scraped his knuckles on the ground while delivering the ball, Mays looked “like a cross between an octopus and a bowler,” Baseball Magazine observed in 1918. “He shoots the ball in at the batter at such unexpected angles that his delivery is hard to find, generally, until along about 5 o’clock, when the hitters get accustomed to it — and when the game is about over.” Perhaps the most disliked player of his era, Mays was once described by F.C. Lane as “a strange, cynical figure” who “aroused more ill will, more positive resentment than any other ballplayer on record.” A noted headhunter even before the Chapman beaning, Mays refused to apologize for how he pitched. “Any pitcher who permits a hitter to dig in on him is asking for trouble,” he once said. “I never deliberately tried to hit anyone in my life. I throw close just to keep the hitters loose up there.” One teammate said Mays had the disposition of a man with a permanent toothache. Throughout his professional career, Mays had trouble making friends — even on his own teams. “When I first broke into baseball, I discovered that there seemed to be a feeling against me, even from the players on own team,” Mays said after a few years in the big leagues. “I always have wondered why I have encountered this antipathy from so many people wherever I have been. And I have never been able to explain it, even to myself.” In 1912, Mays signed with Boise, Idaho, in the Class D Western Tri-State League, for $90 a month; he finished the season 22-9 with a 2.08 ERA. He played the next season in Portland, Oregon, and in 1914 was drafted by the Providence Grays, a team the Detroit Tigers owned in the International League. During his stay with Providence, the Grays were sold to Red Sox owner Joe Lannin. Mays’s 24 victories led Providence to the 1914 IL pennant; in the final month of the season, he was ably assisted by Babe Ruth, who had made his debut in Boston that summer. The two young men were called up for the final week of the Red Sox’s season, but Mays did not appear in any games. Mays joined the Red Sox staff in 1915 and made his debut on April 15. During the Red Sox’s pennant-winning season, he was used mostly in relief, appearing in 38 games. He went 6-5, with a 2.60 ERA, and (though the statistic hadn’t been invented yet) led the league with seven saves. He did not appear in the World Series. Mays’s abrasive personality grated on opponents. In his rookie season, Mays often sparred with Detroit’s cantankerous outfielder Ty Cobb. In one game, after Mays threw high and inside on Cobb, the Tiger laid down a bunt along the first base line for the sole purpose of spiking Mays and cutting his leg. Though bitter rivals — the Red Sox and Tigers battled for the American League pennant that season — the men held a grudging respect for each other’s single-minded pursuit of victory. In 1916, Mays split his time between the rotation (24 starts) and bullpen (20 other appearances), winning 18 games and posting a 2.39 ERA. In that fall’s World Series against Brooklyn, Mays recorded a save in Game One — bailing out Ernie Shore by recording the final out with the bases loaded and the tying run on third — and was the losing pitcher in Game Three, the Red Sox’s only loss in the series. In 1917, Mays became a star. His 1.74 ERA was the third-lowest in the major leagues, and he ranked among the top five in the American League in fewest walks and hits allowed per nine innings, and lowest opponents’ batting average and on-base percentage. But Mays also hit a league-high 14 batters and earned a reputation as a headhunter that dogged him for the rest of his life. “Mays is a low-ball pitcher,” one opponent noted. “How does it happen that when he puts a ball on the inside it generally comes near the batter’s head?” Mays would often berate his fielders for making errors behind him. “I have been told I lack tact, which is probably true,” he said. “But that is no crime.” Late in his career, Mays praised another pitcher: “This fellow has no friends and doesn’t want any friends. That’s why he’s a great pitcher.” He could have easily been talking about himself. Yankees infielder Roger Peckinpaugh said Mays threw “ a very ‘heavy’ ball. It sinks and when you catch it, it feels heavy enough to almost go through your glove.” Horace Ford, who batted against Mays in the National League, said that hitting Mays’s fastball “was like hitting a chuck of lead. It would go clunk and you’d beat it into the ground.” Mays got an incredible amount of outs via ground balls, especially with the Red Sox. From 1916-18, he recorded 117, 118 and 122 assists, which remain the top three season totals in Red Sox history. In 1918, Mays, then 26 years old, was the ace of the Boston staff, winning 21 games with a 2.21 ERA. He tied Walter Johnson for the league lead with eight shutouts and tied Scott Perry for the lead with 30 complete games. He finished fifth in strikeouts and fifth in fewest hits allowed per nine innings. He also hit 11 batters, the second-highest total in the league. But things went downhill for Mays in 1919. While he was at spring training, his farm house in Missouri burned to the ground; he suspected arson. During a Decoration Day series in Philadelphia, when Athletics fans were pounding on the roof of the visitors’ dugout, Mays threw a baseball into the stands, hitting a fan in the head. He also ran into a lengthy streak of bad luck on the mound, as the slumping Red Sox gave him almost no run support. Over a 15-day period in June, Mays lost three games by a combined score of 8-0. The last straw came on July 13, during a game against the White Sox. When Eddie Collins tried to steal second base, catcher Wally Schang’s throw hit Mays in the head. At the end of the inning, the pitcher stormed off the mound, left the team and headed back to Boston. Mays told sportswriter Burt Whitman that he needed to make a fresh start with another team. “I’m convinced that it will be impossible for me to preserve my confidence in myself as a ballplayer and stay with the Red Sox as the team is now handled,” he said. “The entire team is up in the air and things have gone from bad to worse. The team cannot win with me pitching so I am getting out. … Maybe there will be a trade or a sale of my services. I do not care where I go.” On July 30, the Red Sox traded Mays to the New York Yankees for Allan Russell, Bob McGraw, and $40,000 in cash. A fierce legal battle ensued, as enraged American League president Ban Johnson attempted to block the trade. Several days before Mays was dealt, Johnson had privately suspended Mays and issued a secret order to all eight American League clubs prohibiting them from acquiring the pitcher until his suspension had been served. Johnson feared that Mays’s actions could set a bad precedent for the league, by giving players the power to subvert the reserve clause and force trades simply by refusing to play for their clubs. “Baseball cannot tolerate such a breach of discipline,” Johnson said of Mays’s abandonment of the Red Sox. “It was up to the owners of the Boston club to suspend Carl Mays for breaking his contract and when they failed to do so, it is my duty as head of the American League to act.” The league’s owners fractured over the matter, with five franchises (Cleveland, Detroit, Washington, St. Louis and Philadelphia) siding with Johnson, while three (New York, Chicago and Boston) defied him. Because the three “Insurrectionist” clubs held control over the league’s five-man board of directors, Johnson was forced to back down from his stance on the issue, particularly after the three clubs began holding meetings with the National League to discuss the formation of a new 12-team circuit. Mays reported to New York, and the incident marked the first time in his long tenure as AL president that Ban Johnson had been outmaneuvered on a major issue. On August 16, 1920 — a dark, overcast day at the Polo Grounds — Mays hit Indians shortstop Ray Chapman in the temple with an inside fastball leading off the fifth inning. A loud crack resounded through the stadium, and Mays, thinking the pitch had hit Chapman’s bat, fielded the ball and threw it to first base. Chapman was helped off the field, but collapsed in the clubhouse; after a late-night operation on his fractured skull, he died early the following morning. As Chapman staggered off the field, Mays pointed out to the umpires a scuff mark on the baseball which he claimed had caused the pitch to sail inside. Later that day, Mays would also claim the ball was wet from the rain that had fallen earlier. A few hours after Mays was informed of Chapman’s death, he told a Manhattan District Attorney: “It was a little too close, and I saw Chapman duck his head in an effort to get out of the path of the ball. He was too late, however, and a second later he fell to the grounds. It was the most regrettable incident of my career, and I would give anything if I could undo what has happened.” Almost all other witnesses to the incident, however, reported that Chapman never moved an inch and probably never saw the ball. Sorrow over Chapman quickly turned to anger against Mays. Several teams, including the Red Sox, Tigers and Browns, sent petitions to league president Ban Johnson, demanding Mays be thrown out of baseball. Mays spent a week in seclusion, then returned to the mound on August 23. Yankee fans were supportive — a clearly nervous Mays defeated Detroit 10-0 at the Polo Grounds — but there was an increase in calls for a boycott of any game pitched by Mays. He made three starts in New York before his first appearance on the road, on September 3, in a relief stint at Fenway Park. He was greeted with a mixture of boos and cheers, but by the time he had pitched the second game of a doubleheader the following day, most of the crowd was on his side. He decided, however, to not accompany the Yankees on a road trip to Cleveland later that week. In the 1921 World Series against the Giants, Mays pitched three complete games without allowing a walk, but he was charged with two losses as the Yankees lost the series. According to sportswriter Fred Lieb, there were suspicions Mays may have lost those two games on purpose. In The Pitch That Killed, Mike Sowell details the concern among several writers and Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis after Mays’s meltdown in Game Four. Sowell also quotes Yankees co-owner Cap Huston as saying many years later that Mays and others (possibly Joe Bush) had deliberately lost World Series games in both 1921 and 1922. Lieb believed the unanswered questions about those series were what really kept Mays out of the Hall of Fame. The rumors also were a likely reason that, despite Mays’s 66 wins in three years, the Yankees tried to dump him before the 1923 season. That didn’t work, so manager Miller Huggins simply refused to use him. Mays appeared in only 23 games for the Yankees in 1923, and at the end of the season was sold to Cincinnati. He pitched for the Reds for five years — rebounding to a 20-9 record in 1924 — and ended his career in 1929 with the New York Giants. In a fifteen-year career with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants, Mays compiled a 207–126 record with 29 shutouts, 862 strikeouts and a 2.92 earned run average when the league average was 3.48. He won twenty or more games five times.