I just got scolded

blazertaz13 · 08-03-2014, 10:58 PM

I was playing the second game of the season of my fictional league.

My team is clearly in rebuilding mold as we just don't have the cash to compete with the big market teams. I am in my first season, so we are not predicted to do much.

Our first series is against Anaheim (one of the bigger spending clubs). We won the first game of the series 4-2. In the second game we were up 2-0 early only to give up the lead in the seventh.

Anyhow we finally win in eleven innings. My wife and daughter ended up yelling at me to be quiet as I was clapping the walk off double. I guess I am louder playing the game (I am into my fictional team too much) than when I am watching the Cubs win.

I just thought I would pass it on, not expecting to be the only one.

Thanks,

Taz

The Wolf · 08-03-2014, 11:18 PM

A lot of us do that. People who don't play just don't get it.

termcl · 08-04-2014, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by blazertaz13

I guess I am louder playing the game (I am into my fictional team too much) than when I am watching the Cubs win.

I guess you'd have be loud seeing how rare Cubs wins are!

battists · 08-04-2014, 09:52 PM

While I haven't gotten scolded, my girlfriend cannot fathom why I have spent something like 40 hours plotting my new league. I haven't even created it yet, let alone actually played it. I've just been mapping out divisions, finding logos, jerseys, caps, and so on.

Haha.

MarkInCincy · 08-05-2014, 06:32 AM

My wife is used to it, when I am playing and something happens in game and I get loud/swear/etc she will ask things like: Somebody get injured? Did your team blow a 4 run lead? Somebody draft the guy you wanted? (and she knows very little about bb, just picked it up from my stories/answers over 12 versions of OOTP). She even asks me more often "How are your teams?" than she does "How was work today?"

Hankyu Braves · 08-05-2014, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by battists

While I haven't gotten scolded, my girlfriend cannot fathom why I have spent something like 40 hours plotting my new league. I haven't even created it yet, let alone actually played it. I've just been mapping out divisions, finding logos, jerseys, caps, and so on.

Haha.

Same with the missus.

"I don't get what you're doing. How is this fun?" is her usual line, more or less.

I usually get scolded when I cheer for my real life teams... I now have to record games and watch them when she's either asleep or away.

bazeall · 08-05-2014, 12:32 PM

" I guess I am louder playing the game (I am into my fictional team too much) than when I am watching the Cubs win."

If you're loud when watching the Cubs win, then your wife and daughter aren't used to hearing you get loud that often.

jpeters1734 · 08-05-2014, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkInCincy

My wife is used to it, when I am playing and something happens in game and I get loud/swear/etc she will ask things like: Somebody get injured? Did your team blow a 4 run lead? Somebody draft the guy you wanted? (and she knows very little about bb, just picked it up from my stories/answers over 12 versions of OOTP). She even asks me more often "How are your teams?" than she does "How was work today?"

thats awesome. My wife's eyes glaze over when I try to talk to her about my teams

kingtut313 · 08-05-2014, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkInCincy

My wife is used to it, when I am playing and something happens in game and I get loud/swear/etc she will ask things like: Somebody get injured? Did your team blow a 4 run lead? Somebody draft the guy you wanted? (and she knows very little about bb, just picked it up from my stories/answers over 12 versions of OOTP). She even asks me more often "How are your teams?" than she does "How was work today?"

my girlfriend asked me what i was doing the other day and i responded with "im shopping around my backup catcher because ive got a great prospect at triple a. i need a little bullpen depth as well."

she gave me the dirtiest look ive ever seen and then went to the bedroom to contemplate our relationship im guessing.

dickysty · 08-05-2014, 08:53 PM

My wife totally understands my OOTP addiction.

However, It always feels a wee bit weird when she says, " Playing with your little men again"?

I never know exactly how to answer that question.

Hockey13Playa · 08-05-2014, 09:20 PM

For some reason my girlfriend calls the game Other People's Toilet Paper lol!!!! She doesn't really understand the concept of this game or what/how you play it. She knows its Baseball and doesn't understand my obsession

battists · 08-05-2014, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Hockey13Playa

For some reason my girlfriend calls the game Other People's Toilet Paper lol!!!! She doesn't really understand the concept of this game or what/how you play it. She knows its Baseball and doesn't understand my obsession

And clearly she also doesn't understand the acronym either.

Andy · 08-06-2014, 01:51 PM

I've had trouble sticking with a league recently and keep starting over. Each time I tell my wife what I'm doing she just shakes her head and rolls her eyes. She is a huge baseball fan, too, just doesn't understand why I like this game so much.

battists · 08-06-2014, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy

I've had trouble sticking with a league recently and keep starting over. Each time I tell my wife what I'm doing she just shakes her head and rolls her eyes. She is a huge baseball fan, too, just doesn't understand why I like this game so much.

Haha I know that feeling! Let's face it, people like us just like the league creation! I honestly spend more time setting my league up than I do playing it!!

chucksabr · 08-06-2014, 04:27 PM

My wife, God bless her. She's the best. Since I went into retirement, my life is essentially a whole lot of baseball. I play in a hardball league. I have Cubs season tickets. I watch my hometown Tigers on Extra Innings and MLB.TV (yes, I subscribe to both). She's OK when I go to White Sox and Brewers games (like this Friday night to see Puig in Milwaukee), or even overnight trips out of town with buddies for games. I'm active in SABR and go to the convention every year. I have baseball books strewn all over the house.

She's so OK with my baseball craze that she bought me a first pitch off the mound at a Tiger game for Christmas in 2012, and a year membership to the Hall of Fame last year, and we are going on a week long driving trip to Cooperstown passing through Toledo, Detroit, Toronto, Syracuse and Pittsburgh to see games along the way.

So I think she would be forgiven if she hammered me for paying as much attention to a fictional British baseball league as I do to real baseball games. And I really do. But she is so cool about it, she'll ask me how the league is going, and in a genuine I-care-about-you-and-your-interests way, not in a snarky, ironic or sarcastic you're-such-a-loser way.

I love my wife.

wuttang · 08-06-2014, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by chucksabr

My wife, God bless her. She's the best. Since I went into retirement, my life is essentially a whole lot of baseball. I play in a hardball league. I have Cubs season tickets. I watch my hometown Tigers on Extra Innings and MLB.TV (yes, I subscribe to both). She's OK when I go to White Sox and Brewers games (like this Friday night to see Puig in Milwaukee), or even overnight trips out of town with buddies for games. I'm active in SABR and go to the convention every year. I have baseball books strewn all over the house.

She's so OK with my baseball craze that she bought me a first pitch off the mound at a Tiger game for Christmas in 2012, and a year membership to the Hall of Fame last year, and we are going on a week long driving trip to Cooperstown passing through Toledo, Detroit, Toronto, Syracuse and Pittsburgh to see games along the way.

So I think she would be forgiven if she hammered me for paying as much attention to a fictional British baseball league as I do to real baseball games. And I really do. But she is so cool about it, she'll ask me how the league is going, and in a genuine I-care-about-you-and-your-interests way, not in a snarky, ironic or sarcastic you're-such-a-loser way.

I love my wife.

I'm jealous and hate you at the same time lol

My only solution is to give my gf more booze so she'll go to bed faster :beer:

chucksabr · 08-06-2014, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by wuttang

I'm jealous and hate you at the same time lol

My only solution is to give my gf more booze so she'll go to bed faster :beer:

Ha haaa! Well, it did take me until I was almost 37 to find her, and I had to kiss a lot of frogs along the way, but it was worth the wait.

dodger300 · 08-06-2014, 07:23 PM

My wife has never complained about my ootp addiction. I think it has to do with the fact that my main hobby cost $40 a year.

pgjocki · 08-06-2014, 07:30 PM

To dodger300 so long as you value your time it's a very good investment.

jpeters1734 · 08-06-2014, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by dodger300

My wife has never complained about my ootp addiction. I think it has to do with the fact that my main hobby cost $40 a year.

I'm going to use that lol

08-03-2014, 10:58 PM	#1
blazertaz13 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Windsor, CO Posts: 185	I just got scolded I was playing the second game of the season of my fictional league. My team is clearly in rebuilding mold as we just don't have the cash to compete with the big market teams. I am in my first season, so we are not predicted to do much. Our first series is against Anaheim (one of the bigger spending clubs). We won the first game of the series 4-2. In the second game we were up 2-0 early only to give up the lead in the seventh. Anyhow we finally win in eleven innings. My wife and daughter ended up yelling at me to be quiet as I was clapping the walk off double. I guess I am louder playing the game (I am into my fictional team too much) than when I am watching the Cubs win. I just thought I would pass it on, not expecting to be the only one. Thanks, Taz

08-04-2014, 09:52 PM	#4
battists Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18,506	While I haven't gotten scolded, my girlfriend cannot fathom why I have spent something like 40 hours plotting my new league. I haven't even created it yet, let alone actually played it. I've just been mapping out divisions, finding logos, jerseys, caps, and so on. Haha. __________________ Come check out my dynasty report, Funky Times!

08-05-2014, 06:32 AM	#5
MarkInCincy All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Cincinnait, OH (WestSider) Posts: 657	My wife is used to it, when I am playing and something happens in game and I get loud/swear/etc she will ask things like: Somebody get injured? Did your team blow a 4 run lead? Somebody draft the guy you wanted? (and she knows very little about bb, just picked it up from my stories/answers over 12 versions of OOTP). She even asks me more often "How are your teams?" than she does "How was work today?" __________________ "A baseball fan has the digestive apparatus of a billy goat. He can, and does, devour any set of statistics with insatiable appetite and then nuzzles hungrily for more." - Sportswriter Arthur Daley "Who says there's an unemployment problem in this country? Just take the five percent unemployed and give them a baseball stat to follow." - Outfielder Andy Van Slyke

08-05-2014, 08:53 PM	#10
dickysty Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 348	My wife totally understands my OOTP addiction. However, It always feels a wee bit weird when she says, " Playing with your little men again"? I never know exactly how to answer that question. __________________ NABA - Baltimore Blue Claw's Dynasty

08-05-2014, 09:20 PM	#11
Hockey13Playa Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2,672	For some reason my girlfriend calls the game Other People's Toilet Paper lol!!!! She doesn't really understand the concept of this game or what/how you play it. She knows its Baseball and doesn't understand my obsession __________________ FHM NHL Complete Historical Jerseys & Logos

08-05-2014, 12:32 PM	#7
bazeall Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 190	" I guess I am louder playing the game (I am into my fictional team too much) than when I am watching the Cubs win." If you're loud when watching the Cubs win, then your wife and daughter aren't used to hearing you get loud that often.

08-06-2014, 01:51 PM	#13
Andy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 2,263	I've had trouble sticking with a league recently and keep starting over. Each time I tell my wife what I'm doing she just shakes her head and rolls her eyes. She is a huge baseball fan, too, just doesn't understand why I like this game so much.

08-06-2014, 04:27 PM	#15
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	My wife, God bless her. She's the best. Since I went into retirement, my life is essentially a whole lot of baseball. I play in a hardball league. I have Cubs season tickets. I watch my hometown Tigers on Extra Innings and MLB.TV (yes, I subscribe to both). She's OK when I go to White Sox and Brewers games (like this Friday night to see Puig in Milwaukee), or even overnight trips out of town with buddies for games. I'm active in SABR and go to the convention every year. I have baseball books strewn all over the house. She's so OK with my baseball craze that she bought me a first pitch off the mound at a Tiger game for Christmas in 2012, and a year membership to the Hall of Fame last year, and we are going on a week long driving trip to Cooperstown passing through Toledo, Detroit, Toronto, Syracuse and Pittsburgh to see games along the way. So I think she would be forgiven if she hammered me for paying as much attention to a fictional British baseball league as I do to real baseball games. And I really do. But she is so cool about it, she'll ask me how the league is going, and in a genuine I-care-about-you-and-your-interests way, not in a snarky, ironic or sarcastic you're-such-a-loser way. I love my wife. __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

08-06-2014, 07:23 PM	#18
dodger300 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 268	My wife has never complained about my ootp addiction. I think it has to do with the fact that my main hobby cost $40 a year.

08-06-2014, 07:30 PM	#19
pgjocki All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Maryland - just outside DC Posts: 1,596	To dodger300 so long as you value your time it's a very good investment. __________________ - - - World Series championships: 1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006, 2011