MLB Replay....A new History

[HerbertMcHoover]

Wow, the Orioles! And I thought the Tigers and Pirates paid their ticket to the series until '95! Nice job with the standings and the dynasty as always.

Going with Fernandomania for the WS.

[darnoff]

Originally Posted by George_Bell

Detroit’s Ron Gant has 19 home runs and 46 stolen bases. He’s gotten very little love from me, but damn, that’s amazing. The blend of power and speed is probably more valuable then any player in baseball. Ron Gant may very well be the main reason for Detroit’s dominance of late. Jose Canseco, Gary Sheffield, Bernie Williams, Mariano Rivera and Jim Thome have all officially arrived!



So Ron Gant has hit the 30/30 mark three times. He’s put up massive production the last three years and has a career high 82 stolen bases in 1988. He draws a good amount of walks. A lot of strikeouts, so when he does manage to hit the ball, very good things usually happen. Gant is on pace for a monster season. I’ll keep an eye on him.


Ron Gant's stats

Gant was my favorite player in the early 90's. I'm glad to see he's still kickin' butt.


The World Series is an intriguing face off between former Bash Brothers McGwire and Canseco.

[George_Bell]

Game one lives up to the pre series billing. Cal Eldred hits Mark McGwire in his first at bat in the 2^nd, and Minnesota capitalizes when Corey Pail singles him home. 1-0 Twins. Minnesota starter Pete Schourek then implodes. He allows seven straight Cardinals to reach base on singles and walks, which scores 3. Chris Sabo then hits a 3 run homer, and in total, the Cards score 7 in the 3^rd. Despite being down, the Twins would battle back. Javy Lopez would hit a two run homer, Edgar Martinez would drive in 2, and the lead was down to 7-5. The Cards added two more. In the ninth, Mark McGwire hit a 2 out, 2 run home run to cut the lead to one. Jeff Blauser would strike out and end it though. Game 1 goes to St. Louis, 9-8.

The middle of the Cardinals order comes through with singles against Fernando Valenzuela. 5 straight singles would score 2 runs, which might be a bit disappointing to Cards fans, but they lead 2-0 after three. McGwire’s 2^nd home run of the series cuts the lead to 1 in the fifth. Edgar Martinez comes through in the bottom of the eighth, a sac fly, ties the game at 2. Tom Henke comes on to pitch the 10^th for Minny, and it does not go well. He allows the first two hitters on base, who both score on a Jim Thome double, then Jose Canseco goes deep. It’s a four run inning, and the Cards would take game two, in extras, 6-3.

Jose Canseco leads off the 2^nd with a double and scores when Craig Biggio singles him in to give the Cards an early lead. Rusty Greer extends is to 2-0 with a solo shot in the 6^th. The Twins finally score on a Javy Lopez double the next inning, but still trail 2-1. Mark Salas scores an insurance run in the eighth, giving the Cards a 3-1 lead. The run was needed as Javy Lopez again knocks in a run in the ninth, but it’s as close as the Twins would get. 3-2 Cards, they lead the series 3-0.

Cards starter Katsuyoshi Murata is forced to leave the game after 6 batters with an injury. He was not good against those 6 batters. 1 run is in and the bases are loaded. Jeff Barry would knock in two more, and it’s 3-0 Twins. The Cards respond right away. The first 2 batters get on, and both score on a Gary Sheffield double. McGwire homers in the third, his third of the series, and the Twins would hold the lead for the rest of the game. Minnesota wins 7-4 and avoids elimination.

Henry Rodriguez and Chris Jones hit back to back homers to open the 2^nd inning and give St. Louis the 2-0 lead. Minnesota responds facing elimination. Matt Lawton reaches first on an error, and Edgar Martinez takes Cal Eldrad deep to tie the game. The Twins add another to go up 3-2 after four. Martinez hits his 2^nd homer of the game, a two run shot and the lead is extended to 5-2. The Cardinals claw their way back, and tie the game in the eighth when Eric Young scores on a wild pitch! 5-5 heading into the ninth.

Cards pitcher Jose Nunez hits Jeff Barry and walks Chris Hoiles. In steps Israel Alcantara. Alcantara entered the game as a pinch hitter for Twins starter Yoshii in the 6^th and then moved to CF. He has never played in a regular season game, and was 0/2 before getting his first hit in the 6^th. The 21 year old would send a hard hit ball up the middle, into the outfield for a single. Barry would round third and cross the plate, scoring the eventual winning run. The Twins survive with a 6-5 win. The kid is the hero!!

Izzy Alcantara

A Javy Lopez homer highlights a huge three run first inning for Minnesota as they jump out to a 3-0 lead. In the 4^th, Chuck Finley walks the bases loaded. Twins utility 2^nd baseman, Ricky Gutierrez, getting the start, hits the ball 398 feet, on a line drive over the left field wall for a GRAND SLAM! 8-0 Twins after four. The Cards get 3 back in fifth. Rusty Greer with a 2 run double. They scrap a few more runs together. Heading into the ninth, it’s 9-6 Minnesota.



Tom Henke!!! Why are you blowing it!!! This hurts from a Jays fans perspective. Tom Henke blows the most important game of his life and the Cardinals tie it up. They were down 8-0!!!

The Twins do not score in the ninth, and we head to extra innings. In the bottom of the 10^th…

WOW…what a finish. The Twins win the game without doing anything really. They actually walked it off. The Cards lose the game and all the momentum they had. After being down 3 games to nothing….Minnesota has forced a game 7 with the 10-9 win.

GAME 7

A little research shows that 2 teams have come back from a 3-0 deficit, The 1960 Baltimore Orioles who came back to beat the LA Dodgers.

In 1930, the Phillies did the trick to the Indians when Cleveland SS Travis Jackson fumbled the series away with two errors in the 8^th during game 7.

Jim Deshaies and Bob Milacki have each been pretty good in the postseason. Lets see if Minnesota can make history, or St. Louis can avoid the massive collapse.

Bob Milacki gives up back to back singles, and a walk to load the bases before there is even an out. Javy Lopez strikes out, Mark McGwire hits a sac fly, and Jeff Blauser k’s. Twins lead 1-0 after one, but it could have been much worse!

Milacki gets himself into trouble again in the 3^rd. Two walks and a single have the bases loaded, with nobody out. Coming to the plate, Mark McGwire. BOOM….407 feet over the left field fence. GRAND SLAM!! 5-0 Twins!

Both teams would continue to score runs, but it never becomes close again. St. Louis blows a 3-0 series lead. The Minnesota Twins win the WORLD SERIES!!

[George_Bell]

[rjl518]

go twins...about time they win it all

[abell1198]

Can't believe the Cardinals blew that lead. Just sad.

[George_Bell]

So I've encountered the draft problem again.

The issue when draft day comes is the game freezes. It looks like its trying to draft, and stays at 0% progress. The game displays the supplemental 1st round as the next round to go, which is odd, and probably causing the problem.

I've submitted a ticket, and hopefully, the guys at OOTP can help me clear this up, but until them, this is on hold.

My solution if nothing can be done, other then throw my computer out the window and curse the day i found out about OOTP, would be to reimport my OOTP 15 game into 16, erase the last 2-3 years (Cant remember how many seasons I've played on 16) and go from there. Obviously, I do not want to do that.

Lets hope this is a problem that OOTP tech support can fix...

[HerbertMcHoover]

Didn't realize how stacked the Cards lineup was. Wow. NOW THAT IS A WORLD SERIES!

[reds1]

Sorry to hear about the draft glitch, George. Hopefully this doesn't derail your dynasty. I enjoy following it.

[rjl518]

hope that doesn't derail your dynasty...make it work

[shipfb21]

hopefully everything gets worked out for u. I love this dynasty. I appreciate all ur hard work n time u put into creating a new history of baseball... now that ur down for a while, I thought id ask u some questions. what are some of ur favorite teams, eras, players, stories that u have encounter through the decades of play?

[George_Bell]

Originally Posted by shipfb21

hopefully everything gets worked out for u. I love this dynasty. I appreciate all ur hard work n time u put into creating a new history of baseball... now that ur down for a while, I thought id ask u some questions. what are some of ur favorite teams, eras, players, stories that u have encounter through the decades of play?

Thanks guys, still patiently waiting, though the initial prognosis was positive!

My favourite team so far were those Phillies teams from the 20's and 30's that scored so many damn runs, but had he worst pitching i have ever seen. Then, they went out and acquired Babe Ruth. Suttles, Ruth and Gehrig on the same team was amazing. The Ruth trade was the biggest and most important trade I've ever seen.

I loved following Reggie Jackson's career more then most. I just find him, captivating, entertaining, and his OOTP career was explosive.

The Jays winning the Series in 84 was awesome, because I'm a Blue Jays fan. The Browns run with DiMaggio was pretty special. I always routed against the Dodgers during their dominance, but cheered for the Browns.....

The best era is the 40's-60's. I'm in my 30's, so i only heard about these legenedary players, and to see them come alive in the way OOTP lets me, was super fun!

[George_Bell]

I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this. I haven't heard back from Tech support since i uploaded my file to their FTP, and that was almost 2 weeks ago. I'm anxious to get this going again, but also don't want to harass or bother them. Was hoping it was an easy fix!!!

[skyballer455]

Originally Posted by George_Bell

I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this. I haven't heard back from Tech support since i uploaded my file to their FTP, and that was almost 2 weeks ago. I'm anxious to get this going again, but also don't want to harass or bother them. Was hoping it was an easy fix!!!

Did you state the name of the file you uploaded to the FTP in your post? I think that's probably why you haven't heard from them.

[darnoff]

Originally Posted by George_Bell

I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this. I haven't heard back from Tech support since i uploaded my file to their FTP, and that was almost 2 weeks ago. I'm anxious to get this going again, but also don't want to harass or bother them. Was hoping it was an easy fix!!!

When I contacted them about an issue about 6 months or so ago, I had to post on the forums to get an initial response. Then after I was contacted, nothing ever happened... ever. Luckily I back my game file up very frequently, so I only had to replay 1 season.

[George_Bell]

Originally Posted by skyballer455

Did you state the name of the file you uploaded to the FTP in your post? I think that's probably why you haven't heard from them.

Nope i did inform them the exact name, so they have the information.

[George_Bell]

Originally Posted by darnoff

When I contacted them about an issue about 6 months or so ago, I had to post on the forums to get an initial response. Then after I was contacted, nothing ever happened... ever. Luckily I back my game file up very frequently, so I only had to replay 1 season.

Yikes. When i made my original request for Tech support, i received assistance the same day, and was told the problem sounds like it's fixable. That had me very optimistic. After a week, i asked for a update, but still haven't received one, so I'm not so optimistic any more.

I would imagine, that to fix this, all it would take was to sit down at a computer, download the file, and edit it with the tools and inside know how. Half n hour tops would be my guess.

I do have a my OOTP15 file, so if i do go back, we lose 3 years, which sucks, but it sucks much less then losing everything!

[rjl518]

well...I hope you get everything back...and if you have to go back in time...make sure my mets win it all...

[abell1198]

And make sure my Cardinals hold down that 3-0 World Series lead, too.

[wwines]

Just checking in George to see if there is any news, hopefully it can get going again. One of my favorites.