Just for kicks while we wait - Page 8

The Game · 03-03-2018, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jabail

23. Officially to the point where It's not terribly uncommon to see players my age. Crazy to think someone as good as Corey Seager is younger than me. Even if only by a couple weeks. Cody Bellinger is 21 and he put up 4 WAR last year!

You'll realize your old when players of your youth start becoming MGR's like Ozzie Guillen, Joe Girardi and even Gabe Kapler. Kapler is only 6 months older then me.

Andy · 03-03-2018, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by The Game

You'll realize your old when players of your youth start becoming MGR's like Ozzie Guillen, Joe Girardi and even Gabe Kapler. Kapler is only 6 months older then me.

Or when players of your youth have kids playing now. Like Travis (son of Jeff) Shaw or Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

actionjackson · 03-04-2018, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by The Game

You'll realize your old when players of your youth start becoming MGR's like Ozzie Guillen, Joe Girardi and even Gabe Kapler. Kapler is only 6 months older then me.

Agreed. I can't remember the first time this happened to me, and I also can't remember the first time I saw the offspring of a player I remember from childhood as per the comment below yours. I did watch Robbie Alomar up close, and technically Sandy Alomar Sr. was playing when I started watching baseball, but I don't remember him. I'm sorry to hear about your sister.

Motorhead667 · 03-05-2018, 06:29 AM

54 Started with APBA found OOTP 08 And have been hooked ever since
Thank you Markus and team for making me feel 20 all the time!

MrBojangles · 03-06-2018, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Siv

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Average Age 43.49

Looks like I've above average, at 47.

Started with iootp on my phone a few years ago then into OOTP about 4 years ago.

Ormondbeachdan · 03-07-2018, 10:48 AM

Here is my story. I will be 69 come next week. Am I the oldest on the boards?
Seems like yesterday... but lets go back in time.. Nov 1963 . I was mesmerized by the ad they always ran in Baseball Digest. "Baseball comes alive on your Tabletop" etc etc. My Dad was fascinated as well.
He ordered us the Stratomatic starter kit. I think it included 6 teams of your choice. Paper stock, one sided cards in those days.
I was like Ralphie in the movie "A Christmas Story" waiting for his secret decoder pin to come in the mail!. Finally the box arrived. Oh Joy!.. My task was to open it and read the directions which I did, putting all thought of homework aside... after all this was important stuff.. Baseball on my living room table.. Willie Mays would be fielding, Maury Wills stealing base after base.. Sandy Koufax mowing down batter after batter!
That week Kennedy was killed.. That weekend my Dad said "Ok, let's get away from the TV and play Strat. My brother , Dad and myself formed a 3 team league. My brother had the Dodgers, I had the Giants and my Dad took the Reds. No trading... ever!.. We played a 30 game schedule. I started doing the records by hand of course. Not even a calculator in those days. All the basics, Avg, runs, rbi, Dbls Triples Homers and Wins Loses, K's ERA etc.
Notebook style.. all meticulously done to cherish forever!. Ok skipping a few months, naturally in the Spring totally hooked ordered the entire new set of cards.. and the cycle started again.. Back in the 70s I was still playing, mostly solitaire , keeping records of course. A thought came to me.. "Gee, someday with this new computer stuff, I bet they will have this for computers and you will even be able to see Lou Gehrig running around the bases.So I've been simming for 55 years now!!
Ok.. in ending I want to say, I have always had that boyhood urge each Spring... and with OOTP throughout the last 12 years or so, those feelings have only increased.. I can remain a young boy at heart! Thank you Mark and Team!
Dan Spellacy Ormond Beach Fl

swoboda · 03-07-2018, 01:59 PM

Ormandbeach. Loved your writeup, you've got a decade on me but you are not the oldest on these boards my friend. Many of us can identify with card-based Strat, or other great games like "Challenge the Yankees, APBA, ALL Star Baseball etc
Sports sim games in the digital age , double the pleasure double the fun, as the old tv commercial would say.....

rjl518 · 03-10-2018, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

Let's just say I'd be greatly surprised if a bunch of 14-year-olds would have shown up here. It's a game for a certain demographic.

That being said, if I had known about baseball in general at that age and would have found the game, it would have been something for me, because around 2000 I spent a lot of time with soccer managers.

But then that's me. I'm weird.

I agree with you Raccoon man.
most of the young kids are playing MLB The Show
The adults play OOTP!

Charlie Ricker · 03-10-2018, 09:23 AM

Great read, Ormondbeachdan! I also was a Strat-O-Matic guy growing up -- it was so much fun and OOTP is keeping me young, too. You've got me by more than twenty years (I'll be 47 in 3 weeks) but we're all like kids in a candy store w/ OOTP!

I enjoy hearing peoples' stories.

Charlie

actionjackson · 03-10-2018, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by rjl518

I agree with you Raccoon man.
most of the young kids are playing MLB The Show
The adults play OOTP!

MLB The Show = Junk Food (satisfies a craving but doesn't last)

OOTP = Your Favourite Meal (you can never get enough of it)

Shoeless' Socks · 03-10-2018, 12:08 PM

I'm 42.

Cod · 03-10-2018, 06:44 PM

I'm 35.

Pdubya64 · 03-10-2018, 07:13 PM

I am 53, 54 in June. I play both OOTP and MLB The Show. I like the Road to the Show and Franchise modes, keeps me feeling young (most of the time!) and you have to love the graphics. Looking forward to both this year of course.

I first came to baseball in 1985, watching Joe Garagiola and Vin Scully on NBC's Game of the Week. Yes... just one game televised you youngsters.

I got hooked on (of all things) the 1985 Cardinal top of the order stealing bases and the interplay between runner, pitcher, catcher and bench. This was Saturdays when I was in the US Navy. It dawned on me that maybe there is a lot more to this game than meets the eye...

(!)
Still hooked.

Pdubya

Dr.K · 03-11-2018, 09:15 AM

Jus turned 52 and though based in the UK, watched WOR and WGN as a kid and loved the Mets and Cubs as a result and settled on the Mets. I can remember listening to Armed Forces Radio when the Dodgers beat the '88 Mets and was devastated. Ever since then wanted to GM my own team. especially the Mets as I felt they should have ruled for 10 years.

Never played Stratomatic but did get Statis Pro and Baseball Strategy as board games in the UK and later loved Earl Weaver, Tony LaRussa and the game I consider the distant relative of OOTP...Front Page Sports Baseball which was way ahead of it's time.

I started OOTP in my 30s and am in my third decade! Played since OOTP2 and have seen this grow, it keeps me young at heart!

Tunnelrunner · 03-11-2018, 12:44 PM

43 in April.

G-Force · 03-11-2018, 04:12 PM

I'm 43...feel younger some days, older on others lol

GH

G-Force · 03-11-2018, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rjl518

I agree with you Raccoon man.
most of the young kids are playing MLB The Show
The adults play OOTP!

Meh, this adult loves The Show too.

GH

joefromchicago · 03-11-2018, 04:16 PM

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jus turned 52 and though based in the uk, watched wor and wgn as a kid and loved the mets and cubs as a result and settled on the mets.

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Dr.K · 03-12-2018, 07:43 PM

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LOL, I like the Cubs, especially mid 80s but Love the Mets!

Henry · 03-12-2018, 07:53 PM

71, started with OOTP3.

03-07-2018, 10:48 AM	#146
Ormondbeachdan Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ormond Beach Fl Posts: 300	The Old Days of Simulation Baseball Here is my story. I will be 69 come next week. Am I the oldest on the boards? Seems like yesterday... but lets go back in time.. Nov 1963 . I was mesmerized by the ad they always ran in Baseball Digest. "Baseball comes alive on your Tabletop" etc etc. My Dad was fascinated as well. He ordered us the Stratomatic starter kit. I think it included 6 teams of your choice. Paper stock, one sided cards in those days. I was like Ralphie in the movie "A Christmas Story" waiting for his secret decoder pin to come in the mail!. Finally the box arrived. Oh Joy!.. My task was to open it and read the directions which I did, putting all thought of homework aside... after all this was important stuff.. Baseball on my living room table.. Willie Mays would be fielding, Maury Wills stealing base after base.. Sandy Koufax mowing down batter after batter! That week Kennedy was killed.. That weekend my Dad said "Ok, let's get away from the TV and play Strat. My brother , Dad and myself formed a 3 team league. My brother had the Dodgers, I had the Giants and my Dad took the Reds. No trading... ever!.. We played a 30 game schedule. I started doing the records by hand of course. Not even a calculator in those days. All the basics, Avg, runs, rbi, Dbls Triples Homers and Wins Loses, K's ERA etc. Notebook style.. all meticulously done to cherish forever!. Ok skipping a few months, naturally in the Spring totally hooked ordered the entire new set of cards.. and the cycle started again.. Back in the 70s I was still playing, mostly solitaire , keeping records of course. A thought came to me.. "Gee, someday with this new computer stuff, I bet they will have this for computers and you will even be able to see Lou Gehrig running around the bases.So I've been simming for 55 years now!! Ok.. in ending I want to say, I have always had that boyhood urge each Spring... and with OOTP throughout the last 12 years or so, those feelings have only increased.. I can remain a young boy at heart! Thank you Mark and Team! Dan Spellacy Ormond Beach Fl

03-07-2018, 01:59 PM	#147
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,220	Ormandbeach. Loved your writeup, you've got a decade on me but you are not the oldest on these boards my friend. Many of us can identify with card-based Strat, or other great games like "Challenge the Yankees, APBA, ALL Star Baseball etc Sports sim games in the digital age , double the pleasure double the fun, as the old tv commercial would say..... __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

03-10-2018, 07:13 PM	#153
Pdubya64 Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Staunton, VA Posts: 490	I am 53, 54 in June. I play both OOTP and MLB The Show. I like the Road to the Show and Franchise modes, keeps me feeling young (most of the time!) and you have to love the graphics. Looking forward to both this year of course. I first came to baseball in 1985, watching Joe Garagiola and Vin Scully on NBC's Game of the Week. Yes... just one game televised you youngsters. I got hooked on (of all things) the 1985 Cardinal top of the order stealing bases and the interplay between runner, pitcher, catcher and bench. This was Saturdays when I was in the US Navy. It dawned on me that maybe there is a lot more to this game than meets the eye... (!) Still hooked. Pdubya __________________ "Chew, if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes." - Roy Batty Blade Runner

03-11-2018, 09:15 AM	#154
Dr.K Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: UK Posts: 368	Jus turned 52 and though based in the UK, watched WOR and WGN as a kid and loved the Mets and Cubs as a result and settled on the Mets. I can remember listening to Armed Forces Radio when the Dodgers beat the '88 Mets and was devastated. Ever since then wanted to GM my own team. especially the Mets as I felt they should have ruled for 10 years. Never played Stratomatic but did get Statis Pro and Baseball Strategy as board games in the UK and later loved Earl Weaver, Tony LaRussa and the game I consider the distant relative of OOTP...Front Page Sports Baseball which was way ahead of it's time. I started OOTP in my 30s and am in my third decade! Played since OOTP2 and have seen this grow, it keeps me young at heart! Last edited by Dr.K; 03-11-2018 at 09:18 AM.

03-11-2018, 04:12 PM	#156
G-Force All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 1,263	I'm 43...feel younger some days, older on others lol GH __________________ LEGENDS SPORTS UNIVERSE - WHERE LEGENDS PLAY...FOREVER YouTube and the Web Check out my Dynasty Threads The Alltime Hockey Association The Alltime Baseball League Austin James: Playing For His Life (a Vietnam-era baseball drama) The Pastime Boxing Association

03-05-2018, 06:29 AM	#144
Motorhead667 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 576	54 Started with APBA found OOTP 08 And have been hooked ever since Thank you Markus and team for making me feel 20 all the time!

03-10-2018, 09:23 AM	#149
Charlie Ricker Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Holley, NY Posts: 89	Great read, Ormondbeachdan! I also was a Strat-O-Matic guy growing up -- it was so much fun and OOTP is keeping me young, too. You've got me by more than twenty years (I'll be 47 in 3 weeks) but we're all like kids in a candy store w/ OOTP! I enjoy hearing peoples' stories. Charlie

03-10-2018, 12:08 PM	#151
Shoeless' Socks Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 162	I'm 42.

03-10-2018, 06:44 PM	#152
Cod All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 1,088	I'm 35.

03-11-2018, 12:44 PM	#155
Tunnelrunner Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 65	43 in April.

03-12-2018, 07:53 PM	#160
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	71, started with OOTP3.