Just for kicks while we wait - Page 9

Reggie · 03-13-2018, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Ormondbeachdan

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

Records by hand brings back summer vacation memories. Had my dad bring home score sheets he printed off at work. Then we would update stats after each game on a main page off the score sheet. Went through a lot of erasers.

Bunktown Ballers · 03-13-2018, 06:51 PM

58 years young

redranger · 03-14-2018, 03:42 PM

Started playing version 2 I think when I was 35. Owned every version since and now about to turn 53

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Giants44 · 03-14-2018, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by restlessknights

59. I started playing baseball games in 1970 with Milton Bradley Official Baseball Card Game. I've been playing OOTP since 2008.

I loved that game - completely forgot about it till I saw the picture.

Giants44 · 03-14-2018, 05:44 PM

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Baseball Card Sim Games I played before OOTP - "all of them"

Baseball PC Sim Games I played before OOTP - "all of them"

Discovered OOTP in v2 - Christmas have moved to OOTP release day for me ever since.

here are just a few still in my garage

CLEBearcat · 03-15-2018, 12:59 AM

23 here - been playing since OOTP 14. It started as a distraction from college homework and now it's a reprieve from a long day of work. To this day my girlfriend finds it odd that this game relaxes me when I get home...

Still holding out hope my Cleveland Indians will hire me to the front office after seeing all the World Series they could have had by now with me at the helm.

USBL Commissioner · 03-15-2018, 09:39 PM

49

sentry85 · 03-15-2018, 10:08 PM

51

garysorrell · 03-18-2018, 05:08 PM

52
Haven't played in a while, this version has brought me back in.

RubeBaker · 03-18-2018, 06:12 PM

I'm 45. My first computer game was Earl Weaver Baseball back in 1987 on the Tandy computer. EA Sports made the game and back then they were a fledgling company. This was pre-Madden. I LOVED that game. After that I played MicroLeague which was fun and later I moved on to Diamond Mind Baseball for a long time.

I like OOTP because you get to play the current season with current players although you can always go back in time to do historical, too. Most baseball games have you replay a previous season which is nice, but OOTP gives you the opportunity to play with current players and even into the future with real-life salaries and contracts.

RubeBaker · 03-18-2018, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Giants44

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Baseball Card Sim Games I played before OOTP - "all of them"

Baseball PC Sim Games I played before OOTP - "all of them"

Discovered OOTP in v2 - Christmas have moved to OOTP release day for me ever since.

here are just a few still in my garage

Dude, this is AWESOME.

RubeBaker · 03-18-2018, 06:15 PM

I used to enjoy playing Triple Play on the PlayStation back in the day. The only thing that drove me nuts was Buck Martinez's commentary. If I had a dime every time he made a "can of corns" reference in that game, I'd be able to pay off a student loan.

jtbrock333 · 03-19-2018, 09:32 AM

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Have been playing OOTP since at least 2000 and have been playing computer baseball games since 1984.

03-13-2018, 06:51 PM	#162
Bunktown Ballers All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,369 Infractions: 0/1 (2)	Not Bad 58 years young

03-14-2018, 05:44 PM	#165
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	51 Baseball Card Sim Games I played before OOTP - "all of them" Baseball PC Sim Games I played before OOTP - "all of them" Discovered OOTP in v2 - Christmas have moved to OOTP release day for me ever since. here are just a few still in my garage __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

03-14-2018, 03:42 PM	#163
redranger All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Birmingham, Alabama Posts: 535	Started playing version 2 I think when I was 35. Owned every version since and now about to turn 53 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03-15-2018, 12:59 AM	#166
CLEBearcat Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Bay Area Posts: 48	23 here - been playing since OOTP 14. It started as a distraction from college homework and now it's a reprieve from a long day of work. To this day my girlfriend finds it odd that this game relaxes me when I get home... Still holding out hope my Cleveland Indians will hire me to the front office after seeing all the World Series they could have had by now with me at the helm.

03-15-2018, 09:39 PM	#167
USBL Commissioner Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 19	49

03-15-2018, 10:08 PM	#168
sentry85 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: south Florida Posts: 83	51

03-18-2018, 05:08 PM	#169
garysorrell Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 8	52 Haven't played in a while, this version has brought me back in.

03-18-2018, 06:12 PM	#170
RubeBaker All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: USA Posts: 640	I'm 45. My first computer game was Earl Weaver Baseball back in 1987 on the Tandy computer. EA Sports made the game and back then they were a fledgling company. This was pre-Madden. I LOVED that game. After that I played MicroLeague which was fun and later I moved on to Diamond Mind Baseball for a long time. I like OOTP because you get to play the current season with current players although you can always go back in time to do historical, too. Most baseball games have you replay a previous season which is nice, but OOTP gives you the opportunity to play with current players and even into the future with real-life salaries and contracts.

03-18-2018, 06:15 PM	#172
RubeBaker All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: USA Posts: 640	I used to enjoy playing Triple Play on the PlayStation back in the day. The only thing that drove me nuts was Buck Martinez's commentary. If I had a dime every time he made a "can of corns" reference in that game, I'd be able to pay off a student loan.

03-19-2018, 09:32 AM	#173
jtbrock333 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Alabama Posts: 4	43 Have been playing OOTP since at least 2000 and have been playing computer baseball games since 1984.