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Old 04-08-2017, 08:24 PM   #21
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That was the first baseball game I ever really was excited to play. I first purchased it when I was 17 in 1973 and continued purchasing new seasons through the early 80's until I discovered the computer version of Pursue the Pennant
Oh and my kids tell me that I am older than dirt
I started back in the 60s and kept buying new seasons into the 90's. Still visualize possible cards when I look at a player's stats.
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Old 04-08-2017, 11:23 PM   #22
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So this seems sorta on topic, but what about Front Page Sports: Baseball by Sierra around 1994 or so. Was in my opinion the spiritual forebear to ootp. Even had player creation engine that would put out ratings if you punched in the RL stats. (I remembering using it to recreate Rico Petrocelli for my Sox teams)
Having that on a ZIP disk got me through my college job at the computing help desk.

People who are younger than OOTP have no idea what a ZIP disk is.
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Old 04-22-2017, 12:02 PM   #23
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I started playing board baseball games (Sherco). Back then, I kept all the stats in notebooks by hand before computers. My wife still gives me crap about that. I started looking for a computer baseball game that I didn't have to bat or pitch because those games stat wise were unrealistic. Then I found OOPT 6. Now I don't have to, to quote Rogers Hornsby, "Stare out the window and wait for spring", because it's always baseball season at my house!
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Old 04-22-2017, 06:35 PM   #24
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I started playing board baseball games (Sherco). Back then, I kept all the stats in notebooks by hand before computers. My wife still gives me crap about that. I started looking for a computer baseball game that I didn't have to bat or pitch because those games stat wise were unrealistic. Then I found OOPT 6. Now I don't have to, to quote Rogers Hornsby, "Stare out the window and wait for spring", because it's always baseball season at my house!
That was back in the 60's right? I started playing baseball board games back then. The first one had individual cards for players like Hank Aaron and Willie Mays but I could not remember what it was called. It was poorly rated as Aaron had 10 homeruns in the first 3 games lol. Then I moved on the the spinner baseball game with circular cards that fit over the spinner, Ethan Allen or something like that. Finally I played Avalon Hill games and then APBA in 1973, now that was the first "real" baseball game that I loved. But still keeping stats was so laborious that when I discovered Pursue The Pennant for the computer I was in stat heaven lol (circa 1987).
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Baseball isn't even older than me......
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Old 04-26-2017, 11:10 PM   #28
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Young OOTP fan here. Born in 1999 so same year
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Yep. Younger than OOTP here.
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I got Sherco in early 80s, i think. I wore out the out field from moving the players. I also started with the spinner baseball game. Wore out the rivets holding the spinner in place. Had to MacGiver it to keep playing.
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Old 04-29-2017, 11:20 PM   #31
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I was 14 when OOTP1 came out, so still pretty young, but I am happy to see that there are at least a few younger people on here. I sometimes wonder if I'm the only one in my thirties or younger that still likes baseball
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Old 04-30-2017, 09:10 PM   #32
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Younger by a year lol!
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Old 05-06-2017, 05:17 AM   #33
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By my use of lowkey language, ability to actually still play baseball, my affinity for thinking the 2006 World Series and 2010 World Series were actually conspiracy plots against the Tigers and the fact that my dad tried out for the tigers in 84' and was cut as a non-roster invitee during spring training.

I'm pretty sure it's safe to assume I am younger than OOTP.
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Warren Spahn was still pitching

when I was born.

The Cuba embargo began almost a month later.
Wilt Chamberlain hadn't yet scored 100 points in a game.
Bob Dylan hadn't yet released his first album.
Wal-Mart hadn't opened...anywhere.
JFK was President.
Marilyn Monroe was still alive.
Johnny Carson wasn't on the Tonight Show.
We still had Dick Nixon to "kick around."
Roger Clemens wasn't going to be born for 7 months.

The Navy SEALS (God bless 'em all) were activated 3 days before I was.

Good Lord, I'm old!
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Old 05-16-2017, 05:53 PM   #35
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ootp is 2 years older than me
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Old 05-17-2017, 10:08 AM   #36
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older then OOTP by 41 years,. there are days when I feel older then baseball.
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