Larry Bowa Vanishes

SufferingSoxFan · 07-02-2002, 01:27 PM

OK, I wasn't sure where to post this so I apologize if the thread belongs elsewhere. Here is what happened:

I was in the free agent signing period in 1978. Larry Bowa was on the DL still after being seriously injured in 1977. I was looking at HOF and the retired players list. I nominated Vada Pinson for the HOF and was actually looking at his stats. I have a fax line on my computer. Suddenly, I receive a fax and my fax monitor comes in and forces me out of STB2k3. I guess you cannot have anything else running in the background in order to STB to continue functioning. I could not get back into STB. So I closed the program down through task manager (I run XP).

I go back into STB and low and behold Larry Bowa has vanished completely and Vada Pinson (the retired player) is on my roster!!!!!! Bowa, who was a good leadoff player for my team, who I gave hefty prospects to get on my roster, is no where to be found. Any suggestions? Has anything like this ever happened to any of you?

SufferingSoxFan · 07-02-2002, 04:21 PM

I swear...sometimes I feel invisible at this forum. Anyone feel like responding to any of my threads? Anyone? Anyone? Beuler? Beuler?

Gromit · 07-02-2002, 07:24 PM

Not that I have much of a clue when it comes to this game, but I've found that if I get kicked out of the game for whatever reason, and it's still showing as running in the Task Manager, all I need to do is double-click on OOTP4 in the TASK MANAGER, not on the toolbar. The toolbar will NOT get me back into the game.

So, rather than close the game out through the Task Manager, try double-clicking on it instead...

Make sense? FYI, I'm also running XP.

Steve Kuffrey · 07-02-2002, 07:30 PM

I've not run across the problem, one way around it would be to import him again as a single player in the free agent pool. Then if you have saved the boxscores you could atleast re-construct his current year stats using Pierre's editor.

Crapshoot · 07-02-2002, 10:41 PM

Im not a phillies fan, but I think this happening right about now would be great for that team...

SufferingSoxFan · 07-02-2002, 10:44 PM

Gromit, Thanks. I'll try that in xp next time it happens. Steve, thanks also. I'm not going to bother because I already drafted Paul Molitor to replace Bowa but I will keep that suggestion in mind.

Steve Kuffrey · 07-02-2002, 10:49 PM

Make sure to backup from time to time, this will help if something like this happens again.

Jason Moyer · 07-03-2002, 01:59 AM

I love Larry Bowa but I wish he were a coach and not the manager. He is incredibly awful at managing his personnel, but I'd love to have him around for his win-or-die-trying attitude.

I mean, it took him a year and half to realize that giving Doug Glanville 700 plate appearances a year is a waste of the #2 hole in the order.

Jason

07-02-2002, 01:27 PM	#1
SufferingSoxFan Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Attleboro, MA Posts: 150	Larry Bowa Vanishes OK, I wasn't sure where to post this so I apologize if the thread belongs elsewhere. Here is what happened: I was in the free agent signing period in 1978. Larry Bowa was on the DL still after being seriously injured in 1977. I was looking at HOF and the retired players list. I nominated Vada Pinson for the HOF and was actually looking at his stats. I have a fax line on my computer. Suddenly, I receive a fax and my fax monitor comes in and forces me out of STB2k3. I guess you cannot have anything else running in the background in order to STB to continue functioning. I could not get back into STB. So I closed the program down through task manager (I run XP). I go back into STB and low and behold Larry Bowa has vanished completely and Vada Pinson (the retired player) is on my roster!!!!!! Bowa, who was a good leadoff player for my team, who I gave hefty prospects to get on my roster, is no where to be found. Any suggestions? Has anything like this ever happened to any of you?

07-02-2002, 07:24 PM	#3
Gromit Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Holloman AFB, NM Posts: 164	Not that I have much of a clue when it comes to this game, but I've found that if I get kicked out of the game for whatever reason, and it's still showing as running in the Task Manager, all I need to do is double-click on OOTP4 in the TASK MANAGER, not on the toolbar. The toolbar will NOT get me back into the game. So, rather than close the game out through the Task Manager, try double-clicking on it instead... Make sense? FYI, I'm also running XP. __________________ Owner of the 2010 GGNL World Champion Pensacola Pilots, 98-64

07-02-2002, 07:30 PM	#4
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	I've not run across the problem, one way around it would be to import him again as a single player in the free agent pool. Then if you have saved the boxscores you could atleast re-construct his current year stats using Pierre's editor. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

07-02-2002, 10:49 PM	#7
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	Make sure to backup from time to time, this will help if something like this happens again. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

07-03-2002, 01:59 AM	#8
Jason Moyer Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,111	I love Larry Bowa but I wish he were a coach and not the manager. He is incredibly awful at managing his personnel, but I'd love to have him around for his win-or-die-trying attitude. I mean, it took him a year and half to realize that giving Doug Glanville 700 plate appearances a year is a waste of the #2 hole in the order. Jason __________________ "I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses." -- Tom House "I was very fortunate to have a pitching coach by the name of Tom House...Tom, I really miss those days that we spent in the weight room and out on the field working together." -- Nolan Ryan's HoF Induction Speech

07-02-2002, 04:21 PM	#2
SufferingSoxFan Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Attleboro, MA Posts: 150	I swear...sometimes I feel invisible at this forum. Anyone feel like responding to any of my threads? Anyone? Anyone? Beuler? Beuler?

07-02-2002, 10:41 PM	#5
Crapshoot Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: watching: DArwin's missing link in action Posts: 3,112	Im not a phillies fan, but I think this happening right about now would be great for that team...

07-02-2002, 10:44 PM	#6
SufferingSoxFan Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Attleboro, MA Posts: 150	Gromit, Thanks. I'll try that in xp next time it happens. Steve, thanks also. I'm not going to bother because I already drafted Paul Molitor to replace Bowa but I will keep that suggestion in mind.