Archive for July, 2006
« Previous EntriesThe Transition Begins!
Sunday, July 30th, 2006 at 2:18 pmMy online league will begin to switch over to Out of the Park Baseball 2006 next week. I’ll keep you posted. We decided to contract from 32 teams to 28 in order to get rid of some of the dead wood. The owners that remain are a pretty hardcore lot who have […]
Total Pro Golf Demo
Saturday, July 29th, 2006 at 9:03 pmI downloaded the 45 MB Total Pro Golf demo with no expectations about the game. The idea that a 2D text-based golf game could be interesting was a bit of a stretch as far as I was concerned. But after playing the demo, I can see how this just might be the beginning […]
Front Page
Friday, July 28th, 2006 at 11:19 amFor you city slickers out there, this is the sort of thing that makes front page news out here in Central, Texas.
NCAA 2007
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006 at 7:23 pmTo answer a couple of questions, no I have not played NCAA 2007. I do not see the game in my future. A PC version would have slightly increased the probability to say, 3%, but right now there is zero chance I’ll get the game. My Xbox and PlayStation 2 sit in […]
Harold Reynolds Axed
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006 at 11:42 amI was quite shocked to read that Harold Reynolds was fired by ESPN. A good summary of the rumors can be found here. He was one of the baseball analysts I enjoyed listening to over the years.
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2006 at 11:25 amJust when you think you’ve seen it all in the gaming world, EA Sports decides to shock you once again. Please let this die a horrible and unprofitable death. All of you Madden lemmings out there, please fight the impulse to order this for the good of the greater gaming world.
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Why?
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 at 10:51 amOk, at the risk of upsetting a significant segment of the baseball text-gaming world, I have to ask a question. If you are a fan of historical baseball re-creation, why are you playing Out of the Park Baseball 2006? I am obviously showing my bias against historical sims because (a) I think they […]
Final OOTPB 2006 1.0.2 Patch
Monday, July 24th, 2006 at 6:59 pmSports Interactive released the final version of their 1.0.2 patch a day early.
Taking a pass on NCAA Football ‘07 (PSP)
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 at 12:14 pmApparently there is a major glitch in the running game, which pretty much makes this a null and void purchase for me. One of the main joys I get from NCAA Football is establishing a fine-tuned running game, especially focusing on run first offenses (option, wishbone, etc). I have read that the game […]
A Personal Note
Friday, July 21st, 2006 at 10:06 pmI have not been around much lately because there has been so much going on around me. Work always seems overly important - like this weekend’s major project that we have been digging out of the ditch since last Friday. Important? Not so much.
Two weeks ago Tonya’s doctor told us that Tonya […]
Ticket Prices
Friday, July 21st, 2006 at 3:04 pmI finally finished my 30 season sim. I noticed that during the 2047 season, teams had ticket prices of $10, $11, or $12.10. I have no idea how these prices were set by the owners because good teams, bad teams, teams with big markets, teams with small markets, any of them could have […]
Salary Cap
Friday, July 21st, 2006 at 1:26 pmUnless I am missing something, the salary cap doesn’t seem to be working. I will have to search through the game guide, but I set the cap at $90 million. The Jacksonville Sharks’ payroll was at a low of $58 million to a high of $116 million, with plenty of payrolls over $90 […]
Patch 12260
Friday, July 21st, 2006 at 10:11 amIf you haven’t played OOTB 2006 using patch 12260, then please shut up about the problems in the game. Please. Go ahead and complain that version 12260 should have been the release version, or that rain outs no longer occur, or that you (still) don’t like the interface.
Otherwise, be quiet. Stop posting […]
Wow!
Friday, July 21st, 2006 at 7:33 amA new OOTPB 2006 patch has been released that addresses the pinch hitter, crashes, and other issues. Very nice work Sports Interactive!
Perfection
Friday, July 21st, 2006 at 7:22 amMy 20 year sim is complete and the stats are much, much better. Al batting averages ranged from a low of .261 to a high of .284. The most frequent league average over the course of the sim was in the middle .270s. AL ERAs. ranged from 4.19 to 5.31, but the […]
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