Dads playing The Show
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I bought my own PS4 exclusively for the The Show. My kids were hogging it too much!
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I’m a dad of two who played Bases Loaded 3 too much as a kid. Still play The Show. My oldest has no interest in sports games, only FPS games
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@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
I am an older dad who loves playing the show. I’ve been playing literally forever and I started back when RBI baseball and bases loaded we’re groundbreaking games On my Nintendo.
Are used to buy every single baseball game that came out every year and we compare them all and pick my favorite one. Do you think we have glitches now? Imagine having baseball players come up left-handed but have them be in the right handed box facing the wrong way. Then when you tried to take it back to the store they would not give you your money back!
Anyway, I am a closet player. I’m actually embarrassed to tell people I play so I never have anyone to share accomplishes with.
So all that said, are there any dads like me out there?
Man yeah I remember the first generic baseball game that came out on Nintendo...before RBI came out....not even sure if the players had names...I know the teams were generic...RBI was the [censored] when it came out-I was the top dog in my group of friends...used the Cardinals and would just run people off the field....back in the days when buddies actually were playing against one another on the same TV and console....unheard of today lol....yeah I’ve had every baseball game since...Baseball Stars was first one to keep stats....my wife gives me all kinds of hell for playing...have two ps4 at my house too...hell fighting over game time with my 10 and 13 year olds
.....other than coaching my sons different sports playing the show about the only way I have left to compete at something....sucks getting old...sucks worse having to sneak around playing video games 
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@Hbomb_HOF all these responses are great but yours takes the cake. I completely forgot about baseball stars. I absolutely loved that game. When I was a kid I would play bases loaded, and grab a notebook. I would do a complete box Score and then keep my stats tracked throughout the season. If I remember right If I remember right that was the first game you could pitch from the pitchers perspective. I remember thinking to myself “boy they will never be able to make a baseball game better than this” hahaha.
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Man, I remember running a pen and paper league with a few friends where we would play each other in RBI, Baseball Stars, or Baseball Simulator 1.000. (And Bases Loaded but much less)
Keeping track of everyone's individual player stats, etc in a binder, having playoffs, etc. So much fun, good memories.
Now I play this game with my kids, but I still go back to those old games (on an original NES) sometimes just for the nostalgia factor.
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I am a 53 year old father of three and setup a monitor next to my 14 year old son. He plays his games on the computer and I play the show on the Ps4 . This the first time I have played diamond dynasty always just did seasons and off line. I go back to when 989 sports did the game. Right now I am 194-172 grinded my way to 100 Prestige, got Ruth and completed the extreme program. Would love to do an over 40, 50 custom league. So I would say come out of hiding and have fun. This has helped me get through this tough time by taking my mind off covid and other [censored].
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@Rustymgc19 said in Dads playing The Show:
I am a 53 year old father of three and setup a monitor next to my 14 year old son. He plays his games on the computer and I play the show on the Ps4 . This the first time I have played diamond dynasty always just did seasons and off line. I go back to when 989 sports did the game. Right now I am 194-172 grinded my way to 100 Prestige, got Ruth and completed the extreme program. Would love to do an over 40, 50 custom league. So I would say come out of hiding and have fun. This has helped me get through this tough time by taking my mind off covid and other [censored].
I'm out LOL I'm a father and I'm 65. I have been playing the show since it was 989 Sports. I think it was just called MLB at the time. Had every issue since it was The Show in 06. The video game just keeps me in the sport I have loved my whole life.
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@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
I am an older dad who loves playing the show. I’ve been playing literally forever and I started back when RBI baseball and bases loaded we’re groundbreaking games On my Nintendo.
Are used to buy every single baseball game that came out every year and we compare them all and pick my favorite one. Do you think we have glitches now? Imagine having baseball players come up left-handed but have them be in the right handed box facing the wrong way. Then when you tried to take it back to the store they would not give you your money back!
Anyway, I am a closet player. I’m actually embarrassed to tell people I play so I never have anyone to share accomplishes with.
So all that said, are there any dads like me out there?
13 year old here but I tihkn everyone on reddit the show is a gamer dad.
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@Rustymgc19 said in Dads playing The Show:
I am a 53 year old father of three and setup a monitor next to my 14 year old son. He plays his games on the computer and I play the show on the Ps4 . This the first time I have played diamond dynasty always just did seasons and off line. I go back to when 989 sports did the game. Right now I am 194-172 grinded my way to 100 Prestige, got Ruth and completed the extreme program. Would love to do an over 40, 50 custom league. So I would say come out of hiding and have fun. This has helped me get through this tough time by taking my mind off covid and other [censored].
I would be down for on old man’s custom league....we should do one!! -
49 year old father of four. I have my own ps4 and my wife bought me a top gaming monitor to play on.
You're not the outlier, I'd say you are closer to the norm with the age demographic of baseball's fan base.
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An old timers league?
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I would definitely be in on an over 40 league. I would probably still suck but at least it would be fun as hell knowing that when someone pauses the game, they’re not being jerks, they’re just yelling at their kids hahaha
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I'm a father of two great boys who LOVE everything baseball. We all play the show together, (on our own accounts.). It's a great game with a great community of players! I also remember the old school baseball games. I remember being blown away hearing the umpire call balls and strikes on Intellivision, which was between Nintendo and Atari. Gen-X gamers are OGs of the gaming world, LOL.
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Love this post! I'm with the rest of you, 43 year old Dad of 2 here. Been playing baseball games since I was very young on the old Intellivision which I believe rivaled Atari at the time. From there graduating to Nintendo and so and and so on. Like some others have mentioned I loved the old game Baseball Stars. Fake teams and fake players but the ability to play a season and track stats and all that was awesome. I did the same as someone else said too, playing RBI baseball and tracking my own stats. My friends and I used to play seasons and track are stats and all that kind of stuff. At one point we even made up a D and D (Dungeons and Dragons) type dice based baseball game. We would have drafts and form teams with baseball cards and had several different types of dice and roll for hits and all that. It was so long ago I can't even remember all the details but we had it down pretty good. We would roll a hundred sided dice and use a players batting average on the back of their card to determine whether they got a hit or not. Like if a guy had a .340 average you would have to roll under 34 on the dice to get a hit. We then had a system similar to that to determine what type of hit it was. Good times!
I get made fun of too by my wife and kids for playing this game and getting as into it as much as I do. I usually play later at night to have more peace and quiet since this game requires so much concentration. I play a lot more now than I used to with more time at home due to the pandemic and all that. I think it would be an awesome idea for a league made of with some of us older guys and I'd definitely be down for that!
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52 year old father of 3 and soon to be grandfather....retired early, too much time on my hands LOL. Offline DD and franchise player only. Too many hours spent on this game but I can’t seem to stop! Wife and kids don’t even say anything anymore, they just shake their heads and chuckle at the old man....playing kids games....
TdT
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@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
I would definitely be in on an over 40 league. I would probably still suck but at least it would be fun as hell knowing that when someone pauses the game, they’re not being jerks, they’re just yelling at their kids hahaha
Or a weak bladder
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@DeadPhish1976 said in Dads playing The Show:
Love this post! I'm with the rest of you, 43 year old Dad of 2 here. Been playing baseball games since I was very young on the old Intellivision which I believe rivaled Atari at the time. From there graduating to Nintendo and so and and so on. Like some others have mentioned I loved the old game Baseball Stars. Fake teams and fake players but the ability to play a season and track stats and all that was awesome. I did the same as someone else said too, playing RBI baseball and tracking my own stats. My friends and I used to play seasons and track are stats and all that kind of stuff. At one point we even made up a D and D (Dungeons and Dragons) type dice based baseball game. We would have drafts and form teams with baseball cards and had several different types of dice and roll for hits and all that. It was so long ago I can't even remember all the details but we had it down pretty good. We would roll a hundred sided dice and use a players batting average on the back of their card to determine whether they got a hit or not. Like if a guy had a .340 average you would have to roll under 34 on the dice to get a hit. We then had a system similar to that to determine what type of hit it was. Good times!
I get made fun of too by my wife and kids for playing this game and getting as into it as much as I do. I usually play later at night to have more peace and quiet since this game requires so much concentration. I play a lot more now than I used to with more time at home due to the pandemic and all that. I think it would be an awesome idea for a league made of with some of us older guys and I'd definitely be down for that!
WOW Intellivision had the BEST baseball check out "World Series Major League Baseball" For the intellivision ECS it came out 1981/2 AMAZING for its time.
