Dads playing The Show
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I have enjoyed reading these.
This might end up being a 30 man league!
When I become a dad, my wife better let me play video games...…
"Will you marry me? There is one condition: You have to let me play video games."
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@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
Ok. So I fell way behind in this. Awesome posts. I found one of my Atari “Baseball” games from 1982 in a box over the weekend - need to figure out how to share the pic.
Anyway, so we’re locked in on:
- No limits on overalls
- No CAPS
- All Star mode so us old guys can see the ball coming
Just need to decide between the following for lineups:
- DD lineups (with all the new cards there is bound to be variety)
- Pick a team and use all time team
- Some other theme (only 80’s and 90’s players?) for our generation
Lastly, Over 40 league or Dads of any age? I am both so I don’t care lol - just want to keep this a fun league and not have to play crazy good full time players
I'm good with what you laid out.
No limits on overalls
No CAPS
All Star mode so us old timers can react quick enough....hahaPersonally, I like the idea of just using straight up DD teams with whatever cards you want to use. The all time teams, and theme teams could also be fun but like you mentioned, especially with the release of all these finest cards there would be a ton of variety in lineups. A lot of us have spent the entire game cycle on building up their DD team so I say let's run our best teams out there.
Hopefully we can get this league going, I think it would be a lot of fun!
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@mjfc_363 said in Dads playing The Show:
45 year old father of one. I’m surrounded by women in my house. Recently remodeled down to the studs and built a man cave in the basement. I can disappear down there for days! Been playing since ‘15. 2017 was the most fun I had playing the show!
Man I'm jealous! haha. 43 year old father of 2 girls so I'm surrounded by women in my house too so I know what you mean. I'd love to have a man cave to hide out in but at least I have a monitor to play this game on so I don't have to fight over the TV anymore.
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I'd be game for a Dad League. I'm a 41 year old father of two. My son (12) and I play lots of MLB The Show. I have played since Bases Loaded 2 and RBI baseball on Nintendo.
Looking forward to some fun matches.
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I’m game but I need to go out and buy ‘20. It sounds like this will put me behind the curve not having cards to build a DD team. I wouldn’t be opposed to picking a team and sticking with it also.
Will putting a minimum age requirement be possible? Young dads may be quicker than us old guys (I’m 59) but they’ll have more on their plate in real life too.
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@DeadPhish1976 said in Dads playing The Show:
@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
Ok. So I fell way behind in this. Awesome posts. I found one of my Atari “Baseball” games from 1982 in a box over the weekend - need to figure out how to share the pic.
Anyway, so we’re locked in on:
- No limits on overalls
- No CAPS
- All Star mode so us old guys can see the ball coming
Just need to decide between the following for lineups:
- DD lineups (with all the new cards there is bound to be variety)
- Pick a team and use all time team
- Some other theme (only 80’s and 90’s players?) for our generation
Lastly, Over 40 league or Dads of any age? I am both so I don’t care lol - just want to keep this a fun league and not have to play crazy good full time players
I'm good with what you laid out.
No limits on overalls
No CAPSI only have one pair of overalls...do I need to buy more? Does this help while playing?
Darn on no CAPS. I have three of them I could wear...Twins, Angels, and Dodgers.
See what you’re dealing with here?
🥴
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@Blind_Bleeder said in Dads playing The Show:
@DeadPhish1976 said in Dads playing The Show:
@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
Ok. So I fell way behind in this. Awesome posts. I found one of my Atari “Baseball” games from 1982 in a box over the weekend - need to figure out how to share the pic.
Anyway, so we’re locked in on:
- No limits on overalls
- No CAPS
- All Star mode so us old guys can see the ball coming
Just need to decide between the following for lineups:
- DD lineups (with all the new cards there is bound to be variety)
- Pick a team and use all time team
- Some other theme (only 80’s and 90’s players?) for our generation
Lastly, Over 40 league or Dads of any age? I am both so I don’t care lol - just want to keep this a fun league and not have to play crazy good full time players
I'm good with what you laid out.
No limits on overalls
No CAPSI only have one pair of overalls...do I need to buy more? Does this help while playing?
Darn on no CAPS. I have three of them I could wear...Twins, Angels, and Dodgers.
See what you’re dealing with here?
🥴Well the ‘dad’ prerequisite checks out
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Good thread. 47 with a 4 year old and another literally due in about a week. Yes, I'm gonna be that guy in the hospital checking his phone, "Did my Mays buy order go through?"
Started with Intellivision baseball also, moved to C64 and Hardball & Micro League Baseball, NES Baseball Stars (my primary fantasy team's name every year is Ninja Black Sox) through just about every The Show, but only DD/online last couple years.
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Late to this thread, but I'm a 39 yo old dad of a 13 month old. In fact, it was one week after he was born that MLB The Show was free on PS4. It was my first go at a baseball game since some terrible one I sort of remember playing as a kid - either late 80s or early 90s. All I remember about that game, is most of the time after fielding a ball you could just run around with it and eventually the CPU runner would advance to the next base and you could get an easy out. lol.
I had a moderate interest in baseball (which is rare in Australia) but since playing The Show I am totally obsessed.
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@Blind_Bleeder said in Dads playing The Show:
@DeadPhish1976 said in Dads playing The Show:
@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
Ok. So I fell way behind in this. Awesome posts. I found one of my Atari “Baseball” games from 1982 in a box over the weekend - need to figure out how to share the pic.
Anyway, so we’re locked in on:
- No limits on overalls
- No CAPS
- All Star mode so us old guys can see the ball coming
Just need to decide between the following for lineups:
- DD lineups (with all the new cards there is bound to be variety)
- Pick a team and use all time team
- Some other theme (only 80’s and 90’s players?) for our generation
Lastly, Over 40 league or Dads of any age? I am both so I don’t care lol - just want to keep this a fun league and not have to play crazy good full time players
I'm good with what you laid out.
No limits on overalls
No CAPSI only have one pair of overalls...do I need to buy more? Does this help while playing?
Darn on no CAPS. I have three of them I could wear...Twins, Angels, and Dodgers.
See what you’re dealing with here?
🥴Haha.....good stuff.
No limits on overalls so yes, feel free to load up and wear as many as you like.
I did say no CAPS, but I'll give you a pass on the Twins and Angels. I'm a Padre fan though so I will implement a no Dodger cap policy.
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@Red_Ted_is_back said in Dads playing The Show:
@Blind_Bleeder said in Dads playing The Show:
@DeadPhish1976 said in Dads playing The Show:
@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
Ok. So I fell way behind in this. Awesome posts. I found one of my Atari “Baseball” games from 1982 in a box over the weekend - need to figure out how to share the pic.
Anyway, so we’re locked in on:
- No limits on overalls
- No CAPS
- All Star mode so us old guys can see the ball coming
Just need to decide between the following for lineups:
- DD lineups (with all the new cards there is bound to be variety)
- Pick a team and use all time team
- Some other theme (only 80’s and 90’s players?) for our generation
Lastly, Over 40 league or Dads of any age? I am both so I don’t care lol - just want to keep this a fun league and not have to play crazy good full time players
I'm good with what you laid out.
No limits on overalls
No CAPSI only have one pair of overalls...do I need to buy more? Does this help while playing?
Darn on no CAPS. I have three of them I could wear...Twins, Angels, and Dodgers.
See what you’re dealing with here?
🥴Well the ‘dad’ prerequisite checks out
Agreed, he's definitely Dad. If we do get this league going he makes the cut for sure.
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sounds cool only i have no DD cards really i have been in leagues since release so if we go DD im gonna have to pass.
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I did say no CAPS, but I'll give you a pass on the Twins and Angels. I'm a Padre fan though so I will implement a no Dodger cap policy.
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@DeadPhish1976 said in Dads playing The Show:
@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
Ok. So I fell way behind in this. Awesome posts. I found one of my Atari “Baseball” games from 1982 in a box over the weekend - need to figure out how to share the pic.
Anyway, so we’re locked in on:
- No limits on overalls
- No CAPS
- All Star mode so us old guys can see the ball coming
Just need to decide between the following for lineups:
- DD lineups (with all the new cards there is bound to be variety)
- Pick a team and use all time team
- Some other theme (only 80’s and 90’s players?) for our generation
Lastly, Over 40 league or Dads of any age? I am both so I don’t care lol - just want to keep this a fun league and not have to play crazy good full time players
I'm good with what you laid out.
No limits on overalls
No CAPS
All Star mode so us old timers can react quick enough....hahaPersonally, I like the idea of just using straight up DD teams with whatever cards you want to use. The all time teams, and theme teams could also be fun but like you mentioned, especially with the release of all these finest cards there would be a ton of variety in lineups. A lot of us have spent the entire game cycle on building up their DD team so I say let's run our best teams out there.
Hopefully we can get this league going, I think it would be a lot of fun!
Everything in bold. I'm probably the oldest of the bunch and will use old cards like Ruth, Cobb, Williams, Hornsby, Mantle and maybe even Mays if I ever get him. So I'm up for using whatever card you want no matter the year....is that cool with everyone?
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@Freddy_Sez said in Dads playing The Show:
another literally due in about a week. Yes, I'm gonna be that guy in the hospital checking his phone, "Did my Mays buy order go through?"
Congratulations!
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@TEXAS10PT said in Dads playing The Show:
@DeadPhish1976 said in Dads playing The Show:
@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
Ok. So I fell way behind in this. Awesome posts. I found one of my Atari “Baseball” games from 1982 in a box over the weekend - need to figure out how to share the pic.
Anyway, so we’re locked in on:
- No limits on overalls
- No CAPS
- All Star mode so us old guys can see the ball coming
Just need to decide between the following for lineups:
- DD lineups (with all the new cards there is bound to be variety)
- Pick a team and use all time team
- Some other theme (only 80’s and 90’s players?) for our generation
Lastly, Over 40 league or Dads of any age? I am both so I don’t care lol - just want to keep this a fun league and not have to play crazy good full time players
I'm good with what you laid out.
No limits on overalls
No CAPS
All Star mode so us old timers can react quick enough....hahaPersonally, I like the idea of just using straight up DD teams with whatever cards you want to use. The all time teams, and theme teams could also be fun but like you mentioned, especially with the release of all these finest cards there would be a ton of variety in lineups. A lot of us have spent the entire game cycle on building up their DD team so I say let's run our best teams out there.
Hopefully we can get this league going, I think it would be a lot of fun!
Everything in bold. I'm probably the oldest of the bunch and will use old cards like Ruth, Cobb, Williams, Hornsby, Mantle and maybe even Mays if I ever get him. So I'm up for using whatever card you want no matter the year....is that cool with everyone?
Cool with me! I'm in the Willie Mays line as well but I'm way down the list so I don't anticipate getting that card anytime soon.
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I am a dad playing the game. I have been playing games since color baseball on the TRS-80. When the game brags that it is in color you know that you are in for a fun graphics experience. This is my first year playing The Show. I bought '19 with my PS4 in the lead up to this game. With COVID hitting I am glad that I did. This has been fun. Great to see that others my age are having fun too.
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that baseball game for TRS-80 was that "Baseball.bas" the baseball that came w the "network" bundle?
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@vinnis1 said in Dads playing The Show:
that baseball game for TRS-80 was that "Baseball.bas" the baseball that came w the "network" bundle?
Mine was called Color Baseball. I didn't have a network bundle. I think when I played there was no such thing as a network.
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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?
I am 58 and proud that I play. Just means I am young at heart!
