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If you don't know that name, a trip to Baseball Reference would be well worth your time. This man was probably the best power pitcher in the game from 1976 to 1980 (yes, I realize Nolan Ryan was also active then). He had multiple sub-3.00 ERA seasons, multiple 300K seasons, yet somehow he was only an All Star once. If Grady Sizemore deserves a legend avatar (I love Grady, BTW), Richard should get a look from the Show team. And hopefully, some educated seamheads will back me up on this.

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Actually, no it doesn't. Get your mud right, SSDS.

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Big thanks to @hoboadam_PSN @dbarmonstar_PSN and @GrizzBear55_PSN for such great contributions last time. Hopefully, you guys will pitch in today.

Ok, so slight rule changes to make things interesting. ONLY non-baseball movie quotes allowed.

1. Sci-fi movies worth 5, action-drama worth 3, rom-coms worth 1.
2. You can earn points and upvotes by guessing titles and actors.
3. Keep. It. Clean.

Let's kick things off with a Star Wars gimme ....

SDS: "We're trying our best to fix..."
Community: "No, try not! Do, or do not. There is no try."

Actually, Kingman's career WAR was significantly lower. And Sutter wasn't that much higher. When analyzing player talent, scouts usually base their judgment on comps - other guys that are in the same range, which describes the players on my list.

Your original response said Richard didn't crack top 1,000 in career WAR. Wouldn't that disqualify the 5 guys I mentioned, as well as several other throwback players in the game?

I understand your argument, but rarely is a judgment about a player's worth based on one aspect. WAR is a useful tool, but it is hardly the end-all-be-all grade to judge baseball players. And as you said, it is not perfect, even in a vacuum.

Again, this is about which players' physical attributes would make them fun to play with -- in a virtual reality game.

Anyone who actually watches the way baseball is played and strategized on the field and had seen or heard of JR Richard may appreciate that.

How bout this for an SDS response to people who threaten never to buy the game again...

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a ****!"

Help me figure this out ...

My RTTS player has 90+ ratings in power, contact and vision (with equipment boosts) and I often have good swing timing, but I swing right through the pitch or make weak contact. I'm hitting .227 thru mid-June and I've had MAYBE one perfect-perfect swing all year.

Are the Baseball Overlords trying to keep me humble?

I tried shifting down from All-Star to Veteran difficulty, and the problem got worse.

If this was an argument about getting into the Hall of Fame, I would totally agree. But from the standpoint of playability and guys who can give you a boost in Diamond Dynasty, J.R. Richard is video game game candy.

His velocity alone would play well in the game. Also, there are plenty of "legends" in this video game who were only good for a handful of years, not over the course of a decade or more.

If you compare Richard's 5-year peak to the peak years of any other great pitcher you can think of, it stacks up well.

That alone is worthy of consideration.

Yeah soooo, let's not argue about WAR in regard to a simulation baseball game.

I doubt very seriously when people are creating their Space Station stadiums next week they'll say: "I wonder how this asteroid pit in left field will affect my squad's WAR."

In regard to relevant numbers, Richard won at least 18 games, struck out at least 200 batters and had an ERA near or below 3.00 -- in four consecutive seasons. He was on his way to that in a fifth season before a freak stroke ended his career.

It was probably that stroke that prevented him from amassing those holy grail advanced stats that all the kids are talking about these days.

I'm not sure he was the first pitcher to be "officially" clocked at 100, but his gas was phenomenal. His physical skills would be really fun to see in a virtual game.

Sadly, he didn't play long enough to make it into the Virtual Hall of Fame before it closed down in 2005.

Should have seen this coming when only DD was tested in Beta. Just saying.

How bout this for a server quote:

Captain: "What we've got here is a failure to communicate."

@kovz88_psn said in Movie Quotes for The Show 21:

The servers:

Character: "what the F is the internet?"

"Jay and Silent Bob"

Nice one, buddy. One point for the quote and a bonus point for the first response.

@grizzbear55_psn said in Movie Quotes for The Show 21:

Reference to posters who can't make a point to thier posts.

"lollygag on to field, lolly gag around the bases, lolly gag to the the ball, You know what that makes you? Lollygaggers!"

Accountability for the community and our first minor league baseball quote. I like it!

5 points plus one. Good on ya!

@dbarmonstar_psn said in Movie Quotes for The Show 21:

"There's a thing, called talent, THEY DON'T HAVE IT"

Another 5 for an underappreciated movie.

If my math is correct, dbar or currently winning this race.

@dbarmonstar_psn said in Movie Quotes for The Show 21:

@gxj334_psn said in Movie Quotes for The Show 21:

@dbarmonstar_PSN

"Anyone who uses computers..."

Moneyball??

Trouble with a curve

Dude, you just GOATED. Plus 10 because I CAN.

@ironman-lx-x-xv_psn said in Movie Quotes for The Show 21:

“This server is an L 7 weenie”

Wooow! Had to Google that one.

+5 and a bonus for pulling one outta the vault.

@grizzbear55_psn said in Movie Quotes for The Show 21:

"That ball is as dry as your grandaddy's scalp!"

Finally! A quote from "The Natural"

+5 and a bonus

@hoboadam_psn said in Movie Quotes for The Show 21:

Collin: Do you realize that you jeopardized the entire company? Do you realize that your actions have destroyed everything I've been working on?

Ramone: We have been working on.

Collin: Without money, the site can't function. Let me tell you difference between SDS and everybody else. We don't crash ever! If the servers are down for even a day, our entire reputation is irreversibly destroyed.

Ramone: Look...

Collin: Users are fickle. EA has proved that. Even a few people leaving would reverberate through the entire user base. The users are interconnected. That is the whole point. Whiney babies are online because their friends are online. and if one domino goes, the other dominos go. Don't you get that? I'm not going back to the Caribbean Night at A-E-Pi!

#micdrop

Technically this is only worth 2, but you dug deep. Triple points and first invite to Movie Quotes 2.0, which by the way, will only be non-sports movie quotes.

@chickun_legs_psn said in The Show Movie Quotes 2.0!!!:

Princess Bride:

“Another Perfect out! Inconceivable!”

“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

A "Princess Bride" nugget right off the bat. Love it.

"A player pack is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

@hikes83_psn said in The Show Movie Quotes 2.0!!!:

I’m just disappointed I didn’t get a shoutout after the first 1

All love, compadre. Can't catch em all.