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Okay, the forum is cleaner, but the 192 page thread is a mess. Well it is difficult to keep up with from my perspective. I'm not a big gamer, and I mostly play just sports games. Therefore, when I want to see what the latest comments/questions on MLB10: The Show are, I have to wade through the comments and lengthy quoted comment posts on other games, just to see something relevant. Then when I do see something related; it's usually not an original comment; but a quote on something earlier -- and the scrolling back process starts again. Here's the difference though; if I don't play those games, I can skip those threads entirely. If I don't visit the Video Game Thread regularly, there's no way I'm going to remember what page in the near 200's I left off at. So then I have to go back and see what the latest post was on the game I'm interested in reading/writing about. If each game that warranted discussion had its own thread, I can easily search for the thread using the Find function or a forum search. If I search in the video game thread, I'll get a bunch of old posts as returned hits to the search because it featured that word string in a comment.

Another new lineup for the Cubs: RF Fukudome 2B Baker 1B Lee 3B Ramirez CF Byrd LF Soriano SS Fontenot C Hill P Zambrano

I realize this has been brought up before - in fact I probably mentioned it once - but what is the harm in having individual threads for Video Games? I find it very difficult to have to read back through the video game thread; just to see if anyone has posted something new on a certain game.

Not so fast... ~ Mike Harrington on Twitter

2010 NSBB Homerun Derby Standings – April 18, 2010 ======================================= 27 Take it to the Limit 26 sweetpeteman 23 rawaction RootForTheDasher 22 ELCABALLO45 21 Andy 20 cardslesson101 The Logan 19 Laura Tinkertini26 Vanilla Ice 18 Friendly Confines NCCubFan Viperblaze 17 CubbieBum Derwood Heathen Southpaw19 16 Bixby Bob Sanders Butters NonProfitCow soccer10k webweaver 15 Old Style TruffleShuffle 13 rocket 12 Aramis Fan Perfect Score Total: (57) Group A: Albert Pujols (5) Group B: Nelson Cruz (7), Chase Utley (6), and one of the following: Andre Ethier, Carlos Pena, Derrek Lee, Evan Longoria, Kendry Morales, and Ryan Braun (3) Group C: Matt Kemp (5), Paul Konerko (4), Robinson Cano, and one of the following: Garrett Jones, Hideki Matsui, Josh Willingham, Juan Rivera, Justin Upton, Marlon Byrd, Matt Holliday, and Shin-Soo Choo (3) Group D: Vernon Wells (6), Dustin Pedroia (5), Casey McGehee (4), and any two of the following: Andruw Jones, Aramis Ramirez, David Wright, Jason Varitek, Jeff Francoeur, Jorge Cantu, Rick Ankiel, Shane Victorino, Ty Wigginton, and Will Venable (3) Wild Card: Jason Heyward (3)

Mariners pic? Really? :?

Wow... 12 pitches, 3 outs, and his ERA goes from 108 to 27.

2010 NSBB Homerun Derby Standings – April 11, 2010 ==================================================== 13 ELCABALLO45 Laura RootForTheDasher 12 sweetpeteman 11 Andy rawaction Take it to the Limit Viperblaze 10 Bob Sanders NonProfitCow The Logan webweaver 9 Derwood Heathen NCCubFan rocket 8 cardslesson101 soccer10k Tinkertini26 7 Aramis Fan Bixby CubbieBum Friendly Confines Southpaw19 TruffleShuffle Vanilla Ice 6 Old Style 4 Butters Perfect Score Total: (26) Group A: Ryan Howard (3) Group B: Nelson Cruz (4), and one of the following: Curtis Granderson, Evan Longoria, Justin Morneau, or Miguel Cabrera (2) Group C: Garrett Jones (3), and any 3 of the following: Brad Hawpe, Hideki Matsui, Ian Stewart, Marlon Byrd, Matt Holliday, Paul Konerko, and Robinson Cano (each with 2 apiece) Group D: Vernon Wells (4), and any 4 of the following: Colby Rasmus, Delmon Young, Dustin Pedroia, J.J. Hardy, Jason Varitek, Jeff Francouer, and Rod Barajas (each with 2 apiece) Wild Card: Jason Heyward (2)

Three homers in the first game and yet we're all at goose eggs. 28-way tie for first/last...! :grin:

WILD CARD ENTRIES Southpaw 19 (Jason Heyward) Bob Sanders (Matt Wieters) CubbieBum (Matt Wieters) Butters (Travis Snider) sweetpeteman (Jason Heyward) The Logan (Jason Heyward) Aramis Fan (Jason Heyward) NonProfitCow (Jason Heyward) Tinkertini26 (Jason Heyward) rawaction (Jason Heyward) Andy (Jason Heyward) soccer10k (Jason Heyward) Bixby (Drew Stubbs) rocket (Matt Wieters) Derwood (Matt LaPorta) Friendly Confines (Jason Heyward) Viperblaze (Jason Heyward) webweaver (Travis Snider) cardslesson101 (Jason Heyward) Heathen (Orlando Hudson) ELCABALLO45 (Matt LaPorta) NCCubFan (Jason Heyward) RootForTheDasher (Jason Heyward) Take it to the Limit (Jason Heyward) Vanilla Ice (Travis Snider) Laura (Jason Heyward) Old Style (Jason Heyward) TruffleShuffle (Travis Snider) Jason Heyward (16) Matt Wieters (3) Travis Snider (4) Drew Stubbs (1) Matt LaPorta (2) Orlando Hudson (1)

Late tonight or early tomorrow.

Is tonight's game on TV?

I'll start the discussion... I hope that everyone who picked Joey Votto expects him not to have another panic attack stint on the DL. :hello:

All discussion and transactions may be posted here.

I have added a few imports from another message board, so that we'd have a good turnout this year. They are all approved members and activated by Tim. Two have posted their teams already, but I am adding three others in case they are unable to post here by the deadline. User: webweaver Ryan Howard Evan Longoria Alex Rodriguez David Ortiz Joey Votto Hanley Ramirez Pat Burrell J.J. Hardy Carlos Beltran Josh Hamilton David Wright WC: PM'd User: RootForTheDasher Ryan Howard Mark Teixeira Evan Longoria Hanley Ramirez Justin Upton Matt Holliday Manny Ramirez B.J. Upton David Wright Adam Jones Grady Sizemore WC: PM'd User: Take It To The Limit Mark Reynolds Alex Rodriguez Adam Dunn Justin Upton Matt Holliday Matt Kemp Manny Ramirez Colby Rasmus B.J. Upton David Wright Grady Sizemore WC: PM'd

Last chance! Last day to sign up! C'mon people! We are currently at 12 less entries than we had last season!

Just to note, he did send his last selection in a PM, but since it's a regular player I'll announce it here. No surprise, the Brewers fan selects... J.J. Hardy. :) We'll see if the change of scenery helps Mr. JJ out. ;)

Yeah, I sent him a PM hoping he'd see that faster. We'll have to see. If he doesn't submit one, I'll have to decide on a ruling.

lolwut I know what it means... 8-)

Who makes up the rest of the pen? Marshall Shark Russell Marmol Who am I missing? (Been a long morning/early afternoon...)

In his final audition for the rotation, I like Marshall's line today: 4 IP | 3 H | 1 R (un-earned) | 1 BB | 5 K

EXAMPLE ENTRY -- AS WELL AS MY OFFICIAL ENTRY Group A: Prince Fielder Group B: Evan Longoria, Chase Utley Group C: Joe Mauer, Adam LaRoche, Jay Bruce Group D: Gordon Beckham, Casey Blake, Grady Sizemore, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Josh Hamilton WILD CARD: TBA

Contest The goal: Build a HR team to collect the most MLB ROUND-TRIPPERS! Pick a roster of 12 hitters. The first 11 hitters must include: --1 batter from Group A --2 batters from Group B --3 batters from Group C --5 batters from Group D The 12th hitter is your Wild Card and can be any player not listed here. You don't have to pick a WC player on a 25-man roster, but you obviously risk not accruing HRs if your player is stashed in the minors. Post your first 11 selections in this thread. The deadline for posting is 11:59:59 PM Central Time on Friday, April 2 2010. The thread will be locked at the deadline. You must PM your Wild Card selection to me! Do not post it with your entry. It WILL NOT COUNT unless it's PM'd to me by the deadline. RULES Throughout the season, you may make 4 adds/drops to your core roster of 11 players. The following rules apply to adds/drops: --You must drop a player to add another player. A drop/add is one transaction. --You must post your transaction in the HR Derby transaction thread. The transaction becomes effective at midnight CT the day you post it. You will accrue the dropped player's HRs in any game started by midnight CT that day. You will accrue the added player's HRs for any games starting after midnight CT the next day. --No transactions between the deadline on April 2 and noon CT on April 4 and after noon CT September 18. --If you only post an add without a drop or there's any other problem deciphering your intent, the transaction isn't finalized until it's straightened out. --You may make 2 transactions before the All-Star Game and 2 transactions after the All-Star Game. These transactions apply only to the core roster and not the WC player. It's use or lose it -- if you don't make 2 transactions before the All-Star Game, you still only get 2 transactions afterwards. --The player added must be drawn from the same group as the player dropped. --No clones. You can't have the same player more than once. --MLB rules for stats will be followed for any games postponed, suspended, etc. --You can only change your WC player once and only at the All-Star break ... so choose carefully! --I will be providing updates every Sunday morning throughout the season. If you have any scoring questions, please post them in the discussion thread or PM me. Final decisions on scoring are up to me. Winner --Anyone can enter. The winner has to be a member in good standing (in other words, not banned) at the conclusion of the season in order to collect the prize. -- As of right now, we do not have a prize lined up, but if anyone has something to donate, please send me a PM! *** --Tiebreaker goes to the person who posted their HR Derby team first. --You can change your HR Derby team as often as you'd like before the deadline. Just EDIT your original post instead of posting a new team. If you enter two teams, only the first team will count as your entry. GROUPS GROUP A Player (2010 Team) | HR (2009) :: HR (2008) :: HR (2007) Albert Pujols (STL) | 47 :: 37 :: 32 Prince Fielder (MIL) | 46 :: 34 :: 50 Ryan Howard (PHI) | 45 :: 48 :: 47 Mark Reynolds (ARZ) | 44 :: 28 :: 17 Adrian Gonzalez (SD) | 40 :: 36 :: 30 GROUP B Player (2010 Team) | HR (2009) :: HR (2008) :: HR (2007) Carlos Pena (TB) | 39 :: 31 :: 46 Mark Teixeira M (NYY) | 39 :: 33 :: 30 Adam Dunn (WSH) | 38 :: 40 :: 40 Jason Bay (NYM) | 36 :: 31 :: 21 Aaron Hill (TOR) | 36 :: 2 :: 17 Jason Werth (PHI) | 36 :: 24 :: 8 Derrek Lee (CHC) | 35 :: 20 :: 22 Adam Lind (TOR) | 35 :: 9 :: 11 Raul Ibanez (PHI) | 34 :: 23 :: 21 Kendry Morales (LAA) | 34 :: 3 :: 4 Miguel Cabrera (DET) | 33 :: 37 :: 34 Nelson Cruz (TEX) | 33 :: 7 :: 9 Evan Longoria (TB) | 33 :: 27 :: -- Ryan Zimmerman (WSH) | 33 :: 14 :: 24 Ryan Braun (MIL) | 32 :: 37 :: 34 Michael Cuddyer (MIN) | 32 :: 3 :: 16 Troy Tulowitzki (COL) :: 32 :: 8 :: 24 Russell Branyan (CLE) | 31 :: 12 :: 1 Andre Ethier (LAD) | 31 :: 20 :: 13 Ian Kinsler (TEX) | 31 :: 18 :: 20 Dan Uggla (FLA) 31 :: 32 :: 31 Chase Utley (PHI) | 31 :: 33 :: 22 Curtis Granderson (NYY) | 30 :: 22 :: 23 Justin Morneau (MIN) | 30 :: 23 :: 31 Alex Rodriguez (NYY) | 30 :: 35 :: 54 GROUP C Player (2010 Team) | HR (2009) :: HR (2008) :: HR (2007) Nick Swisher (NYY) | 29 :: 24 :: 22 Paul Konerko (CWS) | 28 :: 22 :: 31 Hideki Matsui (LAA) | 28 :: 9 :: 25 Joe Mauer (MIN) | 28 :: 9 :: 7 David Ortiz (BOS) | 28 :: 23 :: 35 Brandon Inge (DET) | 27 :: 11 :: 14 Jason Kubel (MIN) | 27 :: 20 :: 13 Kevin Youkilis (BOS) | 27 :: 29 :: 16 Ben Zobrist (TB) | 27 :: 12 :: 1 Matt Kemp (LAD) | 26 :: 18 :: 10 Carlos Lee (HOU) | 26 :: 28 :: 32 Justin Upton (ARZ) | 26 :: 15 :: 2 Lance Berkman (HOU) | 25 :: 29 :: 34 Hank Blalock (TB) | 25 :: 12 :: 10 Robinson Cano (NYY) | 25 :: 14 :: 19 Jack Cust (OAK) | 25 :: 33 :: 26 Adam LaRoche (ARZ) | 25 :: 25 :: 21 Jose Lopez (SEA) | 25 :: 17 :: 11 Hunter Pence (HOU) | 25 :: 25 :: 17 Juan Rivera (LAA) | 25 :: 12 :: 2 Pablo Sandoval (SF) | 25 :: 3 :: -- Luke Scott (BAL) | 25 :: 23 :: 18 Ian Stewart (COL) | 25 :: 10 :: 1 Joey Votto (CIN) | 25 :: 24 :: 4 Mike Cameron (BOS) | 24 :: 25 :: 21 Johnny Damon (DET) | 24 :: 17 :: 12 J.D. Drew (BOS) | 24 :: 19 :: 11 Matt Holliday (STL) | 24 :: 25 :: 36 Hanley Ramirez (FLA) | 24 :: 33 :: 29 Cody Ross (FLA) | 24 :: 22 :: 12 Josh Willingham (WSH) | 24 :: 15 :: 21 Clint Barmes (COL) | 23 :: 11 :: 0 Mark DeRosa (SF) | 23 :: 21 :: 10 Brad Hawpe (COL) | 23 :: 25 :: 29 Victor Martinez (BOS) | 23 :: 2 :: 25 Miguel Olivo (COL) | 23 :: 12 :: 16 Jim Thome (MIN) | 23 :: 34 :: 35 Jay Bruce (CIN) | 22 :: 21 :: -- Torii Hunter (LAA) | 22 :: 21 :: 28 Ryan Ludwick (STL) | 22 :: 37 :: 14 Jorge Posada (NYY) | 22 :: 3 :: 20 Michael Young (TEX) | 22 :: 12 :: 9 Billy Butler (KC) | 21 :: 11 :: 8 Chris Davis (TEX) | 21 :: 17 :: -- Garrett Jones (PIT) | 21 :: 2 :: -- Brian McCann (ATL) | 21 :: 23 :: 18 Carlos Quentin (CWS) | 21 :: 36 :: 5 Jimmy Rollins (PHI) | 21 :: 11 :: 30 Marlon Byrd (CHC) | 20 :: 10 :: 10 Shin-Soo Choo (CLE) | 20 :: 14 :: 0 Jonny Gomes (CIN) | 20 :: 8 :: 17 Nate McLouth (ATL) | 20 :: 26 :: 13 Bengie Molina (SF) | 20 :: 16 :: 19 Mike Napoli (LAA) | 20 :: 20 :: 10 Brandon Phillips (CIN) | 20 :: 21 :: 30 Alfonso Soriano (CHC) | 20 :: 29 :: 33 GROUP D Player (2010 Team) | HR (2009) :: HR (2008) :: HR (2007) Rod Barajas (NYM) | 19 :: 11 :: 4 Ken Griffey Jr (SEA) | 19 :: 18 :: 30 Mike Jacobs (NYM) | 19 :: 32 :: 17 Adam Jones (BAL) | 19 :: 9 :: 2 Manny Ramirez (LAD) | 19 :: 37 :: 20 Casey Blake (LAD) | 18 :: 21 :: 19 Franklin Gutierrez (SEA) | 18 :: 8 :: 13 Chipper Jones (ATL) | 18 :: 22 :: 29 Kevin Kouzmanoff (OAK) | 18 :: 23 :: 18 Nick Markakis (BAL) | 18 :: 20 :: 23 Grady Sizemore (CLE) | 18 :: 33 :: 24 Scott Hairston (SD) | 17 :: 17 :: 8 Andruw Jones (CWS) | 17 :: 3 :: 26 Mike Lowell (BOS) | 17 :: 17 :: 21 David Murphy (TEX) | 17 :: 15 :: 2 Alex Rios (CWS) | 17 :: 15 :: 24 Jorge Cantu (FLA) | 16 :: 29 :: 0 Travis Hafner (CLE) | 16 :: 5 :: 24 Chris Iannetta (COL) | 16 :: 18 :: 4 Casey McGehee (MIL) | 16 :: 0 :: -- Miguel Montero (ARZ) | 16 :: 5 :: 10 Lyle Overbay (TOR) | 16 :: 15 :: 10 Ryan Raburn (DET) | 16 :: 4 :: 4 Colby Rasmus (STL) | 16 :: -- :: -- Brian Roberts (BAL) | 16 :: 9 :: 12 Juan Uribe (SF) | 16 :: 7 :: 20 Bobby Abreu (LAA) | 15 :: 20 :: 16 Carl Crawford (TB) | 15 :: 8 :: 11 Ben Francisco (PHI) | 15 :: 15 :: 3 Jeff Francoeur (NYM) | 15 :: 11 :: 19 Vladimir Guerrero (TEX) | 15 :: 27 :: 27 Todd Helton (COL) | 15 :: 7 :: 17 Aubrey Huff (SF) | 15 :: 32 :: 15 Laynce Nix (CIN) | 15 :: 0 :: 0 Dustin Pedroia (BOS) | 15 :: 17 :: 8 Aramis Ramirez (CHC) | 15 :: 27 :: 26 Alexi Ramirez (CWS) | 15 :: 21 :: -- Nolan Reimold (BAL) | 15 :: -- :: -- Aaron Rowand (SF) | 15 :: 13 :: 27 Seth Smith (COL) | 15 :: 4 :: 0 Kurt Suzuki (OAK) | 15 :: 7 :: 7 Vernon Wells (TOR) | 15 :: 20 :: 16 Chris Young (ARZ) | 15 :: 22 :: 32 Jason Bartlett (TB) | 14 :: 1 :: 5 Gordon Beckham (CWS) | 14 :: -- :: -- Pat Burrell (TB) | 14 :: 33 :: 30 Yunel Escobar (ATL) | 14 :: 10 :: 5 Miguel Tejada (BAL) | 14 :: 13 :: 18 Jason Varitek (BOS) | 14 :: 13 :: 17 Garrett Anderson (LAD) | 13 :: 15 :: 16 Jose Bautista (TOR) | 13 :: 15 :: 15 Melky Cabrera (ATL) | 13 :: 8 :: 8 David DeJesus (KC) | 13 :: 12 :: 7 Matt Diaz (ATL) | 13 :: 2 :: 12 Edwin Encarnacion (TOR) | 13 :: 26 :: 16 Ryan Garko (SEA) | 13 :: 14 :: 21 Jason Giambi (COL) | 13 :: 32 :: 14 Carlos Gonzalez (COL) | 13 :: 4 :: -- Jeremy Hermida (BOS) | 13 :: 17 :: 18 James Loney (LAD) | 13 :: 13 :: 15 A.J. Pierzynski (CWS) | 13 :: 13 :: 14 Marcus Thames (NYY) | 13 :: 25 :: 18 Willy Aybar (TB) | 12 :: 10 :: -- Milton Bradley (SEA) | 12 :: 22 :: 11 Stephen Drew (ARZ) | 12 :: 21 :: 12 Pedro Feliz (PHI) | 12 :: 14 :: 20 Corey Hart (MIL) | 12 :: 20 :: 24 Chase Headley (SD) | 12 :: 9 :: 0 Andrew McCutchen (PIT) | 12 :: -- :: -- Daniel Murphy (NYM) | 12 :: 2 :: -- Jayson Nix (CWS) | 12 :: 0 :: -- Marco Scutaro (BOS) | 12 :: 7 :: 7 Kelly Shoppach (CLE) | 12 :: 21 :: 7 Mark Teahen (CWS) | 12 :: 15 :: 7 Will Venable (SD) | 12 :: 2 :: -- Delmon Young (MIN) | 12 :: 10 :: 13 Rick Ankiel (KC) | 11 :: 25 :: 11 Alberto Callaspo (KC) | 11 :: 0 :: 0 Jake Fox (OAK) | 11 :: -- :: 0 Kosuke Fukudome (CHC) | 11 :: 10 :: -- Carlos Guillen (DET) | 11 :: 10 :: 21 J.J. Hardy (MIN) | 11 :: 24 :: 26 Adam Kennedy (WSH) | 11 :: 2 :: 3 Jhonny Peralta (CLE) | 11 :: 23 :: 21 Martin Prado (ATL) | 11 :: 2 :: 0 Geovany Soto (CHC) | 11 :: 23 :: 3 Ichiro Suzuki (SEA) | 11 :: 6 :: 6 B.J. Upton (TB) | 11 :: 9 :: 24 Ty Wigginton (BAL) | 11 :: 23 :: 22 Ronnie Belliard (LAD) | 10 :: 11 :: 11 Carlos Beltran (NYM) | 10 :: 27 :: 33 Kyle Blanks (SD) | 10 :: -- :: -- Geoff Blum (HOU) | 10 :: 14 :: 5 Ryan Doumit (PIT) | 10 :: 15 :: 9 Mark Ellis (OAK) | 10 :: 12 :: 19 Josh Hamilton (TEX) | 10 :: 32 :: 19 Micah Hoffpauir (CHC) | 10 :: 2 :: -- Shane Victorino (PHI) | 10 :: 14 :: 12 David Wright (NYM) | 10 :: 33 :: 30 ---------------------------------------------- Past HR Derby Champs 2006 - UMFan83 2007 - Wekse 2008 - The Logan 2009 - vance

D'oh! #-o I totally forgot to post this before I went on vacation! :( I will get the thread up later this morning. I will consider extending the deadline, since we lost a week. Again, sorry!

This year's threads will go up in 7 days. It's almost here! :)