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Something to break up the monotony of losing and failed attempts at managing. Here's mine, how about that pitching staff? Lincecum a 5th starter? MLB 2K8 Pitching: SPs- Sabathia, Sheets, Cain, Bedard, Lincecum RP- well, Bradford and Wilson are the only important ones Lineup- 3b Alex Gordon- hitting .300 with 20+ HR 2b Orlando Hudson- same Lf-Jason Bay Rf-Alex Rios- 40+ hrs last seasons C-Victor Martinez Ss-Adam Callan- made up prospect with pop Cf- Clint Rents- Same(traded Rowand for Martinez

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Does MLB Power Pros count? :) I need to get the new game and do some roster editing. Plus I need to create a mini Mays for the game.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 7, 2008 2:57 PM PDT 0 recs

On all my games

I try to reproduce the Giants roster by either trading for players or creating the ones that didn’t exist at the time the game was made (which is a lot when you play MVP ‘05). Can you believe Aurilia is not in that game? Did he get shunned out of baseball for a short period of time, or what? I still can’t explain it.

And no, I haven’t played in a while so I thus haven’t reproduced this years’ roster. Thank God.

STEVE HOLM: Better than Alfonso? Why yes, of course.

by UnleashTheGore on Aug 7, 2008 2:59 PM PDT 0 recs

Yes he is.

Can’t remember which team (my PS2 isn’t hooked up, or I’d check), but he is.

by kaliber on Aug 9, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up 0 recs

probably on the mariners id guess

Rafael Rodriguez: Pretty young!

by BrianBokake on Aug 9, 2008 3:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

Right now..

i’m about a month into simming a complete game by game sim in Baseball mogul of this year’s team. No trades thus far, so basically my lineup is this…

C-bengie
1B-Ishikawa (Aurilia got injured, was going to be Ortmeier’s job to have but Ishikawa had a few good games and he’s continued.
2B-Durham/Velez (pretty much a 50/50 platoon)
SS-Omar/Velez (I know, but he’s not that bad in the game at it)
3B-Castillo/velez (This way velez is getting almost full playing time. Probably will be reduced int he future)
LF-Lewis/Roberts (Lewis is on fire so he’s playing more.
CF-Rowand
RF-Winn/Lewis

Got Noah Lowry back and he’s pitched a few good games for me already. Otherwise Zito is bombing, but as is Correia. Hennessey had a sub 1.00 ERA so far as well.

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"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Aug 7, 2008 3:26 PM PDT 0 recs

how much does said mogul cost?

STEVE HOLM: Better than Alfonso? Why yes, of course.

by UnleashTheGore on Aug 7, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yes I’m interested in knowing too. So many people here seem to have it and love it, and it sounds pretty good.

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Aug 7, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

also curious

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Aug 7, 2008 4:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

$24.95

http://store.sportsmogul.com/

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by Natto on Aug 7, 2008 4:37 PM PDT up 0 recs

If you’re not down with that, Baseball Mogul ‘07 is available for free: http://www.freewarefiles.com/Baseball-Mogul_program_36946.html

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by Natto on Aug 7, 2008 4:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

You can find roster updates or custom rosters pretty easily, so if you’re not too interested in some of the new features of ‘09, you can play that.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 7, 2008 4:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

do you play it pitch by pitch?

or do you sim entire seasons?

(I see that you can do it pitch by pitch, I’m just wondering how most folks play it)

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Aug 7, 2008 4:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

I used to, but after one season, it got way too tedious. Now I just sim day by day.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 7, 2008 6:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah, I sim day by day… but I play the playoffs pitch by pitch because I find it to be more fun to lose in the playoffs because I’m sucking than to lose because of an unlucky sim.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Aug 8, 2008 3:19 AM PDT up 0 recs

Oh well, apparently the free offer is over. 25 bucks isn’t too bad if it’s a good game, I might get it.

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Aug 7, 2008 6:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

Try the demo first, just so you don’t get surprised by anything.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Aug 8, 2008 3:20 AM PDT up 0 recs

MLB 2K8

CF- Michael Bourn
RF- Marshall Murphy (Drafted player, currently #2 ranked prospect in the top 100 list)
3B- Alex Gordon
1B- Angel Villalona (User created version. Won Rookie of the Year at age 21.)
SS- Adam Callan (I really wish we had a SS like him in our real system)
LF- Fred Lewis
C- Jeff Clement
2B- Brian Bocock (has actually turned into a pretty decent hitter)

Rotation
Cain
Lincecum
Sanchez
Alderson (User created)
Zito (actually has a 2.75 ERA)

Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!

by j14 on Aug 7, 2008 3:50 PM PDT 0 recs

I had Clement, but he was hitting .230s with little power, so traded for Martinez also.

by giants9107 on Aug 7, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up 0 recs

who is Callan supposed to be modeled after?

arent most of the minor leaguers modeled after real minor leaguers?

Rafael Rodriguez: Pretty young!

by BrianBokake on Aug 8, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

a lot of them are

but I don’t think Callan is one of them.

Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!

by j14 on Aug 10, 2008 7:18 PM PDT up 0 recs

Lineup:

Uribe
Mitchell
Leonard
Maldonado
Clark
Brenly
Chili
Thompson

Bench:

Spilman
Speier
Aldrete
Youngblood

Entire pitching staff:

Krukow
Reuschel
Garrelts
Robinson

Some people say to sub Spilman for Robby Thomson, but I can’t bring myself to do it….

by Grant on Aug 7, 2008 5:01 PM PDT 0 recs

I always subbed Aldrete for Uribe. I know that makes it more unrealistic but I’m not going to risk losing to Mike Witt and the Angels.

Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.

by SF Pete on Aug 8, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

+1

PH Aldrete for Uribe, and PH Spilman for the pitcher the first time he comes up in a high-leverage spot.

"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK

by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 9, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

My MLB2K8 team

My team is basically still the same, except I made a minor trade for Dallas McPherson to play 3B. I also dumped Omar and Roberts. I’m playing on some really realistic custom sliders and I’m ten games below .500. Rowand leads the team with 8 HR (less than he has in real life!)

Lincecum would be running away with the Cy Young if the team could score any runs for him. He’s 6-7 with a sub-2.00 ERA. Correia is actually my winning-est pitcher despite an ERA above 4.00.

This game was terrible before the patch, but I’m really enjoying it now. I try to keep even with the real schedule, and I force trades that happened in real life (pitching to Manny on the Dodgers sucks).

Like my diamonds? The Devil himself gave them to me...

by jalora on Aug 7, 2008 6:24 PM PDT 0 recs

Im playing MLB 08 the show, you cant change the roster when your doing the road to the show feature so roster is what it is minus castillo because they signed after game came out. The team is still weak at third and my 20 + homer third baseman cant break into the bigs! Crazy.

I'm young but i didn't fall off the truck yesterday!

by jbowl on Aug 7, 2008 6:38 PM PDT 0 recs

That sounds awfully realistic for the Giants organization.

by kaliber on Aug 9, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up 0 recs

I did a fantasy draft in MLB 08 the show and my team looks like this:

C: J.R. Towles
1B: Prince Fielder
2B: Dan Uggla
SS: Dustin Pedroia
3B: Mark Reynolds
LF: Curtis Granderson/Lastings Milledge
CF: Grady Sizemore
RF: Josh Hamilton

Tim Lincecum
Matt Cain
Jamie Shields
Zack Greinke
Jonathan Sanchez (well, I had to keep them together)

bullpen is mostly meh guys, I’ve got Wood and Zumaya in there.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Aug 7, 2008 9:54 PM PDT 0 recs

You should’ve picked Rowand to go along with Shields. COUSIN POWER

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by Natto on Aug 7, 2008 10:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

Rowand was actually available surprisingly late in the draft, but I already had Sizemore, Granderson, Hamilton and Milledge in my OF, so I passed on the GAMERNESS.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Aug 7, 2008 11:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

MLB the show

I took off the salary cap and the computers ability to block trades

C- Joe Mauer
1B- Tiexera
2B- BJ upton
SS- Jose Reyes
3B- Cabrera
OF- Carl Crawford
OF- Fred Lewis
OF- Aaron Rowand

Stuck with the current SP’s.

Proud father of Eric Surcamp! I sure hope we sign him.

by The Thrill on Aug 9, 2008 10:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

Baseball Mogul 2008

My 2016 Giants Team, with Career numbers:

John Bowker, RF, .304/.398/.455
Antoan Richardon, CF, .281/.373/.424
Daric Barton, 1B, .312/.401/.486
Josh Fields, 3B, .270/.370/.510
Nate Schierholtz, LF, .303/.334/.473
Nick Noonan, 2B, .295/.373/.406
Sharlon Schoop, SS, .271/.334/.369
Miguel Montero, C, .248/.335/.456

Matt Cain, 125-111 / 3.83
Tim Lincecum, 92-70 / 4.43
Clayton Tanner, 37-30 / 4.35
Jerry Beeny (Drafted #7 Overall, 2013), 4-5 / 4.54
Jamie Hackman (Drafted by the Yankees #24 Overall, 2009) 4-1 / 1.67

Randy Messenger is my closer… Tim Alderson is my long reliever.

Some guy named Tim Burton is my top hitting prospect. That amuses me.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Aug 8, 2008 3:33 AM PDT 0 recs

Bowker had a similar career path in mine. .300/.380/.410 with good enough defense to stick in center.

by Grant on Aug 8, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up 0 recs

Randy Messenger is my closer

dude, your game is broken

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Aug 8, 2008 8:57 AM PDT 0 recs

I have the feeling that in eight years, Messenger is going to show up somewhere and say, “Oh hai, I’m Doug Brocail or Tim Worrell now”, and pitch six or seven solid relief seasons as he kicks around the league.

I also have a stronger feeling that I’m glad the Giants didn’t wait around for that.

by Grant on Aug 8, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up 0 recs

Messenger?

I barely know ‘er!

I’m a big fan, actually, and wish he woulda stuck. Oh well. I certainly wish him well.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Aug 8, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

I wouldn't mind upgrading to a new baseball game

I love MVP ‘05 but the rosters are just plain old. Does anyone have any opinions as to the MLB 2K or MLB The Show games, and how they compare to the awesome MVP games? (Why did they have to go to college baseball, damnit!?)

STEVE HOLM: Better than Alfonso? Why yes, of course.

by UnleashTheGore on Aug 8, 2008 11:38 AM PDT 0 recs

nothing compares to MVP

exclusive licensing is a pain in the ass. I can’t speak to “the show” but 2k8’s gameplay is pretty horrendous in comparison. I’m not sure what MLB was doing by selling their exclusive video game license to “the other” company but it hasn’t worked out well. MVP 05 was probably the most solid baseball game I’ve played. 2k on the other hand, seems to be riddled with glitches, a sketchy frame rate, and just an overall lack of fluidity. If you’re rocking the xbox it’s your only choice for a baseball game but I’d try to look elsewhere if you can.

Rafael Rodriguez: Pretty young!

by BrianBokake on Aug 8, 2008 3:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

The Show

I bought a PS3 so that I could play The Show, it was completely worth it.

by Netsky on Aug 8, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

You can downloaded updated rosters for MVP 05 from MVP Mods. That’s what I do to keep it fresh each year.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 9, 2008 12:01 AM PDT up 0 recs

My 2015 World Series Championship team from Baseball Mogul

SS Charlie Culberson
CF Gorkys Hernandez
RF David Mailman
3B Alex Gordon
1B Kala Ka’aihue
C Ryan Hanigan
LF Jason Heyward
2B Nick Noonan

SP Jarrod Parker
SP Tim Alderson
SP Madison Bumgarner
SP Clayton Tanner
SP Juan Ramirez
CL Dave Bromberg

As you can see, I made a lot of trades…

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 9, 2008 11:02 PM PDT 0 recs

GORKYS!!!!

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Aug 10, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up 0 recs

This Kala Ka'aihue sounds like a defensive wizard.

I mean, he must be to play first base for the Giants. I just hope he can hit, too.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

career 288/.380/.579 with 320 HR with the Giants in nine seasons!

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Aug 10, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

2009 mogul roster

started with 2001 roster, won 3 championships 2003, 2007, 2008.

Crawford, Carl .321 .385 .563 81 steals!
Gonzalez, Adrian .305 .364 .549
Kinsler, Ian .272 .328 .411
Hermida, Jeremy .348 .447 .560
Wright, David .300 .392 .538
Lewis, Fred .317 .388 .509
Zimmerman, Ryan .351 .462 .586
Hart, Corey .245 .338 .368
Cust, Jack .340 .404 .570
Davis, Rajai .299 .386 .451

SPs
Nageotte, Clint 2 cy youngs!
Miner, Zach
Sanchez, Jonathan
Williams, Jerome
Dominguez, Juan

RPs
Olsen, Scott
Wilson, Brian closer
Jimenez, Ubaldo
Bell, Heath setup

matt cains in the minors, only a 4th starter at best =(

by lincypoo i wuv u on Aug 10, 2008 6:08 PM PDT 0 recs