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Title: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: fightonusc on 05/03/05, 02:04:35 PM
I don't know if anyone ever saw this. It's a 2003 article from a local paper in Mass. that shows how Grady Little could have been a better manager if he had just learned lessons from RBI Baseball:

Funny article (http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20030619/SP_002.htm)
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: fightonusc on 05/03/05, 02:06:20 PM
Although, I wasn't aware that you could play a 162-game season in RBI...or that Roberto Kelly was in the game at all.
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: Nails on 05/03/05, 03:10:25 PM
Quote from: fightonusc on 05/03/05, 02:06:20 PM
Although, I wasn't aware that you could play a 162-game season in RBI...or that Roberto Kelly was in the game at all.

If you email him and point out these terrible mistakes, maybe we can get another suicide.   :D
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: JoeDirt on 05/03/05, 04:03:25 PM
As in Todd?
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: Nails on 05/03/05, 04:05:38 PM
Quote from: JoeDirt on 05/03/05, 04:03:25 PM
As in Todd?

(http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5439.0;id=2456;image)
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: BeefMaster on 05/03/05, 05:31:10 PM
You will recall that Todd didn't even need an email - my post was enough to drive him to his grave.
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: Gantry on 05/03/05, 09:21:12 PM
Nice article, added to the new Articles section of the Links page (http://dee-nee.com/rbi/links.shtml#ARTICLES).  Thanks to usc for the heads up...
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: fknmclane on 05/04/05, 12:14:48 AM
Great fucking article.  Definitely not sure where he gets the 162 game season and Roberto Kelly from, though.
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: TβG on 05/04/05, 12:05:35 PM
i think the 162 game schedule might have been just something the tufts university crowd did as their league.  roberto kelly is inexcusable.
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: ultimate7 on 05/04/05, 12:25:01 PM
I can't figure out who he could possibly be confusing Kelly with,
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: Gantry on 05/04/05, 01:02:00 PM
Kirby puckett?  Not too many non-caucasians on the Mn team... 
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: ultimate7 on 05/04/05, 01:03:16 PM
I think it has to be someone not on Minn, because he talked about Reardon dominating the batter.
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: Nails on 05/04/05, 01:11:10 PM
I would guess somebody on the Cardinals or Tigers.  I'm looking over box scores from the '87 LCS and WS.  Reardon gave up a 2 run HR to Pat Sheridan to lose game 3, but it seems difficult to imagine confusing Sheridan and Kelly.
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: Gantry on 05/04/05, 01:12:21 PM
QuoteI think it has to be someone not on Minn, because he talked about Reardon dominating the batter.

I don't like your tone...

What other teams did Kelly play for, Cincy? 
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: fightonusc on 05/04/05, 01:28:37 PM
Roberto Kelly was on the Yankees for his first five or six seasons. Could he be confusing him with Willie Randolph, maybe?
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: ultimate7 on 05/04/05, 01:34:06 PM
According to Baseball reference the 4th most similar player to Roberto Kelly is...

Kevin Bass

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Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: Nails on 05/04/05, 03:42:11 PM
Maybe we should just email him (jtomase@eagletribune.com) and ask him.
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: fightonusc on 05/04/05, 05:16:07 PM
I did e-mail him. No response yet - or suicide that I'm aware of...
Title: Re: Old RBI Baseball article
Post by: BDawk on 05/05/05, 04:09:38 PM
Quote from: ultimate7 on 05/04/05, 01:34:06 PM
According to Baseball reference the 4th most similar player to Roberto Kelly is...

Tilly Walker (942)


Tilly Walker was awesome