RUPPERT!!!!!!

[JoeDirt]

I had the unfortunate task of taking my childhood baseball cards from my parents house to my own (guess I'm officially grown up now)...and came across my book of autographs.

I counted how many NES RBI autographed baseball cards I have in there, and it came to 12.  

Here's from memory: Ellis Burks (5-6 of 'em), Tony Gwynn (3), Don Mattingly (2), Alan Trammell (2), Will Clark (1), Ryne Sandberg (2), Marty Barrett (4), Tim Raines (2), Mike Schmidt (1), Kirby Puckett (3), Ozzie Smith (1--simply signed, "Ozzie"), and Matt Nokes (2).

I also have autographs of George Brett, Wade Boggs, Andre Dawson, Nolan Ryan, and Gary Carter...and I have a cracked bat of Jose Cruz.

...all from when I was a kid.  

[Wilfong]

Digging through the archives, I found this, an unbelievable thread. Gantry - I have to say that the autographed Tom Brookens card is possibly the best thing I've ever seen. The only way it could be better is if the same picture had been used on the '87 Topps, with the wood border on it.
My question is, does anyone know what Rob Wilfong is doing? I'd like to try something similar with him, since one of my friends keeps denying Wilfong's greatness, even though he gets hammered every time he faces the Angels. I figure Wilfong would be into it since he can't have much going on these days.

[ultimate7]

And anyone new that hasn't seen it should read post #7 on this thread (The Tony Pena story).  It has to be a top ten all time Dee-Nee posting.

[fightonusc]

Tony Pena is a Greek golden God...

[fknmclane]

That's one of the best posts ever but it seems like Duane shot his wad.  Not much more after that.  Then again, I guess it's better to burn out then fade away.

[Duane Sammons]

Nah, Duane is still here.  Just lurking.  

I do my best to check out Dee-Nee as often as I can, but with a full load at school and bartending five nights a week at night, I don't get a ton of time to check out my favorite sites on the web as much as I used to.

But yeah, my buddy still has the Tony Pena card.  He actually put the card in a case, had it put on a plaque and to this day it hangs in his living room in New York.  And throw in the fact I've met his wife on many occassions, that says a lot.  Hehe.

A few months ago, he actually sent me a piece of basketball hardwood with a message on it -- "Duane, you should know better than to leave me open.  Bob Sura."

That was from when he and I had a war at NBA2K on the Dreamcast.  I triple-teamed Chris Mullin (who had been killing me all game) and he kicked it out to Sura who drilled a three to beat me at the buzzer.  So, I guess we've both gotten the shit-talking done via real players now.

You guys should try it, though.  Tony was a great guy about it (obviously) and for those of us who are into R.B.I. as much all of us presumably are, it's a great way to steal some bragging rights.

Good to see this thread is still getting some notice, though.  That's awesome.

On a bright note -- just as a little side bar -- I actually secured my own R.B.I. arcade!  Whoooo!

Hope everyone is doing well.

-Duane

[Duane Sammons]

Already told that story...

Damn!  It has been a while since I've been to Dee-Nee.  

-Duane

[fknmclane]

Already told that story...

Damn!  It has been a while since I've been to Dee-Nee.  

-Duane

I must of have missed the Sura story the first time around.  Kick ass!

Bob Sura = 2nd greatest Seminole of all time, behind the Alien, Sam Cassell

[ultimate7]

Duane, Can scan a copy of the Pena letter, I think it would be a great addition to Dee-Nee

[ericdavisfan]

I just saw this certified autograph of one of my fav RBI guys

Chet Lemon

Has him in a Detroit uniform!

Current bid is under $2 and shipping charges are $2.50, I think

Here's the link.  

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=55956&item=5142585280&rd=1

I added a pic to save some the trouble of the link

[Gantry]

Detroit would be unstoppable if they had Rupperto on their bench...

Definitely try to get a scan of Pena for Dee-Nee, it would be a wonderful addition and you guys would get full credit..

[ericdavisfan]

I've never thought of that Gantry, but you're right.  If Ruppert were on Detroit's bench, it would put an end to the "who do you sub for Larry Herndon" debate.  

Gibson
Evans
Nokes
RUPPERT

That would be scary!

[ultimate7]

Bumping again for the Pena letter

[Duane]

Hey guys,

Wow!  Totally just logged in for the first time in almost three years.  I was cleaning up all my bookmarks on my PC and totally came across the Dee-nee link buried in some folder that I never check.  For those who have posted here for years, I'm the guy with the Tony Pena story from the start of this thread.  Totally love the fact you guys all dug that story.

We're in the (ongoing) process of moving out of our place at college and I actually ran across our RBI logbook the other day.  A great idea in case none of you have ever done it...

We started it with the regular NES RBI game, but now we use it solely for the arcade that we keep downstairs in the game room.  But we have a giant spiral notebook that we keep on top of the arcade and after every game, we write down the runs, hits, errors and winning and losing pitchers.  We have a notes section to keep track of special moments (huge errors, rare no-hitters -- curve style -- and the like).  And to cap it off, we always register quotes that we've all said during the course of games.  But the logbook is totally cool now because it got so much beer and alcohol spilled on it over the course of the last few years.  But looking back at many of the quotes we wrote down from past games, it's hilarous!  A few that come to mind...

"Another error by Galarraga!  He's fucking cut!"

"Since when does the fucking Wizard boot two balls in the same inning?"

"How is it Tony fucking Gwynn can't see his feet but he can run a 4.2 to first every time he hits it in the hole?"

So I highly recommend a logbook if you've got a big group of guys that play together a lot.  Oh, and if you have a spare TV like we do in our house, I also recommend moving it to the bathroom and hooking it up to an extra NES.  Although, we've gotten some random looks from undergrads that come rolling through our place bombed at three in the morning and see two guys in the bathroom playing RBI... but eh, it's college.

Go Tony Pena!

Duane

[Big Apple RBI Champ]

This is the best thread I have seen on this site.  Unbelievable quality.  Big ups.

[ultimate7]

I'm the same way...

My good friend in New York and I play R.B.I. whenever we see each other, which is about once a year.  The last time we played each other, he beat me with a game-winning homer in the ninth by Danny Heep.  So, what does he give me for Christmas?  An autographed Danny Heep card.

And to top it off, he gave me an autographed piece of wood (from the Cavaliers' court, I think) by Bob Sura, who killed me with a buzzer beater in some basketball game we were playing.

But the best part, for his birthday, I wrote a letter to Tony Pena and sent it to the Kansas City Royals.  I included a letter to Tony saying how into R.B.I. Baseball we were and if he wouldn't mind signing a card for me and including a special message with it.  I included my friend's address with the letter just on the off chance he would send it to him directly.  I had beaten my buddy in R.B.I. with two homers by Pena (and btw, we play curve style), so I was going for broke here.

So about a month ago, my buddy calls me from work in the middle of the day and says, "You dick.  Did you forge this?"

I didn't know what he was talking about, but it turns out he got the Tony Pena card in the mail from the Royals and it said, "Tom, Duane owns you at R.B.I.  Better luck next time, Tony Pena."

New-found respect for Tony Pena over here!

Duane

Bumpst, Happy Birthday Duane

[edfan]

The Tony Pena story is still probably the greatest post in the history of this site. 

[Nacho]

Hadn't read the Tony Pena story before.  Here is is.  It's pretty awesome.

I'm the same way...

My good friend in New York and I play R.B.I. whenever we see each other, which is about once a year.  The last time we played each other, he beat me with a game-winning homer in the ninth by Danny Heep.  So, what does he give me for Christmas?  An autographed Danny Heep card.

And to top it off, he gave me an autographed piece of wood (from the Cavaliers' court, I think) by Bob Sura, who killed me with a buzzer beater in some basketball game we were playing.

But the best part, for his birthday, I wrote a letter to Tony Pena and sent it to the Kansas City Royals.  I included a letter to Tony saying how into R.B.I. Baseball we were and if he wouldn't mind signing a card for me and including a special message with it.  I included my friend's address with the letter just on the off chance he would send it to him directly.  I had beaten my buddy in R.B.I. with two homers by Pena (and btw, we play curve style), so I was going for broke here.

So about a month ago, my buddy calls me from work in the middle of the day and says, "You dick.  Did you forge this?"

I didn't know what he was talking about, but it turns out he got the Tony Pena card in the mail from the Royals and it said, "Tom, Duane owns you at R.B.I.  Better luck next time, Tony Pena."

New-found respect for Tony Pena over here!

Duane

[fightonusc]

Thanks for quoting a story that was quoted two posts before. Is is appreciated.

Also, not sure if you guys read this story before. It's a classic:

I'm the same way...

My good friend in New York and I play R.B.I. whenever we see each other, which is about once a year.  The last time we played each other, he beat me with a game-winning homer in the ninth by Danny Heep.  So, what does he give me for Christmas?  An autographed Danny Heep card.

And to top it off, he gave me an autographed piece of wood (from the Cavaliers' court, I think) by Bob Sura, who killed me with a buzzer beater in some basketball game we were playing.

But the best part, for his birthday, I wrote a letter to Tony Pena and sent it to the Kansas City Royals.  I included a letter to Tony saying how into R.B.I. Baseball we were and if he wouldn't mind signing a card for me and including a special message with it.  I included my friend's address with the letter just on the off chance he would send it to him directly.  I had beaten my buddy in R.B.I. with two homers by Pena (and btw, we play curve style), so I was going for broke here.

So about a month ago, my buddy calls me from work in the middle of the day and says, "You dick.  Did you forge this?"

I didn't know what he was talking about, but it turns out he got the Tony Pena card in the mail from the Royals and it said, "Tom, Duane owns you at R.B.I.  Better luck next time, Tony Pena."

New-found respect for Tony Pena over here!

Duane

[Nacho]

Dammit, I've been fucking up left and right on here for about two weeks now.  (I only saw edfan's post.) And it really seems to be pissing off fighton..