Does everyone play straight pitch?

[mookiewilson]

backman wouldn't have a batting average, cause there is no way you should ever leave him in to bat.

[The_Jerry]

This is the best website I think I've ever come across.  Thanks guys.

I have a question about straightball.  We are confused about one basic rule.  Can the pitcher move left or right before he pitches the ball or must he stay in the middle of the rubber?  We must know this before we play our first Death match tomorrow night.  We can't wait!!

[Gantry]

Good to see ya The_Jerry, doubly so seeing that you have the first Linux penguin avatar.  The whole site is running on my Redhat 7.0 work machine....

But per the Drinking game page http://dee-nee.com/rbi/drink.shtml

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When playing the RBI Drinking Game, the standard set of rules are a little different than one might think. First off, you want to play a Straight Pitch  throwing style. Secondly, the slow-ball pitch is strictly forbidden with two strikes. Although this may seem basic and odd, you must remember that the point of this game is to drink. Throwing curves and striking out batters makes the game too slow and low-scoring. Also, once you get a few games/beers under your belt, trying to follow the curves and play strategically is quite the challenge. Moving the pitcher on the mound is allowed, but curves of any sort are not.

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So move that pitcher and let us know how your first Death experience goes..

[Dill]

Playing strategically has been the name of the game for us so far, so this is going to be quite a change.  But since the point of the game is to drink, I am pretty sure we will all come out as winners.

[Stuart]

Yes there are only winners in Death I'm sure.  Should we really try to play with Everclear Punch?  Congrats Dill, Denny Walling level.  

[Dill]

Yes I am quite pleased to be moving up on the dee-nee forum ladder.  Everclear punch could be the death of us, no pun intended.  Has anyone other than Stuart noticed that Everclear mixed with anything makes you extremely pissed off?  

[Gwynn3k]

never tried everclear...
as far as keeping stats and them being close to real life... there has to be one big exception... my favorite player  tony gwynn... they made him so shitty... there is no way he hits .370.  all he does is pop out. its a major disappointment.  he only plays as a pinch hitter for the pitcher.  

the dice work but i see a trend depending on where the stickers are placed cause boston never comes up and houston and new york come up all the time.  i am sick and tired of playing with those impotent teams.

and burnzky,  neglect   wow a big word for you   i am impressed.

[GPines]

Hey isn't everclear illegal, that's what I heard, but it must be some strong stuff.

As for the dice, my dilema is that majority of the time I get New York and only once has National league come up, the dice should show true randomness, but only after a long season we will know, only time will tell.

[Gwynn3k]

i am no physics major but i was thinking we might want to use a sharpie instead of the stickers so that the weight is not thrown off on the dice.  

[Gantry]

Contrary to popular belief, I do value my brain cells, which is why I stay away from Everclear.  If I had to venture a guess, the 85% alcohol is the source of those mood-swings.  Stick to beer - and if you do feel like playing death with the hard stuff, go for Southern Comfort.  You might not be able to remember anything the next day, but at least you'll have your vision...

[Gwynn3k]

southern comfort is good shit...  when we play death, greg drinks the so co and i down parrot bay....  only takes a few games before we are both trashed.

[Burnzky]

  u mean how u were at the ortegas party last year.  Greg had to catch u before u hit the floor.

[Gwynn3k]

no i wasnt gone that night...   that was just a buzz  it was champagne and beer...  

[Dill]

Oh my God.  Me and Stuart did play Death this weekend with the Everlclear.  It is 95% alcohol.  190 proof.  We were only able to play 2 full games and 2 innings of another before we passed out.  Our first game was Houston-St Louis, just to get a game under our belt.  Score was extremely low for Death, but guess what.  I'll be damned if Ozzie Smith didn't park one to Right off of Nolan in the first inning!  A 10 drinker hit by Stuart in our inaugural game of Death!  I was nearly trashed after the second batter of our first game thanks to the Wizard and some 190 proof.

[Gantry]

That is one crazy way to begin your death experience, Everclear and Ozzie Smith homers.  Although Sam Adams Double Bock is the official death beer, we might have to have Everclear as an honorable mention.  I don't even think we can get that stuff in IL anymore, haven't seen it in years.  But then again I haven't been looking....

[Gwynn3k]

playing death with everclear has to be a true sign of masachism.

[Lips]

Yeah, you can still get Everclear in Illinois.  The one time poster, Skups, had it over at her place last week...

[Gwynn3k]

i think playing death with only one other person is also masachism in and of its self.  having at least 4 other players would be ideal so that a full night of playing would lead to everyone getting slammed at the end of the night rather than after two games.

[Dill]

There is just one more gang of people in NW Arkansas that play RBI for a living, but none of them drink, so inviting them over is not an option.  We have searched for other people to play.  But the people we found provide less competition than the computer.  Believe me, I long for the days when I can play Death with 3 other people.  Then our gaming could last more than a couple of games.  Actually, if we just stuck to beer, we could last 5 games at least.  And we wouldn't feel like we got ran over by Mack trucks in the morning.

[SA]

What is up y'all?

first off, I'd like to express my most sincere joy over locating this site.  confirming that a passion for RBI still exists is a wonderful feeling.  we've got about 4 serious players in Austin, Texas.  it is mostly a recreational thing, but occasionally the troops are gathered for a tournament-esque event.

I'd like to weigh in on the 'straight pitch' issue.  at 1614 (the house of RBI in Austin), the notion of straight pitch is a foreign one.  the predominant/controlling factor in most RBI games @ 1614 is the pitching.  the only controlling rule we enforce is discriminating between exhibition/series play.  if a game is declared an "exhibition" a user can use his pitchers as he pleases.  if "series" play is on, obviously the user would be an idiot to bring in his second starter in relief in game one.

within the 1614 viewpoint, there is nothing more beautiful than a RBI pitcher's duel.  my homey/roomie JFreed just moved back from that swine infested/baptist run/fried food heaven Waco, TX.  in his first game back, we dueled the two worst teams...houston vs St. Louis.  a true pitchers matchup.  Tudor (plain nasty) and Nolan (what do you say about this guy?  he's a beast).  anyhoo, a total of ten hits came in the game (two of which were INF 1B's for V Coleman).  the game was decided on a single pitch when Nolan left one over the plate and Jack Clark barely cleared the LF fence (I usually hate Clark, but he finally came through for me).

if I could only count the # of 1-0 games that have gone down at 1614...they are a thing of pure beauty.

I would say the high point of RBI bball @ 1614 came last summer when I was able to no-hit our homey Doo Doo Brown over 11 innings.  this is the only true no-hitter on record @ 1614 (both players being of quality competition).  the house record for K's also fell in this game as Gooden/Ojeda/Orosco combined for 22.

anyhoo...good to be amoungst other RBI players.  you'll be hearing from the TX crew on our RBI philosophies and preferences.