RBI 2k5

[RedBarron]

also not to be a jerk, but I believe that Mueller would be in the lineup and Millar would be on the bench, Ortiz taking Millar's spot at first.

Ortiz can field to save his fat ass.    But, in RBI that makes no difference.

[PHole717]

also not to be a jerk, but I believe that Mueller would be in the lineup and Millar would be on the bench, Ortiz taking Millar's spot at first.

Hah, you're right, thats what I get for trying to remember stuff at 3 in the morning

[BeefMaster]

In RBI, the DH takes the first spot on the bench.  I am merely staying true to the original game.

It does make the computer pretty weak when they use Boston, though, since Papi only will probably get one AB.

I'm glad to see that people are playing and enjoying the ROM.

[RedBarron]

do the cubs suck ass on this ROM?

[BeefMaster]

do the cubs suck ass on this ROM?

No, because they do not exist (I took the playoff teams from last year and the two teams with the next-best records).

On that note, I'm thinking of trying to update the ROM with some different teams.  I'd keep the Twins for sure, and probably the Angels, Red Sox, Cards, and Dodgers, since they're all popular and doing well, but I'd like to add the Cubs (since they're popular), the White Sox (so I can beat up on them with the Twins), and maybe another couple of teams (like the Orioles, to appease owencetnar).  Any suggestions for what teams to have for an updated version?  I'd probably also do a few ratings and lineup tweaks to existing teams, while I'm at it, although I'd still use last year's stats for the players.

[fknmclane]

Any suggestions for what teams to have for an updated version?

I think a cool thing to do would be to use the teams that would make the playoffs if they started today.  This would be especially nice since the White Sox and Orioles would be included.

[TβG]

if you wanted to update the angels you could make these changes if you wanted:

1  Erstad   1B
2  Figgns    2B/3B/CF/DH     usually in the lineup somewhere everyday.
3  Geurro   RF
4  Andrsn   LF
5  Finley     CF/DH     barely hitting .200
6  McPhsn  3B           barely hitting .200
7  Cabrra   SS
8  BMolna   C

B1  Kenedy  2B
B2  DaVnon  OF/DH
B3  Quinln    3B
B4  Jo. Mo    C

P1  Colon
P2  Washbn  (L)
P3  Shields
P4  K. Rod


there's some ideas for possible changes.  it turned out that mcpherson and kennedy only missed about a month of the beginning of the season, most people expected they would miss more.  you could put kennedy at second instead of figgins, but the angels are always so high on his speed and everything that maybe he should be in the line-up.  washburn may deserve the nod over escobar because escobar has been battling injuries and has been on the DL twice already, and wash is a lefty.  shields needs some love as he's regarded much like figgins being one of the most important guys on the team. 

[owencetnar8]

Id have to admit, playing with the Mets would be pretty badass too as well as the orioles [my fav team].... pedro, beltran... either way, this 2005 rom is getting me through reguardless

keep up the good work

[Gantry]

In RBI, the DH takes the first spot on the bench.  I am merely staying true to the original game.

Never knew this...  You learn something new everyday in the land of RBI

[Nails]

In RBI, the DH takes the first spot on the bench. I am merely staying true to the original game.

Never knew this... You learn something new everyday in the land of RBI

I'm not sure this is entirely true....   Reggie was primarily the DH for the Angels in '86.  Don Baylor was the primary DH for the Sox in '86...  Pat Sheridan wasn't a DH for Detroit in '87, but Roy Smally was for Minnesota.

[Gantry]

They likely didn't want to keep their bench bats on the bench, so maybe they put Jackson/Baylor in and took out the worst OF (though Armas was no slouch that year)?

[BeefMaster]

After I posted that, I looked into it some more, and I don't think that I was right, either.  The '87 Twins were the team I knew the best, and I knew that their starting lineup was positionally accurate (they had all their position players start and not the DH, although that may be because their DHs sucked that year until they traded for Baylor).

It would probably make more sense for me to switch it around, at least for the Red Sox.  I'm not sure about other teams... I want to maintain a real starting lineup without guys playing out of position, so I wouldn't change it around too much.

[Gantry]

So lets break it down and I'll make a database page:

DH for Cali was Jackson, Hendrick moved from starting OF to bench
DH for Bo was Baylor, Armas moved from starting OF to bench
DH for Mn was Smalley
DH for Dt was Madlock

This right?

[Nails]

So lets break it down and I'll make a database page:

DH for Cali was Jackson, Hendrick moved from starting OF to bench
DH for Bo was Baylor, Armas moved from starting OF to bench
DH for Mn was Smalley
DH for Dt was Madlock

This right?

According to baseball-reference, it looks like Rupperto got the majority of playing time in the OF over Hendrick.  Perhaps they were rotating outfielders that year.  TeddyBallgame might know best (I think he's an Angels fan).

They likely didn't want to keep their bench bats on the bench, so maybe they put Jackson/Baylor in and took out the worst OF (though Armas was no slouch that year)?

Armas only had 11 HRs in '86.  His 43 homers were in '84.

[Gantry]

Was Armas the full-time starter then, even though he only got 11 dingers that year?  Or did they do a platoon?  Kind of remember reading about a platoon, maybe he and henderson late in the eyar after they traded for him?

[Nails]

Yeah, i'm pretty sure Armas was the full-time starter until the end of the year when he was having knee problems (or something like that), and Henderson started filling in. 

[TβG]

Outfield       G   PO    A   E   DP  .980  2.06  LF  CF  RF
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
GPettis     153  462    9   7   3  .985  3.08   0 153   0
BDowning 138  267    5   3   0  .989  1.97 138   0   0
RJones      121  205    5   4   0  .981  1.74  28  10  96
GHendrick   93  144    6   5   2  .968  1.61   0   2  92

looks like rupperto was the top RF in games played.  Hendrick would also sub for Joyner at 1B.  Potatoes was certainly the DH most of the time. 

now if you had to put Reggie in a position (because of RBI's national league style game), you'd put him in RF.

[malnuboy]

This RBI 2K5 is easily the rom I've played the most, I still play about one game a day, I played the Mexican Rom alot to, but  not as much as this one.