Houston....

[Briznock]

I am logged in here today to announce that i am suspending myself from all RBI competition for 5 days effective 5:26 pm Eastern standrad time on October 1st 2003.  Here is the reason.   Here at 587 Graham place we play curve pitch.  The current Champ draws from our cup of chips.  each chip has one of the 8 teams (No All-stars in Championship competition here) and a blue chip which lets you pick whatever team you like.  Current champ Richard Stein drew Houston.  I drew New York.  Now on any other day the RBI crown ( a burger king crown with the RBI opening screen taped on it) would have been mine.  NOT TODAY.  Richie leads off the game with a god damned billy hatcher homerun off of the Doc.  then a couple hits and Geena Davis jacks a 3 run shot.  I gave up 4 runs in the first inning against houston.  ended up losing the game 6-2.  After the game there was a short press conference here at 587 and i was officially suspended.  But dont think i wont be coming back with something to prove ladies.  

Brock  (worst RBIer ever)

[Briznock]

I know this doesnt make it ok that i lost to Houston.  But Richie is the current player of the week.  We have madden franchise,  RBI champs.  Rock scissor paper tournaments,  Tiger woods golf champs.  But richie pulled out player of the week.  He is a tough competitor.  Please be easy on me.

[Reds]

I was actually witness for this game...and it was trully pathetic...maybe the worst RBI performance since...well....ever.....On a lucky side not though.....I did get to witness a Billy Hatcher Homer....which is nice....

Oh, and dont let Briz fool you....I took the RBI crown from Dick with a thrashing 7-2 score with MInnesota against the Angels....

[GDavis]

Everyone goes through RBI slumps once in a while.  The only way to bust out of it is to keep playing.  Best of luck Briz.

[Gantry]

Yeah, don't let it get you down too much.  Others have mentioned that with Nolan Ryan at the mound, Houston can compete...

You should take a pic of that crown, most curious...

[fknmclane]

Yeah, I'm dying to see that crown.

And the chip thing is genius.  We've always just looked away and counted down.  I'm switching to the chips immediately.

Everyone goes through slumps and I'm mired in one right now.  I can't beat my buddy Chubbs right now.  Last week he swept me in a 5 game series.  Last night He took me 4-1 in a 7 game series.  And the losses were ugly.  I haven't thrown my controller that much in years.  Thank God I was shitfaced otherwise I wouldn't have slept.

I can't believe Billy Hatcher went yard.  Why they hell was he in?  Billy hits the weakest bombs.

[Gantry]

Another good method we stole from the Pines family and Joe was to use an 8-sided die.  Works very well...

Grab a 10-sided die if you use All Star teams.  Can be found at your local geek RPG shop...

[MarquisEXB]

Houston (in curve style) is able to compete with the other teams as long as your pitching is strong. Ryan/Scott are excellent pitchers, and honestly I like Scott better, because I'm good with the sinker (splooge). I'm not saying Houston is great, but they can compete with the weaker teams.

As for your team, I don't particularly like the Mets. It may be because my friend ALWAYS takes them. So either I'm sick of beating them, or I know their weaknesses well enough. Leave the bases empty for or pitch around Straw & Carter (& the pinch hitters). Take lots of pitches from Gooden.

My analysis is that you never got over that Hatcher home run, like the 90 As never got over that Kirk Gibson homer off of Eck.

Mike

[fknmclane]

Houston can be competitive but that's it.  And by that I mean they still lose.  You can keep it close with the pitching but the lack of punch on offense is usually too difficult to overcome.  If you're gonna win with Houston you have no margin for error while pitching, which makes for a very stressful game.

Some people use Houston differently.  Leaving Hatcher in is a big mistake, as is letting Reynolds Wrap and Ashby play.  If the pinch hitters come in they can dominate.  But as we all know, this isn't always the case.

[Briznock]

Billy hatcher went yard right after my dumbass roomate (GoReds) said to Dick "You are letting billy hatcher play huh?"  Dick had a gut feeling and then 2 pitches later.  Gone.  and it was a good one too.  i think it almost went out of the stadium.  
Yes I will keep playing but i felt that this suspension would give me the motivation that i need to turn this around.  Also about the poker chip method.  We... or i should say I, have found that you can be really streaky on who you pull.  I am gonna gues i got Houston a good 4 or 5 times in a row once.  but then Got the Blue Chip a couple times in a row later.
The RBI crown is shown below.  It may look cheap but by god everyone dreams of hold it as their own.  For our madden franchise we also made a Mini - Lombardi trophy out of a mini nerf football and a cut up pizza box.  Its spray painted chrome with the Madden Super Bowl champ on there.  Ill add that on the next post.  I know it doesnt have to do with RBI but i think our work needs to be seen.  Also if anyone is interested to see our Rock-Scissor-Paper trophy Ill attach that bad boy later.  

[Briznock]

Wow.... my bad guys.  Little help on getting that beast down sized a little.  If you need to delete it Ill add it again soon.  But here is out Madden trophy.

[Reds]

Houston, even in curve style isnt competitive....


The lack of O is just dispicable....And personally I think this could be quite possibly the biggest tragedy of RBI baseball.......the fact is...Houston made the NLCS against the Mets and took em to 7 games with one of the greatest playoff  series ever.....Mike Scott was generally unstoppable in the series...yet Houston is the red headed step child of RBI..the team cannot play with anyone...one run and the game is normally over....personally when playing against Houston..who I HAVE lost to in the past...I am dissappointed ever giving up more than one run in a game...or more than one hit in any given inning...

[MarquisEXB]

What is that doing on your bed? (I hope that is your bed)

[Briznock]

That is a stuffed teddy bear named Keg.  I wasnt feeling too terribly motivated to clean that day so i threw the trophy up there with everything else and snapped a photo.  

Oh yeah and "GoReds" stop being involved with this forum.  Its bad enough i have to live with you.  Then you have to go and ruin everything i try to enjoy outside the apartment.

Brock

[rastein]

As Briznock's good roommate (And the man who scored 6 runs with Houston) I'd like to say that he did put up a fight with the Mets. The Mets have always been my nemesis and I have playing them. My gut feeling with Billy Hatcher was absolutely correct and Mike Scott threw a 7 inning gem before being relieved by Nolan (another hunch). And I can verify that he does have a teddy bear on his bed. ( He couldn't be any less straight).

[TbT]

What is that doing on your bed? (I hope that is your bed)

hahahahahahahaha.  we missed this the 2nd time around that briz posted this. 

[Big Apple RBI Champ]

I don't think Houston is as bad as everyone says.  They have arguably the best pitching staff in the league.  Lopes, Cruz, Garner, GDavis, Bass, Doran, Puhl, Ashby, Pitcher can score 3-4 runs, and that's all Ryan etc. need.

[Reds]

My feelings about Houston have changed dramatically...If you dont get hung up with baserunning mistakes, they can compete with any team in the game in ATG.

[JoeDirt]

Okay, then what teams are worse than Ho?

[Reds]

Okay, then what teams are worse than Ho?

I'd play with Houston before NY SF StL and Mn...