The New York Yankees selected Buster Adams, 18, in the 13th round of the 2012 draft with hopes that he would help fill out the roster. His potential wasn't that of a first-round selection, but what little potential scouts said he possessed, he made sure he made good on.

He ascended through the lower parts of the Yankees' farm system rather quickly. He dominated the NY-Penn League, with the Staten Island Yankees and was promoted to the South Atlantic League (SAL) where he was assigned...

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I want to take a break from railing on EA and other gaming companies, in order to offer a bit of advice for next year’s edition of NCAA Football. Over the years, EA devs have taken steps to improve the dynasty portion of the game, namely with features such as Coaching Carousel and a revamped recruiting system. Today I want to touch on the latter of the two features.

Before NCAA Football ’11, users who took advantage of the recruiting part of the game were given a list of items...

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The middle of August (or end of the month, as is the case this year) usually comes a few repeatable occurrences. The end of summer is in sight, college kids are getting ready to hit the books (ha!) and EA’s Madden football is released to the masses. Life is great, if you’re a sports gamer.

Not so fast, over the past few years EA Sports’ Madden NFL Football has released to a flurry over mediocre reviews and a lukewarm reception from the hardcore/sim fan base. Seemingly each year...

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Everybody has their own idea of how to make the best video game possible. I’ll admit, I think I have the best and only ideas for the best football game ever (kidding, of course!) But, we need to look at games nowadays and ask ourselves, are we getting what we paid for?

Take for instance, NCAA Football ’12, which has many promising features, but those selling points are largely flawed with bugs and glitches. But, what happens if a series takes a year to work strictly on AI?...

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Although much has been said on the topic with two sides bitterly fighting out, it’s time to finish it once and for all: Is NCAA Football ’12 out of the box, a success? In my mind, no. I have plenty of points, some of which, I have heard has happened and others that I’ve directly been affected by.

However, first we first need to understand why we come to these discussion boards, which is to debate about the games we play, not lecture, not banter, but to talk over with one another....

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