Who Am I?

[wstewart11]

Hey guys! I've been reading posts on this site since 2010 with every incarnation of the Show. Obviously, I've been accustomed to seeing familiar names that reside within these forums and always wondered; who are these people? I think this can be fun!

Let's stop wondering...


Age: 38
City: Los Angeles, CA
College: SDSU '98, baseball player, 2B
Drafted: Yes, Angels
Level: Rookie Ball
Current Occupation: Athletic Director, Beverly Hills

[My993C2]

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Steve

Age: 49 (I look and act a lot younger )
City: Calgary, Alberta (also worked in Colorado for 8 great years)
Profession: Software Developer

Hobbies/Sports:
Skydiver (made over 1600 jumps)
BASE Jumper (I have my BASE # meaning I've been off all 4 object types ... scary stuff)
Motorsports (avid F1 fan and own and drive a '97 Porsche 911 at my local track)
Skiing (former volunteer Ski Patroller at Lake Louise)
Hockey (played Midget AA, needed to be a star in AAA to have any chance)
Football (played four years in high school)
Rugby (played four years in high school)

Baseball:
Not counting recreational co-ed adult softball leagues (which were fun), I never played hardball. I once had a friend who was into some recreation hardball and I went out for a game one day. But the pitchers were a little wild. I did not know whether I should be swinging or ducking. Never went back. Thought I should stick with safer sports such as skydiving and BASE jumping. LOL ... but MLB The Show is such a great game, I am getting into this baseball stuff.

[Curahee]

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Im wondering if this doesnt belong more in the OS Neighborhood rather than in The Show Forum.

[GlennN]

Re: Who Am I?

Age: 46
City: Doylestown, PA
Profession: Attorney
Sports:
Baseball - Stopped after Little League
Softball - Played adult rec leagues for about 15 years
Roller Hockey - Played 8 years as a goalie before fully understanding the body no longer responds well to the physical demands.

All of that said, Curahee is probably correct - this thread should probably be in the OS Neighborhood.

[Caliboy626]

Re: Who Am I?

Im wondering if this doesnt belong more in the OS Neighborhood rather than in The Show Forum.

I would normally agree with you curahee, but I think the show players on this forum are the most quirkiest and diverse out of any sports communtiy out there. I play almost every sports game their is and I have posted on, or followed this forum for almost every game imaginable (american sports). I find show players to be some of the most intelligent and helpful communtiy members out there.

Never once have I posted something and gotten "You just suck, get better at the game", or "Stop complaining about issues, if you dont like it then dont play". Every answer is usually met with a thoughtful and respectful response. So I think this is a great idea. With that:

Age: 27
Profession: Sales
Hobbies: Competive Slow pitch softball league, sports gaming, and of course fullfilling my spousal duties lol
Bio: I was born and raised in Los Angeles (Loyal Angels, Raiders, and Lakers fan) but have recently moved to Orlando to further my career. I have been playing the show since 06' with Ortiz on the cover and MVP baseball and triple play series before that. I was a great athlete in high school but never had the size to continue my pursuits at the next level 5'9" 170 lbs. Okay maybe I was just not good enough but I will never admit it lol.

[HighCmpPct]

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Sean

Profession: farming
Sports: baseball 4 years high school, drafted by Yanks career ended by third ACL tear. Made it AA ball though.
Hobbies: the Show, some ball, not much time for else
Born: Alabama, raised in Georgia.
Been playing baseball games since gameday way back on the ps1 (with chipper on the cover. Played all the MVP's and all the Show's.
Birthday: March 29 same as Cy Young! Also have the same last name as the pitcher who gave up #715 to Hammering Hank.

[BBallcoach]

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Age: 28
City: Hillsboro, OR
Profession: Software Engineer, the other half of the company I work for creates scouting tape for 29/30 MLB teams.
I also went to film school and have a very small production company.

Hobbies/Sports:
Play and Coach Basketball. I've been around the sport for 25 years, I used to tag along with my dad to his practices when I was 3 (he was a coach)
Golfer- it's my favorite sport to play, mentally there is nothing close to golf

Baseball:Played Little League but basketball was always my love growing up. Getting older I loved baseball video games the most because of the GM side of things are much tougher than the other sports IMO, MVP 05 is my fav baseball game of all time but when I got a PS3 in 08, I was relieved to finally play the show.

[shadow2201]

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Age: 24
City: Ames, IA
College: Iowa Central Community College
Profession: Security Guard/Information Technology Specialist(own my own business)
Sports played: In high school I played basketball, 6'4, played C as I was the tallest on my team! Also played baseball, RF(cuz I couldn't field) and was a switch hitter(basically like Adam Dunn, could either hit a HR or K, but nothing else really), Golf, and now I mostly Bowl! I've been bowling since I was a little kid, got to go to the National Bowling Stadium in Reno this year to bowl in the National Bowling Tournament!
Birthday: July 11
I've been playing video games as long as I can remember! High Heat was my first big break into baseball games, then MVP2005 I played for many many years, still do on occasion. Played 2k when all I had was a 360 and now I play The Show and will never go back to 2k!

[Dienerbird55]

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Age: 22
City: Oriskany, NY
College: SunyIT - Communication/Information Design
Profession: Baker
~Was a 3 sport athlete in High School (football, basketball (i'm 6'6"), and track). I also am a volunteer assistant for a Legion Baseball team during the summer.
~Teams: New York Yankees, Tennessee Titans, New York Rangers, San Antonio Spurs, Syracuse Orange, Creighton Bluejays Basketball, and Nebraska Huskers football.
~I'm big on video games. Had a new MLB game every year since 2001, where I started with MLB 2001. Then went through ASB, Triple Play, MVP, one horrible year of 2k, and now, The Show.

[Sip_16]

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Age:26
City: Stratford, ON, Canada
Profession: Accountant

Played ball games all the way back from Ken Griffeys for N64, MVP 2005 still greatest baseball game, show is right there too

Baseball: pitcher/shortstop, played in the ICBA until our team was moved to another city, Paul spoljaric and rob butler played for toronto lol still pitch in a mens league
Hockey: mens league/beer league, ex NHLers from here play in it tho (Tim Taylor, Greg Devries, Boyd Devereaux)
Basketball: HS is all, loved the 3 point shot
Golf: Takes up most my weekends in the summer

[lw22]

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Age: about 40
City: Hong kong
College: a US university
Drafted: I'm from HK so what do you expect.....
Level: n/a
Current Occupation: Finance

[thbends]

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Age: 38

City: Waco, TX (Grew up in Dallas)

College: Lamar University

Sports background: Played baseball, football, basketball, soccer, and roller blade hockey through high school.

First baseball video game I played: Micro League Baseball on the Commador 64.



Then RBI Baseball...



Favorite Players growing up: Texas Rangers Oddibe McDowell / Ruben Sierra

Favorite Current Players: Texas Rangers Elvis Andrus / YU

Sports Work: Worked for an ECHL team for a season. Covered the Houston Texans, Houston Astros, and Baylor Bears for tv.

Current Occupation: Commercial Producer / Animator / Graphic Designer for CBS

This is a link to some cool stuff I did with RG3. Promos, commercials, and an interview. One is uncut and there is also the version shown on tv in the playlist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxDPqPQ80rQ&list=PLweIm_21ny8mgjWp-MX2-rCpzCjRm-Hlo

[Patriots1996]

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Age: 17 (Almost!)
City: Greenfield, IN
College: Considering Indiana and Louisville, but would attend Vandy if I got accepted
Current Occupation: High School junior
Future: I'd like to major in journalism communications and minor in education. I'd like to be a sports writer, but if I could be a high school english teacher and be a coach, I wouldn't pass up the chance.

[willithome]

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Age: 38
City: Watervliet, MI
Profession: Manager of a Tire store
Played baseball through High School and had my High School's JV most strikeouts in a game as a pitcher with 15. But other than that I just love the game of baseball.

[Cavicchi]

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Age: 70, and that's not a misprint.

Occupation: Retired.

I was on the PS 174 softball championship team in 1952 or '53. They gave us championship patches that my mother sewed into my baseball jacket. Unfortunately, when I outgrew the jacket, my mother threw it away--with the patch sewed in

A few years ago, at age 65-66, I was doing audio files for MVP baseball, and my Audio By Cavicchi thread is a sticky there on that forum. I often wondered what those guys would have thought had they known how old I was.

College: Attended College of Staten Island. Presently living in Pennsylvania, the Pocono Mountain area.

Future: Hmm...not sure, but hope to be playing The Show when I'm 80.