List of Classic Seasons & Historic Specialty Rosters

**pagodacrockett** · 06-11-2014, 10:59 AM

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This is a great idea. I think there's a 96 Season preview in the vault but i don't think it's finished. Also, am I an idiot, because I can't figure out how to search for something by name in the vault.

**doncropper** · 06-11-2014, 12:51 PM

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pagodacrockett,

You are right - The Vault does not allow sorting by file name so what I do is sort by Owner which gets you to the correct file you are looking for. I place the Owners tag in the list as "by xxxxxxx" for that purpose.

There are several Rosters in the works like 96, 83, 75, 64, 90, 89 etc etc that I am watching and waiting for an uploaded Playable version to add to the list.

If you know of any that are finished to the point of being considered playable please post here and I will add to the 1st post of this thread.

Take Care,
Don

**htskr21** · 06-11-2014, 04:10 PM

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Don, there is an 83', full 90 man being worked on. There's been a couple of preview versions vaulted and it looks amazing. Judging by the ratings and player models, it's the same guy that did the 83' last year under "Twinsvikes". The name on the ones in the 14' vault is "agate" or something like that...
He's going pretty fast, by the looks of it. I don't think he comes to OS though, so we can't ask him anything. Maybe I'll try PSN'ing him a note?

P.S. I was going to do a 1974 but John who did the 1984 set is doing 1975 and he's much better than I am at roster creation, so I'm not sure yet what I'm going to work on. Just F.Y.I.

**doncropper** · 06-11-2014, 05:27 PM

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htskr21,

Yep, it' Agates22 '83 and he actually put up one just today with a non identifiable file name of SCHHOU .... it appears to have the AL complete. He must have taken down his one from a week ago on 6/4 which had a 1983 name in it but I have it downloaded as well.

Sorry to hear about your '74 plans as that was a really exciting year but anxious to see what you have decided on.

I think when all is said and done we will all have a great variety of these fabulous roster sets to enjoy. I myself am a huge '60s fan and may undertake one of those rosters in the near future. As a 65 year old I have been doing these rosters for many many years dating back to the C64 game in the mid '80s simply titled "Baseball" and that involved totally hex editing of rosters which was a real chore. Spent several extremely dedicated years doing many rosters for EA Sports MVP Baseball game on the PC.

Take Care,
Don

**htskr21** · 06-12-2014, 07:34 AM

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Did you ever have "Micro League Baseball" for the c64? It was amazing for the time and what you could do with it. We created our whole little league team and went up against some all-time teams. (Got smoked, of course, even though we might have cheated with our ratings.)

**doncropper** · 06-12-2014, 12:35 PM

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Yes, I had MicroLeague Baseball but I think I got it for the PC as the only C64 baseball game I remember having was that earliest version titled "Baseball".

From the C64 I think I moved to Tony LaRussa Baseball on the PC shortly followed by OldTime baseball also from SSI (Strategic Simulations Inc.) the makers of the Tony LaRussa series.

I bought just about every computer baseball game available during those earlier days of the PC including the text versions mainly just to see how they were made.

I stayed with Oldtime Baseball a few years as the primary one I played then spent a couple years enjoying the APBA Broadcast Blast game with Ernie Harwell announcing before moving to EA Sports MVP Baseball 2004 prior to their 2005 version release which I primarily played for almost 10 years. Just recently moved to MLB The Show.

Prior to the PC games arriving I also had purchased just about every table top baseball games (SOM, APBA, Negamco, Pursue the Pennant, Statis Pro, Clubhouse, All-Star, etc etc.). Then came the computer games like Strat-O-Matic, APBA, Sports Mogul, OOTP, Diamond Mind etc etc. It all started in 1963 when I purchased my first Strat-O-Matic card set which got me hooked on baseball games and have continued my passion for this for over 50 years now.

It's been a very interesting evolution and this MLB The Show certainly has the potential to be the best ever but for my nickel it has a few feature/functions to go before it surpasses EA Sports MVP Baseball 2005 game. In that game you could basically recreate in detail any previous seasons including yearly specific uniforms, stadiums, announcers audio, schedules, logos, portraits, background images, loading screens, music etc etc. MLB The Show can easily get to that point but they aren't there yet.

In my retirement room, I created 6 years ago when I retired, I proudly display most of these games I mentioned above and many others as well. Plus I have a vast array of baseball magazines from the '60s and '70s, many baseball movies & research books, plus all sort of player and stadium figurines I've collected over the years. Kinda looks like a Baseball History Museum Room when you enter it with Pennants hanging, Real Warmup Jackets hung -- relics of all kind !

Take Care,
Don

**htskr21** · 06-12-2014, 01:11 PM

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I played Strat as a kid and play in a APBA league now. Where do you live? I'd like to see that room!

P.S. My first love was "Hardball" on the c64. I once played a friend for 27 innings until I hit a home run to win it 1-0. He begged me to let him score in the bottom of the inning to keep the game going but it was getting pretty late. 27 inning shut-out.

**doncropper** · 06-12-2014, 01:44 PM

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I live in New Orleans and you are welcome to come by anytime you are in this area.

Here are a few photos of my room from when I first started it. It has grown considerably since these photos once I started emptying all my things hidden in closets over the years as well as boxed up in the attic:

27 Innings is a very long game ..... I remember when I was like 15 or so I listened to an Astros/Mets 1-0 20+ innings or so game on the radio into the wee hours of the morning on a school night hiding under the covers so I wouldn't be detected ..... I think that game still remains as the longest 1-0 game in history ?

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**doncropper** · 06-12-2014, 01:49 PM

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Here are a few more photos ...... again this is from almost 6 years ago when I first set this room up .............

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**doncropper** · 06-12-2014, 01:58 PM

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and a few more ..........

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**doncropper** · 06-12-2014, 02:13 PM

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Here's a couple more recent ones .... although blurry they give you an idea of how this room has evolved ..........

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**htskr21** · 06-12-2014, 02:56 PM

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That's awesome and thank-you very much! (I live in Ontario, Canada so I likely won't ever see New Orleans but that was a very nice offer.)

That puts my replica Yankee stadium, half dozen jerseys and hats and Don Mattingly McFarlane model to shame...

I do have a baseball signed by all of the 1990? Detroit Tigers, however. (Back then, their AA club played out of London, Ontario where I lived and my friends dad's company was one of the sponsors. Gene Roof was the manager and gave my friend and I signed balls from the big club.) I was playing then and Dyer Miller, their roving pitching coach gave me a look at one of their open camps. I didn't throw hard enough to go any further but it was still a thrill. He even remembered me months later when I ran into him at the park and said "how's my lefty?"

Sorry, I'm rambling down memory lane but that's the great thing about baseball.

Thanks again for the pictures.

**doncropper** · 06-12-2014, 03:24 PM

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My collection started out fairly small as well but 50+ years allows for the accumulation of a lot of stuff !!! I'm most proud of my collection of old baseball magazines from the '60s & '70s which included practically every monthly issue of Baseball Digest from 1960-1969.

Baseball is all about memories which my claim to fame is having stroked 13 base hits in a row during my Babe Ruth League final year throughout the State playoffs. They couldn't prove it was a record because they really didn't keep good stats in those days of the mid '60s but they did tell me they thought for sure it was a record.

Unfortunately my high school dropped their baseball team my senior year so I ended up with just a couple grant and aid offers from some minor colleges in the State but chose to go to LSU to walk on but never finished my freshman year before joining the Marines for that little affair in Viet Nam. Spent 6 years in the Corp of which 1 full year was playing for the Western Pacific Marine Corp traveling baseball team and had the privilege of playing with Carlos May (former White Sox & Marine reservist in '69). Carlos unfortunately had an accident and blew off his thumb during his active service in the Marines but yet returned to the Majors and had a really good career.

Now, I had an Uncle that was 6'7" and could fire that rock better than any Major Leaguer I ever saw. He was actually only 3 years older than me and more like my brother than Uncle. I grew up catching his stuff which to say the least was a scary situation. Unfortunately he was an outlaw and wasted his talents because I firmly believe he had Hall of Fame stuff. He actually was kicked out of our High School his sophomore year but several years later went to a tryout camp in eastern Texas and was 1 of only 3 kids signed by the Dodgers. They gave him a credit card and 7 days to report to Florida training camp but he ran the CC beyond the limit they gave him and never even reported to Florida. Then, believe it or not, years later while he was on the run from Louisiana he tried out in Arizona and lied about his age telling them he was 26 and he made the cut again and was going to sign with the Angels until they found out he was really 31. He was truly that good.

Nice Chatting with you,
Don

**jemyers1975** · 06-13-2014, 12:49 AM

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Count me in for the full 90 man 1987 rosters again. I have all the data almost completed on my computer to start creating the roster. I really hope we can use these for the future years as I heard we can! We had great success with the 87 rosters in 2011 I have the free time now so I will give it a shot once again, just give me the time to do it

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