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50 Responses to “Commentary: Time To Hit Reset”

1. Geoff Says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

   Or MLB08 The Show in HD….

   in any event, it is time to his reset. pressure is off, theyre out of first. no more excuses, no more lateness or tightness or swinging at bad pitches or leaving it out over the plate. can they play funadamental baseball? we shall see

2. Tim Malcolm Says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

   I used MVP 05 because I had been playing that since 2005 and had a Phillies dynasty (that was in 2009). Sadly the fire destroyed my XBox (probably time to upgrade anyway), so I lost the dynasty. But oh, those memories.

3. MetHater Says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

   The question should be “Can those who are meant to lead, lead indeed?”

4. david Says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

   its time for Burrell to admit he thinks Victorino is cute……..YEAH SHOW HIM THE REAL REASON THEY CALL YOU PAT THE BAT!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!

5. Don M Says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 2:48 pm

   david sounds like a cool dude.. I take back all the bad things i ever said about Mets fans

6. Don M Says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

   Tim,

   I still rock MVP 05.. the one with Manny on the front, right?? I got the college baseball too, but didn’t really like it that much because the graphics were crappy.

   Bretty Myers is NASTY in MVP 05 once you get a few seasons in.

   I wish EA would get those rights back and be able to make the baseball games again, i never played the other ones, but im an EA SPORTS buyer

7. Tim Malcolm Says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

   That’s the one, Don. Myers was OK, but Randy Wolf was a stud. Won four consecutive Cy Youngs for me. ERA hovered at 2.60. Here’s how you win with him: Fastball outside … curveball inside to righties; outside to lefties … knucklecurve low (away to righties; inside to lefties).

8. Geoff Says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

   The Show is awesome for ps3. but mvp 05 was great. id liek ea to get some baseball rights again. they cant get exclusive rights though becaue they ruined madden once that happened.

   however, nhl 08 was one of the best sports games ive ever played, as is the new college football.

   but mlb the show looks real on an hdtv, CBP looks awesome.

9. Geoff Says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

   i remember trading for roy halladay in that game. i also had chan ho park in the rotation, and he was mad good for some reason

10. Geoff Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    my rotation was roy halladay, randy wolf, brett myers, chan ho park, and brad penny.

    totally unrealistic. i traded abreu and prospects for halladay. traded glanville and prospects for penny. picked up park after he was released by the rangers.

11. Greg V. Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    It’s pretty much now or never! We should be able to take both the Braves and the Nats. In the event we lose both , I’m prepared to declare the season a loss. No play offs, no NL title, no World Series. Just a bunch of wasted talent.

    On that note, GO GO GO!

12. Don M Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    Wes Helms was NASTY for me last season… he had crazy power. I hate the game makes Jamie Moyer and others retire, so you have to create players, but then you always make them too good cause you don’t want to short-change them

    In college, i was buying every game every other year… now im left with Madden ‘04, College Football ‘05, MVP Baseball ‘05, Tiger Woods 2005, NHL 2004… its just not worth the $50 per game every year when you can just continue your dynasty stuff and create and trade players anyway.. I def need to get a newer Madden but the last couple weren’t that great anyway so i didnt think i was missing much.

    NHL 2004 took me a while to get good at too.. that is a game you can play for days on end cause the computer is actually pretty good and will randomly beat you a few games in a row

13. david Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    it is pretty much now or never….i hear victorino is on the trading block, so pat just tell him your true feelings….you know you will feel better. howard did after he told j roll and now they both get to enjoy the vibrating bed.

14. philsphan Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    high heat baseball 2002 for the PS2 was always my favorite. Mainly because swinging was simply pressing a button, other games made that way too complicated.

15. Tim Malcolm Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    That’s what makes MVP so amazing. They just created new prospects and the farm systems were so rich. I traded in the Minors for this kid Brett Mulder, who foudn his way up and was hitting like 20+ HR with a .305 AVG in July (before the fire). I was ranking prospects and all that.

16. Chicken Little Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    Hmmm, not a bad idea.

17. Geoff Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    the last madden was horrrible. nhl 04 was a great game. it was the best one since nhl99 for n64 which is an all time classic, announced by bill clement, who they brought back for this one along. now the nhl games are ill for ps3, i played a bunch of seasons on that one.

18. Geoff Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    yeah this new mlb the show restocks farm systems with the draft, even though it only has 5 rounds, and it creates undrafted free agents from other countries to bid over. you can scout like a 16 year kid and he wont declare for the draft until hes like 20 so scouting ahead is key.

19. Don M Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

    I kept renaming all the prospects in the phillies farm.. so that I had a Carlos Carrasco, a JA Happ, Josh Outman, Scott Mathesion.etc..

    I hate playing other people in baseball games though cause its so easy to throw JUNK and the other guy swings at every pitch anyway..

20. MetHater Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    Are supposed to be talking about our fictional lineups or the one that we’re going to be agonizing over for the next nine weeks?

21. Don M Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    I still have my ps2.. got a house and bills to pay now, so my days of spending all my money of video games and getting drunk are MOSTLY gone

    nhl 94 on sega was amazing.. and madden 2001, or 2001… whatever one had the players blinking and you could see the holes in their jerseys.. that was crazy

22. Geoff Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    yeah it is. they made moyer horrible in this mlb game. they constantly updadte the rosters though, liek every other day, to reflect growth/decline. lou marson is liek, God when you bring him up. carrasco is ok when he comes up. kendrick: ok. im in year two and happ is 12-4 with a 3.2 ERA and 145 K’s at the all star break!!!!!!

23. Tim Malcolm Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    Nice work, MetHater. Maybe one of these days I’ll compose the official talk about your video game dynasty thread.

24. MetHater Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    It’s funny that you question the loyalty of these Phils Fans when it seems you’re already looking to hockey season.

25. christopher Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    well said tim, well said.

26. david Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    1 game out of first and you already calling it a season…..you should all be embarassed…………..

27. Don M Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Tim,

    there has to be a way to filter out fictional names.. or you have to be registered or something.. it gets out of hand when these Muts fans try to take over this site..

28. MetHater Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Thanks Tim. If I wanted to talk about video games I’d get in my time-machine and go back to 1994 when I was 13 and finding hair where there was no hair before.

29. Tim Malcolm Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    I said before I liked that people will post as fictional or famous names sometimes. It’s kind of a fun little aspect of the blog. Good posters are good posters, and they’re recognized, respected and known. You’re there.

30. Tim Malcolm Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    The purpose of all this, anyway, is that I think we should all take a breath. I wouldn’t be surprised if Charlie laid into the guys before coming back here. I think we all need to get set for the final 60 and a fun stretch drive.

31. david Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    not to be a pain or anything but who is this So Iguchi making 1.05 million……does Taguchi know this guy is stealing his money?

32. Geoff Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    nhl 94 was legendary.

    yeah i hate those bills. fortunately i already have a ps3 bc i cant afford tha tstuff anymore.

33. MetHater Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    Let me assure all of you. In no way, shape or form am I a met fan…shea smells like garbage and I’m from South Jersey.

34. Don M Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    True dat… it was fun a couple days ago heading into the Mets series..and talking smack about each teams weakness.

    but when everyone starts calling each other pussies and acting tough it takes away from the fun of it…

    and when Mets fans start posting under Phillies fans names, it makes you not want to read through all the garbage posts…

    That said.. I though whoever was Darren Daulton was pretty funny today.. and I really think you guys do a great job with this site.. and it gives us all a spot to vent, or praise the Phillies on a regular basis..

35. david Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    hey Don M. YOU ARE OK….you will never be welcome in Citifield but still you are ok

36. MetHater Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    Wasn’t the internet created so people who couldn’t intimidate a kid on the short bus in real life get the opprotunity to be bad-asses?

37. Don M Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    yea.. and to look at midget-porn and stuff too

38. MetHater Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    well midget-porn is understandable…it’s like looking at a car wreck. eventhough you’re repulsed by it you’re unable to take your eyes of them…they’re so cute! I want one!

39. Tony Longmire Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    Heard you boys need an outfielder? I am only 40 and I will bring that spark back that we had in 1993

40. MetHater Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    Tony. I think that the lack of response should be enough of a response for you.

41. david Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    yeah tony…YOU’RE NO NAILS!!!!!!!! The only player us Mets fans and you stinky Phillie fans both love.

42. MetHater Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

    You know, these comments seem to slow down once four o’clock rolls around…I can picture everyone at their desk scrambling to get their day’s worth or work done in the last hour.

43. Todd Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    the reset analogy was good stuff… and some of these posts make me laugh out loud at work. I have to be honest, I never put too much thought into pushing reset… when i started saying to myself, “you just don’t have it today…” I knew it was time to snap right back into reality and turn the thing off.

44. Lance Parrish Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Hey somebody call Bill Giles….I am available

45. Jim Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    Don’t attack me, but as a Mets fan, believe me, I know how Phillies fans are feeling right now. The bottom line is this: You guys need to make a lot of noise with your front office and demand a solid starting pitcher. Right now, the Mets are winning because they are getting good, quality starts for the last month from just about all of their starters. You guys have a scary lineup and a great bullpen, but starting pitcher is what wins ball games consistently.

46. david Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    DONT BE HELPIN OUT THE PHILLIES!!!!!! JIM DONT MAKE ME HAND IN YOUR METS FAN CARD!!!!

47. Rick Wise Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    I can help,call me..I can let one loose at 89..just like Brett Myers

48. erik Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    david please get a freakin life and stop being an asshole. oh and an obvious sign that you no idea what your talking about: I remember a certain tobacco chewing center fielder that both teams fans love. do you know who that is?

49. Call up Happ Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 5:27 pm

    david : what about tug mcgraw and richie ashburn?

50. Fran Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    I love MVP 2005

    Lofton in center

    Abreu in right

    Thome

    Rollins

    Polonco

    David Bell

    Rollins

    Lebi

    Wolf Myers

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