Well, the time has come.  I actually debated for awhile if i was going to keep quiet, or make a quick post about it.

I've been a fan of this site since the LF3 days. I've had a ton of fun playing softball and football with you guys, and going to games.

However I have been given a chance to really make a change in my life, and as of Wednesday the 30th of january, I will be serving a mission for my church for roughly 2 yearsish.  I've never been one to preach to my friends, and that will continue. My ability to follow baseball will be greatly diminished besides the a weekly newspaper, and Brett hooking me up with weekly email updates.

You guys can bet that i'll be back on this site in 2 years, and immersing myself back into this great game.  

I've made some great friends here, so i felt comfortable posting about me leaving.  I'll be limited to roughly 30 minutes of internet access a week, and most of that will be consumed by writing to my family and friends.

I'll never force or even suggest my beliefs to you guys, but i know this is what i felt was right to do.

If i get the chance, i'll try to make an occasional post, but if not, i'll be back in late december/early January 2010.

I would like to thank all of you guys for teaching me so much more about this game. Jeff for the recaps and showing new sabermetric stats that really make sense, and the rest of you guys who made it out for my Softball and Football games.

Alright, i'm done rambling about this. For the next 2 years, i'll be living in the Cleveland and Northern Ohio area Moving around periodicly, and  I'll have a decent chance to attend an Indians game too. I'll never leave the Mariners though.

Farewell LL, I have a few pics from our events in my traveling photo album. I'll miss you guys  

GO MARINERS!

for our beloved Mariners. Link here

No big suprises really. Aumont, lots of potential relief arms, A Corcoran and a guy named Bronson Kiheimahanaomauiakeo Sardinha to highlight the list.
Cant forget ol Tuggy. Willie's nemesis in the White-Off competition

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who wants to play?

Saturday 1/19, 2ish.

Cal Anderson field.

Might be my last time for a while (i'd tell the details why there)

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new years day (tuesday) anyone?

I'm definitely in for it.

Time: 2pm
Place: Cal Anderson park again.

a 2pm start should be late enough for all you drunks to get over your hangovers.

Roll Call:
Marinerschas2
Bretticus
Gomez
Fett42
Kirby(?)
Edgar(?)
Johnbai
Katal
Matthew

lets get some more. Matthew? where are you.

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Right now i'm re-reading that LL Beer thread from February, and i found a section where people were talking about bowling and the idea came to my mind.

What if we do a LL Bowling night?

Most alleys offer a fairly cheap lane rental option per hour ($10-$25) and all you have to do is pay for shoes. Other options are pay per person, per game or Join all the teenagers on a Friday/Saturday night unlimited bowling 2-3 hour session or everyone pays per game.

Would anyone be up for doing this on a friday/saturday night sometime within the next month?  Most alleys have beer on tap, cheap pitchers and usually let you bring your own drinks in as well.

Post if your interested, and if you know of a good alley in the area. If you know the name, i'll make some calls for weekend pricing or rental fees.

I love bowling, i'm decent at best (130-160 avg) but i figure its another LL social event we could do.

Post if you're interested.

Organized options for bowling
1: Rent a lane: Generally $10-25 per lane. Usually good for up to 5 people a lane. Also have to pay for shoes if you dont own any.
2: Pay per game: everyone pays per game (varies from $2ish a game to over 5) plus shoe rental if needed
3:Rock'n Bowl/Moneybowl: varies from $10-20 a person and usually includes shoes and unlimited games. Rock'n bowl is filled with teenagers,black lights, loud music and beer. Money bowl is mainly 18+ plus chances to make money hitting certain pin combos.

there might be more options, but thats generally the normal bowling alley fare

Where: Cal Anderson Park
Time: NOON (at least i think thats what we decided)

according to the other thread, the following are in (please update if things have changed):
Katal
Ningwers (+1)
Matthew
Bretticus
Marinerschas2
dlinsley (you still in?)
dylan (same thing?)
Johnbai (1-2 extra maybe)
wwbaker3

someone bring some footballs, brett also mentioned bring a few socks as well, if we want to play flag.
if you aren't listed and are going to make it, please post it here

see you guys there
[editor's note, by marinerschas2]we're playing rain or shine. i didn't dig out my cleats for nothing

I'll give brett a break on this one.

I have a good idea, so i'll have you guys vote on it.  
I think we should play football on saturday the 22nd. However, etown brought up the idea that we could also play on christmas eve.

who likes the idea of 2 games, one on saturday, and then one on monday?

Please only vote if your going to play.

we'll play at cal anderson or green lake, and please suggest ideas of other things we could do before or after these games.

I'll take a roll call for each day in a few days after we find out what will work.

so the main part of the program is done. i'll be offering a beta download to whoever contacts me early.
  I have a few body issues to work out, but i have some basic early screenshots. these havent been edited, and they were taken while just messing around.

My plan is to make some official looking baseball card images and post them in a thread. Right now, its a few people, but i'll soon get everyones picture on this thread. Sorry for the delay, lost interest, started watching the playoff and gained interest again.

Here's what i have. make sure you click and follow the instructions to see it in full quality

Jeff, our leader

Left handed shortstop, making a fine play

Sportin the throwbacks

Etowncoug throwing hard

brett standing around

etowncoug fielding again

i'm in the process of making a flickr/picasa account to host all my screens.

get ready to see some pretty nice pics, and lineup/pitching information with details

Update [2007-9-28 3:43:49 by marinerschas2]: The major league roster is complete. i will be posting screenshots in the morning. The Pitching staff is complete.

SP:Jeff
SP:FWombat
SP:Marinerschas (had to)
SP:Gomez
SP:Corco
Long Man: Steve Trachsel
Middle Man: Rafael Soriano
Set Up: George Sherrill
Closer: JJ Putz
This is THE thread for any more MVP updates.

What I'm doing:
Creating a Lookout Landing team on MVP Baseball 2005 that will be available to download and play on your own. The team will consist of LL regulars and their screen names will be used as player names. We will be the Seattle Mariners. Jeff is our soft tossing lefty ace pitcher. I will post rosters/lineups when i complete them on this thread.

I will be making ratings based on what I've seen and then rate them up comparable to MLB players.  the game rates many skills on a 1-100 basis. Nobody will probably have a rating under 30.

I have taken all the information that everyone has posted, but i still need more.

What i still need
from everybody:
Age
Handedness both batting and throwing
Music style prefrence: (rock, heavy rock, country,dance, rap, pop or latin)
batting stance (name a comparable mlb player please)
fielding Glove color
High or Low socks

What i need from people who have never played softball with us along with the previous questions:
body type, height, weight, speed (compare to a current mlb player), hair color, facial hair

also i need positions if you didn't post them previously.  If you haven't played with us, you might be lucky to get a bench spot, but will likely end up in long relief or middle relief.

I will be updating this thread pretty frequently. I am hoping to have a decent roster done by the end of the week, with screenshots up sometime mid-week.

This team will also include the likes of Doyle, Carl Everett, Matt Kata and WFB, as well as other players we "love". and whether he likes it or not, RED will be our starting catcher.

The roster will be posted here shortly, and updated as i create it
If you have any other questions or requests that you dont want to post, or you just want to talk to me. Add me on AIM: bigchiz31 or msn: chasmarini @gmail.com (remove the space)

JOHNBAI: would you be willing to share other pics not posted from the LL games, I'd like to see if i have enough to even try portraits. email me or something

phildopip: i need a new number, 29 is reserved for red

Update [2007-9-25 5:40:14 by marinerschas2]: i'm done with the 7 or 8 player models who i had all the information for. i still have to make the other 10-15 players and then i'll start on every players ratings.
i also have bad news. certain players who weren't so hot at the plate have now become young and effective pitching

so i took some photos too, and i felt like making a new diary.

All of the pics are clickable for full size
Read my note at the bottom, please participate

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