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Edgy DC May 28 2009 11:03 AM

If you haven't read the new <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/090528" target="_blank">Uni Watch</a>, get to it. <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3460608184_ec6b931570_b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3460608184_ec6b931570_b.jpg" width="600"></a> Fascinating how many would-be godlings there are out there trying to re-invent the universe.

RealityChuck May 28 2009 12:17 PM

Perfectly normal. I did the same thing years ago. Eight team league, 20-game seasons, using baseball cards for the players and this deck of cards I got in the five-and-dime for the plays. It went for 11 seasons. I especially liked the fact that it was unrealistic and you could have Pete Rose being a massive flop while Chuck Estrada and Bob Aspromonte were all-time greats. I can still remember the teams and many of the pennant races.

G-Fafif May 28 2009 12:27 PM

It wasn't as elaborate a setup as those guys executed, but I was creator, commissioner, play-by-play announcer and de facto offense/defense for the North American Basketball League (NABL) in the winter and spring of 1974. We had teams in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Ponce, San Juan, Kingston, Managua, Acapulco, Tijuana, Mexico City, Quebec, Toronto, Montreal, Santo Domingo and, I think, Vancouver. All games were joined with maybe seven minutes to go in the fourth quarter, played out on my new Nerf basketball setup. Didn't save the standings, darn it.

Fman99 May 28 2009 12:41 PM

Wow, great sports hobbies that started out as time fillers for teens who couldn't get laid in a Parisian whorehouse, or at NYU even. Classic.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 28 2009 02:37 PM

="RealityChuck":32av99fl]Perfectly normal. I did the same thing years ago. Eight team league, 20-game seasons, using baseball cards for the players and this deck of cards I got in the five-and-dime for the plays. It went for 11 seasons. I especially liked the fact that it was unrealistic and you could have Pete Rose being a massive flop while Chuck Estrada and Bob Aspromonte were all-time greats. I can still remember the teams and many of the pennant races.[/quote:32av99fl] 12-team league. Baseball cards for players. Deck of cards for plays. Four sets of "results" matrices (based on placement on two sets of axes-- power/no power, speedy/not speedy). There were awards each year and trades... and the underside of my uncle's utility table may or may not have been decked out like the Astrodome. 2-time MVP Ruben Sierra kicked entirely too much ass. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 28 2009 02:44 PM My brother and I had an entire imaginary pro wrestling promotion going. We self-published three illustrated magazines, which still exist but are much too weird to share or even explain. When I was much younger, I drew my own baseball cards. That was more about the style of the card itself,how the borders looked and stuff than the picyures, which were terrible. Edgy DC May 28 2009 02:58 PM I've long thought the forum should put out our own set of Mets cards --- for sharing among members and not for resale --- featuring our photos and designs. Methead May 28 2009 06:45 PM I love the Anglers' logo. And check out the size of that park. Edgy DC May 28 2009 07:03 PM The Tantalion Traders Grain Exchange Park is the first stadium that led righthanders with no prior experience in switch hitting to turn around and bat lefty. Then again, maybe they have 90' walls. soupcan May 28 2009 08:22 PM ="Edgy DC":n23lxh9l]I've long thought the forum should put out our own set of Mets cards --- for sharing among members and not for resale --- featuring our photos and designs.[/quote:n23lxh9l] As completely nerdy as this idea sounds - I love it. Edgy DC May 28 2009 08:35 PM Should we all submit front and back designs and vote or should we just give Zvon the design editor job and Iubitul the photo editor job Methead May 29 2009 06:52 AM When I started a little design business on the side, my first business cards were made to look like baseball cards. I never finished them, but they would have been awesome. I'm pretty sure I used the 1976 Topps Hank Aaron card as a base to work from, and just changed his name to mine. I left the picture of him on it though. Had I kept going, the back was going to have all kinds of work-related stats for my entire career... such as hours of sleep lost, and gallons of coffee consumed... you get the idea. Edgy DC May 29 2009 07:32 AM Post it now.