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Rotblatt Apr 10 2006 11:55 AM

San Diego Serenade via Deadspin.com: 1986 World Series Game 6 Re-Enacted in RBI Baseball I can't actually view this at work, but it sounds nifty enough to try at home.

Centerfield Apr 10 2006 12:03 PM

Wow. This is the coolest thing ever.

Elster88 Apr 10 2006 12:03 PM

Not bad. Some little things were wacky, like Gary's single hitting the left field wall, but most things were close enough that I don't know how he set it up.

Centerfield Apr 10 2006 12:06 PM

"The Oil Can, at least for the moment, looks like he has tomorrow night off."

Edgy MD Apr 10 2006 12:07 PM

That was the nature of RBI Baseball. Hard singles went through to the wall. The outfielders never ran fast enough to cut the ball off, but the batters were often too slow to take advantage. Buckner also was shown to boot the ball instead of it going through him. Great and fun effort though. He gets a blue ribbon just for the Marty Barrett screen.

Elster88 Apr 10 2006 12:07 PM

I miss the Mooooooooook cheers.

Elster88 Apr 10 2006 12:08 PM

Edgy DC wrote: He gets a blue ribbon just for the Marty Barrett screen. Haha, yeah, that was great.

Bret Sabermetric Apr 10 2006 12:14 PM

And the cartoon Buckner actually keeps the ball in front of him in the infield. OE: haadn't seen Edgy's post when I made mine. Never mind.

dgwphotography Apr 10 2006 12:23 PM

The best part of that was listening to Vin Scully.... "If one picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words"

Elster88 Apr 10 2006 12:24 PM

BEHIND THE BAG!!!

Centerfield Apr 10 2006 12:30 PM

The guy mentions it in his intro, but did the color guy fall asleep during this inning? He reminds me of Uecker's partner in Major League II.

ScarletKnight41 Apr 10 2006 12:37 PM

That was great. I showed it to MK, who loves the Mets and loves video games - he loved it

Elster88 Apr 10 2006 12:38 PM

Centerfield wrote: The guy mentions it in his intro, but did the color guy fall asleep during this inning? He reminds me of Uecker's partner in Major League II. It said on the article that he was cut out for time.

Johnny Dickshot Apr 10 2006 12:40 PM

Best thing ever.

holychicken Apr 10 2006 01:10 PM

Nice. I have a friend who is a redsox fan who still plays RBI baseball on an emulator on his computer. . . *sends link to him now*

holychicken Apr 10 2006 01:17 PM

Immediate response: I hate you. Good times, thanks for the link :)

Bret Sabermetric Apr 10 2006 01:45 PM

Three people at work--one of whom knows me to be a huge Mets fan, two of knows me to be a big Sox fan--called me into their offices today to "show me something." The next person who so much as has a certain look on his face gets "I've already seen the Buckner thing" from me.

OlerudOwned Apr 10 2006 01:56 PM

That was a really great video. Also, I wound up on a wiki database of RBI Baseball info, which includes a great profile on Tim Teufel. Highlights include: -Beat the shit out of Rob Dibble after he beaned him in 1989 -Drove ladies crazy with his patented "Teufel Shuffle" -Has great hair EDIT: That RBI website is better than I thought. "Rafael Santana sucks complete ass. He has the worst ratings in two of the three hitting categories, Power and Contact, and a very bad Speed rating. In addition, he is a righty. He somehow lucked out to win a ring with New York. What a loser this guy is." 'Fun Facts * According to the book The Bad Guys Won, Santana would routinely bring animal/midget/etc porn into the locker room. Also, while passed out drunk, urinated on a teammate during travel. * Teammate Ed Hearn said that Santana had "a C**k the size of a bat"' "[Gary] Carter's man-perm ranks second only to Don Sutton"

Elster88 Apr 10 2006 02:10 PM

I have no memory of that fight. But if Tiny Teufel beat his ass it's even further proof that the Nasty Boys were a bunch of bullshit.

Rockin' Doc Apr 10 2006 02:30 PM

Great find Rotblatt. It's always fun to relive such fond memories.

Zvon Apr 10 2006 03:08 PM

THIS IS EXCELLENT! damn-I havent seen the RBI baseball looking graphics for a looooong time.

TheOldMole Apr 10 2006 03:15 PM

I loved it.

smg58 Apr 10 2006 07:43 PM

It's disturbing how vividly I remember every detail of that inning, although I guess I'm not the only one here like that.

seawolf17 Apr 10 2006 07:51 PM

Brilliant, brilliant work. Great find.

Willets Point Apr 10 2006 10:19 PM

Schiraldi has a fat ass.

*62 Apr 11 2006 06:22 AM

Player of The Game ............. Marty Barrett. NOT !!!

Edgy MD Apr 11 2006 06:39 AM

Did Backman try and bunt at that first strike?