T.J. LauermanComments Off on Bullpen Banter (S4 E04): MLB 19 Diamond Dynasty Preview
This week on Bullpen Banter, Kris and I discussed our thoughts about Diamond Dynasty prior to the launch of MLB The Show 19. In the next episode, we’ll find out how things actually turned out.
The show is streamed live on Twitch.tv/ThatSportsGamer, so head over there, follow the channel, and turn on notifications so you know when we go live.
Bullpen Banter is a weekly show hosted by myself (ThatSportsGamer) and Kris (SnaggleJ) dedicated to baseball video games, including MLB The Show, Out of the Park Baseball, and more. We’ll give you tips, strategies and team breakdowns.
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T.J. LauermanComments Off on Bullpen Banter (S4 E03): Lunchtime R.B.I. Baseball 19 Review
This week on Bullpen Banter, Kris and I spent our lunch time discussing a couple of topics, but spent most of the time talking about R.B.I. Baseball 19.
The show is streamed live on Twitch.tv/ThatSportsGamer, so head over there, follow the channel, and turn on notifications so you know when we go live.
Bullpen Banter is a weekly show hosted by myself (ThatSportsGamer) and Kris (SnaggleJ) dedicated to baseball video games, including MLB The Show, Out of the Park Baseball, and more. We’ll give you tips, strategies and team breakdowns.
The Bullpen Banter logo was created by BT Creative.
T.J. LauermanComments Off on My OOTP 20 Franchise Plans
I feel like I always need to start a post about OOTP with “As you may know, I’m the Head of Community at Out of the Park Developments…” because I don’t really know how this whole FTC disclosure thing works, but also because I want to be open an honest with you. You can take my thoughts with a grain of salt if you want to. However, OOTP doesn’t pay me for any of the posts on ThatSportsGamer.com.
With Out of the Park Baseball 20 releasing next week, I figured it would be a good time to talk about the franchises that I’m going to be doing when the game comes out. Much like last year, I’ll again be doing two franchises, one on the OOTP Developments’ channel, and one on my channel.
On Twitch.tv/OOTPDevelopments I’ll be taking over the St. Louis Cardinals in a franchise I’m calling “Redbirds Rising”. The Cardinals have a very interesting team with some great up-and-coming young pitchers, and some tough decisions to make in regards to expiring contracts, specifically Goldschmidt and Ozuna. Then we should also figure out what to do with Fowler and Yadi…
Redbirds Rising will be streamed on Twitch, and archived on YouTube.
On Twitch.tv/ThatSportsGamer I’m going to the south side of Chicago to take over the White Sox in a series that I’m titling the “South Side Hitmen” because that was the nickname of the 1977 White Sox team and, obviously, because of the XFL’s New York/New Jersey Hitmen.
As a bonus for people that Subscribe to my Twitch channel (at any tier), I’ll be creating them as prospects in the Draft Class after they subscribe with the above settings.
South Side Hitmen will be streamed on Twitch, and archived on YouTube.
T.J. LauermanComments Off on BB Mound Visit: Konami’s eBaseball League
Just a quick Mound Visit from me today. Last night I was clicking around to see if I could find any recent news on Konami’s Professional Baseball Spirits 2019, and instead I learned a lot more. Did you know that Konami has an eBaseball league for Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū aka Power Pros? I certainly didn’t. So in this episode I talked about what I learned.
Bullpen Banter is a weekly show hosted by myself (ThatSportsGamer) and Kris (SnaggleJ) dedicated to baseball video games, including MLB The Show, Out of the Park Baseball, and more. We’ll give you tips, strategies and team breakdowns.
The Bullpen Banter logo was created by BT Creative.
Bullpen Banter is a weekly show hosted by myself (ThatSportsGamer) and Kris (SnaggleJ) dedicated to baseball video games, including MLB The Show, Out of the Park Baseball, and more. We’ll give you tips, strategies and team breakdowns.
The Bullpen Banter logo was created by BT Creative.
T.J. LauermanComments Off on Bullpen Banter (S4 E01): Season Opener
This week on Bullpen Banter, Kris and I discussed the changes that we’re making to the show for 2019 to make this the best season of Bullpen Banter ever. We also talked about the pre-order options for MLB The Show 19, how you can transfer you logos from MLB The Show 18 to 19, and some leaked screenshots from this year.
Then we jumped into a conversation about which teams we are looking forward to using in MLB The Show 19 and Out of the Park Baseball 20, and why we would prefer some teams in one game over the other.
Finally, we wrap up the show talking about our excitement for Konami’s return to baseball video games, with Professional Baseball Spirits 2019, coming April 25th.
Bullpen Banter is a weekly show hosted by myself (ThatSportsGamer) and Kris (SnaggleJ) dedicated to baseball video games, including MLB The Show, Out of the Park Baseball, and more. We’ll give you tips, strategies and team breakdowns.
The Bullpen Banter logo was created by BT Creative.
T.J. LauermanComments Off on MMAA: d’Arnaud to d’Bench
We took a couple of hits to our rotation recently. deGrom went down for 6 weeks with back spasms, Wheeler is out for a couple of weeks with a sore wrist. To hold down the fort, we’ve signed Derek Holland to a 1-year deal, and called up, pitching prospect, P.J. Colon, who threw a solid 5 innings in his MLB debut.
The other main thing that happened during this advancement was that Travis d’Arnaud has been benched. He was putting up an unimpressive .221 / .264 / .336 slash line, while striking out in nearly 30% of his at bats.
Through June 4th, we’re 35-24, leading the NL East.
Disclaimer: I am the Baseball Community Manager for Out of the Park Developments, makers of Out of the Park Baseball. This series is not an ad for the game and the opinions expressed here are mine, and not that of OOTP Developments.
If you’re interested in checking out Out of the Park Baseball 19, you can go to ThatSportsGamer.com/OOTP19, and use Promo Code TSG19 to save 10% at checkout.
T.J. LauermanComments Off on MMAA: The “ToddFather” Departs
Just a quick little update. The “ToddFather” was traded to the Rangers for Rougned Odor, straight up. I’m still a little surprised that they were willing to pull the trigger. Maybe they’re afraid that Beltre will retire after the season? Either way, we save some money, and get a young quality second basemen in the process.
One of our owner goals was to extend Jeurys Familia. While it was against my better judgement to keep him, I decided to keep my owner happy and gave him a 5-year deal that could be worth $67 million, assuming he picks up his player options.
Through May 1st, we’re 17-11 and leading the NL East.
Disclaimer: I am the Baseball Community Manager for Out of the Park Developments, makers of Out of the Park Baseball. This series is not an ad for the game and the opinions expressed here are mine, and not that of OOTP Developments.
If you’re interested in checking out Out of the Park Baseball 19, you can go to ThatSportsGamer.com/OOTP19, and use Promo Code TSG19 to save 10% at checkout.
