Happy Birthday, Merv Rettenmund!
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by user DNL
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About fifteen years ago -- probably longer? -- a computer game for DOS was my mainstay pasttime. The game, PRO MANAGER (which must be in caps!), was a baseball simulator. By modern standards, it stunk. Nevertheless, in writing this, my heart skipped a beat, as I found a place to download it!!!!! Yes, that deserved five exclamation marks.
PRO MANAGER allowed you to build your own teams, and, indeed, you could enter in your own stats. I made a team involving myself, my two brothers, and three of our cousins. We rocked. We were so good that Babe Ruth, whose 1927 persona was added to the team, sucked in comparison.
Why'd I add Ruth to the team? It takes a long time to enter in new players in PRO MANAGER, and I was lazy. Six took the better part of an hour. So, when one of my aforementioned cousins wanted to make a team (the "Trumps," after his then-idol, the Donald), I insisted that he use a few "filler" players. One such player was selected solely due to his snazzy name.
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So today, on your 63rd birthday, I and my PRO MANAGER playing childhood salute you.
Date
Tue 06/06/06, 6:18 am EST
