My cat cost me a playoff game

rink23 · 11-26-2020, 04:37 AM

It's Game 3 of the 2030 Midwest Baseball League National League Championship Series between my St. Louis River Walkers and Twin Cities Snow Cats at old Metropolitan Stadium.
The Walkers lead the best-of-5 series 2-0, and have just taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth inning on a solo homer by Jared Thomas.
During the top of the ninth, my cat (Kat) decided she needed some quality time and sat down in my lap.
She does this often, never been a problem.
Well, just as we go from the top of the ninth to the bottom, she decides she wants to go sit in front of the computer screen. (As pictured, some times she will lie down between the speakers, so I can still see the screen).
On her way up, she steps on the keyboard causing game action.
Guy flies out, no big deal.
But she immediately turns around -- and before I can get my lights-out closer into the game -- and comes back down and again steps on the keyboard.
Home run, tie game.
To make things worse, the keyboard had shifted to the right so my fingers were out of place.
So when my best hitter stepped to the plate in the top of the 10th, the finger which I thought was on the take button was on the bunt button.
Out No. 1.
Twin Cities hits a one-out homer in the bottom of the 10th to win it.
Now we have a series.
And in the eight-plus years I have had Kat, this was probably the first time I have yelled at her. I need to go apologize.

Westheim · 11-26-2020, 05:23 AM

Meanwhile, the cat's post in the Weird Owners Forum reads something like this:

Why Human yell at Kat over playing silly game?

Human should play with Kat instead!

rink23 · 11-26-2020, 05:30 AM

All is forgiven.
I won Game 4 8-4 to win the series, and advance to the World Series.
Although, Kat is still sleeping/hiding underneath the bed.

luckymann · 11-26-2020, 08:40 AM

Don't let her guilt you out of the fact that she sabotaged your game while you were playing the SNOW CATS!! She knew what she was doing, believe me.

ALB123 · 11-26-2020, 09:19 AM

rink23, I'm not surprised by this at all. I had something similar happen to me when I used to play OOTP 20 at my friend's house. I did a little investigating and I was astonished to learn my episode wasn't a random accident...and I absolutely believe yours wasn't either.

There's a small possibility I am wrong, but I don't think I am. This seems to happen more frequently than you'd think. I thought something was interesting with your story 5 seconds after I started to read it. Surely, I can't be the only one who noticed that your opponent was the Twin Cities Snow Cats. Snow Cats. Go ahead and brush it off, but I'm telling you...this sounds like Kat planned this before your game even started. Remember that I said something very similar happened to me? It just so happened that my Yankees were facing the Detroit Tigers that evening. Tigers.

Still think I'm crazy?

TNCubsFan · 11-26-2020, 01:07 PM

It sounds like a "CATastrophie" to me.
"PURRfectly" planned.

Ok, I will show myself out.

Questdog · 11-26-2020, 03:03 PM

Just another of the one million plus reasons it is better to have a dog!

BillyBall · 11-26-2020, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Questdog

Just another of the one million plus reasons it is better to have a dog!

2 reasons why cats are better:

You don't have to take them for walks every day and you don't have to clean up their poo.

Bluenoser · 11-26-2020, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BillyBall

2 reasons why cats are better:

You don't have to take them for walks every day and you don't have to clean up their poo.

1. Walks are great exercise for you as well as the dog.

2. So you never ever clean out the litter box? Must smell nice in your house.

The_Offspring187 · 11-26-2020, 05:51 PM

Let us know how the World Series goes. I'm intrigued if there will be anymore hijinks ensuing lol.

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BillyBall · 11-26-2020, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

1. Walks are great exercise for you as well as the dog.

2. So you never ever clean out the litter box? Must smell nice in your house.

I actually go for a lot of walks, but just when I'm in the mood and it's not 30 below.

Clean up the poo every day with a scoop that gets under the kitty litter topping rather than picking up the steaming stuff with a flimsy bag. I guess when its 30 below it hardens up pretty quickly though.

luckymann · 11-26-2020, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Offspring187

Let us know how the World Series goes. I'm intrigued if there will be anymore hijinks ensuing lol.

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Best to be safe and keep the mouse out of sight or all hell could break loose...

spitfire · 11-27-2020, 03:20 AM

I have a cat named Mouse. You want to talk about an identity crisis .........

luckymann · 11-27-2020, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by spitfire

I have a cat named Mouse. You want to talk about an identity crisis .........

That must really dog him...

rink23 · 11-27-2020, 07:57 AM

World Series update: Trail 3-2 after five games.
Won the first two games in Cleveland, and than dropped three straight at home -- including a 5-0 loss in Game 5.
My No. 2 and 3 best hitters (Segura and Rossi) are a combined 4 for 40 -- which would usually mean a day off, in how I handle my players -- but can you do that with every thing on the line?

luckymann · 11-27-2020, 09:43 AM

Whaddya asking us for, let Tony LaPussa decide...

rink23 · 11-27-2020, 06:16 PM

Kat says to go with who got you there. Just maybe shuffle them down in the batting order.
We'll see sometime tonight.

The_Offspring187 · 11-27-2020, 06:21 PM

Good luck Rink! I hope you come from behind to win it all!

rink23 · 11-28-2020, 05:55 AM

NOTE: I won Game 6 4-3, to force a game 7. This is almost as nerve-wracking as the real thing, and I have been to a couple of them. StL vs. Houston, 2004 NLCS (Rolen homer's off Clemens, Edmonds catch on Ausmus) and StL vs. Texas in 2006 WS (Cards beat Rangers, after Freese's big game the night before). Write up is from my thread in fictional simulations.
I started this season on Oct. 8. I play out every inning of every game. It is a grind. But I love it, especially in this messed up world. Gives me something to focus on.

One bad pitch, one bad decision.
It can be the difference between being a champion and not.
St. Louis River Walkers starting pitcher Zack Hunsinger had cruised through the first six innings.
He had allowed just three hits and thrown only 58 pitches to help his team lead 1-0 in Game 7 of the 2030 World Series against the Cleveland Juke Box Heroes at Cleveland Stadium (1980).
So when he allowed a lead-off double to Mac Horvath in the bottom of the seventh, manager Mike Renkes stuck with Hunsicker, a right-hander.
After all, switch-hitting catcher Tony Jackson was hitting just .182 in the series and dangerous right-handed hitter Joe Silverstein was on deck.
Jackson drove Hunsicker's 1-0 pitch 423 feet over the fence in right center.
And neither team would score again.
The Walkers got the game's only other run in the top of the fourth on a solo homer from Jared Thomas off Heroes starting pitcher Adonis Medina.
Medina would pitch 4.2 innings, allowing the one run on four hits. He struck out seven and walked one.
Gunnar Hoagland finished the fifth and worked a silent sixth.
Bob Granillo pitched around a hit in the seventh.
Granillo (1-1) earned the win.
Cleveland closer Adam Wenger handled the final two innings.
He set the side down in order in the eighth.
In the ninth, Thomas singled with one out, but Wenger struck out Rick Scott and Jean Carmona to end it.
Medina and Wenger are both former River Walkers.
Medina was part of their starting rotation when St. Louis last won the title in 2025.
He had a career record of 41-28 in four seasons with the Walkers, before departing as a high-priced free agent after the 2028 season.
A still-young Wenger only made 11 appearances with St. Louis, all in the 2025 season, before being traded to Cleveland in the off-season.
A failed deal that saw St. Louis send Edgar Bustillos and Wegner to Cleveland for Fernando Tatis Jr.
Tatis Jr. didn't play well at all in his time in St. Louis before being traded to Des Moines for starting pitcher Kaneo Kawamoto and reliever Cory Tiller.
Bustillos and Tatis Jr. will both be MVP candidates this season.
The championship is Cleveland's first, and was their first postseason appearance.

CBeisbol · 11-28-2020, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rink23

NOTE: I won Game 6 4-3, to force a game 7. This is almost as nerve-wracking as the real thing, and I have been to a couple of them. StL vs. Houston, 2004 NLCS (Rolen homer's off Clemens, Edmonds catch on Ausmus) and StL vs. Texas in 2006 WS (Cards beat Rangers, after Freese's big game the night before). Write up is from my thread in fictional simulations.
I started this season on Oct. 8. I play out every inning of every game. It is a grind. But I love it, especially in this messed up world. Gives me something to focus on.

One bad pitch, one bad decision.
It can be the difference between being a champion and not.
St. Louis River Walkers starting pitcher Zack Hunsinger had cruised through the first six innings.
He had allowed just three hits and thrown only 58 pitches to help his team lead 1-0 in Game 7 of the 2030 World Series against the Cleveland Juke Box Heroes at Cleveland Stadium (1980).
So when he allowed a lead-off double to Mac Horvath in the bottom of the seventh, manager Mike Renkes stuck with Hunsicker, a right-hander.
After all, switch-hitting catcher Tony Jackson was hitting just .182 in the series and dangerous right-handed hitter Joe Silverstein was on deck.
Jackson drove Hunsicker's 1-0 pitch 423 feet over the fence in right center.
And neither team would score again.
The Walkers got the game's only other run in the top of the fourth on a solo homer from Jared Thomas off Heroes starting pitcher Adonis Medina.
Medina would pitch 4.2 innings, allowing the one run on four hits. He struck out seven and walked one.
Gunnar Hoagland finished the fifth and worked a silent sixth.
Bob Granillo pitched around a hit in the seventh.
Granillo (1-1) earned the win.
Cleveland closer Adam Wenger handled the final two innings.
He set the side down in order in the eighth.
In the ninth, Thomas singled with one out, but Wenger struck out Rick Scott and Jean Carmona to end it.
Medina and Wenger are both former River Walkers.
Medina was part of their starting rotation when St. Louis last won the title in 2025.
He had a career record of 41-28 in four seasons with the Walkers, before departing as a high-priced free agent after the 2028 season.
A still-young Wenger only made 11 appearances with St. Louis, all in the 2025 season, before being traded to Cleveland in the off-season.
A failed deal that saw St. Louis send Edgar Bustillos and Wegner to Cleveland for Fernando Tatis Jr.
Tatis Jr. didn't play well at all in his time in St. Louis before being traded to Des Moines for starting pitcher Kaneo Kawamoto and reliever Cory Tiller.
Bustillos and Tatis Jr. will both be MVP candidates this season.
The championship is Cleveland's first, and was their first postseason appearance.

That poor lone River Walker,uh, walking through the, uh, sea of, uh, Heroes.

11-26-2020, 04:37 AM	#1
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 22,132	My cat cost me a playoff game/eventually lost Game 7 of World Series It's Game 3 of the 2030 Midwest Baseball League National League Championship Series between my St. Louis River Walkers and Twin Cities Snow Cats at old Metropolitan Stadium. The Walkers lead the best-of-5 series 2-0, and have just taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth inning on a solo homer by Jared Thomas. During the top of the ninth, my cat (Kat) decided she needed some quality time and sat down in my lap. She does this often, never been a problem. Well, just as we go from the top of the ninth to the bottom, she decides she wants to go sit in front of the computer screen. (As pictured, some times she will lie down between the speakers, so I can still see the screen). On her way up, she steps on the keyboard causing game action. Guy flies out, no big deal. But she immediately turns around -- and before I can get my lights-out closer into the game -- and comes back down and again steps on the keyboard. Home run, tie game. To make things worse, the keyboard had shifted to the right so my fingers were out of place. So when my best hitter stepped to the plate in the top of the 10th, the finger which I thought was on the take button was on the bunt button. Out No. 1. Twin Cities hits a one-out homer in the bottom of the 10th to win it. Now we have a series. And in the eight-plus years I have had Kat, this was probably the first time I have yelled at her. I need to go apologize. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 11-28-2020 at 06:34 AM.

11-26-2020, 05:23 AM	#2
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,743	Meanwhile, the cat's post in the Weird Owners Forum reads something like this: Why Human yell at Kat over playing silly game? Human should play with Kat instead! __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

11-26-2020, 08:40 AM	#4
luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 13,426	Don't let her guilt you out of the fact that she sabotaged your game while you were playing the SNOW CATS!! She knew what she was doing, believe me. __________________ HISTORICAL DO-OVERS A'S RED SOX DODGERS CUSTOM SAVES ECLIPSE LEAGUE MOON SHOT LEAGUE EVERYMAN LEAGUE GULF LEAGUE USBA

11-26-2020, 09:19 AM	#5
ALB123 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 638	rink23, I'm not surprised by this at all. I had something similar happen to me when I used to play OOTP 20 at my friend's house. I did a little investigating and I was astonished to learn my episode wasn't a random accident...and I absolutely believe yours wasn't either. There's a small possibility I am wrong, but I don't think I am. This seems to happen more frequently than you'd think. I thought something was interesting with your story 5 seconds after I started to read it. Surely, I can't be the only one who noticed that your opponent was the Twin Cities Snow Cats. Snow Cats. Go ahead and brush it off, but I'm telling you...this sounds like Kat planned this before your game even started. Remember that I said something very similar happened to me? It just so happened that my Yankees were facing the Detroit Tigers that evening. Tigers. Still think I'm crazy? __________________ "I'm on the side that's always lost against the side of Heaven. I'm on the side of snake-eyes tossed against the side of seven" - Leonard Cohen "The Captain"

11-26-2020, 01:07 PM	#6
TNCubsFan Major Leagues Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 300	It sounds like a "CATastrophie" to me. "PURRfectly" planned. Ok, I will show myself out. __________________ "If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out" George Brett HOF

11-26-2020, 05:30 AM	#3
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 22,132	All is forgiven. I won Game 4 8-4 to win the series, and advance to the World Series. Although, Kat is still sleeping/hiding underneath the bed.

11-26-2020, 03:03 PM	#7
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Just another of the one million plus reasons it is better to have a dog!

11-26-2020, 05:51 PM	#10
The_Offspring187 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 482	Let us know how the World Series goes. I'm intrigued if there will be anymore hijinks ensuing lol. Sent from my SM-S102DL using Tapatalk

11-27-2020, 03:20 AM	#13
spitfire All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 543	I have a cat named Mouse. You want to talk about an identity crisis .........

11-27-2020, 07:57 AM	#15
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 22,132	World Series update: Trail 3-2 after five games. Won the first two games in Cleveland, and than dropped three straight at home -- including a 5-0 loss in Game 5. My No. 2 and 3 best hitters (Segura and Rossi) are a combined 4 for 40 -- which would usually mean a day off, in how I handle my players -- but can you do that with every thing on the line? Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 11-27-2020 at 08:04 AM.

11-27-2020, 09:43 AM	#16
luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 13,426	Whaddya asking us for, let Tony LaPussa decide... __________________ HISTORICAL DO-OVERS A'S RED SOX DODGERS CUSTOM SAVES ECLIPSE LEAGUE MOON SHOT LEAGUE EVERYMAN LEAGUE GULF LEAGUE USBA

11-27-2020, 06:16 PM	#17
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 22,132	Kat says to go with who got you there. Just maybe shuffle them down in the batting order. We'll see sometime tonight. Attached Images

11-27-2020, 06:21 PM	#18
The_Offspring187 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 482	Good luck Rink! I hope you come from behind to win it all!

11-28-2020, 05:55 AM	#19
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 22,132	Losing a Game 7 stinks NOTE: I won Game 6 4-3, to force a game 7. This is almost as nerve-wracking as the real thing, and I have been to a couple of them. StL vs. Houston, 2004 NLCS (Rolen homer's off Clemens, Edmonds catch on Ausmus) and StL vs. Texas in 2006 WS (Cards beat Rangers, after Freese's big game the night before). Write up is from my thread in fictional simulations. I started this season on Oct. 8. I play out every inning of every game. It is a grind. But I love it, especially in this messed up world. Gives me something to focus on. One bad pitch, one bad decision. It can be the difference between being a champion and not. St. Louis River Walkers starting pitcher Zack Hunsinger had cruised through the first six innings. He had allowed just three hits and thrown only 58 pitches to help his team lead 1-0 in Game 7 of the 2030 World Series against the Cleveland Juke Box Heroes at Cleveland Stadium (1980). So when he allowed a lead-off double to Mac Horvath in the bottom of the seventh, manager Mike Renkes stuck with Hunsicker, a right-hander. After all, switch-hitting catcher Tony Jackson was hitting just .182 in the series and dangerous right-handed hitter Joe Silverstein was on deck. Jackson drove Hunsicker's 1-0 pitch 423 feet over the fence in right center. And neither team would score again. The Walkers got the game's only other run in the top of the fourth on a solo homer from Jared Thomas off Heroes starting pitcher Adonis Medina. Medina would pitch 4.2 innings, allowing the one run on four hits. He struck out seven and walked one. Gunnar Hoagland finished the fifth and worked a silent sixth. Bob Granillo pitched around a hit in the seventh. Granillo (1-1) earned the win. Cleveland closer Adam Wenger handled the final two innings. He set the side down in order in the eighth. In the ninth, Thomas singled with one out, but Wenger struck out Rick Scott and Jean Carmona to end it. Medina and Wenger are both former River Walkers. Medina was part of their starting rotation when St. Louis last won the title in 2025. He had a career record of 41-28 in four seasons with the Walkers, before departing as a high-priced free agent after the 2028 season. A still-young Wenger only made 11 appearances with St. Louis, all in the 2025 season, before being traded to Cleveland in the off-season. A failed deal that saw St. Louis send Edgar Bustillos and Wegner to Cleveland for Fernando Tatis Jr. Tatis Jr. didn't play well at all in his time in St. Louis before being traded to Des Moines for starting pitcher Kaneo Kawamoto and reliever Cory Tiller. Bustillos and Tatis Jr. will both be MVP candidates this season. The championship is Cleveland's first, and was their first postseason appearance. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 11-28-2020 at 06:07 AM.