Lied about age

tcblcommish · 04-13-2015, 02:08 PM

Anyone seen this storyline yet? I'm curious on where it's going...

Padreman · 04-13-2015, 02:13 PM

That's cool

Questdog · 04-13-2015, 02:18 PM

In real life, a player was suspended for a year and the team lost their rights to him for such an infraction.

tcblcommish · 04-15-2015, 06:26 PM

Well he wasn't suspended but there was another thing about it...

Imperialism32 · 04-15-2015, 06:50 PM

I got this... but the player was American!

Izz · 04-15-2015, 06:51 PM

I had this in 15. Didn't go anywhere after that news item, and just lowered his popularity a bit, iirc.

r0nster · 04-15-2015, 06:55 PM

happened in real life Raffel Furcal with the Braves. If I recall he claimed he was 2 years younger or older I forget which also sorry on the spelling of his first name

swoboda · 04-15-2015, 07:25 PM

how about Miguel Tejada,

and the king of older than he said he was ..... David Green

CaptainObvious · 04-15-2015, 08:21 PM

"Fausto Carmona"
Roberto Hernández (starting pitcher) - Wikipedia

tcblcommish · 04-15-2015, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Izz

I had this in 15. Didn't go anywhere after that news item, and just lowered his popularity a bit, iirc.

Yeah that is what happpened. I haven't seen that one before. Different

Tram2Whitaker · 04-15-2015, 09:12 PM

There was a rash of this a while back, I want to say 2003 or so, and a lot of the players involved were Dominican; such as Deivi Cruz who at the time was believed to be 26 years, turned out to be closer to 30. This was also about the same time that little league team had a 16 year old playing for them.

On the other end of the spectrum Adrian Beltre lied about his age
(apparently he was only 16 when he signed, which is a year too young) negating his original contract with the Dodgers and effectively making him an unrestricted free agent early in his life. Beltre got a huge payday, and never had any consequences; I'm surprised more players didn't try this.

frangipard · 04-15-2015, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tram2Whitaker

Beltre got a huge payday, and never had any consequences; I'm surprised more players didn't try this.

They have. Teams do a lot more checking now.

Avindian · 04-16-2015, 12:56 AM

How could a DNA test tell you someone's age anyway? Is that actually possible?

Dyzalot · 04-16-2015, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Avindian

How could a DNA test tell you someone's age anyway? Is that actually possible?

Quote:

A new saliva test developed by geneticists at the University of California, Los Angeles, reveals a person's age within five years, a finding that could have many applications in medicine, at crime scenes, and more.

"With just a saliva sample, we can accurately predict a person's age without knowing anything else about them," says principal investigator Dr. Eric Vilain, a professor of human genetics, pediatrics and urology, in a UCLA news release.

New saliva test reveals a person's approximate age - CNET

rpriske · 04-16-2015, 08:53 AM

Albert Pujols.

What?

nebradska · 04-16-2015, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

New saliva test reveals a person's approximate age - CNET

"Within 5 years."

So, no, not really.

Dyzalot · 04-16-2015, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by nebradska

"Within 5 years."

So, no, not really.

I think it is consistent with the story though since it says a "new and controversial DNA test suggests that he is older..."

MmmRocks · 04-18-2015, 09:24 AM

The Cuban government has no plans to hand over documentation of the player's age? What an over-site to not program future diplomatic relations with Cuba in to the game engine!

sabrtoothtiger · 04-23-2015, 04:26 PM

There was a bunch of guys having age changes after 9/11 and visa's need to be renewed.

Hoiles · 04-24-2015, 11:26 AM

Probably HOFer Vladimir Guerrero also is a year older than originally thought...

This happens in my leagues quite often too, mostly with American players (of course, that's because most players are American)

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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	In real life, a player was suspended for a year and the team lost their rights to him for such an infraction.

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Imperialism32 Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 341	I got this... but the player was American!

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r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,083	happened in real life Raffel Furcal with the Braves. If I recall he claimed he was 2 years younger or older I forget which also sorry on the spelling of his first name

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CaptainObvious Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: internet Posts: 122	"Fausto Carmona" Roberto Hernández (starting pitcher) - Wikipedia

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Tram2Whitaker All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 619	There was a rash of this a while back, I want to say 2003 or so, and a lot of the players involved were Dominican; such as Deivi Cruz who at the time was believed to be 26 years, turned out to be closer to 30. This was also about the same time that little league team had a 16 year old playing for them. On the other end of the spectrum Adrian Beltre lied about his age (apparently he was only 16 when he signed, which is a year too young) negating his original contract with the Dodgers and effectively making him an unrestricted free agent early in his life. Beltre got a huge payday, and never had any consequences; I'm surprised more players didn't try this. __________________ 404'd!

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Avindian Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 274	How could a DNA test tell you someone's age anyway? Is that actually possible?

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MmmRocks Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 155 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	The Cuban government has no plans to hand over documentation of the player's age? What an over-site to not program future diplomatic relations with Cuba in to the game engine!

04-23-2015, 04:26 PM	#19
sabrtoothtiger Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 137	There was a bunch of guys having age changes after 9/11 and visa's need to be renewed.

04-24-2015, 11:26 AM	#20
Hoiles All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 574	Probably HOFer Vladimir Guerrero also is a year older than originally thought... This happens in my leagues quite often too, mostly with American players (of course, that's because most players are American)