The Facegen Thread

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Josh L. Bell (Josh Lee Bell)

[Clifflee34]

hoskins

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Request:

Josh L. Bell (Josh Lee Bell)

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Request:

Yunior Severino (Twins prospect ex-Braves)

[RANGER11JP]

Josh Lee Bell

[Outlaw Jim]

Yunior Severino

[Amazin69]

The current St. John Bosco coach (and ex-U of the Pacific assistant coach/recruiting coordinator) put up some nice minor league numbers in the Angel and Dodger systems in the early '90s.

Unfortunately for him, his best year (1.111 OPS at Albuquerque) was 1994 and, due to the strike, there was no September for him to get a call-up in. Damn you, Orel Hershiser!*



*-per Sports Illustrated, Hershiser was apparently an utter d'bag during the negotiating sessions, daring ownership to call the players' bluff on the strike

“It doesn’t matter what we do,” Dodgers player representative Orel Hershiser reportedly told the owners in the final negotiating sessions two days before the strike date. “You’re going to get rid of Selig and [lead counsel Richard] Ravitch, get a new negotiating team and you’re going to cave in.”

Instead, we not only lost the series, we had to put up with Selig for another 20 goddamn years, as he ruined the game (IMO) with steroid-ball, wild cards, inter-league play and other garbage. (Maybe there would still be stadiums named for sleazy banks no matter who was Commissioner [Madison Square Garden is literally the only non-corporate-named arena in the NBA/NHL], but it's not as if Selig fought the trend…) Next time keep your yap shut, dope.

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Could someone please do Alex Valverde. Thank you

[Outlaw Jim]

Don Barbara: Sorry about the cock-eyed look. No matter how much I rotate and adjust the points in facegen he comes up with his head tilted, like the photo

[Outlaw Jim]

valverde:

[Amazin69]

Thanks for Barbara!

How about Blue Jays A-ball flamethrower Rob Blumberg?



(The K/9 numbers aren't actually that impressive [9.8 at St. Catherine's in '89, 8.7 at Myrtle Beach in '90], but the AI likes him.)

BTW, in the game I'm requesting these guys for, thread veteran Chris Knabenshue is currently leading the Phillies in Home Runs as we head down the stretch in 1991. Granted, they're a terrible team, but even so…

[Outlaw Jim]

Rob Blumberg:

[Outlaw Jim]

Rob Blumberg 2:

Did a second - was not so sure about the eyes looking away - second image was straight forward but a little grainy.

[nemolee.exe]

I have a couple:

Jamie Romak: http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=...full/31211.png
Coco Crisp: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/player...hot/424825.jpg
KwangMin Kwon: http://www.milb.com/images/666247/ge...270/666247.jpg
Muneroi Kawasaki (with glasses): https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-cont...a-20170428.jpg
Brett Cecil (with glasses): http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/player...hot/446399.jpg
Tyler Clippard (with glasses): https://www.zennioptical.com/blog/wp.../2014/04/i.png
Bryan Pena: http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=...ng&w=350&h=254
Tim Lincecum: http://www.milb.com/images/453311/ge...270/453311.jpg
Nate Scheirholtz: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/player...hot/435625.jpg

[Amazin69]

Thanks for that second Blumberg; I had thought about using that pic, but worried it was from too far away.

The AI Jays are doing great despite a lot of pitching injuries; they're also using Blumberg's 1990 Myrtle Beach teammate Mike Ogliaruso. (Who really only had the one good year [14-9, 2.47, 8.5 K/9], but it's at the right time to impress the AI, I guess.)



And here's Tony (or "Anthony") Manahan, who got a "Rookie Stars" card from Fleer Ultra in '94 after a solid '93 at AAA Calgary. But with Felix Fermin having a good 1994 (although, of course, the Vizquel trade was ultimately horrible for the M's) and this Alex Rodriguez kid ready to take over, Manahan never even got a chance to be a rookie, much less a "star".



Thanks in advance.

(Trivia note: Felix Fermin wrapped up his career with 11 games for the 1996 Cubs. If I ever knew that, I'd forgotten it.)

[Outlaw Jim]

Originally Posted by Amazin69

Thanks for that second Blumberg; I had thought about using that pic, but worried it was from too far away.

The AI Jays are doing great despite a lot of pitching injuries; they're also using Blumberg's 1990 Myrtle Beach teammate Mike Ogliaruso. (Who really only had the one good year [14-9, 2.47, 8.5 K/9], but it's at the right time to impress the AI, I guess.)

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And here's Tony (or "Anthony") Manahan, who got a "Rookie Stars" card from Fleer Ultra in '94 after a solid '93 at AAA Calgary. But with Felix Fermin having a good 1994 (although, of course, the Vizquel trade was ultimately horrible for the M's) and this Alex Rodriguez kid ready to take over, Manahan never even got a chance to be a rookie, much less a "star".

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Thanks in advance.

(Trivia note: Felix Fermin wrapped up his career with 11 games for the 1996 Cubs. If I ever knew that, I'd forgotten it.)

Here they are - they get a bit grainy in the facegen program, tinkered around a bit and they came out okay.

[Amazin69]

Thanks for those!

Toolsy Tracy Sanders (not the Tracy Sanders who backed up Deion at Florida State, and no relation to either) was a AA-stud in five systems (Cleveland, San Diego, Mets, Texas, Pittsburgh) but only got to sniff AAA with Norfolk in 1995. His fantastic walk rate got his OBP over .400, but the Mets were less than impressed with the .227 batting average. Same thing for the 40 HRs he hit in the KBO in 1999…nobody cares when you're only hitting .247. And so it goes.



(Many cards available for Sanders, at least in his early years. Apparently the companies thought he was going somewhere…other than Korea, I mean.)

Dan Cholowsky had a long run as a defensive-first catcher in the Cardinals chain, getting not one, but two, Bowman cards out of the deal. But they never could teach him how to hit, and a Gold Glove can only carry a Tin Bat so far, it seems.



Andy Nezelek was such a prospect with the Braves that he went to big-league camp in 1988, and got major-league Donruss cards in both the '89 and '90 sets. (In fact, I remembered Nezelek from those sets so well that I was surprised to learn he never got a call-up.) After missing 1991 due to shoulder troubles, he came back with his best season yet in 1992…and then lost both '93 and '94 to the shoulder problems and was done.

Good thing then that, after being optioned out to Greenville in '88, Nezelek had chosen to delay the start of his season and finish his Engineering degree at Bucknell. (Christy Mathewson would be proud. Go Bison!)



Tim Barker was able to put up good OBP and speed numbers at a variety of AAA stops, but his batting average was ordinary (.272 MiLB career), his power was almost non-existent, and his glove work was troubling. Still, no worse than many who got the chances he didn't.

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Came out good -

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Shading on eye was a bit difficult but image worked out fine.

[Outlaw Jim]

Loved looking up the history of this guy - interesting on what might of been. At worst probably an average player ...