Father / Son?

lschaef · 12-03-2013, 01:25 PM

Is there a way in the game to tell for sure if a player is the son of a former player?

I named the Pitcher of the Year award after Justin Kane, who is now 53 and retired. He had a 14 year career with a 2.58 ERA.

I suddenly noticed that my next game is against Justin Kane (not named Jr.), who is a 25 year old playing in his first full season.

bwburke94 · 12-03-2013, 02:37 PM

There used to be a way, at least.

garion333 · 12-03-2013, 03:42 PM

Did facegen make them look alike? That'd be cool.

Questdog · 12-03-2013, 04:04 PM

The game creates 0 relatives......

It's up to you to infer relationships.

David Watts · 12-03-2013, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Questdog

The game creates 0 relatives......

It's up to you to infer relationships.

Sounds a lot like Thanksgiving at our house.

Marinersfan51 · 12-03-2013, 04:53 PM

I have seen juniors in fictional league though. In one of my leagues there is Jason Barney Jr. and there was a Jason Barney.

Questdog · 12-03-2013, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Marinersfan51

I have seen juniors in fictional league though. In one of my leagues there is Jason Barney Jr. and there was a Jason Barney.

Just luck.....there are juniors with no corresponding Sr. as well......

The Game · 12-03-2013, 07:16 PM

In my EBL I have Homer Simpson and Bart Simpson. Granted I created both and Homer is based of of Griffey Sr while Bart is based off of Junior. They both play for the Isotopes. I had a player in my league named Keon Durham, i was convinced he was Leon Durhams son but could not find him on baseball ref.

Bluenoser · 12-03-2013, 07:48 PM

What Questdog and The Game said - infer the relationship, create the players. That's one of the beauties of OOTP, customization.

I once had a fictional league that ran for a little over 200 seasons. My great granddaddy, my granddaddy, my daddy, me, my son, and my grandson all played in it.

Two of us even made the HOF----not me though.

The Game · 12-04-2013, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

I once had a fictional league that ran for a little over 200 seasons. My great granddaddy, my granddaddy, my daddy, me, my son, and my grandson all played in it.

Two of us even made the HOF----not me though.

My father and I made the HOF for mine. My great granddaddy (Ray Schalk) My grandfather (Sherm Lollar) and my Uncle (Andy Benes) did not. I was a SP on steroids and my dad was Mickey Mantle.

D-BacksJosh · 12-04-2013, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by The Game

I was a SP on steroids and my dad was Mickey Mantle.

At least you admit to it. You could have said something like "I was a SP who was unknowingly injected with steroids."

The Game · 12-04-2013, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by D-BacksJosh

At least you admit to it. You could have said something like "I was a SP who was unknowingly injected with steroids."

I had 5 pitches Knuckleball, Screwball, Sinker, Fastball & Changeup yet I led te league in K 7 years ina row over 340 each year. I also have 125 career HR playing some RF & C. 330 wins 2.96 ERA 3200 K

ThatSeventiesGuy · 12-05-2013, 12:23 PM

I had Armando "Mastadon" Fernandez as a sort of jack-of-all-trades pitcher - you could put him in the rotation, long relief, middle relief, you name it and he'd do a great job - in my Mariners and Arrows dynasties for several years. When I saw a young pitcher in the minors named Armando Fernandez, I traded for him, and he was Son of Mastadon in my mind. Unfortunately, that was in the now-fried 1961-1989 seasons, so he never got a chance to get past Double A.

Rex Dart · 12-07-2013, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Questdog

Just luck.....there are juniors with no corresponding Sr. as well......

I think it's more than just luck, at least in my fictional European league.

The league started in 2013, and as of December 2018, there are 4 "Jr." names in the league. One's a coach with no antecedent in the database.

The other three:
Roman Freisinger (a "respected veteran leader" 2B I took in the initial draft as a stopgap 2B who sucked, then had an All-Star season as soon as I traded him) begat Roman Freisinger, Jr.
Petar Stolic begat Petar Stolic, Jr.
Arie "Highlight Reel" Schuur (40, still active as an MR) begat Arie "Two Shoes" Schuur, Jr. (18)

I think that's pretty clearly beyond random naming chance. (Interesting to see that the trait of having a colorful nickname may be inheritable.)

Also interestingly, while the fathers hailed from several European countries (Freisinger was a Czech, for instance), the sons all hail from Slovenia - the country designated as the "home" of the League, even though the teams are in 16 different countries.

Padreman · 12-07-2013, 12:34 PM

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garion333 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 135	Did facegen make them look alike? That'd be cool.

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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	The game creates 0 relatives...... It's up to you to infer relationships.

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Marinersfan51 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 777	I have seen juniors in fictional league though. In one of my leagues there is Jason Barney Jr. and there was a Jason Barney.

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Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,508	What Questdog and The Game said - infer the relationship, create the players. That's one of the beauties of OOTP, customization. I once had a fictional league that ran for a little over 200 seasons. My great granddaddy, my granddaddy, my daddy, me, my son, and my grandson all played in it. Two of us even made the HOF----not me though.