The Replacements - Lan's CAP Dynasty (MLB 09)

[LanteriX]

February 1st, 2009

Pittsburgh Pirates Holding Open Tryouts

Pittsburgh (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have officially announced open tryouts for invites to their 2009 spring training camp set to begin on February 16th. The Pirates ownership has launched the search for replacement players after their players went on strike with a mysterious list of demands that has not been leaked to the press.

Pirates ownership has given the players an ultimatum that if they do not cooperate by the break of camp then discussions will be put off until the off-season at earliest as they want to focus on whoever will be in uniform this season.

The open trouts will be a 5 day camp beginning on Monday February 16th and ending on Friday the 20th. All parties interested in trying out will need to provide the organization with a signed waiver, and a background of their playing history prior to these tryout camps. The minimum age requirement is set at 21, as the organization expects serious struggles, and wants the team to be able to drink it off.

See the following page for further details on reporting to open tryouts.

[LanteriX]

Join the Pirates

Welcome all applicants!

The Pirates organization requires the following information from you in order to tryout for the team:

Summary of playing experience:

General

First Name:
Last Name:
First Name Audio:
Last Name Audio:
Age:
Jersey Number:
Primary Position:
Secondary Position
Throws:
BatS:

Body

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Hair

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Eyes

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Eyebrows

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Nose

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Ears

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Chin

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Neck

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Adam's Apple:
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Facial Hair

Facial Hair 1

Style:
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(copy if you want 2, 3, 4, or 5)

Accessories

Bat Color:
Glove Color:
Left Sleeve:
Right Sleeve:
Left Wristband:
Right Wristband:
Left Forearm Band:
Right Forearm Band:
Wrist Tape:
Batting Glove:
Gloves in Pocket:
Turtleneck:
Helmet Style:
Helmet Pipne Tar:
Dual-Flap Helmet:
Glasses:
Eye Black:
Elbow Guard:
Shin Guard:
Pants Style:
Catcher's Mask:
Knee Savers:

Personalize

Pitching Style:
Batting Stance:
Walkup Music:
Reliever Entry MusIC:

Pitch Types (Give me Pitches and the velocity you want)
Type 1:
Type 2:
Type 3:
Type 4:
Type 5:

For Batter and pitchers:
Give me a major league player that you want to be modeled after.
Keep in mind you are replacement players, so try to keep it conservative. Basically think of your favorite ..average joe player or perhaps a washed up old player trying to make a comeback?

Let's also try to get a good variety of ages. We could have washed up old pros coming out of retirement, minor league journeymen, players from other countries. Be creative!

Note: I don't expect you to fill in all the little details of your appearance. However, I suck at creating people to look like them, so if you really want to look like yourself, then I'll need as many details possible. For the ones that require coordinates give me the (x, y) numbers, and the ones that need sliders, give me the value starting from 0.

[cubsfan203]

Sorry I don't really know how the show works so I'm just playing it by ear.

General

First Name: Chris
Last Name: Matthews
First Name Audio:
Last Name Audio:
Age: 19
Jersey Number: 88
Primary Position: Closer
Secondary Position: Starter
Throws: Left
BatS: Left

Body

Skin Tone: Um...white?
Height: 6'6
Weight: 180
Body Type: Skinny?
Neck Size:



Hair

Hair Style: Spiky?
Hair Color: Brown
Sideburn Style: Short


Eyes

Eye Color: Brown


h:

Nose


Ears

Size: ....smaall? lol

Accessories

Bat Color: Black
Glove Color: Black
Left Wristband: Small Team Color
Right Forearm Band: Team color
Batting Glove: Yes?

Personalize

Pitching Style: Dontrelle Willis
Batting Stance: Pujols
Walkup Music: Wild Thing
Reliever Entry MusIC: Wild Thing

Pitch Types (Give me Pitches and the velocity you want)
Type 1: Fastball (as fast as it goes! )
Type 2: 2-Seam Fastball (2-3 mph slower than 4seam)
Type 3: (Power) Slider (90)
Type 4: (Power) Curve (86)

For Batter and pitchers:
Give me a major league player that you want to be modeled after.
Keep in mind you are replacement players, so try to keep it conservative. Basically think of your favorite ..average joe player or perhaps a washed up old player trying to make a comeback?

Think of Wild Thing from Major Leagues if you've seen that movie. All sorts of power and velocity, but NO control whatsoever lol. I'll change it if you want, but it could be entertaining.

[LanteriX]

Cool, that's a good setup. Should be interesting to pitch without knowing where it'll go. Haha.

[borman_48]

General

First Name: Hank
Last Name: Micheals
First Name Audio: Hank (or Henry? if necessary)
Last Name Audio: Micheals
Age: 39
Jersey Number: 46
Primary Position: 1B
Secondary Position: C
Throws: R
BatS: R

Body

Skin Tone: skin 1 or 2
Height: 6'2
Weight: 250
Body Type: Fat
Neck Size: large

Hair

Hair Style: balding/half bald
Hair Color: black
Sideburn Style: none

Facial Hair

Facial Hair 1

Style: maybe put a goatee on him if you want
Length:
Color:

(copy if you want 2, 3, 4, or 5)

Accessories

Bat Color: pine
Glove Color: black
Left Sleeve:
Right Sleeve:
Left Wristband:
Right Wristband:
Left Forearm Band:
Right Forearm Band:
Wrist Tape:
Batting Glove: both
Gloves in Pocket: no
Turtleneck:
Helmet Style: old
Helmet Pipne Tar: medium
Dual-Flap Helmet: no
Glasses:
Eye Black: yes
Elbow Guard: yes
Shin Guard: yes
Pants Style: low
Catcher's Mask: old
Knee Savers: yes

Personalize

Pitching Style:
Batting Stance: Zimmerman
Walkup Music:
Reliever Entry MusIC:


Micheals played minor league ball for 12 different teams in 10 years, only getting a couple of big league at bats. He retired from pro baseball in 2005, going home to Beloit, WI and playing bar league softball in his spare time. Friends in his league convinced him to try out once again, and this time he's got his shot. Played catcher when he was younger, but was always a defensive liability. At 38 years old, he'd have a hard time playing catcher. So he now stands at first base, only playing catcher when necessary.

Going from slow-pitch softball to the big leagues, he's not going to be making much contact. But he swings hard in case he hits it, and when he does it goes a long ways. Think Adam Dunn. Except shorter and fatter.

[Cane_Mutiny]

General

First Name: Andres
Last Name: Rivero
First Name Audio:
Last Name Audio:
Age: 24
Jersey Number: 4
Primary Position: 2B
Secondary Position: SS
Throws: Righty
Bats: Righty

Body

Skin Tone: White
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 167 lbs
Body Type: Skinny
Neck Size: Thin

Head

Head Shape:
Forehead Wrinkles: None
Head Size:
Head Scale:
Head Point:
Crown Height:
Forehead Shape:
Hairline Position:
Temple Depth:
Dome Shape:
Back Head Shape:
Face Position:

Hair

Hair Style: Lots of curly brown hair (afro-like)
Hair Color: Brown
Sideburn Style: Short/None

Cheeks

Blemishes: None
Skin Complexion: Fairly pale
Amount:
Cheek Definition:
Fat: None
Cheek Bone: High

Eyes

Eye Color: Blue
Eye Bags: None
Crow's Feet: None
Eye Scale:
Eye Region:
Eye Position:
Depth Detail:
Bottom Eyelid:
Eye Detail:

Eyebrows

Eyebrow Shape: Fairly Thick
Eyebrow Color: Brown
Brow Bend:
Brow Position:
Brow Shape:
Bone Position:
Brow Detail:
Outer Flesh:

Nose

Nose Position:
Tip 1:
Tip 2:
Bottom:
Width: Narrow
Bump:
Size:
Bridge:
Nostrils:
Shape:
Depth:

Ears

Size: Small
Scale:
Protrusion:
Rotation:
Position:
Lower Ear Length:
Upper Ear Length:
Lower Ear Detail:
Middle Ear Detail:
Upper Ear Detail:

Jaw

Jaw Size: Average
Protrusion:
Corners:

Mouth

Smile Lines:
Lip Color: Light
Mouth Size: Small
Size Detail:
Position:
Position Detail:
Corners:
Upper Lip:
Lower Lip:
Lower Lip Width:
Under Lip:
Above Lip:

Chin

Cleft Chin: None
Chin Ball:
Chin Full:
Chin Depth:

Neck

Neck Size: Fairly long and thin
Adam's Apple: Prominent
Double Chin: None

Facial Hair

Facial Hair 1

Style: None
Length:
Color:

(copy if you want 2, 3, 4, or 5)

Accessories

Bat Color: Orange (if possible)
Glove Color: White
Left Sleeve: White
Right Sleeve: White
Left Wristband: Black
Right Wristband: Black
Left Forearm Band: None
Right Forearm Band: None
Wrist Tape: None
Batting Glove: Both hands
Gloves in Pocket: Yes
Turtleneck: No
Helmet Style: Normal
Helmet Pipne Tar: Yes
Dual-Flap Helmet: No
Glasses: No
Eye Black: Yes
Elbow Guard: No
Shin Guard: No
Pants Style: Baggy, knee length
Catcher's Mask: None
Knee Savers: None

Personalize

Pitching Style: N/A
Batting Stance: Hanley Ramirez
Walkup Music: "Benzi Box" by MF DOOM (if that's possible)
Reliever Entry MusIC: N/A

Pitch Types (Give me Pitches and the velocity you want)
Type 1:
Type 2:
Type 3:
Type 4:
Type 5:

For Batter and pitchers: Model me after Alfredo Amezaga (utility man for the Marlins. Quick guy that can play multiple positions, but is lacking in power and stamina.

My back-story will be that I'm a former small-college baseball player that became a freelance writer after graduating. I moved from Miami to Pittsburgh for a change of pace, but haven't found much work. When I heard about the open try-outs, I jumped all over it.

[crayzman]

Summary of playing experience: Played in Canada's top 18U league before representing Canada in a 19U league.

General

First Name: Dan
Last Name: Stone
First Name Audio: Dan
Last Name Audio: Stone
Age: 21
Jersey Number: 51
Primary Position: SP
Secondary Position: RP
Throws: L
Bats: R

Body

Skin Tone: White.
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 165
Body Type: Skinny
Neck Size: ?

Hair

Hair Style: Short
Hair Color: Brown
Sideburn Style: None

Eyes

Eye Color: Brown

Neck

Adam's Apple: I definitely have one.
Double Chin: Nope lol.

Accessories

Bat Color: Black
Glove Color: Tan
Left Sleeve: TC Long
Right Sleeve: TC Long
Left Wristband: None
Right Wristband: None
Left Forearm Band: None
Right Forearm Band: None
Wrist Tape: None
Batting Glove: None
Gloves in Pocket: None
Turtleneck: None/Never
Helmet Style: Whatever
Helmet Pipne Tar: None
Dual-Flap Helmet: No
Glasses: No
Eye Black: None
Elbow Guard: No
Shin Guard: No
Pants Style: High
Catcher's Mask: Won't matter
Knee Savers:

Personalize

Pitching Style: Garland
Batting Stance: Pujols
Walkup Music: Rock
Reliever Entry Music: Rock

Pitch Types (Give me Pitches and the velocity you want)
Type 1: 4-Seam - 84-85 MPH
Type 2: 12-6 Curveball - 72-73 MPH
Type 3: 2-Seam - 81-82 MPH
Type 4: Slider - 77-78 MPH
Type 5:

-All the pitches except the slider have a good amount of movement but the control can come and go, the slider moves just a bit more than a cutter and is used to backdoor righties but can be off target frequently. So I guess sort of Zito like would be the closest comparison.

Backstory:
Crafty lefty that would've played Div. 1 had he not wrecked his arm. Took a year and a half to properly heal, saw the Pirates open tryout and wants to see if he can crack the lineup.