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Joe Mauer makes it back to back covers, as he has been confirmed as the MLB 11 The Show cover athlete, via Pasta Padre.

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# 101 adice15 @ 12/15/10 03:41 PM
His left hand looks like it was drawn with colored pencil or something.
 
# 102 ryan36 @ 12/15/10 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Dayman
His eyes look weird in that cover.
Dayman.

Oops wrong thread
 
# 103 Blzer @ 12/15/10 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by michfan16
wow, thats pretty accurate
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Originally Posted by Knickerbocker91
lol that would make for a great commercial.
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Originally Posted by ckarlic
Awesome...made my day!! Thanks Blzer
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Originally Posted by Knight165
Haha...perfect.
That's really very good.
They could easily use that in a real commercial.
Well played Blzer....

M.K.
Knight165
Haha, thanks guys. In light of the new information and my own personal need for editing stuff, I changed the script only a little bit. Call it a "revised draft."


Kevin Butler: "Dear Joe Mauer. I noticed you're on the cover of our enshrined baseball franchise video game once again. Anything you might want to say to that?"

Joe Mauer: "Hey there PlayStation, it's good to hear that you finally know who I am now after having five straight .800 OPS seasons. I trust that you got me to play a little more like myself this time?"

Kevin Butler: "Well champ, not only did we help you out but we revamped the entire league as well, capturing over 300 new player-specific animations and facial renderings. Add right stick control for more intuitiveness, and if that's not your game... who needs the controller? I can use the Move to swing just like you!"

Joe Mauer: "Heh heh, I think you're a long ways away from swinging like me there big guy."

Kevin Butler: (slowly puts 3D glasses on) "Au contraire, mi Cabo amigo. I seem to remember things a bit differently against the Yankees last October."

Joe Mauer: "... well played, Butler."


MLB 11: The Show

It only does... Realism... Move... 3D... Everything.
 
# 104 kromo50 @ 12/15/10 06:30 PM
Why not Josh Ham-Bone Hamilton. He was only the MVP and Joe Mauer only hit 9 homers and blamed it on the new park.
 
# 105 EnigmaNemesis @ 12/15/10 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by kromo50
Why not Josh Ham-Bone Hamilton. He was only the MVP and Joe Mauer only hit 9 homers and blamed it on the new park.
I am going to go out on a limb and say I do not think MLB will allow Hamilton for promoting things just yet .... especially a video game where it probably still considers them for "kids", and his troubled past is still very recent and talked about.

But that is my theory.
 
# 106 Bullit @ 12/15/10 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by EnigmaNemesis
I am going to go out on a limb and say I do not think MLB will allow Hamilton for promoting things just yet .... especially a video game where it probably still considers them for "kids", and his troubled past is still very recent and talked about.

But that is my theory.
I would have to agree with you on this one. Maybe next year, but I would think 2 or 3 would be more likely.
 
# 107 DickDalewood @ 12/16/10 12:50 AM
Sweet. That's an awesome looking cover too.
 
# 108 johnnyskoods @ 12/16/10 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by crandolph
um...i havent read ALL the comments, but doesn't the cover athlete look more like Cliff Lee than Joe Mauer......look at the face....
I thought the exact same thing for a sec when I looked at it the first time.
 
# 109 Perfect Zero @ 12/16/10 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by EnigmaNemesis
I am going to go out on a limb and say I do not think MLB will allow Hamilton for promoting things just yet .... especially a video game where it probably still considers them for "kids", and his troubled past is still very recent and talked about.

But that is my theory.
How much can one man do though? I've seen far too many athletes go down troubled routes and NEVER come back. What Hamilton has done, from the depths of the deep to American League Most Valuable Player is something extraordinary. I think a lot of kids who play this game need to know about what drug addiction can do, and that there are people who have done it and have wrecked their lives. Hamilton is an exception, and he'll be the first to tell you that.

Mauer's alright. I don't really see where he's holding the AL MVP or ALCS MVP trophy though...
 
# 110 EnigmaNemesis @ 12/16/10 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Perfect Zero
How much can one man do though? I've seen far too many athletes go down troubled routes and NEVER come back. What Hamilton has done, from the depths of the deep to American League Most Valuable Player is something extraordinary. I think a lot of kids who play this game need to know about what drug addiction can do, and that there are people who have done it and have wrecked their lives. Hamilton is an exception, and he'll be the first to tell you that.

Mauer's alright. I don't really see where he's holding the AL MVP or ALCS MVP trophy though...
I am not disagreeing with you. I agree 100%.

But as far as how the MLB has been handling things lately, it would not be prudent if this was the case. They have not been the shining example of objectivity with handling controversy.
 
# 111 Perfect Zero @ 12/16/10 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by HFX007
And as much as people like to think come back stories are great examples for kids..what it really says is you too can be a herion addict and still comeback and play baseball..Im not saying tragedy is the only way to teach a lesson but Im sure theres people that look at that and see a guy get everything back even living a crappy lifestyle for awhile. Im not knocking it..because Ive had to over come a lot of demons myself but Hamilton didnt ruin his life..he postponed it while he went on a bender for a few years
I have yet to see Hamilton go out and tell kids to go and do what he did because "you too can be a herion addict and still comeback and play baseball." In fact, he skipped the AL West Champions celebration after the Rangers defeated the Athletics to attend a faith day talk at the Coliseum; it's something that's that important to him.
 
# 112 Perfect Zero @ 12/16/10 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by HFX007
And like I said, im not saying he's promoting how he use to live, but my point was people can look at it and say that people can mess up all they want and come back and preform and everything is forgotten..so why avoid doing it in the first place. Im not saying its right but there are people that see that..I have heard stupid kids say these kid of things. Kids are starting to be conditioned that theres always a second chance no matter what you do so why actually discipline yourself...
I think that you're missing my point. I'm not going to carry this on any further except for ask you this: do you believe that Hamilton's story is a success or a failure?
 
# 113 Perfect Zero @ 12/16/10 09:18 PM
OK, thanks for answering. I see your point, and I think you see mine. I just don't agree that people will start doing drugs just because some celebrity messed up, got lucky, and came back.
 
# 114 CabreraMVP @ 12/16/10 09:39 PM
I think there is a trend with covers. You usually see sparkly clean players. Mauer is a golden boy. Jeter for 2k all those years, spotless reputation. Halladay is the same way. Lincecum got a cover behind the marijuana stuff came out, right? He was the goofy little kid winning Cy Youngs.

Think about those guys: Clean cut, spotless reputation, no tattoos. Basically like little perfect people so to speak.

Now think about Hamilton, Cabrera, Hernandez. These guys have tattoo's, Cabrera and Hamilton more so than Hernandez. Hamilton has been through hell and back. Cabrera had drinking problems. I dont think they want Hamilton on there with his arms and past problems. Same with Cabrera, tattoo's and past troubles. Hernandez has that "hot dog" look with his hat to the side, same with Cabrera. I dont know how to say this really, but they are hot dogs compared to Jeter and Halladay and Mauer. They have the footie pajama pants that old people dislike so much. All 3 of them have long dangling chains around their neck. Cabrera admires homeruns. Hernandez struts around the mound with his hat crooked after a strikeout. I think they carry a totally different perception than the guys who usually get covers.

Maybe I'm wrong in thinking this way. But Cabrera and Hamilton are great stories. Hamilton went through hell and back in order to be such a great success on the field. Once Cabrera stopped drinking, his life turned around and he had a great 'comeback' year. I think that these are things should be applauded and they shouldn't scare companies away from using them as spokesman for the game.

There is a certain athlete that gets on covers. The clean cut guys. The hot dog type of players don't see covers. They guys with tattoo's don't get covers. The guys with chains don't get covers. The guys who aren't golden boys to the media don't get covers.

I mean Hamilton is one of the most popular players, great story, just won the MVP and his team went to the World Series.

Joe Mauer hits 9 homeruns, complains about his ballpark, doesnt nothing extraordinary except have his team fail to win a playoff game again.

But Hamilton used to be on drugs. He arms are covered in tattoo's. Mauer is the golden boy from Minnesota with a nice smile that people love so much.

I don't want to come off the wrong way. But I dont think it's a coincidence that players like Hamilton, Cabrera, or Hernandez don't get on covers and I don't agree with it.
 
# 115 42 @ 12/17/10 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Blzer
Haha, thanks guys. In light of the new information and my own personal need for editing stuff, I changed the script only a little bit. Call it a "revised draft."


Kevin Butler: "Dear Joe Mauer. I noticed you're on the cover of our enshrined baseball franchise video game once again. Anything you might want to say to that?"

Joe Mauer: "Hey there PlayStation, it's good to hear that you finally know who I am now after having five straight .800 OPS seasons. I trust that you got me to play a little more like myself this time?"

Kevin Butler: "Well champ, not only did we help you out but we revamped the entire league as well, capturing over 300 new player-specific animations and facial renderings. Add right stick control for more intuitiveness, and if that's not your game... who needs the controller? I can use the Move to swing just like you!"

Joe Mauer: "Heh heh, I think you're a long ways away from swinging like me there big guy."

Kevin Butler: (slowly puts 3D glasses on) "Au contraire, mi Cabo amigo. I seem to remember things a bit differently against the Yankees last October."

Joe Mauer: "... well played, Butler."


MLB 11: The Show

It only does... Realism... Move... 3D... Everything.



... well played, Blzer.
 
# 116 DickDalewood @ 12/17/10 02:21 AM
Haha, that was pretty hilarious Blzer, well done.
 


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