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Author:  TradeMark [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Identifying the Greats
There are more Greats in this game than last years'. Figured I'd start a thread to help us identify them, because I sure don't know them all! :lol:

Free Agents
2B/LF Great White
1B/3B Great Blanco
3B Great Wood - Abraham Nunez

Red Sox
C Great Reyes (AAA)
C Great Harris (AAA)
1B Great Lopez (AAA)

Yankees
3B Great Gordon - Wilson Betemit

Blue Jays
SP Great Guillen (AAA)

Orioles
1B Great Johnson - Kevin Millar
RP Great Thompson - Jamie Walker

Rays
None.

Indians
2B Great Santana (AAA)
RP Great Soriano (AAA)
RP Great Sanchez (AAA)

Tigers
RP Great Roberts (AAA)

Twins
C Great Lowe (AAA)
2B Great Byrd (AAA)
RP Great Sweeney (AAA)

White Sox
LF/3B Great Hart (AAA) - Josh Fields
LF/CF Great Floyd (AAA) - Jerry Owens
RP Great Synder (AAA)
RP Great Lee (AAA)
RP Great Bautista (AAA) - Lance Broadway (?)

Royals
RP Great Miller - Ron Mayhay
1B Great Molina (AAA)
SP Great Jimenez (AAA)
RP Great Cordero (AAA)

Angels
None.

Mariners
SP Great Cruz - Cha Seung Baek
CF Great Martinez (AAA)

A's
RP Great Castro (AAA)

Rangers
None.

Phillies
None.

Mets
None.

Braves
None.

Nationals
None.

Marlins
None.

Cubs
RF Great Ross (AAA) - Sam Fuld
RP Great Duncan (AAA)

Brewers
LF Great Scott (AAA)
SP Great Shields (AAA)

Cardinals
None.

Astros
CF Great Burke (AAA)
RP Great Romero (AAA)
RP Great Moore (AAA)

Reds
SS Great Kennedy - Álex González
C Great Escobar (AAA)
C Great Abreu (AAA)
RP Great Aybar (AAA)
SP Great Paulino (AAA)

Pirates
RF Great Speier (AAA)
RF Great Suzuki (AAA)
SP Great Bennett (AAA)
RP Great Matsui (AAA)

D'backs
2B Great Vasquez (AAA)
RP Great Flores (AAA)
RP Great Ortiz (AAA)

Rockies
RP Great Clark
1B Great Weeks (AAA)
3B Great Harris (AAA)
SS/2B Great Hall (AAA)
CF Great Buck (AAA)
RF Great Howell (AAA)

Padres
SS/3B/2B Great Young - Luis Rodriguez

Dodgers
LF/CF/RF Great Soria (AAA)
RP Great Weaver (AAA)
RP Great Ozuna (AAA)
RP Great Olivo (AAA)

Giants
LF Great Carroll (AAA)
Author:  nasa0003 [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
this is just a guess, but I think Great Santana of the Indians is Josh Barfield.
Author:  ChiCubsFan4 [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
I'm going to take a guess and say Great Duncan of the Cubs could possibly be Sean Gallagher.
Author:  jemiller16 [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
I don't understand why they don't just give the person the correct name.
I'm probably missing something pretty obvious. I can understand Bonds, but Jerry Owens of the sox was in last years game.
Author:  josegarcia [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
It has to do with players not being part of the MLB's union... which means the MLB cannot license out their names.
Author:  ChiCubsFan4 [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
josegarcia wrote:
It has to do with players not being part of the MLB's union... which means the MLB cannot license out their names.


I'm not quite sure what you're saying, but I think maybe they didn't give the game permission to put their names in the game or something?
Author:  mike94100 [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
the MLB has a players union that protects players like any othe runion. I believe they had it since a world series was cancelled, maybe 1994 i think. Well, anyway, it means that the MLB has no rights to the players name, nor likeness. So they are replaced by generic people "Greats" with the same stats the players would have.
Author:  josegarcia [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
mike94100 wrote:
the MLB has a players union that protects players like any othe runion. I believe they had it since a world series was cancelled, maybe 1994 i think. Well, anyway, it means that the MLB has no rights to the players name, nor likeness. So they are replaced by generic people "Greats" with the same stats the players would have.


I should have written more clearly. My bad.
Author:  duke776 [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
They all have the right year they were born but not the exact birth date so it will be hard to find out who some are.
Author:  lanceberkman [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
I think the AAA greats may be just there to fill out the rosters.
Author:  duke776 [ Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
lanceberkman wrote:
I think the AAA greats may be just there to fill out the rosters.


I agree, I'm pretty sure some of them are.
Author:  lanceberkman [ Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
They would fill in for teams with few prospects. In other words the Astros!
Author:  jemiller16 [ Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
mike94100 wrote:
the MLB has a players union that protects players like any othe runion. I believe they had it since a world series was cancelled, maybe 1994 i think. Well, anyway, it means that the MLB has no rights to the players name, nor likeness. So they are replaced by generic people "Greats" with the same stats the players would have.



So basically it's the same reason Bonds isn't in games.

I wonder why the other players aren't part of the players union.


Thanks for explaining.
Author:  duke776 [ Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
jemiller16 wrote:
mike94100 wrote:
the MLB has a players union that protects players like any othe runion. I believe they had it since a world series was cancelled, maybe 1994 i think. Well, anyway, it means that the MLB has no rights to the players name, nor likeness. So they are replaced by generic people "Greats" with the same stats the players would have.



So basically it's the same reason Bonds isn't in games.

I wonder why the other players aren't part of the players union.


Thanks for explaining.


I know Kevin Millar isn't in the player union because he played during the strike in the 94 season, so he'll never be allowed in the players union. I am pretty sure there are a couple more people like this but I can't remember them right now.
Author:  stevenjackson39 [ Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Identifying the Greats
duke776 wrote:
jemiller16 wrote:
mike94100 wrote:
the MLB has a players union that protects players like any othe runion. I believe they had it since a world series was cancelled, maybe 1994 i think. Well, anyway, it means that the MLB has no rights to the players name, nor likeness. So they are replaced by generic people "Greats" with the same stats the players would have.



So basically it's the same reason Bonds isn't in games.

I wonder why the other players aren't part of the players union.


Thanks for explaining.


I know Kevin Millar isn't in the player union because he played during the strike in the 94 season, so he'll never be allowed in the players union. I am pretty sure there are a couple more people like this but I can't remember them right now.



But Kevin Millar was in last year's game.
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