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Hey KG. i know you pride yourself in having the most accurate/relevant rosters out there & I thought you might be able to use this site. I cannot remember if I directed you towards this guy before or not but his knowledge of the Phillies system is pretty amazing. Also, and I know I bug you about this every year, but I'd love to see more of the young up and commers on the clearwater club. their roster will likely once again feature some older guys (24-26) who are still stuck in A ball and going nowhere while the Phillies have a lot of potential talent in rookie ball & their other A league teams. Just a thought. I can always make those edits myself. here's the link: http://phuturephillies.com/2007/11/19/my-top-30-prospects/

Brian Jordan has Daric Bartons cyberface.

unless I'm loosing it.

Hey KG. I was wondering what happened to Michael Garciaparra's cyber in your newest release? After updating your old 3.o with the may releases included updater Garciaparra had a sweet cyberface. After installing your new 3.0 he has a generic. Do you know what number he needs to be changed to?

Stay tuned Ghostdog, KG and I are cooking up something extra sweet that you are sure to enjoy.

Hey KG. Not too much here but I did notice that Micah Owings of the DBacks appears to be a decent hitting pitcher. I believe he went 2-3 in last nights game with a rbi or two. Also, I think you have Shane Victorino's arm underrated as well as Chase Utley's speed. Victorino had something like 11 assists last year and I am constantly hearing about how good his arm is (though not as good as Michael Bourn's). Utley, while not a base stealing machine by any means is one of the very best baserunners in the game. An 81 seems a little low to me. I realize you take different things into account to reach these ratings but Utley is one of the best first-to-third guys in baseball (pre huge contract anyway ) It appears that Josh hamilton and Ian Kinsler may be a little underrated also. Both are off to real quick starts. Kinda hard to predict how it ends though, right? Great work, keep it up.

KG, don't despair...you show no signs of doing so anyhow. Your rosters are awesome. Your working of the contract situation alone sets your rosters apart. I'd love to do a models.big file for just your rosters but we'll have to see. I'm sending Kraw a request now, seeing as how he already has tons on his plate, I'd love to make a KG exclusive models.big. I think the combo would set the new standard for MVP. I love having the best faces in my game but your rosters are truly a piece of work. I'm confident that everyone that uses them swears by what I'm speaking. If it works out I'm going to be constantly updating the EA originals with my own work, unnanounced. If someone could lend their blending expertise my faces may just be quite good. We'll see.

I noticed this as well. A bunch of my faces that were in the patch#2 release were removed with the 3.0 rosters.

Beautiful work KG. Your updates to the Phillies system were greatly appreciated. I am really pretty partial to BigShmooze's models.big file but I simply can't play this game without your rosters. Is the new plus version coming out a dl version or not? Do you have a dl version that is compatable with owner mode? Is there any way I can make my own if not? I've got some reading up to do on all these new roster options if you couldn't tell. Again, beautiful work.

Can't wait KG! Can't friggin' wait!

When did this happen??

Are you saying that your roster ratings have helped curve the all-starters in the pen bug? If so then you are due even more praise Swingin. You and KG have a damn good thing going here. Keep it up.

jeromy Burnitz retires: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2794708

Well Kg. While both you & Totte have put out some fine rosters I want to let you know that I will be using yours for all my upcomming (attempted) dynasties. My reasons are as follows: 1. your minor league rosters & overall attention to minors detail. (I can only really base this statement on my Phillies organization but I feel as though you have alot of the players pretty spot on. I won't be changing many if any ratings here). 2. More player photos 3. more accurate ratings (pitcher ratings tend to be MORE accurate while batter ratings tend to be too conservative[sS's compiling method I'm guessing] however with the fall of roids in the mlb I feel as though this method may produce more accurate stats over a dynasty. Ultimately I love both roster sets and am extremely grateful for the time each of you have invested. While I'm here I want to lobby for the inclusion of certain Phillies prospects in your next release. I realize ST has everything in a funk right now & some of these guys may NOT make Clearwater to start off the year but considering the lack of quality prospects in the Phillies system I really think that you need to give some of these guys a look as they very well may be players in the Phillies future. 1. Adrien Cardenas ss 2. Andrew Carpenter sp 3. D'Arby Myers of 4. Kyle Drabek sp 5. Charlie yarbrough 1b 6. Wellinson baez 3b/ss (?) 7. Jesus Sanchez c (?) give these guys a look here: http://phuturephillies.com/ This guy seems to have a pretty good system down for rating prospects. I came away very impressed. Keep up the stellar work KG.

Hey Kg..couple of things. Alfonseca has reportedly got his velocity back to the 95-96 mph range he was at before his injury. Utley is a terror on low balls in the strike zone. Low middle should be a hotspot atleast against righties, prob against lefties too. Joel Guzman TB, should probably be Left field primary and utility for a secondary def position. he's been projected as an outfielder in the majors because of his mediocre defensive skills but has also been listed as at SS, 3B & 1B

Ok, that explains that.

KG, I may be missing something but I couldn't find pitching prospect John Danks in the Rangers organization. He's a top prospect & should be there, unless he was traded of course, I'm not too up on those things right now.

I will say no more KG, it appears as though you are pretty on top of things. Drabek is pretty highly touted but if he isn't even going to be at Lakewood this year I can understand omitting him from the rosters. Do you plan on adding Cardenjas? He is ranked the Phillies 2nd best prospect this year though that may speak more to the lack of depth in the Phillies' system than to Cardenja's talent. Either way, your call. I can always add them in later. Keep it up KG.

Hey KG. I was perusing through the Phillies farm system in your rosters & think that things are looking pretty good. I did notice sub omissions (2B Juan Sosa, OF Peter Bergeron), but I know it's impossible to fit everyone in. A few guys who I wanted to bring your attention to that should be in the Phillies rosters as they are the jewels of our farm system currently; Adrien Cardenjas & Kyle Drabeck (both '06 selections, I realize you haven't added too many '06 picks as of yet) and Carlos Carrasco. Here's a link for some info: www.blueclaws.com/lakewood_blueclaws_news_details.asp?id=931 I know I'm nitpicking a bit but Darien Durant 3B, (A) could also be added. Totte had him done pretty accurate in his latest rosters. Thanks for all the hard work KG!

yeah Mo, that game is pretty friggin' crazy. Those graphics are awesome! You have to try the "bullet-time" slow down stuff. While every game comming out now has this option, I really think that FEAR does it best. Take it easy. love the current generics & of course, all your audio mods. Hey Mark B. Your country was beautiful. I can't say that I much cared for Glasgow or Edinburgh for that matter, but I am not a city person. The highlands are some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable. Glen/Ben Nevis was unbelievable. St. Andrews was amazing as well. I know not of the UK's politics but I've never, in my life, had a better time. I realize that living there is much different (If I lived in Glasgow I'd want to kill people) but the pace of things was really very refreshing. I'd go back in a heartbeat.