Yankee4Life

I believe this may be a cyberface issue. Don't quote me now because there are people in here that are way more knowledgeable than I am about these things.

Ok, you have the mod installed. That's out of the way. I believe someone had a similar problem last week and I believe it may have been a cyberface issue. This may not be what the problem is here and honestly I am stumped right now.

Did you start the game as an administrator?

Mvp 08 is fine but why settle for that? Something is wrong with your download for Mvp 13. I use Firefox. Never had a problem once getting anything from here. No. Updated rosters coincide with updated cyberfaces. Here is what I mean. Johnny Damon was on the Yankees in 2008. That's where he is in the 08 mod. He's gone now and another player has replaced him and Damon's cyberface number has also been replaced by whomever took his spot. You'll have problems using a new roster in the 08 mod.

The schedule is perfect as always. I am just happy that Dylan is here again. Thank you.

That's all I can tell you. There are a lot of pages of datafiles to choose from. There's bound to be something that you will like.

This question has been asked for almost as long as this site has been around and I will tell you the same thing I have told others before you. A datafile that one person might prefer can be the same datafile that the next person doesn't care for. This is something that you have to find out for yourself by trying different ones and then settling on one that you like the best.

This week another Mvp uniform modder who showed great imagination with his concept uniforms and a modder who has made many cyberfaces for MLB 2k12 for almost two years now. Finally another nod to a modder whose work was mostly behind the scenes. He is a guy whose many cyberface contributions to Total Classics can not be ignored FightingBillini FightingBillini was known for his particular brand of uniforms but not everything he did was based on concept uniforms. His green pinstriped White Sox uniforms that they wear in September to celebrate six months to St. Patrick's Day have not been attempted by any other uniform modder since their release and it is not hard to understand why because he really nailed this rarely seen uniform. It's sharp and looks great in the game. His other uniforms listed below are of the same quality. White Sox Halfway to St.Patrick's Day Uniforms & St. Patty Day Concepts. Four concept St. Patrick's Day uniforms included. Cleveland Indians Late 90's Uniform Set v 2.0. City Names Road Jerseys. Road jerseys using the city names instead of the team names for St. Louis, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Los Angeles Angels and Philadelphia. This mod was made a few years before the Orioles decided to put their city name on their road jerseys. Scottybilly For almost two years now Scottybilly has been quietly releasing some top notch cyberfaces for members here who play MLB 2k12. He has been so consistent at it that there are now ten full pages of his work uploaded for 2k12. The improvements he has made in that game are a distinct upgrade than the default 2k versions and the good news is for owners of that game is that he shows no signs of stopping. 2k version updated Cyberfaces final version. Philadelphia Phillies Cyberface pack 1.0. Miami Marlins Cyberface Mega-pack 1.0. Tony Gwynn Jr. Cyberface Final version. Josh Reddick Cyberface 1.0. Behind the Scenes 69Yanks Another cyberface modder who helped make Total Classics what it is today was 69Yanks. His version of a young Frank Robinson (which can be seen when using the 1961 Reds) is a good example of the type of faces he made. Some of his faces and other mods were uploaded separately but most of his work can be found on the player faces that make up Total Classics.

Thanks. I watched the game for only a few minutes and hardly at all during the season with the way Oakland plays.

Not bad at all! One question, what does Legion of Boom mean?

Obviously you are not suspended since you made this post. EDIT: Also try to log out and then log back in.

Updated to 2-2 ...No matter how cold it is where you are keep this in mind while you look out your window at all the snow around you. It's February and that means spring training. Never have two words sounded so good together. ...But first things first. I think the sooner this Super Bowl is over with the quicker it will be that people will stop talking about it. Since I do not care about either team and since I also happen to think that Peyton Manning does not walk on water, I will be watching very little of this game. Let me put it another way for you. I'll be watching The Puppy Bowl longer than I'll be watching this game. But I will not leave you without one of my scientific predictions. I'm betting all my peanuts and popcorn on Seattle. Who is going to argue with a coin flip? ...You may want to think twice about watching the game because Madden NFL 25 is saying the Broncos are going to win which is good news for anyone who has placed a bet on them and for Papa John's franchises across the country. ...Carlos Zambrano's major league career was built on failure, temper tantrums and fist fights and that's why for me it was always funny to read about or see a news clip about his latest meltdown. I've almost put him out of my mind because he hasn't played in the majors since 2012 but last week during the Venezuelan Winter League championship series he showed that even without being in the major leagues he was still the same old Carlos. In the sixth inning one of Zambrano's hot dog teammates hit a long home run, the kind where you know when you hit it it's gone and the only question remaining is how far? Well, this guy was doing his best Alfonso Soriano imitation by standing at home plate admiring his work and the opposing pitcher did not like that one bit. The very next batter got hit in the ribs and the dugouts emptied and the only guy who ran out on the field looking for a fight was Zambrano as he was taking swings at anyone that was near him, teammates included. It was not one of his best fights because none of his wild swings made contact with anyone. Makes me almost wish that some team (except the Yankees) would give this guy a shot this year because with Rodriguez gone we need someone else to laugh at. ...I happened to notice one day last week the lady next door shoveling her driveway all by herself so I called my wife over to the window and I asked her if she thought if the woman was feeling ok. I had my fingers crossed hoping that she would blurt out what I wanted her to say and sure enough she did. "How am I supposed to know that!" she replied. "Just look at her" I said to her, "she has to be delirious because she's outside shoveling and she didn't send her husband out to do it." The punch I got to the ribs was worth it. ...Speaking of her,well God love her but she can up with some crazy ideas every so often and it usually has something to do with me. She works as a medical secretary and because she has that job she has no problem giving me medical advice or diagnosing my latest ailment, both of which drive me nuts. It's no secret that my knees have seen better days so her latest suggestion to me is to try acupuncture. Sure I will. And right after that I'll head off to the zoo and put my hand in the mouth of a lion. I have heard some positive things about this procedure but I just can not picture myself in a room with someone who is going to put needles into me because I can not get past the fact that it's a needle and that means it's supposed to hurt. ...Not that it matters one way or the other to me but I don't understand why the Cleveland Indians are giving Jim Thome a statue at Progressive Field. I got nothing against him and I think he was one of the better players in the game and I always held my breath every time he was at-bat against the Yankees but why give this guy a statue now when they were going to build him one if he resigned with them after the 2002 season? Give him a day in his honor because I think he deserves that but nothing more than that. On a smaller scale you can compare it to the Yankees deciding to make a big fuss over Robinson Cano when he retires. That's not going to happen. ...The Red Sox (who else?) have reassigned popular sideline reporter Jenny Dell that worked for them on their NESN telecasts after they found out she was dating one of their players. Dell, a stunning brunette, has been dating Boston third baseman Will Middlebrooks for almost a year was canned when a photo of the pair was made public around New Year's Eve. Why it has to be their business as to who this girl decides to date should be entirely up to her. It's not like what she does has any bearing on the game at any time. Her job is to look hot and tell the viewers what the game time weather is and to let them know if someone is in or out of the lineup and at the end of the game interview the player who got the game-winning hit before runs off to the clubhouse. Maybe David Ortiz threw a fit when he found out she was with Middlebrooks because he wanted first dibs on her. ...The Yankees have someone similar in Meredith Marakovits, a gorgeous blonde who talks before and after all Yankee games, usually about nothing important. Watching her every day on the Yankee telecasts was the highpoint of the Yankee telecasts last year considering how well they played. And she got extra air time because she was the one who gave us up-to-the-minute updates on all the times Derek Jeter hurt his ankle, which meant she was on TV as much as Michael Kay. ...I don't want to get off on a rant here (with a nod to Dennis Miller, who made that phrase famous) but when I read about the twelve-year-old boy who was attacked and killed by a crocodile in Australia last week it just got me really mad because it all could have been avoidable. The incident happened in Australia's Northern Territory. Not being familiar with it I looked it up and I found out that it is the least populated area of Australia's eight major states and territories. There may not be a whole lot of people there but the crocodile population more than makes up for it. That being said I do not understand why four boys were allowed to go swimming in a water hole at a National Park when a eight to nine foot saltwater crocodile attacked the group. One boy fought off the crocodile after it had bitten his arm and then the animal turned his attention to the younger boy as the crocodile took a hold of him and swam off with him. This all boils down to one word: Why?? Wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that the people that live around there would have a better knowledge of these extremely dangerous animals and have the common sense not to be in any area where they even might be? People in that area have already been warned about swimming in that area because one year ago a teenager survived an attack from a sixteen-foot crocodile, so either these people have short memories or very thick skulls. What I don't understand is why these animals are protected in many parts of the world where instead they should be hunted and killed on a regular basis? And F*** that animal rights crap. Hundreds of people die each year because of these animals so their rights are out the window as far as I see it. Kill as many as you can and make leather handbags out of them. Maybe if that is done consistently for the next twenty years or so there won't be another grieving family out there somewhere mourning the loss of their child. ...Safest House on the Block, Dept: Police in Santa Ana, California arrested a schoolteacher last Wednesday after at least three hundred living and dead pythons were found in plastic bins inside his home. Along with the snakes, mice and rats were also found after neighbors complained of a rotten smell that was coming out of the house. The smell was so bad that not even Jehovah Witnesses would go there. The fifty-three-year-old teacher was arrested for neglect in the care of animals and refusing to use the boxes of Renuzit that his neighbors bought for him. ...Familiar readers of this thread have no doubt realized how resistant to change I am regarding any changes made in baseball. Interleague play, instant replay, expanded playoffs, you name it. Whatever Bud Selig approved idea that has been churned out of Baseball's executive offices I have immediately hated because I believe these things were done just for the sake of making a change and it always took something away from the game. But in the rare instances when they are not messing with the tradition of the game or thinking up new ways to squeeze another nickel out of the fans they spend some time looking into the safety of the game. Not a lot, but just enough to give the impression that they care. Last week they approved a new protective cap for pitchers that in theory is supposed to provide some head protection against line-shots off the bat. There has been too many pitchers over the past few years who have been hurt this way and if this can help a few of them then I am all for it. Whether the pitchers choose to wear this new cap is up to them but at least now they have an option. I can't argue with that. ...Despite repeated promises from Amanda Knox to the Italian judicial system that she will not kill anyone ever again, she was found guilty last Thursday along with her former boyfriend for the murder of Meredith Kercher, their twenty-one-year-old roommate. And to show how much they believed her the court sentenced her to 28 1/2 years in prison. It took the Italians awhile but they finally fit the punishment to the crime. As soon as the court made its ruling the first thing that was brought up was if she would be extradited to Italy. Even Knox herself wondered that too and expressed hope that the United States would refuse to do so if Italy should ask. She did seem very worried about the possibility of this happening and stated that they would have to catch her and pull her back kicking and screaming. I would not be surprised to find out sometime in the not so distant future that she ran off to Dubai, a country that has no extradition policy with this country. ...Knox should try look on the bright side. Now she can write another book. ...I've always been someone who has held open doors for other people, men and women alike. It's a nice thing to do and it's also a nice feeling when someone does it for you. That's why I do it. But I will tell you right now that one of my biggest pet peeves is when people don't thank you or acknowledge you in any way after you have done this. I usually don't say anything when this happens except stew on it for a few minutes and then go on with my day but last Friday at 7-11 was a case of one too many. I was going out of the store and this girl, who by my best guess was at least fourteen, was coming in. I held the door open for her and she made her grand entrance into the store without so much glancing at me. Before I walked completely out of the store I turned at yelled back at her "you're welcome!" in a loud voice. The store clerk, who was standing by the register and saw the entire thing, immediately started laughing uncontrollably. It was only after that that I got a response from her. "Oh yeah, thanks," she said. I should have never said a word.

You just responded to yourself.

This month marks the tenth anniversary of Mvpmods and in honor of that I am going to be posting a baseball audio book once a month for the rest of the year. You are encouraged and welcome to download these books and I hope you enjoy listening to them as much as I did. Audiobooks are fine but nothing beats having the book in your hand. That's personal opinion of course. The book of the month will remain online for the entire month and then will be removed when it is time for the next one to be uploaded. This means when July comes you want to go back and get the book that was uploaded in April, it will not be there. Enjoy the books! February Book of the Month: The Teammates - A Portrait of a Friendship. Written by David Halberstam and read by Tate Donovan. 2003 Unabridged, 5 CDs /6 hours. The Teammates is the profoundly moving story of four great baseball players who have made the passage from sports icons -- when they were young and seemingly indestructible -- to men dealing with the vulnerabilities of growing older. At the core of the book is the friendship of these four very different men -- Boston Red Sox teammates Bobby Doerr, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Ted Williams -- who remained close for more than sixty years. The book starts out in early October 2001, when Dominic DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky begin a 1,300-mile trip by car to visit their beloved friend Ted Williams, whom they know is dying. Bobby Doerr, the fourth member of this close group -- "my guys," Williams used to call them -- is unable to join them. Doerr is back in Oregon tending to his wife of sixty-three years, who has suffered a second stroke. Acclaimed author David Halberstam has given us a book -- filled with historical details and first-hand accounts -- about baseball and about something more, the richness of friendship. LINKS Removed on March 1st. I hope whoever downloaded this enjoyed it.

I don't know who this guy is but he looks like he was just told that McDonald's closed five minutes ago.

This is not the thread to ask this question. Send him a private message or go in his thread and ask him.

I am glad you got it fixed. Welcome to Mvpmods!

Very good. I wish I would have thought of that.

The focus this week is on a modder who was responsible for a series of diverse and good looking click-to-start screens and a modder whose 1998 season mod was a welcome addition to the series of total conversion mods we have here and in the behind-the-scenes section this week we pay tribute to a modder who provided a lot of the classic cyberfaces that was used in Total Classics. Dagger147 Dagger147 was a modder who made a variety of different click-to-start screens that were used by a lot of people here. He also wrote a tutorial on how you can make your own customized CTS screens (listed below.) His "screen pack" mods were a collection of CTS screens of different players that played for the same team. American League Team Logos CTS Screens. National League Team Logos CTS Screens. Note: While this is a very good collection of team logos made into Click-to-Start screens these were all made when Mvp 2006 was released and the template used here depicts the name of that mod. I don't know if it is possible to edit the text in a CTS screen but I thought that Dagger's work here was something to be seen again. Dagger147's CTS Tutorial. 1024x1024 CTS Template. This is a .psd template and it requires Photoshop. St. Louis Cardinals CTS Screen Pack. Andy82 Andy82 is a baseball fan who lives in England and after talking for awhile about the possibilities of making a 1998 mod he then decided to do it himself and the end result was that he made a mod well worthy of being part of the classic season mod collection that is available on this site. To date his mod has over 1,300 downloads. Total Classics 1998. Total Classics 1998 Patch. Behind the Scenes Baseballfans Baseballfan is a modder who has been a member here almost since the site began and he is also another of the long list of modders whose name is not familiar with the typical user that comes here but is well known among modders, especially with the work he has contributed to the Total Classics mods. Baseballfans is responsible for making such quality cyberfaces such as Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, Tony Gwynn, Roger Maris and Ernie Banks, which are all included in the Total Classics mod. If you are a new user to this website or if you are someone who has been here for awhile and has not downloaded any of the classic season mods yet you may have noticed one thing. These mods were created and put together by the contributions of many people like baseballfans and it is the combined work of modders like him that made Total Classics what it is today.

I don't know what the problem could be since I have never had it happen to me. Have you tried to Install the faces with TiT?

I was thinking about this question last night and I think I got an answer for it. You did download Mvp Edit, right? You will need that. Now I have a copy of this game on my hard drive that is installed directly from the CD's and it has no mods installed on it. Around here it is sometimes referred to as a "clean" copy. So I figured why can't I start up Mvp Edit and make a .mbe file from the default rosters? So that's what I did. So what I am giving you here is the very first (and oldest) roster from this game. Default_2005_Roster.zip

Mickey Cochrane Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane was one of baseball's greatest catchers. He compiled a .320 lifetime batting average over 13 seasons from 1925 to 1937, handled outstanding pitchers Lefty Grove and Schoolboy Rowe during their record-tying 16-game winning streaks, and in 1947 was the first catcher elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America to the Hall of Fame. Cochrane wasn't just a great baseball player, though. He was a hero and role model to millions of people during the Great Depression of the 1930s when as player-manager of the Detroit Tigers he led the downtrodden Tigers to their first pennant in 25 years. The combination of Cochrane's fierce competitiveness on the field and his likable personality off the field, mixed with his successful rise from humble beginnings, helped Americans take their minds off the widespread unemployment during the Great Depression and encouraged them that they too could weather the economic times. Many parents named their children after Cochrane, including one Oklahoma family named Mantle. Playing for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers, Cochrane led five teams to American League pennants during the seven-year span from 1929 through 1935, an era most fans remember as being dominated by Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees. Three of these five teams went on to win World Series titles. Cochrane was the catcher on Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics team that won three consecutive pennants from 1929 to 1931. It was as player-manager of the Detroit Tigers, however, that Cochrane achieved national fame and adulation, leading the Tigers to pennants in 1934 and 1935, and to Detroit's first World Series title in 1935. Following the World Series victory in 1935, he suffered a breakdown in 1936 after being elevated to general manager in addition to his player-manager duties. On May 25, 1937, soon after his recovery from the breakdown, he was hit in the head by a pitch from Yankee pitcher Bump Hadley in those helmetless days and was nearly killed, ending his major league playing career. Cochrane came back as bench manager in 1938, but was ineffective outside his playing-field leadership and was fired on August 6, 1938. He was a great leader on the field, but cast as a "caged lion" bench manager, he never managed again in the major leagues. While hitting just 119 home runs in his career, Cochrane had 64 triples, the most among Hall of Fame catchers that played in the 20th century. His ability to launch doubles and triples lands him just outside the game's top 100 in slugging percentage with his .478 average. Cochrane's lack of home run production over his career - which wasn't required because he batted in front of such sluggers as Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg - has somewhat unfairly diminished the luster of his contribution to the game. Cochrane was selected as American League MVP twice, in 1928 and 1934, primarily on his leadership abilities rather than his statistical accomplishments. On the field, Cochrane had a certain inspiration that infected other players to do their best. Cochrane never played on a team that finished worse than third place.

Updated to 1-26 ...Dennis Rodman has checked into an undisclosed alcohol rehabilitation center in order to receive help for his long time struggle with alcoholism. The reason why it is undisclosed is because the place that has him told him he could only stay there if he kept quiet where he was because they wanted to continue having clients after he leaves. Rodman checked into the center upon his return from North Korea because his agent said that he was under a lot of pressure when he organized a basketball game there in honor of Kim Jong Un's birthday and that he had been doing a lot of excessive drinking because of it. That's pretty good. Travel halfway around the world to play in a basketball game to make some maniac happy, insinuate that the American being held captive there is there because of something he did and swear at an interviewer on live TV when being asked why he was there in the first place and when you come home hide out some place and blame it all on alcohol. ...Good news! Well, maybe. C.C. Sabathia signed with Roc Nation Sports, the sports agency started by Jay Z. He's the same agent that whispered sweet nothings in Robinson Cano's ears and got him a one-way ticket to Seattle. Sabathia has at least three years left on his contract so they can't do anything right now about getting him a new one. Not that he deserves it or anything. But it's my hope that Jay Z will be annoying all this time and the Yankees end up unloading Sabathia, who last year looked like he lost everything on the mound except weight. ...The Baseball Assistance Team have created a new award called the Commissioner Bud Selig Leadership Award which in all probability is an award given to Baseball executives who screw up the most during the season and the first recipient of this award was none other than Selig himself. This means that whomever wins this in the following years has impossible shoes to fill. ...Modell’s Sporting Goods gambled on the wrong AFC team to win last week as they printed up $500,000 worth of hats, t-shirts, novelties and pennants for men, women and children who wanted to celebrate the New England Patriots victory in the championship game and who at the same time would not mind overpaying for the privilege. Denver messed everything up for them by winning the game and all the memorabilia that was to be sold at three times it cost them to make it at was donated by Modell's to third world countries so if you really want one of these t-shirts you'll have to drive down to Mexico to get it. ...This is not an uncommon thing because something like this happens every year and every time I read about this it makes me think of a Toronto businessman many years ago. It was during the 1985 American League Championship Series between the Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals. The Blue Jays were having their way with the Royals as they took a three games to one lead in the best-of-seven series. Just one more win and the Jays would be on their way to their first World Series. It was at this moment in time that a Toronto man whose name I do not know quit his $100,000 a year job just so he can go into business selling Blue Jays championship memorabilia. Ask any Royals fan and they'll tell you that this guy made the wrong career choice because the Royals came back to win the series in seven games over Toronto and they had so much fun doing that that they spotted the Cardinals the same three games to one edge before storming back to win the 1985 World Series. I never knew what happened to this person or how much money he ended up losing or if he ended up getting his job back. I just know that he lost a bundle because no one would buy his Blue Jay "we're number one" styrofoam hands. ...A nun in Italy last week gave birth to a baby boy, news of which shocked the other nuns at the convent as well as the mother herself. Incredibly she did not know she was pregnant. Instead she just thought she was experiencing stomach pains that kept on contracting every few minutes or so for twenty straight hours. It is not sure who the father of the baby is but the day after the child was born Guiseppe the gardener abruptly quit and has not been seen since. ...For the movers and shakers in the Roman Catholic church what some of their people have done in the past seven days or so is something they'd just as soon forget. The pregnant nun story will eventually die down just like all sensational stories before it has but I think it's going to be harder for the public to let go of this one. One of the monsignors from the Vatican arrested last Tuesday for allegedly using his Vatican bank accounts to launder money. Police have accused him of transferring millions of euros in fictitious donations from offshore companies at the Vatican's Institute for Religious Works. I'm not sure how he did this because the only time I do any laundering it is in front of a washing machine but he somehow took money from the Vatican when no one was looking and in turn transferred it to real estate and assets in Italian bank accounts. How do you like that? And I bet all this time you thought the money gathered from the collection plate on Sundays ended up at the nearest casino. ...That's my Boy, Dept: An eighteen-year-old high school student was allowed to return to class last week after he was suspended by school officials because he got a job making pornographic movies just so he could help his mother pay bills. His mother reported that when the other students discovered what he was doing her son became a target of bullying and threats. It should be noted that none of the threats were made from members of the female student body. The mother went on to say that partly because of these threats the school expelled her son due to his "explicit lifestyle career." After all the dust was settled the suspension only stuck for four days and that was enough time to make one more movie because they are considering adding HBO and Showtime to their DirecTV package. ...For any of you who remember MarkB you may want to read this to see what is going on with him today. If you recall, Mark is from Glasgow, Scotland and he works in the computer field. He even had a job at Dell once before they downsized and got rid of people. This indirectly has something to do with what he is doing now. For the past few years he has been trying to find some steady employment in Glasgow but unfortunately the job situation there is not so good. There is a program that Scotland has that sends people that want to work to Australia for employment and after some delays in getting there Mark has been in Brisbane, Australia since December 2nd. It was a twenty-eight hour flight from Glasgow to Brisbane that included layovers and changing planes. (When he told me how long that took I promised myself not to complain about long the flight is to Hawaii the next time I go.) Anyways, he's there enjoying the Australian summer and watching some Australian Baseball League games because Brisbane is part of that league. He says the Australian fans are pretty knowledgeable about the game. The best part is that he already has a job. He is doing IT work at the hotel he is staying at and in return they are giving him a free room and a few hundred dollars a week. Mark was and is a very good guy and I am hoping that once he gets settled there and into a daily routine that he will come back here and say hi because these past few years have been crazy for him. ...What's the big fuss about Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman? He's just another loud mouthed, in-your-face, me-first football player. Ray Lewis was the same way just as there were others before Lewis and there's going to be others after Sherman. The only real news this guy will end up making is when we find out what crime he gets arrested for in the off season. ...After reading about the player representatives from the Major League Baseball Players Association overwhelmingly agreeing that Alex Rodriguez should be kicked out of their union it got me thinking and playing the "what if" game. These players are so upset at Rodriguez suing their union that they want nothing to do with him. Think about it for a second. Every single player rep wanted him out including the Yankee one and that guy might have to end up playing with him next year. And if he does come back in 2015 he's going to have to shake off more then the rust of not playing for a year because his entire body is going to be a magnet for baseballs. At least Barry Bonds had supporters. Rodriguez has nothing and that makes me also wonder if in his private moments that he thinks he went too far? ...I was thrilled to find out that the Yankees had signed Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka because of the many things that they needed, pitching was right up there. But after the excitement of this signing set in that's when I started worrying. The Yankees hadn't had very good luck with Japanese pitchers (Hideki Irabu and Kei Igawa) and would this be the third lemon that they picked from the Japanese leagues? I hope not because he looks like he has a good arm but playing in Japan is different than playing here. This is an improved team from last year on paper but is it enough? ...Which brings me to Jonny Gomes of the Red Sox. There was a column about him in the New York Daily News which I'll go as far as giving you a link to it right here. This tabloid covers the Yankees very well year-round but you have to read the articles with your eyes wide open. If they could have stirred something up with this column the better for them although when you stop and think about it, Gomes was right. Maybe that's what bugged them in the first place. Gomes was not "particularly impressed" with the free agent signings that the Yankees have done this winter and went on to say that they still have “some questions.” Not exactly words to get worked up and bothered over and to be truthful here I agree with him. Gone are the days when I get all excited over some new free agent that comes to town with an impressive resume. The last time I believed that is when they signed Mark Teixeira. I don't need a reason to dislike something a Red Sox player says but make it a legitimate one. ...We've been busy, Dept: An attention-seeking family in South Carolina are seeking a new trial for a fourteen-year-old relative of theirs named George Stinney who was executed in 1944 for murdering two girls, ages nine and eleven. They are insisting he is innocent and while they can't bring him back, they want his name cleared. All I want to know is why now? Why the hell did they wait seventy years to try to get the courts to hear this again? If I seem apathetic about this it is because I am. Why now all of a sudden do they want this case tried? Why didn't they request this twenty years ago? Or forty years ago? With all the time that went by it couldn't have been bothering them that much. It's not like they had seventy years of sleepless nights over this. My guess is that this has a lot to do with the media and the desire to be on TV. Maybe they want to go on the Oprah Winfrey Network and have her hold their hands while they tell their story or go on some other talk show that's willing to give them the time of day. What a total waste of the courts time. ...The NFL should be on their knees right now thanking God that the Super Bowl was not scheduled to be played this Sunday because of that snowstorm last week that dumped fourteen inches of snow there last Tuesday and Wednesday. MetLife Stadium in New Jersey is buried right now, which is normal because it's wintertime and it's the east coast and when you factor those two things in together that is what you should expect. The NFL knew what they were getting into and they'll stubbornly play this game because they'll have no problem letting a stadium full of people freeze in a snowstorm rather than lose millions of dollars.

I would have to say that starting a thread and asking the question in there would be the best thing because there are a lot of smart people here who know roster work very well and I am not one of them. Don't be. When I first got here I asked questions too and that's how you learn. The best advice I can give to you or anyone else who is just starting out getting mods like you is after you download the mod read the instructions that comes with them. After you read those instructions you back up your files that you are going to overwrite. If you get in the habit of doing that you will save yourself a lot of headaches.