Baseball Card Photo Packs

[robinhoodnik]

This is a set of player cards that are currently broken down by decades for easier downloading and use. The images are all of real baseball cards from each player and are the best available that I can find. I periodically post updates which are either cards new to the set, upgrades (better images), and corrections to the names. I'm currently scanning in thousands of cards from my own collection, so it's taking some time. If there are any requests for players not included yet or errors let me know and I'll try and get them fixed for the next updates.
Install the newest sets last if you like the most recent cards (start with the 1900's and work up to the 2000's) Do the opposite if you prefer the younger looking players, rookie cards, and older cards. If you prefer a certain decade over others, save that set for last.
6,724 cards excluding the standalone '52 sets and Japanese add-on.

[robinhoodnik]

1900's. 409 cards.

UPDATE! 3/28/07

Get both files or you'll be missing part of the set!

All cards are renamed with Lahman ID's! All cropped. 111 card gain over last set. Doubles removed. Many alternates removed as well.
The set overlaps into about 1912. Usually when you find these on a site, they're jumbled together so I just left 'em as I find them.

note: Charlie Hickman, and Harry Hinchman, share the same card as they were the same player. Hinchman was an assumed name, played under for one season.

[robinhoodnik]

1910's. 280 cards.

8/30/06: 320 cards now in the set!

Updated: 9/5/06. 353 cards, all images cropped and rotated.

[robinhoodnik]

1920's. 142 cards.

Updated! 9/5/06. 142 cards, all images cropped and rotated.

This is one tough decade!

[robinhoodnik]

1930's. 405 cards.

Updated: 9/5/06. 405 cards, all images cropped and rotated.

[robinhoodnik]

1940's. 280 cards.

UPDATE: 9/4/06. 214 cards in set. All cards have gone through photoshop and have been rotated and cropped making for a much nicer card.

UPDATE: 9/10/06. 216 cards in set. 10 new players added, all doubles removed, ALL CARDS RENAMED USING LAHMAN ID's. Should be an error free set now.
UPDATE: 9/11/06. Added another 64 players, 280 now in the set, all cropped and Lahman ID'd.

[robinhoodnik]

1950's part 1 and part 2. 1,256 cards.

UPDATE: 9/4/06. Cards all fixed in photoshop (cropped,rotated,etc.), names corrected, cards added, doubles removed, some better images replace lower quality or just plain bad cards. 624 cards in part 1, 632 cards in part 2.

[robinhoodnik]

1960's

UPDATE! 9/12/06. All cards have been cropped and rotated. Dozens of new cards added to the 60's (maybe around 100, lost track). Doubles removed. Unnecessary alternates removed (non-star players). All cards renamed with Lahman ID's which should add more cards that were already here but under the wrong suffix, 01, 02, 03 etc..Some cards upgraded to better ones. 836 cards total.

[robinhoodnik]

1970's. 772 cards.

UPDATE: 9/13/06. 135 new cards. 654 cards in the set now. This set has not been cropped or renamed yet, not enough time before my weekend's up. May be cropped and/or renamed between sunday and wednesday sometime.

UPDATE: 9/18/06. 646 cards. Many new players added. Doubles and unnecessary alterntes removed. All cards cropped, rotated, and renamed using Lahman database. One long night!

UPDATE! 9/20/06. 698 cards in the set now. Probably the last update, barring a special request, for a while to this set, so I can "fix" the other sets. Mays' Mets card, Bad Henry as a Brewer.

UPDATE! 1/22/07. 772 Cards now in the set. Nearly one hundred added, many more upgraded with better quality, or "headshot" cards. Download both files for the complete set.

[robinhoodnik]

1980's. 592 cards.

UPDATE! 9/20/06. 592 cards now in this set, Not yet "fixed" or renamed. Probably the next set for this to be done to will be this one.

UPDATE!!!! 12/4/07 342 NEW CARDS!. All new additions are cropped, properly rotated, and Lahman ID'd. Should add a lot to this set. 80's update zip folder

[robinhoodnik]

1990's. 810 cards.

UPDATE 3/26/07

295 cards added to overall set size. All cards in the set are renamed with Lahman ID's. All cards cropped and rotated. Better cards added, doubles deleted. Randy Johnson naming error corrected. 364 Cards in set one, 446 in set 2. Download both of them for the complete set.

UPDATE 12/4/07!
43 cards added. Randy Johnson, Mike Greenwell, Steve Avery, Eric Hanson, and some "regulars" images added. 90's update zip.

[robinhoodnik]

2000's. 1,006 images. (current decade)

UPDATE!!! 8/7/07

All images fixed and renamed with the Lahman #'s. Cards added, cards updated, some extras removed. Should be a big upgrade over the previous set. Please let me know about any errors appearing in this set or with players from this set appearing in inappropriate decades so I can fix them.

]Update 8/7/07 two thousands update.zip 59 card addition. Some new some better, some more current. Jeff Francour as Jeff Francis error fixed, Francis added. Miggy O's, Brian Roberts, Markakis, Renteria Braves, Better Youkilis, Some other guys who the Lahman doesn't work for as well (rookies with no major league experience as of the end of 2006) Koby Clemens, etc.

]Update! 12/4/07 2000 new update folder has 89 new images. Some are rookies, a few are upgrades like A-Rod as a Yankee.

Download all zips or you'll be missing a third of the images per missed folder!

2008 update1 in post #13! 5/27/08

[robinhoodnik]

2008 update1
272 cards from the topps 2007 and 2008 retro '58 and '59 sets. added more, some from the standard Topps and UD sets now as well. (modern players on the old card styles). They're in the 2008 update 1 zip folder.


Japanese League alternates for a few players like Ichiro and Godzilla in s.zip. 13 cards.

[robinhoodnik]

1952 Bowman set. 239 cards.

[robinhoodnik]

1952 Topps set. 370 cards. All horizontally oriented cards removed.

[robinhoodnik]

The first two decades are coming along well. I've collected and edited about 60 more cards between those two alone (along with about 20 more for each of the remaining decades). I found a goldmine of card images from 1901 until about 1916 and am currently cross checking names with BBM, and my baseball encyclopedia to figure out the correct names, who is who, and renaming all of them. Many players from this era bounced between leagues both major and minor so it's time consuming. I'll update again when I think it's worth the trouble to download an updated version of a folder. Probably when it gets near 100 new images or so. Shouldn't take too long to get there.

[robinhoodnik]

Collecting again and should have some more updates before too long.

[michaelg123789]

Cool stuff Robin. Keep em coming!

[Yankees Fan]

This is a cool idea. I was hoping for some 2005 diamond kings cards in the 2000's set though, those are my favorite cards. A good place to find pictures of baseball cards is at the beckett message boards, there are tons of scans of nice baseball cards there.

[ohms_law]

Hey, you've redone the whole thread. Nice, it makes alot more sense now.
:)

These look good, I think I'm going to try them out.

One recomendation is to rename the files in each post here. Their all showing up as s.zip, when I'm assuming that you named them all 1900s.zip, 1910s.zip, etc...
I know that's kinda silly, but it might help prevent some confusion.

It would also be nice to have all the individual files available in one post. It's good having all of the files separate, but it would be easier to get them if they were all in the first post.

[michaelg123789]

I can't imagine how much time and effort went into this. You should be paid for this stuff :)

[ohms_law]

no kidding

[robinhoodnik]

Thanks, size limits and all that good stuff prevent me from sticking them all in one post. Or is it a per file limit? Plus, with the multiple posts, I can make sensible notations on any fixes, updates, or other necessary info. on each set. I'll look for some 2005 Diamond Kings cards for inclusion in the 2000's sets Yankeesfan.

[ohms_law]

The size limit's are per file. However, it's your thread, and your project so whatever is most comfortable to you is best. I'm not going to complain...
:)

[robinhoodnik]

Per file....... huh, I hadn't thought of that angle before. Oh well....... I've got about 200 new images for the 2000 series. Some may just be upgrades to existing cards but I haven't had time to compare 'em yet to find the doubles. I'll add more before I edit and post the file. I did find various diamond kings and will include them all in the folder too.

[robinhoodnik]

2000's Updated!:)
If you use all of the packs you'll end up with 4,483 different player images. There are actually 5,264 throughout all of the sets minus the two '52 sets. The difference comes from alternates being included and players who have cards in multiple decades.

[robinhoodnik]

Lahman ID database 17,610 players. My card set 4,483. Only 13,127 to go! :eek: ;)

[ohms_law]

Lahman ID database 17,610 players. My card set 4,483. Only 13,127 to go! :eek: ;)

:D
gettin there, gettin there.

[Yankees Fan]

These look awesome, great job! Good luck finding 13,127 more! :P

[robinhoodnik]

1940's updated. Added some cards, and fixed all of the images with photoshop. Began using Lahman ID's for all new cards with this update.

[ohms_law]

Thanks!

[robinhoodnik]

You're welcome Ohms.
When do you all think it's worth updating? I've gone through all decades up to the fifties and fixed all of the cards with photoshop and added up to thirty cards per set (only when it's noted in the post are the "fixed" cards included so far). I have decent Joe DiMaggio cards for the thirties now too. Is it a waste of time for an update with less than fifty new cards, or is the image repair alone enough to warrant an update? Maybe the combination of added and fixed cards is good enough?:confused:
Oh, and Ohms, took your advice and now the fifties are renamed, and both sets are in one post.

[ohms_law]

Personally, I think that the image repair and a few cards added is enough. I know that I'm interested, at least.

[robinhoodnik]

Okay, I'll get the other repaired images up tomorrow.

[robinhoodnik]

00's, 10's, 20's, and 30's are all updated with new cards and fixed images. All sets from the 00's through 50's are current, and all images are the fixed versions.

[ohms_law]

:cool:

thanks man

[ohms_law]

robin, check this out!
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html

ran across this by accident, but immediately thought of you. I'm not sure what your current source of cigarette cards is, but these look to be outstanding quality. It's from the Library of Congress though, so I'm not surprised about the quality.

[robinhoodnik]

I've seen that, and have been through there a few times. Thanks for the help.

[Casey59]

Wow . . .wow . . . .ummmm, really, Wow!

Thanks Man! Great stuff.

[robinhoodnik]

You're welcome Casey.

Latest "update" is the forties folder. I've renamed all cards with the Lahman ID's, removed all doubles from the set, and added about ten new players. The use of the Lahman ID's should add a few players who were already in the set, but not working properly. Some had improper suffixes (brownbo01 instead of brownbo03 was one) which caused players to not show up. Also some had wrong first names or nicknames, and names which were not the "common" name for a player (things like William instead of Bill etc.). Again, let me know about any errors appearing and I'll get 'em fixed, especially cards showing up in the wrong decades, like a 70's card in the 30's type of stuff.

EDIT 12:07 AM: Added another 64 new cards to bring the total forties set up to 280 cards.

[robinhoodnik]

New update. The sixties have been completely reworked. All cards have been cropped and rotated, all cards have been renamed with Lahman ID's, around 100 new players added, doubles removed, unnecessary alternate cards removed (non star players), some better images replace poorer ones, total of 836 cards in the set now.

[ohms_law]

awsome! thanks robin.

[robinhoodnik]

New update! The 70's have been added to. The set now totals 654 cards. This set has not yet been upgraded with cropping, rotating, or renaming with Lahman ID's (the existing cards). Those upgrades may come between sunday (17th) and wednesday (20th). Hank Aaron now a Brewer with a Braves alternate, Willie Mays a Met with a Giant alternate, Sparky Lyle added, many improved cards along with about 133 other new cards. The newest additions have been "fixed" via Photoshop and Lahman. I thought that I'd get these out now before my weekend ends. Enjoy!

EDIT: There should be about 70 new cards (that I have right now), maybe more, added along with the next improvements to the 70's as I've found another place for great images.

[robinhoodnik]

The seventies have been completely reworked. The whole thing has been cropped, rotated, added to, and renamed using the Lahman ID's. 9/18/06. Please let me know about any glaring omissions, or personal favorite players who're missing, in any of the sets, and I'll make a priority of finding those cards for you.

[ohms_law]

awsome! thanks robin.
Recycling is good for the environment. Even electrons.

[FRENCHREDSOX]

By the way my kid is into "Magic" & this thing which has only been around what 15 years - it has already "quoted values" for cards a "Black Lotus" card from '93 is worth $30000 ridiculous or what !

[ohms_law]

Magic: the Gathering is a drug. I refuse to play any more.
:)

But, I still have some first editition and Alpha edition (black border) cards, at my parents house. One of these days, I may just need to go through them and value them all. The high dollar price tags, even for baseball cards, need to be taken with a grain of salt. you need to actually find someone willing to pay that price in order to actually receive that amount of money.

[FRENCHREDSOX]

Magic: the Gathering is a drug. I refuse to play any more.
:)

But, I still have some first editition and Alpha edition (black border) cards, at my parents house. One of these days, I may just need to go through them and value them all. The high dollar price tags, even for baseball cards, need to be taken with a grain of salt. you need to actually find someone willing to pay that price in order to actually receive that amount of money.

In Magic the deal is done - most tournament are for 20000 FIRST PRIZE & like poker its almost worth more to lose & play "side games" ( I was in Maastricht last week & saw a best of 3 side game for 50000) so the market is there (for now)

[robinhoodnik]

The 70's, 80's, and 90's have been updated.

The 70's have had 52 new cards added and also some better cards replace poor versions. This will probably be the last posted 70's update for awhile barring a request so I can "fix" the other sets. 698 cards in this set now

The 80's haven't been fixed yet. They have had 77 new cards added and some better images replace poorer ones. This will likely be the next set up for major fixing and addition. 592 cards in this set now.

The 90's also haven't been "fixed" yet. There are 99 new cards, along with image improvements to this set. 614 cards in this set now.

Just getting this stuff out before I go back to work. There are already additions upcoming to all of the other sets, haven't had time to "fix" them yet. 2000's is also underway. Newer and better cards for a lot of players, quite a few of Topps' reproductions of the Allen & Ginter card styles are in it already, also some new players have been added. This is quickly becoming my favorite set because of all of the recent "vintage" issues. Very nice cards.

EDIT: All new additions to these sets as of about three weeks ago are cropped, rotated, and Lahman ID'd before being added. I just have to catch up with all of the existing cards as far as fixes go.

[FRENCHREDSOX]

Extraordinary work sir

[robinhoodnik]

Thanks French. If you notice any players missing that bother you (goes for everyone using these cards) let me know about it. I just with the last update, realized that I'd failed to have Dwight Evans and Fred Lynn cards for the 70's set. Two thirds of Bostons' stellar late 70's outfield were missing, and they're my team!:eek: Don't think twice about putting up a list of missing players (no non stars in the lists please, unless they're special to you, they're a bit harder to find, and will be added as they're found.), it'll be a big help to know who's missing and the decade they're missing from. Guys who had one or two great seasons would be okay under this request, Mark "The Bird" Fidrych for example, is okay, Carlos Quintana (1B for Boston pre-Mo Vaughn) would be a common and not necessary to postThanks.

[midwestjw]

there are some players that have the same name in the past as now as in Steve Hammond and Tony Gwynn from the 06 Brewers. is it possible to modify the name r=to not be the old players...

[ohms_law]

not with BBM 2007. Hopefully it will be with 2008 though.

[rockiesfan4ever]

Im not a big CPU junkie but all I have to do is save them and then I can us ethem>

[ohms_law]

Yes. You just need to put the photos in the correct place, and the game will use them automatically.

[robinhoodnik]

there are some players that have the same name in the past as now as in Steve Hammond and Tony Gwynn from the 06 Brewers. is it possible to modify the name r=to not be the old players...

Okay, Gwynn can be fixed by adding the suffix 01 to the card that's showing up for his kid. Probably the same for Hammond though I don't know which decade he played in off the top of my head. Go to your sportsmogul folder and find the photos, portraits folder, then right click on the gwynnto or tonygwynn (I'm not sure which format he was done under) and change the name to gwynnto01 That will fix Tony right up do the same for Hammond and he should be fixed too. It'll be hammost01 that you will type in.

[HarmonKillebrew]

I've got a question that goes along with rockiesfan4ever,
Does adding these write over pictures that the game makes for the real players and the game-created artifical ones?
Or do we put them in a seperate file, and the game still access them?

Would love to have pictures for the 61 league I started a while back... but don't want to mess anything up in the league I have going, etc.

[HarmonKillebrew]

Awesome, got it to work... was being overly cautious.

Great work by the way! :cool: :D ;) :)

[robinhoodnik]

They'll only "overwrite" the pictures if I've included pictures for those specific players. My sets aren't yet complete so the currently included players pictures will mostly be there.
They won't "mess" anything up at all. You can add them at any time. They really have no impact on the actual game, they're just decoration.
Here's a hint, if you want the most current pictures of multi-decade players, start adding the sets from the earliest to the most current. That way the newest cards will replace the older ones. If you like the players' younger look add the newest decades first, then work back to the beginning. This will overwrite the old Mickey Mantle with the younger 1950's Mick, etc. Also, if a certain decade of card styles are your favorite, and you plan on playing through that decade, add that set last, and you'll have mostly 1960's cards in the sixties.
Thanks for the compliment.
I'll be addiing to the set again, maybe soon, but more likely when the new BBM comes out. My 2007 disc wont install in my new machine and rather than bother Clay for a link, I'll probably just wait. But then again, I could use the 2006 free game for this work, it's all the same but the most recent rookies........................

[HarmonKillebrew]

I have to post a thanks again for adding these pictures. :D
It really adds a lot to the historical league when playing PbP games. :) :) :) :) :)

[TexasKnockout23]

I finally have the photo's for the players! Thanks dude.

[robinhoodnik]

Come back soon. I am as we speak, scanning what will probably wind up being thousands of cards to edit into the game. There's going to be a big addition to the modern (2000's decade) set soon. I've only managed to get 225 scanned so far but at 300 dpi it'll take a while. Well, back to geekin'

[TexasKnockout23]

What file am i supposed to save the photo's under though. I've been saving them under lahman's under the mogul 2007 folder

[robinhoodnik]

In the portraits folder, in the skins folder.

[robinhoodnik]

New update to the 2000's set. It's up to 1016 cards now. I just scanned in over 500 cards from my collection. They're all ID'd, sized and cropped. The old set isn't fixed (cropping, rotating, ID's) yet but it's still part of this set. More coming, as I only went through three of about 10 boxes so far.:rolleyes: :eek:
I'll probably wind up doing the same for the 70's, 80's, and 90's from my collection too. Loads of commons to fill in the sets with too.

[TexasKnockout23]

im having difficulty again, this time i cant get the 2000's cards in due to a new computer and a lagging loading time and no ezip wizard. im using a program that's foreign to me but until my dad fixes the computer, i cant tell you the name.

[robinhoodnik]

1. right click on the zip folder
2. choose extract all
3. click next
4. click browse
5. c:\ program files\ baseball 2007\ skins\ sportsmogul\ photos\ portraits
6. click next

[TexasKnockout23]

Thank you, I'll remember that, if it doesn't freeze up that is.

[robinhoodnik]

If you're asked, choose overwrite all and that will replace existing pictures with the cards you downloaded.

[TexasKnockout23]

that might just work... ill have to wait until my dad replaces the ram problem we have.

[robinhoodnik]

updated 2000's set is now operational. 1,114 cards. 500+ new cards added into the set.

[robinhoodnik]

1970's set is also updated. More cards, better cards, higher quality scans added.

[robinhoodnik]

1980's and 1990's updates coming soon, probably before wednesday. I've got a lot scanned into my machine, just have to crop, rotate, and rename them.

[ohms_law]

woo hoo! Thanks robin.
:)

[HarmonKillebrew]

I've obviously done something wrong here in putting in the photos, in that, in the next year after he's drafted, the rookie Joe Morgan 2B, becomes the recently retired 32 year old Joe Morgan. Doh! Also, in that next year, several other players that I switched, reverted back to their original photos... for example, the changed to card of Sandy Alomar (senior) reverts back to the photo of (junior) which is what the game was using before I changed it.

Which one (or how many of these four) do we change when we swap out info for the pictures?
- Photo
- LahamanID
- RetroSheet
- Baseball Ref
The reason I'm not sure of how many of the four are needed, is because, sometimes when I change Photo, it changes the photo... sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it's the 3rd or 4th one that makes the picture switch.

[robinhoodnik]

last I was aware of, Lahman is the format that BBM takes over any other. Just rename the photos for the Alomars, alomasa01 for Sr. and alomasa02 for junior. Otherwise it must be a game bug.
I haven't yet had the time to go through and Lahman ID all the pictures yet either. When I started doing these for myself, I used the old BBM method. That could also be the problem. One player may be lahman and the other not.

[michaelg123789]

I'll have to add this to my favorites list. Great post!

[HarmonKillebrew]

So, it doesn't matter if you change all 4, none will have any future effect on the game?
ie. it's pulling the Lahman info up to make the historical character, but once the character is loaded and formed with personality, etc. there is no further reference for creation or formation of the historical player after that, once it's created it's made and ages and such all from the first creation... is what I'm thinking, but I don't know if that's for sure.

[HarmonKillebrew]

Sorry robin, re-read your post, you encourage changing the pic's file names, and not messing with the in-game stuff.
Gonna have to do some work on this, as I've changed these files on about 10 players already in-game, heh. :o

Anyone reading this able to tell me where I can find the Lahman's ID numbers connected to players?
I need to change some of them back it appears.
I've simulated to end of year a several times now, and Joe Morgan turns about 10 years older each time... and Sandy Alomar's picture is turning into Roberto Alomar (as are some other players, such as Pete Smith, etc), regardless of what I do, so I do need to switch them back and change the pic's I.D.'s

I'm about a year and a half into a league that I've played every game for, Play by Play, one-pitch mode. And really don't want to start over ;)
This game is fun... and the pic-cards do add A LOT to the historical league play. :)

[robinhoodnik]

As far as images go, they're just pictures. The game can, and will run without any pictures at all.
If the game finds an identical picture of the same player, one with Lahman ID (alomasa01) and one BBM old standard (alomarsa01) BBM will take the Lahman ID and disregard the other. The old system used up to ten characters of the players name to identify them, last name first and then as many from the first name as it took to get to ten. The exception was when you had a guy like Frank Thomas. Then you would remove the last two letters in the name and substitute numbers to correctly ID the right player. Thus you had the Big Hurt as thomasfr04, his predecessor (Frank Thomas '51 - '66) as thomasfr03, and then you had thomasfr02 whose name was actually Fred Thomas ('18-'20) and finally, Frosty Thomas who played in the 1905 season.

Lahman uses up to the first five from the last name, first two from the first name and finally a two digit number, in that order.

[robinhoodnik]

The Lahman ID's are in your BBM folder. Lahman53 csv. Then click on master and the whole list will open up in a spreadsheet program and I think Word will also work. After it gets to the Z's there are a few more players.

[HarmonKillebrew]

Thanks again Robin, think I got them all straightened out now. :cool:

I've been having some fun picking through pics and picking which I'd like to show in game via the main player, and the headlines, etc. and these are great. :D

Robin, skimming through the posts here, am I reading correctly, that you scanned these cards from your personal card collection?

[robinhoodnik]

Some. My current collection is mostly 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's cards.

[robinhoodnik]

I'll have to add this to my favorites list. Great post!

Thanks.

[robinhoodnik]

62 card update. Mostly 2006 rookies, Japanese players and the incoming (2007) Japanese players. Just download the 2000 update zip folder and install it into the usual place. They're from the 2006 Topps '52 style rookies set. The Japanese players are on their Japanese issued cards.

[Jeff Olsen]

I plan to offer entire card sets--minus managers & coaches, of course--at some point in the future. I'll be continuing to update my photos for BBM & OOTP first.

[robinhoodnik]

I plan to offer entire card sets--minus managers & coaches, of course--at some point in the future. I'll be continuing to update my photos for BBM & OOTP first.

Like the entire 1979 Topps set? I've got another folder of scans started for you too Jeff.

[Jeff Olsen]

Like the entire 1979 Topps set?Yep, exactly like that. I already have the '50s Topps sets from VCT.

[robinhoodnik]

Good luck. Finding them, and in a decent size are the two hardest parts. I was disappointed to find that the 2006 Topps Turkey Reds scan poorly. The finish on them is supposed to mimic the originals. The surface is golf ball like but without the uniformity and you can see the card stock through the finish. Very nice appearance when you hold them in your hand, lousy when scanned.:( I also got my first ever real insert card with the Turkey Reds too. Bernie Williams game used jersey card with a pinstripe showing. Mixed blessing, A Red Sox fanatic, a Yankee Relic. :rolleyes: How else would it be?:rolleyes:

[Jeff Olsen]

Good luck. Finding them, and in a decent size are the two hardest parts.Yeah, I know. This won't be every card series ever published. I'm going to concentrate on the most useful ones first, like 1983 Topps, 1984 Donruss, and 2004 Topps Heritage. Here's an example of that 2004 set:

[robinhoodnik]

For complete player sets, the early 90's Fleer sets were nearly all inclusive (and often, all ugly too). They went way overboard with the player selection but as a result we can get cards of nearly every player from that point in time.

[robinhoodnik]

Bump.

[ohms_law]

We need updates Robin!
:)

Actually, now that Mogul can use lahman ID's for photos, that should be the first thing done. I can help you out converting them, if you'd like.

[robinhoodnik]

If you want to, I'm fine with it. I'm sure that there are quite a few errors in the sets that need fixing too. I don't play BM very often so I don't usually see the results of my work very much (thus modern players in older sets don't get fixed, because I don't see them).
My biggest problem is my %$#@*&^ wife keeps on putting away the baseball cards I'm scanning. I then have to go drag 20,000 - 30,000 cards back down out of the attic and begin trying to figure out which have been sorted for scanning, and which haven't. After that, I then have to scan them. :mad: She's wearing me down. :rolleyes:

EDIT: I have a bunch more rookies, maybe 30 or 40, but the same thing happened to them. Up in the attic, and probably mixed with all the cards from the existing rookies update. I think I'll at least find and do them on sunday.

[robinhoodnik]

I have 449 cards from the 80's and 378 from the 90's in a folder and waiting to be cropped etc. Maybe I'll do some of those on sunday and post them when I get enough done to make it worthwhile.
I started doing the lahman conversions of the sets, and I've always used Lahman after a certain point. I just decided to start adding cards to the sets instead of renaming for the immediate future.

[PadresFan104]

I'm already using all of these images in BBM08, and they look great. Thanks so much for all of your work!

[robinhoodnik]

You're welcome. I update when I have the time so check back occasionally.

[ohms_law]

I have 449 cards from the 80's and 378 from the 90's in a folder and waiting to be cropped etc. Maybe I'll do some of those on sunday and post them when I get enough done to make it worthwhile.
I started doing the lahman conversions of the sets, and I've always used Lahman after a certain point. I just decided to start adding cards to the sets instead of renaming for the immediate future.

If you're willing to do it, feel free to just scan a ton of cards and email them to me. I can crop them and whatnot, and send them back to you.

[robinhoodnik]

Way too big for any e-mail to handle. The only way to do transfers of this size realistically is via CD.

[ohms_law]

Thats probably true. Oh well...

[ohms_law]

Yes

[robinhoodnik]

Working on a large update to the 90's set right now. Should post tonight sometime.

[robinhoodnik]

More like monday sometime now. I'm renaming the whole folder, added 300 new images, some new, some replacing less attractive ones. It's up to 844 cards now. Randy Johnson card fixed among others.

[robinhoodnik]

1990'S card set updated. It's on page one.

[FRENCHREDSOX]

.
My biggest problem is my %$#@*&^ wife keeps on putting away the baseball cards I'm scanning. I then have to go drag 20,000 - 30,000 cards back down out of the attic and begin trying to figure out which have been sorted for scanning, and which haven't. After that, I then have to scan them. :mad: She's wearing me down. :rolleyes:



That's because you are giving your cards to much attention & not her ;) :D

[robinhoodnik]

Lol. I wish! She's obsessive compulsive, and in denial. She uses cleaning fluids that actually melt the caulking out of the bathroom fixtures! She doesn't see the problem with it either! :eek:

[ohms_law]

1990'S card set updated. It's on page one.

awesome! Thanks.


Lol. I wish! She's obsessive compulsive, and in denial. She uses cleaning fluids that actually melt the caulking out of the bathroom fixtures! She doesn't see the problem with it either! :eek:

lol
exact opposite problem than in my house...
:rolleyes:

[robinhoodnik]

She stripped the finish off of all of the fixtures in there too. She wakes up at 3:30 in the morning to start cleaning! She's in our room at 4:00-4:30 banging drawers around putting clothes away! She's taken the shine off the new kitchen floor! AAARRRGGGhhhhhhhhh!:eek:

[Scud_Dawg]

ouch

[FRENCHREDSOX]

She stripped the finish off of all of the fixtures in there too. She wakes up at 3:30 in the morning to start cleaning! She's in our room at 4:00-4:30 banging drawers around putting clothes away! She's taken the shine off the new kitchen floor! AAARRRGGGhhhhhhhhh!:eek:

As long as she doesnt go near your COMPUTER - oh by the way dont eat her SOUP;)

[robinhoodnik]

Honey.......... Is that a hint of Tarn-X I detect? ;) lol.

[robinhoodnik]

1900's rename coming next. I hadn't realized how many guys weren't showing up. There are Cobb cards in here, along with a lot of other conspicuously absent images. The old naming system (first and last up to ten characters) doesn't load them though. At least in 2008 beta. :o :confused:

[ohms_law]

Actually, it didn't load most of them in 2007 either. I was working through your '52 Bowman Set (which is really cool, btw) earlier, renaming using the Lahman ID's. I'll send it to you when I manage to complete it.

FYI: The method that I'm using is to copy the current file name to the search box in Baseball-reference.com and search for the player that way, then copy the ID from the url to rename the file with. Have any suggestions for easier methods?

[robinhoodnik]

I have the individual decade file open and then search for the first and last name in Baseball Referencedot com. It'll come up with it that way even if the "common" first name was a nickname. You can also do partial name searches if you cant make out the writing on the cards. Failing that, I'll try BM and see what the guy comes up as by looking for the year and team he was on.

[ohms_law]

Yea, that's what I'm doing as well. I'm considering whipping up a little utility program though, to search through the file names compared against the lahman first name/last name: playerID field though, do them all in one fell swoop. Actually, just keep doing what you're doing and I'll do that. Once I get it working correctly, I'll send you everything that you've done to date that isn't converted...

[eecheerow]

Thought I'd try to help out with the early stuff... just stumbled across this site, don't know if these were portraits or baseball cards, but they seem to be baseball card style. I put a example under the link:

http://www.rainfall.com/posters/baseballcards/catalog1.htm

[ohms_law]

:cool:

[moneyp]

So what's the best one to use if you like to sim historical seasons?

[robinhoodnik]

All of them. If you like the older player looks, start with 1900's and work up. If you like the cards that are closer to rookie, or are rookies, start with the newest and work back. If you like a specific era, save that for last.

[robinhoodnik]

Still working on the 1900's file. I got into it, so instead of just fixing all of the names, I'm adding cards again.:rolleyes: Shouldn't be too much longer 'till I just put together what I've got and post it.

[robinhoodnik]

1900's files done (for now) Huge improvement via Lahman ID, cards added, the usual.

[robinhoodnik]

bump

[AcidLake116]

How do I install this? Thanks

[ohms_law]

I wrote this thread not too long ago to help out: Creating a new Skin and using photo, logo, and sound mods (http://forum.sportsmogul.com/showthread.php?t=139794)

[WithAuthority]

I see no link to click where I can download any of these? Am I missing something

[Jeff Olsen]

You don't see all the links on the first page of this thread?

[cyoakam1]

Robinhood, this is an amazing set of cards. I love using the card images rather than just plain photos of the players. Thanks for all your work. I never dreamed I could have the players in card images from the early 1900s for Baseball Mogul. ....Cy

[NoahSoho]

You still don't play Baseball Mogul, Robin? It makes me a little sad that you have done this amazing work and yet don't reap any of the benefits. Although, it does show how generous people are!

[robinhoodnik]

I never really stopped completely playing BM. I haven't bought the current one yet is all. I do play BMO. When I get some spare time again, I am going to put together some updates to the set, and I'm seriously considering the $400 outlay to buy a good image editing program to do more with the logo set I did, and learn how to create new backgrounds for other screens in the game.

[Jeff Olsen]

I don't play BBM much anymore myself. Too busy working on my pics and playing other games, like City of Heroes.

[robinhoodnik]

I don't play BBM much anymore myself. Too busy working on my pics and playing other games, like City of Heroes.

Another game I keep almost buying.

[gosensgo101]

Hey, thanks for the hard work on these. Do the nineteenhundreds updates include all cards from the decade-by-decade files? If they don't then, if I want the newest possible cards should I download the nineteenhundreds file before or after I download the other decades? Thanks again, these and the other photo packs really enhance the BM experience.

[robinhoodnik]

If you want mostly newer cards, start at the beginning and work towards the most current set, if you like the older cards (younger versions of players), start with the most recent set and work back. If you want them all but especially like one decade, or decades as the case may be, over others, save those for last.

[robinhoodnik]

Small update! 75 new cards in the 2000's set. They're in the 2000 UPDATE 1 file.

[ohms_law]

woo hoo!

[robinhoodnik]

Bigger update coming. 2000's in process of being renamed with Lahman ID's, images fixed and or replaced.

[ohms_law]

:)

[semperatus]

Thanks for your efforts the pix are great.

[robinhoodnik]

Thank you. I'm currently renaming with Lahman ID's and cropping the 2000's set. Lots of errors there along with some pics that are being upgraded or made more current. Zito a Giant for example. About 33% done, but I'm planning on wasting a lot of time doing more of it today.

[robinhoodnik]

2000's set refinished. All previous updates included plus some upgraded or more current pictures added.

Another update is on the way as I didn't have the opportunity to scan in the cards I bought on the 6th ....yet. ;) 80 more cards approximately on the way for this set.

[KidCavalier23]

will there eventually be a set of all of the years altogether? just wondering, good work ;)

[robinhoodnik]

It's not impossible, but I really couldn't post it here. The files are huge by decade alone, and with the constant additions it really doesn't make much sense right now to do it on a download site either. It's just easier to manage as it is right now. Plus you can pick and choose your favorite decades with the current setup. If you like the forties and fifties, you can put them in your folder last and overwrite the cards of players from other decades. Like Mickey Mantle for example. If you like the fifties Mick best, you're not stuck with sixties Mickey, you just download the sixties set first and then say yes to overwrite him when you later add in the fifties.

[robinhoodnik]

2000's update posted. 59 cards. Tried for better or current cards for stars, one naming fix, and a bunch of rookies.

[robinhoodnik]

Wow, no Dontrelle! :eek: Guess that the next update will focus on filling in the major league rosters.

[metsguy234]

Great pictures, I just need help getting them into the Portraits file. How do you do that?

[robinhoodnik]

The simplest way is to open the folder and drag a line to the bottom of the folder, then drag it left to include all of the images, right click on one of the highlit images (which will include all of the selected images), then choose copy or cut (copy will leave the images in the original folder as a backup if you want one), next open the portraits folder and (first delete all of the images in the folder before starting any of this) right click on a blank spot, choose paste, wait. If you need any more help at all, go ahead and ask or PM me.

[yankees4life]

I am very interested in trying your photos but I'm having problems getting them to load. I made a folder, then copied the newcolors.ini into the new folder, then made another new folder inside of the other folder I made and put the photos in there but when I start a game nobody has a photo on their scouting report.

any help is appreciated

[yankees4life]

nvm, I figured it out and they look great

[robinhoodnik]

Stick them directly into the portrait folder that comes with BM. Close the game. Reopen the game and they should be there. If asked to overwrite, say yes.

[ritchieuk]

Thank you Robin for these amazing cards. As a Brit who is relatively new to baseball the cards have proved invaluable especially as the game I'm playing is the Rangers starting in 1972 and it's nice to actually see what the players look like!!!

[robinhoodnik]

You're Welcome
If you haven't yet, get at least the two surrounding decades. If you're starting in the 70's grab the 60's and the 80's. That will fill in a lot of holes in the set.

[ritchieuk]

Thanks Robin, I've actually downloaded all the cards from the 40s to the 2000s just in case there were some players leftover from that era. As you've said previously it doesn't change the gameplay but it does make it even more enjoyable to play.
I presume that as and when players become available in the amateur draft, the game will add the relevant card to their profile.

[robinhoodnik]

Yes, they'll be there if I have them in the sets. I'm periodically adding players to these sets and also updating them with the Lahman ID's as I go.

[MeetDaMets]

bump

:):cool:

[robinhoodnik]

I had an update ready to go, but lost it when I had to do a fresh install of windows this past week. :( Luckily, I have those cards on hand and just have to do the work over again.

[MeetDaMets]

One can also install these packs newest to oldest and thus end up with the
oldest card for a player, presumably the rookie card...:cool:

[rogue9]

First of all, great job. I can't imagine how much work this took.

I have a question. I installed newest to oldest to get the oldest cards.

Take Willie Mays for example, I see theres half a dozen or so cards. Are they all different decades? It doesnt look like the one that shows up in game is the oldest card. How do i set witch card the game uses?

Thanks

[robinhoodnik]

You could just go through them, copy the one you want to your desktop, then go into the portraits folder, delete the one you don't want, close the folder, re-open it and then add the one from the desktop.
Make sure it's named mayswi01 I haven't yet finished renaming all of them to the Lahman standard, so there are some errors in the sets here and there.

[HarmonKillebrew]

Robinhoodnik, I'm about to come back to playing my Twins Franchise (started it in the Twins inaugural year and play, play by play BBM 2007 version) after about 10 months off... and I had to stop here and comment on how much I appreciate all the hard work you have done here with these picture cards.
The cards bring back memories, and the cards/faces add so much to the play by play value of the game that it was like a whole new game once I added these.
Sure, fancy graphics don't always make a game, and that's not what BBM is about, but just seeing the faces of the players on these cards REALLY does add a lot of enjoyment and value to the game.

Thank you again.

[royalblue5]

ditto
I couldn't agree more, it certainly does bring back memories. Which is doubly cool, since my 8 year old son is now enjoying this game with me.

If I had a scanner, I would attempt to fill in any holes from my collection.

Thanks alot

[robinhoodnik]

Small 2000's update coming soon (Joba, Tulowitzki, Utley, +). 60 or so cards. Still have a huge pile of 80's to edit too.

[robinhoodnik]

Heck wit it. Here it is now. 2000 new update zip in the 2000's post on page #1. Many are guys missing, a few are guys not yet in the majors, some may not work in 2007 with it's version of lahman. 89 cards in all.

[robinhoodnik]

90's update added 43 cards. Not much, but it's what I had on hand. page one, nineties post, 90's update zip.

[ohms_law]

:cool:
Thanks, as always, robin

[robinhoodnik]

BIG 80'S UPDATE!

342 new cards. 12/4/07
page one, 80's, 80's update zip.

[robinhoodnik]

bump

[MacArthur]

Thanks for making this mod. My favorite mod so far, it makes the game feel more alive and takes me back to my card collecting days of 15 years ago (right before cards got extremely expensive).

[robinhoodnik]

You're welcome.

[MessiahRp]

Hey RobinHoodnik,

I loved your idea so I spent all afternoon scouring the internet and cropping images and created a Zip file with an update on guys without images based on HoustonGM's final roster mod.

I didn't do everyone that was missing an image but I did get a ton of rookies or key players that were missing images. I'd say about 90% of the images are baseball cards but for a small amount of guys I could not find a baseball card scan so I added regular images just to have them.

I included images for Bill Hall and Tony Gwynn Jr. since both have other images of other players with their name (Tony's Dad).

To correct them, change the image names to billhall2 and tonygwynnjr and that will redirect to the correct images.

This update includes images for Jay Bruce, Homer Bailey, Ryan Braun, Yovanni Gallardo, Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Phillip Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, etc, etc, etc.

Hope this works for everyone!

-Rp

[robinhoodnik]

Nice job. There are a lot of guys showing up in the late thirties drafts with more modern images too. A lot of the issues are due to my having to rework the set to work with Lahman ID's, I just haven't got around to completing that. I appreciate the help/updating.

[Clay Dreslough]

FYI, we have now updated Baseball Mogul 2009 (to be released this weekend) so that when displaying a photo it searches for a player's LahmanID before searching just by name. This, for example, means that you can now put a photo in for both Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. and it should display them correctly.

Clay

[horatiosalt]

This is, in my opinion, the best mod of them all. Spent 30 minutes putting them in, WOW. :)

[robinhoodnik]

Thank you.

[RickD]

Awesome!

[RickD]

Bump....any updates coming?

[gosensgo101]

This is getting lost, so I'm bumping it up.

[ohms_law]

It's in the index for both 2008 and 2009. No bumping, Please.

[robinhoodnik]

Bump....any updates coming?

Maybe in the future a bit. Nothing really set to go yet. Been very busy with lots of outside things. Even managed to get booted from winter for absence.:o

[filihok]

Hey guys, these Photo packs sound really awesome. But, when I try to DL them it I get a message saying "the requested site is unavailable or is unable to be found". Any reason I would be getting this?

[gosensgo101]

Clay said in another thread that its a database error. Check back later and they should (hopefully) work.

[filihok]

Hey guys, these Photo packs sound really awesome. But, when I try to DL them it I get a message saying "the requested site is unavailable or is unable to be found". Any reason I would be getting this?

Got them to work. It is totally awesome as everyone else has mentioned. The final piece that I needed to motivate me to do a Dodgers 1989-current Dynasty. How can I look at that those old cards and not be flooded with memories of that magic 1988 season. (I'll have to get a new Kirk Gibson photo though, maybe one with a fist-pump).

My only complaint...I don't like all those Giants uniforms on my 2008 Dodgers...

[robinhoodnik]

Here you go. Just plop it into your folder. Kirk in Dodger blue, and from the '88 set.

[filihok]

Thanks bro,

you are a quality human...

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

Can someone direct me to the post, or posts, containing the most updated photo pack for '09?

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

I got them all in. But I'm just wondering when the last time these were updated was, because I still have Borowski as a Cub and Javier Vazquez as a Yankee and I'm sure there are others. Have these not been updated in a while, or did I just put them in in the wrong order, if so, what order should I have put them in? I only did the 2000's ones, by the way.

[robinhoodnik]

They all get periodic updates. The one problem is that there are approximately 12 decades worth of baseball cards to track down, scan/download, resize, crop, rename, test, and finally upload. I buy a bunch of new cards every year for the project as well. The holdup is that I don't have enough time to update annually every card for every active player.
I try, but it's impossible for me to get it all done quickly right now. :(

[robinhoodnik]

Thanks bro,

you are a quality human...

Well, I do have some of the qualities of a human...... ;)

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

I think I probably just inserted them in the wrong order. What order should I have inserted them in?

[gosensgo101]

If you want the most recent you start at the 1900s and work your way forwards. If you want the oldest ones (the rookie card) start at the 200s and work your way backwards.

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

I know that, I only did the 2000's. But I think I may have inserted one of the 2000's ones in the wrong order. I think the order I went in was:

Two thousands one
Two thousands two
Two thousands three
Two thousands update
2000 new update
2008 Image update

[robinhoodnik]

Just looking at the last update date. I got a couple of boxes of cards after that date. Maybe if we do get rain on Tuesday out here, I'll get some scanned.

[robinhoodnik]

Okay, so I got none done today (yet), but I did manage to get my butt off to Target and blow 41 bucks on the 2008 '59 style cards, and find the box of 2007 '58 style cards that Santa brought me. I'll get working on them soon.
Also noticed that my personal cards folder (photos folder in mogul) has more 2000's cards than my recent updates to the 2000's sets do. I'll have to eventually just package the whole thing up and make it available somewhere as a one shot download.

[robinhoodnik]

Some samples of the 2008 Topps '59 scans I just ripped out. (Enough Dodger Blue now? ;) )

[ohms_law]

heh

Neat!

[robinhoodnik]

Samples of the 2007 '58's

[robinhoodnik]

275 cards scanned in. Some should be up in the not too distant future.

edit: I'll get some of 'em up sometime on Wednesday. Got 108 cut cropped and named so far.

[jcbarr]

Thos '58 replicas are great. Do you own the whole set? If not where are you getting these pics from?

[robinhoodnik]

No, not the whole set. I got a box of them for Christmas.

[filihok]

Some samples of the 2008 Topps '59 scans I just ripped out. (Enough Dodger Blue now? ;) )

I Loves me some Dodger Blue...

I'm crossing my fingers for a Kershaw soon...I need to call that curve up

[jcbarr]

Sweet, well you need to go out and get the whole set so I can play with an entire league full of these photos.

[robinhoodnik]

Sweet, well you need to go out and get the whole set so I can play with an entire league full of these photos.

I'm now accepting cash donations. ;)

[jcbarr]

How much do baseball cards even go for these days? I haven't looked at buying any in over ten years.

[robinhoodnik]

$41 dollars for 14 packs yesterday.

[robinhoodnik]

Update posted. In post #13 248 cards. Enjoy. :)

[TheNamelessPoet]

How much do baseball cards even go for these days? I haven't looked at buying any in over ten years.

just saw them at target i think about 1.50-1.75 for a pack. the gum is back too :D that makes me happy :p. I remember about 5 years ago i bought a pack from i THINK 1987 or so. the gum was terrible!!! just disolved in my mouth and did not stick together. very dissapointed :mad::(

2006 I tried to make the Topps set and spent WELL over $300 in TONS of those "Rack packs". missing i thinkg 3 cards from series 1... never even started on series 2... just do d@mn expensive

[filihok]

I remember about 5 years ago i bought a pack from i THINK 1987 or so. the gum was terrible!!! just disolved in my mouth and did not stick together. very dissapointed :mad::(


You ate 16 year old gum and lived to tell about it???? :eek:

[robinhoodnik]

It's still good! It has to soften up, but after that it's usually fine.

Cockroaches, Spam, and Topps gum. All that'll be left of our civilization in a million years. :(

[robinhoodnik]

just saw them at target i think about 1.50-1.75 for a pack. the gum is back too :D that makes me happy :p. I remember about 5 years ago i bought a pack from i THINK 1987 or so. the gum was terrible!!! just disolved in my mouth and did not stick together. very dissapointed :mad::(

2006 I tried to make the Topps set and spent WELL over $300 in TONS of those "Rack packs". missing i thinkg 3 cards from series 1... never even started on series 2... just do d@mn expensive

Just went back. 3 bucks per pack of the retro cards. 4 bucks for a 36 card pack of Upper Deck (which I just got), and Wal-Mart has a 5 pack box of standard issue Topps for ten bucks (which I also just got).

EDIT: Now in the update as well.

[jcbarr]

It's still good! It has to soften up, but after that it's usually fine.

Cockroaches, Spam, and Topps gum. All that'll be left of our civilization in a million years. :(

I bought a pack of 1986 Topps a while back at the fair and gave the gum to my niece. It was great. She chewed a piece of bubble gum that was older than her. It of course disentigrated in her mouth, but the moment was priceless.

[TheNamelessPoet]

It's still good! It has to soften up, but after that it's usually fine.

Cockroaches, Spam, and Topps gum. All that'll be left of our civilization in a million years. :(

see... that was the problem... i'm prety sure it was donruss :p im trying out these mods now... i cant WAIT to get them going

[TheNamelessPoet]

ive only looked at the 2000's but I just want to let u know man... htese are UNBELIEVABLE.

AWESOME work

[EVEN11323]

just saw them at target i think about 1.50-1.75 for a pack. the gum is back too :D that makes me happy :p. I remember about 5 years ago i bought a pack from i THINK 1987 or so. the gum was terrible!!! just disolved in my mouth and did not stick together. very dissapointed :mad::(

2006 I tried to make the Topps set and spent WELL over $300 in TONS of those "Rack packs". missing i thinkg 3 cards from series 1... never even started on series 2... just do d@mn expensive


Man, I did the exact same thing when I was 11, but it was only 10 years old. Not the smartest thing to do.

[robinhoodnik]

ive only looked at the 2000's but I just want to let u know man... htese are UNBELIEVABLE.

AWESOME work

Thank you.

[RickD]

Awesome bro keep up the good work as time and finances allow.

[robinhoodnik]

Another weekend, another $40 bucks. ;)

[RickD]

Lol

[beerchaser]

I bought a pack of 1986 Topps a while back at the fair and gave the gum to my niece. It was great. She chewed a piece of bubble gum that was older than her. It of course disentigrated in her mouth, but the moment was priceless.

20 year old gum? I'd have to, uh, chew on that notion for awhile before I, uh, chewed it.

[TheNamelessPoet]

upper deck fist eddition at 99cents at target in ct :)

which brings me to my question... if i scanned a bunch of them could u make them the right size and stuff

[casts75]

i want to know where i install the files(the Picture)

thank you!!!!!

[TheNamelessPoet]

her ya go for xp unless u changed the place it was installed :)

xp btw

[robinhoodnik]

upper deck fist eddition at 99cents at target in ct :)

which brings me to my question... if i scanned a bunch of them could u make them the right size and stuff

I could, but since currently I'm buying at Target and Wal-Mart I've got the same supply as you do; plus, I have another large stack all ready to be scanned, cropped, and named. :)

[TheNamelessPoet]

I could, but since currently I'm buying at Target and Wal-Mart I've got the same supply as you do; plus, I have another large stack all ready to be scanned, cropped, and named. :)

well i might be able to help on a few/ what size do they need to be cropped to. i have a few that I like and want to see in the game. if I scan them do you want me to send them to you? and if you have the texeria UD starquest card let me know that the major one I want :p

[casts75]

the namelesspoet

your the man


a big thanks

i like the card

[robinhoodnik]

well i might be able to help on a few/ what size do they need to be cropped to. i have a few that I like and want to see in the game. if I scan them do you want me to send them to you? and if you have the texeria UD starquest card let me know that the major one I want :p

160x200. The main problem, is that they're far too large once scanned, to just post or e-mail. You could start a thread and post them as alternates or add-ons to this set. If you posted them in this thread, they'd wind up lost at this point. The thread is huge.

[DarthJaker]

bump

[DarthJaker]

bump to a great mod

[robinhoodnik]

An update. Mostly filler players from the early to mid 20th century. Some HOF'ers in here, but mostly guys who irritate you by their absence in the picture box, and who had brief careers. When you're asked to overwrite, unless you're really into your favorite card, just say yes. No clunker photos except for a few guys who are the type who played 6 games over three seasons.

146 images

[reflections]

I love the Ray Dandridge card

[robinhoodnik]

Too bad there isn't an option to add the Negro League players into the game.

[reflections]

Too bad there isn't an option to add the Negro League players into the game.
True.
I've basically researched them and put them into my current dynasty.
Wouldn't of been easier to just have them their in the first place though.

[robinhoodnik]

True.
I've basically researched them and put them into my current dynasty.
Wouldn't of been easier to just have them their in the first place though.

Agreed, Just have a check box to add them. I'd very much be interested in seeing how Josh Gibson would turn out playing against the "pros".
You could even add them slowly, the more famous guys, here, lesser known players later, as information becomes available. At least get the HOF players in the game as an option. I think that a good guesstimate could be made on their abilities with all of the Jamesian formulae floating around. Heck, it'd be an option box, you'd get an unknown quantity, it wouldn't be perfect, but so what?

[robinhoodnik]

I'll get some more cards from the Negro Leagues for you. I didn't know that anyone was actually adding the players into their games. The Ted Williams Card Company had a bunch of them in it's set, shouldn't be too hard to come up with some on the internet (I'm not going to dig for mine in my attic, it's freakin' cold up there! :D).
You'll just have to edit the cards or the player names yourself, Lahman just adds 99 to all of their names since they weren't "Pro" players.

[robinhoodnik]

Here's 56 cards for you to figure out how to use. I put a text file titled "legend" in the folder so that you can tell who's who, and what position they primarily played. They're all labeled Lahman style, and with the 99 suffix.

[reflections]

I'll get some more cards from the Negro Leagues for you. I didn't know that anyone was actually adding the players into their games. The Ted Williams Card Company had a bunch of them in it's set, shouldn't be too hard to come up with some on the internet (I'm not going to dig for mine in my attic, it's freakin' cold up there! :D).
You'll just have to edit the cards or the player names yourself, Lahman just adds 99 to all of their names since they weren't "Pro" players.

Sweet.
Thanks.
I had been going through, and finding the pictures. Some have been harder than others. I also am putting in Japanese players.
It's a bit of a crazy type dynasty. lol
You definitely have some better pictures than some of the ones I found.

[robinhoodnik]

Sweet.
Thanks.
I had been going through, and finding the pictures. Some have been harder than others. I also am putting in Japanese players.
It's a bit of a crazy type dynasty. lol
You definitely have some better pictures than some of the ones I found.

All of the "official" Negro League websites really are awful. Missing players, incorrect info, completely missing vital information like position, years, teams, it's pretty ridiculous how bad it is. The info's out there and not all that hard to find.
Some of my pics, the faded sepia toned ones mainly, had to be enhanced to bring out the players facial features.
Other searches that produce good results are for Cuban baseball, Mexican, etc. Places the guys played in their "off" seasons. I did cheat a little for this set, not all are baseball cards, some are post cards, but it's that or nothing for some of the players.

[reflections]

All of the "official" Negro League websites really are awful. Missing players, incorrect info, completely missing vital information like position, years, teams, it's pretty ridiculous how bad it is. The info's out there and not all that hard to find.
Some of my pics, the faded sepia toned ones mainly, had to be enhanced to bring out the players facial features.
Other searches that produce good results are for Cuban baseball, Mexican, etc. Places the guys played in their "off" seasons. I did cheat a little for this set, not all are baseball cards, some are post cards, but it's that or nothing for some of the players.

Yeah i know about the websites being full of inaccuracies. It's was a struggle to find info on all the guys I wanted to put in. Took me a little over a month to get all the info I wanted to start with.
I use a KSU website a lot. They have a very good amount of info, along with good bio's for a lot of players.

[nico1fanjul]

hey, whats the last up-date full pack? is there a 2009 season card-pack to download?

[robinhoodnik]

Not yet. I haven't bought any of this seasons card issues.

I have been going through my working set and renaming all of the old BM standard names to the Lahmans, getting better cards for a lot of guys and generally cleaning it up. It takes a long time to work through that many images and correct all of the errors from my initial work.

I'll probably post that updated work broken down in as large as possible alphabetical sets (a-c, d-g, etc.) when I complete the work on it. I won't be doing it decade by decade again.

[reflections]

bump. :)

[robinhoodnik]

Thanks.

[reflections]

Thanks.

I know everyone likes doing the action packs/photo sets...but nothing for me beats baseball cards as player pics.

[ewing6]

how do i install these does it take a while?

[robinhoodnik]

how do i install these does it take a while?

They go here:
C:\Program Files\Sports Mogul\Baseball 2009\Skins\SportsMogul\Photos\Portraits

No, no longer than it takes to download, unzip and drag and drop or copy paste the files.
Only thing to think about is whether you prefer the younger looking players or the older veteran look. If you prefer rookies, install them backwards from the most recent decades and click "yes" to overwrite all. That will replace the older looking player with a more youthful one (if it exists) since many players careers span the decades. Example would be Willie Mays. There's a 1970's Mets Willie if you add them from oldest to newest, that's what you'll get. If you go from newest to oldest, you'll get a younger Giants Willie. There are also multiple cards of some players in the sets so that we can modify the set to our own liking. Don't like Bowman Hank Aaron? Fine, open the folder and rename a couple of pics and you can have a 1957 Topps Aaron in your game.

[ewing6]

I got them in, thanks man. They look great. Just one thing. Joe borowski's card shows up on carlos beltran :O

[DennisSlate]

Robinhoodnik I have the photos/Baseball Cards downloaded, but I guess I am a dummy because I can`t get them to work. I have them downloaded and unzipped to my photos/portraits folder. Is that where they are supposed to be? Also should they be taken from there own folders to the photos/portrait folder? I hope I am making sense.
I am 61 years old and have a tough time sometimes understanding some of this. I would appreciate any and all help yourself or anyone could provide.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.

Have a great day,
Dennis

[DennisSlate]

I have figured out what to do. I feel like a complete ass. I read more into what it took than what it was. Really simple or maybe I`m just really simple. The Cards are great. Thank you very much. I especially loved seeing the 59 Topps cards the first cards I ever collected.
Thanks again and keep up you wonderful work.

[DennisSlate]

I got them in, thanks man. They look great. Just one thing. Joe borowski's card shows up on carlos beltran :O

Also Roberto Clemente`s card is a pitcher looks like a Royal righthander can`t make out who it is.

[rockiesfan4ever]

All of the major updates are on the first page?

[ewing6]

yeah

[reflections]

Also Roberto Clemente`s card is a pitcher looks like a Royal righthander can`t make out who it is.

In which pack?