October 8, 2006

Reds Celebrity Look-Alikes

I know what you've been thinking: sure, technology has given me the microwave and the digital watch and the lifesaving organ transplant I needed at birth, but when is it going to come through with an application that uses a photo of me to say which celebrity I look the most like?

Well friend, your wait is over. Thanks to the good people at MyHeritage, face recognition software is now available to “Find the Celebrity in You.” So, of course, the first thing I did is run some of my favorite Reds photos through to see what came back.

Heh heh: Arroyo looks like a woman

Bronson Arroyo's #1 match was Sophia Loren. I think he ought to try the eyeliner; I think it would be a good look for him.

Hatteberg and Gordon: the pretty boys of midwest sports

Did anyone else see the thing on the FSN pre-game where Kent Mercker asked all his teammates who spent the most time in front of the mirror, and they all said Scott Hatteberg? Perhaps, then, it's fitting that his best celebrity match was racing heartthrob Jeff Gordon.

Performing tonight: Latin Love Machine with Limp Bizkit

Javier Valentín probably only really looks like Fred Durst with that hat on, but I think he always wears it, so there go you.

Something horribly tasteless about a headshot

Ryan Freel's mugshot comes up looking the most like Kurt Cobain, but I like the Hanson boy myself. Mmm-bop!

14 comments to “Reds Celebrity Look-Alikes”

  1. JinAZ says:

    Yikes, my best match was Harry Truman! 🙂

    Though apparently my wife looks like Carrie Fisher! -j

  2. THANK YOU for Snacks Hancock! I’m sure he’ll love the NLCS!

  3. Red Hot Mama says:

    JinAZ: Harry Truman and Carrie Fisher? Your baby must be quite a cutie! ;P

    BS: Did I miss something? It looks to me like the only time Snax made an appearance, your boys lost. By which I mean, “you’re welcome!”

  4. KittyDuran says:

    No guys for me… but my was Enya (74%), Daisy Fuentes (73%) and Sandra Bullock (72%).

  5. smartelf says:

    How the heck is Don Rumsfeld and Kurt Cobain in the same pool of matches? That is nuts!!!

  6. smartelf says:

    Hey I must be good looking! I got matched with heather Locklear, Kristy Young, Lindsay Lohan, Miranda Richardson and…. Pele (the soccer player)! LOL!!!

  7. smartelf says:

    I think Javy Valentin got matched up because of the hat… take a look at that similarity… also, Ryan Freel was looking down and to the left, and so are his matches… so you have to be careful which photo you use… probably need as generic as possible, and looking straight ahead.

  8. Red Hot Mama says:

    Kitty – I can totally see the Sandra Bullock connection. I wouldn’t have thought of Enya…

    smartelf – Definitely the position of your head has a lot to do with the matches you get, but I don’t know how I could have gotten any more generic for Freel than his mugshot!

  9. smartelf says:

    Well that is cool.. Kurt Cobain is one of my all time favorites, and so is Freel. So I like that match. Don Rumsfeld? Bah, Humbug!

  10. smartelf says:

    Although maybe DOn Rumsfeld has a midget in his head too… an evil leprachaun!

  11. Red Hot Mama says:

    LOL. That’s funny.

  12. ohiobobcat says:

    entirely too frightened to attempt this at home. Damn, these Harry Potter glasses are really starting to work against me.

  13. Joel says:

    Apparently I’m a dead ringer for Rupert Murdoch. Damnit! That dude is old. [img]http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/photos/2005/11-B/murdoch_rupert170x220.jpg[/img]

  14. Red Hot Mama says:

    My number one match was Zhang Ziyi, so you’d better not bug me or I’ll go all “Memoirs of a Geisha” on your ass.