And the New Player Program is....
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@vk_ratliff_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Monte Irvin???? Nice guy....helped Mays in his rookie year adjust to the big leagues.......Where is McCovey?.....you know the HOFer???????
The most fun I ever had in this game was McCovey at San Fran, hitting dingers into the cove, people rage quitting before it could land.
I cant think of the name of that cove, but if it was up to me, I would name it after Willie.
It is 'McCovey Cove.'
I'm sure a lot will not know who Monte is. Before my time, but I'm a student of the game.
This is off topic, but one of my Grandma's used to rave about Johnny Mize. Why is he not in the game? -
@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Monte Irvin???? Nice guy....helped Mays in his rookie year adjust to the big leagues.......Where is McCovey?.....you know the HOFer???????
Irvin is in the HOF too.
For those interested in learning more about him
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@poksey_mlbts said in And the New Player Program is....:
@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Monte Irvin???? Nice guy....helped Mays in his rookie year adjust to the big leagues.......Where is McCovey?.....you know the HOFer???????
Irvin is in the HOF too.
For those interested in learning more about him
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/monte-irvin/Wow thanks for the link. Amazing how many good players came from Alabama that became Greats in the major leagues. No disrespect to Monte but I've been waiting for McCovey's 99 card for what seems like forever.
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Irvin was an Orange HS alum in Northern NJ.....when I was in HS, they were in our conference so I always would look up what major leaguers came from our area/played for teams in the area, was pretty cool to see he was from there given his impact as an african american baseball player. Their baseball team was arguably one of the worst in the state, but it was still cool nonetheless.
With that said, I'm a little disappointed in this choice. Not a single person in this forum can admit Irvin will make their lineup, and at this stage in the game I feel it should have been someone new or different that would get people excited. Oh well, guess there is always 10th inning.
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This one could take awhile...
2 extra basses against the Braves (Acuna has robbed me twice already)
8 bases against Scherzer at Polo ground
2 hits one for extra bases
1 extra base hit
1 home run
6 bases against the Yankees at old yankee stadium -
Monte Irvin has one of the nicest swing of any right handed hitter. I love this guy!!
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@ericulous1_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@vk_ratliff_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Monte Irvin???? Nice guy....helped Mays in his rookie year adjust to the big leagues.......Where is McCovey?.....you know the HOFer???????
The most fun I ever had in this game was McCovey at San Fran, hitting dingers into the cove, people rage quitting before it could land.
I cant think of the name of that cove, but if it was up to me, I would name it after Willie.
Heck yeah, it is up to you my man. I like the image of that. McCovey belting bombs into his cove and then your screen fades as a the rage quit ensues.
Looking forward to the day real soon when they drop McCovey. I think they are gonna have bosses in the 10th inning and my guesses are officially:
Willie McCovey
Albert Pujols
Warren SpahnOr Kirby Puckett, or Jeff Bagwell, or Reggie Stocker....Mario Mendoza....what were we talking about?
It really does feel like we’ll get regular bosses next inning at this point. Unless they’re not going to do updates on Pujols, Puckett, Bagwell and McCovey. Not sure how many more ways they can release them at this point. They can’t all be BR, event or WS rewards, can they? We have a 97 Pujols at least. I’m going to be real bummed if we don’t get an upgraded Puckett.
Editors note: I really hope any 99 Pujols doesn’t have that funky foot twist.
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@samguenther1987 said in And the New Player Program is....:
This one could take awhile...
2 extra basses against the Braves (Acuna has robbed me twice already)
8 bases against Scherzer at Polo ground
2 hits one for extra bases
1 extra base hit
1 home run
6 bases against the Yankees at old yankee stadiumYeah, I saw those andy first thought was 'this is going to be frustrating'.
Anyway, I've decided that I'm taking a new approach with Moments.
The first attempt is me just laying the controller down and see where the computer pitches.
Then I'll play it. If I don't beat it withing three attempts; I skip it. If I can't make up the points another way (H2H, Exchange, or Play vs CPU) and it's needed to get the final card; then I don't get that card.
That's being said; as soon as I saw Scherzer throw 8 straight pitches outside the strike zone during my preview attempt; I decided to skip that mission and try for either 5 hits with LFers or 3 HRs with Giants players online for the final points.
It says alot that I would rather deal with possible online toxicity and take longer to finish the program than to deal with part of a Moment.
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@bhall09_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@ericulous1_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@vk_ratliff_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Monte Irvin???? Nice guy....helped Mays in his rookie year adjust to the big leagues.......Where is McCovey?.....you know the HOFer???????
The most fun I ever had in this game was McCovey at San Fran, hitting dingers into the cove, people rage quitting before it could land.
I cant think of the name of that cove, but if it was up to me, I would name it after Willie.
Heck yeah, it is up to you my man. I like the image of that. McCovey belting bombs into his cove and then your screen fades as a the rage quit ensues.
Looking forward to the day real soon when they drop McCovey. I think they are gonna have bosses in the 10th inning and my guesses are officially:
Willie McCovey
Albert Pujols
Warren SpahnOr Kirby Puckett, or Jeff Bagwell, or Reggie Stocker....Mario Mendoza....what were we talking about?
It really does feel like we’ll get regular bosses next inning at this point. Unless they’re not going to do updates on Pujols, Puckett, Bagwell and McCovey. Not sure how many more ways they can release them at this point. They can’t all be BR, event or WS rewards, can they? We have a 97 Pujols at least. I’m going to be real bummed if we don’t get an upgraded Puckett.
Editors note: I really hope any 99 Pujols doesn’t have that funky foot twist.
RIB 2
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Or you could join the dark side and use directional for Irvin. Look inside your self, Give in to your anger. You can't resist the power of the dark side....Directional!
Then don't forget to switch it right back so it doesn't mess you up in game hahaha.
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@ericulous1_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Or you could join the dark side and use directional for Irvin. Look inside your self, Give in to your anger. You can't resist the power of the dark side....Directional!
Then don't forget to switch it right back so it doesn't mess you up in game hahaha.
Moments were easy, already finished. Just have to beat the Giants on AS
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@samguenther1987 said in And the New Player Program is....:
This one could take awhile...
2 extra basses against the Braves (Acuna has robbed me twice already)
8 bases against Scherzer at Polo ground
2 hits one for extra bases
1 extra base hit
1 home run
6 bases against the Yankees at old yankee stadiumAnd I am stuck at the 6 and 8 tb ones
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@nymets1987_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@samguenther1987 said in And the New Player Program is....:
This one could take awhile...
2 extra basses against the Braves (Acuna has robbed me twice already)
8 bases against Scherzer at Polo ground
2 hits one for extra bases
1 extra base hit
1 home run
6 bases against the Yankees at old yankee stadiumAnd I am stuck at the 6 and 8 tb ones
Have patience with them, thats all it took for me just wait for a pitch in the strikezone a then swing, i thought polo grounds would be a nightmare turns out with his power and soeed you just need to either hit it over the wall or out of reach of the outfielders.
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@samguenther1987 said in And the New Player Program is....:
@nymets1987_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@samguenther1987 said in And the New Player Program is....:
This one could take awhile...
2 extra basses against the Braves (Acuna has robbed me twice already)
8 bases against Scherzer at Polo ground
2 hits one for extra bases
1 extra base hit
1 home run
6 bases against the Yankees at old yankee stadiumAnd I am stuck at the 6 and 8 tb ones
Have patience with them, thats all it took for me just wait for a pitch in the strikezone a then swing, i thought polo grounds would be a nightmare turns out with his power and soeed you just need to either hit it over the wall or out of reach of the outfielders.
Thanks haven’t even tried the 8 one yet
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@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@vk_ratliff_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Monte Irvin???? Nice guy....helped Mays in his rookie year adjust to the big leagues.......Where is McCovey?.....you know the HOFer???????
The most fun I ever had in this game was McCovey at San Fran, hitting dingers into the cove, people rage quitting before it could land.
I cant think of the name of that cove, but if it was up to me, I would name it after Willie.
LMAO.....It is called McCovey Cove
Did you not sense the sarcasm or something???
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@sportpimpin_xbl said in And the New Player Program is....:
@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@vk_ratliff_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Monte Irvin???? Nice guy....helped Mays in his rookie year adjust to the big leagues.......Where is McCovey?.....you know the HOFer???????
The most fun I ever had in this game was McCovey at San Fran, hitting dingers into the cove, people rage quitting before it could land.
I cant think of the name of that cove, but if it was up to me, I would name it after Willie.
LMAO.....It is called McCovey Cove
Did you not sense the sarcasm or something???
Yeah it was clear as mud pimp
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@ericulous1_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@vk_ratliff_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Eric before you played this game, SDS had a sick sense of humor. They actually had the rights to Mario Mendoza.
I was hoping you would say that Mario is back. Irvin will have to do.
No way, seriously????? That's awesome. Yeah, I definitely thought this was a bit of a troll job. Nothing against Monte Irvin, I'll complete the program because I couldn't stand looking at his blanked out card in my collection. But is anyone gonna use him at this stage?
The Irvin card already in the game hits very nicely. Expect this one to hit even better.
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@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@vk_ratliff_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
@texas10pt_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Monte Irvin???? Nice guy....helped Mays in his rookie year adjust to the big leagues.......Where is McCovey?.....you know the HOFer???????
The most fun I ever had in this game was McCovey at San Fran, hitting dingers into the cove, people rage quitting before it could land.
I cant think of the name of that cove, but if it was up to me, I would name it after Willie.
LMAO.....It is called McCovey Cove
Very nice place too.
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@ericulous1_psn said in And the New Player Program is....:
Or you could join the dark side and use directional for Irvin. Look inside your self, Give in to your anger. You can't resist the power of the dark side....Directional!
Then don't forget to switch it right back so it doesn't mess you up in game hahaha.
Lol Eric. The reason I pause right away in every online game is so I can switch back to zone after using directional for moments!
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Irvin's moments were a breeze until I reached the 1 homerun one against the Dodgers. It's funny how I had no issues at all hitting homers in the previous moments til this one. Now all of a sudden he's Pee wee Reesing everything with his limp bat. Very rage inducing indeed.
Now that I've vented, I'll get it here in the next few swings guaranteed. This method has worked for me all year. lol
