Finally made WS! Only took 3 years
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Been playing since 21. I feel like I just beat Elden Ring.
Anyway, this post is for all you middle aged career family peeps. It is possible to complete with these young-uns!
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Haha congrats man! I just accepted that 800 is the best I can really ever hope for. Stringing together those wins to reach 900 just never really comes together for me. Maybe you've given me some new hope!
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Congratulations. I'm an older player (50+) and have been able to reach the plateau a few times over the years. It wasn't easy by any stretch, especially when dealing with vision loss but it makes it more enjoyable.
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@Pergo_MLBTS said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
Haha congrats man! I just accepted that 800 is the best I can really ever hope for. Stringing together those wins to reach 900 just never really comes together for me. Maybe you've given me some new hope!
You can do it brother! I'm old and losing my vision (due to a shrapnel injury, not old age) and while it is a struggle, I've made it a few times over the years. If I can manage it, anyone can!
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@Pergo_MLBTS said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
Haha congrats man! I just accepted that 800 is the best I can really ever hope for. Stringing together those wins to reach 900 just never really comes together for me. Maybe you've given me some new hope!
You can do it man! I was struggling quite a bit on HOF initially averaging 2 runs a game. Idk if something clicked, but went on a winning streak averaging closer to 5 - 6 runs a game. Lots of very close 1-2 run wins fo sho.
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@Tuke7-1_MLBTS said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
Congratulations. I'm an older player (50+) and have been able to reach the plateau a few times over the years. It wasn't easy by any stretch, especially when dealing with vision loss but it makes it more enjoyable.
Ty!
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@JiggidyJJ_PSN said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
@Pergo_MLBTS said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
Haha congrats man! I just accepted that 800 is the best I can really ever hope for. Stringing together those wins to reach 900 just never really comes together for me. Maybe you've given me some new hope!
You can do it man! I was struggling quite a bit on HOF initially averaging 2 runs a game. Idk if something clicked, but went on a winning streak averaging closer to 5 - 6 runs a game. Lots of very close 1-2 run wins fo sho.
Thanks I appreciate that! I will say I have found that I am hitting better on HOF this year so maybe I'm getting closer.
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Congrats bro! I made it a few times in ‘17. The closest I’ve come since is like 850ish. Some of it is old age (48), some of it is lack of patience. Again, congrats!
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Congrats I was able to do it in last years game for the last 3 ranked season seasons. Wasnt able to do it this year even though I started out 23-0. I crashed and burned in the high 800s and at one time losing 5 or 6 in a row.
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Congrats bro! I sometimes can make it to the 800's but always go on a losing streak after. I can hit in Legend against the CPU all day but in a H2H game I can't read pitched anymore. I'm turning 40 this year so I figure it's related to reaction time. Maybe one day.
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Nice work. Every season for about 4 years I've tried to motivate myself to make this push and just never get around to it. I think I'm capable of doing it but there is just too much to do in this game to put that kind of time into ranked for me
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@JiggidyJJ_PSN said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
Been playing since 21. I feel like I just beat Elden Ring.
Anyway, this post is for all you middle aged career family peeps. It is possible to complete with these young-uns!
Congrats man!
I am also a "middle aged" family man, so this is inspiring.
What was your record of total RS games played? Just trying to gage how much I would need to invest...
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@xElRojo44x_MLBTS said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
@JiggidyJJ_PSN said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
Been playing since 21. I feel like I just beat Elden Ring.
Anyway, this post is for all you middle aged career family peeps. It is possible to complete with these young-uns!
Congrats man!
I am also a "middle aged" family man, so this is inspiring.
What was your record of total RS games played? Just trying to gage how much I would need to invest...
My record is 36-13, so yeah had to invest quite a bit of time. Went on a 6 game win streak to finally push over 900.
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Any hitting tips from other older players?
I’m really struggling. Early on I was hitting okay…then late and off balance. Then moved to my monitor…I’m early on everything.
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@JiggidyJJ_PSN said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
Been playing since 21. I feel like I just beat Elden Ring.
Anyway, this post is for all you middle aged career family peeps. It is possible to complete with these young-uns!
Congrats, man!
My goal is World Series this year, but family and work prevent me from playing the 12 hours a day to get there.
You're an inspiration to this 49 year old.
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Making Pennant Race feels like that for me lol. I do like the program option to get the rewards. I broke a nail on my final push to get to 500, so not all sunshine and rainbows I guess.
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@Misfits_138_1_PSN said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
@JiggidyJJ_PSN said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
Been playing since 21. I feel like I just beat Elden Ring.
Anyway, this post is for all you middle aged career family peeps. It is possible to complete with these young-uns!
Congrats, man!
My goal is World Series this year, but family and work prevent me from playing the 12 hours a day to get there.
You're an inspiration to this 49 year old.
Good on 'ya!Why would you think you would need to play "the 12 hours a day to get there"?? The OP said he has only played 49 Ranked Seasons games (in about 1.5 months). That is about 1 game per day. Although the time to grind and obtain players to put together a competitive squad is significant, so I guess there's that. Bottom line is you really do need some actual talent to get there. I simply don;t have it. I have been able to make it just over the 700 mark a few times, but then I run out of ability to move forward.
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@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
Any hitting tips from other older players?
I’m really struggling. Early on I was hitting okay…then late and off balance. Then moved to my monitor…I’m early on everything.
Sure man, just use directional hitting. haha j/k
- I do use a monitor, if you are early it's a lot easier to slow your bat down than speed it up.
- Before I go into a HOF RS game, I do custom practice on legend and face Bob Gibson (Groundbreakers I think). I start with FB/sinker inside then focus on sliders away to get my timing down. Then I add them together to get the change of speed down for both a right and left bat. If I am off, then I typically don't jump in to a ranked game.
- This is personal preference but I experimented with PCI placement a lot. Finally settled on not using the anchor and start my PCI low and inside. I have a tendency to drop my pci to low so this way I can only focus on moving my pci up to meet the ball. Plus this takes away the low inside part of the plate where most peeps spam.
- Biggest change I made and I think where it kinda clicked is having a good approach every at bat. Easier said than done, but I rarely swing at the first pitch. Instead I think I've gotten a lot better at guessing the opponents pitch by recognizing their patterns and I look for that pitch. I went from maybe getting 1 Perf Perf a game to averaging at least 4 on HOF.
- I'm pretty decent at pitching and that helps me stay in games. My ERA in HOF games is sub 3.
- It definitely helps to have the best players. I have them all and completed all the collections including set 1. I'm No Money Spent btw. Will probably post a "how to be a stub millionaire" one day.
Lastly try not to get discouraged. I was having a rough go for awhile when I finally hit the 700 mark and HOF. I was only scoring 1 or 2 runs and felt very overwhelmed. I just kept at it and it eventually just clicked.
Hope this helps!
P.s. I forgot the most important tip. Don't drink more than 2
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@Misfits_138_1_PSN said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
@JiggidyJJ_PSN said in Finally made WS! Only took 3 years:
Been playing since 21. I feel like I just beat Elden Ring.
Anyway, this post is for all you middle aged career family peeps. It is possible to complete with these young-uns!
Congrats, man!
My goal is World Series this year, but family and work prevent me from playing the 12 hours a day to get there.
You're an inspiration to this 49 year old.
Good on 'ya!haha, thanks man!
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This is the best thread of the year. The joy, the brotherhood, you love to see it.
