Finally made WS! Only took 3 years
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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.
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Congratulations! Always makes me happy to see someone enjoying success after years of grinding. It’s even more impressive doing it this year where everyone has a 97+ team.
