Josh Gibson
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@jonblaze2424_PSN said in Josh Gibson:
Not saying you specifically
Must have gotten lost in translation
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@Blind_Bleeder said in Josh Gibson:
This is just Season 1. Next year there will be 8 more players in Season 2, and so on, and so forth. There is a description of how they are doing this and the players for this year on their website,
It's a shame that the Black community typically gravitates to basketball and football but seeing some of the Black talent in the game today still gives me hope that baseball is a viable athlete avenue for Black boys and girls... I played PAL and Little League and still kick myself for not trying out for my HS team.
Baseball isn't perceived to be as sexy and exciting compared to basketball and football. Shame, but most kids want to be like Kobe or Jerry Rice. Not Tony Gwynn.
Oh trust me I know... the two names that come up the most in this day and age are Ken Griffey Jr and Barry Bonds... me personally I was fortunate enough (despite their off field issues) to be a fan of the Mets during the Gooden/Strawberry years, so maybe I was spoiled when it came to watching Black talent on the field.
I think that's why I was happy with the choice of Jazz and later Jeter as the cover athletes this year.
I wasn't happy with Jazz but that obviously has nothing to do with the color of his skin or the fact that I don't appreciate Black talent in baseball. It's because he hasn't done very much in this league yet and I felt others were way more deserving. But at the end of the day it's just a cover, I don't really care THAT much.
When it comes to Jazz you have to look at the excitement factor. I feel like him getting hurt kinda slowed him down with his momentum... I definitely thought Julio Rodriguez or a second cover for Aaron Judge was going to be the play... kind of had an outside hope that it would be a Mets player once I saw Donovan Mitchell on the stream but once I saw Jazz pop up I saw the vision... dude has charisma jumping out of him and whenever he gets traded or signs elsewhere in free agency we are going to see a megastar in this league if his game continues to translate with a larger sample size.
What excitement factor? From the very small portion of Show hardcores who actually know who he is? Your casual MLB fan has no clue who he is…and even for serious MLB fans, Jazz is just another average player who could be good. I still fail to understand the hype…but it seems to make some of you happy.
You clearly haven't seen a Jazz Chisholm highlight or clip... I would've thought the trailer would've been enough for you to see atleast glimpses but I guess not.
Not saying you specifically but you need to get over the fact that Mike Trout isn't going to do the MLB The Show cover.
I get that people call him "The Best Player in the Game Today (and possibly) Ever" but the same amount of casuals that see a Jazz Chisholm highlight see a Mike Trout one... there are tons of players that are more visible than Trout... I didn't want to single Mike Trout out but every year talk of the cover comes out his name jumps out like he's a no brainer to get the cover when in fact I feel like if anyone should get a The Show cover but might be in the same contractual situation as Trout for appearing on the cover of another game is Mookie Betts.
Who mentioned Mike Trout? Don’t think anyone did.
And I’m a huge baseball head. I know all about Jazz. All I’m saying is there are more than a dozen better established names who were better options than him. Show a baseball fan a picture of Jazz and say “what player is this?” And I’d bet atleast 6 out of 10 can’t name him. That’s not a player that should be the cover and face of THE ONLY BASEBALL GAME ON THE MARKET. I mean if your play is young an exciting, give me Harris/Julio/Yordan/Vlad/Bo/Gimenez among others.
Show those same people highlights of Jazz Chisholm Jr. and they'll ask the same question except their interest will be peaked as to who he is and wondering how good is he really... Jazz is the guy... in addition to being an up and coming player he is also an avid player of The Show which is a bonus for promoting the game. It's a WIN WIN for the company... I bet half these cover athletes for alot of these sports games don't know their way around a controller... seeing Tom Brady play Madden would be one of the few times I'd actually pay to see the stream if that was the only way to view it.
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@jonblaze2424_PSN said in Josh Gibson:
Harris/Julio/Yordan/Vlad/Bo/Gimenez
You just named a bunch of players that fall in the same category as Jazz when it comes to being known by anyone outside of Hardcore The Show games and hardcore MLB game watchers.
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On the Twitter post hyping the stream later, someone voiced their displeasure about Josh Gibson not being in the game this year and Bob Kendrick replied with the following...
"Gotta save some fire for later. Stay tuned."
That could mean a few different things. I guess we'll all find out soon enough.
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@SakAttack87_PSN said in Josh Gibson:
On the Twitter post hyping the stream later, someone voiced their displeasure about Josh Gibson not being in the game this year and Bob Kendrick replied with the following...
"Gotta save some fire for later. Stay tuned."
That could mean a few different things. I guess we'll all find out soon enough.
In the PS Store description of the game Season 1 is MLB The Show 23 and Season 2 is MLB The Show 24... so not sure if we get more Negro League players in Diamond Dynasty other than the ones in Season 1 of Storylines but worse case scenario is he arrives in Show 24 (or later) but hopefully h arrives sooner rather than later.
