For the Ruth moments, I started off by playing in order, like I always do. Beat the Orioles. OK. This is easy. Decided to skip straight to HOF challenges at the end. For me, this is no easy task. I beat the AL East, 1-0 mainly because of a bases loaded walk. So, I skipped to NL "final" for the heck of it. Yikes.

I'm struggling away. I'm facing Sheffield in the bottom of the 5th, score 0-0. My wife walks into the room mid-pitch and says "hello". I look up to say "hi", wasn't paying attention and grooved a fastball straight down the middle. He blasted a no-doubter 450 feet. My wife says "Yay! Nice one!" I said "that wasn't me". She said "I thought you were good at this game. You play it all the time."

Top of the 6th, down 1-0. Scratch out 2 walks, then my newly acquired Posada hits a 3 run HR. My wife says "Awww... another HR? I'm sorry." I said "that was me this time". She said "Oh. Did you put it on an easier setting?"

Married 22 years. Love her to pieces. Still.

Hunter Harvey, 59 overall with the Orioles. This is quite possibly the crowning achievement in my long and illustrious MLBTS career. Why Harvey? Well, I certainly wasn’t going to be able to do it with any of the “A” players. But, I can proudly say I did it with one player before anyone else.

So, when you’re looking at your Orioles live squad, and thinking “who in the world wasted an inordinate amount of time bringing this guy to level V?”... Now you know.

Since everyone is posting about their Madden intentions, I am just here to say that I will not be switching. I will play inning 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. I will finish TA4, 5, 6.... I will attempt Extreme. I will collect whatever collections remain. I will continue to happily flail at high sinkers and 102 fastballs.

I'm sure you're all relieved to know what it is that I will or will not be doing for the rest of this game cycle. You're welcome.

I am not that good. Let's just start there. I will admit to recently losing a Moonshot event 19-1. So... I'm not that good. But, I don't quit, and I love this game, warts and all.

I just played a RS game. My rating going into the game was in the 460's. So yeah... not great.

I'm playing mainly to get affinity points and daily rewards (innings with the Reds, and 4 RBI's). The guy I'm playing is probably better than I am. He's mowing me down with 100 MPH fastballs that I put weakly into play. Heading into the bottom of the 6th, I'm down 8-1. Every home run he hits, he replays it. Whatever. I need my innings and the odd RBI here and there. I scratch across runs in the 6th and 7th, and hit a 3 run HR in the bottom of the 8th to make it respectable, 8-6. In the top of the 9th, he hits a 2 run shot with Jackson a mile, off of Fingers. Again, the replay. Again... whatever.

I come up in the bottom of the 9th, down 10-6. He makes the move to a relief pitcher, and starts throwing breaking pitches. Here's what happened:

1. Posey hit to right for a single
2. Dietrich doubles to left (need my Red's innings)
3. Correa fielders choice, 1-2. Runners on 1st and 2nd
4. Larkin lines to LF for a single (Reds again)
5. Anderson lines to right for a single. Dietrich scores. 10-7.
6. Justin Turner batting. Opponent brings in Kirby Yates. Hangs a slider down the middle. Turner hits a 353 wall scraper to left. Final 11-10.

I will probably never do this again. But for this 450's-ish player, it was fun.

I always liked Curly the best.

I've been playing MLB the Show for 10+ years, mainly RTTS. Starting in May, I dipped my toes into DD. Not sure why I waited so long.

Back in May, I was a newbie. I was buying all of my cards using the dreaded "Buy Now" button. Yikes. I don't know how many 10's of thousands of stubs I wasted. I started reading the forums and learned the ways of the "market", Showdowns, Team Affinity, Online Play, etc. There is so much good advice (and funny stuff) out here. Thanks in particular to @raesONE , @SchnauzerFace , @bhall09 , @olivegarden2 , @SaveFarris - I've learned a lot from you folks.

So... I finally finished my LS collection today. I don't spend any money to buy stubs, so I look at it as a small victory in my first year in DD.

Thank you!

I have managed to go the entire MLB 21 game cycle without picking a single duplicate TA card. It was my biggest accomplishment this year, and I'm very proud of myself.

Well, I guess that's all there is. See you in 2022.

@SaveFarris said in POTM Lightning Surprise?:

Daniel Murphy or Josh Bell would be quite the surprise.

The Moment for Josh Bell would be "Tally 1 hit over the next 7 games".

I know it's early, but I thought I'd send out a note to the DD group. I will use a lot of words here, so I apologize in advance.

I've been a long-time RTTS player, and dipped my toes into DD for the first time this year. I've had a blast. My learning curve was shortened considerably by following this thread and reading all of the tips/tricks/etc. It certainly made me a better player - from "terrible" to "less-terrible".

So... for the slightly sad part. About a month ago, my father was diagnosed with an aggressive form of liver cancer. I spent a lot of time with him in the ER, Hospital and finally, Hospice. The good news is that I got to spend a lot of time with him and my family. We reminisced about the days we went to Fenway Park, including game 1 of the 1975 World Series. Watching the Reds at batting practice was a highlight (Morgan, Foster, Perez, etc.).

During those times with him, when he was resting and I needed a distraction, I'd scroll through the forums. I know that not everyone agrees on everything out here. But it's still entertaining. And again... a good distraction. Some of you guys have amazing senses of humor, and I'd just sit and literally laugh out loud at some of the posts. It sounds corny, but it was therapeutic to me.

So... thank you. You guys made a terrible situation for me better. I appreciate it more than you know. Have a great Thanksgiving, go hug your family... whatever makes you feel good.

I have a heartfelt apology to make to Mr. Yount, and by default... @SchnauzerFace ...

I was doing just fine with FOTF Yount. But... my eyes wandered. I went after the flamboyant Tatis, Jr. He made my heart flutter by hitting a walk-off in the first RS game I played upon earning him. I was hooked.

Alas... he has broken my heart. I can't hit the broad side of Shippet Stadium with him. I know many of you swear by Tatis, but he's just not the man for me. I've grovelled back to Robin, and being the fine man he is, he has accepted my apologies and taken me back. I will never stray again, Robin. I promise. Well... at least until you're prestiged and I give that handsome Michael Young a try.

@ericulous1_psn said in How much will trout be today?:

He will definitely be 1 million or 30 RS wins and that won't lower anytime soon as I don't see anyone selling.

@Bob_Loblaw1984 , It's Trout, they made a fishing reference. 1 more diamond to catch.

It's my 99 Tim Salmon. Can't wait!

@poksey_mlbts said in With Ty Cobb gone from the game can we expect …:

They arent even the oldest players.

My RTTS player was born in 1850. He was a member of the Fort Wayne Kekiongas... a real team...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Kekiongas

@eatyum_psn said in Spent 2m on Headliners just because.:

Total stub return on average per headliner: 47.2% or 2,360 stubs.

Thanks for sharing. I've felt that my packs odds on Headliners are terrible, but after the 10th inning I'll try the same thing and post my results.

If I remember correctly, I thought SDS put Headliners for sale at 7,500 for 2 at the end of MLB 20...

@dirty-shawnchez_psn said in Flipping at it's best:

@arvcpa_psn said in Flipping at it's best:

@ericulous1_psn said in Flipping at it's best:

@donttuchmethaar_xbl said in Flipping at it's best:

@dbarmonstar_psn said in Flipping at it's best:

I made over 1.1 million in stubs yesterday. I am two cards away from what I need to buy off the Market. When I get those two cards today I will only need to Finish TA5 to have all the legends and flashbacks.

Nice! It's been a crazy, crazy couple of days.

Edit: I forgot to mention how guilty I feel selling Trout for so low. I just feel dirty...

Ugh, I feel like someone is watching, judging, like if I use directional hitting on a tough (for me) moment. Trout selling for 30k? Noooot cool.

I just bought a bunch at... 18k... Yikes.

Why would you buy LS Diamonds? The market on them is practically dead.

I'm a lazy flipper at this point. I only buy 10 at a time, and they do move...

@gixxerryder750 said in 100 percent physics based hitting.:

There's enough professional coders in these forums that it should be a no-brainer...

I'm pretty good with Excel macros. I'm happy to help.

@ericulous1_psn said in Flipping at it's best:

@donttuchmethaar_xbl said in Flipping at it's best:

@dbarmonstar_psn said in Flipping at it's best:

I made over 1.1 million in stubs yesterday. I am two cards away from what I need to buy off the Market. When I get those two cards today I will only need to Finish TA5 to have all the legends and flashbacks.

Nice! It's been a crazy, crazy couple of days.

Edit: I forgot to mention how guilty I feel selling Trout for so low. I just feel dirty...

Ugh, I feel like someone is watching, judging, like if I use directional hitting on a tough (for me) moment. Trout selling for 30k? Noooot cool.

I just bought a bunch at... 18k... Yikes.

I'm one of the few that is missing Gary Sheffield. I was in vacation back then...

I can actually hit pitches on the black, as I swing my PCI violently from top to bottom, left to right. If you want to get me out, throw it down the middle.

@quinnymcquinn said in I did it!:

This inspires me. Maybe I can start a sing along that I think suits this moment just right. Sing alone if you know the words

Looks Like We Made It
Look How Far We’ve Come My Baby
We Mighta Took The Long Way
We Knew We’d Get There Someday

Barry is the Man(ilow)!

@whitejw98_psn said in I did it!:

Wow, You can tell the difference between a card that has the number one in the corner and a card that doesn't? Judging by the posts on this board that's apparently a pretty impressive skill you have there, so kudos! lol

I am very, very smart.