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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.

I will be here on the East Coast, logging in at 12:00:01 a.m. Friday. Here's what I'm doing:

1. Watch the opening video for the first and last time all year.
2. Spend a few minutes figuring out the navigation of the menus. I think I just jumped in last year and didn't pay attention. Focus!
3. Rip open my packs. Sell any Bronze/Silver/Gold LS cards that are overpriced.
4. Work through Conquest and Moments to earn more free stuff. Start earning FotF cards, whatever that entails.
5. Do NOT play online yet.
6. At 3:00 a.m. when I head down to bed, have a good excuse ready for the wifey. When she groggily says "What have you been doing? Playing that stupid game?", I will say "No, I was searching the internet for tasteful photos of Anne Hathaway". She can't possibly be mad at me. I mean, Anne is slightly attractive and has won an Oscar. Classy. My wife is a fan. It's not like I'm searching for Selma Hayek - if I was, she'd be furious.

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.

Since the minor league games were cancelled this year, they're going to select from the Little League World Series.

It's like Christmas morning - I don't know where to start.

@JasonAEMales said in Bunch of quitters out there.:

I want to be able to use my starters longer than an inning or two every four games.

I never, ever, ever quit. Even when I'm down 9-0, I'm still going to try and prestige my SP's with their 8.57 ERA's.

YOU get a 99!!! AND YOU get a 99!!!

In my humble opinion, the awards would be:

MV(f)P - has to be @SaveFarris_PSN . Not even close in my opinion. Every post he makes has useful information. Winner-winner.

Most Level-Headed - @eatyum_PSN . In my opinion, always has a solid, level-headed take on the game.

Funniest - @QuinnyMcQuinn - I just find him consistently funny. Or "her". Don't want to discriminate.

Others I just plain enjoy (I will update this as I'm sure I've missed some).

@PennStateFencer
@OreoRockstar_PSN
@hoboadam_PSN
@TheGoaler_PSN
@NCStateHokie_PSN
@JEEZY-E_PSN
@Dolenz_PSN
@Kovz88_PSN
@RayLewisSB47_PSN
@iBonafideScrub_
@lazy_toast_PSN
@whitejw98_PSN
@Bob_Loblaw1984
@Ikasnu_PSN

People I miss:

@raesONE_PSN - Agree or disagree (I mostly agreed), I always found his posts interesting.
@SchnauzerFace - Man, I miss him the most.

Who do you guys like?

So, I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that I am now at Prestige XP level 100. It is solely because I've played WAY TOO MUCH due to being stuck at home this summer.

I'm petitioning SDS to add a "Prestige Plus" XP path. The first reward would be 1,000 AJ Ramos cards.

@PennStateFencer said in Silly question about MLB 21 cross platform:

This news definitely has me thinking about getting 21 now.

My son has an xBox, and I can't wait to CRUSH HIM.

P.S. I love my children very much.

I'm not going to play any MLBTS this week. My preparation is... watching the Ken Burns baseball documentary "Baseball". If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. It's LONG. Like a baseball game. But it's a great history of the game. From the opening episode:

"It is played everywhere, in parks and playgrounds and prison yards, in back alleys and farmers' fields, by small boys and old men, raw amateurs and millionaire professionals. It is a leisurely game that demands blinding speed. The only game in which the defense has the ball. It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime, and ending with the hard facts of autumn. Americans have played baseball for more than 200 years... It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before..."

Anyway... looking forward to this season. See you on Friday morning at 12:01 a.m... many of you, anyway.

So.. It's lunchtime here at the arvcpa household. I fired up the PS for a quick BR game or two. We had scheduled for the pest control guy to check everything in the house. He wandered into my office and said "Is that MLB???" We chatted for a few minutes about the game... he was a really cool guy.

The best part? Score was 0-0, I kept striking out against my opponent's starter (Dibble). I was chatting as I was playing, laughing and making jokes about how my reflexes have slowed down (he was a young guy). My opponent brought in a reliever, grooved a slider down the middle, and 79 Adalberto popped one out, walk off. And I had a witness in real life.

P.S. WHERE IS MY 98 ADALBERTO??? Best player ever. Ask @Ikasnu_PSN