Anything that makes Live Series players more relevant is fine by me.

Why shouldn’t perfect/perfect grounders sometimes result in groundouts?

I’m willing to bet that the vast majority of people on this board are way worse at identifying directional users than they think they are.

Nothing worse than going up to bat when you need a steal and there’s a runner on first. Or, you get on base with two outs, and the batter strikes out on the first pitch.

I wish they would just let us start these moments already on base.

Some of you will never accept that modes outside of DD exist, and that not every part of this game has to be judged by how much it helps your grind.

I would never publicly admit that I lost to the CPU on All-Star, unless I was playing with a bunch of bronze and common players for some reason.

1. Tatis Jr. obviously only got the take sign because of the “unwritten rule,” so I don’t really care that he ignored it. At any rate, that’s an issue that should be kept in-house from the Padres perspective.

2. If the game was really out of hand to the point that players like Tatis shouldn’t be putting in effort to keep scoring, then he should have been taken out of the game. But I don’t think there’s a single manager in baseball who would have taken out Tatis in that situation, because they know that lead isn’t completely safe. So spare me the arguments that Tatis should try to get on base, but not too hard.

3. Teams are evaluating contracts by age and numbers driven value more than ever. These teams don’t get to tell players not to do whatever it takes to inflate their numbers, then turn around in arbitration or contract negotiations and try to use their stats against them.

4. Baseball has a star problem. Tatis is one of the most star ready players the sport has seen in a long time (not just his talent, but his charisma and overall likability). So of course the league will do whatever it takes to stamp out his individuality and make him Like one of the rest of the players who aren’t recognizable to the general public. Baseball will continue to have these marketing issues if they can’t convince the actual people playing to let the players be themselves and be stars.

R.I.P. to a great player and an even greater man.

@IHittNukez said in Hitting Is Broken, Again:

@Better4Ever said in Hitting Is Broken, Again:

Why shouldn’t perfect/perfect grounders sometimes result in groundouts?

how is it perfect if it gets you out

You can hit the ball on the screws and have it go right to someone. The ball doesn’t magically avoid fielders just because you hit it as hard as you can.

@formallyforearms said in First game after patch...:

@Jbob811 said in First game after patch...:

@Ryan_2713 said in First game after patch...:

every team is full of power hitters of course there's going to be homeruns. you want base hits pick up gwynn alomar....... etc.

Again, its not about the power hitters, of course they are going to hit HRs. Its about the locations they are hitting HRs from, doesnt happen in real life they way it happens in the game. My above post outlines it perfectly.

Gibsons HR off Eckersley in the 88 World Series was exactly as you described. Slider away, and he is on his front foot, rolls his wrist over on a one handed finish, and hit it out to right.

I was going to post this exact example.

@dolenz_psn said in Supercharged Players:

Crank up that supercharged card for Tyler O'Neill!

2 for 2 with a HR and 4 RBIs in the first two innings.

His prices on the market skyrocketed right after that homerun.

Anything that makes Live Series players more relevant is fine by me.

@stewart1465 said in Your best and final MVP for MLB20:

Probably Junior and POTM Tatis Prestige. I'm hoping to Prestige Junior in this next Event.

These exact 2 for me. Finest Mookie with an honorable mention.

Her resume is stupid impressive. If you just saw the prior jobs she had and didn’t know her gender, you’d wonder why she didn’t get a GM offer much sooner. I’ll be rooting for her.

You say you didn’t see him turning into this kind of hitter coming, then say he looked like he was born to be a designated hitter. So maybe you did see it coming?

I’m willing to bet that the vast majority of people on this board are way worse at identifying directional users than they think they are.

R.I.P. to a great player and an even greater man.

Well tapping and holding do different things, so I’m not sure I understand your question.

@ImDFC said in Topps Now Tyler Alexander:

I can't get strikeouts with that card. I get consistently weak contact, but I can't actually get swings and misses

Despite his K/9, he has low velocity, no sinker, and not very good speed differentials (his fastballs are basically the same speed, and his off speed stuff is all within 4 mph of each other, in the low to mid 80’s). You’re just not going to get a lot of swings and misses against solid or better players with a bunch of 99’s on their team. At least below HoF.

In 14 innings across 2 starts in RS, I haven’t given up a run with Bieber yet. Both games in the 600’s I think. Not a lot of K’s though.