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With all the nightmare posts flying around about linking XBoxes and Switches to Playstations, I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to do it. Well, I'm here to tell you that it links just fine and there are no problems. I have my current progression on both my PS5 and my Switch. In case anyone needs to know, here is what I did:

1. I started MLBTS22 on my Switch and set it up as its own game (including creating a My Ballplayer).
2. I accepted the terms and conditions
3. I clicked on the icon by my name and clicked through the tutorial.
4. I clicked on Link Account under the My Profile Screen

The Switch then generated a code for me to enter into my The Show account.

5. I logged into my The Show account and entered the link code.
6. I got a screen asking me which account I wanted to continue my progression on.
7. I chose my PS account.
8. It then told me that there was a discrepancy in the My Ballplayer on my Switch and on the server and asked which one I wanted to keep. I chose the My Ballplayer from my PS5 (the one on the server).
9. I then quit the game and went back into it and everything was perfect.
10. I logged out of my The Show account and logged into my PS account and checked the marketplace and inventory on the web and everything was perfect.
11. I logged into the game on my PS5 to verify and everything is perfect.

It all works just as they said it would. Also, the error I was getting when logging into my Nintendo account (before tonight) on theshow.com now redirects me to the screen showing my accounts and which ones are linked.

On this, the last day of 21, I want to say thank you to my Bro's. These guys brought me from my infancy of playing for years on Franchise (with my own 99 created players) on the easiest level to where I am now: Diamond Dynasty, All-Star (sometimes Veteran or Legend), and Zone hitting.

This has been my first full year of DD and now I get it.

I used to think it was the craziest thing to collect virtual cards, only to have to start over again the next year. I didn't get it.

I didn't understand the market and why people would spend real money to buy stubs, or why they would spend stubs on virtual cards...for Pete's sake...those things are used for my budget to sign my players so they don't get traded away. I didn't get it.

I didn't understand why anyone would play RTTS when you could just create a monster player (or a whole team of them) and kill the CPU each and every time. It took my sons and DD to get me to understand that.

It puzzled me why guys would form leagues and play online. I really didn't get it (I still don't like to play online except for friendlies).

These guys taught me the wisdom of a wired connection and using a monitor (instead of my 65" TV with the video and audio going through my decade-old stereo).

I thought I knew this game pretty well when I really didn't know it at all.

I may be older than all but one of them, but these guys are like the big brothers I never had. These guys are my Bro's. To each and every one of you: (in no particular order) Jason, Kevin, Fred, Joe, Chris, Marcus, Vinny, Vin, Shawn, Jeff, Sonny, Wyatt, Arvin, Dave, and Mike. Thank you!

Sometimes a game is not about a game at all...

I know this is corny, but I really appreciate you guys!!!!!

@Gearpuller6677 @Freddy_Sez_PSN @DeadPhish1976 @bostondirtdog21 @OUMarcus_PSN @vinnis1_PSN @Write-To-Shawn_PSN @TEXAS10PT_PSN @OreoRockstar_PSN @IceMeltFire_PSN @JediMasterWat_XBL
(If you're not tagged it's because I don't remember your ID - not because I wanted to leave you out).

I played a bit after the drop. I’m not a fan either. My wife has given me permission to attend the funeral and walk away. I don’t know if I’ll be able to, but it wasn’t difficult to turn it off this afternoon to go walk around Costco. She said I could find a new game. I’m thinking I’ll try the ncaa football game, but honestly, if all sports games have this structure, I don’t see the point in that either.

I’m not saying I’ll leave the game alone, but I’m certainly not in a hurry to turn it back on. This makes me sad because I’ve loved this game for so long.

Just curious because I've been retired since 2016 and play the show quite a bit. I know of a couple "old guys" that play and was wondering how many are really out there.

Here are the players by position.

I appreciate all the comments in this thread. For you young’uns I can see how you’d feel this is a waste of time, but for this old retired guy who spent over 30 years making analytical spreadsheets, this is a fun and relaxing way to enjoy the game at a different level. I don’t do this to make my gameplay better (because I’m not that good, to begin with). When I made my first spreadsheet for the game a few years ago, it was because I was tired of going back to the program screen to see where I was and what I had to do next. With this, I can keep playing and forget the program page, because all of the info is at my fingertips as I play.

If you think these two tabs are a waste of time, you should watch my video of the whole spreadsheet… https://youtu.be/X5jrIVRoJyQ

Cheers - and enjoy the game.

A single, two doubles, and inside the park HR (RF dove and missed).

This may be old news, but I didn't see a post on it. There are 7 days left to get this free pack.

The first round is diamond equipment.

The second round is a choice of:
97 Award Smoltz
97 Signature Stargell
97 FS Hassell
98 Award Morneau
98 Finest Sizemore
99 Finest Griffey Sr
99 FS Walker
99 Finest Kendall
99 FS Carroll
99 Finest Wainwright

This is by far the best Scouting Report pack I have ever seen.

I am creating a spreadsheet of Captains and their boosts. The sheet will have all of the Captains on it but only the responsibilities for the cards I have. If anyone is interested in making this a joint project (not a project with joints), please PM me.

For those that feel this is a waste of time, I understand. You don't have to tell me.

Wow - I never thought I would be the one to feel this. The only time I've logged in since Extreme came out was to get my daily doubles. Once I looked at the program and poked around at the moments and missions, I had no desire to play the game.

I have a lot of conquest maps to finish, TA3 and the July POTM, but I just don't feel it. I don't have a desire to play the game at all.

This is very weird for me because I am usually on the game for 6-8 hours a day.

I wonder how long this will last.

@SFR_Kraken_PSN said in Perfect Perfect:

I love playing this game and losing 2-0 and getting back to back perfect perfects with Diamond players. The first one was a 98mph fly out to the wall, and then next one was a 114mph groundout to second base. I love this game so much, it brings me so much joy. It even made me break a headset

This is such an old topic.

Perfect-Perfects are not THE perfect hit. They are A perfect hit. You made perfect contact (north-south) with perfect timing (east-west), but your exit speed and launch angle (which has much to do with the speed and type of pitch you hit, are not what the perfects are reporting) were not enough to get it over the wall (you don't mention how far away the wall was). There are perfect grounders and if there are no fielders in the game, that will be a hit 100% of the time. Introduce fielders, though, and all it is a perfect hit, not necessarily a base it.

You can look up your launch angles and exit velocities on a website (the URL eludes me at the moment) and it will tell you how far the ball SHOULD travel based on real-world matches.

Forget trying to get perfect-perfects and try to hit the ball where the fielders aren't instead.

As the title says. They are giving us his 87 Seoul Series card for free.

As we prepare for the C2 drop today, I thought I would post my thoughts on C1 (not that my thoughts are valuable, but they are still my thoughts). C1 doesn't expire for a while, so there may still be some people working on it - or even waiting for C2 so their work will count for both programs at the same time.

I was asked a while ago if I thought MTO would be valuable for TA this year. The short answer is: not for S1 C1. I played a season on Dynamic and only got 24K out of it (I was eliminated in the Post Season). Maybe, just maybe, if I had played on AS instead of Dynamic, I would have done better. I will give this another shot in C2. I don't even want to think how bad I would have done in Mini Seasons if I tried that.

Now for the long answer. Those who know me, know that I am the worst DD player in the history of MLBTS. Given that, I am finding this year to be especially challenging playing the CPU. I have lost more games to the Rockies, White Sox, and Athletics than I care to admit. For this reason, I stayed away from TA Conquest...after trying the ALE map twice and losing the first three games on each try.

By playing vs the CPU with themed teams, I found that once I got to a TA pitcher the program moved along nicely. Before that, it was a grind.

Here is how I achieved my points for each division:

I found that my Team Affinity spreadsheet (the version for S1 C1 is in my Dropbox shared folder - for those with the link) helped tremendously. It assisted me in targeting teams and players to get the most points possible out of each game - and save myself some innings when I didn't need to play a complete game. This year, I have teamed my TA spreadsheet with the MLBTS 24 version of my Lineup & Depth Chart spreadsheet (introduced in a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/live/53kXICnbR7E?si=yILyAofQ5g6z8y30) which is also in my shared folder. By copy and pasting my lineup (from the Squad tab in the Community Market website at theshow.com, I was better able to control my lineups so they were the most effective versions possible (it even helped me target some players that I could buy to make my lineup better).

When the year began, I didn't think I would give TA a shot (because of my challenges against the CPU), but I broke down and did it. I'm glad I did too. I ended up having a good time, and I'm looking forward to C2. I can't say that I care for the rewards all that much, but I have found some LS cards that were a lot of fun to play with (Luis Robert Jr. to name one). For me, that is one of the best parts of TA - using cards I never thought I would and finding players I enjoy playing with.

Well, if you made it this far in the post, thank you for reading my ramblings. Have fun playing The Show! It's a challenge this year for sure, but without challenges, life is boring.

@BJDUBBYAH said in SDS: Pushing me towards online play is pushing me away from the game:

When you had players blasting 25k XP games on rookie at max elevation stadiums on repeat last year, this was bound to happen.

I’ve noticed that people who are hyper focused on XP progress this season are the furthest behind. I’ll give you some advice

Just play the game. I’m at 731k and all I’ve done to get there is play the game. Literally that’s it.

I am not hyperfocused on XP and I'm at 290k. I've noticed a huge difference in the amount of XP earned per game this year. At this rate, I don't know if I'll get the bosses or not - I hope I do.

You can get up to 5 free Millionaire packs for free in the Show Shop for the next 15 hours and 36 minutes.

@CBrev47_MLBTS said in Update - Companion App & iOS:

You may have noticed that the Face Scan feature is not yet available for the iOS version of the MLB The Show companion app.

We're working to get that version updated as soon as possible and we will update let you know when it's ready.

Thank you for your patience.

The iOS app isn't out yet.

Bunting is part of the game. If you don't want someone doing it against the shift, then don't shift.

I have finally posted a short video about my updated Lineup & Depth Chart spreadsheet for 23.

I know a few peeps here use spreadsheets to enhance and/or organize their gameplay. If you're one of them, and have a video posted about it, throw the link in this thread.

My videos are available here:

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1820676709
YouTube: https://youtu.be/X5jrIVRoJyQ

If anyone is interested, here is the program graphically.

Heck - I'm retired and have time to burn. I'll give it a go.

Core
CA: 92 Joe Mauer 2HH
1B: 90 Buck O'Neil SG
2B: 99 Ozzie Albies 23F
3B: 89 Wade Boggs 2HH
SS: 99 Corey Seager Kaiju
LF: 89 Lou Brock PS
CF: 91 Mike Trout LS
RF: 99 Sammy Sosa AW
DH: 94 Mickey Mantle BR

BENCH 1: 89 Ivan Rodriguez VET
BENCH 2: 95 Jimmy Rollins Captain
BENCH 3: 93 Honus Wagner VET
BENCH 4: 89 Alfonso Soriano AS

SP 1: 96 Shohei Ohtani LS
SP 2: 95 Jacob deGrom LS
SP 3: 95 Pedro Martinez Captain
SP 4: 92 J.R. Richard Captain
SP 5: 91 Spencer Strider LS

BP 1: 92 Tyler Rogers MC
BP 2: 87 Evan Phillips LS
BP 3: 86 Rob Dibble Captain
BP 4: 89 Nathan Eovaldi PS
BP 5: 82 Craig Kimbrel LS
BP 6: 82 Josh Sborz LS
BP 7: 96 Billy Wagner PR
BP 8: 89 Dennis Eckersley 2HH

Set 1
CA: 99 J.T. Realmuto WBC
1B: 99 Jeff Bagwell MS
2B: 97 Craig Biggio CH
3B: 99 Chipper Jones F
SS: 99 Fernando Tatis Jr CH
LF: 99 Rickey Henderson CH
CF: 99 Jazz Chisholm Jr. CH
RF: 97 Reggie Jackson CH
DH: 99 Joe Morgan CH

BENCH 1: 99 Brooks Robinson AW
BENCH 2: 99 Elly De La Cruz FS
BENCH 3: 99 Francisco Lindor WBC
BENCH 4: 99 Julio Rodrigez WBC

SP 1: 99 Bob Feller F
SP 2: 99 Pedro Martinez AW
SP 3: 99 Don Sutton ASG
SP 4: 99 Bob Gibson CH
SP 5: 99 Max Scherzer CH

BP 1: 97 Yennier Cano MA
BP 2: 95 Alex Young MA
BP 3: 95 Gregory Soto ASG
BP 4: 92 Andrew Chafin CH
BP 5: 91 Joe Kelly CH
BP 6: 90 Michael King TN
BP 7: 97 Lee Smith CH
BP 8: 98 Jose Alvarado MA

Set 2
CA: 99 Joe Mauer Kaiju
1B: 97 Double X (Jimmie Foxx) IN
2B: 99 Chase Utley Kaiju
3B: 97 George Brett Kaiju
SS: 99 Flying Dutchman (Honus Wagner) IN
LF: 97 The Franchise (Lou Brock) IN
CF: 99 Commerce Comet (Mickey Mantle) IN
RF: 99 Hammerin Hank (Hank Aaron) IN
DH: 97 The Iron Horse (Lou Gehrig) IN

BENCH 1: 97 Slamtana (Carlos Santana) IN
BENCH 2: 99 Ryno (Ryne Sandberg) IN
BENCH 3: 97 Mike Schmidt Kaiju
BENCH 4: 96 Chicken Man (Wade Boggs) IN

SP 1: 99 The Conductor (Chris Sale) IN
SP 2: 99 The Big Unit (Randy Johnson) IN
SP 3: 99 The Professor (Greg Maddux) IN
SP 4: 97 Blake Snell Kaiju
SP 5: 97 Corey Kluber Kaiju

BP 1: 95 Tanner Scott MA
BP 2: 94 Jhoan Duran TN
BP 3: 97 Wolf (Aaron Loup) IN
BP 4: 92 Jordan Balazovic TN
BP 5: 92 Isiah Kiner-Falefa TN
BP 6: 92 David Robertson Kaiju
BP 7: 99 Rich Gossage (Gooooooooooose!) Kaiju
BP 8: 97 John Franco Kaiju

Set 3
99 Adley Rutschman 23AS
1B: 99 Buck O'Neil JK
2B: 97 Craig Biggio MS
3B: 99 Rafael Devers AW
SS: 99 Elly De La Cruz MS
LF: 99 Randy Arozarena 23HRD
CF: 99 Cody Bellinger MA
RF: 99 Ronald Acuna Jr. 23AS
DH: 99 Mike Piazza ASG

BENCH 1: 99 Marcus Semien 23AS
BENCH 2: 99 Jose Ramirez 23AS
BENCH 3: 99 Jackie Robinson JK
BENCH 4: 99 Corbin Carroll 23AS

SP 1: 99 Martin Dihigo JK
SP 2: 99 Satchel Paige JK
SP 3: 99 Zac Gallen 23AS
SP 4: 99 Jacob deGrom AW
SP 5: 99 Shane McClanahan 23AS

BP 1: 98 Joel Payamps MA
BP 2: 97 Joe Jimenez MA
BP 3: 97 Yennier Cano 23AS
BP 4: 97 Josh Sborz MA
BP 5: 97 Brock Stewart MA
BP 6: 95 Taylor Rogers MA
BP 7: 99 Alex Diaz 23AS
BP 8: 97 Josh Hader 23 AS

Set 4
CA: 99 Johnny Bench AW
1B: 99 Jimmie Foxx MS
2B: 99 Bryson Stott 23PS
3B: 99 Mike Schmidt AW
SS: 99 Jeremy Pena AW
LF: 99 Rickey Henderson SN
CF: 99 Mike Trout MS
RF: 99 Sammy Sosa GR98
DH: 99 J.T. Realmuto 23PS

BENCH 1: 99 Harmon Killebrew SIG
BENCH 2: 99 Ryan Howard SN
BENCH 3: 99 Royce Lewis 23PS
BENCH 4: 99 Miguel Cabrera SIG

SP 1: 99 Tom Glavine GR98
SP 2: 99 Jordan Montgomery 23PS
SP 3: 99 Pablo Lopez 23PS
SP 4: 99 Brandon Pfaadt 23PS
SP 5: 99 Corey Kluber AW

BP 1: 99 Bryan Abreu 23PS
BP 2: 99 David Robertson SIG
BP 3: 98 Josh Sborz 23PS
BP 4: 98 Tyler Matzek PS
BP 5: 97 Brock Stewart 23PS
BP 6: 97 Tyler Wells 23PS
BP 7: 99 Ryan Helsley
BP 8: 99 John Franco GR98

Set 5
CA: 99 Francisco Alverez 23F
1B: 99 Kevin Youkilis F
2B: 99 Ketel Marte MS
3B: 99 Wade Boggs F
SS: 99 Jimmy Rollins F
LF: 99 Lou Brock F
CF: 99 Luis Robert Jr 23F
RF: 99 Gary Sheffield F
DH: 99 Mike Napoli F

BENCH 1: 99 Luis Aparicio F
BENCH 2: 99 Bill Mazeroski F
BENCH 3: 99 Brian Roberts F
BENCH 4: 99 Francisco Lindor 23F

SP 1: 99 Roy Oswalt F
SP 2: 99 Robby Ray F
SP 3: 99 Catfish Hunter F
SP 4: 99 Corbin Burnes 23F
SP 5: 99 Spencer Strider 23F

BP 1: 99 Tanner Scott 23F
BP 2: 99 Aroldis Chapman 23F
BP 3: 97 Michael King 23F
BP 4: 99 Robert Stephenson 23F
BP 5: 97 Matt Brash 23F
BP 6: 97 Jon Gray 23PS
BP 7: 99 Emmanuel Clase 23F
BP 8: 99 Josh Hader 23F (I don't have the card, but I needed a LHP)

There was no Set 6 - so for Season 6
CA: 99 Adley Rutschman 23AS
1B: 99 Buck O'Neil JK
2B: 99 Chase Utley Kaiju
3B: 99 Wade Boggs F
SS: 99 Elly De La Cruz MS
LF: 99 Lou Brock F
CF: 99 Mike Trout MS
RF: 99 Sammy Sosa GR98
DH: 99 Joe Mauer Kaiju

BENCH 1: 99 Rickey Henderson CH
BENCH 2: 99 Cody Bellinger MA
BENCH 3: 99 Jazz Chisholm Jr CH
BENCH 4: 99 Jimmy Rollins F

SP 1: 99 Bob Gibson CH
SP 2: 99 Clayton Kershaw SN
SP 3: 99 Pedro Martinez AW
SP 4: 99 Jacob deGrom AW
SP 5: 99 The Big Unit (Randy Johnson) IN

BP 1: 97 Yennier Cano
BP 2: 99 Bryan Abreu 23PS
BP 3: 99 Aroldis Chapman 23F
BP 4: David Robertson SIG
BP 5: 98 Josh Sborz 23PS
BP 6: 97 Michael King 23F
BP 7: 99 Rich Gossage Kaiju
BP 8: 99 John Franco GR98