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Anybody else ground into so many double plays with him?

Can we have a way to sim hitting or sim pitching? If I am trying to do a challenge like hit 3 home runs with captains for this weeks weekly wonders, I don’t need to pitch. I would like to solely hit. Therefore an option to sim offense or defense like madden has against the CPU would be awesome. Of course, no XP, stubs, stats or parallel XP would be earned from simming certain parts. But I would love if this convenient feature to skip to what I want/need to play could be added in play vs. CPU.

@CDNmoneymaker93_MLBTS said in Topps Now Cards:

This group of Topps now would be from last week's games. This week's games will be featured next week

Thanks, I couldn’t remember, so I was a bit disappointed there wasn’t one as a cubs fan. Next week then!

Do they lag a week? Or did Nelson Velazquez not get a card for that phenomenal grand slam to turn a 7-0 deficit to an 8-7 lead while also going 3-4 that day, but Dylan Dodd who gets the average 6 inning and 1 run allowed performance does. (This may not be SDS fault but Topps, idk)

@aaronjw76_PSN said in Get rid of max elevation stadiums with 200 foot fences:

@TexasTauper_PSN said in Get rid of max elevation stadiums with 200 foot fences:

You're both playing on the same field. If your opponent can score 13 runs and you can only score 8, that's a you problem. I like those fields ( I haven't used one in online play ) because it's usually a fun game, win or lose. I did have one last year that was 300ft to the corners and 400 to center with like 5ft walls and it was usually a slugfest. Some complained and would quit as soon as I hit a HR but again, their problem, not mine.

How is hitting nothing but HRs a fun game?

Seems pretty boring IMO but to each their own i guess.

Exactly, I think it’s a less enjoyable experience because of a desire for as close to baseball simulation experience as possible. Of course, I benefited from the stadium dimensions and elevation, but I don’t desire to play a 3 inning game that is 3 times of the scoring of an average 9 inning MLB game. There are going to be outliers with more scoring, but not like the one I brought up at the beginning of the thread. There’s no way to try and execute pitches to someone, because a cutter low and away, lefty lefty, is pulled and popped up for…… a homer. I execute the pitch to produce a fly out and it sails out over a 290 foot fence with max elevation. Nowhere, besides the Yankee Stadium short porch on occasion with the wind blowing out is that a homer. However, if people enjoy that home run derby style of game, either play that mode, or maybe there should be a separate online mode that has its own reward program with home run derby players, like the events has had in the past. But a normal ranked or BR game should be more controlled to a baseball simulation style of play. Gameplay has been great on this game when playing in the average baseball stadium. I hope they consider a cap to elevation or minimum to fence distance in competitive online play or remove created stadiums from the competitive play and leave them in for casual/events.

Just lost a BR game 17-13 in extras. Was up 8-1 going to bottom third and 13-8 in bottom 4th. Not fudging fun. Every pitcher I put out there could not stop giving up home runs. Not baseball and extremely demoralizing to see someone rewarded for creating a stadium that is high snoop dogg on 4/20.

Is that next week or the following? I don’t remember when they said the first one would be, just that it’s every 3 weeks.

I seem to be stuck at episode 8 for the Satchel Paige stories? The moment doesn’t bring him in to pitch his two innings for me. Instead it’s the starter who throws a pitch and the moment fails. Tried backing out and in a few times and restarting game. I didn’t know where to put this post, and this may be a known issue too. Anyone else having this issue?