@Buck_Mango said in For everyone crucifying the Astros, learn some baseball history:

https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/01/23/sign-stealing-history-astros-red-sox

if you aint cheating you aint trying, cheating has been going on in sports since the inception of sports just sometimes people get caught. had they admitted to it, no worries water under the bridge.

Difference with the Astros it was a whole team. in the past at least it has been players majority of the time, Even the Black sox scandal was not the whole team just some players. They got severely punished. the issue here is players got away with the cheating and the team still keeps the title. The way Manfred handled this is the real problem. The way the Astros players are acting this year is disrespectful.

1897 The Chicago Colts (Cubs) of the National League establish the record for most runs scored in a game by one team when they clobber the Louisville Colonels, 36-7. The Cardinals will beat the Phillies 28-6 at Philadelphia's Baker Bowl in 1929 to set the modern NL mark.

1916 Only one baseball is used during the Reds' 9-6 win over the Cubs at Redland Field. There are no home runs or foul balls which land in the stands during the contest

1941 In a doubleheader with the Senators, Joe DiMaggio ties and then breaks the American League's consecutive game-hitting streak of 41 established by George Sisler. In the opener, he knots the record with a double off Dutch Leonard, and in the nightcap, 'the Yankee Clipper' tops the mark with a seventh-inning single against Walt Masterson.

1990 For the first time since 1917 (Hippo Vaughan and Fred Toney), two no-hitters are thrown on the same day when the A's Dave Stewart shuts out the Jays, 5-0 and the Dodgers' Fernando Valenzuela blanks the Cardinals, 6-0.

2004 At Bank One Ballpark, Randy Johnson records his 4000th career strikeout, whiffing Padres' third baseman Jeff Cirillo, a fellow USC Trojan, to become the fourth player in major league baseball history to reach the plateau. The 40-year-old Diamondbacks fireballer known as the Big Unit needs fewer innings (3,237 1/3) than Nolan Ryan (3,844 2/3), Roger Clemens (4,151), and Steve Carlton (4,991 1/3) to accomplish the feat.

2012 In the Diamondbacks' 9-3 victory over Milwaukee at Miller Park, Aaron Hill becomes the first modern-era player to hit for the cycle twice in one season since Babe Herman accomplished the feat with the Brooklyn Robins in 1931. Eleven days ago in Seattle, the Arizona second baseman also collected a single, double, triple, and home run in the game.

2015 Joc Pederson becomes the third rookie in major league history to hit 20 home runs before July when he goes deep off Allen Webster in the Dodgers' 10-6 loss to Arizona at Chase Field. The 23 year-old center fielder joins Wally Berger (Braves, 1930) and Albert Pujols (Cardinals, 2001) in accomplishing the feat as a freshman.

I finished up the collections to get Trout the other day.

To all my follow Vets happy veterans day thank you for serving.

Didn't SDS say this would be a card we would all want in our lineup. That was lie

Why do people only compare player from different ERA using WAR and not considering all stats or how good a player really was in his time based on how the game was in the era of that player. I will never understand it.

Truly Understanding what WAR is meant to be use for

https://library.fangraphs.com/misc/war/

Here is an article

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/wins-above-replacement-war-what-is-it-how-to-calculate-baseball-reference-fangraphs-sabermetrics-analytics/1emmivy1vroy01owwnc9zj6mvr

Here is part of that article

Stop the WAR?

Given how frequently it pops up in sabermetric discussions, WAR might sound like the pinnacle of sabermetrics. But no stat is perfect, and WAR is far from it.

The "godfather of Sabermetrics" Bill James wrote about his principal gripe with WAR, discussing the MVP race between Jose Altuve and Aaron Judge:

“Aaron Judge was nowhere near as valuable as Jose Altuve. Why? Because he didn’t do nearly as much to win games for his team as Altuve did. It is NOT close. The belief that it is close is fueled by bad statistical analysis — not as bad as the 1974 statistical analysis, I grant, but flawed nonetheless. It is based essentially on a misleading statistic, which is WAR. Baseball-Reference WAR shows the little guy at 8.3, and the big guy at 8.1.”

James’ argument represents the principal criticism of WAR — WAR is context neutral. If a player recorded only one single per game for 162 games, but that one single knocked in the game-winning run every game,WAR would credit that player with exactly as much value as a player who did the same thing but his team lost every game.

As a result, it would seem as though WAR is undervaluing the first player, and overvaluing the second player. Judge consistently performed poorly in high-leverage situations: he recorded the worst Clutch score of any player in 2017 per FanGraphs, despite leading the MLB in fWAR.

But in the words of Bertrand Russell, “WAR does not determine who is right…” so don’t think that WAR is the be all end all to every statistical discussion.

Why would someone stay in a game if they realize they will not win, it is a waste of time when you can quit and play another game.

Finish the LS collection over the weekend. It feels good to have that done and out of the way.

1894 Fred Clarke makes his major league debut, going 5-for-5 for the Louisville Colonels. The future Hall of Famer collects four singles and a triple.

1908 At New York's Hilltop Park, Red Sox legend Cy Young no-hits the Highlanders (Yankees), 8-0. The contest marks the third time the 41 year-old has accomplished the feat.

1909 The Cubs spoil the Pirates' debut at Forbes Field, 3-2. The new state-of-the-art ballpark, named for General John Forbes, an officer in the French and Indian War, is the first stadium to be made completely of steel and poured concrete.

1948 At Briggs Stadium, Indians right-hander Bob Lemon throws the first American League night time no-hitter, blanking the Tigers, 2-0. The Tigers' home was the last park in the Junior Circuit to use lights, installing illumination only two weeks ago.

1961 Improving his record to 14-2, Whitey Ford becomes the first pitcher in American League history to win eight games in one month with a 5-1 victory over the Senators at Yankee Stadium. The left-hander's five-hitter is his third complete game during the span and the team's 22nd win in June.

1962 Sandy Koufax becomes the first Dodger southpaw to throw a no-hitter since Nap Rucker accomplished the feat in 1908 when he keeps the expansion Mets hitless in the team's 5-0 victory in Los Angeles. The 26 year-old left-hander, en route to fanning 13, strikes out the first three batters he faces - Richie Ashburn, Rod Kanehl, and Felix Mantilla, on nine pitches to start the game with an immaculate inning.

1967 Cookie Rojas, who joined the Phillies in 1964, plays his ninth different position for the team when he takes the mound in a 12-3 loss to San Francisco. In his ninth-inning appearance, the All-Star infielder allows no runs and gives up just one hit, ending the frame by getting future Hall of Famer Willie Mays to fly out to right field in the Connie Mack Stadium contest.

1977 At Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Cliff Johnson joins Joe DiMaggio and Joe Pepitone as the only players in Yankee history to hit two home runs in the same inning. The designated hitter goes deep twice in the eighth as the Bronx Bombers score eight runs in an 11-5 win over the Blue Jays.

1978 Giant first baseman Willie McCovey, on an 0-2 pitch thrown by Jamie Easterly, launches his 500th career home run over the left-field fence, becoming the 12th player to accomplish the feat. Stretch's historic homer occurs in the second inning of the opener of a doubleheader, which the Giants sweep from the Braves at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium, 10-9 and 10-5.

1985 Pedro Guerrero ties a major league record by hitting 15 home runs in June when he goes deep off Bruce Sutter in his final at-bat of the month. The eighth inning two-run round-tripper will prove to be the difference in the Dodgers' 4-3 victory over Atlanta at Chavez Ravine.

1995 At the Metrodome, Indians' designated hitter Eddie Murray collects his 3000th hit off Twins' right-hander Mike Trombley to become the 20th player to accomplish the feat. 'Steady Eddie' joins Pete Rose as only the second switch-hitter to reach the milestone.

1997 Rangers' hurler Bobby Witt becomes the first American League pitcher to hit a home run in a regular-season game in nearly 25 years. His round-tripper off Ismael Valdes helps Texas to beat the Dodgers in interleague action, 3-2.

1998 With an eighth-inning homer against the Diamondbacks, Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa extends his major league record for home runs in a month, hitting his 20th round-tripper in June. At the start of July, the Chicago outfielder's season total is 31, four less than Mark McGwire, who also homered today.

2007 Making his major league debut in centerfield at Fenway Park, Jacoby Ellsbury becomes the first person from the Navajo tribe to play in the major leagues. The 23-year-old member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, who will play a significant role in the Red Sox World Championship, batting .360 in 11 total postseason games, is put out by the catcher unassisted in his first big-league at-bat.

@jwkeep__psn said in TA3:

No conquest maps with the tA3

It will probably get released some time this week

I got Brett still need McCutchen getting close.

@Malabarista42 said in Low Power Hitter Homerun Question:

For the Moonshot program one of the missions is to hit HR's with batters who have less than 75 power. Does anyone know if this needs to be from both sides? Like if a player has 74 power vs. right but 80 power vs left does it count? Does he have to be facing a righty for it to count?

I completed this with Monthly Award Jeff McNeil has 125 vision and a nice left handed swing.

@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in Central Conquest:

I wonder if they increased the CPU “aggressiveness value” for Extreme Conquest and then just forgot to reset it? I have no idea how coding works, but I wonder if they just take the most recent map, duplicate it to create a new file, and then change around the hexagon design and the opponents and rewards and stuff. So if there were any new algorithms or aggressiveness settings changed for Extreme, those values might have just been passed from one map to the next and to the next. Like an STD at an Arizona State dorm.

I do know these are duplicate maps from last year or the year before I believed they were used for TA in previous years. A

I was just curious if there was better way to have extra fans that was all I was asking. It does not hurt anyone If my question came across rude or disrespect, I sorry about that. Of course it about having fun. I read this thread as people having issue with the SIM and I do not have those issue and would share the way I do it. People can choose or try it different or do it the way they choose of course . Most import thing is to always have fun.

@samguenther1987 said in Central Conquest:

@dbarmonstar_PSN said in Central Conquest:

@samguenther1987 said in Central Conquest:

@brainfreeze442 said in Central Conquest:

@samguenther1987 said in Central Conquest:

@brainfreeze442 said in Central Conquest:

I was having those simulations with the other map for this program. I didn’t get too far with the central yet. Just went after the Twins right away. Was able to play them on All Star.

You have to go after the Twins first. I put down a blocker of 5 fans in front of the Twins and built my fan base until it was at 20k and rolled the Twins and Cubs. I have 3 teams left to go. It's just time consuming.

I meant I beat them on my first turn. I didn’t have too long to play. Should I put up fans in front of the Cubs and build up my fan base first? The map is small, so I know most other teams are going to fill up the map. Appreciate the advice. It’s nice you have only 3 teams to go. Do you play conquest by going straight after strongholds, or the way I see some do where they save the games for last?

O my bad, sorry misread. I personally take out the first 3 strongholds (i went Twins, Cubs and Reds this time) and build a stong fan base and then start putting groups of 5k fans around the other teams and clearing the map when everything else is taken over.

Havn't had to play any games on anything harder then veteran.

My pack luck has been great tonight too.

You never have to put extra fans in every space surrounding the strong hold you just have to find the one the CPU goes after once you take the spaces surrounding them. I surround them with 1 fan each and move on when they attack that 1 i will put 5 to 10 in that spot and build up to take them out.

Yah but i also use it to bring my numbers up but yes you are correct.

exactly how does leaving 5 in each space bring your numbers up?

duplicate post

I rarely play CQ above Vet, All CQ maps are super easy and I do not have this issue of Sim vs CPU maybe it is the way I go about it. I take out the Stronghold on these Maps on Vet or R as soon as I can I will build up enough fans and take them out, Move to the next one. On Some of them I take all the surrounding spaces around the Strongholds, Once I do that the CPU will only attack one of those spaces. When I see which one that is I can Load 5 to 10 fans in that space until I want to take it over. I do not waste fans by loading fans in all the surrounding hex around a Stronghold. I keep the same or less then one fan in spaces the CPU has fans boarding my fans. Once I take over a strondhold that the CPU would be able to attack i Leave 5 to 10 fans in that stronghold but I only have had to do that on the US Map and the East Map so far.

@samguenther1987 said in Central Conquest:

@brainfreeze442 said in Central Conquest:

@samguenther1987 said in Central Conquest:

@brainfreeze442 said in Central Conquest:

I was having those simulations with the other map for this program. I didn’t get too far with the central yet. Just went after the Twins right away. Was able to play them on All Star.

You have to go after the Twins first. I put down a blocker of 5 fans in front of the Twins and built my fan base until it was at 20k and rolled the Twins and Cubs. I have 3 teams left to go. It's just time consuming.

I meant I beat them on my first turn. I didn’t have too long to play. Should I put up fans in front of the Cubs and build up my fan base first? The map is small, so I know most other teams are going to fill up the map. Appreciate the advice. It’s nice you have only 3 teams to go. Do you play conquest by going straight after strongholds, or the way I see some do where they save the games for last?

O my bad, sorry misread. I personally take out the first 3 strongholds (i went Twins, Cubs and Reds this time) and build a stong fan base and then start putting groups of 5k fans around the other teams and clearing the map when everything else is taken over.

Havn't had to play any games on anything harder then veteran.

My pack luck has been great tonight too.

You never have to put extra fans in every space surrounding the strong hold you just have to find the one the CPU goes after once you take the spaces surrounding them. I surround them with 1 fan each and move on when they attack that 1 i will put 5 to 10 in that spot and build up to take them out.

@samguenther1987 said in Central Conquest:

@brainfreeze442 said in Central Conquest:

I was having those simulations with the other map for this program. I didn’t get too far with the central yet. Just went after the Twins right away. Was able to play them on All Star.

You have to go after the Twins first. I put down a blocker of 5 fans in front of the Twins and built my fan base until it was at 20k and rolled the Twins and Cubs. I have 3 teams left to go. It's just time consuming.

Yeah I did the same thing put 5 fans there and reload took over the empty spaces waited until I could play them on Vet and took them out did the same for the other teams, I only have two teams left to do but I just have to play the games and take the strong holds.

@DeleteyourTTVBTW_MLBTS said in The New Conquest Maps:

@dbarmonstar_PSN said in The New Conquest Maps:

@TheGoaler_PSN said in The New Conquest Maps:

@dbarmonstar_PSN said in The New Conquest Maps:

I have not had problems with the sims but I also use the best team possible for the SIMS. Then use the team I want to play the games. I take every stronghold over on Vet or R. I do not steal fans unless required. I do not steal fans unless required. I take empty spaces first. On the East Map I started by Blocking off Tor and the Yankees so they can not spread. then I went along the top toward Bos and Bal blocked them from spreading to the top. Then Blocked off Was going toward the Mets and took out the Mets first and then Phi Bos, Bal. I did Was and Atl last they had a lot of fans in some of there spaces but by the time I got to them It was easy I had 99 fans to take them out.

I never knew this was a thing!
Sim with one, team, play with another. Wow. Makes sense.

Well not everyone knows everything about this game, obvious by this thread people are having issues when they sim, get over your self. have something to say that would help others.

Dude what you said is insane. You really think B grades Devs took into account starting lineups for conquest simulations? I can load up the worst possible team in the game and the simulations will be exactly the same.

In my experience this is not true, I been playing since 2017 and I play a lot of CQ it is my favorite mode I never have issues sim vs the CPU.