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I literally had no idea what this topic was about.

I was thinking Kurt Angle, right angles, obtuse angles.

Oh you meant ANGELS? Now I get it.

Question for those of you singing Madden's praises:

How much real $ would it cost to own every card in Madden? $10,000?

I own every single card in The Show 22, have over 2 million stubs and besides buying the deluxe game, I've spent a grand total of ZERO DOLLARS on The Show.

I'll admit a good job by SDS getting a number of these guys crossed off.

But here's the current list for you. Still tons of big names. If a 97 or worse is their best card, I included them.

I've labeled guys likely to get either Finest or Postseason cards so it's understandable why they won't get another good card.

I reorganized the list so the crossed off names are now all on the bottom.

Flashbacks/Current Players:
Justin Verlander
Kenley Jansen
Andres Munoz
Nolan Arenado
Riley Greene
Joc Pederson
Tyler Glasnow
Bryan Reynolds
Royce Lewis
Jhoan Duran
Josh Donaldson
Xander Bogaerts
Freddy Peralta
Evan Longoria
Noah Syndergaard
Willson/William Contreras
Johnny Cueto (yes he has a 99 but it's impossible to get)

Bryce Harper (Finest/Postseason)
Anthony Santander (Finest/Postseason)
Kyle Tucker (Finest/Postseason)
Trea Turner (Finest/Postseason)
Jose Ramirez (Finest/Postseason)
Zack Wheeler (Finest/Postseason)
Corbin Burnes (Finest/Postseason)
Elly De La Cruz (Finest/Postseason)
Edwin Diaz (Finest/Postseason)
Manny Machado (Finest/Postseason)
Alex Bregman (Finest/Postseason)
Jose Altuve (Finest/Postseason)
Luis Castillo (Finest/Postseason)
Garrett Crochet (Finest/Postseason)

Guys that probably don't deserve a better card but are personal favorites and also much loved by the community:
Eddie Rosario
C.J. Abrams
Kyle Seager

Legends:
Cy Young
Lou Brock
Dontrelle Willis
Mike Piazza
Jason Giambi
Don Mattingly
Eddie Mathews
Whitey Ford

Austin Riley
O'Neil Cruz
Corey Seager
Vlad Guerrero Sr.
Ryan Howard
Lee Smith
John Smoltz
Curtis Granderson
Billy Williams
Ronald Acuna Jr
Jacob DeGrom
Clayton Kershaw
Marcus Semien
Paul Goldschmidt
Salvador Perez
Jorge Polanco
Bo Bichette
Max Muncy
Nolan Ryan
Pudge Rodriguez
Fernando Valenzuela
Mike Trout
Alfonso Soriano
Camilo Doval
Al Kaline
Kevin Youkilis
Aroldis Chapman
Julio Rodriguez
Jason Heyward
Charlie Blackmon
Christian Yelich
Cody Bellinger
Andrew Miller
Andrew McCutchen
George Springer
Pete Alonso
Cedric Mullins
Mark McGwire
Rafael Palmeiro
Jasson Dominguez
David Wright
Al Leiter
Eric Gagne
Dennis Eckersley
Rob Dibble
Joe Morgan
Troy Glaus
Ozzie Smith
Mike Mussina
Eddie Murray
Jason Bay
Paul Molitor
Justin Morneau
Fergie Jenkins
Shawn Green
Jim Rice
Pedro Martinez
Mickey Mantle
Stan Musial

I will try to keep this list updated and remove guys that get a 98/99. And I'll add in your suggestions.

I love the morons on Twitter saying "It looks easy" when you can only see the map and can't actually see the goals.

Fernando!

27 up 27 down with 27 Ks.

Yes it was CPU on Rookie. But it's harder than you think. I'd had multiple 25-26 K perfect games. And I play at a user-created "little league" park which made it harder to achieve.

Love that it ended up being Fernando. RIP.

Agreed it would be an L. But my theory is the tweet isn't even about the big collection reward.

Pirate flag and a 97-98 Cutch makes way more sense for the Shark Map.

I have included 2 (at least) for many of the teams: who deserves to get the Finest and then secondly, who I would like for gameplay reasons. And since SDS doesn't seem to care about multiple 99s for the same player, I won't either. So please no "But so and so already has a 99." posts.

But feel free to disagree!

Blue Jays
Vlad Jr. (confirmed)

Orioles
Colton Cowser (confirmed and bizarre)

Rays

Red Sox
Tyler O'Neil (confirmed -ugh)

Yankees
Judge (confirmed)

Guardians
Kwan (confirmed - obviously should have been J-Ram)

Royals
Deserving - Witt Jr
Gameplay Wish List - Witt Jr

Tigers
Riley Greene (confirmed - obviously should have been Skubal)

Twins
Griffin Jax (confirmed)

White Sox
Deserving - Crochet or Nobody
Gameplay Wish List - Crochet/Moncada

A's
Deserving - Rooker
Gameplay Wish List - Butler/Bleday

Angels
Deserving - Neto
Gameplay Wish List - O'Hoppe/Joyce

Astros
Bregman (confirmed - would have rathered about 5 other guys)

Mariners
George Kirby (confirmed - REALLY wanted Raleigh)

Rangers
Kirby Yates (confirmed - yawn)

I have included 2 (at least) for many of the teams: who deserves to get the Finest and then secondly, who I would like for gameplay reasons. And since SDS doesn't seem to care about multiple 99s for the same player, I won't either. So please no "But so and so already has a 99." posts.

But feel free to disagree!

Braves
Deserving - Sale
Gameplay Wish List - Sale/Reynaldo Lopez

Marlins
Deserving - Otto Lopez/Xavier Edwards
Gameplay Wish List - Xavier Edwards

Mets
Deserving - Lindor
Gameplay Wish List - Lindor/Nimmo

Nationals
Deserving - Mackenzie Gore/Luis Garcia Jr
Gameplay Wish List - CJ Abrams

Phillies
Deserving - Wheeler/Harper/Chris Sanchez
Gameplay Wish List - Trea Turner

Brewers
Deserving - Contreras/Adams/Chourio
Gameplay Wish List - Turang

Cardinals
Deserving - Winn/Donovan/Arenado/Gray
Gameplay Wish List - Helsley

Cubs
Deserving - Swanson/Imanaga/Hoerner
Gameplay Wish List - Pete Crow-Armstrong

Pirates
Deserving - Skenes
Gameplay Wish List - Skenes

Reds
Deserving - De La Cruz/Hunter Greene
Gameplay Wish List - De La Cruz/Hunter Greene (please give us both somehow!)

Diamondbacks
Deserving - Marte/Gallen
Gameplay Wish List - Marte

Dodgers
Deserving - Shohei
Gameplay Wish List - Shohei/Glasnow (a man can dream)

Giants
Deserving - Chapman/Bailey/Webb
Gameplay Wish List - Snell/Wade Jr

Padres
Deserving - Merrill
Gameplay Wish List - Merrill/Profar/Cease

Rockies
Deserving - Tovar/Doyle/Feltner
Gameplay Wish List - McMahon

Guess I'm the only one who likes the card art of both Signature and Awards.

Guess I'm boring.

Milestone is definitely lame though.

Grandal by a mile. Destroys the ball from both sides of the plate.

Yes he's slow. But I rarely even notice.

It's also ridiculous that 10+ catchers have been mentioned in this topic and not Grandal.

I swear people won't give Topps Now guys a chance.

Read through this entire topic hoping there was a clue for the 3rd boss.

Instead saw people arguing about Posey/Molina which I could care less about.

Stay on topic people!

@oreorockstar_psn said in Failed Experiment:

Was bored tonight so thought I would see how I would play after taking some good old "Colorado Gummies" and playing some event games...

It didn't calm me down, but put my reactions to sleep :), I think I lost 5 out of 6 event games(I don't think I have ever done that before tonight) didn't matter if it was a goon or a guy with a losing record contact swinging, I was going down!

Well, now I know.....

Yeah. My pattern is:

1. Play online
2. Consume Edibles
3. Edibles kick in
4. Play offline

@sportpimpin_xbl said in Little Things That Annoy Me About '22 Plus One Small Positive:

I don't like the hip-hop-ification of all these games its bs play some hype rock music or something I don't want me or my kids listening to [censored] rap!

The rap is all clean versions so I'm not sure why you wouldn't want your kids listening to it.

Plus your username has pimpin in it and yet you're worried about your kids listening to clean rap? Ok...

A retro Finest Griffey as an Extreme reward would be the ultimate middle finger to the community.

And it would be kind of funny in a "Watch the World Burn" way.

Always one of the most annoying things about the Yankees.

These guys are baseball players. Not doctors, lawyers, businessmen, etc.

Elitist junk.

Yeah the first 27 years of my life as a Red Sox fan were pretty rough.

But the last 17 years have been pretty sweet!

Here are my 2 cents. As a math teacher, this analogy makes sense to me. Hopefully others will understand where I'm coming from.

Student 1 - Gets A's in Math mostly due to their talent/natural ability.

Gamer 1 - Gets the best cards through talent (mostly).
These are your WS and 12-0 Flawless players.

Student 2 - Gets A's in Math mostly due to their strong work ethic. Studies, asks teacher for help, consistent homework completion etc.

Gamer 2 - Gets the best cards through grinding.
These are your 30-40 wins in RS, grinding BR program, or working the market players.

Student 3 - Gets Ds/Fs in Math since they have little natural ability AND no work ethic.

Gamer 3 - Not very good at the game and not willing to put in the grind.

There's no "participation trophy" here. That would be giving all students As in Math and all gamers (even the lazy ones) all the best cards for virtually nothing.

Yeah I'm almost at 900K and this is my life:

1.Full time 6th grade teacher (last day of school was today)

2. Father who has my daughter exactly 50% of the time.

3. Little social life beyond that, but my choice.

If you spend the vast majority of your free time playing ONE game (I don't play any others), you can grind this hard and...

STILL BE A CONTRIBUTING, RESPONSIBLE MEMBER OF SOCIETY!!

Don't let anyone tell you any different.

How about a usable Griffey Jr first?

So pathetic. In the real world people get fired for missing deadlines.

SDS? Promotions and raises likely.