I really don’t get it. Do these people pick with their eyes closed?

Yep and and real problem is the lack of control by the pitcher and the 20 pitch ABs because the hitter fouls everything off.

That's kind of dumb. He didn't have to give you 2 runs to create the save opportunity. He just needed you to have the tying run on deck.

@EvylShaun said in 7 xbh and 7 RBI's in 7 games?:

I've always hated multi game moments, but this..... this will take the cake.

Prepare for the diving catches and runners not advancing 1st to 3rd.

It took me a couple of tries but that was with a 2 year old jumping and flopping all over me. I swear the kid thinks I'm a trampoline.

@charterbus_psn said in There is not enough XP rewarded across the board in this game:

@xentys_psn said in There is not enough XP rewarded across the board in this game:

23+ hours of game played and I have 123k xp... 113 games played ( most offline ) grinding atm to get a decent team ( no money spent )
However I haven't finished the 1st inning collection 50k xp ( 8 x 42 series card ) im at 4 right now ( sold P. Martinez and H. Aaron for stubs for Live collection ) or I would be at 6 total but the Live collection is my priority
And.. I havent finish the 1st inning conquest map
These 2 will give me 65k and maybe take another +/- 7 hours of gameplay
So quick calculation after 30 hours of gameplay I should be around 200k
Counting that I wont be able to get much after all these are completed because moments and conquest maps will be done
I will counting on playing games, daily missions ( roughly 1000 xp/day ) for xp
The 200k and over xp progress will take much longer to process....
OMG this is nonsense.
Im not complaining just stating the facts

So your about half way after a day and half but don’t think you’ll be able to finish even though you haven’t really got any of the first inning stuff done? And they actually haven’t even released most of it like showdown, the first player program and so on?

You’ll be there in like 2 days

You don’t think it says something that he’s played for 23 hours in 2 days and isn’t even half way to the 300k xp to unlock an inning boss?

@nanthrax_1_psn said in Derek Jeter Concept Art:

Offensively, he was everything you could ask for from a middle infielder, and was an absolute nightmare to cheer for the team against him....
Defensively? He was extremely overrated and justified in that everyone has come around to believe that. His metrics are very bad, and had virtually no range. The fact he won gold gloves at all shows how broken that whole thing is, which is well known mostly because of him

The very fact that he won more gold gloves than Cal Ripken Jr still annoys me. Jeter has no business being in the same room as a gold glove award.

@chuckclc_psn said in Ohtani's "Greatest Season Ever":

@dewrock_psn said in Ohtani's "Greatest Season Ever":

@chuckclc_psn said in Ohtani's "Greatest Season Ever":

Lets not pretend WAR is the end all be all of evaluating a player. How well did Babe pitch in those seasons? Babe definitely has the most impressive hitting numbers of all time, but when you add in Pitching and Speed it does become a legit argument between the 2.

Plus of course the obvious 100 hundred year difference in athletic era. Apples and Oranges.

WAR is the best way to judge the value of a player overall to his team and the best way of comparing him to his peers. Let’s talk pitching. Ruth had a nearly 9 WAR pitching season in 1916. Ohtani isn’t coming anywhere near that. It was 6.5 in 1917. Again, he’s not coming anywhere that. Can we just appreciate Ohtani for what he is and stop with the over the top exaggerations about his play. He’s been good. He’s been very valuable. It’s a great story. He’s probably going to win MVP. As far as all time greatest seasons, at this point he’s not in the same ballpark.

Name someone that has pitched as well as him and hit this well in a single season. That is the argument. Hasnt happened. All around he probably is having the best season ever. Not the best hitter, not the best pitcher, not the best baserunner, but all together there is an argument for the people saying it.

You’re asking for a comparison to players that don’t exist. Just because he’s an anomaly doesn’t mean he’s having the best season ever. That’s ridiculous hyperbole. That’s the argument. Appreciate what he’s doing. Don’t make it something it’s not.

@killerpresence4 said in Ohtani's "Greatest Season Ever":

@dewrock_psn said in Ohtani's "Greatest Season Ever":

@killerpresence4 said in Ohtani's "Greatest Season Ever":

@kdclemson_psn said in Ohtani's "Greatest Season Ever":

@killerpresence4 said in Ohtani's "Greatest Season Ever":

It doesn’t matter because the OP is making comparisons where comparisons can’t be made. Ruth came up during the dead ball era and Ohtani plays in the modern era. You cannot make a comparison between the two. So anything that is said can only be subjective. The OP’s opinion is that Ohtani is not having one of the greatest seasons ever. That’s all it is, an opinion. Please stop acting as if it’s not an opinion because it is. There is no factual basis to make the argument that he’s not having one of the greatest seasons ever because your stats are being pulled from different eras of baseball history.

We literally developed a stat to compare the greatest seasons from all eras and comparatively, Ohtani is having the 130th best season ever, you then call it an opinion simply because it doesn’t match your take, it doesn’t work like that

This answer here is why you have zero credibility. And I will not lower myself to your level to argue with you when your argument is trying to make a comparison to an era which MLB has deemed to be the dead ball era to the era in which we currently play also known as the modern era. It’s apples and oranges. No stat you can provide changes that. So have fun convincing people of your point of view

You do understand that Ruth played for 22 seasons, only 6 of which were in the dead ball era. The rest of your post boils down "You're wrong. I'm right. And I don't have to prove why".

Yeah that’s the way to get someone to come around to your point of view. Let me ask you a few questions regarding both eras: Are the balls the same? Are the bats the same? Are the fielding tools the same? Was the level of competition the same? Is there empirical evidence to support stats such as batting avg, fielding percentage (what defines an error or not), pitching stats (velocity, pitch types etc)? And many other questions that separate those two eras in the game!! There is no stat that can quantify those questions. Not WAR, not UZR, not ops, not obp, not DRS!!! None of our so called advanced metrics can do this to make a quantifiable argument. Everything you have said is complete conjecture. It’s an opinion it’s that simple. So if you want to continue making an a s s of yourself go ahead. It doesn’t change the actual facts of the argument regardless of how loud you yell or how much you try to bully the forum participants who disagree with you.

The rule changes that turned the dead ball era into the live ball era were adapted when Ruth was playing. He still excelled far and above the rest of his peers. Let's agree that everything I said was conjecture. Perhaps but my conjecture is based on the stats available to us. Yours is based on your feelings and perception of how different the two eras must have been.

Who's bullying who? You came on here to simply troll the OP based on some past history between you two. You resorted to numerous ad hominems. You replied that he was wrong but basically said he wasn't worth your time to explain why. I pointed that out. I guess that's bullying you.

@tekkendolphin_psn said in Online mode is just not fun.:

Call it a rant but this mode needs an overhaul. What I think it needs is a way to help out hitters. Maybe guess pitch option should be a thing? It is just too easy to pitch good and too hard to hit. Every game is just a complete guessing game grind fest that ends in bitterness when one player gets lucky enough to eke out a couple of garbage slap-hit seeing-eye hits or somehow hits a towering home run off a pitch nowhere near the zone. It comes down to whoever is luckier. Competitiveness is fine but we aren't pro baseball players and it is just too much of a grind. It's just not fun by its very design. And therefore ends up being a huge waste of time.

Also, to make things worse, why do I lose 8 straight yet have the same rating and still get mismatched over and over? I mean, come on.

Am I alone here? Or missing something that can actually make this anything other than an infuriating experience?

Yeah I don't pretend to know what the fix is. But it really seems to be two offensive camps in online. Those people who hit any and everything, no matter where it's thrown and how good of a pitch it is, very very hard. Then the others just struggle to scrape together a few hits and hope for the seemingly lucky homer here and there. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground.

Not to mention that for every 10 games, you're pretty much guaranteed to face AS DeGrom about half the time.

I haven’t pulled a Diamond yet.

I don't get the uproar over this. What's the difference if everyone has all 85s or all 97-99s? It's still an even playing field roster wise.

Showdowns usually don't give me too much trouble. If I don't beat them the first time, it usually doesn't take me more than a couple of tries. This one is annoying and I do good just to get to the Rogers showdown. I guess I'll give it another go eventually.

@TheHungryHole said in Stop automatically holding me at second on would be triples:

@dewrock_PSN said in Stop automatically holding me at second on would be triples:

@CDNmoneymaker93_MLBTS said in Stop automatically holding me at second on would be triples:

Not sure which mode you are talking about but in most cases you would control the runners so wouldn't you be holding them at 2nd?

I’m talking about DD any non player locked mode against the CPU. I’m not sure about online because I don’t play that enough. I’m holding L1 the whole time and the game will automatically hold the runner from rounding second and going to third. It doesn’t do it every time but probably like 60% of the time. I hit one to the power alley at Polo Grounds, with Cedric Mullins, and it held him at second.

And when it does it I can’t override it even though I’m holding L1.

Not sure what the deal is.

i know exactly what you are talking about - against the CPU - stupid [censored] missions which have CPU runners preventing you from running to the next bag - yes it is stupid as hell

while we are on the subject too - what is with that Topps Now Heany moment - strike 3 guys in the side - ok EASY AS A CONCEPT - except SDS puts a 99 RUNNER ON FIRST BASE - so besides trying to K out the side, I have to wonder if my mission is going to tank because the runner STEALS AND GETS PICKED OFF

[censored] dumb stuff

That's not what I'm talking about. I mean in a Play VS CPU, Conquest, or Mini Season game. I hit something that would most likely be a triple and hold the L1 button (advance all) and the game will automatically hold me at second to keep me from going to third. I swear it happens like 60% of the time.

@Jr-19-SmOkE-82_PSN said in Why:

I noticed some things about this game that makes me wonder is the game script.Why when ever I’m dominating a game some how here comes my opponents hitting home runs in the late innings.You could be lock in and dominating but the game finds a way to boost the other team this been happening to me many times playing DD.

There's never any context to these rants. Was your pitcher out of gas? Perhaps you were pitching someone the opponent does poorly against and the reliever was the change they needed? Did you get repetitive with your pitches?

@CDNmoneymaker93_MLBTS said in Stop automatically holding me at second on would be triples:

@dewrock_PSN said in Stop automatically holding me at second on would be triples:

@CDNmoneymaker93_MLBTS said in Stop automatically holding me at second on would be triples:

Not sure which mode you are talking about but in most cases you would control the runners so wouldn't you be holding them at 2nd?

I’m talking about DD any non player locked mode against the CPU. I’m not sure about online because I don’t play that enough. I’m holding L1 the whole time and the game will automatically hold the runner from rounding second and going to third. It doesn’t do it every time but probably like 60% of the time. I hit one to the power alley at Polo Grounds, with Cedric Mullins, and it held him at second.

And when it does it I can’t override it even though I’m holding L1.

Not sure what the deal is.

Check your settings you might be on assisted which could be causing the overrule

Nope it's off.

@CDNmoneymaker93_MLBTS said in Stop automatically holding me at second on would be triples:

Not sure which mode you are talking about but in most cases you would control the runners so wouldn't you be holding them at 2nd?

I’m talking about DD any non player locked mode against the CPU. I’m not sure about online because I don’t play that enough. I’m holding L1 the whole time and the game will automatically hold the runner from rounding second and going to third. It doesn’t do it every time but probably like 60% of the time. I hit one to the power alley at Polo Grounds, with Cedric Mullins, and it held him at second.

And when it does it I can’t override it even though I’m holding L1.

Not sure what the deal is.

That’s all.

@Niners4life702 said in Computer pick offs:

Is it just me or does the computer attempt a pickoff ONLY when u push the button to steal?? This is shady AF!!

Yep. Pretty much why I never steal. The CPU always knows when you're going and every pitcher seems to have an Andy Pettite pick off move in this game.

@nymets1987_PSN said in My take on Programs that include Showdown.:

@TheyKallMePatch_XBL said in My take on Programs that include Showdown.:

The showdowns are on veteran and so fast to get through. I don’t see the problem

People should have an option to complete a program however they choose … shouldn’t be forced to complete something to earn players u pay a game for

There are cards that can only be obtained by doing events, ranked or battle royale (or obviously buying them). What's the difference? I know I'm not good at online, so I know that I won't be getting those cards unless I end up buying them or they put them in some sort of rewind pack as part of a program.

I got a Diamond and it was supposed to be a boss pack. It wasn’t in my pack inventory.