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@Ikasnu said in What’s your goals for 20:

@luv2bDad2013 said in What’s your goals for 20:

IF I play 20, I want to scale back and just enjoy the game. I want to play more RTTS and Franchise, yet have a fun DD team as well. I love baseball, its the reason I not only bought the game but a ps4. And, my wife will be giving birth to our 5th child in July, so when I play, I want it to be enjoyable and relaxed. So, IF I play, those are my goals

Bro you should stay off the wife. I have 2 kids and I'm ready to pull my hair out.

I guess you can look at me like that guy you come across in RS who has some absurd record that indicates he has played an insane amount of games, and you’re left thinking “Get a life man!??!” I’m like that guy, just my record is my kids

I think you are on to something... I love baseball, and this is essentially the only game I play. Proof is that my top 3 games played according to sony this year were all MLB the Show going back to 17.

However, it has become stale pretty quick. I mostly play offline, but I really wish I could have gotten into Online franchise. I never knew what it was until they took it out. Now more than ever, I wish they would bring it back.

I like your ideas, and like you said, looks as if some of those things might be coming. But well said!!

I love that you’re glad Aaron Judge said his part... when him and his team were caught doing the same thing back in 2017 also!!!

For some strange reason, I feel the Astros, Red Sox and Yankees weren’t the only ones doing this. It probably goes deeper, way deeper. Just the Astros have become the scapegoat of the whole thing.

@abbyspapa said in slide step abuse:

Lol.

Next it will be diving abuse
IBB abuse!
Check swing abuse!
Excessively long windup abuse (I'm looking at you Mathewson!)

I'm tired of getting fastballs from Nolan Ryan.

I’m tired of Ryan’s fastball mixed with his changeup cheese. It’s ridiculous

so what about the 2018 Redsox?? Why not them?? Is it because the media and everyone else ignores that they cheated... and they were caught cheating in 2017 as well. Oh, and the Yankees. So no flashbacks of any of them. Or do we just selectively dismiss everyone else because you just hate the Astros??

The content really carried the game this year, hopefully in 20 its the gameplay and content working together that keep us playing for a long time.

Honestly, I switch back and forth from 19 and 17, but usually have more fun on 17 tbh

@omegaminus_sk said in Offline and Casual players Only Thread:

I want to play with my DD collection. Nothing else. I don't want to play with a drafted squad or with live MLB teams. And there's a big limitation with everything I can do with my collection - Conquest is 3-inning road games only, Play vs. CPU is aimless, and singleplayer Custom Leagues require exploiting a loophole, don't count as DD for the purpose of missions, and offer only home games.

Custom Leagues without the mentioned problems would be pretty much exactly what I'm looking for.

I was really hoping for an offline custom league as well, without loopholes.

I completely agree and relate with all you said

@DriveByTrucker17 said in www.signstealingscandal.com:

@luv2bDad2013 said in www.signstealingscandal.com:

@DriveByTrucker17 said in www.signstealingscandal.com:

One small detail that I noticed a while back is that Marwin Gonzalez had the best year of his career by FAR in 2017.

144 wRC+
.907 OPS
4.0 fWAR
28.3 in Fangraphs’ Offense stat

Compared to his next best season:
111 wRC+
.759 OPS
1.5 fWAR
3.0 in Fangraphs’ Offense stat

Quite the large jump, and for only that one year. Didn’t put up numbers anywhere close to those before 2017, or in the two years following 2017.

The Astros cheated, that is very clear... What really catches my attention is that they ultimately chose to cheat and it resulted not only with them getting caught and in trouble; but it not only did not benefit them one bit, it actually made them worse at the plate.

Even looking at Marwin and his splits, he significantly hit better on the road than he did at home. The Astros had a better record on the road than they did at home. It doesn't excuse them and what happened, but the correlation of a better performance and them cheating is not there.

It definitely is strange that even with cheating they were still better on the road, but who’s to say they wouldn’t have been even worse at home without cheating? We’ll never know because there’s so many small details that can completely change a baseball game. One call can potentially alter who wins or loses, one inch can be the difference between a hit or an out, etc.

Not arguing with you, because you’re right. Just saying the cheating could’ve still possibly benefited them at home.

Marwin’s road BABIP was almost 50 points higher than his home BABIP in 2017, so he was certainly getting luckier on the road than at home.

Years ago, I had a coach tell me one time that my problem was I thought too much. I was analyzing everything and it slowed me down. He told me to stop thinking and just react. That is why we practice and train, so our bodies can react to the way we want it to in a game situation. Professional athletes can do this at a far greater success rate than anybody else.

That is the idea I base my theory on and why their splits were worse at home. The cheating was making them think too much, instead of just reacting by how they have trained their bodies to see the ball, hit the ball. Sure, there were moments of success they had, but the Astros have all the talent to be a great team. That is why they drafted their team, not because they were great at stealing signs, but they were phenomal athletes and baseball players. Then they tried to get cute, and it has hurt them in many ways.

Anyway, just my theory, that's it. There are probably holes in it, but that's what I got for you.

I’m an underdog fan, and with the 50:1 odds, I feel like Tipps has a shot. This is his year!!! (This is the same way I feel about my Mariners every March btw... Its kinda sad)