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Does it earn any XP points?

Are XP points transferable to the console game or just specific to the mobile version?

I thought there might be, but I don't see it announced anywhere.

Can someone explain why sometimes when I play online I'm able to pitch accurately (using meter pitching) and actually hit well. And then other times (like tonight), almost no pitch is going where I'm throwing it and I can barely get any hits? Is it when a new update happens? Is it a server issue? Does it depend who I'm playing and what their internet speed is?
I just don't get it. I know player skill can, of course, vary with your opponents. But this is just weird. It's not like the people I was playing were that good or their teams were any better than people I played the other day. But I played games yesterday where I was hitting multiple HRs, getting a bunch of hits, etc. And then today, in virtually every game I could maybe eke out a run or two and could barely get any hits. Plus, the ball was going nowhere near where I was intending no matter who the pitcher was. Any insights would be greatly appreciated and curious if other people have had similar experiences.

This is really annoying. No matter what color gear you pick for your catcher when customizing your team, the game just makes it all white, which normally I wouldn't care about. But when I'm in parks that have a slightly distant view from the mound to the batter's box -- and especially when players set games for twilight -- I can't see the strike zone at all, because it gets lost in the catcher's white chest protector. Is this really THAT hard for them to fix? I don't remember this ever being an issue in previous years.

@Sarge1387_PSN I actually tried, but It's very hard to take a screenshot when playing someone online because when you freeze the game, you can't get the pitching location graphic up -- unless there's a way I'm unaware of. But, yes, I played the game online last night, and when I did call up the pitch graphic screen to validate what I just saw with a pitch, there were clear balls that were called strikes. It was ridiculous. And not just against me, but for my pitcher, too. And I don't know what game you've been playing, but I consistently (prior to the update) had been getting calls on the black that were called strikes. In fact, some online opponents were frustratingly good at being able to dot them.

You people are not playing the same game I am. This game has ALWAYS rewarded painting the black. But now it is calling strikes that are not remotely touching the strike zone. If I can see air between where the ball is marked and the strike zone line, that is not a strike, I don’t care how they’re “interpreting” things. It’s not working as intended. Period.

On_a_Power_Trip_PSN I’m just going by my eyes, and when there’s air between the strike zone and where the ball went, it should not be a strike. And that’s not just in the moment but when you look at where all the pitches went after

This new strike zone is a huge miscalculation. In playing games in Ranked online and Mini-Seasons offline, balls that didn't even touch the strike zone were being called strikes repeatedly. Whatever adjustments you made need to be re-adjusted ASAP. This isn't a "new" strike zone -- it's a blind umpire not making even close-to-correct calls. I didn't even realize a change had been announced, but was getting frustrated immediately at the number of completely incorrect calls. Again, to repeat, this is NOT complaining that balls that "touch" the strike zone will be called strikes (which I thought was usually the case anyway). It is being extremely frustrated that balls that DO NOT TOUCH the strike zone are consistently being called strikes. Please fix -- or better yet, perfect next time before foisting something like this on us.

This new strike zone is absolutely a disaster! It's terrible. Both online and offline, pitching and hitting, balls that aren't even touching the strike zone -- that are clearly balls -- are being called strikes. Whatever changes were made are not working, and this needs to be fixed immediately.

I'm really sick of getting inside pitches on either RH or LH batters and being unable to turn them into hits. I either miss them, foul them off, or make an easy out. Any tips from better hitters than me on this?

Both in the app and online.

Is that what's happening with the seemingly random minute pauses? I always thought it was, like, a kid playing who then had his dad take over or a friend having another better friend play for them. Never thought about the formal cheating angle. But it is very strange how some of the teams I've played who haven't hit anything, pause the game, then come back and hit significantly better.

Couldn't agree more about both these complaints -- they drive me crazy. Also, in the time in the animation it takes for the cutoff man to throw to the base he's throwing too, I could order a pizza and have it delivered. It's ridiculous. I thought they said they were fixing that this year, but if anything it's worse.

And, yeah, the diving back is super annoying -- as is the lack of response time to returning to the base if you go and they're trying to make a play on you. It needs to be sped way up.

Where is the report button?

In Diamond Quest, for mini-showdowns, it keeps showing setups with men on base that aren’t there when you play it. So it will show runners on 2nd and 3rd in the preview screen, then the bases will be empty when you play. Have others mentioned this or is SDS aware of it?

What does "using scripts" mean?

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong with stealing. As I understood it -- and as worked for me last year -- when there are runners on first and third and you only want the runner on first to steal, on a Playstation you move the left joystick to the right to highlight the runner on first and hold down the L2 button. But every time I do that, both runners take off. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

Graig Nettles (not the one you get from collecting all the Yankees)

The throw time animations are ludicrous right now -- and I thought this was something that was fixed for this year's edition. Someone had Elly De La Cruz on second taking off with the pitch. The hitter grounded to my shortstop. I first threw to third, thinking I had a shot at getting him there but he kept running for home. I had the third basemen throw home -- or at least I thought I did. Instead, he seemed to look at the sky, take in the stadium, think about life and lost loves, and then finally threw the [censored] ball to home plate about a minute after De La Cruz crossed it. It's absurd!