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Shippett Stadium has become increasingly worn down due because of heavy use, and the areas beyond the outfield walls are in desperate need of repair due to the barrage of baseballs landing there, damaging the facility. Proposition 2-1 would tear down Shippett and use public stubs to build a new park. This new park is located down the mountain at sea level, close to the downtown core and is located In a very spacious plot of land, allowing for deeper outfield fences. Join me in voting yes on Prop 2-1, we deserve a better stadium

Paid for by Pitchers Against Shippett Committee.

15-14 “baseball” games. Early/late 40 degree launch angle home runs. ERAs above 8 for top ranked players. Home hunting galore. Shippett Stadium has been THE number one problem in Head to head games this year. Even those of you that like to play here have to admit it’s led to an incredible shift in how this game is played. Pitching, which is half of the game, simply doesn’t matter here. I hope SDS either adjusts this park, or removes it completely next year.

I come on to this forum and complain about comeback logic and how my opponent was taking advantage of animations. Then I talk about how much I know about baseball because I washed out at the college level 20 years ago and how I would win “if this was real baseball.” Then I shut off the phone, kick the leg of my coffee table and angrily cry myself to sleep.

Some of these players have been in previous versions of the game, some are virtually impossible due to rights issues, but here is a personal wish list of one player from each team I wish was in The Show.

Atlanta Braves - Hank Aaron
Washington Nationals - Tim Raines
Miami Marlins - Dontrelle Willis
Philadelphia Phillies - Steve Carlton
New York Mets - Dwight Gooden

Cincinnati Reds - Frank Robinson
Milwaukee Brewers - Cecil Cooper
Pittsburgh Pirates - Roberto Clemente
Chicago Cubs - Ron Santo
St Louis Cardinals - Willie McGee

San Francisco Giants - Barry Bonds
Los Angeles Dodgers - Fernando Valenzuela
San Diego Padres - Dave Winfield
Arizona Diamondbacks - Randy Johnson
Colorado Rockies - Vinny Castilla

New York Yankees - Derek Jeter
Boston Red Sox - Roger Clemens
Toronto Blue Jays - Dave Stieb
Baltimore Orioles - George Sisler
Tampa Bay Rays - Carl Crawford

Cleveland - Albert Belle
Chicago White Sox - Wilbur Wood
Minnesota Twins - Kirby Puckett
Detroit Tigers - Lou Whitaker
Kansas City Royals - Willie Wilson

Seattle Mariners - Ichiro Suzuki
Los Angeles Angels - Jim Fregosi
Texas Rangers - Rafael Palmeiro
Houston Astros - J.R. Richard
Oakland Athletics - Rube Waddell

Defunct Organizations - Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Jack Glasscock, Old Hoss Radbourn

Did I forget your favorite player? Did I list someone already in the game? Am I a [censored] moron? Leave your input below. Looking forward to your suggestions and comments.

I was not having fun with this game, it was getting frustrating. Every game got bogged down into 1-0 fastball fests. The patch seems to have changed all that. Timing windows have felt natural and hitting has felt more rewarding. Consequently, I’m seeing more variety of pitching now, and success on the hill still seems earned. Great job SDS. This couldn’t have been easy to do during the quarantine, but wanted to say thank you.

Overall, I think The Show is the best sports game on the market. The content is great, it’s not to greedy on microtransactions, has decent offline content for those not wishing to play online, and probably plays truer to its sport than any other game. However, there are ten glaring issues that have been plaguing online play for years that I wish were addressed in future versions of the game.

Pitching
Check swings
Home hunting
Shippett
The Sinker
The extra step/pickoffs
Glare/batters eye
MLB stadium lag
All star difficulty
Peer to peer hosting/matchups

Hopefully out of these ten, one or two will be fixed. Once again, I love the game, but man it can be frustrating to run into these issues game after game, especially when you run into an opponent that knows how to exploit them.

And my opponent rage quits.

I’m still counting it.

Home hunt until you play at Shippett

Swing at anything

Wait for the RNG to bail you out with a hanger

Let the stadium carry a routine fly ball out of the park

Repeat for nine innings.

Don’t worry about pitching or knowing anything about baseball strategy, or even about being good. just make contact and the game and stadium will take care of the rest. That is the meta this year.

@a761506 said in Who else is having withdrawal from broken server?:

The full extent of my addiction became recognizable when the realization hit me that I may not be able to play MLB tonight because of PSN's server and I became a bit irritated for a hot second there...

And of all nights, the one night where baseball was to be the escape from all the political garbage going down.

Seriously, what am I going to do for the next 5 hours now? I may have to read a book... holy cow.

That’s exactly what I’m doing, reading Sid Meier’s Memoir. This has to happen tonight? Man I would love to lose an online game 10-2 right about now

Top of the ninth

Bases loaded

Two outs

3-2 lead

1-2 count

Jansen on the mound

Cutter aimed a few inches out side

Perfect release

RNG hanger right down the middle

Grand slam

[censored], they need to fix the pitching in this game. Us pitchers want our input rewarded too.

15k, 106 pitch perfect game. Road game at the Polo Grounds in the rain. I think I’ll keep him

Put in my buy order for him tonight and got him right away. Pretty cheap too, though I don’t see what all the fuss is about. 49 power vs r, 64 vs l. 51 speed. 64 vision. I’ll give him shot, see if he lives up to the hype, but I don’t know, may end up selling him.

Dear Outfielder,

PICK UP THE MOTHER $&#%+>@ BALL!

Sincerely yours,

Marinermatt

@SchnauzerFace said in What do you all do for work in the real world:

I’m the guy who adds the 1 calorie to bottles of diet Fanta.

My last diet Fanta had two calories in it. You’re slipping up

They could just reverse the matchup procedure and it would fix the problem. Select your lineup and pitcher first, then select your stadium, then jump right into a game once you are matched up. No way to tell if you are home or away as no additional input would be needed.

@dbrooks1869 said in Popular Cards You Don't Like:

What is the most popular card in the game that you don't just like to use? Why don't you like the card (team the player played for, card doesn't play well for you, etc.)? Mine is Tatis, Jr. - I cannot hit with him.

Shippett, minor league park card. Every hit is a bomb and it turns the game into a home run derby.

@EvylShaun said in Merry Christmas You Filthy Animals:

Nothing is getting deleted or moved by Mods anymore and F it, I don't care if they decide this is the one. Im done working for the holidays now and in Christmas mode. This place isn't half bad. You're all mostly not bad. Cheers, and enjoy yourselves.

And if you don't celebrate Christmas, I apologize. I hope you enjoy your holiday as well.

Tell someone you love them. Happy everything. Let's hope we enjoy the next installment of this game as we seem to enjoy this one.

Merry Xmas bro. Thanks for the warm messages. And everyone else out there. Merry Xmas (and of you don’t celebrate Xmas) happy holidays, or just have a Good Friday!

@x814xmafia_psn said in Ran into my first Cronus-Zen user:

While I admit that I'm not the greatest online; there's no way someone can for the corners on EVERY DINGLE pitch and blast Homeruns on EVERY AB.

What’s a “Dingle Pitch?”

An apple slingshot? I use food to win the hunger games? Ironic. Well fought all!

If you bunt dance, I will dashboard
If you watch a home run, I will dashboard
If you take the extra lead ever time with every player. I will dashboard
If you hold r2, I will dashboard
Basically, if you play like an [censored], I will lose like one