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This event has been a wonderful change of pace. Feels like actual baseball, rather than the home run derby that is All-Star. Please more HOF events!

@jeffstified_XBL said in Ambidextrous Pitcher!:

@MarinerMatt01_PSN said in Ambidextrous Pitcher!:

The Pat Venditte Rule. The hitter selects a side first, then the pitcher chooses their side. I don’t know how it’s determined in The Show, but it seems To Always be same side pitching

That's backwards. Pitcher must declare first.

Huh. Thought it was the other way around. “Learn something new”

Deleted because I was wrong

As stated above, Pedro is ok if you know how to pitch with him. Will get destroyed against hitters that know what they’re doing though. That being said, Pedro is half way to Ruth and The Babe is absolutely worth it. His pitching is suspect but his swing is magic. Just play him in a corner OF spot or first base.

@MarinerMatt01_PSN said in What is going on with base running?:

It’s a line drive into center field. Why the [censored] are you just standing there between first and second? It’s in the outfield, [censored] run! Great, yet another 8-4 putout.

Sorry I’m a little salty, that happened during a very pivotal moment of a ranked season game. Is anyone else having this issue or is my controller busted?

It’s a line drive into center field. Why the [censored] are you just standing there between first and second? It’s in the outfield, [censored] run! Great, yet another 8-4 putout.

@xElRojo44x-_MLBTS said in What’s With All the Zyn Logos?:

@MarinerMatt01_PSN
My guess is that the logo "Zyn" is relating to that alleged cheat gadget, and the user is trying to look cool... or they are doing advertisement for a swedish nicotine company?

I’ve wondered if it’s Cronus Zen users using the zyn logo as a cipher. Players with that logo and uniform set seem to be able to square up everything. Why advertise that you are cheating or at least using a crutch though?

@TheGoaler_MLBTS said in What’s With All the Zyn Logos?:

@MarinerMatt01_PSN said in What’s With All the Zyn Logos?:

I’m old and out of touch so admittedly, I don’t get it. Someone help me out here. I know what Zyn is but why plaster it over everything?

There's a guy on Twitter that I follow that is always posting and RT-ing posts about it. He skipped this years game, but is a Rangers fan. Dude is not playing with a full deck, but is funny af. I still don't know what Zyn is, lol. I'm too lazy to Google it!
Speaking of out of touch, i didn't know the origin of 'Hawk Tua' until this week!

“Hawk Tua” confused the hell out of me. Had to look it up lol

I’m old and out of touch so admittedly, I don’t get it. Someone help me out here. I know what Zyn is but why plaster it over everything?

@BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in I hope pitching actually matters in The Show 25:

@MarinerMatt01_PSN I’ll play a friendly anytime you want. HMU. You know where to find me

May take you up on that. Friendlies may be the way to go this year.

Pretty much given up on Diamond Dynasty this year. The worst online gameplay experience since 2020. Every Ranked game is a home run derby at Capital Lange, Shield Woods or Costco. And home hunting seems to be back, so you can’t really escape it with a game a t a pitchers park. Doesn’t seem to matter who or what you throw, it’s going to get hit out of the park. Every one has averages in the .400s and ERAs in the 7.00s. It sucks that all the strategy of a baseball game seems to not work when all you have to do is mash X to succeed. Really wishing they make pitching relevant again in next years game, but since most online players would rather bash the snot out of the ball than actually play a game of baseball, I’m not holding my breath.

I do. Because I’ve been getting push notifications about it every hour or so for the last week. Had to delete the companion app. Anyone else have this happen, or just me?

@sbchamps17_NSW said in New Patch Update:

Fixing foul balls and the batters eye in the Cario stadium in mini seasons is a W

Completely agree. Game feels a lot better

That’s just how this game is this year unfortunately. Completely geared towards offense. I get that hitting is more fun than pitching for most players and the majority is where the money is, but jeez, can’t get anybody out on All Star difficulty. Some of us want to play baseball, not Slo pitch softball

DD has been extremely frustrating for pitchers this year. Seems like everyone I face has averages in the .400s and ERAs in the 8.00s. Doesn’t seem to matter what pitcher you select as the fastball is useless and everyone throws the sinker anyway. It’s been almost impossible to escape All Star difficulty, every game is 10-8. I don’t know, maybe I’m just salty because I survive on pitching and the overpowered offense has me getting my brains bashed in every game, but has anyone else been frustrated by the complete irrelevancy of pitching and defense?

DD has really frustrated me this season. Been playing a lot more franchise. That’s been a fun change of pace, but gets boring after a while. Never thought I’d be this disinterested this early in the year, but here we are.

Just played an opponent who was able to check swing almost every single pitch. Anything I threw out of the zone he was somehow able to check. I got a few strike out from him checking in the zone, but he was able to stay in at bats and hit a lot of homers.

Is check swinging the new “foul ball.” Is this an Imbalance in the game, or was my opponent just extremely gifted in this skill?

I do this on almost every pitch. Not to disrupt timing, but simple to check my opponent’s confidence, pitch confidence, stamina etc. The game moves fast and can’t get all the information I need on one press. I really wish there was a second screen option so I wouldn’t disrupt my opponent while checking ratings

@BadaBing_0 said in Can anyone at SDS answer the following:

@MarinerMatt01 No he hasn't. Even if the Santana card didn't exist, you would still see a ton of switch hitter lineups. There are so many top switch hitter cards and most of them are barely getting a boost when used with Santana.

The mere existence of a switch hitting captain card incentivizes people into create those lineups. Doesn’t matter how significant the boost is. Now every single lineup you say is Santana and switch hitters. No variety.

Besides, you said on another thread in a post defending Santana and all switch hitting lineups, “Ehh, different strokes for different folks. I have been using a majority switch lineup for years and would be with or without Santana. Get better at pitching I guess.”

Yes I’m salty because I rely on pitching and have been getting my clock cleaned. Maybe I should get better at pitching I guess, or maybe get others should get better at same sided hitting? Either way, this has been a contentious issue within the community. Hopefully a solution can be found and we’ll meet towards the middle somewhere.

I really hope not. Carlos Santana has made pitching irrelevant