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I think both can be true. Every pitch that touches the black should be called a strike, and they can be a little more generous with perfect and almost perfect swings.

Of course more generous on the swings means the really good players are going to put up 30-40 runs a game. It also means that we will be swinging at almost every pitch because most users can tease the strike zone pretty well. Pitching is easier than hitting, and really bad misses while pitching are very rare at even low levels of H2H play.

The changes proposed in this thread would result in everyone swinging on almost every pitch.

Agreed. 40k? Only in the Event? That’s too much. 40k across all game modes would be okay. But just the event? That’s too much for me. I’ve given up. Only got to 8,000 and played A LOT

I loved Baseball Stars but to say it’s better than The Show is probably just nostalgia.

I think the idea is that you can build teams of equal strength whether you prefer online or offline gaming. If you’re the type of person that wants to collect EVERY card, then yeah, you have to play every mode. As the game goes on, though, and there are red 99s everywhere, getting all of these 90 overalls will seem like a waste of time.

I agree with some of the commenters, though: I HATE off line play. And I can’t believe “Moments” are still a thing. I loathe moments.

Yes, I am getting that, too. Like ten times in a row.

I’m sure this has already been raised before, but I was late to the game this year. Anyway, way too many pitches on the black are called balls in H2H modes. I understand the desire to have umpires make mistakes for the sake of authenticity, but considering no pitches completely off the black are ever called strikes, its is too advantageous for the hitter.

Love the game, though.

I think this year’s soundtrack is the best yet.

@fubar2k7_PSN said in Is it just me?:

@maurice91932_PSN said in Is it just me?:

@fubar2k7_PSN said in Is it just me?:

@maurice91932_PSN said in Is it just me?:

I feel like I’m the worst player still playing this game. The only people left are really, really, good. I’ve played five event games and everyone had a remarkable W/L record, and they hit everything. I won the first two, luckily, but it was sweaty.

I guess there are no easy wins left out there, huh?

You mean the worst at online play? I’m still playing and I’d be worse than you online I just prefer not to play against people. I don’t even wanna play my girlfriend son and he lives with me.

Yeah that’s what I mean. This Event has been brutal. I can’t get anyone out.

I don’t even try those. I’d be better off virtually burning the cost of the stubs to enter those. They do cost stubs right?

Not Events. Battle Royale costs stubs

@fubar2k7_PSN said in Is it just me?:

@maurice91932_PSN said in Is it just me?:

I feel like I’m the worst player still playing this game. The only people left are really, really, good. I’ve played five event games and everyone had a remarkable W/L record, and they hit everything. I won the first two, luckily, but it was sweaty.

I guess there are no easy wins left out there, huh?

You mean the worst at online play? I’m still playing and I’d be worse than you online I just prefer not to play against people. I don’t even wanna play my girlfriend son and he lives with me.

Yeah that’s what I mean. This Event has been brutal. I can’t get anyone out.

@ItsShotimee_MLBTS said in Is it just me?:

@maurice91932_PSN said in Is it just me?:

I feel like I’m the worst player still playing this game. The only people left are really, really, good. I’ve played five event games and everyone had a remarkable W/L record, and they hit everything. I won the first two, luckily, but it was sweaty.

I guess there are no easy wins left out there, huh?

What's ur online rating

I don’t know. Do you mean where I am right now in Ranked Seasons?

I feel like I’m the worst player still playing this game. The only people left are really, really, good. I’ve played five event games and everyone had a remarkable W/L record, and they hit everything. I won the first two, luckily, but it was sweaty.

I guess there are no easy wins left out there, huh?

@fubar2k7_PSN said in Mystery mission?:

That’s because he would’ve gotten a single. It’s exactly what @romeischillin said.

Right. So your wording wasn’t correct on your first response. You said “Laying down a bunt and moving a runner over will get you that one.” But that isn’t the whole truth. I have to lay down a bunt, move a runner over, AND get thrown out.

But it all goes back to the original people on this post. There is no such thing as a sac “hit.”

@fubar2k7_PSN said in Mystery mission?:

Laying down a bunt and moving a runner over will get you that one.

But the bunter has to be thrown out, right? So it’s a sac bunt, not a sac hit…

I tried to do this, but it was with Bobby Witt, and he beat it out. I did not get credit for advancing the runner from first to second.

What is a sac hit? I know what a sac fly is, and I know what a sac bunt is.

But if it’s a hit, what is the sac? Doesn’t “sac” mean “sacrifice”? As in “sacrificing an out?” If it’s a hit, what was sacrificed?

Sorry. Basketball is my first love. I thought I knew baseball pretty well. But I need a little help here.

Nevermind. They don’t.

I’ve never played a mini season because I’ve so much negativity about it on the forum. I decided to try to do the monthly one.

I was disconnected for some odd reason and was given the loss. However, I cannot tell if the stats I accumulated that game were tallied toward goal completion. Does anyone know if the stats still count?

@TheHungryHole said in Sets for the rest of the year:

i hear ya but on a more important note - how are you brother?!!?! great to see you still on this forum one of the last few left from the ole group !!!

I am peachy, my friend. Hope you are as well. Not sure how much longer I’ll be around on this game. Too much real life stuff going on. Jan. 2024 will mark a huge, positive change for me professionally, and I just won’t be able to play nearly as much. So little, in fact, it probably wouldn’t even be worth trying to keep up with the DD grind. So this is likely my last hoorah. Let’s get on a party soon, bro.

@fubar2k7_PSN said in Sets for the rest of the year:

Everything you say makes sense but why throw in the amazing record if it’s not a complaint. I’m 17-20.

I threw in the record to drive home the point that it isn’t a win/lose thing.

And I am still playing this game. Frequently. I have played DD for a long time. My assessment, arrived at through years of experience: is that the game has gotten progressively more difficult to produce runs. It isn’t a complaint so much as a statement of facts. These are confirmed in SDS’ own comments:

FACT: Pitch speeds have been increased the last several years.

FACT: PCI placement is more important in getting good results.

FACT: PPP pitching has allowed users to better control where the ball goes (not saying it’s a bad thing. Saying it makes hitting more difficult).

I am sure there are more things. I’m just saying: I am playing this game and playing a lot. I am winning more than I lose and, most of the time, I have fun.

People are talking about how fewer people are playing, and offering ideas as to why. I offered my idea as to why, which is not a personal complaint on how I enjoy or don’t enjoy the game.

They made a hard game harder. That’s why I think fewer people are playing. That’s it.

@fubar2k7_PSN said in Sets for the rest of the year:

You’re playing another person. Do you expect to win every game?

I’m not going to reply with sarcasm or be snarky, but no, I don’t expect to win every game, and I thought I explained it clearly enough.

Let me put it another way: there are too many games with a score of 2-1 and not enough games that are 6-5. It doesn’t matter who wins. That isn’t what I’m talking about.

@TheHungryHole said in Sets for the rest of the year:

most of us on here have real life which supersedes all gaming - who wants to collect multiple sets - it feels like a kind of battlepass EA sports idea - horrible execution and SDS is just being typical SDS

It’s overwhelming. They should have made the collection rewards Core cards. All the other cards in the TA could be sets, but Babe Ruth, David Wright, Jose Ramirez, etc, should be Core.