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Time for a fresh take on the mode in general.

Why is the background white rather than having the sky? I always just thought it was overcast, but I just noticed that it’s just a blank white background, no sky, and now it’s distracting as hell

I think they’re typically on tuesdays

I just suggest putting it on Legendary. I just think it’s more realistic in the fact that you have to put thought in your pitch selection and be patient at the plate. Hitting is pretty difficult, but I find pitching highly satisfying when you have a good game

Is it just me or do the ai batters when (you’re on base) always either strike out, pop it up or ground out weekly? I haven’t really played rtts in a few years, I have 30 hits in ~110 at bats.. so not a huge sample size. But I only have 3 runs scored (I have 2 HR). I believe my only run scored was on a weak groundout as well. Maybe it’s just too short of a sample size, but law of averages say I probably should have scored more

I don’t mess with sliders so not sure about that. I mean when it’s all said and done you do.. just given you sh*t

@nekroistimg_mlbts said in Is it possible to be called up to AAA before June?:

It seems impossible to be called up to AAA before June. No matter how well I perform I Don't get called up until after June. I've played 3 characters so far (first 2 got bugged and never received there Gold Archetype).
My latest is 7-1 in 8 starts (2 perfect games and two 1 hitters, 108/2 strikeout to walk ratio, 0.42 era and 0.17 whip) And I'm higher rated then 3 of the AAA pitchers with 2 of them having horrible seasons and still I can't get called up before June

How is this even fun for you? Jk…… kinda

They just didn’t remove them. You’ll never use the lineups if you have DH on

@dolenz_psn said in Good bye MLB the Show:

@xdemolitiondx_xbl said in Good bye MLB the Show:

lot of people want Online Franchise

Define a lot of people..

Even when Online Franchise was in the game it was the least played mode by a pretty large margin.

While I am sure that there is a dedicated group who want to see it return, I think calling that group large is a stretch in comparison to the fans of the other modes.

Those numbers they give are extremely misleading on purpose. They used the number of online leagues created as the number which is the wrong way to do it. The last time they had a full fledged franchise mode, I was in two 30 user leagues, with no overlap in either except for myself. That’s 59 different users playing online franchise in only two leagues. While most leagues probably don’t have 30 users, it’s easy to see why those numbers are misleading

I don’t play a lot online, but in my experience Xbox users are far more likely to rage quit. I find it funny

This superstition is really about other players not talking about it to the pitcher that the fans have adopted. Do you have the mlb app? I start getting notifications after 5 innings about pitchers having a no hitter or perfect game. Announcers mention it often

I know most people probably don’t care about this, and with all the attention DD seems to need, I understand why this mode doesn’t get a lot of attention, and honestly doesn’t really need it.

However I would like to see a fresh take on this mode. The formula has remained unchanged since it debuted back in what..the show 10 or 11?

Maybe add fielders and make the points based on hits rather than how far you hit it. Maybe add targets or something? Anything to give it a fresh look would be appreciated by me. Maybe I’m in the minority though, but just an idea

This was an issue a few years ago. It actually made me quit playing online. Two strikes, and it’s anyone’s guess if you’ll actually swing or not. So I don’t know know if this has continued every year, or if it’s popping back up this year after being fixed for a few years, but this is not a new issue

I actually recommend turning the pci off.. it doesn’t work for everyone, but some people find hitting a lot easier with the pci completely off

I just noticed you were playing on Xbox.. not sure if they added to either system on xbox

This was left out of the newer gen versions of the game. Not sure why though

@schnauzerface said in How do normal people get a PS5:

I'm not willing to camp outside of a Gamestop next to a pack of unwashed neckbeards, and I'm not dropping a sweet stack on eBay to buy an empty box. So how do normies get a PS5? There are a lot of websites dedicated to tracking the PS5 restockings, but they all seem either sketchy or outdated or probably a front for the mafia.

If you've gotten a PS5, how did you do it? And what is your address and work schedule?

If you have Twitter, follow ‘PS5 Stock Alerts’ and turn on all notifications from them. It’s how I got mine

@washednd_psn said in Quitting:

You’ve only played nine games. Don’t worry the good players are right around the corner and they won’t quit

That’s good to hear. Like I said.. I don’t care about getting my [censored] kicked, bring the good players on

I know you still get the credit for winning when people quit, but it’s a huge issue in this game:. I’m 9-1 in ranked season, and I’ve only played past the 4th inning in two games.I score one run and people quit.

I don’t care about winning or losing, I just want to play (as I have limited time to actually play), and I feel like I spend most my time in between games because these children can quit without punishment

Thanks for listening to my rant

Thanks. Appreciate it

I’m sure this has been asked at some point but I don’t feel like digging through weeks of posts.

I’m a long time MLB the show player, but never really got into DD. Since there’s no online franchise, and no real updates to offline franchise I’m trying to get into to DD more. So far so good.

However is there a quick way to boost team affinity to get the 42 cards? It just seems so long and tedious to get them all, and it’s really the only thing I have left to do on the first inning program.

I completed a March to October, and that gave me enough affinity to get 2 of the 42 cards, but good lord that would take me forever to do that enough to get them all. Any tips are appreciated