In December 2020 I was taken to the hospital with liver failure and respitory failure. I had my transplant on Christmas Eve and came out of my induced coma a day after Christmas. They lost me twice during the surgery. After the surgery I had a lot of difficulties. I had very little strength. I had tubes in my throat and other places, I had to learn to walk again. I didn't actually get out of John Hopkins Hospital until the end of February. That was 3 long,hard months during Covid protocol with no guests or family, I was depressed and hurting. When I finally got home in begining of March I had to rehabilitate at home and get my strength back. Not long after getting home this game was released. With not being able to work and get out of the house a lot this game was a blessing, Ive wanted to play the show for a long time but I'm an Xbox player so this was our first year playing it. I grew up playing baseball at a somewhat high level. I made all state as a kid and played college ball. I never was good enough to make the pros and I realized that in college, I might've been able to play minor league like a few of my friends but I focused on life outside of baseball. Back to this game though. It really helped me ease my mind from all the stress I had been going through. It also helped me get my hand eye coordination and memory a bit sharper than it was, I know a lot of people are frustrated with this game but honestly I can't complain. This game has been a blessing for me. On a brighter note, I've come a long way, I'm back to walking like normal and feeling mostly healthy. So Im thankful to have a game I actually enjoy and can relax and play. Finding things you enjoy in life are important. Not everything in life is rainbows and butterflies. "Life is like a finger pointing towards wthe sky, if you concentrate on the finger you'll miss the sky's heavenly glory" - Bruce Lee.

Everytime I try to do today's daily moment it's says I must have 8 Relief pitcher. Please adjust lineup. Is anyone else having this problem?

I personally think Byron Buxton was the best POTM this year. Schwarber and Simien we’re good too but they’ve been replaced in my lineup. Jackie is way better than Simien. Schwarber was a great hitter but all star J.T. Realmuto is so good. He throws out everyone and has incredible speed for a catcher. Not to mention I have 39 home runs with JT already.

What’s your thoughts? Is Byron still in your lineup? What about the other POTM cards?

I met Brooks Robinson numerous times when I bartended in Baltimore, I was kinda star struck when I met him TBH. I asked him quietly if he was Brooks Robinson because I didn't want people to crowd him while he was enjoying his lunch. This man was the nicest,most humble person Ive ever met in my life, He would talk about the new players and say how good they were. Saying he could never play in today's game and never Pat himself on the back. Meanwhile he's one of the greatest Third baseman to ever Grace the field. I have so much respect for this man. What a guy,

I’m not interested in this Votto card one bit so I guess I’ll be selling those Topps Now cards and the 42 series card too. I’m always looking forward to a POTM card but when you have 25 speed and average defense it’s basically a home run or nothing. You might get lucky and have a ball ricochet of the wall and get a double or triple but this card isn’t even worth it in my opinion. I’m sure somebody will absolutely love this card but I don’t see how anyone could take him over the other beastly first baseman cards.

Is this card a huge L or am I bugging?

@ikasnu_psn said in The Orioles suck right now,:

I tried to run an all non-circumcised team.

Let me guess? They didn't make the cut?

@duiaintez_psn said in Just Wow.:

Okay, by my count: There's 8 stat missions @ 5 points each, so 40 points. 15 moments @ 2 points, and 2 more @ 4 points, so 38 points total. 20 points for the conquest, and 20 for the showdown. By my count that's a total of 118 points available offline.

What exactly is the issue here? You can't get it without having to actually mindlessly play against a dumbed down CPU? I guess then you should just settle for the 99 overall pitcher, although not sure how necessary that is if all you do is play against a dumbed down CPU.

Is thst necessary to be like that? Not everyone wants to play online. Not everyone is good online. Some people struggle at one thing while u might struggle against something else. No need to be a d$$k about it. You could've just read it and kept it moving. We all get older but we don't all grow up.

Thank you fixing my duplicate team affinity player issue. I finally get to use Ronald Acuna.

Best pull out of a headliner all year. Minnie Minoso with gold lights, pretty cool. His stats look good too. Might be my new lead off guy.

@samguenther1987 said in Jeter would have diamond fielding:

is this the diamond fielding Jeter you talk about?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a9_dSxHITE

What a catch, lol

I said somewhere on here a while ago that Boggs might’ve been the best player in that program. Really good. I also tried that Rendon and he’s really good too. It just seems for that George has the best swing and solid enough defense to remain a starter at the moment. I might buy Rendon back to be honest. I love his swing. The real sleeper pick at third is Panda. Switch hitter with insane defense. I’m hitting .423 with him and might even be the best third baseman. His swing is so good.

@sumodeads600_psn said in Hernandez getting boost to his ALCS card.:

@hikes83_psn said in Hernandez getting boost to his ALCS card.:

@sumodeads600_psn said in Hernandez getting boost to his ALCS card.:

I absolutely love this card and I’ve been starting him at 3B moving Chipper to the bench. If he had ~90 speed I’d call him top 3 card in the whole game.

Chipper to the bench. Really? Just bored or wasn’t working? By far my best hitter

Does anyone know if his stance is the regular one or the 2008 one?

I’ve been hitting better with Hernandez. Chipper has been good for me all year, but he’s not my best.
Same. Chipper was never my best hitter and definitely not my best defensive third baseman. George Brett is a hitting machine for me. I feel like I hit a home run every gsme with Brett. I’ve tried Donaldson too and he’s also really good but I sold him for 300k with intentions to buy hike back but Brett fills in more than enough.

@bostondirtdog21 said in Hernandez getting boost to his ALCS card.:

Plus the pinch hitter quirk off the bench is going to make this card one of the scariest in the game

Did they give him the pinch hitter quirk???

@hikes83_psn said in Hernandez getting boost to his ALCS card.:

Best bench bat in the game. Almost maxed vs righties, great against lefties, diamond position anywhere at P3, active quirks

I went 2 for 2 just a minute ago with him with 2 bombs. So far I think it’s about 20 home runs. That card is cracked. He’s just too slow to play center field.

I really wish they would add a little more speed to his card but I doubt that will happen.

@jcassaro44_psn said in Hernandez getting boost to his ALCS card.:

Does he get high socks?

I hope lol

+4 cont L,+10 power R,+5 power L,+5 vision

Yeah. I still like it more than every other sports game but I’m just a die hard baseball fan and change my entire lineup daily for the satisfaction of trying new players.

@jogger171717_psn said in Classic pack for 8th inning:

@dbub_psn said in Classic pack for 8th inning:

My search for a lefty reliever continues!

Maybe I'm too picky. Tried 99 Wagner, 97 Aroldis, Andew Miller etc and didnt really like any of them.

If you didn’t like any of those guys then you aren’t going to like anybody

So true

@cdnmoneymaker93_xbl said in Terrible inning program choice balance sds:

Welcome to DD where the rules are made up and the points don't matter.

Who cares most of the attributes dont really matter cause there are 97 cards that play better then some 99s

There are to many Cases of over analyzing attributes when it doesn't really matter at this point of the year

I wish stats didn’t matter with pitchers but the pci difference with hits per 9 can be a beach ball or a marble.