This year it's 'A good song never dies' but the overall music selection is awful. I get sick of it after a week and put in my own playlist.

From 1991-1993 Joe Carter hit 100 home runs, finished 5th, 3rd and 12th in the MVP voting respectively and won 2 silver sluggers. And of course he helped Toronto to consecutive world series rings, capped of by one of the most iconic home runs ever. I'd say that's certainly good enough for a prime card and early boss, despite the fact that he's not an all-time great.

We've gotten a lot of new players in the game this year, especially from the 90's and 00's. It is clear that SDS prioritized this time period. A consequence is that there seem to be legends from earlier time periods that are no longer in the game (and were in 2019). Here is a list of legends that were in the game last year but have not been seen this year:

SP Whitey Ford
SP Bert Blyleven
C Benito Santiago
3B Tony Perez
LF Monte Irvin
CF Richie Ashburn
CF Lary Doby
RF Shawn Green
RF Enos Slaughter

There are also some more recent guys like Travis Hafner and Aaron Hill that had signature cards last year and don't have any cards in this year's game yet. I really hope we will still see some of these guys in the game. Especially Blyleven and Doby were good for me last year

Man do I hate these moments. I get that they want some accuracy but... why give us 1 at bat with the gwynn, Bichette and Vlad missions (except for Dante)? Let us play the whole game... instead of staring at a loading screen for more than 50% of the time

Because the opposing pitcher doesn't throw strikes. Swinging at pitches outside the zone is never good

I was really surprised by the outcome of the negotiations. It seems like the MLBPA got everything they wanted. According to MLB trade rumours, most players get a full year of service time regardless of what happens.

Hey, at least the Orioles' pitching staff has a chance to give up less home runs than they did last year

@samguenther1987 said in Conquest:

@Rbase_96 said in Conquest:

I've lost quite a lot of 3-1, 5-2 etc. games. Only on the USA map though. The cpu is playing more aggressive as well, so I think they wanted to make it a little bit tougher. Well, with the amount of fans we're getting after each turn it's not a big deal

Extra games help for the XP and stars towards the 1st inning program so I don't really mind although it is annoying losing a game on a homerun outside the strike zone.

I think he was talking about simmed games. Anyway, extra games are not that bad. I use conquest to do daily missions and team affinity missions anyway. That's especially useful for pitcher innings

Oof, that's a tough one. My dad is an official scorer and my granddad was a long-time umpire for the IBAF, so baseball is pretty much a family thing. One moment I remember fondly is playing catch with a friend on one of the fields around Neptunus stadium (Rotterdam) during the 2007 World Port tournament. At some point a few players from team Japan turned up and played catch with us. Not just a couple of tosses; it must've been for nearly an hour. Seeing the Japanese and Taiwanese players (and the few fans that traveled with them), with all the respect and passion they have for the game, was definitely a moment to remember!

@Ron_DiGittie said in 6th inning bosses:

5th inning had 3 guys that retired very recently so I’d like to see some current day players get some boss cards. This does not mean future stars lol cuz we know how that’s gonna turn out.

That's an interesting thought. I don't think we'll get a 99 Trout yet, but Kershaw/Verlander and Pujols are definitely feasible. I wonder who else they would put in though. I don't see a currently active outfielder getting a 99 boss card (Maybe MVP harper? But he was only a 95 in the last 2 games) and as closers go Jansen and Kimbrel had 99s in the game last year but I doubt they will get cards rated that high this year.

I think they will go the other way and go for some really old legends. Something like Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig & Walter Johnson

MTO is definitely a good place to start. Pick a good team which also gets you a decent FOTF player (Yankees with Gleybar Torres for example) and set difficulty to dynamic (starting from veteran). Try to be patient and look for 1 pitch or area (while on less than 2 strikes). Fastball up and in? Let them go, you'll only hit pop ups unless you are on them.

As for the conquest boards, the first few turns are all about getting fans. So, in the first 2 teams conquer empty spots only and steal fans while playing on a difficulty that is challenging but winnable. Once all the empty spots on the board are taken you should get you should get plenty of reinforcements per turn. Put them all in 1 spot and start conquering their tiles 1 by 1 (simulating all the games). Don't worry about them conquering a few tiles back. On the Tebow board (depending on the simulation) you can acquire all non-stonghold tiles around turn 6. Then, load all your fans on one tile next to the stronghold and attack. You can even play the game on Rookie difficulty if you like.

One way I got to improve when I first picked up the game was by playing 'play now' games on higher difficulties (Hall of fame) and just look at how the pitcher throws for an inning or 2. Don't swing, but try to see how pitches move and try to predict what is coming. Then I'd reload the game on a slightly lower difficulty and try to compete. This way you'll learn quickly how everything moves, what your favorite pitches to hit are and which pitches you should lay off.
Good luck!

Not before, but i have the same rn

@splattz35_psn said in Inside edge shown on cards doesn't make sense?:

Been like this for years bro! Lol... I'm not 100% sure, but I think whatever the attributes show when you go into the card info screen, are the correct boosts/nerfs

Has it? I didn't really play DD the past 2 years.
No blindly picking BR drafts any more based on overall rating

In encountered a lot of recent cases where the inside edge doesn't make much sense. It seems like the change on the card doesn't correlate with the changes in attributes.

Today for example, it shows that Kyle farmer has a +1 inside edge (74 -> 75). However, when you look at his attributes he has -10 to contact and power vs righties and no other bonuses. Nicky lopez has a +1, but has -12 to contact a power vs righties. Carlos Santana has - 12 to contact and power vs righties but nothing shows on his card. Aaron Loup has a +2 inside edge with no attribute changes.

Is there an explanation for this? Maybe one of the 2 doesn't update properly?

Can confirm that i have the same issue. Yes i know how to attack a space, i've completed most of the boards now

The Postseason (Seager) program is a great start. Some easy moments and missions you can do while playing conquest. Team affinity is next, stages 3 and 4 have very good players. Many of the exchanges can be done cheaply as there are lots of high diamonds with a 6000 or lower buy order price.

It's fixed now for me

Getting the same error, just finished a conquest showdown.

@samguenther1987 said in New Moment:

@eatyum said in New Moment:

"As the Dodgers, misplay a ball in center field to allow the winning run to score"

Make 2 errors on one play? Might actually be a hard moment.

2 throwing errors is doable. Missing two balls like that? Time to break out Big Papi in CF

The amount of free packs has been crazy this year. I'd almost say it is too much! (although, is there such a thing as too much free stuff?)

What I like to do to keep things fresh in conquest and not stockpile 100 packs is a doing pack squads: Opening +- 20 standard/TA packs + 3-5 'special' packs and using the cards from those in 2 or 3 conquest games. This way you'll get to play with a lot of cards (high bronzes, silvers and golds) that you normally wouldn't use. I find it more fun this way than just grinding games with a GOAT squad

@maskedgrappler said in Server Connection Issues Since 1.18 Update:

ive been getting unhandled server exception errors when logging in, but once I'm in its been fine.

I had the same on friday evening; At 7 GMT I couldn't even get in. I haven't had any issues since saturday.