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If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.

-Jerry Seinfeld

The mute button

Queue up the Knight Rider theme song. This market is going to explode.

@wingspan1985 said in Jimmy's Swing Has:

"George likes his chicken spicy."

"I think there's a way we can get Bonds and Griffey and not give up that much."

Ha! Good stuff. I played Warzone with my buddies once and we lost to Dr. Disrespect's crew. Was a hell of a fire fight though.

The Walker and Mo card look great, but Papi is an amazing card and I have zero regrets getting him. His D is just fine. And as a lifelong Sox fan, I needed this card. It's part of playing this game. Get players you have a connection with and just have fun.

@wingo18 said in Long list of best cards at each position:

@ScaryLarito said in Long list of best cards at each position:

@KommanderNKeef9 said in Long list of best cards at each position:

Where’s Reggie?

On the bench where he belongs

Or with Jon Lovitz, David Spade, Jon Heder and Rob Schneider bustin mailboxes.

I must kill....the Queen.

@BlackSoxDown said in TA Fatigue:

@ScaryLarito said in TA Fatigue:

Good news to report this morning. After a late night, I was able to unlock Trout via the TA grind. Took the advise on buying diamonds via quick sell. If I wasn't so frugal with stubs, I would have finished this a week ago. Whatever, I got him now and can't wait to play with this card. A big thank you to those that gave me some tips and confidence to wrap this program up. Now, I can start selling some Stage 3 guys.

I love this community.

How did you do overall stubs-wise at the end? I'm about to start this myself.

Altogether - after clearing Stage 3 for all 30 TA's and the Trout collection reward I made 570,000 stubs. And I have yet to flip most of these Stage 3 cards.

I dented, but didn't break the stubs bank I had from the start of this. Tons of XP and some nice pulls along the way as well from the BIAH packs.

@dbarmonstar said in Mantle Grind:

Buy high now, I bought Trout last weekend, I just need Verlander and Cole. I had all the other cards done first.

I bought Trout as well last week for 182k. Pulled Cole from a post-game Conquest pack. Crazy luck finally.

Posey. Get Biggio out from behind the plate. Posey has the blocking and the arm that Biggio just doesn't. Trust me with Posey, he's great and blocking pitches in the dirt this year is very important.

Awful defensively. Had to say it.

Licensing issue I'd assume though.

@ItsaCanesthing said in COVID-19 outbreak:

Edit: Wrong post to respond to

Why?
Because your sensitive, safe space fragile ego can't handle a difference of opinion.
Grow a pair soy boy

Sick burn, brudda. Lolzzzzz.

Straight forward title. What is your strategy? Do you carry just one or two elite bullpen arms? One for lefty's and one for righty's?

Or do you value the bullpen more than your starting rotation?

Currently, I have Dibble and Fingers that I put in against righty's. And 94 Wagner against lefty's. I feel I need another lefty pen arm, but is that overkill to go on the market and obtain one when you can get a stud starter for the amount of stubs they cost?

What's your own opinion and who are your guys that you count on when its all on the line?

@ZFree1122 said in Long list of best cards at each position:

@olivegarden2 said in Long list of best cards at each position:

@dnicastro10 said in Long list of best cards at each position:

Carlson should be on 1B list too!

You mean outfield? He is on the outfield list. If it isn’t Dylan Carlson I don’t know who you are talking about

He has 1b secondary on his FS card. I think he should be plaued in left because the diamond sheild is most valueble there. Its hard to find diamond defense left fielders.

Yep. Only two have diamond defense - Carlson and Cespedes. Carlson's defense out there is too valuable to put at 1B imho. I nabbed the FS Carlson card the other night for 76k and feel like it was steal/snipe.

I'll say this - I picked up Brock the other day and he's extremely good at the dish and with that speed in LF, he gets to pretty much everything. One of the few Diamond LF'ers and I'm enjoying a heck of a lot more than I did Carlson.

@pbake12 said in Trout Collection Rant:

Future stars TA grind is really easy. Just put in order for a bunch of cheap silvers every night and make exchanges. You will get them done quicker than you think. The stub and pack rewards you get will almost make you break even on stubs.

Exchanges have become a real pain. Seems like prices are way up to me.

@DarthKDog09 said in TA Fatigue:

@ScaryLarito said in TA Fatigue:

Been trying to get the TA done for Trout to pair with Mantle. I have 14/15 programs finished and I'm trying to get the TA Stage 1-2 done asap. I'm currently sitting at nearly 350k in stubs and the constant bidding for silver's has nearly burned out my enthusiasm for this card.

Is it just me or are the prices really inflated right now for these 76-79 silvers? Does anyone have any tips on how they go about these exchanges? I'm aware of theshowzone site, but I'm about to just buy golds at this point even though it's not cost effective to what I've been doing. Currently, I have 12 FOTF cards.

Anyone else feeling the same way?

Just buy the diamonds at quicksell prices. Might spend a little extra but cpu grind is unbearable. Stubs are easy to get nowadays. Trout is worth every playing second you can get him in the lineup

Unbearable for sure and this has been week 3 for me working on it for a few hours a day. And you are correct - every time I'm bidding I think I should be spending this time playing Trout. Thanks for the tip btw.

Good news to report this morning. After a late night, I was able to unlock Trout via the TA grind. Took the advise on buying diamonds via quick sell. If I wasn't so frugal with stubs, I would have finished this a week ago. Whatever, I got him now and can't wait to play with this card. A big thank you to those that gave me some tips and confidence to wrap this program up. Now, I can start selling some Stage 3 guys.

I love this community.

@taco_truck_face said in TA Fatigue:

Well, this might be my next step to finish the FS collection - my last voucher for Uber-Trout. Your word that is was easy enough and not too financially taxing is good enough for me.

I've been trying to finish TA with 72s (51 72s per exchange level), and the market grind for that is so unbearable for me. Quick sell diamonds it is!

You'll be glad you did as I was. The amount of time saved is worth the extra stubs you put in for a very minimal loss. The constant refreshing of my browser to see I got outbid +1 stubs and having to counter - was so time consuming. Some people get angry about that aspect, but that's the way it is.

@DarthKDog09 said in TA Fatigue:

@ScaryLarito said in TA Fatigue:

@BlackSoxDown said in TA Fatigue:

@ScaryLarito said in TA Fatigue:

Good news to report this morning. After a late night, I was able to unlock Trout via the TA grind. Took the advise on buying diamonds via quick sell. If I wasn't so frugal with stubs, I would have finished this a week ago. Whatever, I got him now and can't wait to play with this card. A big thank you to those that gave me some tips and confidence to wrap this program up. Now, I can start selling some Stage 3 guys.

I love this community.

How did you do overall stubs-wise at the end? I'm about to start this myself.

Altogether - after clearing Stage 3 for all 30 TA's and the Trout collection reward I made 570,000 stubs. And I have yet to flip most of these Stage 3 cards.

I dented, but didn't break the stubs bank I had from the start of this. Tons of XP and some nice pulls along the way as well from the BIAH packs.

Its crazy that after all is said and done you actually make stubs for attaining Trout. When he dropped, i had all the cards needed to get him immediately and sold the remaining i didn't want. I walked away with 1mil stubs, tons of xp and 99 Trout. Its easier than people think.

Can't like this post enough and I 100% agree. See, this is why I tell all my Madden/NBA2K/FIFA buddies why I'm not coming back to those games. That is what makes this game unique, you actually get rewarded for the grind.

I laugh at all the stories they tell about their grinds. Some people never learn.