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I started getting some pains in my wrist and thumb on my right hand while the playing the game a few months back. I also play bass guitar so I became very concerned about doing irreparable damage to my hands that would hinder my ability to enjoy my 2 favorite hobbies. I took a week off from both and bought a wrist brace. It helped a little bit, but then I bought a nicer controller with paddles on the back that I've mapped to the front buttons and it's relieved a lot of the strain I was putting on my hands. I don't think that would help in your case but you should look into your options for minimizing stress on your joints, muscles, tendons etc. Also see a specialist now before it gets worse. The earlier you figure out a treatment plan the better.

@arvcpa_psn said in Everybody Dashboards:

I never dashboard. I always let my opponent's 500 foot bomb land before I quit. You guys should pray that you play me. This, plus a multitude of other reasons, is why I'm just an all around great guy.

Don't flatter yourself, but at the same time thank you. If my opponent is clearly better than me I'll quit a game early and move on, but I almost always finish out the half inning and I always let home runs land before I quit. I've had too many home runs that would have completed a stat mission get stolen away by a petty dashboard to do that to someone else.

Had someone dashboard me today with a no doubt homerun still in the air. And that homerun was going to complete a stat mission. It's so annoying. I filed a feedback report with SDS but I don't think anything is going to change for '21. Hopefully it's fixed for '22.

@ncstatehokie_mlbts said in 11th inning program:

Am I the only one that would rather have new players than these new Nameplates and Profile Icons? There are 9 of them. Heck, I'd also trade the 7 new bat skins/sounds for more players.

I knew there would be no new players, just saying if they are going to spend time adding new content then use that time for some new players instead.

I'm going to go out on a limb say that adding players is way more time intensive than new skins and nameplates. They've probably shifted their focus to "Get The Show '22 Ready" mode the last 2 months.

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And hear me out on this one, Postseason Tyler Rogers. He's probably been my best reliever, especially if my opponent has a fast bat from facing a starter with outlier. His funky delivery, low velocity, high control and BB/9 get people to look silly swinging super early on everything or watching a backdoor slider absolutely dot the corner. The only issue is that he's a 1 inning guy. Anything more than that and I risk my opponent adjusting their bat speed. But I think he has something like a 0.40 ERA in about 50 innings for me.

@suntlacrimae50_psn said in Post-Mortem from a First Year DD'er:

Nah, it's the outlier in combination with other factors. Outlier is just OP, at least for a large segment of the population. It's also a crutch for people like me -- we know we can roll out Nolan or Verlander and lots of people will quit right away or quit after 6 straight K's.

My biggest problem with outlier is that every pitch is 102 mph. Degrom threw A LOT of pitches over 100 mph this year but it wasn't 102 mph every pitch. He averaged 99.8 mph on his fastball. And it's completely unrealistic for someone to throw 98% of their fastballs at 102 mph for 7 or 8 innings. Stamina needs reworked and outlier needs tweaked so that not every fastball is max velocity all game.

I started using contact swings with my pitchers in RS. Still batting like 2 for 50 with them but I'm striking out less, so there is that.

Huh. My usual strategy is to set my controller down and go do some laundry or dishes or whatever chores I've been neglecting around the apartment. Maybe I'll give your strategy a shot and I can worry about that stuff later...or tomorrow...or the weekend.

@tmichae10_psn said in The Sinker:

And bunting too…no real professional baseball players bunt.

And it’s actually illegal in college baseball….and I know because I played!!!

Is this becoming a meme? I fully support it since, you know, I played college baseball.

@grinchfart_xbl said in SP coming in as relievers ??:

obviously

Totally not true. I distinctly remember Bumgarner coming in as a relief pitcher in either the clinching game of the '12 or '14 World Series. And Jon Lester did the same in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. It doesn't happen in the regular season because you don't want to mess up your rotation in 1 game when a season is 162. But in high leverage postseason games you see it more often. It is not against the rules.

There have been hundreds of sell orders filled in the last 15 minutes.

I'm a first year Xbox player that got started in September and started flipping cards recently to catch up on my collections. When does the community market usually start slowing down?

@dolenz_psn said in Simming in Conquest....??:

I don't mind the time it takes for the game to actually sim the result. I get tired of every sim requiring a new screen and extra button presses and a confirmation.

Give us a dedicated button or button combination that will immediately sim from the map page without all of the extra hoops.

I agree one 100%. Maybe once all strongholds are captured you can select a "Sim until no attacking moves remain" and just let it go. By the time I have all strongholds captured I usually just load up some hexagons with 50 fans and press buttons for 10 minutes clearing the rest of the board. It's kinda tedious.