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@MarioMendoza935_XBL I lost my grandmother in June at the age of ninety-seven, and even though she lived to a great, ripe, old age, losing your relatives never gets easier. My condolences for your future loss, and may God grant you his peace.

I am at a minus rating, and have not played a single game this weekend.

Update: I am down to six players in the Live Series that I have to buy or earn: Jose Ramirez (Cleveland Guardians), Bobby Witt, Jr. (Kansas City Royals), Aaron Judge (New York Yankees), Ketel Marte (Arizona Diamondbacks), Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers), and Fernando Tatis, Jr. (San Diego Padres). I believe I'll get Fernando done next since his price is at or around 30,000 stubs according to my PS5 at the time of this post.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN If it happens, it will be after the Trade Deadline.

I agree with most of the people on this post that there are too many foul balls in this game. It's one thing if a player with good to great clutch and/or discipline fouls off many balls, it's an asset, and part of his game. When countless scrub players with bad clutch and discipline at the plate are able to foul off baseballs successfully, it cheapens the game and becomes a false baseball simulation.

Ironically, I was better with the "Gold All-Star" St. Louis Cardinal Beltran than the "Signature Series" New York Met Beltran.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN It depends if that company has "Exclusive International Rights" to Ichiro or not. If they do, we're screwed, and he'll have to follow that agreement. But, if not, he can negotiate for his U.S. rights and appear in this game. Don't give up hope yet!

@relaxed_current4_PSN With all due respect, the AUSL has only four teams in its league. I would rather SDS give me the Women's Professional Baseball League between 1942 to 1953 before choosing softball. No offense!

It depends on the pitcher, their stamina, their pitching performance, the score, and what inning it is, whether I pull him or not? I usually pull most pitchers who are struggling or tiring before the bar turns red.

I play on classic, with the PCI, Strike Zone 2, and on simulation. I don't needed anybody that is not SDS becoming a dictator and telling everybody else that they have play his way. That's what great about this game and America: WE HAVE A CHOICE!

@Finn_Scotus_MLBTS Yes, Griffey, Jr. is in the game as a Seattle Mariner and Cincinnati Red.

@SDS_JoeK_PSN Joe, I am glad that you got J-Ram (Jose Ramirez) to finish off your Live Series Collection over the weekend. As for me, I still have four Dodgers (Ohtani, Freeman, Smith, and Betts), one Angel (Mike Trout), one Tiger (Tarik Skubal), one Royal (Bobby Witt, Jr.), one Padre (Fernando Tatis, Jr.), one Phillie (Zach Wheeler), one Yankee (Aaron Judge), one Met (Francisco Lindor), and the aforementioned Ramirez to go before I'm done. The next goal is to get Trout from my favorite team, the Los Angeles Angels, so I can get Angels Legend Don Baylor, and finish off the A.L. West Collection. To answer your question about Beltran, "Yes, I plan to finish Live Series and get Beltran, but it looks like I might be completed with it by mid-August, which will be tied with the latest I ever got this series done, which was the early 2010's."

@GreenEydBndt_XBL I would look at the profile page of most online players in this game and it shows how many more months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds that they play Diamond Dynasty over every other mode in this game. Of course, they're (SDS) going to put their research, development, and money in a mode that most people watch and/or play, and makes them more money. In addition, some people put real money to get the best baseball legends' cards (Sometimes tens of thousands of dollars) and both SDS and Sony make a profit off that as well. By the way, I like Road to the Show and wish it would be more interactive like Madden, the NBA, and the NHL are, and like it was in the past, but of course it would require more people to play it, and the games' bugs in all modes to be fixed. Finally, thanks for your comments. That was a great post!

I watched him on television when he started playing for the Reds in 1984 until his retirement with my beloved Angels in 1991. He was still a productive right fielder and DH for the Oakland A's in 1988 and 1989, when he was still hitting home runs out of Oakland-Alameda County Stadium those two postseasons when the team won two pennants and a World Series. In addition, less I forget his many contributions, including the mentorship he gave to both Eric Davis and Gary Sheffield as young players that helped them to become eventual superstars, and his impact with the '"We Are Family,'" 1979 World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates, Dave Parker deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Finally, I will be interested to see who does his induction speech in little over a month, will it be his wife, Davis, Sheffield, or his former Pirate teammate, Kent Tekulve, and will anything that he wrote or spoke about in his speech in the last year be included. Sad to see that Parkinson's Disease, that nasty beast, killed "The Cobra," and I give my condolences and best wishes to his family.

I have been using the "Common Courtesy," card with Joe Morgan as an Astro at second base and batting leadoff, and, "All-Star," Ozzie Smith at shortstop, and batting second. I have won the few games that I have won this year because of their speed, their infield defense, and their consistent contact. Victory in baseball starts down the middle of the diamond!

@pacadie09_MLBTS Rickey Henderson would be my suggestion. You can get his "Egg Hunt" card by completing Diamond Quest.

Alan Wiggins

@Jacob151167_XBL He only got to pencil himself in the lineup for the last two-and-half years of his playing career when he was named Cincinnati Reds Manager after being traded from the Montreal Expos for Tom Lawless, a utility infielder, on May 16, 1984. He played until September 1986, and retired after only getting seventy-two hits that year. Rose played until he couldn't, and until there were better alternatives like Nick Esasky and Paul O' Neill to replace and surpass what he offered in production.

Hoffman is my choice by far! The man had a '"Bugs Bunny,'" changeup that would move sideways, sink, or float, and confounded hitters for fifteen years. I have used him many times over the years in this game, and I can get plenty of outs and strikeouts with Trevor. As far as O'Day is concerned, he was very good set-up man that threw a great fastball and slider from his nasty sidearm delivery, I have used him in many situations in the past in middle relief and set-up situations to make batters look foolish, but; I have been rocked when using him as a closer, and he sucks when he is tired. Darren is still a great player, just not as good as Trevor.

Or this, "Your father was a better player than you."