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@YOSHI24_XBL In addition, to add insult to injury, they haven't asked us (their customers) to Beta Test their game since MLB The Show 22. Usually, that one to two week period where we test their game gets rid of half of their bugs, and makes the game run smoothly at least through July and/or August. But, since they stop doing that a few years ago, there have been more bugs at launch and throughout the year.

@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN I say, "If their broadcast commentary hasn't improved by the end of the All-Star Break this year, fire them or don't renew their contracts for 2026." I have heard them for three years now and they still haven't improved. For instance, in one game of Diamond Dynasty that I played last year I didn't hear them speak for over five innings. What broadcasters do dead silence for that long? The answer is none! I'm starting to miss Matt Vasgerian's commentary now, they're that bad.

I just obtained my "Now or Later" packs for 25' today. They (SDS) seem to be slow-crawling the process, so they remember all the players that need to get them. My advice: Be patient!

@JTOD5_PSN No, only on Manage Roster or Lineup Mode right now for '"MLB 25: The Show."' But, yes, freezes are still pretty annoying! I had many freezes in Co-op last year that I don't want to see repeated this year. Will see if SDS did any hard work and fixed anything? Time will tell.

Somebody say, "Dairy Queen?!" So, are we going to California or Wisconsin to get our cards for Diamond Dynasty? Sorry, couldn't resist to say something silly.

@nick23400_PSN You can go to any local Gamestop where you live and make as little as a $5 payment, and you can eventually pay for a PS5 that way, or you can pay $200 for a used one, or $300-$400 for a new one there. It's that simple! Normally, since at least the end of the cycle for PS2, they usually allow and make sports games for the old consoles for two years, then afterwards they phased them out for the new systems. The only reason that it didn't happen for five years in this current PS5 cycle was because of Covid, and it took most people two years to find one, much less buy one. At Gamestop, I usually exchanged old controllers that I didn't use, exchanged physical games (Ones with Discs), and my old outdated systems for payment for the new ones. I have done this for decades, and you can, too. Or, you can wait between 2026-2028 for the new PS6 to come out, and pay for it then. It's your choice! SDS and MLB aren't obligated to make a game for an outdated system that is almost at the end of its cycle.

Overall: Joe Mauer (20th Anniversary Card)
Live Series: George Kirby

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN I would have Carroll leading off and PCA batting ninth, and make your opponent sweat with that blazing speed that your team will have. If I had to chose between PCA and Carroll though, I would choose Carroll because of his better offensive play, both for hitting for contact and for power, and for defense as well. The only knock for Corbin for me is his inaccurate and below average arm in this game, which I have never seen in real life. PCA beats him on that. Otherwise, it's Carroll for me.

@kingdutch_PSN Ditto! I totally agree! Conquest, Showdown, and on the rare occasion, when I play Mini Seasons, helps me to get to the big star cards and helps me nearly complete the '"G.O.A.T.,'" Program further in the year. In addition, it helps me with human opponents in Diamond Dynasty by playing games with the CPU, and is responsible for me at least completing a fourth of my programs every year. I would be a worse player without it.

@JoeSelser_PSN Except for the Kingdome being a part of the G.O.A.T. Program, and the reward for obtaining all the Classic Stadiums instead of the Polo Grounds; nothing else has changed.

@GoozeFn_PSN Look at the first post of the subject matter, and without me naming that said person, he or she commented that Hodges was not worthy of the N.L. honor because he was '"old,'" and did not know about him, so therefore; he did not deserve that prize. Yes, I admit, Gil wouldn't have been my first choice, I would have probably chosen Carlton, Schmidt, or Mays. But, for that person to dismiss him almost entirely because of that persons' lack of knowledge is short-sighted at best.

@Teak2112_MLBTS Gil Hodges was considered to be the best "First Basemen of the 1950's," and has numbers comparable to Fred McGriff season-by-season, but has less overall career numbers due to being in World War II and being wounded in that war. In addition, he was a utility player playing sparingly for the Brooklyn Dodgers playing catcher, third base, the outfield, and a little bit of first base, before staying and starting at first in 1949. After that he produce those awesome seasons, and won two World Series for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955, and after they moved to Los Angeles, those same Dodgers in 1959. He only started to really decline for the Dodgers in 1961, was an '"Original Met,'" in 1962, and was a Washington Senator in 1963 and part of 1964; before the Senators fired their manager and hired Hodges, whereupon, he subsquently retired as a player. He managed the Senators for four seasons before being traded to the Mets for a prospect in the middle of the 1968 season. Lastly, he managed those '"Miracle Mets'" in 1969 to a World Series Championship, and managed that team for two more full seasons till he died in the middle of the 1972 season, in what would of been his third full year, of a heart attack at age forty-seven. He is definitely worth a Live Series Card at least, and is deserving of the N.L. Card prize that SDS bestowed upon him. Those people that think he is not worthy, don't know about history and/or flunked history.

@Bicarbonate_Fury_MLBTS Well, Biggio was the Houston Astros primary catcher from 1988-1991, until the Astros traded Kenny Lofton, an outfield prospect at the time, for Indians backup catcher, Eddie Taubansee. Afterwards, Taubansee became an Astro, he became the primary catcher, and the club moved Biggio to second base. It was a shock at the time, since Craig had won a Gold Glove at catcher, and Eddie was not used on a regular basis in Cleveland. But, it worked out splendidly later because both of them were still on the Astros, when they won five straight division titles between 1994-1999.

@P0pa-Cherry_XBL No, he did not; but, he had a Negro League Card last year. Bob Kendrick mentioned that he played for both the New York and San Francisco Giants during his career.

If that rumor of Steve Carlton being added to the legends in "MLB 25 The Show" is true, then it's an absolute miracle! According to one Beckett Vintage Card Monthly article about Carlton last year, '"Carlton and Carlton Fisk vowed to never be in or on anything related to Topps after they retired because allegedly, Topps Founder, Sid Barger, was a cheapskate who hardly paid any money to a player for their likenesses and thought that they should be grateful that they were on a card with his company at all, let alone paid for it.'" SDS pulled off a coup, if they got him, since they use most of their player cards from Topps.

@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN I would have made him a bronze because at that age, he could still field his position at first base. On the other hand, Thomas had just an average arm, and wasn't going to win a Gold Glove, either. Just being realistic!

@tigerzbrownz_PSN A minor league player has to play at least one MLB game to qualify to have a picture of their actual face on their card for MLB The Show. This is MLB's rules; not SDS', and it seems pretty reasonable. In addition, you can still copy and/or print their faces on your favorite team(s) website right now, if they're a Top 30 Prospect, or if they're not, wait for that individual player to be assigned to a minor league affiliate on that same website, and do it then. I've seen individual gamers do that in the past, and there is no reason for any gamer not to use their ingenuity and make that happen. Just saying, "You have options."

By the way, I have pre-ordered "MLB 25 The Show" and will be playing the game this year.

The logos need to be screened a lot better! It's one thing to have the '"Knockers,'" (Female Breasts on Bats), nickname and logo, loosely based on the St. Louis Cardinals (Birds on Bats). Yes, it's an adult logo, but it's been a traditional classic in "MLB The Show" for over a decade now, and is somewhat creative and tasteful. But last year I saw two logos showing sexual penetration, logos showing penises and vaginas, logos with full nudity, and some showing semen and female climax. I know that I am not a saint, a prude, or a puritan, but to me in my opinion; this was a step too far. This is a game that kids seven year-olds and under play with and without their parents, and they shouldn't have to see that. MLB sponsors this game and Playstation ranks this "E" for everyone and I'm not for full censorship on all adult material; but the most extreme logos need to be gone. This game has cleaned up it's act with the created names and nicknames, so to me, this is its final step in this category.

@SDS_JoeK_PSN I just finished playing this current game ("MLB The Show 24"), in January, and the most annoying part of this game for me last year was that every fourth game in Co-op, this game would freeze, and my whole team would lose or both teams would have to have their ranking points number raised because of this problem. For some of the players on this forum, and some of the people that I played with, this happened to them either in every game or every other game, and for a very few, their stats in their games did not count; even though they played that select game. Co-op is most definitely broken, and needs to be fixed by the time I start playing "MLB 25 The Show" in March. I am glad that your focusing on fixing it now, Joe, but your predecessors should of fix it last year!