So in those last two bronze/silver Yankee packs you get for the Granderson mission, three out of the four bronze I pulled were Luis Cessa and two of the silver were Aaron Hicks. Giving us multiple copies of "no sell" cards is the ultimate slap in the face and indefensible.

Let me preface this by saying I do have perspective as to what truly matters in this world. As a husband and father I put my family's health and well-being above all.

Now, like most everyone who loves baseball, whether it's a way of life for you or simply a distraction to get away from things that might get us down or stress us out, the news that the sports world is grinding to a halt has me equal parts frustrated, sad, and angry.

While I put in over 600 offline hours in The Show 19, I couldn't be more ready for this to drop tonight to give me something fresh to dive into. I'm going to miss the rest of spring training and am expecting the regular season to be pushed back for who knows how long, but The Show 20 is going to help me get through this for sure.

@TheGoaler said in Locking in Prestige Cards:

@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in Locking in Prestige Cards:

There is no reason to lock them until you’ve accumulated all the stats.

I also don’t understand why anyone would play DD if they never play online.

There's a lot of us. Trust me. I get a lot out of playing only the A.I.
I get nothing out of playing a human. Mainly because when i started gaming, there was no online, until Sega's NFL 2K came along.

Amen to this. Online is for suckers. When 95% of a game's issues are attributed to how it plays online, I'm not about to put myself through that.

@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in Locking in Prestige Cards:

@chriscolbert said in Locking in Prestige Cards:

@TheGoaler said in Locking in Prestige Cards:

@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in Locking in Prestige Cards:

There is no reason to lock them until you’ve accumulated all the stats.

I also don’t understand why anyone would play DD if they never play online.

There's a lot of us. Trust me. I get a lot out of playing only the A.I.
I get nothing out of playing a human. Mainly because when i started gaming, there was no online, until Sega's NFL 2K came along.

Amen to this. Online is for suckers. When 95% of a game's issues are attributed to how it plays online, I'm not about to put myself through that.

Why not play franchise or RTTS? DD is an online mode. SMH.

I do actually but enjoy DD more. And at last check Moments, Showdown, and Conquest were all offline modes and key to getting some of the better cards in the game. Overall I think SDS does an almost decent job of trying to balance online rewards and offline rewards but no card should ever be exclusive to online accomplishments. I think they're onto something with prestiging a player and THAT should be the reward for playing online. Give everyone equal access to every card whether they want to earn it online or off.

Per their FB post. Pretty awesome if you ask me!

5 random cards per pack and you get to pick one.

Non-sellable is fine as exchanging is more important at this point IMO.

It's definitely Votto. The one guy was wearing his jersey during the stream and right at the end they referenced it as a big clue about the upcoming program and they all started laughing so it was a big giveaway.

It sucks but what do you suggest? There would be an awful lot of kids unplugging PS4s if that were the case. I had a genuine internet issue with my provider that kicked me off once but they have absolutely no way of knowing what caused the disconnect.

And of course it's George effing Springer.

100% my fault but they suckered me in again. I'm just embarrassed I actually got excited for a moment.

I've never pulled a Trout in any year but I have pulled three Coles and a deGrom this year. But I don't play online and haven't bought any packs so I consider that pretty lucky.

While I know Griffey being on it a few years ago debunks this theory, I simply cannot see them promoting someone on the cover that is limited to a fantasy mode and wouldn't be playable to everyone out of the box.

Unless they had a current player for the standard version and then a legend for a deluxe geared for DD players ala NBA 2K.

Soto is the guy.

@ChuckCLC said in RIP Joe Morgan:

Hate to remind everyone, but the calendar flipping over to a new year changes nothing in our Universe. People will die, times will get worse. That is how we got it all set up as a human race. Gonna be billions more of us on this planet in just a few decades time and that is ok with everyone lol. Go figure.

Obvious statement is obvious. However there can be years where more notable people die in a certain field and this is one of those for baseball.

It's definitely Votto. The one guy was wearing his jersey during the stream and right at the end they referenced it as a big clue about the upcoming program and they all started laughing so it was a big giveaway.

Not exactly breaking news if you watched the stream but figured those that didn't watch it might want to know.

This one took me a while. Funny thing is that after trying both Wagner and Foxx multiple times it wasn't until the 4th diamond option in the first pick of the draft happened to be Musial that I snatched him up and he carried me through.

I started to go that route but quickly realized it was way too pricy. Was able to flip the ones I had bought though and now just need to grind out the postseason moments to get the last one I need. Off the top of my head the ones I did not do were Prestige (don't play online), diamond prospects, and future stars.

Yeah if you actually go to the real Trout tab there's nothing for it. I hope we're all wrong but there's no reason to believe it.

All signs point to Soto. It won't be anyone that already has a 99 card this year and it won't be a legend you can't play with day one.

Just curious what everyone's approach is to this. For me I have my primary team, an 80s/90s team, an all-active players team, and an all-Nats team that changes if I'm needing innings for whatever team. I know it's common to have a team represent who you're a fan of.

Other lineup examples I've seen mentioned are things like all-bunt, power, lefty, righty, HOF, Topps Now, etc.