@joester33 said in Molitor is a Brewer:

I agree Just like Mike Piazza will allways be a dodger to me

Wrong...Everyone knows Mike Piazza will always be a Marlin.

I personally think we need more stat missions.
I know I will get ripped by the online only elitists for even mentioning this, but this is the way I feel. And we do have online stat missions by the way.
I have lost interest in online play, it just doesn't feel like baseball. The only way to score runs is on a HR, its not that 100% of the time, but it sure as heck seems that way.

There is no way that Torre should ever be a 98 OVR.
He was a good to very good player, his three year run from 69 to 71 was impressive.
I am of the belief that cards 97 and up are for the best of the best, Hall of Fame level talent.

I know this is a video game, but SDS should not pick and choose when to apply reality and when to sprinkle fairy dust on a card to boost it's ratings.
I know we have prospects and future stars and I do not like thier high ratings, but those cards are what if's and what is sports talk other than never ending what if's?
Torre's career is done, there is no what if. His numbers, his accolades and bold print stats are there..no way should he be a 98.
Give him a 94 OVR for his MVP year in 71, but that should be the top rating for him.

They have not patched anything.

@skepple15 said in This is starting to get a little out of hand.:

@JEEZY-E said in This is starting to get a little out of hand.:

@skepple15 said in This is starting to get a little out of hand.:

@SHOW_TIME_ryan said in This is starting to get a little out of hand.:

I’ve single handily made multiple members on here hide from me because they can’t win a debate against me regarding how bad hitting is.

I’m actually kinda proud of that.

imagine thinking people ignoring you is people hiding from you because everything someone says gets met with "HERE'S MY ONE SWING THAT WASN'T IDEAL THIS IS THE WORST GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED BUT HERE I AM STILL PLAYING AND SPENDING 12 HOURS A DAY ON THE FORUM FOR SAID GAME"

Haha go away man, people aren't talking to you because you don't talk to people you just yell at them for liking the game, don't worry little billy, i'm sure there's a patch coming soon to make the game easier for you lol

Amen

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If so, watch him, daily uploads.

You won't get better watching him, but man he is soooo funny.

I agree. If memory serves me right, the last time we had something like this was in the Show 17. When team affinity was tied to playing full 9 inning games against the CPU on increasing difficulty levels (Rook, Vet, then All Star). That allowed you to play up to 90 full 9 inning games vs the CPU (assuming you did all 30 teams).

I get it, online play is king, but there must be a happy medium.

Clemente.

@IIJACKINTHBOXII said in Is Vlad Jr the worst FoTF card?:

Him or maybe Brian Anderson.

NEVER !!!!

Brian Anderson is the BEST FOTF card

No Bias

I fall in the group that plays both offline and online.
I will admit I do play mostly offline. I haven't touched events this year b/c I do not care for the rewards in this event.
I played enough ranked seasons to get 10 wins for the program stars and I stopped there. I am competitive but not to the levels of most of the online enthusiasts. I enjoy the online content and I also recognize that I am not an elite player and that is OK. Heck, I am painfully average and there is nothing wrong with that.

Now on to this Zimmerman issue:
I got 25 "Zimm Points" playing strictly offline. No exchanges, just playing.
I did the 5 moments for 15 pts. They were fun and a few were challenging, The 11 hits/4 XBH in 7 games was particularly fun.
I then loaded up a team with all Nats players (I used LS Soto, not the FOTF card). I then played a couple of conquest games to get the 10 RBIs plus 5 Zimm points and I knocked out my daily pitching mission for more program stars.
Finally, I played the Nats on All Star for the last 5 Zimm points.
I got the Zimm card without playing online or exchanging a card by doing what 99% of offline players do everyday.
I have no problem with online stat missions being "easier" since online stats are much harder to come by.
SDS did this by making offline players get 10 RBIs instead of hits with Nats players for online players.

This mode can be enjoyed both online and offline. We should focus our energy more on getting SDS to fix the game we all love, instead of fighting amongst ourselves on who DD is catered to.

@nymets1987 said in 4th inning Showdown?:

Any suggestions before a novice player like me tries it?

Pick your silver starter and reliever early!!! Carlos Carrasco is a good choice
I cannot stress this enough. I kept picking hitters early and did not have the opportunity to pick them later.
There are several pitching missions and having low bronze and common pitchers makes it harder.

Stack lefties and save 2 spots on the bench for pinch runners.

Felix can be wild and then dot u up.

@KOTANK1334 said in Take the scripting out of the game.:

@ItsaCanesthing said in Take the scripting out of the game.:

I have had scripting work for and against me.
I was in the final showdown boss, I was down 2 runs and 1 man on.
I was also down to my last out. I hit a routine grounder to 3rd, I think this showdown is over, but no the 1B drops the ball.
And no, I did not have the Rattled perk equiped. My next hitter hits an HR to win it for me.

Then last night I play a quick conquest game to get a daily mission done. I am up 2-0 to start the third.
I get 2 quick outs and then all of the sudden I cant locate a pitch and walk a hitter. The CPU hits a liner to RF and he drops it.
Next hitter Boom, 3 run shot game over.

Scripting exists, it exists in all sports games. Is it a limitation in the programing? A mechanism to keep us playing?
I don't know, but we can tell when we jump on the "scripped rollercoaster", I have learned to not get too frustrated about it and roll with the punches.
Sometimes we are the hammer and sometimes we are the nail.

I think most peoples issue on here would be the scripting when playing head to head online. And yes it will go for and against there as well. I think we all just want a game that rewards the user completely on their input and nothing else comes into play. No floating pitches, no random errors by diamond / gold fielders . No more no-hitting opponents for 4 innings then all of a sudden they hit EVERYTHING.

It's just getting really old and is a reason I've played about 3 RS games in the last 2-3 weeks.

The scripting is in the game's code. It will effect all types of play.
I get it, getting jobbed in a RS game is worse than losing a BS conquest game.
But the point is that effects every facet of gameplay. They need to fix the game. Sadly that will not happen this year.
Will it happen next year? Probably not. Since we are getting cross platform play I do not expect a new next gen game engine. Cross platform and a new engine is probably too much for SDS to handle at the same time.
But MLB 2022 should have a new engine and by then hopefully we will see less of this.

But, is he ackwardly skinny like in previous years????

dude, I would use his card in the past and he is so skinny.

Buy him a sandwich or protein shake

I have had scripting work for and against me.
I was in the final showdown boss, I was down 2 runs and 1 man on.
I was also down to my last out. I hit a routine grounder to 3rd, I think this showdown is over, but no the 1B drops the ball.
And no, I did not have the Rattled perk equiped. My next hitter hits an HR to win it for me.

Then last night I play a quick conquest game to get a daily mission done. I am up 2-0 to start the third.
I get 2 quick outs and then all of the sudden I cant locate a pitch and walk a hitter. The CPU hits a liner to RF and he drops it.
Next hitter Boom, 3 run shot game over.

Scripting exists, it exists in all sports games. Is it a limitation in the programing? A mechanism to keep us playing?
I don't know, but we can tell when we jump on the "scripped rollercoaster", I have learned to not get too frustrated about it and roll with the punches.
Sometimes we are the hammer and sometimes we are the nail.

@the_dragon1912 said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

Just read on Twitter that players like Prince Fielder and Bobby Bonilla would still get paid in full. So under the owners proposal, Prince fielder, who retired in 2016, would be the highest paid baseball player. That is another reason why I side with the players on this one. If I am Christian Yelich or Mile trout, there is now way in hell that I would be okay with making less money for actually playing than someone who hasn’t played in 4 years

Here is the link:link text

If the tigers, who have 2 of the top 5 worst contracts in baseball plus owing 6 million to Fielder plus being the worst team in the league won’t lose money with prorated salaries, there isn’t many teams who will

You do realize that is deferred money that was earned already?
The players (Prince & Bobby Bo) took less money in exchange for an interest baring payout later on. The deferred money provided the team financial flexability to sign other players, make payroll, or any of a laundry list of things.

The team essesntially used a real life credit card to get Prince.
It makes them no better or worse than us using a credit card to buy something.

The cost for Prince is a sunk cost, it is accounted for the same way rent or stadium maintence is counted.
Has nothing to do with the current situation.

Prince played his 162. He deserves to be paid for his 162 even if it is 10 years later.
Deferred money is a financing mechanism that allows some teams to compete today leveraged against future returns.

@MathMan5072 said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@ItsaCanesthing said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@MathMan5072 said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@ItsaCanesthing said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@MathMan5072 said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@olivegarden2 said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

I'm not on either side. I just want them to figure it out so I can watch some baseball

Yes. Dodgers fans, Red Sox fans, Astros fans...we can all agree on that.

Don't forget the 1 or 2 dozen Marlins fans

You’re right. I was actually excited for the Marlins this year. I thought they had a chance to make a little jump from where they’ve been. So, apologies.

The worst part about a shortened season is that we will not be able to sell off Villar and Dickerson at the deadline for prospects.
I applauded the moves because I envisioned the team flipping them for prospects in the same manner we did Romo last year (We got Lewin Diaz back for a rent a player).

The shortened season means the fish will be in the running longer, especially if they expand the playoff field.

That’s the trade off I guess. Maybe the marlins play out of their minds for 2 months and become America’s sweethearts. Only of course to be crushed by some juggernaut. But still...there’s always hope.

No sir, the Marlins ARE the Juggernaut!!!!

@MathMan5072 said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@ItsaCanesthing said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@MathMan5072 said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@olivegarden2 said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

I'm not on either side. I just want them to figure it out so I can watch some baseball

Yes. Dodgers fans, Red Sox fans, Astros fans...we can all agree on that.

Don't forget the 1 or 2 dozen Marlins fans

You’re right. I was actually excited for the Marlins this year. I thought they had a chance to make a little jump from where they’ve been. So, apologies.

The worst part about a shortened season is that we will not be able to sell off Villar and Dickerson at the deadline for prospects.
I applauded the moves because I envisioned the team flipping them for prospects in the same manner we did Romo last year (We got Lewin Diaz back for a rent a player).

The shortened season means the fish will be in the running longer, especially if they expand the playoff field.

@MathMan5072 said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@olivegarden2 said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

I'm not on either side. I just want them to figure it out so I can watch some baseball

Yes. Dodgers fans, Red Sox fans, Astros fans...we can all agree on that.

Don't forget the 1 or 2 dozen Marlins fans

Loved that the Astros had an Asterisk

@VEGAS__T said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@D_e_m_I_s_E said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@VEGAS__T said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@D_e_m_I_s_E said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

@VEGAS__T said in Current discussion between MLB and MLBPA:

I have a feeling you don’t know the details of the proposal the owners gave the players. It was purposely disrespectful and they low balled the hell out of the players. Check the facts before you start blaming the players. It’s the owners who need a dose of reality, not the players!

Owners profits are going to down big time with no fans. So players shouldn't sacrifice but owners should. Sorry but most people are not going to side with players that won't play for 3 months making 5 million dollars. Good luck selling that to society. Easy for people like Scherzer who have millions in the bank. This is going to fall on the players.

So because fans aren’t going to be there the players should have to take a pay cut for that? Ok and when it’s sold out every night do the owners give the players some of the extra money?

No because that’s the risk you take on as an owner. You don’t ask your employees to pay the extra costs around the shop because customers aren’t showing up.

You do realize that owners OWN the company right? You can say what you want but the majority of people will blame the players. If I was an owner, I would tell the players association to pi$$ off. Who do you think is going to get hurt more? Billionaire owners who more than likely have other incomes or athletes. That is a very easy one.

Owners tell the players to pizz off all the time and the players laugh then say ok good luck without me. Then the owners come crawling back and give the players a fair deal. It’s the reason why baseball has had more work stoppages than any other sport. Owners try to flex their greed way too often and the players association has to bring them back down to reality. Hopefully it happens again in this case.

This mentality will not work.
Ask yourself this..Who is prepared for a long term siege war?
It is the owners, they have the leverage, they have the resources and additional income streams.

Why do you think the NFL and NBA always break thier unions?

The MLBPA is the outlier, they have never lost. They have been able to maintain solidarity amongst the rank and file to withstand work stoppages.

But that was in the age of owners main source of income being the team. Now in the age of mega corporations and mergers, owners have additional sources of income that did not exisist in the last major work stoppage in 1994.

If there is a prolonged work stoppage the owners will ultimately win.
Top guys like Scherzer and Trout will be able to last but its the guys making the minimum or lower wages that are the majority of union. Once those guys burn through thier reserves that is when the union breaks.