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So, you might be wondering what I mean. Well, you are in for a journey. NO, YOU SHALL NOT SKIP TO THE END. Please..?
To set the scene: I only get an hour a day to play, but I got 1:15 today. I did the 4th inning showdown, as that was what I needed to finish the 4th inning. Then I would buy the other two bosses, and then lock them in the 5th inning collection. (Go to my other posts if you are wondering why I am doing the 5th inning)
I got to the showdown, and was down 7-15 to start. After a grand slam from Torre, and some other hits, I am tied 15-15 with 8 outs left. I ended up having 1 out left, still tied, with no one on. LOL. Swanson hit a double, and Devers is coming up against a righty. After a NINE pitch at-bat, he hits a 2-run home run to win it, and finish the 4th inning! I am VERY happy. I then go to open the packs. I got two the show packs. 1st: Mike Soroka. Eh. @Ikasnu knows what happens next.
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2: MIKE TROUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And yes, I auto-flipped. lol https://twitter.com/cut4/status/1141506785116925952?lang=en
My first Question: Ramone, why not earlier?
Second: Ramone, Thank you! Ok, not a Q, but still.
I now just have to have the other two 4th inning bosses orders go through, and then I almost have the 5th inning done. If anyone wants to hit sell now on Torre and Hernandez, plz do. When I do, I sell Mo for 290K. I then get deGrom and Trout. Oh wait....... I will then be CLOSE to getting Mantle!

KEY from the title:
The first Happiness: I was tied 15-15 with 8 outs left
Worry: No one on, 1 out left
Happiness #2: When Devers, who is my dad now, hits a home run
SCREAMING: DUH, Trout!
Light-headedness: When I sat down after screaming that I got Trout, and getting a "So?" response form my mom.
Why the 4th inning is the best: I actually finished it, and Trout.

When I originally won the showdown, I was going to put up a post saying "LS Devers is my dad," but I got to say A LOT MORE
If you read this far: Thank you, and let me know. I am wondering how many people actually did. I will now go and watch TV, waiting for my heartbeat to come down. This happened an hour ago, and I forgot to post until then, and my heartbeat is still high. lol

I think that it would be awesome if there were a batting cage mode. You could try out a DD card before buying it. It could also be like The Playground in NBA2K. I don't want to buy a card and then not like the feel of it. Thoughts?

@Onyx_Hokie_2 said in Pout-Quitters: Idea For Dealing w/Them:

4. The CPU will pitch fastballs in the strike zone for the remainder of the game.

5. The CPU will not swing under any circumstances.

What?????

I have noticed that lately, Mods have been more active in responding to people’s problems on here. Was rare, but is now more common, which I like. Props

@Buck_Mango said in For everyone crucifying the Astros, learn some baseball history:

https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/01/23/sign-stealing-history-astros-red-sox

if you aint cheating you aint trying, cheating has been going on in sports since the inception of sports just sometimes people get caught. had they admitted to it, no worries water under the bridge.

I knew this was coming.....

He played Jackie Robinson in the movie, 42, and died in Jackie Robinson day. I was looking forward to him in Black Panther 2. You will be missed by all. RIP

I have Mantle! At least, I have a buy order in for Justin Verlander, then I am done. I will be playing my first RS game in a LONG time. My SP: Orel, who I will be buying once I get Mantle done. (With the collection stubs)

I have been wanting a diamond. I have had chances at diamonds after a game, NO! I get a Balling pack, NO! I get a headliners Pack, NO! I open 25 The Show Packs, NO! Why does this happen!!!

I ended up doing a conquest, going STRAIGHT for the HRD packs to help me get Trout. I got two of them, and pulled the rare round (1:4 chance) both times! That will get me 160K more stubs, which I will use to get one of the HRD players (I had all three of the rare round from that pack) that I don't have.
I also pulled AJ Ramos. #helpingthepeople
I had two Espinos that I sold also.
EDIT: I know, you might be like "who cares?" Me! That means that I am THIS close to Trout! Puts fingers close together. I am working on getting prime done, and then I have two vouchers left!

Headliner: FS 98 Joey Bart
Topps now: 93 Stephen Piscotty, 95 Dylan Bundy, 94 Kole Calhoun, 95 Mitch Moreland, 97 Sonny Gray.
7th inning Boss:
7th inning rewards: Gold Legacy (Gold past cover player), both HRD packs, both players league packs, both Ducks on the Pond
7th Inning collection: 5 Signature Series
Shark Map confirmed! 7 diamonds in packs, 17 total rewards
Player program: 93 Silver Slugger Nelson Cruz
Bosses:

1. 99 Walter Johnson SS
2. 99 Harper MVP
3. 99 Frank Thomas Prime

Mini bosses thanks to @Timbino Romo, Carpenter and Buehrle

Why in the world would they keep the momentum if it is never used? I get annoyed knowing that I have to play at least 4 to five innings in every game. Also, I think that there should be a way where you can counter offer a trade. If want a player, but don't want to give up the requested player, I lose a trade opportunity.

I was in a RS game, and I threw a strike, called a ball. My brother, who doesn’t play MLB the show, but has watched videos of it with me before, and hears me talking about it, responded. “Come on Ump! You need better vision! Jacob, does he have common vision?”
This made me laugh so hard!

https://twitter.com/MLBTheShow/status/1295397760968007680
JAKE ARRIETA!!! PLEASE!

I saw @ZFree1122 say that he got to play Moooooookie Bettttttts in HS, so I thought I would ask: Have you had any cool experiences like this?
For me:
1: I got 8 signatueres from Cubs players in 2016. That day, I got to be on the video board with David Ross.
This is why I hate the nets. I get that they are for safety, but not as many autographs, if any.

2: I was able to go the a Cubs game in the bleachers and a White Sox game in the bleachers. For the White Sox game, I was shoved to the side by college kids, otherwise I would have gotten a ball from MIKE TROUT. He tossed it my way, but I didn't get it.
For the Cubs game, I got yelled at by a worker at Wrigley because I accidentally dropped my glove in the basket.

3: I was able to see Jason Heyward's walk off grand slam. It was AWESOME! I was keeping a scorecard, and put a K next to his name, due to him being bad that season. I then erased it, wrote HR, and told the person next to me, who I didn't know: Grand Slam, right here. And then it happened. I ended up losing my voice before we left, and had a W flag as a cape on the train back.
Fun video about it.

4: In 2017, I went to the Cubs opening day, where they lost to the Cardinals on a walk off single. I then went to the Cubs home opener, where they showed the trophy, raised the flags, and for the first time ever: Had fireworks. lol Rizzo ended up walking it off against the Dodgers. Fun things that happened during that game: There was a two hour rain delay, so..... they played the game feed for game 6 of the 2016 NLCS, where we beat the Dodgers. Let me just say that the Dodgers dugout was not a fan of this. I also saw Tom Ricketts, the Cubs owner, and got an autograph from him.

5: My favorite player, as of last year (Probs not anymore) was Albert Almora Jr. I went to a Cubs game, and got to see him go 3-3 with a game winning home run, and a sac fly that I thought was going to be a grand slam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEO36Ea-INY
This was one of the only good games he had. lol

6: When I was at a reds game, I went to the place where you can hit wiffleballs, and others field it. (The Cubs were losing bad, so I was looking to cure my depression) It is pouring rain, so they are about to close. I take my at-bat. I accidentally let go of the PLASTIC bat and it JUST MISSED hitting a kid. I then CRUSH an oppo-taco to right, and do a Bautista bat flip. I then went and robbed two home runs. LOL

What about you? I am excited to read some of these.

@olivegarden2 said in Showdown run time:

In my opinion it takes too long for a run. I just spent 1 hour and a half going through the 6th inning showdown. I did all right through the missions. I went into the final showdown and hit into 3 perfect perfect outs. I had 1 perfect perfect land. The RNG can be crazy and it makes it hard for me to want to play showdown if I’m putting in a bunch of time and getting no reward for it

I agree. Especially if you fail, you just wasted 2 hours, even if it wasn’t your fault!

Eh, worth a try

@CCCStunna30 said in New content Edit: Bosses, Topps now, Headliner, Shark Map revealed!:

Walter, bad motion negates a lot of value to card

Harper is overshadowed by walker. Only people that will use him is philly fans and the few who struggle with walker

Thomas is a platoon bat with Ruth at 1b, or Thames, or Musial, or Ortiz.

Why another first baseman... Yes Ruth and Musial are outfielders but no one is really gonna use either in the outfield

They said that Walker is better. They said that their job is to put out good cards, and you get to choose which cards to put on your team. It may be a hard choice.

I just put in a buy order for deGrom. Thankfully, his price went down by 20K from last night.
It just went through! Now I have a question:
Do I flip it? It would get me 10K profit, and it only took me 2 minutes to get the buy order to go through. Or do I hold onto it?

So, @MrGamebred and I have been opening packs with each other, and we did it again tonight. Got 4 bundles, and a 10-pack. The good players I got:
Hader
Arozarena (Diamond?)
Pro Elite
DOUBLE DIAMOND: Chapman and Heyward (In one pack!)
JV!!!!
Lance Lynn
Buehler: Diamond?
This helps A BUNCH with TA exchanges.
That puts me at 480K! Trout, here I come.

@SchnauzerFace said in Owned | 3 , Sellable | 0:

I'm doing my morning flippy floppies and I have noticed several times I'll come across a card that says I own 2, but 0 are sellable. That seems weird, but I always assume maybe I've got that guy on the bench in a Showdown run (I don't have any current BR or Event lineups). But I just saw a dude that says I own 3 and none are sellable. It's a silver that I definitely don't have on my RS squad, and I don't even think I have any showdowns active. What's the dilllllllllll???

You got him in TA packs, so they are non-sellable