lol Mets

<font color=goldenrod>It's ridiculously easy to make a young team that will wind up being far and away the best in the league via fantasy draft mode.</font>

You mean like some sort of...fantasy team?

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah, but I mean the CPU picks guys based on current ratings and not necessarily their potential rating. You can load up on A-potential guys.</font>

I want to see Road to the Show changes in person. Played a number of games on 09 this week, and the sheer amount of base hits down the 1st and 3rd base line is staggering. I've also shut off the game a few times when outfielders dive head first on a fly ball and end up giving up an inside-the-park homerun.

Still love the game, but AI in RttS doesn't seem to work as well as I would like.

In my first AA season as White Sox closer I have 30 saves and a 1.80 ERA. I re-sign for 2 years at a AAA contract and get demoted back to AA before I even throw a pitch. I got the call back up and have been the Set-Up guy. I have a really low ERA, but I keep getting put in with 2nd and 3rd with no outs and my WHIP is through the roof.

<font color=goldenrod>Only other complaint I have is player stamina, drains way too quickly. Catchers normally need regular rest but guys like Wright still need a day off every week otherwise they risk injury. Kinda dumb.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Had an awesome full season at AAA, again getting promoted to closer before the first month was finished. Made the All-Star team and such, the Red Sox added me to their 40-man roster at the end of August so I figured I'd get called up when the AAA season was over, then they removed me from the roster the next day. :mad:

They re-signed me to a 1-year MLB bullpen contract for 2012 though, was on their 40-man roster and got invited to spring training. Wound up making the Opening Day bullpen.</font> :cool:

Yeah...08 was easier to make it to the bigs. I was a starter and a HOF'er in 08 3.99 era and 231 wins...now I'm in 2019 with two short major league call ups... all in relief. And I'm pissed like the guy who gets the call from the pen in 2nd or 3rd inning. It kills your energy.

But I still love it

Finally hit a homerun in RTTS. Second AB of the 2012 season, brought in the pinch hit in the bottom of the 9th, down by 1. Too bad nobody was on base.

We wound up losing in 12.

Became the Phillies' full-time closer in 2014. Had 46 saves, a 2.06 ERA and didn't win reliever of the year. :rant:

:lol:

Picked this up today. Loving it so far. Went the opposite route of you guys though and decided to becoming a SP. Drafted by the Orioles, my line so far. 12.1 IP 3 ER 1.87 ERA 1.09 WHIP. Last game I threw 50 pitches, 41 of them being strikes

<font color=goldenrod>Haven't played RTTS in a couple weeks but I was doing well in middle relief to start my big league career. Passed my first set of advancement goals......they then bumped me into the closers role despite Papelbon doing well and making much more money than me.

Not exactly realistic, but whatever.</font>

I know exactly what you are talking about. Had 3 hits given up on a row because of my fucking fielders giving up

Same happened to me, Vito. I was named closer in September 2013 while the old closer already had 40 saves and a respectable ERA.

I also hate how some guys retired in 2011 due to age. A-Rod and Utley both retired after winning MVPs.

I find this game extremely frustrating. This is the first baseball game I've played in probably close to 10 years. I feel that at times, no matter what, the AI comes up with big plays and easily scores runs. Still gotta get the hitting down too.

Only good moment I've had so far was having Chipper Jones hit a walk off home run for a final of 2-1 over the Marlins after a tough, defensive game. Other than that I end up usually wanting to throw the controller through the fucking television.

I bought the game this weekend, will start a RTTS tomorrow..... possibly as a 2nd baseman..... not sure..... either way I've played some exhibition games and I can't hit for shit other than home runs and bloop singles...... I guess it will take some getting used to....

Got called up to AAA for the last half of the 2012, hit .445 with many homers, all-around great stats, and hitting all of my goals.

After the playoffs they sent me back down to AA saying my performance has not been up to par.

*Angry eyes.*

Had a fucking ERA under 2 with 40 saves for the Phils and then get sent down to AA for the rest of the year. Get designated for assignment the last week of the season and don't get to make it to spring training. So fucking frustrating.

Got called up to the majors for a short time. In my first MLB at bat hit an RBI double off of Phillies pitcher Andy Pettite. I'm sure I impressed Phillies first baseman David Ortiz.

(Both of them retired after that season.)

If anyone wants to play online, hit me up. I'm Cooler_Schuler.

<font color=goldenrod>Played this for the first time in a while. Started a new RTTS as a CF (with the ability to play the other OF positions). Decided to cheat slightly and pick a team with "Thin" depth at CF so I don't get stuck behind somebody like Andrew McCutchen or Adam Jones.

After a random selection amongst all the teams with thin CF depth I wound up on the Reds. Gone 3-for-9 with 1 RBI and 1 BB so far in just 4 games played. My first game was hella embarrassing though. Got called on to pinch run, coach said to steal, took a slight lead and got picked off without even returning to first :o was in the game for approximately 5 seconds.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Fuck, about a month into the season the Reds traded me to the gayass Yankees. Hope I don't make the bigs with them or else I'll have to lose my glorious facial hair.</font> :(

My CF got drafted by the Yankees, traded to the Nationals. Let the contract expire, signed with the Twins, got traded to the Braves, then traded back to the Yankees. Now I'm putting up huge numbers, but the Yanks don't have room on the 40-man to promote me.

<font color=goldenrod>I started off red hot, but early season numbers are deceiving as in the span of about 2 weeks I went from like .333 to barely .250

I can't draw any walks because the CPU rarely throws balls. Makes it annoying when one of my advancement goals is to draw a single walk in a 3 week span.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Wound up getting traded yet again, this time to the Rockies. Spent the rest of the year on their AA team. Ended up getting shit hot and went from a bench player to starting 2 out of every 3 games.

End of the 2010 Season (all in AA):
Games: 96
AB: 251
AVG: .347
H: 87
R: 29
2B: 15
3B: 2
HR: 1 (finally came during my first AB of the last game of the season)
RBI: 36
SB: 6
CS: 11 (fucking coach wants me to steal far too often and I suck at it)
BB: 5 (CPU never throws balls + I'm impatient)
K: 29
SLG: .434
OBP: .376
OPS: .811
A: 7
PO: 112
E: 0

Season started out really well, then I slumped majorly, and then bounced back in a huge way. Hopefully will be an everyday player to start 2011, and get my way up to AAA.</font>

Just out of curiosity, does the game have the Drillers new stadium?

so my Franchise freezes when Vernon Wells hits his 200th HR of his career..... don't know how many he had going into the game, but I've only played 12 games (he prolly has 4-5 so far... can't remember) I have no way to access any updates via Internet, so am I screwed?

<font color=goldenrod>Nah, there are like 5-6 generic AA/AAA/ST parks and that's it.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>That sucks. Probably will just have to re-start. At least it's only 12 games.</font>

I can never get a new baseball game. I'm a Pirates fan, and by the time I get the game home it's out of date because half the players have been traded.

<font color=goldenrod>Okay, what the fuck. I feel like I quit out of games against the CPU more than I finish them now. The rubber-band AI is insane and kicks in every single time I go up by more than 3. The next inning I'm guaranteed to give up runs and have my pitches lose all effectiveness, anything in the strike zone will be hit. I get that things like this happen in baseball, but it shouldn't happen EVERY TIME I happen to get a big lead.</font>

Do you have "the internet"? Free roster updates are available.

Fucking hitting .397 for the Blue Jays and got moved to the 9 hole because I wasn't getting on base enough (aka not getting enough walks).

<font color=goldenrod>I pretty much only actually PLAY in RTTS now. I'm just simming through my season, partly because I want to get it over with and partly because I'm pissed off at how my games seem to shake out half the time.

Stopped at the AS break. Like the realism that every team needs a representative, and the subsequent realism that because of that, there are a shitload of snubs. The top 6 or 7 SP, top RP, and top 4 or 5 CP all get on no matter what team they're from. So you get some shitty position players making the cut to ensure every team has a rep. Poor Wright, Reyes, and Francoeur got snubbed from the NL team because of that rule :( It's okay though cause Santana, Pelfrey, and K-Rod made it :shifty:

My team's pitching has been ridiculous and put me way out in front, I'll probably sim to the playoffs and play from there.</font>