MLB '08: The Show Walkthrough

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MLB '08:THE SHOW
Fielder Career Mode FAQ(Version 1.0; March 27th '08)
Written by: Aj_the_one
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Table of Contents
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* Denotes nothing changed from last years game
A.Version History
B.Introduction
C.Legal Stuff
D.Creating A Fielder
E.Fielding Positions
F.Ratings
G.Starting your Career
G1.Spring Training
H.Regular Season and Playoffs
H1.Schedule
H2.Around the League
HH1.Standings
HH2.Statistics
HH3.Team Overview
HH4.Team Rankings
HH5.Who's Hot
HH6.League Roundup
HH7.League Leaders
HH8.Accolades
H3.Player Management
I.Career Home Menu
I1.Locker Room
I2.Contract
I3.Interactions
I4.Training
J.Off-Season
K.Retirement
L.Batting/Fielding Tips
M.Fielder Career Progress
N.Points Needed to MAX Ratings
O.The Art of Base Stealing
P.The Art of Home Run Hitting
Q.The Art of Defense
R.Credits
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A.Version History
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Version 1.0-FAQ Completed
Version 1.3-Updated Career Progress and made some changes to all 3 Art Of
sections.
Version 1.4-Made some corrections and Updated to the FAQ and updated my career
progress.
Version 1.5-Updated Career Progress and added a section for the number of
points needed to max out ratings. Also added a new fielding tip.
Version 1.6-Updated career progress after a long delay
Version 1.7-Made some changes and updated career progress
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B.Introduction
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Awwwwyeah!!!!You know it's baseball season and you know that brings us a new
wonderful game from Sony. This years iteration is better than the last and
there are a couple of worthwhile additions this year. Enough with the intro
though, let's get to it!!!
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C.Legal Stuff*
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My FAQ may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal or
private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed
publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other
web site except for www.gamefaqs.com and www.ign.com or as part of any public
display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright.
Copyright 2008 Armand Sellers
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D.Creating a Fielder*
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This is where you will make your future Hall Of Famer(Hopefully). Much like
the pitcher section you choose your batters age, height weight, number,
position, handedness, batting stance and ratings. Most of the changes are
cosmetic with the exception of your position and your ratings. Since these
are all cosmetic I have no suggestions except for going with what you like.
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E.Fielding Positions
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As you all should know there are 8 positions that can be played and as such
that you can choose from. I will give a brief description of each position
and I what you should expect in that position.
IMPORTANT!!! I didn't add any points to plate discipline because I will be
controlling my batter and I can choose whether to swing at a pitch or not.
Also with all positions I prefer to have speedy contact hitters.
IMPORTANT!!! Each rating can only be increased by 5 points and you have a
total of 50 points to distribute to all your ratings.
Catcher
His main job is to call the pitches that the pitcher should throw then
actually catch pitches thrown. In addition to this he also has to catch weak
fly balls behind the plate and also throw out baserunners trying to steal.
Generally aren't fast but need to be durable.
Rating Recommendation-Contact/Power=+5, Arm Strength/Accuracy=+5 Durablity=+5
Plate Vision=+5,Fielding Ability=+5, Clutch=+5.
1st Baseman
He presides over the other "hot corner". Most of your throws in the game will
come to your 1st baseman to get outs. In addition to this he also will keep
runners in check or will play the foul line to spear hard line drives.
Another position which doesn't require much speed but great reaction time.
Rating Recommendation- Contact/Power=+5, Durability=+5, Arm Strength/
Accuracy=+5,Reaction=+5, Fielding Ability=+5,Clutch=+5, Vision=+5
2nd Baseman
He will be busy throughout the course of the game because he will catch alot
of the balls thrown to second base and he is also responsible for guarding
the middle of the field(shared with the Shortstop). As a result of this he
will turn alot of Double plays and should have good speed and reaction time
and an accurate arm.
Rating Recommendation-Contact/Power=+5, Durability=+5, Arm Strength/
Accuracy=+5,Reaction=+5, Fielding Ability=+5,Speed=+5
Shortstop
Like the second baseman he also has a similiar position only from the other
side of the 2nd baseman(from the catchers perspective the left side of the
field). He also will chase down shallow fly balls and hits to the short
outfield in addition to turning double plays. Like the 2nd Baseman, speed and
reaction are important as is arm strength so the ball can get across the field
to 1st base faster.
Rating Recommendation-Contact/Power=+5, Durability=+5, Arm Strength/
Accuracy=+5,Reaction=+5, Fielding Ability=+5,Speed=+5
3rd Baseman
He presides over the "Hot Corner" so called because most Right Handed hitters
will pull the ball hard to this area. He must also catch fly balls in fair
and foul territory and will also throw to second to start double plays. Since
balls will frequently be hit hard at him he should have a good amount of
reaction to jump on bunts and also a strong arm so throws can get to 1st
base faster.
Rating Recommendation-Contact/Power=+5, Durability=+5, Arm Strength/
Accuracy=+5,Reaction=+5, Fielding Ability=+5,Clutch=+5
Left Fielder
As the corner infielder closest to the plate he will back the 3rd baseman in
making plays home in addition to fielding both fair and foul balls. Generally
doesn't need a strong arm but is always helpful. Should have good fielding
ability and also a fair amount of speed.
Rating Recommendation-Contact/Power=+5, Durability=+5, Arm Strength/
Accuracy=+5,Reaction=+5, Fielding Ability=+5,Speed=+5
Center Fielder
Is the "captain" of the outfield and is responsible for covering the most
ground to get ot fly balls and also coordinating with other outfielders to
avoid collisions. Since he hase the most ground to cover he should possess a
great amount of speed and fielding ability and good reaction time also. Arm
strength normally isn't paramount but as with all other positions, it helps
alot.
Rating Recommendation-Contact/Power=+5, Speed=+5, Fielding Ability=+5
Reaction=+5, Arm Strength/accuracy=+5, Durability=+5
Right Fielder
As the other corner outfielder he will back up the 1st baseman on balls in his
direction. Also has alot of ground to cover so he should be reasonably fast
and should have a very strong arm because he is farthest from 3rd base and
good fielding ablility so he can actually catch the ball.
Rating Recommendation-Contact/Power=+5, Speed=+5, Fielding Ability=+5
Reaction=+5, Arm Strength/accuracy=+5, Durability=+5
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F.Ratings
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Now this is the meat and potatoes of your player. This is where you will
develop his ratings strarting out. Needless to say this is extremely important
because how your player starts off is crucial to getting a head start on being
the best player you can be. Your ratings will be balanced though because you
can only increase each stat by 5 points and you have 50 points to spend.
IMPORTANT!!!It is crucial for you to try and achieve the goals that your
manager sets for you. If you fail the goals you'll lose points and that will
be detrimental to your player development.
CONTACT(Left and Right handed)- As it's name implies this rating determines
how easy it is for you to make good contact with the ball. If this rating is
low you could time your swing perfectly and still not get a good hit. This
will also make it easier for you to hit to all fields.
IMPORTANT- All postions
Starting Point- Maxed out(5 points this year)
POWER(Left and Right Handed)- Like contact except this determines how hard you
can hit the ball. If your power rating is high then you will find it easier
to hit homeruns and hard line drives.
IMPORTANT- 1st/3rd Base,Right/Left Outfielders
Starting Point- Since it only takes 5 points to max this out why not?
BATTING CLUTCH- This rating is basically a test of your mettle or how you
perform in pressure situations(Runner in scoring position, game on the line).
This is important but not as important as some other ratings which are harder
to raise.
IMPORTANT- All positions
Starting Point- Leave it alone
BUNTING ABILITY- This determines how well you can lay down a bunt. This is
kind of important because if you lay down a good bunt it's easy for you to
get on base. If your fast it becomes even easier.
IMPORTANT- All positions(I guess)
Starting Point- Leave it alone
DRAG BUNTING- This is the same as bunt only it is layed down while the pitch
is in motion and is meant to fool the infielders.
Important- All positions(I guess)
Starting Point- LIA
PLATE VISION- This determines how much of the plate you can basically see or
cover with a swing. The better this stat becomes wider the narrower the
strike zone becomes and the eaiser it is for you to see pitches and get hits.
Vlad's plate vision is crazy(Hence the reason why he can knock a pitch that's
close to the dirt out of the park.
IMPORTANT- All positions
Starting Point-+5
PLATE DISCIPLINE- This determines how patient you batter is at the plate.
Obviously this rating doesn't matter if you are controlling your player
because his discipline is determined by you(you choose what to swing at).If
you are simulating games then this rating becomes important but if not don't
bother.
IMPORTANT- None(If you are controlling the player)
Starting Point- LIA
BASE RUNNING ABILITY- This detemrines how well your player rounds the bases.
Basically this is a measure of he turns back and forth(say if he's running
to second base but has to retreat to first). It also measures how fast you
take off when trying a steal attempt.
IMPORTANT- Fast players
Starting Point- LIA(Won't be more important than speed or Batting)
BASE RUNNING AGGRESIVENESS- This is a measure of how aggresive you player is
rounding the bases. Like plate discipline this rating doesn't matter if you
are controlling the player because you choose how aggressive you are when you
want to steal a base.
IMPORTANT- None(You control your player)
Starting Point- LIA
DURABILITY- This rating determines how many games you can play back to back
and how often you get injured. Players with great durability have long seasons
and careers which should be what you are shooting for. If your durability is
low you won't play in many back to back games because you'll be too tired and
if you can't play then you can't get any points.
IMPORTANT- All Positions
Starting Point-+5
SPEED- As it's name implies it's how fast your player is in the field and on
the base paths. Depending on the position you would want to have a fast player
because that makes it easier to get to balls and turn plays.
IMPORTANT- 2nd Base/Shortstop, Center Fielder
Starting Point- I would say Max this out for all positions since it's only 5
points and I can't think of any other rating to increase in place of this.
ARM STRENGTH- This rating determines how strong you player throws the ball in
the field. This is crucial for Catchers and Corner Outfielders because they
will almost always be in a position to catch a runner(either stealing base or
trying to tag from 3rd base).
IMPORTANT- All positions
Starting Point-+5
ARM ACCURACY- This determines how accurate your throws are. This should be
proportionate to you Strength because a ball thrown hard will no accuracy will
normally do more harm then good.
IMPORTANT- All positions
Starting Point- +5
REACTION TIME- This determines how fast your player reacts when the ball is in
play. This important for everyone because the faster you react to the ball the
higher the chance you will get an out.
IMPORTANT- All positions
Starting Point-+5
FIELDING ABILITY- This determines how well you layer fields the ball and how
often he will make an error. As a result of this you should want all your
player to have good fielding ability especially the 1st baseman because that's
where most of your throws in a game will go to.
IMPORTANT- ALL Positions
Starting Point-+5
BLOCKING ABILITY- This determines how well you catcher can block a wild pitch
from rolling to the back stop and out of his reach. Important for catchers
because this will cover up some of the mistakes your pitcher will make.
IMPORTANT- Catchers
Starting Point- LIA The starting point for catchers is fine.
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G.Starting your Career*
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Once you have finished making you fielder you will be prompted to select what
team you want to go. Depending on what position you chose to play, your ideal
team will differ. If you want to spend some time in the minors then I would
recommend you go the Yankees or any team that is strong at your position. The
reason for this is that during spring training you will be playing the MLB
Team and you play almost eveyrday to get some points before the regular season
starts.
G1.Spring Training
You will only have the opportunity to do spring training in your first year.
There are ways to get around this limit though. Whenever your contract is up
decline the offer from the teams and choose to go into the season without a
team. You will get the chance to pick what team you want to play for then you
will be able to do spring training all over again. Your goal in spring
training is to do good enough to make the team(You will never make the MLB
team from spring training. You will always start in the minors). This is good
because you get to play with the Big Boys and get alot of training points to
improve your fielder. Just focus on getting your hits and HR's and you'll do
fine.
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H.Regular Season and Playoffs*
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Once spring training is done you will enter the regular season and a number of
menu options available for you to cycle through. I will give a synopsis of the
options and also go into depth a little bit. I'm going to assume that everyone
who is playing this game knows how the regular season progresses so I'm not
going to explain that in this section. Not a whole lot of changes that I
noticed this year.
H1.Schedule
As it's name implies this is where you see your teams schedule and where you
have to go to play your games. The greatest feature of THE SHOW is the ability
to simulate innings and games. If you want to advance to your next game you
would simply hit X and then hit the option that says sim to next appearance.
The game will simulate all other games until you the one you are playing in.
This will allow you to progress through your career alot faster than if you
had to play every single game.
H2.Around the League
This is basically your stats central. If it's a stat it can be found in this
menu. I will break this down section by section to make it easier to read and
more comprehensive.
HH1.Standings
This is where you come to check the standings in the league. You can see what
your overall record is, How many runs your team has scored, Runs given up,
Winning Streak,record of last 10 games played,Record against division, Home
record,Away record, Day record and Night Record. Yeah I know it's a lot of
stats and you probably won't look at them through most of the season.
HH2.Statistics
In this screen you can see the individual statistics for the entire league,
broken down team by team. There is a very comprehensive list of stats and if
I listed them all this section would be alot longer so I am going to name the
primary ones which are:Games Played,At-Bats,Batting Avg,Hits,Runs scored,
doubles,triples,homeruns,Runs Batted In,Stolen Bases,Times Caught Stealing,
stolen base percentage,Base on Balls, Strikeouts,Slugging Percentage, and
On-Base Percentage.For the pitchers it is:Games Played,Wins,Losses,Earned Run
Average,Games Started,Complete Games,Shutouts,Saves,Blown Saves,Innings
pitched,Hits allowed,Runs,Earned Runs,HomeRuns,Bases on balls and Strikeouts.
HH3.Team Overview
This screen will show your entire organiztion, affiliates and all and the
state of mind your organization is in whether it's rebuild or push for the
playoffs. Not very useful though.
HH4.Team Rankings
In this screen you can see what your team is ranked in every offensive and
defensive category an also see the top the three players on your team in that
category.
HH5.Who's Hot
Here is where you can see who's hot in the league or who's been on a tear in
the past month. This is useful for seeing who you should avoid when you play
a particular team.
HH6.League Roundup
This is where you can monitor all the transactions in the league. Signings,
trades, releases everything involving the movement of players either from the
DL or to another team or even moving up and down from the minors.
HH7.League Leaders
Here is where you can see who is leading the league in a good portion of the
statistics that were listed above. If you are a stat nut(as most of us are)
then you will spend alot of time in this menu option looking at and glossing
over your stats.
HH8.Accolades
It is in this menu screen that you see who the front runners are for the
yearly awards and also look at the MLB single-season and career records in
addition to being anle to look at the list of all the players inducted into
the Hall Of Fame. You can also see where everybody is in terms of the All-Star
voting. Depending on how good your numbers are you will spend some time in the
awards and the All-Star voting sections.
H3.Player Management
In this screen you see your team's batting order and pitching rotation but
since your a player not a manager you can't mess with any of the lineups or
rotations. This means you have to rely on the manager putting you in the game
which can be very frustrating. By pressing O you can see your player card
which has your information on it such as your stats for the current season and
the one before it,all of your ratings, your contract info and your scouting
report which can be interesting to read. This is where you can see where you
measure up with the rest of the league. The scouting report tells you about
your player. It's also interesting to see what they are saying about you as a
player.Since you can't edit the rosters the only reason for you coming here
is to see how much better or worse you are than your teammates which can
affect your playing time.
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I.Career Home Menu
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I decided to dedicate a whole section to this area of the game because it has
some really important options that need to be discussed in depth so everybody
can have a good understanding of how they work. As I will break this up into
sections for ease of reading.
NEW CHANGE- When you go to this screen you will see that the layout has been
completely changed from last year. The Home menu now alternates between your
season and last game stats, your scouting report and contract information.
I1.Locker Room
Not much has changed in this section of your career mode. You can check
messages from your manager or teammates, see your game or career stats, see
your personal list of achievements and a graph charting your stats
throughout your career.
I2.Advancement Goals
New to this years game are the advancement goals. These basically boil down to
the things you need to do to move your way up. From what I've seen so far they
consist of improving specific ratings to to a point and also keeping a certain
feilding %. For a fielder you will see things like drive in a certain number
of runs or collect a certain number of bases. It's important to try and meet
these goals, if you don't you will either be booted from the lineup or dropped
in the order.
I3.Interactions
Much like last year you will see situational interactions like when you aren't
getting enough playing time or are in the lower half of the batting order.
RETIRE-"Retire from major league baseball and ride off into the sunset like a
true professional."
Reaction- Retiring will allow you to look at your plaque with a statement of
how you did in the league. You will be able to look at your numbers one last
time but you won't be able to play with your player anymore and you will also
have to start another career mode.
I4.Training
Okay!! This is where you will spend most of your time in your career because
it is here where you will make your pitcher better by using the training hours
that you accumlate through completing the in-game tasks. Now you only have
one primary rating that is trained and 2-3 secondary ratings trained.
IMPORTANT!!! Whereas last yeat it mattered whether your team won, this year it
doesn't mean anything. If you go 5 for 5 in a losing effort you will get the
same amount of points you would have if you won.
Batting Cages vs. RHP- "Fine tune your hitting skills in the cage".
Primary Attributes- Contact R
Secondary Attributes- Contact L
Batting Cages vs. LHP- "Hit off southpaws in the batting cage"
Primary Attributes- Contact L
Secondary Attributes- Contact R
Weight Room- "Beef up your power by hitting the weight room"
Primary Attributes- Power R, Power L
Seconday Attributes- Power L, Power R
Batting Coach- "Work with your coach to improve your swing"
Primary Attributes- Vision, Plate Discipline, Clutch
Seconday Attributes- Discipline/Clutch, Vision/Clutch, Vision/Discipline
Bunting Drills- "Learn to bunt with presice accuracy"
Primary Attributes- Bunting Ability
Seconday Attributes- Drag Bunting
Drag Bunting- "Learn how to bunt for hits consistently"
Primary Attributes- Drag Bunting
Seconday Attributes- Bunting Ability/Speed
Stretching- "Keep yourself limber and loose to avoid injuries"
Primary Attirbutes- Durablity
Secondary Attributes- Reaction Time
Sprints- "Sprints will help you improve your speed"
Primary Attributes- Speed
Seconday Attributes- Base Running Ability
Long Toss- "Long toss will improve your arm strength"
Primary Attributes- Arm Strength
Seconday Attributes- Arm Accuracy
Infield Drills- "Improve your fielding skills"
Primary Attributes- Throwing Accuracy, Fielding Ability
Seconday Attributes- Throwing Strength, Reaction Time
Shagging Fly Balls- "Learn to take better routes to the ball"
Primary Attributes- Reaction Time
Seconday Attributes- Fielding Ability
Base Running Drills- "Improve your skills on the base paths"
Primary Attributes- Base Running Ability, Base Running Aggressiveness
Secondary Attributes-Speed, Base Running Aggressiveness/Base Running Ability
I5.Batting Performance
New to this years game is the tracking of your batting performance. Depending
on whether he gets alot of hits or frequently strikes out or rarely gets on
base he will recieve a bonus or decline in his hitting ability. This can have
a very dynamic impact on your career and makes it all the more important to
try and be consistant. My player is hot and now when I see fastballs in the
zone I hit homeruns(though my swing is timed right and I have little to no
power and not much contact either). This should testify as to how important
this can be.
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J.Off-Season*
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For all the stuff you have to do during the season you would the off-season
would be worse right? Well you'd be wrong you have 4 options to look at in the
off-season menu which are Retirements,Hall of Fame inductees,Career
progression and end off-season. There really isn't anything to do except look
at a numerical representation of how much better you got. Outside of that just
continue on to end off-season and start the next year. If you are in a
contract year then you will have the option of resigning with your old team or
accepting a contract from a new team. Regardless of what you do, you can get
alot more then what they are offering(depending on how good your player is).
Make sure that you save your game before you go into the off season so when
you negotiate your contract you can see how much money you can get out of
them. This area has remained unchanged from last year.
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K.Retirement*
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If you choose the retirement option in the Career Home menu your manager will
Will give you a message basically supporting your decision to retire. After
that message you will see your plaque which will have a paragraph basically
outlining how great or poor you were in your career.
IMPORTANT!!!In order for you to get into the Hall Of Fame it doesn't matter
how filled up your bar is, your status symbol must Hall Of Fame instead of
All-Star.
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L.Hitting/Fielding Tips
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I've kept this section the same because from what i've seen so far all of
these tips still apply in this year's game.
Tip#1- WAIT FOR YOUR PITCH!!!I can't stress how important this is in terms of
getting hits and HR's. Wait for a pitch that you are comfortable with hitting.
For me it's pitches that come on the inside. I wait until the pitch is thrown
to that location then I jump on the pitch. Everybody has different hitting
styles and zones so stick with your favorite and most comfortable zone and
you will rack up the hits!!
Tip#2- BE PATIENT AT THE PLATE!!! This is actually an extension from the first
tip but equally as important. Everytime I have went into a hitting slump this
was the cure. Guess your favorite pitch and location and wait for the pitcher
to throw either(Depending on the zone and the pitch you will guess both right
at the same time)to your location or your pitch. This gives you wider plate
coverage and makes it easier to hit the ball.
Tip#3- ON INSIDE PITCHES PULL THE BALL!!!Since the ball is already coming
toward you, use the momentum to launch the ball out of the park or at least
get a hit. This is the easiest way to hit a Home run especially when swinging
with Power.
Tip#4- LAY DOWN A DRAG BUNT TO GET EASY HITS!!!I should note that this only
works with a VERY HIGH speed rating. I have done this at least 50 times and
haven't gotten caught yet. And my drag bunting rating is 0. If you need to
continue a hit streak or want to start one, try to lay down the bunt on your
1st AB.
Tip#5- THIS MIGHT NOT WORK FOR EVERYBODY!!!GUESS THE PITCH DIRECTION OPPOSITE
OF WHERE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE HITTING THE BALL!Since I see the ball better when
it is moving away from my batter(and he's a switch hitter) I guess to the
inside when batting against a RHP and guess to the outside against a LHP. I
basically do this to cover my plate vision. If I guess right then I see where
the pitch is going. If i'm wrong I know the pitch isn't coming inside and I
can adjust my swing.
Tip#6- TRY TO GET HITTING STREAKS!!!Although most of you have already been
trying to do this, TRY HARDER!!! because the game rewards you handsomely for
lengthy hitting streaks. I get 100 points every game even I get a base hit.
You really start to see the difference once you get to 10 games.
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M.Fielder Career Progress
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Once again I'll chart my career progress to give you an idea of how I develop
my player.
IMPORTANT!!!!In this years game you only have 50 points to spend to start your
career!!! You can't decrease any stats either as I guess the goal was to make
your player as balanced as possible from the outset. This is actually a
benefit in disguise because you can improve all the important stats starting
out.
Throws/Bats=Right/Right
Position=Centerfielder/OF
Batting Stance=Ken Griffey Jr.
Contact L/R=+5
Power L/R=+5
Speed=+5
Durability=+5
Plate Vision=+5
Speed=+5
Arm Strength=+5
Arm Accuracy=+5
Fielding Ability=+5
All Others-None
I chose to start my career with the Yankees, me being a fan and all.
Spring Training with the Yankees
April-I had a fairly good April considering the playing time that I got. I
didn't hit any home runs but I did steal a couple of bases.
G=16 AB=52 Avg=.365 H=19 R=9 2B=3 RBI=4 SB=12 CS=5 BB=1 K=6 OBP=.370
Total Points=525 points
Batting Cages(RHP)-325 points
Batting Coach=50(Vis,Disc/Clt)
Stretching=50 points
Sprints=50 points
Long Toss=50 points
May-I petitioned for a start in the beginning of the month and got one and
haven't looked back since. I hit 7 HR's and my avg went up to .443. I'm also
starting to see pitches better.
G=38 AB=40 Avg=.443 H=62 R=27 2B=13 3B=1 HR=7 RBI=25 SB=32 CS=17 BB=2 K=10
OBP=.451 PO=76 E=0 Inn=282.2
Total Points=1111 points
Batting Cages(RHP)=150 points
Batting Coach=121 points(Vis,Disc/Clt)
Weight Room(RH)=100 points
Bunting Drills=160 points
Stretching=200 points
Sprints=200 points
Long Toss=100 points
Infield Drills=80 points(Fld,Reac)
June-
G=61 AB=237 Avg=.460 H=109 R=37 2B=26 3B=1 HR=8 RBI=44 SB=54 CS=31 BB=5 K=15
OBP=.469 PO=127 E=0 Inn=476.2
Total Points=1328 points
Batting Cages(RHP)=153 points
Batting Cages(LHP)=150 points
Weight Room(RH)=100 points
Batting Coach=70 points(Vis,Disc/Clt)
Bunting Drills=50 points
Stretching=255 points
Sprints=200 points
Long Toss=300 points
Infield Drills=50 points(Fld,Reac)
July-I made the All-Star team and got 250 extra points for it!! I also hit a
couple of milestones this month also which is the reaosn for me having so many
points. I got 150 hits and stole my 75th base.
G=88 AB=359 Avg=.449 H=161 R=54 2B=43 3B=2 HR=12 RBI=76 SB=75 CS=41 BB=5 K=21
OBP=.454 PO=212 E=0 Inn=726.2
Total Points=2182 points
Batting Cages(RHP)=580 points
Batting Cages(LHP)=137 points
Weight Room(RH)=90 points
Batting Coach=100 points(Vis,Disc/Clt)
Batting Coach=150 points(Disc,Vis/Clt)
Bunting Drills=75 points
Stretching=450 points
Sprints=200 points
Long Toss=300 points
Infield Drills=100 points(Fld,Reac)
August-I would say I had I really good month getting 3 HR's and 35 RBI's and
swiping 28 bases while raising my average 10 points. I got some points for
getting 200 hits, 50 doubles and stealing 100 bases also.
G=118 AB=497 Avg=.461 H=229 R=82 2B=60 3B=6 HR=15 RBI=111 SB=103 CS=51 BB=6
K=30 OBP=.466 A=5 PO=281 E=0 Inn=1004.2
Total Points=2160 points
Batting Cages(RHP)=550 points
Weight Room(RH)=115 points
Batting Coach=245 points(Vis,Disc/Clt)
Batting Coach=100 points(Disc,Vis/Clt)
Bunting Drills=100 points
Stretching=400 points
Sprints=100 points
Long Toss=450 points
Infield Drills=50 points(Acc,Arm)
Infield Drills=50 points(Fld,Reac)
September-We won the division and we'll play the Binghamton Mets in the
Division game.
Durability=63 points
Division Series vs. Binghamton Mets
Game 1-Hager vs. Burr(Win 2-1)
AB=4 H=2 2B=1 RBI=1 SB=2 K=1
Game 2-Grimm vs. Connoy(Win 4-1)
AB=3 H=2 RBI=3 SB=1
Game 3-Lockett vs. Schreiber(Win 5-0)
AB=4 H=1 R=1 SB=1
We swept the mets and I got Player of the game in the 1st and second game. I
also got 390 points in the series since all the goals and the point you get
from them are amplified.
EL Champpionship vs. Altoona Curve
Game 1-Connoy vs. Abe(Loss 2-0)
AB=4 H=2 SB=2
Game 2-Hillman vs. Emery(Win 7-1)
AB=4 H=3 RBI=1 R=3 SB=3
Game 3-Hager vs. Gutierrez(Win 2-0)
AB=4 H=3 SB=1 R=1
Game 4-Grimm vs.Dumatraut(Win 7-5)
AB=5 H=4 RBI=2 3B=1
We won the EL Championship and I had a pretty good run in the playoff racking
up 926 points.
Playoff Stats
G=7 AB=28 Avg=.607 H=17 R=6 2B=2 3B=1 RBI=7 SB=10 OBP=.586 PO=15 INN=63.0
Batting Cages(RHP)=300 points
Weight Room(RH)=200 points
Batting COach=50 points(Vis,Disc/Clt)
Stretching=50 points
Sprints=100 points
Long Toss=226 points
Career Progression(Rookie Year)
Age=24
Overall=+15
Con LHP=+14
Con RHP=+25
Pow L=+5
Pow R=+14
Clutch=+4
Bunting=+11
Drag Bunt=+3
Dur=+24
Vis=+13
Disc=+7
Speed=+9
Fld=+4
Arm Str=+19
Arm Acc=+