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  • I persevered through the slow videos for the past few days and hit the 500 mark everyday.  After doing another 500 tonight I'll be north of 70K gold.  I have bought exactly zero boxes so far on 20 - hopefully we see something equivalent to the POTM …
  • @tshea510 - correct - ATGs from 2019 are not special or unique in any way in 2020.  All keepers, whether they're legends or ATGs will have a standard "keeper factor" ratio applied to their 2019 base rating.  This is the reason why so many guys have …
  • Gold battles are a net resource extraction from the game - two guys pay 100 gold each, one guy walks away with 180, the house pockets the difference of 20.  I know certain people are gold battle experts and are raking it in, but that just means that…
  • That Brewers matchup with Houser pitching is exactly what I just lost to in the first round of the silver playoffs, except that the Brewers only had a TS of about 37,700 and Houser was only at level 11, rated 108.  He threw two shutouts anyway, whic…
  • You may get a variety of opinions on the preferred skills topic because it really depends on your favorite game mode, but personally I love WOH, so I plan to use double vs RHP.  It will always be turned on in WOH and CvC (assuming that I pay attenti…
  • Yes, you can choose R, L or switch.  Frankly, I can't think of an argument for choosing anything other than a switch hitter.
  • @More2Most2First - true story, but you'll find no sympathy here.  On behalf of all Mariners fans, the Dodgers will never be forgiven for suckering us into the Beltre signing.  I believe he'll end up getting into the HOF, but the M's had him for 5 ye…
  • I love the Ruben Sierra idea, he was a switch hitting stud in his younger years.  Glu how about a new feature - for players that played on multiple teams throughout their career, give us the option to choose which team we want to assign them to.  Id…
  • Depending on what the hitting ratings end up being for the 600 max guys, Guerrero should be considered too since he can close against both lefties and righties.  He'd likely sit on your bench outside of WOH, but he's strong stick.    
  • Why in the world did they make him a Ranger?!  That's actually a deal breaker for me.  If he was a Brave, Dodger or Yankee, I might consider capping him, but I have zero pennants for the Rangers.  Plus Kiner is still a beast against Babe, went 28-2 …
  • Sorry man, that sucks and I totally agree with your conclusion.  I basically used the same plan - landed Bowa on about cycle 5, then leveled him to D5.  It took a total of 28 cycles to cap him, but it really stressed me out, especially since I had a…
  • I’m in exactly same situation. Another thing to consider - my understanding is that if you were to make VIP during the month of February, you would be awarded the February VIP awards from a few weeks ago and would also get the March awards that will…
  • @DFBB - are your keepers irrelevant because their max rating is 550 or less, or because it was too costly to fully level their skills?  I know that you have an incredible team, but I would think that a 550 max lefty bat with skills at 20/20 would at…
  • Do we think that Judge’s vs RHP skill is going to stick? Or are they going to change it? If it stays the way it is, I kinda like him.
  • I've been told that Pete Rose didn't play second base - way before my time, so whatever, any switch hitter with double late innings.
  • There was a 0.33% chance to pull Clark?  Meaning one out of 300?  Talk about a unicorn.  I hope that the final 2019 box will have the normal 4-6% chance at the stud legend.  I've had trouble landing 2nd baseman all year, so I'm hoping for a switch h…
  • How did the final days of the 2018 version play out?  Was there a global announcement that it was the final week of 2018 and that 2019 would soon be available?  Was it known that a particular box was the "final" box for 2018? or did Glu continue to …
  • @squirtymcsquirt - my gripe is specific to players that I haven't pulled from a box yet.  I'd like to know what I'm "buying" beforehand.  The fact that some of the posts above are disagreeing on what the skills do, tells me that we need better infor…
  • To clarify the above - my understanding is that VIP status is NOT automatically triggered by reaching the magic 8270 ticket amount (the 90 free tickets from reaching S1 and G1 don't count) - the tickets are actually irrelevant - its the cash spent o…
  • I really hope that in the 2020 version they allow us to click on the skills to see what they do.  Particularly because they occasionally change the impact of the skills mid-year without changing the picture.  Remember back in the day when the "hot h…
  • Dykstra is currently the best left handed closer in the game, so that's a great start.  Since you've already committed to him by taking him to P10, personally, I'd focus on leveling him and forget any other legends/ATGs for the remainder of the year…
  • All pitchers and stuff ratings are the same as last week.
  • Personally, I plan to build my team solely around WOH, so I'll take whoever my best righty and lefty WOH closers - other game modes be damned.  
  • My view is that the late innings and blowout skill combination is terrible.  If you're a believer that blowout toggles off in WOH, then Smith isn't a good WOH player.  The late innings skill is only active for 2 out of 8 innings (assuming you win) i…
  • My diamond capped Kiner went 15 for 17 against the Babe on Monday (all attempts with 80 gold boost).  He's the best right handed closer I've had all year.  I love me some Kiner!
  • Since ARM and CTL seem to be irrelevant in this game anyway - I'm hoping for a true to form version of Wood that is something close to ARM=180, CTL=90 and STF=180.  I loved this guy as a kid but he was a walk machine and led the league in hit batter…
  • Should we expect to see an ATG that is a WOH closer at some point?  Maybe Baby Ruth during the last week of the year?  As a keeper for next year, I'd chase that like my life depended on it. 
  • At this point in the game, what is our motivation for investing in an ATG?  Especially one that has poor skills.  Since they nerfed the bonus point for ATGs, I don't see any value in him - but for big spenders, the LXP alone from those boxes should …
  • If I spent enough to reach VIP status today, do you think they'd hook me up with all that loot?
  • Yahtzee!  Right after I posted about the statistical BS, I opened two boxes - Wil Myers, then Shawn Green!  Odds be damned!
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