MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

[dbacks_Nation]

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

I'm curious guys, how do you take screenshots from your PS3? Do I need a video capture card to do so?

[Mo]

I'm curious guys, how do you take screenshots from your PS3? Do I need a video capture card to do so?

Nope. The Show allows you take pics. Just hit the ps button on your controller, so that xmb comes up. Slide to left to pictures tab. slide one up(I think) and it should say take screenshot.

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[Guffers]

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

Nope. The Show allows you take pics. Just hit the ps button on your controller, so that xmb comes up. Slide to left to pictures tab. slide one up(I think) and it should say take screenshot.

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Wow I never knew this! Thanks!

[berenjena]

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

I'm thinking about trading Upton in my D'backs franchise...I already acquire Moustakas and Soria ($11 Mil for a reliever, which means that a return for upton should be in my price range, I only have $16 mil left to use for the payroll) for Archie Bradley (A), Matt Davidson (B), and another B prospect that I can't remember.


Now Upton is a great player don't get me wrong... but I wouldn't hit water if I felt of a boat with him. I'm looking for a 1st basemen (Goldsmith could be included in the package), a RF (to replace Upton) and an a Legitimate Ace (I could included Jarrod Parker or Skaggs if necessary) any Ideas?

[Sheamazin]

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YES!!!YES!!!YES!!!
The Mets were road warriors thru the playoffs winning 6 road games inculding 4 wins in Philly. Never thought I would make it the World Series. Now I will get to try and repeat the '86 series. The National League won the All Star game so I have the home field advantage. I was only able to win 1 game playoff game at home. We shall see.

LETS GO METS!!! LETS GO METS!!! LETS GO METS!!!

[nomo17k]

Re: MLB 11 The Show "Franchise/Season" Progress Thread

YES!!!YES!!!YES!!!
The Mets were road warriors thru the playoffs winning 6 road games inculding 4 wins in Philly. Never thought I would make it the World Series. Now I will get to try and repeat the '86 series. The National League won the All Star game so I have the home field advantage. I was only able to win 1 game playoff game at home. We shall see.

LETS GO METS!!! LETS GO METS!!! LETS GO METS!!!

Well done. My Mets are fading out and not likely to make it to the playoff at all. I hope that you have lowered A-Gon's fielding ratings enough.

[Cdiplayer]

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Turns out that Brian Mccann signing was an incredibly bad idea in the long run since after his first monster year when he hit 41 homers and led the Astros to a world series win his power numbers have looked like this
36, 22, 18, 14, 13
His batting average over those years was pretty lousy too although it did go back up briefly in his fourth year when I decided to move him to first base and acquire Buster Posey as my new catcher. Anyway in the last year of his contract I traded him to the Nats at the trade deadline for prospects. Anyway my pitching staff, led by Trevor Cahill, Daniel Hudson and Tommy Hanson has led me to back to back world series wins.

[NovaniK]

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I'm currently in the 2012 season in my Washington Nationals season, after finishing the 2011 season in 4th place in the NL East. I decided I needed to focus on pitching during the off-season and while I tried very hard to keep core players and go after some big name free agent pitchers, I just couldn't make the impact that I wanted to. I ended up snagging two leftys in Scott Kazmir and Paul Maholm. So my rotation looks like this...<O</O
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1: S. Strassburg (R)<O</O
2: S. Kazmir (L)<O</O
3: J. Zimmermann (R)<O</O
4: J. Lannan (L)<O</O
5: P. Maholm (L)<O</O
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In the pen, I had at the start of the 2012 campaign consisted of the following...<O</O
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LRP: R. Detwiler (L)<O</O
LRP: H. Rodriguez (R)<O</O
MRP: G. Mock (R)<O</O
MRP: S. Burnett (L)<O</O
SU: T. Clippard (R)<O</O
CL: D. Storen (R)<O</O
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My traditional starting lineup consisted of the following at the start of the season...<O</O
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1: SS I. Desmond (R)<O</O
2: RF J. Werth (R)<O</O
3: 3B R. Zimmerman (R)<O</O
4: 1B A. LaRoche (L)<O</O
5: LF J. Gomes (R)/M. Morse (R) - I've been platooning here as both have put up solid numbers.<O</O
6: 2B D. Espinosa (S)<O</O
7: CF E. Perez (R) - A prospect I had to call up more out of need than anything, he was rated higher than Roger Bernadina, who is still down in AAA.<O</O
8: C W. Ramos (R)<O</O
9: Pitcher<O</O
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Note that I wanted to keep this as close to simulation as possible by not bringing up Bryce Harper right away. Anyways, he is currently struggling hitting just .193 in AAA so far this season.<O</O
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My biggest black eye was that I had no true leadoff hitter, a lack of left handed hitters and a serious need for a legitimate center fielder. So I made a move in mid-May to try to make a run of this thing. <O</O
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Trade with the Cleveland Indians...<O</O
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Nationals Get <O</O
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CF Grady Sizemore<O</O
RP Rafael Perez<O</O
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Indians Get <O</O
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CL Drew Storen<O</O
RP Matt Chico - My top-rated reliever in the farm system<O</O
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I lose Storen (A potential) who had developed into one of the top closers in the business, so I moved Tyler Clippard to the closer role. <O</O
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Sizemore would make an immediate impact, sending Perez to the bench and Desmond down into the 7 hole. <O</O
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In his first game as a National against the visiting Cincinnati Reds, Sizemore hits a solo homerun to lead off the game. He followed that up with another solo homerun in the 3rd, to lead the Nats over the Reds 4-2 and picking up player of the game honors. <O</O
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At this point, I'm sitting in 3rd in the NL East, just 3.5 games back of the division-leading Marlins. Looking forward to seeing how this thing progresses.<O</O

[Cowswin]

Re: MLB 11 The Show &quot;Franchise/Season&quot; Progress Thread

Quick update:

I finished May with a monthly record of 21-8, giving me a 35-17 overall record, and tied with the Orioles for first, 1/2 game ahead of Boston.

The odd thing is I am killing it on the road. I am 26-4 away from Yankee Stadium, and 9-13 at Yankee Stadium.

Teixeira had a power outage, only swatting 3 HRs this month.

Beckett did throw a no-no against KC, striking out 13 and allowing one walk.

Other than that, things remain status quo. June is usually one of the better months, as I always seemingly do well in interleague play, so hopefully I can turn the 3-team race into 2 teams chasing me.

[Cowswin]

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Quick transaction updates:

Mark Trumbo came off the DL and I called him up to replace the injured Mark Teixeira, who will miss a month with a shoulder strain.

I designated Ramiro Pena for assignment and called up Cla Meredith to replace him to bolster the bullpen.

Finally, in the MLB draft, I snagged 3 RP and a SS for when Jeter retires.

I am in the middle of the month of June right now. I will update on my June progress after the month concludes in my franchise.

[nomo17k]

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I don't care if nobody's talking about MLB 11 any more... I love slow kids...

2011 New York Mets

85 - 77 Finished 3rd in NL East
Scored 676 runs, Allowed 642 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85 - 77

Batting Stats:

Pos                     Age     G    PA   AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS  TB GDP HBP SH SF
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3B       David Wright    28   146   619  573  81  140  32  9  26  95  15  7  39 161 .244 .292 .468  .760 268  21   2  0  5
LF          Jason Bay    32   150   600  547  56  123  33  3  18  63   1  1  51 174 .225 .292 .395  .687 216  13   1  0  1
SS         Jose Reyes    27   143   596  530  78  135  18  8   5  39  63 12  59  89 .255 .332 .347  .679 184   5   4  0  3
RF     Carlos Beltran    33   141   564  516  71  147  34  2  17  81  24  6  43  86 .285 .339 .457  .796 236  17   1  0  4
1B          Ike Davis    23   142   544  495  67  126  39  7  18  89   1  0  40 114 .255 .313 .471  .783 233   8   4  0  5
CF        Angel Pagan    29   119   466  415  60  112  18  6   2  34  25  6  41  99 .270 .343 .357  .699 148   6   6  2  2
C          Josh Thole    24   134   403  358  39  102  20  3   8  46   2  1  35  57 .285 .355 .425  .779 152  10   6  0  4
1B      Daniel Murphy    25   102   350  318  41  106  23  0   6  47   4  6  27  54 .333 .383 .462  .845 147   7   1  0  4
2B         Brad Emaus    21    92   264  240  22   57   9  3   6  28   1  0  20  48 .237 .295 .375  .670  90   5   1  0  3
C       Ronny Paulino    29    85   237  215  26   58  16  2   0  18   1  1  17  40 .270 .326 .363  .689  78   9   2  1  2
CF    Matt Den Decker    23   105   232  215  30   51   7  2   0  18  28  7  13  49 .237 .281 .288  .570  62   2   1  1  2
1B         Troy Glaus    34    69   219  199  25   61  19  0   9  28   1  0  20  58 .307 .370 .538  .908 107   5   0  0  0
LF      Willie Harris    32   109   202  178  20   40   5  2   2  17  18  5  17  38 .225 .298 .309  .607  55   1   2  4  1
LF     Scott Hairston    30    92   191  178  18   36   7  3   6  30   0  1  11  61 .202 .251 .376  .628  67   3   1  0  1
RF         Randy Winn    36    52   189  168  23   45   9  3   2  17  11  5  17  33 .268 .335 .393  .728  66   6   1  1  2
P       Johan Santana    31    34    80   58   5    8   0  0   0   2   0  0  10  21 .138 .265 .138  .403   8   1   0 12  0
P         Chris Young    31    31    66   51   5    5   0  0   0   2   0  0   8  22 .098 .217 .098  .315   5   1   0  6  1
P         R.A. Dickey    36    33    63   51   2    3   0  0   0   1   0  0   6  31 .059 .158 .059  .217   3   1   0  6  0
P        Mike Pelfrey    27    31    64   48   2    6   1  0   0   2   0  0   4  15 .125 .185 .146  .331   7   1   0 10  2
P          Hideo Nomo    18    26    51   41   0    5   1  0   0   1   0  0   1  12 .122 .143 .146  .289   6   0   0  9  0
P           Jon Niese    24    54    17   15   1    2   0  0   0   0   0  0   2   7 .133 .235 .133  .369   2   0   0  0  0
3B          Zach Lutz    24     5     6    5   1    0   0  0   0   0   0  0   1   1 .000 .167 .000  .167   0   0   0  0  0
SS       Ruben Tejada    21     6     7    5   2    2   0  0   0   0   1  0   2   0 .400 .571 .400  .971   2   0   0  0  0
RF  Fernando Martinez    22     5     5    5   0    0   0  0   0   0   0  2   0   4 .000 .000 .000  .000   0   0   0  0  0
CF   Kirk Nieuwenhuis    23     5     5    3   1    1   0  0   0   1   0  0   2   2 .333 .600 .333  .933   1   0   0  0  0
C        Mike Nickeas    28     4     2    2   0    1   0  0   0   1   0  0   0   1 .500 .500 .500 1.000   1   0   0  0  0
P       Chris Capuano    32    66     5    3   0    1   0  0   0   0   0  0   1   1 .333 .500 .333  .833   1   0   0  1  0
P     Taylor Buchholz    29    64     1    1   0    0   0  0   0   0   0  0   0   0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0   0   0  0  0
P        Manny Acosta    29    35     1    1   0    0   0  0   0   0   0  0   0   1 .000 .000 .000  .000   0   0   0  0  0

Pitching Stats:

Pos                      Age   W  L   ERA   G  GS QS CG SHO SV BSV HLD     IP    H   R  ER  HR  BB   SO   BF  WHIP
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SP  Johan Santana         31  15 11  3.23  34  34 23  7   2  0   0   0  239.1  220  91  86  19  69  180  983  1.21
SP  Mike Pelfrey          27  10 13  3.71  31  31 19  2   1  0   0   0  201.1  179  89  83  20  67  134  843  1.22
SP  R.A. Dickey           36  10 10  4.07  33  31 17  2   0  1   0   0  192.1  204  98  87  28  51   92  815  1.33
SP  Chris Young           31  15  5  3.03  31  31 22  1   0  0   0   0  190.0  188  72  64  23  45  129  786  1.23
SP  Hideo Nomo            18   8  9  4.34  26  26 15  0   0  0   0   0  153.1  148  76  74  20  48  144  649  1.28
SP  Jon Niese             24   7  4  4.63  54   9  4  0   0  0   3   9  112.2  115  64  58  12  41   68  483  1.38
SP  Chris Capuano         32   5  4  2.81  66   0  0  0   0  2   1  19   77.0   72  24  24   9  18   53  313  1.17
CP  Francisco Rodriguez   29   2  6  4.07  65   0  0  0   0 43   9   1   55.1   52  25  25   4  25   39  235  1.39
RP  Taylor Buchholz       29   1  2  2.96  64   0  0  0   0  3   2  23   54.2   51  20  18   4   9   45  218  1.10
RP  Bobby Parnell         26   3  4  4.70  48   0  0  0   0  0   1   7   46.0   44  28  24   6  16   42  194  1.30
RP  Tim Byrdak            37   2  2  2.20  59   0  0  0   0  1   5  17   41.0   37  11  10   3  20   31  178  1.39
RP  D.J. Carrasco         33   2  4  4.54  36   0  0  0   0  0   3   6   35.2   39  21  18   6  13   25  159  1.46
RP  Manny Acosta          29   5  1  3.06  35   0  0  0   0  0   0   6   35.1   33  16  12   2  18   24  152  1.44
SP  Dillon Gee            24   0  2  4.26   6   0  0  0   0  0   0   0    6.1    8   3   3   1   1    4   27  1.42
SP  Armando Rodriguez     23   0  0  2.25   3   0  0  0   0  0   0   0    4.0    1   1   1   1   1    7   14  0.50
RP  Blaine Boyer          29   0  0  0.00   3   0  0  0   0  0   0   0    3.2    4   0   0   0   0    5   14  1.09
RP  Pedro Beato           24   0  0  3.00   3   0  0  0   0  0   0   0    3.0    3   1   1   0   1    1   12  1.33
SP  Manny Avarez          25   0  0  3.38   3   0  0  0   0  0   0   0    2.2    2   1   1   1   0    2   10  0.75
SP  Jenrry Mejia          21   0  0  4.50   2   0  0  0   0  0   0   0    2.0    1   1   1   1   0    3    7  0.50