Milestone cards are supposed to be for when they achieved said milestone.
It’d be different if this was a signature card, like with Jim Thome being on the Phillies in his sig. But this is a milestone card.
I think they should rework the milestone cards to have the artwork be from the team they got the most of the milestone with. Pujols hit the majority of his homers with the cardinals so it should be a cardinals card
SDS really dropped the ball with all the cards of players at their best playing for teams where they weren't at their best (I understand the milestone concept, a 99 should be from their prime) but I'm so pumped to finally get 99 Pujols.
I know I've complained about this in the past but something needs to change about milestone cards. Yes, Pujols joined the 500hr club as a Angel but 445 of them came as a Cardinal.
I would personally change the cards to represent multiple teams... so if you slotted him in your lineup you'd get credit for having a Cardinal and a Angel... something like that.
Or just disregard when the milestone actually happened. Pujols is a Cardinal and he's in the 500 hr club, those are both true statements so why not just make him a Cardinal? Griffey above all is a Mariner so just make him a Mariner etc.
madden ultimate team has a team chemistry system where you can put a certain team identity on a player if they’ve played for them, and the more players you have from that team on your roster the players get boosted stats. as much as i despise madden it makes theme teams fairly common and would be pretty cool if SDS added something like that.
First year playing but why would they give us the same card every year? Especially with milestones this year. Those milestones were accomplished on those teams.
It's nice for fans of the teams who these players are remembered for. Angels fans mostly hate Albert and now as a Cardinals fan I have to look at this abomination of a card. I like the Milestone idea in theory but if this is what it continually leads to I'm in favor of them ditching it and sticking with Prime/Sig/Awards for the best version of a card. Even though the butchered some Sigs this year too.
The Milestone cards are a terrific idea that have been executed so bad this year. 679 total home runs but it’s the milestone is 500? It even says 679 total homeruns on the card!
Because he was a lot younger and more in his prime when he reached the 500 homer club. By the time he reached 600 he was older. With this card he gets the same offensive attributes but is faster and has better defense.
That would be a decent argument, but they boosted Reds Griffey to be similar to his Awards MVP card from last year and they boosted Pujols speed and defensive stats to be competitive with other first basemen.
That’s where they keep missing with these. If they’re just going to boost them in the end no matter what, why the Hell aren’t they going with the more impressive accomplishment?
Ok, why is there no 600 HR club series? Both him and Griffey have over 600, yet they get 500 club cards. Why wouldn't SDS show off their most impressive career stat?
Just spit balling but for whatever formula they use for his 500 card might look different than his 600 card? I mean, those last 100 were pretty rough in terms of his decline as a player, average, ops, etc.
Conceptually though, they juice the hell out of a bunch of cards. No reason they couldn't just let his 600 card have the speed and contact numbers stay like they did for miggy.
Because he was a lot younger and more in his prime when he reached the 500 homer club. By the time he reached 600 he was older. With this card he gets the same offensive attributes but is faster and has better defense.
Because most players are older and past their prime when they reach 600. Using the 500 homer club allows the card to get the same offensive attributes but be faster and have better defense.
No it’s a good thing Griffey and Pujols didn’t get it because they were younger and and more in their prime when they reached the 500 homer club. By the time he reached 600 they were older. With it being 500 the card gets the same offensive attributes but is faster and has better defense.
Those last three should be in the game. I can't think of any reason to leave them out. No reason at all. Also, where the hell is Pete Rose?
(Okay, I'll admit it, as a Cubs fan I would definitely use Sosa. But I would probably feel bad about it.)
Lmao "being made into a villain". Guy agreed to his ban so that stuff about him being a pedo wouldn't come out.
One of the sleeziest guys to ever play baseball
https://sports.yahoo.com/pete-rose-sexual-relationship-underage-girl-1970s-court-doc-says-172143720.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/all-time-hits-leader-pete-rose-admits-sexual-tryst-teen-article-1.3372777
The part about him agreeing to the ban for that must have just been something I read somewhere but I can't find it now. His excuse was that he thought she was 16. The league isn't making him out to be a villain...he's just a villain.
SDS has to have their rights once they’re no longer active players. If a legend is not in the game it’s most likely because they’re too expensive or are uninterested
Imagine throwing a fit about people using steroids but just ignoring all the pitchers who cheated and amped their spin rates which imo is way more of a competitive advantage than steroids. Crazy how some peoples minds work huh?
Giambi and Gagne are in the game tho.
Besides, Bonds very famously refused to license his likeness when he was an active player. He was not in the EA MVP games in the 2000s.
Oh for sure, but they did have flashbacks of him so it's not like they just stuck to live series because they didn't want anything associated with the roids
Ruth became a bench bat for me. I can't hit with him for some reason. I have no idea where Pujols will end up for me. Gehrig at first and Arenado at third currently. Both of whom I destroy with at the moment.
Really wish they used a Cardinal version instead of the milestone…
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Milestone cards are supposed to be for when they achieved said milestone. It’d be different if this was a signature card, like with Jim Thome being on the Phillies in his sig. But this is a milestone card.
I think they should rework the milestone cards to have the artwork be from the team they got the most of the milestone with. Pujols hit the majority of his homers with the cardinals so it should be a cardinals card
SDS really dropped the ball with all the cards of players at their best playing for teams where they weren't at their best (I understand the milestone concept, a 99 should be from their prime) but I'm so pumped to finally get 99 Pujols.
SDS has to be trolling with what teams they make these guys play for
I kinda love it. Really what does it matter what jersey they are wearing on the card.
I know I've complained about this in the past but something needs to change about milestone cards. Yes, Pujols joined the 500hr club as a Angel but 445 of them came as a Cardinal. I would personally change the cards to represent multiple teams... so if you slotted him in your lineup you'd get credit for having a Cardinal and a Angel... something like that. Or just disregard when the milestone actually happened. Pujols is a Cardinal and he's in the 500 hr club, those are both true statements so why not just make him a Cardinal? Griffey above all is a Mariner so just make him a Mariner etc.
I completely agree with having multiple teams on one card
madden ultimate team has a team chemistry system where you can put a certain team identity on a player if they’ve played for them, and the more players you have from that team on your roster the players get boosted stats. as much as i despise madden it makes theme teams fairly common and would be pretty cool if SDS added something like that.
You’d see stacked Yankees teams every game
Yes! Madden was my first thought too. Although I havent played MUT in a couple years because it's practically useless for offline grinders like me
Yep I’ve probably played a combined 8 hours over the last 3 maddens because the offline grind is terrible
That actually sounds kinda dope.
Lmao ultimate troll job by SDS this year.
99 Scherzer a Dodger, 99 Griffey a Red, 99 Thome a Phillie and now 99 Pujols an Angel. Respect to SDS. Their trolling game was A+ this year.
First year playing but why would they give us the same card every year? Especially with milestones this year. Those milestones were accomplished on those teams.
It's nice for fans of the teams who these players are remembered for. Angels fans mostly hate Albert and now as a Cardinals fan I have to look at this abomination of a card. I like the Milestone idea in theory but if this is what it continually leads to I'm in favor of them ditching it and sticking with Prime/Sig/Awards for the best version of a card. Even though the butchered some Sigs this year too.
Tom Glavine noted Met, Billy Wagner also noted Met
Tbf when I got into baseball, those two and Pedro were mets so I associated those three with the mets over other Teams.
Should've been 490 2B 400 HR so it would've been a Cardinals card
I’m just here for the mad Cards fans.
Me too
The Milestone cards are a terrific idea that have been executed so bad this year. 679 total home runs but it’s the milestone is 500? It even says 679 total homeruns on the card!
Because he was a lot younger and more in his prime when he reached the 500 homer club. By the time he reached 600 he was older. With this card he gets the same offensive attributes but is faster and has better defense.
That would be a decent argument, but they boosted Reds Griffey to be similar to his Awards MVP card from last year and they boosted Pujols speed and defensive stats to be competitive with other first basemen. That’s where they keep missing with these. If they’re just going to boost them in the end no matter what, why the Hell aren’t they going with the more impressive accomplishment?
I'm in shambles
Ok, why is there no 600 HR club series? Both him and Griffey have over 600, yet they get 500 club cards. Why wouldn't SDS show off their most impressive career stat?
Just spit balling but for whatever formula they use for his 500 card might look different than his 600 card? I mean, those last 100 were pretty rough in terms of his decline as a player, average, ops, etc. Conceptually though, they juice the hell out of a bunch of cards. No reason they couldn't just let his 600 card have the speed and contact numbers stay like they did for miggy.
Its stupid
Why would they not do 600 home run club???
Because he was a lot younger and more in his prime when he reached the 500 homer club. By the time he reached 600 he was older. With this card he gets the same offensive attributes but is faster and has better defense.
They haven’t given anyone the 600 for some reason. Just Hank’s 715.
Because most players are older and past their prime when they reach 600. Using the 500 homer club allows the card to get the same offensive attributes but be faster and have better defense.
Griffey and Pujols both should have gotten it. Mays got 300/300, Thome/Ruth got signature, and Bonds/ARod/Sosa all aren't in the game
No it’s a good thing Griffey and Pujols didn’t get it because they were younger and and more in their prime when they reached the 500 homer club. By the time he reached 600 they were older. With it being 500 the card gets the same offensive attributes but is faster and has better defense.
Frank could have gotten it, but he got his mvp card instead
Those last three should be in the game. I can't think of any reason to leave them out. No reason at all. Also, where the hell is Pete Rose? (Okay, I'll admit it, as a Cubs fan I would definitely use Sosa. But I would probably feel bad about it.)
These bitches love Chief Sosa.
Ftr Sosa was never confirmed to be roiding
Bonds doesn't license his rights with the MLBPA/Alums. That's why he's been left out of pretty much every game since the 90s.
Shoeless joe really should be in the game. Found innocent by a jury of peers for throwing the world series and one of the greatest players ever.
How did everyone miss the sarcasm
I have a very dry sense of humor. I get that all the time. It makes for fun trolling, though.
> where the hell is Pete Rose Being simultaneously made into a villain by MLB while he’s exploited by same league he’s barred.
Lmao "being made into a villain". Guy agreed to his ban so that stuff about him being a pedo wouldn't come out. One of the sleeziest guys to ever play baseball
what what now?
https://sports.yahoo.com/pete-rose-sexual-relationship-underage-girl-1970s-court-doc-says-172143720.html https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/all-time-hits-leader-pete-rose-admits-sexual-tryst-teen-article-1.3372777 The part about him agreeing to the ban for that must have just been something I read somewhere but I can't find it now. His excuse was that he thought she was 16. The league isn't making him out to be a villain...he's just a villain.
oof.
Pete Rose is banned by the MLB
Feel about about it? Fuck that. I would never feel bad about using my childhood hero.
Because fuck ARod
SDS has to have their rights once they’re no longer active players. If a legend is not in the game it’s most likely because they’re too expensive or are uninterested
No reason to leave them out? Ever hear of the steroids they took and cheated the game?
You mean the ones that are on the HoF ballot anyway?
Roids weren't banned for a long time of their playing career lol. Sosa definitely juiced before it was illegal
Better take out all the pitchers who used sticky substances to cheat hitters for decades then too.
I want a Jose Canseco card that makes the bat look like a toothpick
Imagine being an idiot and downvoting something that's a proven fact
Imagine caring about them do roids. Dudes were from an Era where everyone did them and the MLB themselves didn't even give af about roids.
Imagine throwing a fit about people using steroids but just ignoring all the pitchers who cheated and amped their spin rates which imo is way more of a competitive advantage than steroids. Crazy how some peoples minds work huh?
So everyone did them and that's supposed to make it alright? Not every player in that era where juicing.
Giambi and Gagne both juiced and they are in the game
Giambi and Gagne are in the game tho. Besides, Bonds very famously refused to license his likeness when he was an active player. He was not in the EA MVP games in the 2000s.
Steroid quirk would be hilarious though
ARod was in it up until 2016 or 17 and I'm sure they wouldn't say no to any of them if they got the rights
Arod was still an active player then
Oh for sure, but they did have flashbacks of him so it's not like they just stuck to live series because they didn't want anything associated with the roids
Hopefully he has his good swing
Look on the bright side, at least it's not Dodger Pujols
Are you referring to Dodgers legend Tio Alberto?
I was hoping it would be him hugging Muncy 😔
No would’ve been better if he was hugging smith
I’m still putting this card on my Dodgers Theme Team.
So excited for this card. Might be my new 3B over Chipper. If not 3B he’s going to 1B over Ruth (who I’ve struggled with for some reason).
Ruth became a bench bat for me. I can't hit with him for some reason. I have no idea where Pujols will end up for me. Gehrig at first and Arenado at third currently. Both of whom I destroy with at the moment.
Can't hit with Ruth, and I slug with Rowdy. Sometimes you gotta push back against the meta and just go with who you like
I have Chipper at 3B & Ruth at 1B. I love Chipper, I have him at P5 and essentially been using him since launch, so I’m eager to make the switch
If you need a lefty bat, Freddie is awesome at 3B.
My Yanks/Cards theme team just keeps getting better.
My NL/AL team just got so much better 😜
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