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thanks for the post. updating my game now as i see fit...

some of these updates seem exaggerated, for instance:

-iwamura's speed increase to B from a C? he's quick but only 8 SBs on the year
-ichiro's power bumped up to a B from C (only 6 hrs) and speed is now A(14)? he's fast but not on the level of juan pierre or jose reyes which also have a speed of 14.
-another oddity is that ichiro still has a "poor day game" ability. i changed it to "good day game" since he batted .326 this year and is .332 lifetime in day games! there seems to be alot of inaccuracies with the good/poor day/night game abilities in MLBPP 08 and even more strange as this stat category is straightforward.
-they updated ellsbury's power to B but 9 hrs this year and only .394 slugging

-matsui's power is updated from B to A (while being injured a good portion of the year and only getting 9 hrs, slugging numbers down) and then run speed from D to C with 0 stolen bases on the year?!
-nomo is one of my favorites. i have some good memories of watching him pitch in the 90s but i will keep his stats as is just to keep pace with current skill and abilities.

2 questions. what pitch is SFF (for Matsuzaka)? also, did they really change manny ramirez's abilty from "pr small ball" to "gd small ball"? that one also seems wrong.

Author:	odawali [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:43 am ]
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They have passwords available on their site for the Japanese version, but naturally they won't work on our version. I'll just post the stats for anyone interested. Not that I necessarily agree with their evals (Cautious STL for Cliff Lee? How many times was he even on base this year??), so take it for what it's worth. I'll keep this post updated as they release more passwords. October 25th Update Derek Jeter TRJ 2 CON 13 PWR 158 RUN 13 ARM 12 FLD 13 ERR 13 Clutch Hit 4, Stealing 2, Bunt Master, Bases Clearer, Head 1st Slide, Gd InF Hitter, Contact Hitter, Hot Hitter, Bare-handed Catch, Gold Glover Agg. Run, Agg. FLD, Star, Gd Eye Albert Pujols TRJ 4 CON 14 PWR 227 RUN 10 ARM 11 FLD 13 ERR 13 VS Lefty 5, Consistency 4, Walk-off Hitter, Head 1st Slide, Contact Hitter, Power Hitter, Push Hitter, Hot Hitter, Firstball Hitter, Intimidator, Barehand Catch, Throwing 4, Patient Hitter, Agg. FLD, Gd Eye, Star Alex Rodriguez TRJ 4 CON 13 PWR 242 RUN 12 ARM 13 FLD 12 ERR 12 Durability 4, Consistency 4, Stealing 4, Head 1st Slide, Gd Rain, Gd InF Hitter, Power Hitter, Push Hitter, Hot Hitter, Intimidator, Gold Glover, Barehand Catch Slugger, Agg. FLD, Gd Eye, Star David Wright TRJ 4 CON 13 PWR 198 RUN 11 ARM 11 FLD 11 ERR 11 Consistency 4, Clutch Hit 1, Stealing 4, Walk-off Hitter, Bases Clearer, Contact Hitter, Break Up DP, Barehand Catch, Head 1st Slide, Pr Rain, Agg. Run, Agg. FLD, Gd Eye, Star Kosuke Fukudome TRJ 3 CON 11 PWR 153 RUN 12 ARM 13 FLD 12 ERR 13 Bases Clearer, Contact Hitter, Cannon Arm, Star As of Oct 19, 2008: Evan Longoria TRJ 3 CON 9 PWR 176 RUN 8 ARM 11 FLD 9 ERR 8 Power Hitter, Timely Whiff, Star Akinori Iwamura TRJ 2 CON 10 PWR 143 RUN 12 ARM 11 FLD 11 ERR 10 Push Hitter, Timely Whiff, Bare Hand Catch, 2nd Position 4, Agg. FLD, Patient Hitter, Star Daisuke Matsuzaka SPD 98mph CTL 166 STM 188 HSLD6 / CUT4 / CB3 / CHG5 / SPIT3 / SHU1 W/RISP 4, Consistency 4, Walk, Sand Bag, Star Hideo Nomo (Note: In his prime years '95-96) SPD 96mph CTL 159 STM 176 SLD3 / CB3 / FORK6 / CHG3 Poise 2, VS LHB 4, Walk, Poker Face, Gd Delivery, Dr. K Ichiro TRJ 2 CON 14 PWR 147 RUN 14 ARM 15 FLD 14 ERR 13 Durability 4, Clutch Hit 4, Contact Hitter, Spray Hitter, Hot Hitter, Bunt Master, Gd InF Hitter, Firstball Hitter Throwing 4, Base Running 4, Stealing 4, Spider Catch, Cannon Arm, 2nd Position 4 Star, Slap Hitter, Agg. FLD, Pr Day Game, Gd Rain Cliff Lee SPD 93mph CTL 168 STM 174 CUT5 / DCB4 / CHG4 Groundball P, Fastball Life 4, Dr. K, Power P, Cautious STL Jacoby Ellsbury TRJ 2 CON 9 PWR 112 RUN 14 ARM 9 FLD 13 ERR 14 Push Hitter, Stealing 4, Slap Hitter, Gd Eye, Patient HTR, Agg. STL Dustin Pedroia TRJ 2 CON 13 PWR 152 RUN 10 ARM 10 FLD 11 ERR 10 Bases Clearer, Gd InF Hitter, Contact Hitter, Pull Hitter, Slugger, Agg. Hitter, Agg. STL, Agg. RUN, Agg. FLD, Pr Rain, Star Manny Ramirez TRJ 4 CON 13 PWR 211 RUN 7 ARM 11 FLD 7 ERR 12 Bases Clearer, Walk-off Hitter, Contact Hitter, Power Hitter, Push Hitter, Tough Out, Intimidator Spark Plug, Gd Small Ball, Slugger, Cautious STL, Gd Eye, Star Hideki Matsui TRJ 4 CON 12 PWR 189 RUN 10 ARM 11 FLD 11 ERR 11 Durability 2, Clutch Hit 4, Power Hitter, Pull Hitter, Patient HTR, Cautious STL, Star

Author:	ubo123 [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:07 am ]
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link? edit: nvm found it and also see u have it in your post

Author:	cownip [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:08 am ]
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That's great that they do that, if only they did for the U.S. version.

Author:	apb407 [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:53 am ]
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NICE good find! I edited Evan Longoria, Pedroia, Matsui, and Manny before hand and they looked alot like these.

Author:	DeathJohnson [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:37 pm ]
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Author:	cownip [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:11 pm ]
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Star doesn't do much as an ability, its just for popular players or brand names of the franchise,which the above listed are. Longoria, Upton, Iwamura, Crawford, and Kazmir are really the brand-name players of the Rays. Jeter, Matsui, A-Rod, Posada, Wang, Joba, Mariano, Damon, Abreu are all brand-names too.

Author:	Comfortably Lomb [ Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:32 pm ]
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Sweet Jebus! Daisuke is a monster! Hard Slider at 6 and cutter at 4?!? You could seriously mess with a human batter switching between the two of those.

Author:	critical12 [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:37 am ]
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thanks for the post. updating my game now as i see fit... some of these updates seem exaggerated, for instance: -iwamura's speed increase to B from a C? he's quick but only 8 SBs on the year -ichiro's power bumped up to a B from C (only 6 hrs) and speed is now A(14)? he's fast but not on the level of juan pierre or jose reyes which also have a speed of 14. -another oddity is that ichiro still has a "poor day game" ability. i changed it to "good day game" since he batted .326 this year and is .332 lifetime in day games! there seems to be alot of inaccuracies with the good/poor day/night game abilities in MLBPP 08 and even more strange as this stat category is straightforward. -they updated ellsbury's power to B but 9 hrs this year and only .394 slugging -matsui's power is updated from B to A (while being injured a good portion of the year and only getting 9 hrs, slugging numbers down) and then run speed from D to C with 0 stolen bases on the year?! -nomo is one of my favorites. i have some good memories of watching him pitch in the 90s but i will keep his stats as is just to keep pace with current skill and abilities. 2 questions. what pitch is SFF (for Matsuzaka)? also, did they really change manny ramirez's abilty from "pr small ball" to "gd small ball"? that one also seems wrong.

Author:	ChiCubsFan4 [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:11 pm ]
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There were some more on the page. Maybe they're updating rapidly? I'd post them, but Google Translate can sometimes be unreliable. I mean seriously, what ability is called "strike force"? And what the heck is ballistic 2? All I know is that currently, in this order from top of the page down, the new ones are: - Derek Jeter - Albert Pujols - Alex Rodriguez - David Wright - Kosuke Fukudome (I think)

Author:	Comfortably Lomb [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:40 pm ]
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I assumed SFF is split-finger fastball. Daisuke's splitter isn't very impressive though. In fact, I think he's mostly abandoned it.

Author:	nasa0003 [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:38 pm ]
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critical12 wrote: thanks for the post. updating my game now as i see fit... some of these updates seem exaggerated, for instance: -iwamura's speed increase to B from a C? he's quick but only 8 SBs on the year -ichiro's power bumped up to a B from C (only 6 hrs) and speed is now A(14)? he's fast but not on the level of juan pierre or jose reyes which also have a speed of 14. -another oddity is that ichiro still has a "poor day game" ability. i changed it to "good day game" since he batted .326 this year and is .332 lifetime in day games! there seems to be alot of inaccuracies with the good/poor day/night game abilities in MLBPP 08 and even more strange as this stat category is straightforward. -they updated ellsbury's power to B but 9 hrs this year and only .394 slugging -matsui's power is updated from B to A (while being injured a good portion of the year and only getting 9 hrs, slugging numbers down) and then run speed from D to C with 0 stolen bases on the year?! -nomo is one of my favorites. i have some good memories of watching him pitch in the 90s but i will keep his stats as is just to keep pace with current skill and abilities. 2 questions. what pitch is SFF (for Matsuzaka)? also, did they really change manny ramirez's abilty from "pr small ball" to "gd small ball"? that one also seems wrong. erm, Nomo is retired anyway.....

Author:	Eric Davis 44 [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:58 pm ]
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Nomo played this year: http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nomohi01.shtml

Author:	odawali [ Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:09 pm ]
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I'm beginning to lose interest in these updated, as they're obviously juiced beyond Konami's standard evaluations. It seems they're allowing users to vote on players abilities and the results are partially reflected in the updates. ChiCubsFan4 wrote: There were some more on the page. Maybe they're updating rapidly Added. critical12 wrote: 2 questions. what pitch is SFF (for Matsuzaka)? also, did they really change manny ramirez's abilty from "pr small ball" to "gd small ball"? that one also seems wrong. SFF is Split-Fingered Fastball. Fixed to SPLIT. Confirming Gd Smallball for Ramirez. Eric Davis 44 wrote: Nomo played this year: Yes, but the whole point of releasing his password of his prime years is because he retired, as a tribute to his career.

Author:	critical12 [ Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:34 am ]
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odawali wrote: Eric Davis 44 wrote: Nomo played this year: Yes, but the whole point of releasing his password of his prime years is because he retired, as a tribute to his career. right, that's kool. i can appreciate that and will probably use his 90s version in exhibition mode rather than season. hey eric davis. another ex-dodger from the 90s even if it was only for a short time

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Author:	cownip [ Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:12 pm ]
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What!? Why does Jeter have stealing 2? He got pick-offed for the second time in his career this year and the first time in like 10 years, but other then that he has no problems. He's a very good stealer and I can't remember another time he got caught. It makes no sense, you can't judge that by one bad game.