MLB 09: The Show (PlayStation3)

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Contents 1 Hints 1.1 Road To The Show: Increasing discipline 1.2 Recommended teams 2 Trophies 3 More...

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Road To The Show: Increasing discipline

In Road To The Show mode, when in a batting session just take every pitch. You will not lose points when you take strikes, and your discipline goes up by 5 points for every pitch that you take that is a ball.

Recommended teams

• The best young team for a franchise is as follows.
  

SP: Fransisco Liriano (L), Minnesota

SP: Matt Garza (R), Tampa Bay

SP: Cole Halmes (L), Philles

SP: Felix Hernandez (R), Seattle

SP: Zach Duke (L), Pittsburgh

CP: Brad Zigler (R), Oakland

C: Joe Mauer (L/R), Minnesota

1B: Miguel Cabera (R/R), Detroit

2B: Dustin Pedroia (R/R), Boston

3B: David Wright (R/R), NY Mets

SS: Jose Reyes (S/R), NY Mets

LF: Grady Sizemore (L/L), Clevland

CF: Jacoby Ellsburry (L/L), Boston

RF: Nick Markakis (L/L), Baltimore

DH: Evan Longoria (R/R), Tampa Bay

• Try the following team.
  

SP: Johan Santana

SP: CC Sabathia

SP: Cloe Hamels

SP: John Lacky

SP: Josh Bekkett

RP: Chad Bradford

RP: Ryan Madson

RP: JC Romero

CP: Brad Lidge

C: Joe Mauer

1B: Ryan Howard

2B: Chase Utley

3B: Evan Longoria

SS: Jimmy Rollins

OF: Manny Ramirez, Shane Victorino, Adam Dunn

DH: David Ortiz

J: Rod

• Try the following team.
  

SP: Tim Lincecum

SP: C.C. Sabathia

SP: Joba Chamberlain

SP: Johan Santana

SP: Pedro Martinez

CP: Mariano Rivera

C: Jorge Posada

1B: Albert Pujols

2B: Brian Roberts

SS: Derek Jeter or Jose Reyes

3B: Alex Rodriguez

OF: Nick Swisher, Johnny Damon, Ichiro

DH: David Ortiz

• For an unbeatable team in Season mode, choose the Detroit Tigers and turn "Force Trades" on. Perform the following trades. Although it does not always work, it is possible to get a 162-0 record if all the games are played well.
  

Jeremy Bonderman (SP) For Johan Santana (SP, NYY)

Edgar Renteria (SS) For Derek Jeter (SS, NYY)

Brandon Inge (3B) For Alex Rodriguez (3B, NYY)

Create one SP and one 1B and set the Attribute Points all the way up. Drop Carlos Guillen for the 1B. Drop Kenny Rogers for the SP.

Trophies

Complete the following tasks to unlock PlayStation3 trophy rewards.
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The Salami (Bronze): Hit a Grand Slam.

Walk off win (Bronze): Have a walkoff hit or walk to win a game.

RttS Power Plays (Bronze): Hit 2 HR in a single RttS game on All-Star or higher difficulty.

RttS In Control (Bronze): Strike out 10 batters in a single RttS game on All-Star or higher difficulty.

Make the Call (Bronze): Get called up to the MLB team.

RttS Streaker (Batter) (Bronze): Have a 10 game regular season hitting streak in Road to the Show. Simulating games in which your RttS player appears will restart the streak.

RttS Streaker (Pitcher) (Bronze): Have a 5 game regular season win streak in Road to the Show. Simulating games in which your RttS player appears will restart the streak.

Net works (Bronze): Win 5 online games.

It takes time (Hits) (Bronze): Get 1000 hits in any combination of modes.

It takes time (Strike Outs) (Bronze): Strike out 500 batters in any combination of modes.

It takes time (RBI) (Bronze): Get 1500 RBI in any combination of modes.

It takes time (HR) (Bronze): Hit 300 Homeruns in any combination of modes.

Managerial (Bronze): Win a Manager Mode game. Can be completed in Manager Mode, Season and Franchise.

Shut em' out (Bronze): Throw a Shut Out vs. the CPU on All-Star or higher difficulty.

Walk off in style (Silver): Have a walkoff HR to win a game.

Don’t Hit Me (Silver): Throw a No Hitter vs. the CPU on All-Star or higher difficulty.

Streaker (Team) (Silver): Have a 10 game win streak in Season or Franchise mode vs. the CPU. Simulating or Fast Forwarding will restart the streak.

RttS Streaker (Batter) (Silver): Have a 20 game regular season hitting streak in Road to the Show. Simulating games in which your RttS player appears will restart the streak.

RttS Streaker (Pitcher) (Silver): Have a 10 game regular season win streak in Road to the Show. Simulating games in which your RttS player appears will restart the streak.

RttS Added Value (Silver): Win any Award in RttS. (MLB only).

Major Leaguer (Silver): Join and complete (must play 60% or more games) an online league.

RttS Streaker (Batter) (Gold): Have a 50 game regular season hitting streak in Road to the Show. Simulating games in which your RttS player appears will restart the streak.

RttS Streaker (Pitcher) (Gold): Have a 15 game regular season win streak in Road to the Show. Simulating games in which your RttS player appears will restart the streak.

RttS MVP (Gold): Win the MVP award in RttS (MLB only).

RttS The Cycle (Gold): Hit for the Cycle with your RttS player.

Personal Perfection (Gold): Throw a perfect game on All-Star or higher difficulty using your RTTS player.

Online Legend (Gold): Win an online League (must play 60% or more games).

100% Clear (Platinum): This is the platinum trophy and is unlocked automatically when all the trophies have been unlocked.

Additionally there are two secret trophies.

Stop Thief! (Bronze): Steal 3 bases in a single RttS game.

It happens to everyone (Bronze): Lose 100 games.

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