Better Expansion Team
to get babe ruth hit 60 or more home runs in a season to get mantle have a 54 game hitting streak hit 70 or more to get mark M to get Joe d hit 60 or more home runs
Better franchise or expansion mode teams
Use trades to get rid of your older less talented players for slightly better players Even if the CPU rejects your trade keep trying repeatedly and it is usually eventually accepted However make the trade reasonable such as B for a B or B If the player you really want just does not seem to want to join your team try trading for another player who is slightly better then return to that player you want and try again Do this every season to keep good young players
To get whatever players you want go to the trade screen Take a bad player in your lineup with about a quotCquot rating and trade him for someone with a quotCquot Then trade the quotCquot person for a quotBquot and so on All your players will eventually have quotAquot rankings
Better hitting
Immediately after the pitcher releases the ball press Start You will see where the ball is going and if it will be a strike or ball Resume the game and move your batting cursor over it to get a nice powerful swing This will help you improve your hitting Note You do not need to press Start directly after he lets go of the ball it just gives you more time to move your cursor after the game is resumed
Use the pause technique before batting When you see where the ball is going try your best to get the ball as close to the point of the contact triangle the part closest to the batter not the thick part of the triangle you will usually get homeruns or at least doubles
Wait until the pitchers arm is in motion and is coming forward then swing If it looks like a bad pitch do not swing This strategy woks most of the time and works well with players such as Giambi Bonds or ARod
Better pitching
The best pitchers have a pitch called a quotSlurvequot for example Mark Burhele of the Chicago White Sox Also try the quotDominate Curvequot with Pedro
Cheat menu
Card
Name
1 Bobby Abreu
2 Edgardo Alfonzo
3 Roberto Alomar
4 Moises Alou
5 Brady Anderson
6 Garrett Anderson
7 Rick Ankiel
8 Tony Armas Jr
9 Jeff Bagwell
10 Harold Baines
11 Tony Batista
12 Albert Belle
13 Carlos Beltran
14 Adrian Beltre
15 Kris Benson
16 Lance Berkman
17 Craig Biggio
18 Barry Bonds
19 Kevin Brown
20 Jay Buhner
21 Jeromy Burnitz
22 Pat Burrell
23 Ken Caminiti
24 Jose Canseco
25 Sean Casey
26 Luis Castillo
27 Eric Chavez
28 Jeff Cirillo
29 Jermaine Clark
30 Roger Clemens
31 Bartolo Colon
32 David Cone
33 Jose Cruz Jr
34 Johnny Damon
35 Eric Davis
36 Carlos Delgado
37 JD Drew
38 Ray Durham
39 Jermaine Dye
40 Jim Edmonds
41 Juan Encarnacion
42 Darin Erstad
43 Carl Everett
44 Steve Finley
45 Cliff Floyd
46 Brad Fullmer
47 Andres Galarraga
48 Freddy Garcia
49 Nomar Garciaparra
50 Jason Giambi
51 Brian Giles
52 Troy Glaus
53 Tom Glavine
54 Juan Gonzalez
55 Luis Gonzalez
56 Mark Grace
57 Shawn Green
58 Rusty Greer
59 Ken Griffey
60 Vladimir Guerrero
61 Tony Gwynn
62 Jeffrey Hammonds
63 Mike Hampton
64 Todd Helton
65 Rickey Henderson
66 Orlando Hernandez
67 Richard Hidalgo
68 Tim Hudson
69 Geoff Jenkins
70 Derek Jeter
71 Randy Johnson
72 Andruw Jones
73 Chipper Jones
74 Jacque Jones
75 Brian Jordan
76 David Justice
77 Gabe Kapler
78 Eric Karros
79 Jason Kendall
80 Adam Kennedy
81 Jeff Kent
82 Byung Hyun Kim
83 Ryan Klesko
84 Chuck Knoblauch
85 Paul Konerko
86 Barry Larkin
87 Carlos Lee
88 Kenny Lofton
89 Terrance Long
90 Javy Lopez
91 Greg Maddux
92 Edgar Martinez
93 Pedro Martinez
94 Tino Martinez
95 Ruben Mateo
96 Fred McGriff
97 Mark McGwire
98 Kevin Millwood
99 Ben Molina
100 Raul Mondesi
101 Mark Mulder
102 Mike Mussina
103 Trot Nixon
104 Hideo Nomo
105 John Olerud
106 Paul Oneill
107 Magglio Ordonez
108 Rafael Palmeiro
109 Chan Ho Park
110 Jay Payton
111 Andy Pettitte
112 Adam Piatt
113 Mike Piazza
114 Jorge Posada
115 Mark Quinn
116 Aramis Ramirez
117 Manny Ramirez
118 Pokey Reese
119 Cal Ripken
120 Mariano Rivera
121 Alex Rodriguez
122 Ivan160
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Code Menu
At the controller select screen press L1 to get to the Cheat option where you active any cheats you have acquired
Control homerun replay
After hitting a homerun a replay of it will be displayed When you see your batter heading home from third base press various buttons to see different angles
Easy points
You can gain quotpointsquot for certain feats performed during a game An easy way to get a lot of points is to throw a perfect game This is worth 100 points Switch controls every time the CPU is up at bat and intentionally strike out This will get you points for 27 strikeouts and for a perfect game Repeat as many times as needed
To get more points in franchise mode to sign your free agents during the off season either create a player and pick him up as a free agent or sign free agents and release them at the end of the season
Use two controllers and keep throwing fast balls on both sides until a late inning You can go into extra innings for more points in strikeouts Then hit a ground ball on the team you want to win and make the other team just hold it Run around the bases with the other controller This will count as an error and give the other pitcher a nohitter
Easy runs
Get Barry Bonds to bat in the third spot in the order and play against the Cubs Take control of the Cubs and start intentionally walking everyone until Barry Bonds is up for the second time Rotate the hitting icon so it will hit a home run Make contact and you will hit a grand slam Repeat this as many times as needed Note Do not check the box score after 100 runs or the game will freeze
Easy steals
Hold Triangle and button for the base your runner currently occupies immediately before the pitcher is in his windup As your runner goes if you can see him in the background running to second he will be safe If the catcher receives the ball and you cannot see your man in the background he will almost always be thrown out
Easy wins
Switch controllers to the opposing team and change all the players to pitchers The CPU will be much worse on defense If you can pitch well you will also get a lot of strikeouts
Easy wins in a season
Save the game then go to schedule Simulate the game If you did not win return to the main menu and load the season Repeat this until you win the game
New Homerun Angles
As soon as the pitch is thrown hit Start and see the ball path to see if it is a ball or strike Adjust your cursor accordingly
Play on football field
Press L1 R1 Triangle on the team selection screen in exhibition mode
Resign players for same points but longer deals
Start in the franchise value menu and use R1 to release one or two players who you do not want back This will allow you to build up some extra points Then release the player you want to resign for more years Go to the free agents screen and resign him for 50 points and any number of years Go back to franchise value and release him again When you go to resign that player again the amount of points will usually be the same amount as before you released him the first time but he will demand the same number of years that you signed him for after the first time you released him
Restore pitchers energy
In season franchise or expansion mod go to the DL and put any pitcher on the15 day DL Then immediately take him back into your lineup He will have recovered all his energy
Taunt
In season franchise or expansion mod go to the DL and put any pitcher on the15 day DL Then immediately take him back into your lineup He will have recovered all his energy
