MLB Showdown Obsession

 There's an old saying that "defense wins championships" and in Showdown it's a massive plus to your lineup. Perfection in the field keeps runners from extra bases being taken from the outfield and makes double plays easier in the infield, while catchers arms stops stolen bases cold. Your ideal defense would be: C: 10+ 1B: 1 2B: 5 3B: 3 SS: 5 CF: 3 LF/RF: 2 The Showdown Bot has the potential for even greater defensive stats than that, so let's have some fun with some better than perfect players... Andrelton Simmons brings a +8 to the position, but c'mon, the Wizard stands alone when it comes to great defensive shortstops. You can argue that Mattingly was the superior man at 1st in NY, but Hernandez brought sustained excellence to town. Offensively, Keith couldn't compete with prime Donnie Baseball, but a +2 skill at defense is a nice trump... A perfect +5 at 2nd base is an incredibly rare stat in Showdown. What makes Martin stand out is that above picture...

 I'll sometimes make a player card or two with no real theme in mind. Sometimes I'll give them a stand alone post (Like Rick Monday or Paul O'Neill) but most are left to rot while I look for justification...Here are a few of those randoms. Gerald Williams turned out to be a funky lil error card. Roll a 20 for a double, triple AND a homer, with an impossible 21 for a 2000-style chart. Use whatever house rules you'd like to deal with that situation, should it ever arise with his 5 on-base. I made this card way back before the Bot became a lot more intricate. Now you can make a HoF card for someone by using more than one season. Still, this shot of Gary in the WS deserves to stand alone. We all know he snubbed the Mets anyway when it came to team selection... Boone hitting his game 7 pennant clinching walk-off in 2003. Just made for a magical card. I may redo this in the future. His pose fit the card format perfectly. Again, I made this forever ago... ...and it looks just...