ESPN Major League Baseball 2005
Easy strikeouts:
Change the pitching type to "Classic". During game play, go to the "Game
Options" menu and change all their "Take Strike" settings all the way up and
"Take Ball" down. This will give you the easiest way to get a strikeout. Note:
This will not stop the batter from swinging. He will still swing occasionally
Easy Tokens
Edit any team to 100 so that everyone is the best at everything. Then, start
a franchise or GM Carrier. Then set the game to 162 games and customize budget
(the team total cap room). Then, choose the team that you use and set their
budget to the highest. When you have everything set, go to your schedule, go all
the way to end season, and select "Simulate". This will simulate all your games
and the reward will appear. This will leave you with about 20,000 Tokens. If you
do not have enough, save your profile then shut off the game. Delete your GM
Carrier or Franchise data, then repeat the steps again to buy everything.
Better fantasy draft picks
To get a better draft pick, keep pressing Back to go to the previous screen
and press A. This will bring you back to the draft screen. Keep doing this until
you get a good number.
Easy base hits
Put players with a speed rating of A or better (for example, Rafael Furcal,
Carl Crawford, Juan Pierre, etc.) in your lineup. When the pitcher throws the
ball, bunt it down the third base line and use your speed burst to get to first
base. It does not matter if it is a left or right handed hitter; they will be
safe 99% of the time. You can use A- players, but your success rate drops to
about 90% and you must bunt it perfectly.
Fake out announcer
To make the announcer say something wrong, get an outfield hit with a man on
second. Have the lead runner round third base when the fielder throws it.
Quickly press [L] to hear the announcer say "The play at home... He's outta
there!"
Easy base runners and increased RBIs
To get the bases loaded and increase your clean-up hitter's RBI total, use
the "Easy base hits" trick. Once you have a runner on base, make them steal the
next base as your hitter is about to bunt. This will keep your runner from being
thrown out at second or third base on the bunt. Once the base runners are on
second or third base, bunt again to load the bases. If you want to keep bunting
for hits, you can send all your runners; but be careful -- if the pitcher
pitches out or throws a ball and the batter misses, the runner on third base
will get tagged out.
Easy wall climbs
First, throw a bad pitch. The batter almost always will put on a slam zone.
Press A slowly. The batter will most likely hit a home run. When the Right
Analog-stick icon appears, click it. If done correctly, the fielder will catch
the homerun.
