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OS Tip of the Day: Know Your Base
Ricky says, there isn't anyone like me so stop trying to send David Ortiz to steal third. Before Calling for the Steal, Know Who the Runner Is Before you should even think about stealing, you need to make sure that its possible. Take a second look at your baserunner's speed/base-ru
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OS Tip of the Day: Stealing on Weak Armed Catchers
Know when there's a weak arm and when there is a strong arm behind the plate. When Stealing, Know The Catcher If you've decided that your runner is capable of stealing, double-check the opposing catcher's arm/throw ratings. While no catcher has a 100% success rate of throwing
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OS Tip of the Day: Know the Pitcher If You Want to Steal
Some pitchers are faster to the plate than others. Knowing these small things that will lead to more steals. Know the Pitcher One thing that often goes overlooked is the opposing pitcher. There are main three things to be mindful of when factoring pitchers into the "steal equation:&qu
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NL West Team Strategy Guides
Arizona Diamondbacks Current Outlook The D-Backs come into 2012 as the favorites to repeat in the NL West. They're built on solid pitching, with some good young position players. Plus, having four starting pitchers that pitched 200 innings or more in 2011 should be a recipe for
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OS Tip of the Day: Know the Count To Steal
It's a 3-0 count with 2 outs...you probably don't want to steal home. Know the Count There are ideal "stealing counts," based around when a pitcher might throw fastball and if he'll pitchout. Again, a faster pitch means it's less likely you'll be successful. A
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AL West Team Strategy Guides
Seattle Mariners Current Outlook It's bleak in Seattle. The Mariners are a young team with a rapidly-decreasing payroll and solid prospects, so the future is bright, but the Angels and Rangers are just too much to overcome. By all accounts, Seattle had a decent offseason. Their big m
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OS Tip of the Day: Be Situationally Aware
Knowing the full gravity of the situation will lead to a higher steal success rate. Know the Situation If you feel good about your runner, their battery, and the count, the last thing to check is the situation. Is the risk of an out worth the extra bag? Does a successful swiped bag drastic
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OS Tip of the Day: The First Tricks Matter in SSX
Trick huge early, see massive scores later! The first 20 tricks matter most On your run, the first tricks you pull need to be as clean as possible. The higher you can get your tricks multiplier in the beginning stages of your run, the higher your score will be. While combos with a x5 mult
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OS Tip of the Day: Never Waste Time in SSX
Trick Now, Trick Later, Trick Always Never just ride down the mountain. That's both boring and unproductive. If you are not building towards a trick, you are wasting valuable track space. Getting a ridiculous high score in SSX means you have to pull a lot of tricks cleanly. So don't
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OS Tip of the Day: Disable Auto
NHL 12's menu tree can be confusing and difficult to navigate. Follow this menu path to reach "Controller Settings": My NHL 12 > Settings > Controller Settings Hidden under "Controller Settings," there are two options that have a huge effect how user goalies pe
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OS Tip of the Day: Bigger Goalies = Higher Save Percentages (NHL 12)
In real life, small, athletic goalies like Boston's Tim Thomas (5'11" 208 lbs.) can make up for their height disadvantage by coming far out of the goal crease and cutting down shooting angles. Unfortunately, aggressive goaltending tactics tend to fail in NHL 12, as the game make
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Beating A Premiere European Team in FIFA with an MLS Squad
Soccer just isn't as popular here in the States. But for the few who love the sport, and prefer MLS over most, FIFA can get frustrating. In any game, you want to beat the best of the best with your team So how are you supposed to beat Man City with the Vancouver Whitecaps? Bo McCready kno
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A Guide to Hockey for The Hockey Illiterate (Part One)
It’s a clichéd notion, but there’s still some truth that hockey, of all the big four North American sports, is the Ringo of the bunch. Make no mistake though, its stock is certainly back on the rise in America. The TV ratings on NBC and its various affiliates — OLN, V
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OS Tip of the Day: Hug the Post (NHL 12)
There are two different post protecting animations in NHL 12: An old-school upright stance on the right trigger. The modern crouching stance that today's NHL goalies use, which is activated by pressing the left and right triggers at the same time. Gamers will want to use the t
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MLB Bobblehead Pros Pitching Guide
Pitcher Form And Stamina Before each game, every player on the two teams is given a color-coded "form" rating: Purple -- Poor Blue -- Below-Average Yellow -- Average Red -- Good Pink -- Excellent Form can have a huge impact on in-game performance, so if a pitcher in your r
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A Guide to Hockey for The Hockey Illiterate (Part Two)
Part Two: Strategy First off, a quick video detour from the mind of the occasionally verbose screenwriter that is Aaron Sorkin: Hockey, unlike baseball, football or basketball, is a very fluid game by comparison. Stoppages are not planned, nor are they nearly as frequent. In some cases, a
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OS Tip of the Day: Stopping Breakaways (NHL 12)
The diving poke check is a goalie's best tool for stopping breakaways in NHL 12. Goalies can choose between two different poke checking animations: A short, jabbing poke with moderate recovery but limited range, done by pressing up on the right joystick. The sprawling, diving
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A Guide to Hockey for The Hockey Illiterate (Part Three)
Part Three: Off the Ice I have to give credit to EA here. Their in-game manual actually does a fairly decent job of explaining the more intricate parts of running the team in GM mode. So if you’re feeling overwhelmed by all these jargons come off season — RFA, salary cap, junior
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OS Tip of the Day: Avoid No Mans Land (Top Spin 4)
No man’s land is a term most commonly used to refer to the area between opposing trench lines during the First World War, typically strewn with barbed wire, explosives, and corpses. In tennis, the term refers to the area between the baseline and the service line, which is only slightl
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OS Tip of the Day: Always Play the Angles (Top Spin 4)
Always play the angles To some extent, all sports are about angles. But in tennis, it’s particularly noticeable. Every time your opponent is setting up to hit a shot, you should imagine the widest points at which they could hit a shot that stays in the court. Then, set yourself up acco
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