If you think the first base umpire made a bad call, press Y during the replay to argue it. Doing this sends out your manager. It will show your manager walk out of the dugout. A bar will apear near the bottom of the screen that indicates argument intensity. Keep pressing Y as fast as you can to make a real strong argument. However, you will be ejected and the CPU will make all managerial decisions from now on. If you want to argue without being ejected, press Y only a few of times, so that about a one quarter or half of the argument intensity bar is filled.
Bad hitter
Select the "Create A Player" option, then enter "Erik Kiss" as a case-sensitive name. The player will have a skinny bat that will break every time and send a little dribbler to the pitcher for a sure out. You also cannot bunt with him; it will just go foul. Additionally, you can use this player to your advantage: Create "Erik Kiss", make his stats all full, then trade him to a rival team. Then, go to "Locate A Created Player", and reduce his stats. Your rival will now have a bad batter on their team.
Big hitter
Select the "Create A Player" option. Create a player named keegan paterson, jacob paterson, or isaiah paterson (case-sensitive). The player will have a very large bat. He will hit a home run or a hard line drive every time you make contact, no matter what his stats.
Classic Stadiums
Astrodome - Houston, Texas 2500 MVP Points
Cinergy Field - Cincinatti, Ohio 5000 MVP Points
Cleveland Municipal Stadium - Cleveland, Ohio 3000 MVP Points
Crosley Field - Cincinatti, Ohio 2500 MVP Points
Fenway Park Classic - Boston, Massachussetts 4000 MVP Points
Forbes Field - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5000 MVP Points
Griffith Stadium - Washington, DC 3000 MVP Points
Hiram Bilthorn Stadium - San Juan, Puerto Rico 5000 MVP Points
Metropolitan Stadium - Bloomington, Minnesota 5000 MVP Points
Olympic Stadium - Montreal, Quebec 3000 MVP Points
Qualcomm Stadium - San Diego, California 2500 MVP Points
Shibe Park - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4000 MVP Points
Sportsman's Park - St. Louis, Missouri 4000 MVP Points
Tiger Stadium - Detroit, Michigan 3000 MVP Points
Veteran's Stadium - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2500 MVP Points
Creating good players for low pay
When creating a player, leave his bio, equipment, looks, hot zones, and batter tendencies alone. Set all of his batting and fielding stats to zero. Do the same with pitchers, but also make their pitches bad. Then, sign him to a seven year, $300,000 deal to the MLB. Then, edit their stats and make them perfect. This works for Owner mode. When their contracts are up, release them and make new players. You can make them look however desired and give them whatever bio you want. Try making them born from July on in 1987 or the year that they turn 17.
Easy grand slam
Trade all fast players like O. Cabrera, Ichiro, and Carlos Beltran to one team. Create the "jacob paterson" player and sign him. Then, put the fast players as the first three hitters and the slugger as the number four batter. Have the first three players bunt. While this happens, take control of the other team so they cannot throw the ball. All of the fast players will be on base and the slugger will be up. Most of the time he will hit a grand slam.
Easy Homerun Showdown win
When the pitch is coming in, hold Analog-stick Up and time it well. You will almost always hit a homerun.
Faster pitches
When you are about to throw the ball, hold the button down until you get to the red. Let go, then hit the green. Your pitches will be faster.
Getting good players
To get a good player in Dynasty or Owner mode, create a player and make him very bad. Then, put him in the free agents and sign him to a seven year $700,000 contract. Then, edit him to be the best ever. You will save money and he will not complain about his contract.
Getting money in owner mode
If people are not attending your games, you will have difficulty making money. Make sure the Fan Happiness meter is high and you schedule Promotional Days occasionally to keep people coming out to the ballpark.
Use the following tricks to earn money in owner mode. Note: Save the game early and often. Also be patient, as this may take awhile:
Select a team that is championship caliber. You will make more money by hosting big games. For example, good teams like Chicago, Boston, New York, or St. Louis. You will make somewhere about $500,000 for each playoff game.
Turn off injuries, suspensions, and computer trades. This makes simulating a whole season much faster.
Use the money that is initially in your bank to purchase merchandise stands and concessions. The more revenue you stream in, the more chance you have to gain money in the future. Spend all your starting money (remember promotion days) quickly, as you will go into the negatives quickly.
Never let your team have a losing year. That is the easiest way to get into a huge hole. In fact, make sure you go deep into the playoffs in the first few years.
Keep your ticket prices at default for the unimportant games early in the season; perhaps even lower them a bit early in the season to get people through the door. In crucial September games and the playoffs, raise them to a reasonably high level. Fan satisfaction is higher then, and they are willing to pay more.
After the postseason, spend all the money that you have earned on ballpark upgrades (mostly seating capacity). The more seats, the more money you will earn.
Turn off fair trades. Check your rosters after the first few seasons to get rid of old overpriced players for cheap youngsters. You can even edit young 20 to 22 year olds in rosters.
Legendary Players
Save your profile once you have 5000 MVP Rewards points. Buy a Legendary Player and DO NOT save your profile. Add the Legendary Player to a team and save your roster. Then Load your profile and you will still have 5000 points and the Legendary Player will still be on the team. If you repeat the cheat you will be able to get all the Legendary Players on your existing teams.
Legendary Players
Sparky Anderson - Unlock all Legendary Players
Tommy Lasorda - Unlock all Legendary Players
Al Kaline - 2500 MVP Points
Billy Williams - 2500 MVP Points
Enos Slaughter - 2500 MVP Points
Ferguson Jenkins - 2500 MVP Points
Hal Newhouser - 2500 MVP Points
Lou Boudreau - 2500 MVP Points
Phil Niekro - 2500 MVP Points
Ralph Kiner - 2500 MVP Points
Richie Ashburn - 2500 MVP Points
Rick Ferrell - 2500 MVP Points
Robin Roberts - 2500 MVP Points
Bob Lemon - 3000 MVP Points
Bobby Doerr - 3000 MVP Points
Dennis Eckersley - 3000 MVP Points
Hoyt Wilhelm - 3000 MVP Points
Jim Bunning - 3000 MVP Points
Larry Doby - 3000 MVP Points
Lou Brock - 3000 MVP Points
Luis Aparicio - 3000 MVP Points
Monte Irvin - 3000 MVP Points
Orlando Cepeda - 3000 MVP Points
Phil Rizzuto - 3000 MVP Points
Bob Feller - 3500 MVP Points
Brooks Robinson - 3500 MVP Points
Carlton Fisk - 3500 MVP Points
Catfish Hunter - 3500 MVP Points
Early Wynn - 3500 MVP Points
Eddie Matthews - 3500 MVP Points
George Kell - 3500 MVP Points
Harmon Killebrew - 3500 MVP Points
Joe Morgan - 3500 MVP Points
Juan Marichal - 3500 MVP Points
Pee Wee Reese - 3500 MVP Points
Red Schoendienst - 3500 MVP Points
Rod Carew - 3500 MVP Points
Rollie Fingers - 3500 MVP Points
Jim Palmer - 4000 MVP Points
Jimmie Foxx - 4000 MVP Points
Mike Schmidt - 4000 MVP Points
Robin Yount - 4000 MVP Points
Roy Campanella - 4000 MVP Points
Mickey Mantle - 4000 MVP Points
Tom Seaver - 4000 MVP Points
Warren Spahn - 4000 MVP Points
Willie Stargell - 4000 MVP Points
Bob Gibson - 4500 MVP Points
Buck Leonard - 4500 MVP Points
Cy Young - 4500 MVP Points
Honus Wagner - 4500 MVP Points
Lou Gehrig - 4500 MVP Points
Nolan Ryan - 4500 MVP Points
Reggie Jackson - 4500 MVP Points
Satchel Paige - 4500 MVP Points
Ty Cobb - 4500 MVP Points
Walter Johnson - 4500 MVP Points
Willie McCovey - 4500 MVP Points
Yogi Berra - 4500 MVP Points
Babe Ruth - 5000 MVP Points
Jackie Robinson - 5000 MVP Points
Johnny Bench - 5000 MVP Points
More MVP Points
When playing in a game. Go to gameplay options and go to gameplay tuning.Go to running and put all the ones that say user up to 50. Doing this you can run much faster and steal more bases and will give you more MVP points at the end of your game. Also if you want you can put all the ones that say CPU all the way down to -50. This will just help you finish your game faster.
Pitching
If a good prospect is doing poorly in the minors, try hiring a new pitching coach or batting coach to put some spark back into their game.
Tinker Field
Spring Training Stadium Three is in reality Tinker Field in Orlando, Florida. The football stadium past the outfield is the Citrus Bowl, home to the University of Central Florida's Golden Knights, and the 2004-2005 season Capitol One Bowl.
Unlock everything
Make a created player named "Katie Roy". You will unlock all of the players, stadiums, jerseys, and teams.
Unlock Heroes Teams
Unlock all 25 Heroes Team players.
Unlock Legendary Teams
Unlock all 25 Legends Team players.
Unlock Secrets Mode
Purchase all the available Ballpark Upgrades in Owner Mode to unlock an extra option in the Buy Assets menu.