MLB The Show 23

MLB The Show 23

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NLB Historian

NLB Historian

Complete all the Negro League Baseball storylines.

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How to unlock the NLB Historian achievement in MLB The Show 23 - Definitive Guide

Awarded for completing the Negro League story lines. This consists of the stories for 8 different players and a total of 74 episodes.

From the main menu, select The Negro Leagues under Game Modes. Most episodes are short and easy, with some only requiring you to steal a base or get 1 hit. The more difficult ones have you pitching 3 nearly perfect innings or hitting a home run. Even the harder ones should be no trouble. Not a tough achievement skill wise, just a bit lengthy and tedious.

I recommend watching the cutscenes if you're a true baseball fan. You'll learn much about these baseball legends that you've likely never heard of
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10 Apr 2023 19:03

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This was the hardest and most time consuming Achievement in the game. Hitting is super RNG, you can barrel a ball and time your swing perfectly and still a line out. A lot of the challenges are pretty simple and easy, it’s the XBH and HR challenges that can be rough.

The Thompson line was definitely the hardest and was the last one I decided to do because of that. I spent a full day on the Thompson HR challenge alone. If you’re having trouble getting it, here’s some tips:

I realized that timing the swing perfectly and hoping it goes out might not be the best because it’s very hard to hit it out because of the ballpark dimensions. Even if you manage to get it in the air, it’ll be to the warning track at best. What you want to do is try to pull a HR down the right field line because it’s the shortest part of the ballpark.

I got it by POWER swinging earlier than I normally would, on a pitch high and inside of the zone. He immediately went into HR pimp cinematic and the achievement popped.
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By AirManny on 26 Aug 2023 07:36
How the hell do you consistently get good hits as a batter? Had no issue in The Show 22 with the dynamic difficulty, I've tried making batting as easy as possible and in this mode almost every single swing is either a miss, foul ball or caught, even if it says swing timing is good and I use the direction influence option the best I can get is to first base. Pitching I haven't had trouble with
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By Unreal Gamertag on 11 Apr 2023 09:51
Anyone have any advice for John Donaldson's The Utlimate Showman. I have been doing this challenge for 3 hours straight and the CPU ALWAYS hits the ball after 2 strikes at the 3rd at bat. This is beyond frustrating.
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By P00R GRENDEL on 14 Apr 2023 15:01
yeah this is difficult and cant change it to be easier and idk why, im not that good at this and just wanna play but its been a challenge tbh.
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By afried08 on 17 Apr 2023 05:20
Anyone else having an issue completing episodes but the game not marking it as completed?
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By Astrobuns on 26 Apr 2023 01:23
Just completed it. Buck's one was a pain, but I got it. 2nd straight year the Show is 100%ed.
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By Osmagic17 on 30 Apr 2023 05:19
Bucks 3 hits in a game is killing me 😞
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By burtondude33 on 09 May 2023 05:02
if youre like me and cant get a hr with thompson for shit, switch to directional hitting. aim up and right and power swing. got it at my second at bat after switching
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By Mario04253101 on 17 May 2023 05:07
Thompson HR, perfect perfect power swing for a deep fly out. 😂😂 Ummm, how can I hit it better?
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By Fischs3 on 30 May 2023 15:45
Definitely feels like you need to brute force through a lot of these challenges until you get the perfect hit.
Thompson HR - 1st hit, hit the wall. 2nd hit bounced over the wall, 3rd hit caught at the wall 😡
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By CheshireMulisha on 05 Nov 2023 14:31
I'm surprised to hear so many running into difficulties! I must have really lucked out when I ran through this.
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By Darick 23 on 18 Dec 2023 05:52
Directional hitting was clutch. Holy shit he hit the house in right center with it, I can’t even imagine how long that is (Thompson HR challenge)
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By Q u 4 lK e on 05 Feb 2024 00:09
Definitely seems like a skill issue in this comment section.

Directional hitting is the way to go if you aren’t good with the PCI. The mode is set to rookie so the pitchers routinely pump meatballs up in the zone. Get your timing down and you should be good to go.

I got all of the challenges done without using power swing. I found I had to swing way early to hit a dinger off of Satchel Paige.
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By The Fallen Sky on 05 Feb 2024 05:57
Disappointed how difficult they made these considering its supposed to be educational. With the way they have it setup most people would stop playing before hearing the full story.

Directional is helpful if you know what way to target but if not it doesn't help much. I will say I've gotten lucky with some as it have me the directional tutorial at the start of each one. You can't just restart if you want it to prompt again you have to quit and then choose restart. Buck 3 hits was a pain and Jackie's was only slightly better due to them being over 2 games.
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By BigWiIIieStyIe on 21 Mar 2024 22:29
@Unreal Gamertag same for me! This year is more frustrating even at easier difficulty. I'm not very good at baseball and some episodes are not easy at all😫
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By EscapeTheRoach on 16 Apr 2023 08:28
ive noticed as well hitting is much harder and seems broken at times. this is not even close to 22 or 21 i could hit like crazy in those games. im lucky if i get a double in this one on perfect swings. pitching is the same im glad they didnt change that or this game would be a coaster
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By Mouth 420 on 17 Apr 2023 08:43
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