Okay, so folks kept asking me how I got the old Polo Grounds stadium in MLB The Show 23. It wasn’t exactly straightforward, let me tell ya.
First off, I really wanted that park. Those weird dimensions, you know? Deep center, short corners. Just looked like fun, something different from the usual cookie-cutter stadiums. So, I started poking around in the game.
I went into Diamond Dynasty, ’cause that’s usually where all the cool unlockable stuff is hidden. Checked the stadium select screen first, nope, wasn’t just sitting there unlocked. Looked through the Programs, Conquest maps, stuff like that. Didn’t see it listed as a direct reward anywhere obvious at first.
Digging into Collections
Then I remembered how these games usually work. A lot of the big rewards, the really unique stuff, they tie it to collecting things. So, I navigated over to the Collections section. That’s where they hide the real grind, haha.
Sure enough, I started looking through the big ones. There are collections for uniforms, equipment, and then the big kahuna – the Live Series players. This is where you gotta collect pretty much every current player in the MLB on a Diamond Dynasty card. All the teams, AL and NL.
And buried in the rewards for completing all of the Live Series collection? Yep, there it was. The Polo Grounds stadium voucher. Alongside some big player rewards, of course.
The Long Haul: Getting All Those Players
So, okay, that was the goal. Now, how to actually do it? Well, this is where the real “fun” began. It boils down to getting every single Live Series card.
- Playing the Game: First thing, I just played a ton. Conquest, Mini Seasons, Ranked, Events… whatever gave out packs and stubs (the game’s currency). Every pack opening was a little lottery, hoping for a high-value diamond player I didn’t have yet.
- Working the Marketplace: This was huge. I spent a lot of time in the Community Market.
- Selling duplicates: Got a card I already had? Sold it for stubs.
- Buying needed cards: Used those stubs to buy the players I was missing, especially the cheaper common, bronze, and silver guys first. Just chipping away at each team roster.
- Flipping cards (sometimes): Occasionally I’d try buying a card I thought was undervalued and selling it for a small profit, but honestly, I mostly focused on just acquiring the ones I needed.
- Saving for the Gatekeepers: The real challenge? Those super expensive high-diamond guys. You know the ones – the cover athlete, the 90+ overall superstars. Guys like Ohtani, Judge, Trout… their prices are sky-high. This meant a lot of saving stubs. Didn’t spend frivolously. Just kept grinding games and selling stuff until I could afford one, then started saving for the next. This took the longest time, by far.
Finally Claiming the Prize
It felt like forever, honestly. Weeks, maybe months of playing pretty regularly. Checking market prices, completing team sets one by one. Seeing that collection percentage slowly creep up.
Eventually, I snagged the very last Live Series player I needed. Felt pretty good, I gotta say. Then, the final step:
I went back to the Collections menu, navigated to the main Live Series reward path. Since I had finished all the individual teams, divisions, and leagues, the final reward tier unlocked. I hit ‘Claim Rewards’, and bam! Got the big player reward for that year, and right there with it was the voucher for the Polo Grounds.
After redeeming that voucher (usually in the ‘Redeem Vouchers’ section or automatically added), I went back to the stadium select screen when setting up a game, and there it was, finally available to use. It’s a quirky park, definitely changes how you play, especially defensively in that massive outfield. But yeah, that’s how I did it. Just a whole lot of collecting through playing and using the market.
