Note: This trick requires a VMU. Create a player and use all available ability points. Save your player to a VMU, then turn off the game. Start the game again, go to player edit, and choose your player. Add the extra ability points.

Select the rookie difficulty setting. Hold the Analog-stick slightly in any direction while batting and the batting cursor will automatically follow the ball.

While playing defense, press A and the direction of the base you want to throw to immediately before the CPU catches the ball.

Place the game on a harder difficulty setting for a better defense. However, the opposing team will be more difficult to defeat.

Hit a homerun with the home team in their stadium during a night game.