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  • tcorb95
    Rookie
    • Jul 2013
    • 103
    #1

    Double play help

    I need help. Through 28 games in my Giants franchise I have grounded into 35 double plays and it feels like a lot more. Just last game I lost 2-1 and grounded into 4 double plays. I've learned no matter what don't swing at the first pitch with a guy at first because it will be a double play. But it doesn't seem to matter what count, where the pitch is located, or who's at the plate. I really can't steal a whole lot because the Giants don't have any speed. I'm starting to consider I need to bunt anytime I get a single....
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    • braves_94
      Rookie
      • Jul 2013
      • 275
      #2
      Re: Double play help

      Me thinks if prior to the pitch you press up on the right analogue, you can influence a pop fly...

      I've notice the CPU throws a ton of breaking balls and 2 seemers low in the zone with runners on first. So I do my best to get on top of the ball. Typically I set the cursor low in the strike zone and wait for my pitch. Also, with the pitcher throwing everything low trying to induce a ground ball, sometimes it'll fall behind, and you can get a good elevated fastball to drive. Statistically, your number of DPs would be the team lead across MLB, lol.

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        • CornHoller
          Rookie
          • Mar 2009
          • 146
          #3
          Re: Double play help

          Originally posted by braves_94
          Me thinks if prior to the pitch you press up on the right analogue, you can influence a pop fly...

          I've notice the CPU throws a ton of breaking balls and 2 seemers low in the zone with runners on first. So I do my best to get on top of the ball. Typically I set the cursor low in the strike zone and wait for my pitch. Also, with the pitcher throwing everything low trying to induce a ground ball, sometimes it'll fall behind, and you can get a good elevated fastball to drive. Statistically, your number of DPs would be the team lead across MLB, lol.
          Start your runners and use contact swing too.

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            • baseballphanatic
              Rookie
              • Feb 2014
              • 160
              #4
              Re: Double play help

              Originally posted by CornHoller
              Start your runners and use contact swing too.
              Yup. Get aggressive....theres a thread like this somewhere thats the same thing....just steal more, hit and runs, bunt, etc. u r a NL team so bunting is much more do able then if u were in the AL.

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                • CornHoller
                  Rookie
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 146
                  #5
                  Re: Double play help

                  Originally posted by baseballphanatic
                  Yup. Get aggressive....theres a thread like this somewhere thats the same thing....just steal more, hit and runs, bunt, etc. u r a NL team so bunting is much more do able then if u were in the AL.
                  Yeah there are threads all over the place unfortunately they are sometimes hard to find.

                  Working the count on the pitchers helps too. I want to mash every pitch but the computer picks that tendency up real quick. I usually get a hot just about every 3-1 count now. If I don't get a hit I hit the ball hard.

                  So hang in there and keep trying.

                  One area I still get burned is when their runners on base and my outfielder chases a ball down then lobs it to the cutoff or infield?

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