Third strike ball in dirt too much?

[Jay5Ice]

Man only little league they run to first on third strike like this. At least make it to where user has to hit a button or something to run to first. Shoulnt b a auto animation they never run to first in pros in this gm it cost you sometimes. I hate it

[countryboy]

Re: Third strike ball in dirt too much?

Man only little league they run to first on third strike like this. At least make it to where user has to hit a button or something to run to first. Shoulnt b a auto animation they never run to first in pros in this gm it cost you sometimes. I hate it

I see them run to first on a drop third strike quite often in the pros. Sometimes they don't realize the ball is dropped, but they do run.

[Jay5Ice]

Re: Third strike ball in dirt too much?

I never see it usually they to pissed I think the user should have to remember and hit a button to start it instead of it being auto

[ManiacMatt1782]

Re: Third strike ball in dirt too much?

There's not enough of the catcher gathering it quickly and tagging the runner before he gets out of the box.

[Mrmagoo]

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Hell my catcher could pick up a dropped third strike that dribbled away and still run all the way to first beat my batter there.
Sure wish they would fix that!!

[KBLover]

Re: Third strike ball in dirt too much?

There's not enough of the catcher gathering it quickly and tagging the runner before he gets out of the box.

Agreed, it's like a lot of the fielding animations are way too slow/not reflective of quick actions and fluidity at the position.

Nothing worse than seeing my defense-first catcher act as slowly as a guy who's not as refined behind the plate. Makes me feel like the ratings aren't important, it's just "you're gonna go slow because we made it that way".

[Equinox831]

Re: Third strike ball in dirt too much?

Agreed, it's like a lot of the fielding animations are way too slow/not reflective of quick actions and fluidity at the position.

Nothing worse than seeing my defense-first catcher act as slowly as a guy who's not as refined behind the plate. Makes me feel like the ratings aren't important, it's just "you're gonna go slow because we made it that way".

On the flip side there are some plays the catchers make that are just superhuman in this game. There's an animation where the batter will hit a chopper up the middle towards the mound, but before the ball even goes anywhere the catcher stands up, fields it, and throws to first and it literally takes all of a second. I see it probably 3 or 4 times a game.. I mean sure, it's an out regardless of what happens, but it just doesn't look or feel right.

[Mrmagoo]

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On the flip side there are some plays the catchers make that are just superhuman in this game. There's an animation where the batter will hit a chopper up the middle towards the mound, but before the ball even goes anywhere the catcher stands up, fields it, and throws to first and it literally takes all of a second. I see it probably 3 or 4 times a game.. I mean sure, it's an out regardless of what happens, but it just doesn't look or feel right.

This x 10!!!!

[ruxpinke]

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the catcher is like a superhuman cyborg with the reflexes of a jungle cat on those choppers

[KBLover]

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On the flip side there are some plays the catchers make that are just superhuman in this game. There's an animation where the batter will hit a chopper up the middle towards the mound, but before the ball even goes anywhere the catcher stands up, fields it, and throws to first and it literally takes all of a second. I see it probably 3 or 4 times a game.. I mean sure, it's an out regardless of what happens, but it just doesn't look or feel right.

Yeah, I've seen those plays or where the catcher fields and "tags" (more like catcher fielded the ball while 'in contact' with the batter-runner) and it's a similar thing.

It even triggers a commentary script where one of the analysts says something like "I think he just broke the laws of physics on that play."

[Bobhead]

Re: Third strike ball in dirt too much?

So what exactly are you saying that happens too much? Too many balls in the dirt? Or the batter actually tries to run too often?

I'm a little confused.

[Bosh33]

Re: Third strike ball in dirt too much?

So what exactly are you saying that happens too much? Too many balls in the dirt? Or the batter actually tries to run too often?

I'm a little confused.

The batter always running towards 1st base on a drop third strike

[kchuskey]

Re: Third strike ball in dirt too much?

Don't swing at strike three in the dirt. Problem solved.

[Jay5Ice]

Re: Third strike ball in dirt too much?

I'm saying you as a player should have to be heads up on it and run they shouldnt do it automatically because in the pros I rarely see this

[Bobhead]

Re: Third strike ball in dirt too much?

Ahhhh I get what you're saying now... Yeah the batters do break too quickly... there needs to be more variation in how quickly the runner starts running. In real life the batter sometimes goes several seconds before noticing that the ball wasn't caught by the catcher.

This used to be a problem with wild pitches too.... the CPU always knew whether or not to run, where the ball was, etc...

This year it seems like they made the baserunning more human like, and I've had wild pitches where the runners didn't run and they could have... And I've also had ones where they did run when the ball was right in front of me. It's been a very pleasant touch.

I'm sure if they just expanded that "human error" logic to dropped 3rd strikes, it would be fine.