Throwing runners out at 1B from RF

[Ghost Of The Year]

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I'm consistently inconsistent on throwing out runners period. Any tips?

Do you preload throws?

[Dragonshark]

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Please provide evidence of this.

http://youtu.be/vJiEQou5rQs

[Rbk]

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In my RTTS last night I hit a "single" to RF and the guy on first got thrown out at 2nd.

[dazzelle]

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I posted in the impressions thread that my 1st challenge play was for a safe call at 1st from a throw from RF and i challenged and got it overturned to out.

I don't recall ever throwing out a runner at 1st from RF in 14.

I threw another runner out at 1st from rf again today,was a pitcher with no speed at all.

[MrMojoRaisin]

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I threw someone out at first from right earlier today. It was the only time I've managed it so far, so I think it's rare but definitely possible.

[Scary Larry]

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Do you preload throws?

Not sure what that means.

[Smallville102001]

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Not sure what that means.

Do you push the button to throw the ball to the base before your fielder fields the ball? Example if a player hits a ground ball to the short stop do you push x to throw the ball to first before the ball is in the short stops glove? That is what you are supposed to do with like ever throw.

[nomo17k]

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I really dont think The Show is designed to throw runners out at first from RF. I can never do it because I'm either just late, or more often, (and I think the game is made to do this) pull the 1B off the bag... HOWEVER... I really think it's a design factor now because of my latest try. I had the guy out... thrown to first, 1B caught it before runner got there, stayed on the base, but he was called safe, and no challenge was triggered. I replayed it just to see, and I absolutely had him by a step.. it was close, but I had him... unfortunate.

It was almost impossible in MLB 12 - 14, but this year I've actually seen this done to me once already in an online game.

It was also possible to make this play happen during the community days event... but I thought it was going to be fixed, as in:

I think it was in MLB 11 or 12 that it was super easy throwing guys out at first from RF. If there was ever a chance, it was almost automatic. They fixed it in a patch and now you either have a poor throw or the first baseman is pulled off the bag.

This is correct... hard shots to the RF were almost always turned into ground outs. CPU fielder is not coded to make that play, but human players, especially online quite often made that play.

Given how rare that play is in real life, many guys complained how it is unrealistic to see ground outs to RF so often, so it was corrected by forcing the first baseman to be off the bag or by making throws from RF to 1B always errant.


But if making this sort of play is much easier to do in the game than in real life, it actually shows that The Show isn't getting something quite right.

[TheLooseCannon]

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I remember in MLB 14 The Show the throw would pull the first baseman off the bag just about 100% of the time for me. I guess to prevent cheesing. However, for an atrociously slow runner that lined a bullet to right I managed to throw a rocket back to first, then after my first baseman finished up his animation of getting pulled off the bag I manually dove back to first and tagged the base before the runner made it. It was pretty funny considering how unrealistic it was, and I felt satisfied that I finally managed to pull it off, but afterward I had no desire to do it again. Kinda like in the old NBA 2K games who you could just stand right in an inbounder's face a deflect the ball for a turnover about 9 times out of 10, I felt the need to police myself to keep the game competitive.

[Foldzy]

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I threw a guy out at first my very first game and I've done it one more time, it's definately not impossible, I was actually upset how easy it was at first but I haven't done it since

[therewillbechud]

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I've tried it many times and only managed to do it once this year. It was actually my pitcher that covered the base and recorded the out. Throwing it in to the first baseman usually has him well off the bag and in no position to try for the out. I've seen them cover the bag once, but that one was a safe call regardless.

[bcruise]

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Default sliders.

It's the kind of situation where this could logically happen - slow-footed pitcher hits a sharp ground ball to the outfielder playing shallow.

Bonus: This, for the moment, preserves a no-hitter in the 6th.

[Heroesandvillains]

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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/46GnJuinUd0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Default sliders.

It's the kind of situation where this could logically happen - slow-footed pitcher hits a sharp ground ball to the outfielder playing shallow.

Bonus: This, for the moment, preserves a no-hitter in the 6th.

I can buy that one, for sure.

Good luck on the no-no. Keep us posted!

[bcruise]

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I can buy that one, for sure.

Good luck on the no-no. Keep us posted!

No-hitter ruined right after I posted. (I expected nothing less...lol). Lost game 2-1 giving up 2 in the bottom of the 8th, and I hit a 2 out solo shot in the 9th.

[Knight165]

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I thought the "locked this out" ....by not having the 1b on the bag on hits to rf....guess it's back.


M.K.
Knight165