Re: How do I get better at this game
Batting practice and patience at the plate. Sometimes it feels like the more pitches you see in an at bat the better your chances are at success. I know the batting practice mode pretty much trains you towards this. They rate your at bat on pitch count and how well you made contact. I know I'm hosed when the CPU takes me into a deep count and seen all my pitches. Sometimes I wave the white flag and put 'em on, if I have a place to put him. Also mound visits help. They say if you give up three consecutive hits to go out and visit the mound. That has got me out of some jams. Probably not to this point, sounds like you're still struggling to make contact, but once you can on a regular basis implement more strategy at the plate based on the situation. Lay off low pitches early with a runner a first. It's a learning curve. You have to learn how to hit and pitch first. But you still face a steep uphill battle once you get that squared away. Just learn as much about baseball as possible. Small things like, if you're 3-2, layoff borderline pitches for the most part. If they hit the black tip your hat and head to the dugout. The chances of it being called ball 4 are more likely than you getting a hit on a pitcher's pitch. But if there's two outs and your behind... there's always exceptions to the rule.
Batting practice and patience at the plate. Sometimes it feels like the more pitches you see in an at bat the better your chances are at success. I know the batting practice mode pretty much trains you towards this. They rate your at bat on pitch count and how well you made contact. I know I'm hosed when the CPU takes me into a deep count and seen all my pitches. Sometimes I wave the white flag and put 'em on, if I have a place to put him. Also mound visits help. They say if you give up three consecutive hits to go out and visit the mound. That has got me out of some jams. Probably not to this point, sounds like you're still struggling to make contact, but once you can on a regular basis implement more strategy at the plate based on the situation. Lay off low pitches early with a runner a first. It's a learning curve. You have to learn how to hit and pitch first. But you still face a steep uphill battle once you get that squared away. Just learn as much about baseball as possible. Small things like, if you're 3-2, layoff borderline pitches for the most part. If they hit the black tip your hat and head to the dugout. The chances of it being called ball 4 are more likely than you getting a hit on a pitcher's pitch. But if there's two outs and your behind... there's always exceptions to the rule.
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