Pitchers constantly getting hit with line drives

[countryboy]

Re: Pitchers constantly getting hit with line drives

I am fully convinced you aren't playing The Show 16 after your posts in this forum.

Ok.

[ChubbyBanana]

Re: Pitchers constantly getting hit with line drives

From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamo.../#266dce403bc9

One in every 300,000 pitches or so gets hit directly toward the head of the pitcher who threw it, a split-second later.

So even if we're seeing it twice every 40 games it's still too much statistically. At least if this was MLB The Show 13.

It does happen too much IMO. And I think they should fix it. Makes the game feel cheap when you get a hit that way or give up one also.

[mkilcNYR]

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I can honestly say out of all the games I've played so far I've only seen opposing pitchers get hit total around 6 times (probably around 30 games played). Of those 1 was a bad injury (Michael Wacha took a shot to the head and was pulled with a concussion).

However I've seen tons of hits back up the middle that skip right past the pitcher and the mound and have seen quite a few animations of the pitcher ducking to avoid getting hit. I think that has more to do with reaction time of the pitcher in regards to fielding than anything else. Poor reaction time, better chance of getting whacked on a line drive right up the middle.

Last year it would happen at least once a game, sometimes twice with pitchers taking hits to the body that should've theoretically knocked them out of the game but the "wave off the training staff" cut away would show up. I'm ok with where it's at this year. Would like to see more injuries though if a pitcher gets hit, even if it's just a bruised left arm/jammed finger and the pitcher gets "injured" like a batter or an inning later

[shark547]

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If it doesn't happen to you it is pointless to come in here and say it isn't a problem. That is like telling someone who has a glitch it isn't happening because it doesn't happen to you.

It happens to me a lot. I hit the pitcher some times twice a game in RTTS.

Maybe I hit the ball up the middle more than most, I don't know. It is a problem and you can't argue it isn't just because it doesn't happen to you.

[kaptainkarl76]

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Literally, every single game for me so far..However, when I hit the pitcher, I am throw out 95% of the time...When I am pitching and get hit, no such luck..it is usually a base hit..

However, all in all it hasn't caused any injury..

[Gagnon39]

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Best one I've had so far was off of Chris Sales' shoulder. The ball literally went 30+ feet up in the air... and caught by the first baseman for the out. The ball never hit the ground. It was hilarious. Aaaaaand Sale stayed in the game.

[countryboy]

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If it doesn't happen to you it is pointless to come in here and say it isn't a problem. That is like telling someone who has a glitch it isn't happening because it doesn't happen to you.

It happens to me a lot. I hit the pitcher some times twice a game in RTTS.

Maybe I hit the ball up the middle more than most, I don't know. It is a problem and you can't argue it isn't just because it doesn't happen to you.

Never did I say that it wasn't a problem in the game. I know its happening to others, and I'm not trying to tell anyone that it isn't an issue in their game. I have seen the pitcher get out of the way more often than not during my games. I have played 3 straight games where I've hit the ball up the middle and it hasn't hit the pitcher.

All I'm doing is offering up my opinion, like others, on the subject matter at hand. If people want to believe that I'm making things up that I see, well that's on them. All I can do is share my experience.

[DaronAndrew]

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Just played through 2 games and the pitcher probably got nailed 6-7 times. Yeah, too many. Would love to see this adjusted, but it seems to have been this way since The Show's inception.

The silver lining is that these plays are resulting in hits more often this year, for me anyway.

[nemesis04]

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What would people prefer to see in this situation? Have it pass through him or catch it for an out?

I really think some people see it more than others because of how they time the ball. For me I go through stretches where I don't see it for a while and depending on the pitcher and my timing I hit through the box more. Some of the shots are so hard I don't think the animation system can catch up to make a catch. It's funny way back early in the series the ball used to clip through the pitcher and people wanted collision detection. Now we are on the other end of the spectrum.

[Smallville102001]

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Best one I've had so far was off of Chris Sales' shoulder. The ball literally went 30+ feet up in the air... and caught by the first baseman for the out. The ball never hit the ground. It was hilarious. Aaaaaand Sale stayed in the game.

That sounds funny do you have a video of that?

[Smallville102001]

Re: Pitchers constantly getting hit with line drives

If it doesn't happen to you it is pointless to come in here and say it isn't a problem. That is like telling someone who has a glitch it isn't happening because it doesn't happen to you.

It happens to me a lot. I hit the pitcher some times twice a game in RTTS.

Maybe I hit the ball up the middle more than most, I don't know. It is a problem and you can't argue it isn't just because it doesn't happen to you.

I think that is silly because there are some problems that not ever one has such has the frame rate issue. So part of talking about something you don't see has a problem some times can be use for because then you can talk and see why you maybe don't see a problem that other people see.

[KBLover]

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Best one I've had so far was off of Chris Sales' shoulder. The ball literally went 30+ feet up in the air... and caught by the first baseman for the out. The ball never hit the ground. It was hilarious. Aaaaaand Sale stayed in the game.

LOL

Man, I would be laughing when I saw that (unless of course it's my pitcher, then I'm beaning that guy...I mean it's going to slip out of my hand next time up so he can see how it feels).

The "closest" thing I've had to that was once the ball hit the mound and shot straight up in the air. By the time it came down, the batter was easily on first.

I was like

Baseball.

[shark547]

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Never did I say that it wasn't a problem in the game. I know its happening to others, and I'm not trying to tell anyone that it isn't an issue in their game. I have seen the pitcher get out of the way more often than not during my games. I have played 3 straight games where I've hit the ball up the middle and it hasn't hit the pitcher.

All I'm doing is offering up my opinion, like others, on the subject matter at hand. If people want to believe that I'm making things up that I see, well that's on them. All I can do is share my experience.

I didn't single anyone out for a reason. I don't think you are making anything up. Just like I would hope you don't think I am. I guess I didn't make my point clear enough.
In the game it is entirely way too easy to hit the pitcher with a batted ball. Nothing a player does or changes is going to fix it. Much like a glitch. So saying it isn't a problem for you doesn't help at all. (and by "you" I mean anyone)
Just like any other rare thing in the game it shouldn't happen very often no matter what a player inputs.

[shark547]

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I think that is silly because there are some problems that not ever one has such has the frame rate issue. So part of talking about something you don't see has a problem some times can be use for because then you can talk and see why you maybe don't see a problem that other people see.

I agree with you 100 percent when it is something a player can change thru settings or input. That is not the case here. It is too easy to drill the pitcher with a batted ball. It should be more rare no matter what a player inputs. This isn't a "you are doing it wrong" scenario. If anything you are doing it right.

[Smallville102001]

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I agree with you 100 percent when it is something a player can change thru settings or input. That is not the case here. It is too easy to drill the pitcher with a batted ball. It should be more rare no matter what a player inputs. This isn't a "you are doing it wrong" scenario. If anything you are doing it right.

Yeah but this has also been a issue for like 10 years though and I am finding it to be better then last 10 years lol. I need to play more but in 8 games now I have seen 3 pitchers get hit. All CPU ones to which is kind of odd. In the past I was hitting like 3 guys a game.