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[baseball88]

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Knight

I thought the baggy pants was in?

Can we edit the salaries of the players?

Thanks
Kerm

[Rod_Carew29]

@ Jim

you ARE the man!!!

^5

Nemesis and I both felt that, out of the box, there's a heck of a lot of less use for the sliders. Remember, the sliders were used last year to try to correct the doubles down the line that weren't, the balls in the gaps that seemed to be always caught/cut off, etc. and these issues are absolutely fixed this year. It's still going to be an individual gamer thing to tweak the game, but yes.

I'm sure when the game is out somebody will be posting "It's too easy to hit on LEGEND", lol.

I'm going to exaggerate a little here, but the breaking balls can cause your knees to buckle and you just have a controller in your hand. That's the kind of stuff that impressed us most.

[BDKiiing]

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82 Brewers unis? The look better to me

you are the man knight

[Knight165]

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Boxscore expanded? It's basically the same as last year. One guy asked specifically about number of pitches...there is the pitch track and it has the TOTAL breakdown for you. Accessible after the game. Never realized that...I'll be using this one!

Can you see opposing pitcher/batter ratings during game? Not exactly...but one EXCELLENT new addition...on the BP screen you can now hit square and it switches the next batter up(name) to his contact vs. LHP an RHP. Handy(I forget if you can get power up there too...sorry)

I'm sorry I didn't get more into stat tracking. I'm going to be honest...it was easy to get sidetracked. There was A LOT going on.

One thing I must say about the layout....they changed it and it's FANTASTIC.
They are really trying to streamline getting into the "depths" of the screens.
For instance....to get to the bullpen to replace a pitcher you had to pause...go into the bullpen on that menu...then warm up your pitcher. Then when you went to replace....same thing.
It's now tied to the directional pad in game.
Hit the up button....and the bullpen....infield/outfield depth/shift is displayed.Warm up your pitchers..
Now for the sweet part...when your pitcher is warm...hit the up button again and your pitchers are displayed at the bottom of the menu...highlight one and it brings up the option to sit him/put him in or double switch.

I talked to Brian and he and Kolbe have more streamlining of these menus being talked about. Love it.

M.K.
Knight165

[Knight165]

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Knight

I thought the baggy pants was in?

Can we edit the salaries of the players?

Thanks
Kerm

Baggy pants are in. You can't select baggy pants and have the stirrup socks...it's tied into it's own set of pants.

No editing salaries. MLBPA ...same with lengths...but they worked on getting the lengths right.

M.K.
Knight165

[Shakedowncapo]

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I thought you could hit L2 to do all that bullpen/infield/outfield stuff last year..

[BDKiiing]

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now that your home knight, will you be telling me a "bedtime story" tonight? haha...and i hope you enjoyed your trip

[theaub]

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No editing salaries. MLBPA ...same with lengths...but they worked on getting the lengths right.

M.K.
Knight165

This is the most important thing. I don't even give a **** about actual salaries since the wage system they use is unrealistic anyways (and that's not a knock on them, its impossible to program). We know that arb guys won't hit, and if that's combined with Pujols/Halladay/A-Rod/Jeter/Ortiz etc having proper lengths, everyone should be happy.

[theaub]

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I thought you could hit L2 to do all that bullpen/infield/outfield stuff last year..

You could, but you'd still have to go to the bullpen etc to warm up guys. Now from what I understand, its just a couple of button clicks while remaining on the game screen.

[Rob_NYY]

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Yes, the money doesn't matter. As long as the years are correct I'll be thrilled.

[baseball88]

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Knight

What is your overall opinion on this game?

Thanks
Kerm

[nemesis04]

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You could, but you'd still have to go to the bullpen etc to warm up guys. Now from what I understand, its just a couple of button clicks while remaining on the game screen.

The menu comes up by hitting up on the d-pad this year. You can do bullpen, defense etc. Once you pick your pitchers and they are warm you can put them in the game from that pop up menu.

[baseball88]

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Did anyone check out the rosters? Does all the rookies last year have their own counterparts faces this year in the game?

Thanks
Kerm

[PVarck31]

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Are there any real minor league parks this year? If not, are they at least more?

[countryboy]

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Yes, the money doesn't matter. As long as the years are correct I'll be thrilled.

agreed, especially for the elite and great players.