MLB 09: The Show - Impressions

[Kashanova]

Re: MLB 09: The Show - Impressions

Kash...when you look at the swing analysis, where is the ball making contact with the bat? It could be that you're swinging underneath the ball a bit which is causing you to pop it up.

it says solid or sometimes wheelhouse with perfect timing

[countryboy]

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it says solid or sometimes wheelhouse with perfect timing

where is it hitting the PCI?

[Kashanova]

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where is it hitting the PCI?

usually the middle, which is why i scratch my head at it

[BLACKJ414]

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Im currently in the middle of my Oakland Athletics Franchise. Im 52-40, 3 games behind the Angels in the AL West and 5 GB the Rays for the Wild Card. Im playing on All Star difficulty. Right now im just practicing my hitting every day and trying to get better a consistently driving in runners instead of leaving them stranded. Im 4th in the MLB in Batting Average (.288) but I am 24th in RBI's. My pitching staff is top 3 or 4, so if I can somehow increase my runs per game average, i'll be tough to be for the rest of the season.

Also for the first time I saw the scene where a beach ball is on the field and a player goes over and picks it up. Nice addition.

[BLACKJ414]

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Finally pitched my 1st no-hitter...ever. I actually came close with Edwin Jackson twice (thru 7 innings) this season, but the rookie Rick Porcello was able to shut down the A's in Oakland. There were actually a couple of close plays that preserved the no-no too. Felt good , especially when the trophy chime sounded

I walked 1 in the 6th, which kept me from having a perfect game... As you can see, Porcello hasn't had the best season (record-wise), but he has pitched well all season. He has 4 "hard-luck" losses (offense let him down) in those 7 losses.

I know that felt great. Ive come close twice, once with Ben Sheets, and once with Justin Duchscherer.

[countryboy]

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usually the middle, which is why i scratch my head at it

yeah, thats messed up.

[hendry70]

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The double plays really are out of control. I am dead last in most gidp, with more than twice as many as the next worst team.

[bizarro]

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Keats?

I cherish all but one verse.

Let me guess, the last part, where I give them the benefit of the doubt?

Alas, I may never know.

[Segagendude]

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Recently, I thought that a keen focus on pitcher confidence would be the key to navigating those treacherous innings that always seemed to come around the in the 5th or 6th inning... where the game would often slip away for good. But all the patterns remained, regardless of mound visits, 'confident' relievers, nailing the meter, and so on and so forth.

I'm seeing that same deal. It usually starts with a base hit, then the floodgates open.Pretty sad when I have to skip ahead to when my team's at bat to avoid such situations.
I can be up 6-0, then after the 6th and 7th, I'm trailing.
Regardless of how I've been pitching throughout the game.I've tried various sliders found here and also bumped up to All Star, but to no avail.
I was having fun, but this "sweat it out in the 6th,7th, and 8th innings" takes that away.....

Oh well. I'll probably stop playing anyway on Aug.14th. (Release of Madden)

[countryboy]

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hee-hee...I just put 2 Padres on the 15-day DL with head contusions due to fastballs from the D-Train getting away from him and plunking them in the head. lol

[Kearnzo]

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Man, I just can't find a happy medium facing sinkerballer pitchers. Whenever they throw a sinker just barely below the zone and I make contact, instead of the occasional groundball or foul tip, it is almost always a very, very weak chopper about a foot in front of the plate. I faced Josh Johnson last night, who is one of seemingly 500 or so pitchers given sinkers in Knight's rosters, and I counted eight weak, pathetic choppers right in front of the plate. Some were even in the zone, and should have at the very least resulted in some decently struck groundouts to give it some variety, but nope. Just repeated 1 foot groundouts to the catcher. I was getting furious, and I understand I could have laid off some of them, but most were with 2 strikes where I needed to protect.

And this isn't a knock on Knight's rosters either, because I understand the idea was to get pitch movement right for the pitchers, not necessarily pitch type. But I may need to go on a massive overhaul for my personal rosters to change the plethora of sinkers given out to nearly everyone with a tailing fastball. I'm thinking i'll change them to 2 seamers. Problem with guys that throw sinkers is, they ALL pitch like they are all the sudden sinkerballers who only throw sinkers low, when in fact a lot of the use a tailing fastball all over the zone. I'll keep the sinkers for guys that really use them in real life, such as Lowe and Webb, but change most of the others to 2 seamers.