Here is what you, and everyone who is having trouble needs to do. Play with the sliders and change levels until you get the game how you like it.
Here is what I did, and I will also post my stategy. I am finally getting the game to where it is perfect for me. Now I have to battle back from a 6-14 (now 8-14) record.
I dropped to Veteran. I played mostly on All-Star and some Hall of Fame near the end of last year (I stopped playing early for reasons I don't know last year as I loved the game, life gets in the way sometimes). I also was having trouble with timing. I didn't want to change pitch speed just in case I ended up playing online, so I have jacked the timing slider all the way up. I have slowed the OF down a bit. I was still having trouble hitting, but pitching was great. So I have moved my hitting sliders up a bit. I get a great variety of games and it is still a challenge to win.
As for the "comeback" issue that the OP has. The biggest thing I see in your description is that you say you pitch to cold zones. I am a left handed hitter and my cold zone would be down and away and up and in, but even if you are Randy Johnson in his prime, if you keep throwing pitches in those spots, I will go yard on you. Mix it up, throw to a hot zone once in a while, brush a guy back every now and then. Throw the odd hanging curve ball, throw a high change once in a while. Pitch like you would in real life. There are going to be comebacks, but this will reduce them to realistic numbers.
I know sometimes I'll be in the 8th inning of a 3-1 game and the lead off guy will go 10 pitches and the double down teh line. It creeps into my head that the comeback is on, but then I just remember to mix things up and "get in the hitters head" and it is so rewarding when the next guy hits into the 6-4-3 DP.
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