Pitch Count Slider Question

[SoxChamp]

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The point that you're all missing is the NAME of the option. It's called Umpire Consistancy, not Strike Zone. I disagree with everyone that says WIDE will give you a wider strike zone. It is exactly how Pared described it.

WIDE = Room for umpire error
TIGHT = Umpires are always perfect, and each ump has the exact same strike zone.

[nemesis04]

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WIDE = Room for umpire error
TIGHT = Umpires are always perfect, and each ump has the exact same strike zone.

Poor choice of words to describe a umpires play calling style. Those two words have a totally different meaning in baseball.

[MachoMyers]

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I bumped up the pitch count slider just one and noticed a difference right away, especially with my not so great relievers. Awesome slider.

[Gary Armida]

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I agree it is an awesome slider. I maxed it out like Chris said he plays. It makes pitching a challenge and it forces you to be patient. Walks are a factor this year.

[slthree]

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nemesis, that was funny. You must be a good guy!

But now for the next question to be answered:

Does the "wide" setting also apply to base umps? I saw 1 close play at 3rd where the ump may have made a mistake but it was too close to really tell and the broadcast team just referred to it as a close play. They didn't make the kind of remarks they do when the home plate ump misses balls and strikes.

My guess is that it only refers to how strikes are called. I'm hoping against hope it also applies to base umps.

[nemesis04]

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nemesis, that was funny. You must be a good guy!

But now for the next question to be answered:

Does the "wide" setting also apply to base umps? I saw 1 close play at 3rd where the ump may have made a mistake but it was too close to really tell and the broadcast team just referred to it as a close play. They didn't make the kind of remarks they do when the home plate ump misses balls and strikes.

My guess is that it only refers to how strikes are called. I'm hoping against hope it also applies to base umps.

Usually in a game the two options are separated. One for the strike zone and one for blown calls on the base path. I do not know what sparks blown calls on the base paths. To me the wide and tight options would be for calling balls and strikes only.

[harvey16]

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The point that you're all missing is the NAME of the option. It's called Umpire Consistancy, not Strike Zone. I disagree with everyone that says WIDE will give you a wider strike zone. It is exactly how Pared described it.

WIDE = Room for umpire error
TIGHT = Umpires are always perfect, and each ump has the exact same strike zone.

I play have played with both wide and tight ump consistency and I can tell you that the umps still make mistakes on tight as I am sure others can atest to. I believe the difference between wide and tight is that on tight the umpire will generally call a tighter strike zone. Thus more borderline pitches will be called balls. There is still definatively error veriability on calls. I play on tight and still see alot of blown calls. Often a pitch is clearly a ball and will still be called a strike and vise versa. I prefer playing on tight because it leads to more realistic walk totals.

[brunnoce]

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so thight is better to get walks?

[harvey16]

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so thight is better to get walks?

In my opinion yes. Tighter strike zone leads to more balls. Thus more walks

[coffeeholic]

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In my opinion yes. Tighter strike zone leads to more balls. Thus more walks

Interesting. I think you might be on to something because on wide I've been getting away with some crap pitches when I know I shouldn't have. Same with the A.I I started thinking that was cool but now I'm seeing that it jacks up the count slider to some extent. I'm going back to tight and see what happens now.

[AndyP]

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A few things...

I had one pitch that was a ball and was called a ball by the umpires only for Matt to complain it should have been called a strike. I thought that was neat since to that point I'd only heard the announcers complain about strikes being called a ball which were in fact strikes, or balls being called strikes that were balls. Funny to see the announcers make a mistake and the umps get it right.

With the pitch count sliders max'd out I've found that I and the cpu are hitting a lot more foul tips behind the plate. That's cool with me because there are often a lot of foul tips in a real ballgame.

I'm still experimenting with the sliders even though i've played 20+ games, not because the game needs to be messed with but because it's so deep I haven't got it perfect yet. And with some tweaking I think it can be made perfect.