I'm new to the forum, and relatively new to MLB The Show. I played '10 sparingly, but now I'm going to do a full season with '12. However, I've been getting annoyed with a few things. (And before anyone yells at me about reading the manual, I don't have one, I got it used without the manual)
I've managed to fix my sliders so that the my hitting ability is more realistic(I suck at hitting) and my pitching seems to be fine, although sometimes my pitchers get erratic, but thats common in real life, so no biggy.
My main gripe is about base running. I've made a created character for my team, who is a big time threat on the base path, but I can't seem to steal any bases. I constantly get picked off, even though I moved the pick off slider all the way down. I don't even know how to slide back and beat the throw. I get picked off almost every time, which is not realistic at all. So any tips on how to steal bases would be great. Because the CPU manages to steal on me ALL the time.
On that note, how do I pick someone off? I tried while playing a friend, thinking that L1 + PO that was showing, meant pick off, but it meant pitch out.
I have another question about some of the presentation aspects. First off, when pitching, my breaking balls show arrows of where they're going, but sometimes it goes from two arrows, to three arrows. Why?
Also, the icon that I believe I see when an outfielder is catching a ball and a runner is tagging up. A big blue and green line close to the catching icon, what am I supposed to do with that? Stand behind it? On it? Move into it as the ball is coming down?
Another weird one is on my schedule in franchise. There is a small icon on one of the dates, its a little yellow cross, just curious as to what it is.
As far as editing players. I play as the Jays, and I can edit the players fine, I just did a few tweaks based on how they're actually doing this year, but is there any way to change their hot and cold zones? Brett Lawrie, who is a beast, has a cold zone EVERYWHERE, which doesn't make sense. He's still batting well for me, just curious if there is a way to change that.
Thanks in advanced.
I've managed to fix my sliders so that the my hitting ability is more realistic(I suck at hitting) and my pitching seems to be fine, although sometimes my pitchers get erratic, but thats common in real life, so no biggy.
My main gripe is about base running. I've made a created character for my team, who is a big time threat on the base path, but I can't seem to steal any bases. I constantly get picked off, even though I moved the pick off slider all the way down. I don't even know how to slide back and beat the throw. I get picked off almost every time, which is not realistic at all. So any tips on how to steal bases would be great. Because the CPU manages to steal on me ALL the time.
On that note, how do I pick someone off? I tried while playing a friend, thinking that L1 + PO that was showing, meant pick off, but it meant pitch out.
I have another question about some of the presentation aspects. First off, when pitching, my breaking balls show arrows of where they're going, but sometimes it goes from two arrows, to three arrows. Why?
Also, the icon that I believe I see when an outfielder is catching a ball and a runner is tagging up. A big blue and green line close to the catching icon, what am I supposed to do with that? Stand behind it? On it? Move into it as the ball is coming down?
Another weird one is on my schedule in franchise. There is a small icon on one of the dates, its a little yellow cross, just curious as to what it is.
As far as editing players. I play as the Jays, and I can edit the players fine, I just did a few tweaks based on how they're actually doing this year, but is there any way to change their hot and cold zones? Brett Lawrie, who is a beast, has a cold zone EVERYWHERE, which doesn't make sense. He's still batting well for me, just curious if there is a way to change that.
Thanks in advanced.
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