Major League Baseball 2K10 Interview (ESPN)

[duke776]

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Why only 15 years? Seems too short. You get called up at 23 and are forced to retire at 38? Maybe you're sitting at 2,950 hits or 745 HR's 0r 295 wins and you're just done. Seems like a bad idea to even put a cap on it, and a horrible one to make it that short.


Completely mind boggling.

I agree, this mode is about making yourself a star, I don't normally see stars retire at the age of 33(assuming you make your player 18 at the beginning). Makes no sense, IMO.

[Blzer]

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Did anyone notice in the Upton pic that the bat is still in the batters box when he crossed the plate?

I'm trying to find out what's wrong with this. I've had times where I'm on third and on a base hit I cross the plate only to have to move the bat in case there's a play at the plate for the runner behind me. What do you guys do, throw your bats at your dugout?

I just think as long as there are different kinds of bat drops and tosses, it won't be too bad.


EDIT: But I did notice a little redundancy in one of Ben's answers:

We'll start with batting. For one, the camera has been adjusted to give you a better perspective on the pitches as they're coming in. It's fairly subtle, but it turns out to be a significant difference. It just feels like you have a much better eye for pitches as they're coming in. The new view has you looking a little more up and it gives you a better sense of what is coming off of the pitcher's hand.

And uh... wouldn't it have been easier for him to say this?

... and if you're like me and you have the tendency to swing at every pitch, we have a check-swing option within the control scheme to hold back on those low curveballs in the dirt.

Doesn't take a whole new feature to help out with our swinging at every pitch.

[KeMiKaL]

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that last question and answer in teh interview made me happy to know i will be playing my player mode

[kcxiv]

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And I seen him check his swing every at bat. And every player in the game is not Manny Ramirez. So to do it with every player, and all or nothing approach is redundant. Especially when you cant check your swing on a suspenseful borderline walk or strike out.

And he isn't so super that he is fouling off pitches till he likes one, most are ones he is trying to smash and just missing solid contact. Having it separate is a band aide in a flawed hitting system IMO. Fouling off defensively should be in the regular swing button.

MLB players don't have the magic defensive swing button.

i cant defend the new check swing thing, i have stated that many times. If you dont want to use defensive dont use it. Big time batters may want to use it. HOnestly. in every video baseball game i have played, i have Rarely used it. I am pretty damned good in baseball games as well *PVP*. I will be playing 2K10 obviously and not the show as i am not going to buy another baseball game when i got one. I Rather keep my money for God of War 3 and Super Street Fighter IV.

People just want to pile up on something before we even see how something works visually. In any game i wait and see what the final product is done. Just like i do with Madden, cept i was a effin ******* and bought 09. I seen how madden 10 was and i passed and you know what? i dont even have another football game to turntoo and i have a 360 and a PS3. I am just **** out of luck.

In the end if the game is not for you, dont buy it and move on. i've done it and i am a much much bigger football fan then a baseball fan. I learned to get over it.

[ShowTyme15]

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I'm trying to find out what's wrong with this. I've had times where I'm on third and on a base hit I cross the plate only to have to move the bat in case there's a play at the plate for the runner behind me. What do you guys do, throw your bats at your dugout?

I just think as long as there are different kinds of bat drops and tosses, it won't be too bad.


EDIT: But I did notice a little redundancy in one of Ben's answers:





And uh... wouldn't it have been easier for him to say this?



Doesn't take a whole new feature to help out with our swinging at every pitch.

No of course not i wouldn't expect a player to throw a bat in the dugout. All I am saying is that it just looks odd in this particular screen, maybe it is the angle of the bat in the batters box I dunno, but it just doesn't seem right. I play baseball too and I've been in the same situation with crossing the plate so I know exactly what you mean, it's just something is bothering me in this image.

[jim416]

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MLB players don't have the magic defensive swing button.

Manny does, lol. Beam me up Scotty.

[jim416]

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cant defend the new check swing thing. In the end if the game is not for you, dont buy it and move on.

Well, you seem to be doing a pretty good job with your Manny analogy, lol. Let the people discuss this stuff without you trying to cover for 2k. Nobody really knows, but geez, c'mon. Somebody could say if you don't like what's being said, move on. I stay out of here, but I want the game to be good, but....just sayin'

[Blzer]

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In the end if the game is not for you, dont buy it and move on. i've done it and i am a much much bigger football fan then a baseball fan. I learned to get over it.

What if we want it to be for us, though? What if we felt things would be better for everyone'e sake if our input was relevant to their development cycle? What if they have so many things right with this game or that do better than the other game that it's disappointing to see the slightest of downfalls knock us away from a purchase, and if addressed then we would do so the next year?

Our "complaints" is another way of us putting something on the 2K11 wishlist. Get enough people behind it, and they'll hear you... maybe they'll even follow suit.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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i cant defend the new check swing thing, i have stated that many times. If you dont want to use defensive dont use it. Big time batters may want to use it. HOnestly. in every video baseball game i have played, i have Rarely used it. I am pretty damned good in baseball games as well *PVP*. I will be playing 2K10 obviously and not the show as i am not going to buy another baseball game when i got one. I Rather keep my money for God of War 3 and Super Street Fighter IV.

People just want to pile up on something before we even see how something works visually. In any game i wait and see what the final product is done. Just like i do with Madden, cept i was a effin ******* and bought 09. I seen how madden 10 was and i passed and you know what? i dont even have another football game to turntoo and i have a 360 and a PS3. I am just **** out of luck.

In the end if the game is not for you, dont buy it and move on. i've done it and i am a much much bigger football fan then a baseball fan. I learned to get over it.

You are rambling on about has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

We can voice our displeasure constructively as baseball fans to have them improve the game.

There is no defensive swings in MLB that are done at will. To warrant a button. It doesn't happen. I have played baseball for 20 years of my life, coached, and even minor league levels, I wont indulge to you too much, but I will tell you from personal experience, and being around guys all the time, defensive swings are a result of missing your pitch. Nothing more. Nobody is taught to go up to the plate with a "defensive swing" in their minds. And this game puts that in the players minds.

You are always taught to put a ball in play in baseball from T-ball to the big leagues.

Checking is more crucial, and taken out. It is easy to judge a system with this glaring flaw before it comes out.

All or nothing swinging is not a sim. Sorry.

The arguments you present to me just don't make any sense to a baseball mindset.

[Scottdau]

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No check swing is huge to me. I hope they patch that or figure that this is important.

[JT30]

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You are rambling on about has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

We can voice our displeasure constructively as baseball fans to have them improve the game.

There is no defensive swings in MLB that are done at will. To warrant a button. It doesn't happen. I have played baseball for 20 years of my life, coached, and even minor league levels, I wont indulge to you too much, but I will tell you from personal experience, and being around guys all the time, defensive swings are a result of missing your pitch. Nothing more. Nobody is taught to go up to the plate with a "defensive swing" in their minds. And this game puts that in the players minds.

You are always taught to put a ball in play in baseball from T-ball to the big leagues.

Checking is more crucial, and taken out. It is easy to judge a system with this glaring flaw before it comes out.

All or nothing swinging is not a sim. Sorry.

The arguments you present to me just don't make any sense to a baseball mindset.

Just curious.. is "protecting the plate" and a "defensive swing" related?

[Scottdau]

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I do see players try to foul pitches off though. So I call that a defensive swing, but check swings are huge too. They hold up their swing when they got fooled. You need to have check swing in a game to have a real battle with the pitcher in my opinion.

[Scottdau]

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Just curious.. is "protecting the plate" and a "defensive swing" related?

I think it is.

[jim416]

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I do see players try to foul pitches off though. So I call that a defensive swing, but check swings are huge too. They hold up their swing when they got fooled. You need to have check swing in a game to have a real battle with the pitcher in my opinion.

I dunno. I"ll comment, then I"m out, but all my years of playing I have NEVER known a batter to try to foul a pitch off. They get "fooled" and might be better at getting a piece of the ball, but intentional defensive swings? Sorry, ain't buyin' it one bit.

Anyway, this can go on and on. Later, and good night to all.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Just curious.. is "protecting the plate" and a "defensive swing" related?

Protecting the plate is broadcasting lingo. The batter is still trying to put a ball in play, and is usually late on the swing and yes is defensive in a way (but not planned), where it is fouled off, but it is a result of him guessing the wrong pitch, or misreading it, and it ends up over the strike zone or close, thus he puts a late swing on it which usually results in a foul, but also a lazy grounder to first or third.

But in no means does he have an softer "get out of jail" swing where it is just for defensive purposes. He still tries to make contact and put it in play. It is what we are taught.

The way it is implemented in this game, it is a planned swing that really does nothing but to foul it off. It should not be incorporated this way, but incorporated in the TIMING of the hitting system with the regular hitting.

And check swings should be there instead.

I dunno. I"ll comment, then I"m out, but all my years of playing I have NEVER known a batter to try to foul a pitch off. They get "fooled" and might be better at getting a piece of the ball, but intentional defensive swings? Sorry, ain't buyin' it one bit.

Anyway, this can go on and on. Later, and good night to all.

Exactly right Jim. Some hitters are better at making contact on bad pitches, or late swings, but they are by no means, intentionally fouling off pitches for "their pitch". That is all broadcasting hype.

Every time you commit to a swing, it is in hopes to put it in play.