I've done some testin on homeruns and the lack of in my games.
What I discovered so far through replays is my timing is really off in my at bats. For example, I've had situations where a pitcher would leave a fat one over my hot zone (red circle) and I line out to straight center. This has happened regularly with a certain batter, Raul Mondesi. Lookin at my replays I seem to be gettin too antsy. I've noticed that im hitting the ball at the end of the bat. I had this happen with Soriano as well.
Most of us should know that a fastball at the end of the bat will more than often result in a high fly that just doesnt make it. We hear about it all the time during the games. I think this is accurately being represented in MVP. The only pitch I've hit off the end of my bat and knocked out is a slider. That slider was inside and well if you picture it in your head, makes a lot of sense that it would be gone.
I think the issue is our timing. I'm swingin really early at pitches. I make contact but through replay I can see that my bat head is way in front of the plate. Not a good thing. I really believe that as soon as we get the whole timing thing down then we'll see some more homeruns. Not triple play levels, but realistic levels. This game is about timing and it makes you really pay for poor timing.
Same goes for pitching. Poor pitch selection/speed/location will result in low strikeout numbers. Yea a lot of us want to blow 100mph fastballs by people with Randy Johnson but if you watch a baseball game Randy will never throw three straight fastballs into the strike zone.
Yes the CPU doesn't go diving for too many balls, but that doesnt mean you can't strike someone out. It's about confusing the batter's timing. Once you can do that, things will be fine.
Think timing. I'm sure that as we begin to master the game, we'll see a whole lot more of what this game has to offer. Right now all of us are going through a learning process, some of us which have already passed some of those stages.
What I discovered so far through replays is my timing is really off in my at bats. For example, I've had situations where a pitcher would leave a fat one over my hot zone (red circle) and I line out to straight center. This has happened regularly with a certain batter, Raul Mondesi. Lookin at my replays I seem to be gettin too antsy. I've noticed that im hitting the ball at the end of the bat. I had this happen with Soriano as well.
Most of us should know that a fastball at the end of the bat will more than often result in a high fly that just doesnt make it. We hear about it all the time during the games. I think this is accurately being represented in MVP. The only pitch I've hit off the end of my bat and knocked out is a slider. That slider was inside and well if you picture it in your head, makes a lot of sense that it would be gone.
I think the issue is our timing. I'm swingin really early at pitches. I make contact but through replay I can see that my bat head is way in front of the plate. Not a good thing. I really believe that as soon as we get the whole timing thing down then we'll see some more homeruns. Not triple play levels, but realistic levels. This game is about timing and it makes you really pay for poor timing.
Same goes for pitching. Poor pitch selection/speed/location will result in low strikeout numbers. Yea a lot of us want to blow 100mph fastballs by people with Randy Johnson but if you watch a baseball game Randy will never throw three straight fastballs into the strike zone.
Yes the CPU doesn't go diving for too many balls, but that doesnt mean you can't strike someone out. It's about confusing the batter's timing. Once you can do that, things will be fine.
Think timing. I'm sure that as we begin to master the game, we'll see a whole lot more of what this game has to offer. Right now all of us are going through a learning process, some of us which have already passed some of those stages.
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