Strike Zone is horrendously off

[jim416]

Re: Strike Zone is horrendously off

It is better than last year. Last year it was hard to take ANY pitch, especially with 2 strikes.

[jim416]

Re: Strike Zone is horrendously off

It is better than last year. Last year it was hard to take ANY pitch, especially with 2 strikes.

[Graphik]

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It does seem just a tad bit big, but I'm not complaining. As long as me myself and the CPU can draw walks.

[Graphik]

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It does seem just a tad bit big, but I'm not complaining. As long as me myself and the CPU can draw walks.

[Bud]

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I often check the last pitch by bringing up that menu by pressing the white button. It's funny when I get a called third strike after holding off on what surely is a pitch that is high and away. Sometimes, even when a tiny portion of the ball touches the corner if at all, not borderline, the pitcher will get the call. It looks like a miss before and after.

[Bud]

Re: Strike Zone is horrendously off

I often check the last pitch by bringing up that menu by pressing the white button. It's funny when I get a called third strike after holding off on what surely is a pitch that is high and away. Sometimes, even when a tiny portion of the ball touches the corner if at all, not borderline, the pitcher will get the call. It looks like a miss before and after.

[Dodger]

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I agree with the strike zone being slightly too big. High pitches that simply are not called strikes in the majors are called strikes in WSB 2K3. The strike zone needs to be shrunk slightly so that pitches above the belly button area are called balls. This would be consistent with how the major league umpires call it. Some pitches that are too low are also called strikes, but this is a much lesser problem.

[Dodger]

Re: Strike Zone is horrendously off

I agree with the strike zone being slightly too big. High pitches that simply are not called strikes in the majors are called strikes in WSB 2K3. The strike zone needs to be shrunk slightly so that pitches above the belly button area are called balls. This would be consistent with how the major league umpires call it. Some pitches that are too low are also called strikes, but this is a much lesser problem.

[Skyboxer]

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Might be consistant will MLB but not with rule book...
In any case I wish it would follow the MVL and not the actual "real" strikezone.

[Skyboxer]

Re: Strike Zone is horrendously off

Might be consistant will MLB but not with rule book...
In any case I wish it would follow the MVL and not the actual "real" strikezone.

[Brando70]

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The biggest problem with the strike zone is that it's implemented "by the book," in the sense that it extends from the knees to the letters when the batter is in a normal batting position. So, when Mo Vaughn, for example, is crouched down, you may see pitches at his eyes called for strikes. It's book, but it's unrealistic as heck.

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Yeah, I agree with this. I think the strike zone would be OK if they didn't call the pitches strikes that stradle the lines of the pitch chart (where the hot/cold zones are displayed). Those borderline pitches are just not being called today. It doesn't look very realistic from the pitcher cam when the catcher has to reach over his head to catch a strike.

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Bingo, Leebo, if they made those on-the-line calls balls, the zone would seem more realistic. However, I am getting used to it and learning what to lay off of. And I also think it's a bit smaller and easier to read than the enormous High Heat strike zone.

[Brando70]

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The biggest problem with the strike zone is that it's implemented "by the book," in the sense that it extends from the knees to the letters when the batter is in a normal batting position. So, when Mo Vaughn, for example, is crouched down, you may see pitches at his eyes called for strikes. It's book, but it's unrealistic as heck.

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Yeah, I agree with this. I think the strike zone would be OK if they didn't call the pitches strikes that stradle the lines of the pitch chart (where the hot/cold zones are displayed). Those borderline pitches are just not being called today. It doesn't look very realistic from the pitcher cam when the catcher has to reach over his head to catch a strike.

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Bingo, Leebo, if they made those on-the-line calls balls, the zone would seem more realistic. However, I am getting used to it and learning what to lay off of. And I also think it's a bit smaller and easier to read than the enormous High Heat strike zone.

[Muskrat]

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We must all bear in mind that the strike zone you see in everyday baseball is NOT the strike zone as it is defined in the rules. Every umpire has their own strike zone and IRL the strike zone has become much smaller than what it was originally intended to be. Add into that those pitchers who receive 'gift' calls because of their control (Maddux, for example) and you have a very distorted strike zone indeed. Overall, the zone in WSB 'seems' big but is, in reality, probably closer to what the 'real' strike zone SHOULD be.

...and the zone in WSB doesn't seem inordinately bigger than that of any other baseball game (at least IMO).

[Muskrat]

Re: Strike Zone is horrendously off

We must all bear in mind that the strike zone you see in everyday baseball is NOT the strike zone as it is defined in the rules. Every umpire has their own strike zone and IRL the strike zone has become much smaller than what it was originally intended to be. Add into that those pitchers who receive 'gift' calls because of their control (Maddux, for example) and you have a very distorted strike zone indeed. Overall, the zone in WSB 'seems' big but is, in reality, probably closer to what the 'real' strike zone SHOULD be.

...and the zone in WSB doesn't seem inordinately bigger than that of any other baseball game (at least IMO).

[Dodger]

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In an attempt to replicate realism, I would rather have video baseball games have the strike zone resemble how it is actually called than how it is suppossed to be called. It is NOT realistic to have strikes called on pitches at your letters. If you want pitches at the letters to be called strikes, coach a little league baseball team. In a simulation of major league baseball (Which WSB is trying to do), letter pitches would be balls. I hope this is fixed for next year. With that said, I am getting more used to the expanded strike zone and do enjoy the game alot. As long as I'm hoping, I also wish the AI would advance runners more often from second to home on singles and up a base on sac flies and ground balls to the right side.