no 'in between'

[snepp]

Re: no \'in between\'

Here's a tidbit that might help, it helped me and I am a piss-poor HR hitter (that and my Twins don't have much power).

If you're trying to hit dingers with players that don't have a huge amount of power, push more for a straight pull. Rather than pushing straight up on the stick or pushing up and at an angle, push even more towards the pull side.

You'll find that some of those long fly balls that were getting caught on the warning track now have less height in their trajectory, more distance, and find their way over the wall.

The physics model in the game really is pretty good. You can hit the ball incredibly hard but if it goes straight up it'll never make it over the centerfield wall. Line drive hitters don't hit towering homeruns, they hit the ones that barely get off the ground and go 3 rows deep into the left field seats. A homerun is a homerun, doesn't matter if it makes it to the nosebleed section.

btw, I hit my first nosebleed section homerun. Jacque Jones leading off the bottom of the first inning, very first pitch was a mistake right in his wheel house. Landed in the upperdeck of the Metrodome. Anyone familiar with the Dome knows there aren't many that make up all the way up there.

have a good one,

scott

[snepp]

Re: no \'in between\'

Here's a tidbit that might help, it helped me and I am a piss-poor HR hitter (that and my Twins don't have much power).

If you're trying to hit dingers with players that don't have a huge amount of power, push more for a straight pull. Rather than pushing straight up on the stick or pushing up and at an angle, push even more towards the pull side.

You'll find that some of those long fly balls that were getting caught on the warning track now have less height in their trajectory, more distance, and find their way over the wall.

The physics model in the game really is pretty good. You can hit the ball incredibly hard but if it goes straight up it'll never make it over the centerfield wall. Line drive hitters don't hit towering homeruns, they hit the ones that barely get off the ground and go 3 rows deep into the left field seats. A homerun is a homerun, doesn't matter if it makes it to the nosebleed section.

btw, I hit my first nosebleed section homerun. Jacque Jones leading off the bottom of the first inning, very first pitch was a mistake right in his wheel house. Landed in the upperdeck of the Metrodome. Anyone familiar with the Dome knows there aren't many that make up all the way up there.

have a good one,

scott

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Re: no \'in between\'

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Here's a tidbit that might help, it helped me and I am a piss-poor HR hitter (that and my Twins don't have much power).

If you're trying to hit dingers with players that don't have a huge amount of power, push more for a straight pull. Rather than pushing straight up on the stick or pushing up and at an angle, push even more towards the pull side.

You'll find that some of those long fly balls that were getting caught on the warning track now have less height in their trajectory, more distance, and find their way over the wall.

The physics model in the game really is pretty good. You can hit the ball incredibly hard but if it goes straight up it'll never make it over the centerfield wall. Line drive hitters don't hit towering homeruns, they hit the ones that barely get off the ground and go 3 rows deep into the left field seats. A homerun is a homerun, doesn't matter if it makes it to the nosebleed section.

btw, I hit my first nosebleed section homerun. Jacque Jones leading off the bottom of the first inning, very first pitch was a mistake right in his wheel house. Landed in the upperdeck of the Metrodome. Anyone familiar with the Dome knows there aren't many that make up all the way up there.

have a good one,

scott

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good tip, i'll try that with my lesser hitters,

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Re: no \'in between\'

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Here's a tidbit that might help, it helped me and I am a piss-poor HR hitter (that and my Twins don't have much power).

If you're trying to hit dingers with players that don't have a huge amount of power, push more for a straight pull. Rather than pushing straight up on the stick or pushing up and at an angle, push even more towards the pull side.

You'll find that some of those long fly balls that were getting caught on the warning track now have less height in their trajectory, more distance, and find their way over the wall.

The physics model in the game really is pretty good. You can hit the ball incredibly hard but if it goes straight up it'll never make it over the centerfield wall. Line drive hitters don't hit towering homeruns, they hit the ones that barely get off the ground and go 3 rows deep into the left field seats. A homerun is a homerun, doesn't matter if it makes it to the nosebleed section.

btw, I hit my first nosebleed section homerun. Jacque Jones leading off the bottom of the first inning, very first pitch was a mistake right in his wheel house. Landed in the upperdeck of the Metrodome. Anyone familiar with the Dome knows there aren't many that make up all the way up there.

have a good one,

scott

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good tip, i'll try that with my lesser hitters,

[snepp]

Re: no \'in between\'

Good luck on hitting the deep fly. I've started to hit a few homers here and there with guys that have power as low as 59, not alot of them, but if a guy has 59 power he shouldn't be hitting them all the time anyway.

later,

scott

[snepp]

Re: no \'in between\'

Good luck on hitting the deep fly. I've started to hit a few homers here and there with guys that have power as low as 59, not alot of them, but if a guy has 59 power he shouldn't be hitting them all the time anyway.

later,

scott