Facepalm moments

[flattman]

Few things piss me off as badly as doing that HURRR! Super-Early off-balance swing at some random breaking crap that's two feet out of the zone after giving yourself the 'Don't Swing' pep talk.

[douggoud]

being the impacient person i am, i usually press X after a few seconds after i take a pitch, well, sometimes i press it too early and my guy swings at a ball out of the zone, and i'm like, GOD! lol, it sucks, i give myself a face palm alot, lol

[Alistair]

This is a classic facepalm moment, but fortunately it never happens anymore. Best to use an example to explain.

Whenever a runner starts on his way to first, I always 'activate' his icon so I can quickly send him to second in the case of a throwing error. Understandably, 95% of the time it remains a single. Sometimes however, I will forget I have 'activated' this runner and press "X" to skip the cut scene, not realise the play is still live. All of a sudden, my runner takes off for second base as I have instructed him to go home.

Stupid mistake but as I said, can't remember the last time it happened!

[Alistair]

Also, fielding a ground ball in the infield and throwing to first - without even remembering there is a runner on base and you could have been out of the inning with a DP.

[8]

Quote: Originally Posted by Maynard

its like my brain isnt linked to my thumb and my thumb just pushes the button for no good reason.

I'm glad I'm not the only one...

[cardsfan2222]

I fell for the fake to 3rd look to 1st move last night, and got Pujols picked off to end the inning.

[AussieGiantsFan]

I get so mad at myself when I swing at a pitch that hits me, and when I know it will be a ball but I swing just for the sake of it, then begin to call the batter a moron.

[Maxflier]

I've done plenty of the stuff already posted.
But something else that happened to me:the CPU had runners on 2nd and 3rd and the batter hits one to deep center field and instead of using the cutoff man I threw directly home which resulted in a HUGE arching throw that took forever to get there and so the guy on 2nd scored on the sac fly too lol.