Ichiro's batting stance

[GreenReign86]

This is something that has peaved me off for the longest time with The Show, and I just had to get it off my chest.

When are they finally going to get his stance right? How often do you see Ichiro stand still in the box? He is running out of the box as he is swinging, especially on outside pitches. In The Show, he stays in the box and swings as if he is trying to drive it every time. He very rearely does that in real life. The only time he stays in the box is on an inside pitch, that he sits back on and tries to drive it, even then he is somewhat leaning as he swings. However, most of the time he is running before he even makes contact with the ball. EA's MVP had his stance down pat, where he would actually start running before hitting the ball. Whenever I see Ichiro swing at a pitch while not starting down the line in The Show, a feeling of unrealism sets in. And that is one of the only instances in this game that I get such a feeling.

They have updated other players' batting stances, so why not Ichiro's?

[TeixeiraFanatic]

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This. Adding stances every year is great and all but we need more than that.

When I face Albert Pujols or Joe Mauer, I want to see their sweet swings. When Albert cranks one, I want to see HIS follow through. I want to see Prince Fielder swing out of his shoes when he offers at a hanging curveball. I want to see Ichiro running out of the box when he swings. I'd love to see Joba getting pumped up after a big strike out.

This is why this game isn't a perfect 10. The gameplay is amazing but I want the players to play like themselves. Personality and style is biggest in baseball among any other sport and it needs to be apart of this great game. If they can do that this will be a 10 across the board in my mind.

[Kevin_D]

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Yepp. I can't even use Ichiro in the game because it's so difficult and frustrating because he doesn't come running out of the box..

[DJ]

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They have his pre-pitch bat swing in and that looks really good, but yeah, not having the softball slapper-style animation when he hits the ball is a little disappointing.

[Rod_Carew29]

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I am GLAD someone brought it up at this time...
last month I finally looked for...and found...a more true-to-life stance for him: Gen 58

This is something that has peaved me off for the longest time with The Show, and I just had to get it off my chest.

When are they finally going to get his stance right? How often do you see Ichiro stand still in the box? He is running out of the box as he is swinging, especially on outside pitches. In The Show, he stays in the box and swings as if he is trying to drive it every time. He very rearely does that in real life. The only time he stays in the box is on an inside pitch, that he sits back on and tries to drive it, even then he is somewhat leaning as he swings. However, most of the time he is running before he even makes contact with the ball. EA's MVP had his stance down pat, where he would actually start running before hitting the ball. Whenever I see Ichiro swing at a pitch while not starting down the line in The Show, a feeling of unrealism sets in. And that is one of the only instances in this game that I get such a feeling.

They have updated other players' batting stances, so why not Ichiro's?

[Perfect Zero]

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If they put Ichiro's little girl follow through in the game, I would intentionally peg every game him just to prove a point.

[Pistolero]

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It's not just Ichiro's stance that's off but a quite a few others. I would also love to see Albert's swing and stance enhanced.

[GreenReign86]

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If they put Ichiro's little girl follow through in the game, I would intentionally peg every game him just to prove a point.

Yeah well, that "little girl" follow through has made him the best leadoff hitter in the game over the last 10 years, by far. You're just jealous he is not on your team.

[fool]

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They got Mauer perfect, but that's no doubt because he's on the cover of the game and probably did the mo-cap. The only swing I really wish they would have fixed is Griffey. He has the best swing of all time, and it looks nothing like it should in this game. No big deal.

[jd369]

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even mauer's isnt perfect. for some reason most of the stances "morph" into a generic motion before the player actually swings making things look very unnatural. I hope it is all re tooled for next year so players have their actual swings mechanics and all.

[fool]

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even mauer's isnt perfect. for some reason most of the stances "morph" into a generic motion before the player actually swings making things look very unnatural. I hope it is all re tooled for next year so players have their actual swings mechanics and all.

Yeah, his swing is off a bit but his pre-pitch routine is spot on.

[jd369]

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yeah I agree pre pitch routines are good. I want the stances and swings to look real time though. one stance(s) I am waiting on and have been are chippers swings. his stance and swings in the game are TERRIBLE. I know they can put a toe tap in cause prince and feliz have one. I have even offered to mo cap it for them since I can do them pretty accurately, but alas I have not been given the chance. I would love for them to have someone that knows the ins and out of a swing to do the stances cause it seems like the ones in the game have been done largely by someone who has never played ball in their life.

[fool]

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The one that always makes me laugh is Hamilton's. He kinda hops up and down in the box.

[thaima1shu]

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This is actually one of the things that I think probably makes him less effective in the game than he is in real life. A lot of his hits come from beating out infield singles, and a large part of that is the combination of his speed and getting out of the box right when he hits the ball. There are plenty of times where I would hit a ball deep in the hole between third and short and get thrown out by a step or two. If he was getting out of the box like he did in real life, he probably beats those out, which I feel he regularly does in real life.

[cardsleadtheway]

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This is actually one of the things that I think probably makes him less effective in the game than he is in real life. A lot of his hits come from beating out infield singles, and a large part of that is the combination of his speed and getting out of the box right when he hits the ball. There are plenty of times where I would hit a ball deep in the hole between third and short and get thrown out by a step or two. If he was getting out of the box like he did in real life, he probably beats those out, which I feel he regularly does in real life.

This is a very good point. In MVP 05, he got out of the box and beat out a lot of hits. I used to hate pitching to him, because he would almost always beat out at least one easy grounder a game. In this year's game, he never seems to come close to his real life prowess. I would rather pitch to him in the game than Chone Figgins. I have also never seen Ichiro steal against me, whereas Figgins regularly takes second and third, sometimes on back to back pitches. I just finished the All Star game and Ichiro was not there. That would break his streak of what, 10 in a row?