Balls Hitting Pitchers

[AUTiger1]

Is is just me or is then an unusual high number of linedrives hitting the pitcher? In my exhibition game between the Mets and Braves I've already counted 5 such occurances through just 4 innings. It's so frustrating to think you have a base hit but the ball hits the pitcher and you make an out!

[LakerFan56]

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This was an issue in last year's game too. The computer often does it too. It's frustrating when you square up a ball and it just goes back at the pitcher. I don't know why it happens, but it does seem to happen often.

[dkrause1971]

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Is is just me or is then an unusual high number of linedrives hitting the pitcher? In my exhibition game between the Mets and Braves I've already counted 5 such occurances through just 4 innings. It's so frustrating to think you have a base hit but the ball hits the pitcher and you make an out!

It happens alot. This season its actually lower for me so far for what thats worth.

[Majingir]

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This was an issue in last year's game too. The computer often does it too. It's frustrating when you square up a ball and it just goes back at the pitcher. I don't know why it happens, but it does seem to happen often.

And.......

1.Pitcher NEVER get injured even if they get a ball right in the face

2.If it happens to the user, its hard to control a fielder who can get to the ball and throw for an out, but if it happens to CPU, it's like the ball just bounces off the pitcher and right to the CPU fielder who throws for an out

[BlueSkies7776]

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What's especially frustrating is that when the CPU hitter hits my pitcher it usually results in the runner being safe at first. But if I hit the CPU pitcher then they usually throw me out no problem.

[JoeCoolMan24]

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Yeah, it happens way to often, like the pitcher has an invisible wall through his body and anything hit his direction will go off his body, often just bouncing right in front of him.

And yeah, the fact that they NEVER get injured is insane. They may show a canned animation of the player walking around the mound and the announcers saying "Oh man, I hope he is okay", but he always is.

[BlueSkies7776]

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Yeah, it happens way to often, like the pitcher has an invisible wall through his body and anything hit his direction will go off his body, often just bouncing right in front of him.

And yeah, the fact that they NEVER get injured is insane. They may show a canned animation of the player walking around the mound and the announcers saying "Oh man, I hope he is okay", but he always is.

San Diego Studios confirmed that pitchers never get injured based on getting hit by a come backer. The cut scene is just a cut scene, for presentation purposes.

[AUTiger1]

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San Diego Studios confirmed that pitchers never get injured based on getting hit by a come backer. The cut scene is just a cut scene, for presentation purposes.

Which is crazy.

[BlueSkies7776]

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Which is crazy.

I think it will change on the PS4. A hit to the leg might not be as serious as a hit to the face. Maybe the PS3's limitations prevents the game from properly knowing the difference.

[gator3guy]

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What's especially frustrating is that when the CPU hitter hits my pitcher it usually results in the runner being safe at first. But if I hit the CPU pitcher then they usually throw me out no problem.

That's the problem. They have recovered and thrown me out every time I've hit the pitcher.

[ptbnl]

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San Diego Studios confirmed that pitchers never get injured based on getting hit by a come backer. The cut scene is just a cut scene, for presentation purposes.

What? That doesn't make sense. There are injury rolls on every other play in the game (I've seen a guy get hurt just getting to the next base).

Why can't they have it roll with higher probability when a pitcher gets drilled?

[BlueSkies7776]

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What? That doesn't make sense. There are injury rolls on every other play in the game (I've seen a guy get hurt just getting to the next base).

Why can't they have it roll with higher probability when a pitcher gets drilled?

Because IIRC pitchers would be leaving the game left and right. Which is NOT realistic. Like I said I don't think there is a way for them to make the game distinguish whether the injury would be serious enough for the pitcher to leave the game or stay. That's just my guess. Injuries are random aren't they?

[ptbnl]

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Because IIRC pitchers would be leaving the game left and right. Which is NOT realistic. Like I said I don't think there is a way for them to make the game distinguish whether the injury would be serious enough for the pitcher to leave the game or stay. That's just my guess. Injuries are random aren't they?

My suggestion last year was to have it affect their abilities in-game then (give them a hit to stamina, control, or clutch or something if they get hit).

[statdude]

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San Diego Studios confirmed that pitchers never get injured based on getting hit by a come backer. The cut scene is just a cut scene, for presentation purposes.

This is not true. This year, I had Brandon McCarthy (hit again, ugh) go down after getting hit in the head and I had to replace him with a new pitcher. He ended up being hurt for a few days. It wasn't a line drive, but a little chopper which he finished the play, but the cutscene had him laying on his back in obvious pain.

[BlueSkies7776]

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My suggestion last year was to have it affect their abilities in-game then (give them a hit to stamina, control, or clutch or something if they get hit).

You mean like The Bigs 2? Ha, that would be interesting.