The R.A. Dickey Dilemma

[COMMISSIONERHBK9]

I'm the Yankees in franchise and my first game is against him and I hate that guy. I said this in another thread he is my worst nightmare. For the past I five plus years he is giving me trouble

[Maverick09]

I play with Dickey in my Blue Jays franchise.

The problem with him is, when using the recommend pitch feature, 90% of the time the catcher will recommend throwing a knuckle ball right down the middle. Not sure if it's a glitch, but this is definitely the reason for the high strike%.

It's as if the pitch (knuckle ball) is not programmed to be thrown for balls. The catcher always asks for it to be thrown down the middle.

[redsox4evur]

Quote: Originally Posted by Maverick09

I play with Dickey in my Blue Jays franchise. The problem with him is, when using the recommend pitch feature, 90% of the time the catcher will recommend throwing a knuckle ball right down the middle. Not sure if it's a glitch, but this is definitely the reason for the high strike%. It's as if the pitch (knuckle ball) is not programmed to be thrown for balls. The catcher always asks for it to be thrown down the middle.

It's probably not a glitch. Because the knuckle has a random movement to it. If you throw it down the middle there is a higher chance of you actually landing it in there for a strike.

[Aensland]

Noticed this a couple nights ago in a CPU vs. CPU game where Dickey at one point threw only 8 balls to 60+ strikes against the Yankees. The batters look overmatched in the first five innings, before hitting back to back home runs in the 6th.

[topside]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox4evur

It's probably not a glitch. Because the knuckle has a random movement to it. If you throw it down the middle there is a higher chance of you actually landing it in there for a strike.

It's a glitch to me if the knuckle goes for 95 percent strikes. It's impossible for me to play against him.

[HouseKeepinItReal]

if you are hitting against him than you need to crush his strikes. I would suggest regular swings only against dickey. get runners on base, lay down a bunt.

if you are pitching with him and can't seem to throw a ball and you are getting away with 95% strikes than it is likely a difficulty issue.

one of the show's minor flaws(imo) is the higher difficulties produce better results but not everyone graduates as quickly as others, and while i notice a lot of baseball veterans play this game, they aren't really any good but because of their extensive knowledge of baseball it creates a disparity between what they experience and what they see IRL.

[roolz]

Im using him so far, its OK... the Orioles just shelled me a bit though in his 2nd start.