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Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

Color commentary has been pretty lousy so far. I'm not knocking anybody for that, but when you sit there while playing and actually think about the fact that they only speak after a pitch or replay or something (and doesn't really sound like they're in the booth with Matty V.), it takes away from the feel of the game. It doesn't help that Rex Hudler seems to have more opportunities to speak this time around than Dave Campbell, and it just seems out of place when Soup comes in to talk because he pretty much comes out of nowhere. The lines, however, are excellent. They well represent the play that you saw in front of you and they recall the past and future (pitches that were set up prior to the current pitch, what they did last at bat and how they can carry it into this at bat, not being patient at the plate as a team or not getting a hit at all, etc.). I just wish that there was a way to get that lively feel that Vasgergian gives as a standalone on this game. The retail version may be different, though. Remember that they are filling the 50 GB of space, a lot of it with commentary. There will be plenty to hear. That would be cool if there were four strike zone visual options: 1) Off 2) Standard - Like what we see in the game, and a different umpire will call it as he sees. 3) Umpire - We see what the umpire's zone is, perhaps with faded edges as he could be inconsistent around the edges. 4) Player - Based on the player's discipline, and maybe if they used something similar to Inside Edge to see what kinds of pitches they go after. The strikes and balls are still determined by the umpire.

if that happened I would definately have to pic umpire because nto every umpire is the same and like in the game they have variable calling which is GREAT!!!!