MLB '10: The Show Hands-On Impressions @ CES w/ Russell_SCEA *Day 2*

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Yea, warmup pitches(if not put in this year) is a must for '11.. For both RTTS and Franchise players.

Good find.

Agreed, to be able to throw the 8 pitches would be huge for getting the feel of your new pitcher.

[thaSLAB]

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that Japan vs. US game looks fun. it has some good things going for it (mostly, the swing followthroughs and the way the outfielders track down balls)

by the way, can any one direct me to last year's Developer Blogs? I searched the forums and couldn't find them. and I could only find one through playstation.com

any help would be appreciated. this seems like an appropriate time to re-read what made last year exciting.

thanks in advance,
Tim

Here is a link to the PS Blogs about MLB 09 The Show... starting at the oldest.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/mlb09theshow/page/5/

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Here is a link to the PS Blogs about MLB 09 The Show... starting at the oldest.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/mlb09theshow/page/5/

Judging by the time frame, and seeing Chris and Brian on here now, I have a good feeling we will see a blog this coming week.

[dmbfan1970]

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Hoos,

No information yet. All we know so far is that "fielding has received love".

Will have to wait for developer blogs and other information to come out in the coming weeks.

Fielding feels the same to me after playing it a full game @ CES.

[dmbfan1970]

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Yea, warmup pitches(if not put in this year) is a must for '11.. For both RTTS and Franchise players.

Good find.

Warm up pitchers are in for this year. I seen it at CES. Won't be avail for online tho.

[PhantomPain]

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Warm up pitchers are in for this year. I seen it at CES. Won't be avail for online tho.

He was talking about the warm up pitches. Start a game or bring in a reliever and the pitcher gets to throw some before the action resumes.

Unless you are talking about that and accidentally typed "pitchers" instead of "pitches"?

[Shakedowncapo]

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Warm up pitchers are in for this year. I seen it at CES. Won't be avail for online tho.

Exactly like the clip monk31 showed?

[mike75]

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Warm up pitchers are in for this year. I seen it at CES. Won't be avail for online tho.

I thought that was just practice mode?

Are you saying you can throw warm up pitches before a game and when bringing in a pitcher from the bull pen?

[mike75]

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Fielding feels the same to me after playing it a full game @ CES.

And would you say that is a good thing?


I was hoping that fielding in MLB 10 The Show fixed all those little issues that a lot of us here hate.

[nemesis04]

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He was talking about the warm up pitches. Start a game or bring in a reliever and the pitcher gets to throw some before the action resumes.

Unless you are talking about that and accidentally typed "pitchers" instead of "pitches"?

You can throw warm-up tosses when you bring a reliever in. I am not sure about the start of the game. I do not think so!

[Skyboxer]

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You can throw warm-up tosses when you bring a reliever in. I am not sure about the start of the game. I do not think so!

That's a start

[dmbfan1970]

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You can throw warm-up tosses when you bring a reliever in. I am not sure about the start of the game. I do not think so!

Correct. I believe you get 8-10 warmup pitches when you bring reliever in. Didn't see it at beginning of game.

[PhantomPain]

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Correct. I believe you get 8-10 warmup pitches when you bring reliever in. Didn't see it at beginning of game.

Thanks Nemesis and dmb for the clarification. While warm up pitches mean absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, it is yet another example of the great attention to detail that SCEA puts into their game.

I think baseball has more nuances than any sport and SCEA gives us more than any game has ever done before (at least US games as I have never played a Japanese game or otherwise).

Bravo SCEA! Keep up the good...make that GREAT work!

[Knight165]

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Correct. I believe you get 8-10 warmup pitches when you bring reliever in. Didn't see it at beginning of game.

Ha...this is what I was trying to pry out of you last week......

M.K.
Knight165

[swaldo]

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Warm up pitches - nice! If they do this for starting pitchers next year I'd like to see them go one step further. The game is programmed to allow only 5 pitches during a game and Russell said this will not change. However, for pitchers who have an arsenal of more than 5 pitches it would be nice to be able to pick which ones you are going to go with in the game.

So for example pre-game you're in the bullpen warming up (which is a separate mode programmed to allow more than 5 pitches.) You then feel out all of your pitches with the warm up tosses. When done you pick the 5 you want to go with in the game.

Awhile back I was reading a book and Mike Mussina said this is what he does. He has 10 pitches to work with or whatever and he throws out the ones that don't have any pop during warm ups. Also, this would sort of satisfy those who don't like the 5 pitch limitation as well - at least there's some control. Mussina said there were days when he felt nothing was working, and if that were programmed in the game it would be pretty cool. To start out the first inning with a real bad feeling or a great feeling if everything is working.

Probably would entail some crazy programming so perhaps it's too much I dunno.