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Old 01-08-2011, 07:26 PM   #78
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Re: MLB 11 The Show Hands-On Impressions, CES 2011 (dmbfan1970)

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Originally Posted by dmbfan1970
Yes, the pitcher MUST come set. If not it will be a balk. Also for offline only a batter may step out of the batter's box and call time.
Hopefully balks can be toggled, because if this slows down how quickly a pitcher can deliver to the plate and slows the game down, is it really useful for how often you actually see balks in real baseball?

Also, I'm not entirely sure why people seem so excited about being able to call time and step out of the box. Aside from realism, what is the practical purpose of this that really needs to be added? As it stands now the batter already backs out between pitches, etc... Would anyone actually use the option to call time and back out of the box (aside from the first few times for the novelty of it), and if so, why?
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