[nomo17k]

Quote: Originally Posted by WarningTrackPower

... However, what I meant about starting a pitch outside of the strike zone had to do with right stick, not the left. I find it hard to push the right analog stick up at such a drastic angle. Let's say for example the pitcher and batter are both right handed and I have an 0-2 count on the hitter. If I were to try and throw a front door slider, I'd have to basically throw it at the right handed hitter. Moving the right analog stick down and then way over to the right proves to be difficult for me and I'll probably hang this slider over the middle. Perhaps it's just my user skill that prevents me from doing this successfully.. I was actually hoping that the edges of the zone on the analog meter would be closer together, making it easier to throw outside the zone. By no means a deal breaker because I still have success pitching, but I like to intentionally throw off the plate to either side when I need to. Again, it might be my user skill with the stick.... not sure how others feel about it.

This I guess is partly what makes it difficult to tune analog for everyone...

Personally I don't have much trouble inside (R vs R, from behind the pitcher), since my natural thumb movement is from 8 to 2 o'clock. But if I need to go outside, I just cannot move my thumb reliably from 4 to 10 o'clock.

I think there's some user skill factor in pitching to inside/outside wide off the strike zone, I believe you almost have to go more than 45 degree angle off the center axis to do this, and that can be difficult (for me at least). Narrowing the strike zone to analog mapping was an idea discussed earlier... I also hope there was something done on the issue, but some people don't appear to have problem (like nem), so who knows... it might be our thumbs who need some practice and exercise....