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Our general goal is to give people more options to interact with OS community members, whether that’s Discord, the forums, this newsletter, or improved apps. If people want to stick more to the forums, that’s cool. If people want to stick more to the Discord, that’s also cool. In my perfect world, we do a lot of BSing and day-to-day chatting on the Discord about games and sports, and then more of the “in-depth” discussions or hefty things like long slider breakdowns or analysis of gameplay end up on the forums so that can act as a sort of “best of” area for anything OS community related. That said, you all will ultimately shape how the ecosystem shakes out, I just want to give you spaces you like so you can have a good time with other folks in the community.

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Troopershorty51

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Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

05-11-2012, 03:52 PM

Does anyone else feel like it's too easy to do? On many sharp line drives to right field I am able to throw the runner out before he can get to first. It feels kind of cheap since it's not very realistic but sometimes I can't help but take any advantage I can while playing the computer.
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cusefan74

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05-11-2012, 04:03 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

I have not tried it myself, I just don't want to take advantage of them like that, but other people have said it's easy.
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jvalverde88

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05-11-2012, 04:06 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

I thought they fixed it with the second patch?

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Kelvarr

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05-11-2012, 05:15 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

I've never done it. I've tried, but my RF'er always pulls the first baseman off the bag, then gets an error.

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05-11-2012, 06:12 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

I do it all the time. I just feel like its compensating for all the bs stuff the cpu does to me.
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Majingir

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05-11-2012, 06:18 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

I've still been able to throw guys out at 1st with my RF. I think it has more to do with the runners speed when going to 1st. Doesn't mean their overall speed is bad, but it seems like the players don't run fast enough to 1st base.
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05-11-2012, 06:24 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

Doesn't it also have something to do with the right fielder charging on a base hit when in real life they usually just sit back and let the ball come to them? In the few games I played online, it always seemed like my opponent's right fielder fielded the ball 10 steps from the infield dirt on a single through the hole.

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05-11-2012, 06:32 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

Originally posted by jvalverde88

I thought they fixed it with the second patch?

Sony tried to fix it however its still a really big problem.

The outfielders arms in this game a too strong. Something needs to be changed for MLB 13 The Show.

Way too many times I hit a ball down the line into the corner and my runner gets thrown out at second base. In real life with these same kind of hits the ruunner is almost always standing on second. This is by far one of if not the most anoing thing about MLB The Show. Its been an issue for a very long time and I would love for it to be fixed in time for MLB 13 The Show.

Sony needs to some how lower the outfielders arms while leaving the infielders arms alone. We also need sliders for both outfielders and infielders arms.

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sydrogerdavid

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05-11-2012, 06:44 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

I know it got fixed in my game.

Carlos Beltran has 6 errors now because I kept trying to throw to first after the patch. Every time I throw, it comes up as a yellow ring, then it pulls my first baseman off the bag, giving him an error.
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05-11-2012, 09:02 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

RF plays too shallow in this game
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MIKEY93

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05-11-2012, 09:49 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

I never had this happen. I kinda tried to do it, but never thrown anyone out on 1st. Even the CPU never thrown me out at 1st. Btw, I'm playing in Spring Training with the 1.05 patch.

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05-11-2012, 10:08 PM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

The few times I've tried this I always end up with an E9. I would never even consider doing this in my season however. The FUN of this game to me is realistically re-creating a MLB game/season. If it's unrealistic then it's no fun as far as I'm concerned.

Kinda how it always makes me shake my head when I see people talk about how they dominate their franchise or seasons. I was reading a blog the other day about a guy who's like 55-13 in his franchise. How can this even be fun? I'd much rather struggle around the .500 mark and miss the playoffs as opposed to winning every time I touch the controller. Seems pointless.
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moemoe24

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05-12-2012, 12:28 AM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

Originally posted by blueduke

RF plays too shallow in this game

Exactly!! I played in wrigley and the rf is about right up the second basemans behind. I don't understand how something can be a problem that wasn't a problem in previous years.
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05-12-2012, 11:24 AM

Re: Throwing runners out at first from the outfield?

We've been saying this for a while now. Use the search feature.

And it has nothing to do with the arm strength. It's a bug.


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