[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by Black59Razr

Not trying to rub your face in, guy who lost 4 straight; I just love talking baseball. And you really have to know how to pitch in this year's game if you want to be effective. I started off on Hall of Fame level, expecting to move it to Legend in a couple weeks. Well, I got rocked so hard after the first dozen games, I had to move it down to All Star. Once down in All Star, I re-learned how to actually pitch. I am now ready to go up to Hall of Fame again. Here are a few things to think about that may help you out: I guarantee all these blowups are pitches that landed in the center square. After every huge hit I give up, I look at the pitch location, and it's at least touching the center square over 80% of the time. This is a first for The Show. In games past, the CPU would actually crush some BS 3 run home runs. But this year, it's waaaaay more realistic. What I would suggest to the guy who blew 4 straight late inning games to not be afraid of walks or a strike percentage under 60%. In years past, I would walk zero to one batter per game, have a strike rate of 70%, and throw 90 pitch complete games. This year, you can't play that cheese. You have to actually nibble. You actually have to walk guys. You actually have to work around certain hitters, look at the lineup and decide who you are going to attack. In years past, going 7 innings was cake. This year, I am super happy if my SP can get me 6. I usually have a strike rate of 55-60%. I think low 60s is high for real MLB. Another thing you have to do, if you're blowing it in late innings, is realize that relief pitchers are the worst players on the field. Don't expect to pound the zone with them. You have to nibble; take less chances. You have to find the hot pitcher and roll with him. Be very mindful of every pitch a RP throws. If after 2-3 pitches, you see he's not hitting his spots, get another RP up and throwing, and be ready to make the move. Plus, don't give in. Let that RP walk him, then pull him. Your next RP, who may be a few OVR points less than the other guy, might get 6 straight outs. These clowns are very inconsistent. That's why they are in the bullpen. Dang, sometimes I wonder if this game is getting too sim for it's own good. They may have to make an arcade setting to strip all this stuff out. As for experiencing tons of errors, I feel the exact opposite. I jacked my fielding and throwing sliders almost to full blast, and I am now finally seeing an average of 1-2 errors per game.

Yeah I agree blowing leads has never been a problem with the show. Wow I cant believe that you have put error sliders up. I have played like 9 games and between me and the user I have already seen like 20 errors and the last few games I have had the error slider at 3 or 4 or it might be even more then 20 in 9 games. Heck in 9 games I have already had like 4 drop fly balls and the CPU like 2 and you almost never see drop fly balls in real life. I may even have to put the error sliders at like 2.