jonnyd Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 i'm 112 games into my owner mode with the mets and i'd say that right after the all star break, none of my righty hitters can hit home runs. only occasionally if i decide to press the left analog stick directly up and the pitch is fast enough that he can pop one barely over the fence. however with leftys, i can't stop hitting home runs (mientkiewicz had 10 at the all star break and has 25 already). with righty batters, i press the left analog stick to the upper left corner and it always hits a line drive with to the 3rd baseman or right over his head. cameron was 2nd on my team in home runs at the all star break with 23. now he has 25. i'm just wondering if anyone else had this problem because i recalibrated my controller and there still seems to be something wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYYKing Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 make sure you tilt your stick up and in. For right hand batters, up and left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyd Posted May 23, 2005 Author Share Posted May 23, 2005 thats what i do and the guy lines out to the 3rd baseman or hits it just over his head. i mean i still get hits, but i'd like to hit home runs from both sides of the plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natefizzle Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 I have 25 homeruns with Mark Loretta up to date in my dynasty. But i play on pro so its easy to hit homers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyd Posted May 23, 2005 Author Share Posted May 23, 2005 piazza cameron and wright were hitting them fine before the all star break. i dont know what happened after that because i dont remember installing anything new after then except a few new stadiums so i doubt its a datafile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgiantsflgators Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 yeah, unless you installed a new datafile or such i have no clue what's goin on. in my giants dynasty, in which i'm on year 2, i had 3 righties with over 20 (grissom, feliz, and alou) last year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhath Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 well... turn off the trade deadline... and trade for all lefties! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gudraves Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Check your controller, could be its not recoginzing up and left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acpython1 Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Something you should check... it's one of those "duh" moments in my gaming life, but during one game, back when I had automatic fielding on, I played 3 innings without being able to control where the ball went when i pitched or hit. As it turns out, the analog function on my PS2 controller was turned off... so I couldn't slide or control pitches. :oops: Duh. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett67 Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I have 39 at the beginning of August with Pudge (Tigers), that is on All-star with User Power at -45 and he is right handed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscosuper Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Try up and away (for righties, up and right), there is more power when you position the stick away.....it's a bigger swing........it works well against non-power pitchers......when you tell the controller to pull the ball, you're shortening your swing, reducing your power......I play with mets, as well, on allstar.....I'm not leading the league in homers, but I've got a lot of guys hitting the long ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jitter Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I have to disagree w/ holding up and away. Even though you can hit homers this way they dont go as far. I have Pujols, A-Rod, Omar Infante, BJ upton, Jose Castillo, Jose Lopez (on my AAA team), willy taveras (AAA team). Baldelli (think he is a righty I cant remember because hes been injured for a long time). anyways all of those guys have 20+ homers. Pujols and A-rod are 1-2 in league leaders for homers into August on All star, and the other guys I mentioned all have 20+. Baldelli was close to 30 till he got injured and Lopez on my AAA team has around 30 as well. I move back off the plate and hold up and in (left) and try to only swing at pitches on the inner half of the plate. If you stand in the default position and swing at pitches on the inner half you do lose power because your not hitting the ball w/ the right part of the bat. If you wait for pitches to the outside they are hard to pull w/ power and more than likely your going to hit it to center field. With my strategy if you get 2 strikes on you, you should move back over closer to the plate because if the pitcher throws a stike on the outside part of the plate its very hard to reach it let alone get a hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HypnoxXx Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I have noticed that lefties seem kind of beefed up this year (overzealous response to 04's left bug?) I've got Tony Clark hitting homers like crazy and even Counsell seems to rip high pitches out in right field... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zingers Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 When do you back off of the plate? Only when you know the pitcher's going to throw a strike? Or most of the time? I've also had trouble hitting homers, although I get an acceptable amount of hits. I have the Blue Jays, not the best selection of homerun hitters, but I should be getting more than I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernetic Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 it could be that the players' power/contact are under-rated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jitter Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 I basically back off the play the whole at bat unless i really need just a hit and have 2 strikes. This strategy works well for at least 8/10 games. My AAA team just had 9 homers in a game, and has averaged 7 runs in the last 16 games, and my MLB team had been hitting about 3-4 homers a game until the last game I played against tim Wakefield. I can not hit his knuckleball well at all. I managed to get a triple and scored it was a 1-1 game till they pulled him, then I hit a 2 run homer off the reliever in the 8th or 9th to win. Everyonce in a while you will run into a pitcher that keeps hammering the outside of the plate. The key is just extreme patience. Only swing at pitches on the inner half of the plate or you wont make good contact. You will get a hittable pitch almost every at bat. Sometimes against pitchers w/ good stuff even the pitches you should crush dont work out well early on. Normally if you just ride it out and be patient till around the 5th or 6th inning things will usually break open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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