jbmagicfan Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Any Tips in drawing walks? i am having a hard time in drawing walks for my batters. when i am not aggressive and laying off the pitch it seems like i have 2 strikes on me a lot of time. when i am aggressive i am hitting it to the field. i am using spitoon datafile, so no problems in my pitchers getting walks. My sliders on Pro are: User Pitch Meter Difficulty -50 CPU Balls +20 User & CPU Control -50 User Steal Delay -5 Everything else is at 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Unit Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Try turning down the pitch speed so you can maybe get a little longer look at the pitch. Of course you'll need to raise the Human and CPU contact though a little to offset the change in speed otherwise you won't hit the ball out of the infield. Any setting you change will result in a needed change somewhere else to combat the adjustment. If it helps any, I can't tell a ball from a strike either. I swing at everything. I don't know if I'm blind or what but I just can't tell the difference between a ball and a strike unless the circle with the X in it comes up. Makes it easy to figure out my OBP though. It's always identical to my batting average. :mrgreen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDiddy Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 You could always try the take-until-strike approach. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mflv Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Don't swing the bat. Sorry, couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nittanylionfan3 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Don't swing at the first two pitches unless their mistake pitches, and wait for your pitch. (this is coming from someone who has drawn seven walks, three intentional in fifty-nine games and has struck out one hundred plus times. But it is in general a good strategy and when I do follow it I either get a hit or solid contact, usually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmagicfan Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 when you guys say wait for your pitch, how do you know what pitch is good for your hitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nittanylionfan3 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Point the analog stick in a direction and wait for a pitch over that part of the plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitoon Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 when you guys say wait for your pitch, how do you know what pitch is good for your hitter? Just a pitch in a good spot, or in a spot that you are looking for. You are unlikely to make good solid contact on a pitch on the outer 'black' of the plate if you are looking in etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mflv Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Stare at the strike zone grid during the windup. You can see a slight afterimage while the ball is traveling. Keep looking at where the strike zone grid was and wait an extra half second and it's easy to track where the ball is going. Easiest ones to hit for power are fastballs. Obviously different pitchers are easier or harder. Don't practice this with Randy Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmagicfan Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 do you guys like to do use the left analog stick up when your power hitters come up? do you just go straight up on the left analog stic, up/left, or up/right for your power hitters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nittanylionfan3 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I usually do, depending on the situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mflv Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I like to hit toward right field for right handed pitchers and left field for left handed pitchers. Probably doesn't make any sense but it seems to feel right. If I really need a hit I'll try opposite field no matter who is pitching. Sometimes when the pitcher is batting I'll pull the analog straight down and try for a grounder up the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nittanylionfan3 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I do the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmagicfan Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 what situations you like to pull the ball? what situations you like to go the other way? for sacrafice fly when a man is on 3rd base, how you do the left analog stick for your right handed batter and your left handed batter? or it depend on the pitchers if he lefty or righty? if so what you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmagicfan Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 I like to hit toward right field for right handed pitchers and left field for left handed pitchers. regardless if you batter is a left handed batter and right handed batter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nittanylionfan3 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I always like to slap the ball to the opposite field no matter what. It may sound weird, but that's the best way for me to get hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmagicfan Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 I always like to slap the ball to the opposite field no matter what. It may sound weird, but that's the best way for me to get hits. so if you have a left handed batter, you go right on the analog stick? and if you have a right handed batter you go left on the anaog stick? for hitting the opposite field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitoon Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 so if you have a left handed batter, you go right on the analog stick? and if you have a right handed batter you go left on the anaog stick? for hitting the opposite field? That's right, but some players are better at that than others. For example, if I'm hitting with Carlos Delgado, I'm not going to try to hit to the opposite field as much as if I'm hitting with Juan Pierre. If you've got a guy with a bunch of red zones on the outer half of the plate, you can be pretty sure that he is going to be able to hit it to the opposite field fairly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nittanylionfan3 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 no opposite, left point left, right point right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmagicfan Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 no opposite, left point left, right point right you sure? that seems like pulling the ball. if you have left handed batter and go left on the analog stick tha pulling the ball. if you have right handed batter and go right on the analog stick that pulling the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nittanylionfan3 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Well that's what i do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitoon Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 you sure? that seems like pulling the ball. if you have left handed batter and go left on the analog stick tha pulling the ball. if you have right handed batter and go right on the analog stick that pulling the ball. From the catcher view: Left handed batter is standing to my right, so pushing the stick LEFT is opposite field, stick right is pull. Right handed batter is standing to my left, so stick right is opposite field and stick left is pull. From the pitcher's viewpoint this is reversed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nittanylionfan3 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Well that's what i do, BTW spitoon, I like using Andruw Jones. he has a cold zone on the upper outside of his strike zone, and pitchers like throwing it there, and the datafile is awesome, much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmagicfan Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 thanks spitoon. yep catcher view when hitting. (view #4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmagicfan Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 are there times you dont use the left analog stick at all when hitting? and for sacrifice fly if man on 3rd base best to hit a fly ball to right, left or center field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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