All-Star here, but I still have my good and my bad games. Sometimes ill score 5-6 runs, othertimes ill get shutout on 3 hits, so I think its playing pretty realistic for me at the moment.
I find myself getting into the most trouble when i get aggressive and dont take pitches. Ill get into a rut and have a lot of 5 or 6 pitch innings, and just kill myself that way. The best way ive found is to work the pitcher not only to get better pitches, but also as he tires youll get better pitches to hit in the later innings, so it works in your favor both ways to be patient.
It gets really frustrating when it seems like the CPU is working against you, though! Sometimes itll seem like everytime I look away they come in, and vice versa... it just gets annoying! Ill be looking away and here comes a hanging slider on the inner half that i either let go, or swing at anyway and hit it off the trademark. Frustrating! Or my favorite thing is waiting on a pitch, getting it... and still popping it up! grrr! I just seem to get in those ruts where I cant hit even when I get good pitches. It just means its time to back away from the computer before something gets broke! haha.
I was gonna ask, do most of you just hold the directional stick in a spot and hope you get something in that zone? Or do some people actually try to aim as the ball is in the air and make realtime adjustments? Ive tried by I just screw myself up, or get overly aggressive when I try.