MITCH5150's Blog - Operation Sports

My demo impressions MLB 09

The first thing that stands out is I find it easier to judge strikes vs balls. In 08 I hardly EVER walked, this year in the times I have played I always manage a walk or two. I am interested to see how easy it is to steal in this game, Im not sure if I should increase my runners lead at first base or just attempt a steal with the given lead. Any comments on this would be appreciated.

I like how the computer pitcher makes it risky to take to big of a lead, I have had bad base runners picked off at first if they take a big lead. The one new addition that is really a big deal to me, is the 40 man roster for spring training, this was a big let down for me last year (08 was my first year with the Show). I am curious to see how long the CPU lets starters go in spring games. Finally, I hope to see outfielders this year drop a fly ball, in one Demo game I had Crawford have a ball bounce off his glove after he went along way to make a catch. I dont think I have ever seen this before.