So what COOL new upgrades have you guys noticed!!!

[Seahawk84]

-you know those ground balls last year where the pitcher was covering and whenever is was very close the runner would always be safe.....well Kazmir just beat Rollins to the bag by a millasecond and was calld OUT....sweet!

-The 2 bad hops that I have seen look awesome!

-you can now turn the big spinning ball indicator off on fly balls but still have the shadow so you know the general area....love it.

-Cole Hamels now has 4 pitches....hope ALL do now for Online sake.

-Homerun indicator will show but may not be a homrun......could bounce off the wall. Awesome....

[bigwill33]

Cool list, I like threads like these that point out the little things that keep the game fresh and me coming back time and time again.

[rudyjuly2]

I like on the Pitcher screen (when you hit select to see pitch count, endurance, etc.) that you can hold down Square and see what the normal pitch speed is for every pitch in the pitcher's arsenal.

I love that pitch speed can be made slower and that the speed of the bat through the zone is faster. I can pull balls easier now.

I love the press box home run replays. Looks cool.

I saw a new umpire animation with a cool punch out on a close play at first.

[wyrm187]

everything just seemed much more fluid to me - I didn't notice anyone wearing shades or eye paint - did they keep that out of the demo ? ? ?

[jimbo22]

I love the way the catcher singals what pitch he wants by showing his fingers.

I actually suggested this after playing last years game

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/scea-sports-mlb/245718-possible-addition-pitching-system.html

So i'm going to take credit for it anyway

[Jdurg]

Quote: Originally Posted by wyrm187

everything just seemed much more fluid to me - I didn't notice anyone wearing shades or eye paint - did they keep that out of the demo ? ? ?

Probably not goint to see much of that in a night game.

[JoeRyan33]

Not a little thing, but a definite upgrade, and perhaps the most important - the ball comes off the bat much more realistically than last year. I'm not seeing any opposite field shots on inside pitches, or pulled liners on outside pitches. This for me is the biggest improvement in the game.

It's blowing 08 out of the water for me, for that reason alone.

The lighting is immense, the new camera angles, the pitching camera, the catcher's signal calling, the fielding animations, the BATSPEED!, I'm so happy with the demo. This will be a long month.

[wyrm187]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jdurg

Probably not goint to see much of that in a night game.

you make an obvious point that I clearly missed - I shall now go flog myself in the corner