They need to change the name of the "Curveball" in this game.

[nonnel]

It should be changed from "Curveball" to "Here. Hit This".

[PepsiMusic5]

The pitch formely known as the splitter currently owns rights to that name.

[Joey]

I think I'll just leave it at curveball. Sounds like you need to work on location.

[HustlinOwl]

Quote: Originally Posted by Joey

I think I'll just leave it at curveball. Sounds like you need to work on location.

no kidding, just got out of bases loaded jam getting AI to swing and miss strike 3.

[Black59Razr]

I also used to get lid up with my curveball. That is, until I started cheating and using API. You will then notice the catcher wants 90% of the curveballs to land well below the strike zone. I did not trust it either at first, but then was just "fine, here you go; ill bounce it in". Wow, what a difference. Half of the curveballs do what they were intended to do and land in very low for a harmless ball. The other half dont have as much break or as much control, and end up either in or just below the bottom edge of the strike zone.

[nonnel]

Quote: Originally Posted by Joey

I think I'll just leave it at curveball. Sounds like you need to work on location.

Perhaps. I just have horrible outcomes with it. And I'm just frustrated because I just finished a game...

I was up 8-6, bottom of the ninth. They have two on. My catcher calls for a curveball. I go against my initial instinct and actually throw it, even putting it a little lower than asked...

BOOM. 3 run homer... game over.

Just frustrated, that's all.

[BatsareBugs]

Curveballs have a tendency to hang in this game, which is actually what happens in real-life. Location and control is probably the most important thing but man is it hard to locate them low consistently. Some players have great curveballs, but they truly are a BP pitch most of the time.

[CaptainReynolds]

Curveballs are pretty effective pitches in the game IMO as long as you throw it low in the zone or below the zone. The curveball/high fastball combo is dynamite. Throw a high fastball after a curveball and the CPU usually swings under the high fastball because it thinks it's the curve. And, throwing a curveball after a high fastball usually results in the CPU being way over the curveball.