MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[CS10029]

Man on first, Ultey at the plate. Hit a hard grounder to the second baseman. He fields it cleanly and throws it on over to the SS coming to cover second to turn the double play. Catches the ball then goes to throw to first and loses the handle on it.

Now that was pretty cool and all, and I was pleased with that amount of detail. What happened next blew me away.

The next thing I know Charlie Manual (Right?) is out at second base arguing with the umpire. I'm sitting here trying to figure out what exactly he is upset about. The announcers say something to the extent of, "Looks like we got an argument here. The manager seems to be saying the SS never had control of the ball and the runner is safe."

What!! Are you kidding me?1

That is attention to detail at its finest... Time to finish the first inning!

[TeixeiraFanatic]

Hey bhurst99, would you mind taking a video of Carlos Pena's, Evan Longoria's, and Chase Utley's stances please?

[Alonzo]

WOW! WOW!! WOW!!!

Unbelievable, I just finished my first game and it was a happy ending.

Rays scored only once with 2 hits and 6 walks (lol) and in the 4th, I ralied against Kazmir. lead-off blooper in center from rollins, werth struck out looking and Utley went DEEP for the walk-off.

hit variety looks good to me, rays had 2 hits and both of them were doubles...STAND-UP DOUBLES! thank you

fielding is improved, it looks much smoother.

check-swings are in the game, but like our experts said, it's more difficult, especially with the pitcher at the plate.

Game plays pretty good out of the box, but I bet it will be huge with a good slider-setting.

Power is probably too much out of the box, I hit a bomb with Utley and one to the warning-track with Howard.
But Kazmir struck me out 4-5 times and I ended up with only 2 hits, if walks are fixed, this is great news.

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by CS10029

Man on first, Ultey at the plate. Hit a hard grounder to the second baseman. He fields it cleanly and throws it on over to the SS coming to cover second to turn the double play. Catches the ball then goes to throw to first and loses the handle on it. Now that was pretty cool and all, and I was pleased with that amount of detail. What happened next blew me away. The next thing I know Charlie Manual (Right?) is out at second base arguing with the umpire. I'm sitting here trying to figure out what exactly he is upset about. The announcers say something to the extent of, "Looks like we got an argument here. The manager seems to be saying the SS never had control of the ball and the runner is safe." What!! Are you kidding me?1 That is attention to detail at its finest... Time to finish the first inning!

Wanna know the best part?

They had this in the game last year.

[J-Unit40]

I don't follow baseball too closely anymore, but the 1st base coach for the Phillies looks really (and scary) familiar. Nice graphics. Who is that dude? I want to say he played when I was growing up and I had some of his cards.

That Werth dude is huge!

[slickkill77]

Its the way his arms are being held. In game they are being held flat. He holds the bat straight up.

[astrumfe]

Quote: Originally Posted by J-Unit40

Who is that dude?

Davey Lopes!!!

they finally got rid of 'timberlake'

[Chris_SCEA_Sports]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Bimmer

Like i said just fine!!!!!!

Ahh...the joy of the personalized stance debate.

Pena is a good example of our "no-win" situation. In this picture his hands are pretty low...but take a look at video from September and October...he has his hands higher...check out this video:

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200809163488988

There are many guys like this...sometimes they are up on their toe, sometimes not....sometimes they are a little more open than other times...

The "hands higher, bent knees" Pena is what you will see in the shipping game....if he decides to lower his hands at some point in the season...well, you are on your own then....

Enjoy the demo! And enjoy the game!

Chris