MLB '10: The Show First Look (ESPN)

[monk31]

That makes sense. Since you hold down the pickoff button longer for the deceptive move, I wonder if say I'm pitching w/ a lefty... if the longer i hold the button the more deceptive it becomes, but hold it too long and it's a balk. Like crossing the 45 degree line for balks.

I saw that they put in 3rd to 1st moves. Anybody heard if the deceptive move to 2nd base is an inside move? I would assume it would be.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by monk31

That makes sense. Since you hold down the pickoff button longer for the deceptive move, I wonder if say I'm pitching w/ a lefty... if the longer i hold the button the more deceptive it becomes, but hold it too long and it's a balk. Like crossing the 45 degree line for balks.

That's how it was in Interplay Sports Baseball 2000. They also had fake throws (for pickles or whatever). What a good game that was.

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I saw that they put in 3rd to 1st moves. Anybody heard if the deceptive move to 2nd base is an inside move? I would assume it would be.

I never saw that they also had that. Wow, this game is deep! Hopefully the AI happens to do all of these things.

[Infinite202]

Quote: Originally Posted by soxnut1018

I believe a dev said each different pickoff type would have a positive and negative side to them. I imagine that the basic pickoff would be safe but not very effective, the quick would be effective but very likely to be thrown away, and the deceptive would be very effective but likely to result in a balk. At least that's what I hope the system works like.

This would be awesome.

[nemesis04]

I do not think I would count on balks for 10.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

I do not think I would count on balks for 10.

[metal134]

I hope (but doubt) that with this new pickoff system will come pickoff ratings. Some pitchers are way better at picking off runners than others. Andy Pettite is great at it while Chris Young couldn't hold an 80 year old women on base.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by metal134

I hope (but doubt) that with this new pickoff system will come pickoff ratings. Some pitchers are way better at picking off runners than others. Andy Pettite is great at it while Chris Young couldn't hold an 80 year old women on base.

Pickoff ratings shouldn't really have a number system, anyway. You aren't either an 81 or an 82 at pickoffs, that's just weird. Either you're great (which is still not often that we pick off runners), average, or poor. Most relievers don't hold runners well, nor do they even try to. And people at second base steal on guys like Papelbon and Lincecum all the time... they never check their runner! So a "hold runner" attribute would be nice as well, or unless that's put in with the pickoff attribute.

[DodgerFanatic2K3]

So game presentation will be split into 2 options.....Default & Real time

But you can't have a mix of both ??