MLB 12 The Show Video - Marlins Park

[JoeRyan33]

But I'll bet it wasn't on an inside pitch.

[M_F_Z]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoeRyan33

But I'll bet it wasn't on an inside pitch.

I'm not going to waste my time researching any of that, but I don't see why it's impossible to hit a pitch low and inside in the zone to opposite field. It would just be an inside out projection.

What location do you consider optimal for hitting the ball hard to opposite field ?

[tvman]

Reyes is a switch hitter, i 'm guessing he hit that hr. to left off a leftie.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

Are we certain that hit was a home run? We never saw it play out. Could have been an out or curved foul in the end and they gave you the illusion he hit it out with the carnival going off in the next frame. Just saying!

Certainly. I was merely going off the home run celebration cam, plus the carnival going off afterward, as you said.

No reason for us to be misled, though. If that kind of home run is possible, it's better/easier that we know than being told "Maybe our mind is just playing tricks with us." It's okay for games to have flaws, after all. I'm not saying you're defending the game, because I look at all possibilities as well. I'm just going with the most plausible one.

Quote: Originally Posted by M_F_Z

He did it at least once last year..

Reyes is a switch-hitter, so he might have hit that one out right-handed. Of his seven home runs, one was right-handed. It's fair to assume that all of his home runs were pulled last year, as opposed to having two opposite field home runs.

EDIT: Just noticed the poster above me said that.

[thaSLAB]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

I'm certain they've done some tweaks with that as well. However, as you can see, they might not be accounting for pull power vs. opposite field power as much as they should be. I don't even think Reyes can hit an oppo home run, no matter where the pitch is (I think I've seen him do it in Philly, but every other NL East stadium would be too deep).

The changes includes bat/ball, ball/air, and ball/environment physics, with the two latter being the most noticeable. As for the Reyes homerun, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a dev/test dictated event... even with that, we don't know how far that ball traveled.

[tvman]

Odds are that was a hr. by Reyes in the video and it shouldn't be a big surprise if it was as this kind of stuff has been in the game for as long as i've been playing it.

[johnnyg83]

Quote: Originally Posted by M_F_Z

I'm not going to waste my time researching any of that, but I don't see why it's impossible to hit a pitch low and inside in the zone to opposite field. It would just be an inside out projection. What location do you consider optimal for hitting the ball hard to opposite field ?

Certainly it's not impossible, just not likely for a hitter of Reyes' caliber. And it's been an issue that's plagued the game for a while. So when I saw it, I wondered where the physics changes they had been talking about were implemented. IMHO, the past iterations have had far too much power to the opposite field for all hitters.

As to your question about optimal spot, I would say anything on the outside half of the plate has a better chance of being hit hard to the opposite field vs. a low and inside pitch (or high and inside of that matter).

Not sure if I'm reading this right http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...jo01&year=&t=b but it looks like he was batting right-handed when he hit that HR to left field last year.

[cavsfan2]

Who cares whether or not the stadium is weird? Nobodys going to be there anyway.