Hit the CutOff Man

[adstout1]

When throwing home should i being hitting the cutoff man or throwing directly home. also, is there a way to throw home but then hit a button to have the throw cutoff. wish this could be done to catch the runner trying to advance to second when i know the run will score.

[nmycon]

depends on where you are

if you are standing midway between the wall and the infield i would throw straight home, if you are any farther than that, i would throw to the cutoff

and when throwing home, press the cutoff button (R1) to have the throw cut off

[Glenn33]

For me - more often than not it's best to hit the cutoff man.

[vin499]

i think its best to hit the cutoff most home plate throws are just pop up throws

[Effington]

It always depends. On deep flies, yes hit the cutoff man. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to throw him out at home, to be horribly, off, and the hitter take second easily. Then a single gets him home, and it's twice as bad.

It also depends on your outfielders. If you have Rick Ankiel, you can probably do whatever you want. If you have a weaker arm in the outfield, hit the cutoff man much more often.

If you throw home, you can't cut it off. So don't do it if you don't have a chance, or if you have a marginal outfielder and you're deep.

[nmycon]

im pretty sure pressing R1 within reasonable time allowance after pressing X will cause a fielder to cut the throw off

ive done this 3 times only, but all 3 times the throw has been cut off (and it wasnt a Damon throw... lol it was Alex Rios)

[Imnus]

Quote: Originally Posted by nmycon

im pretty sure pressing R1 within reasonable time allowance after pressing X will cause a fielder to cut the throw off ive done this 3 times only, but all 3 times the throw has been cut off (and it wasnt a Damon throw... lol it was Alex Rios)

Seriuously you can cut off the ball with the jump button, I didn't know that.

[nmycon]

ugh! sorry, i meant L1, thats the button you press to throw to the cutoff man, right? i get mixed up when im not holding a controller