Marathon Masterpiece

[BZito75]

ok, so last night officially sold me on this game even more.... My Yankees franchise (9-9) getting pounded out by the red sox, currently sitting myself in 4th place with the orioles????? in first. ANYWAYS, its the 3rd game of the series with the sox taking the first 2 by scores of 13-1 and 2-0 respectively..... i have hughes on the mound going against dice-k.

1st inning i jump out to a fast 2-0 lead with a BOMB from swisher his 8th of the month already. the red sox respond with 1 in the 1st,the 2nd & the 3rd. its 3-2 sox when i string together an old school yankees inning 2 walks a bunt an intentional walk and a bloop single by cano, its 3-3 going into the 8th. dustin pedroia (god i HATE him) hits a shot off edwar ramirez that still hasnt landed. its 4-3 going into the top of the 9th. they bring in papelbon. first pitch AROD sees goes deep over the monster and its 4-4..... then hmm lets see no scoring happens for the next 11 INNINGS! thats right im in the top of the 21st, when the red sox bring in javy lopez to pitch and tex takes a 3-1 slider to dead center. its 5-4 and after 3 singles its bases loaded 0 outs and i have no relievers left. i decide to bring in joba who doesnt pitch for 2 more games.... with youk, pedroia and drew coming up (papi is hurt for them) joba goes 3 for 3, strikeouts that is.. ALL LOOKING and the yanks salvage a 5-4 extra innings gem... god i love this game.

[colley_05]

how do you get them to strikeout looking? It seems like every time I throw a pitch, if it is close, they either foul it off or hit a grounder somewhere instead of looking!

[PsychoBulk]

Set them up well and you can get them looking.

[BZito75]

yea setting up pitches is a must in this game.... i dont go by what the catcher calls, i just go by whats got them out during the game. like with joba , i use my 4 seamer only to end the at bat. im showing them a whole lot of curveballs n sliders outside, so when i get the chance to show the 4 seamer, its usually tight inside and it freezes them

[Imnus]

Quote: Originally Posted by BZito75

ok, so last night officially sold me on this game even more.... My Yankees franchise (9-9) getting pounded out by the red sox, currently sitting myself in 4th place with the orioles????? in first. ANYWAYS, its the 3rd game of the series with the sox taking the first 2 by scores of 13-1 and 2-0 respectively..... i have hughes on the mound going against dice-k. 1st inning i jump out to a fast 2-0 lead with a BOMB from swisher his 8th of the month already. the red sox respond with 1 in the 1st,the 2nd & the 3rd. its 3-2 sox when i string together an old school yankees inning 2 walks a bunt an intentional walk and a bloop single by cano, its 3-3 going into the 8th. dustin pedroia (god i HATE him) hits a shot off edwar ramirez that still hasnt landed. its 4-3 going into the top of the 9th. they bring in papelbon. first pitch AROD sees goes deep over the monster and its 4-4..... then hmm lets see no scoring happens for the next 11 INNINGS! thats right im in the top of the 21st, when the red sox bring in javy lopez to pitch and tex takes a 3-1 slider to dead center. its 5-4 and after 3 singles its bases loaded 0 outs and i have no relievers left. i decide to bring in joba who doesnt pitch for 2 more games.... with youk, pedroia and drew coming up (papi is hurt for them) joba goes 3 for 3, strikeouts that is.. ALL LOOKING and the yanks salvage a 5-4 extra innings gem... god i love this game.

Weird, what happened to the "Comeback Code"?

[voltron2010]

Quote: Originally Posted by BZito75

ok, so last night officially sold me on this game even more.... My Yankees franchise (9-9) getting pounded out by the red sox, currently sitting myself in 4th place with the orioles????? in first. ANYWAYS, its the 3rd game of the series with the sox taking the first 2 by scores of 13-1 and 2-0 respectively..... i have hughes on the mound going against dice-k. 1st inning i jump out to a fast 2-0 lead with a BOMB from swisher his 8th of the month already. the red sox respond with 1 in the 1st,the 2nd & the 3rd. its 3-2 sox when i string together an old school yankees inning 2 walks a bunt an intentional walk and a bloop single by cano, its 3-3 going into the 8th. dustin pedroia (god i HATE him) hits a shot off edwar ramirez that still hasnt landed. its 4-3 going into the top of the 9th. they bring in papelbon. first pitch AROD sees goes deep over the monster and its 4-4..... then hmm lets see no scoring happens for the next 11 INNINGS! thats right im in the top of the 21st, when the red sox bring in javy lopez to pitch and tex takes a 3-1 slider to dead center. its 5-4 and after 3 singles its bases loaded 0 outs and i have no relievers left. i decide to bring in joba who doesnt pitch for 2 more games.... with youk, pedroia and drew coming up (papi is hurt for them) joba goes 3 for 3, strikeouts that is.. ALL LOOKING and the yanks salvage a 5-4 extra innings gem... god i love this game.

Sounds awesome... I'm sure there's even more to come. I echo your sentiments: I love this game!!

[BZito75]

to be honest i have yet in the 19 games this season to see the comeback code, for either me or the computer. when i first saw everyone talk about it i was like hmmm not me! lol...... oh well i really dont wanna be at work anymore today (i work at mtv) i wanna go home n fire up the game.... next series is a 3 game set @ detroit.

[crques]

Quote: Originally Posted by colley_05

how do you get them to strikeout looking? It seems like every time I throw a pitch, if it is close, they either foul it off or hit a grounder somewhere instead of looking!

Mix up your pitches and keep the hitters off balance. There's nothing like freezing batters on this game. I actually K'd 6 batters looking in the last game I pitched with Vasquez for the Braves.