Balls Hitting Pitchers

[AUTiger1]

Is is just me or is then an unusual high number of linedrives hitting the pitcher? In my exhibition game between the Mets and Braves I've already counted 5 such occurances through just 4 innings. It's so frustrating to think you have a base hit but the ball hits the pitcher and you make an out!

[LakerFan56]

This was an issue in last year's game too. The computer often does it too. It's frustrating when you square up a ball and it just goes back at the pitcher. I don't know why it happens, but it does seem to happen often.

[dkrause1971]

Quote: Originally Posted by AUTiger1

Is is just me or is then an unusual high number of linedrives hitting the pitcher? In my exhibition game between the Mets and Braves I've already counted 5 such occurances through just 4 innings. It's so frustrating to think you have a base hit but the ball hits the pitcher and you make an out!

It happens alot. This season its actually lower for me so far for what thats worth.

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by LakerFan56

This was an issue in last year's game too. The computer often does it too. It's frustrating when you square up a ball and it just goes back at the pitcher. I don't know why it happens, but it does seem to happen often.

And.......

1.Pitcher NEVER get injured even if they get a ball right in the face

2.If it happens to the user, its hard to control a fielder who can get to the ball and throw for an out, but if it happens to CPU, it's like the ball just bounces off the pitcher and right to the CPU fielder who throws for an out

[BlueSkies7776]

What's especially frustrating is that when the CPU hitter hits my pitcher it usually results in the runner being safe at first. But if I hit the CPU pitcher then they usually throw me out no problem.

[JoeCoolMan24]

Yeah, it happens way to often, like the pitcher has an invisible wall through his body and anything hit his direction will go off his body, often just bouncing right in front of him.

And yeah, the fact that they NEVER get injured is insane. They may show a canned animation of the player walking around the mound and the announcers saying "Oh man, I hope he is okay", but he always is.

[BlueSkies7776]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoeCoolMan24

Yeah, it happens way to often, like the pitcher has an invisible wall through his body and anything hit his direction will go off his body, often just bouncing right in front of him. And yeah, the fact that they NEVER get injured is insane. They may show a canned animation of the player walking around the mound and the announcers saying "Oh man, I hope he is okay", but he always is.

San Diego Studios confirmed that pitchers never get injured based on getting hit by a come backer. The cut scene is just a cut scene, for presentation purposes.

[AUTiger1]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlueSkies7776

San Diego Studios confirmed that pitchers never get injured based on getting hit by a come backer. The cut scene is just a cut scene, for presentation purposes.

Which is crazy.