Suggestions for stealing?

[pantherfan076]

Never have I had this issue... sliders are 5 but Anderson and Engle get thrown out by a country mile. It’s like I let the L2 go to time it but the catcher throws them out from his knees!?

[bigp51]

The only success I’ve had stealing is when I press L2 while pointing the left stick at first base. If I hold L2 I tend to get picked off. Same with just pressing L2 by itself.

I had 119 stolen bases with Billy Hamilton before he got hurt in my franchise.

[Jhack99]

Ive practically given up on stealing. What I do if in certain situations is going Quick manage and and steal from there. Whatever happens happens. This game is so broken when stealing (and bunting - I do the same thing) is concerned, I'll take the dice roll over me being successful at it.

[pantherfan076]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jhack99

Ive practically given up on stealing. What I do if in certain situations is going Quick manage and and steal from there. Whatever happens happens. This game is so broken when stealing (and bunting - I do the same thing) is concerned, I'll take the dice roll over me being successful at it.

I never thought about that and hate too but there may be no choice

[Mackrel829]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jhack99

Ive practically given up on stealing. What I do if in certain situations is going Quick manage and and steal from there. Whatever happens happens. This game is so broken when stealing (and bunting - I do the same thing) is concerned, I'll take the dice roll over me being successful at it.

I also do this for stealing, bunting, and particularly for suicide squeezes.

Shame it has to be that way but it's not the end of the world.

[Fishbone Walker]

Can't remember where I read it, but if you hit L2 (steal) and then hold down on L1(Lead off) it works for some reason (I don't know, maybe they get a better jump?) But yeah, since I started doing that I find that stealing is actually possible. Maybe it's a placebo, but I dunno, what have you got to lose?

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fishbone Walker

Can't remember where I read it, but if you hit L2 (steal) and then hold down on L1(Lead off) it works for some reason (I don't know, maybe they get a better jump?) But yeah, since I started doing that I find that stealing is actually possible. Maybe it's a placebo, but I dunno, what have you got to lose?

This is what I do.

Press L2 to que the steal.

Wait for the pitcher to get ready to go home and then I press L1 to get a better lead/jump for the steal.

Is it 100% successful? No and nor should it be, but I have good success stealing bases doing this and have for a few iterations of the Show.

[Jhack99]

Quote: Originally Posted by pantherfan076

I never thought about that and hate too but there may be no choice

There is one cavat to this method. If you don't do this before the first pitch it will reset the count to either 1-0 or 0-1 or a result will happen. It can be cheesed to an wxtent but until otherwise.