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MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

08:58 PM - February 5, 2009 by Millennium

The MLB 09 The Show demo is up on the Playstation Network Store. Please post your impressions once you download and play the game.

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# 1101 spitoon @ 02/11/09 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ty5oke


	haha poor Kaz... ya this was my first time hitting like this in about 12-15 games. I stayed pretty patient and got some good pitches to hit. Howard hit a towering shot to right field about 5 rows from the back of the 2nd deck.

I mentioned it in the "Little Things" thread, but I hit back to back HR with Utley and Howard, then followed that up with a Double. Kazmir took a walk around behind the mound and then spit on the grass behind it before going back up on the mound...Awesome!

# 1102 ty5oke @ 02/11/09 03:06 AM

NICE! When Maddon came out to take Kazmir out, kaz flipped the ball to him when Maddon was about half way out as to say, " get me out of here". Thought it was a nice touch.

# 1103 countryboy @ 02/11/09 10:00 AM

I was the Rays last night and took a no-hitter into the 7th inning. Score tied 0-0, before I lost in the bottom of the 7th.

Ruiz led off and I walked him. Next up Hamels bunted Ruiz over to second so I had man on second with 1 out. J-Rol came up and laced one to right, Joyce is on his horse but can't catch up to it as its over his head, bounces to the wall, ball game over.

I gave up one hit and it cost me the ball game

Is it March yet?

# 1104 callmetaternuts @ 02/11/09 10:13 AM

I love the difficulty on Legend, i still cant get a hit for the life of me. I may start using Guess Pitch becuase right now i usually get about 1 hit in the 4-7 innings i play. Im not striking out as much, but man, i cant hit for junk.

# 1105 davewins @ 02/11/09 11:17 AM

Just played a great game. It went 6 innings and I really focused on the mound. Gave up a solo HR to Crawford to go down 1-0 in the 1st inning. I couldn't hit Kazmir until the bottom of the 3rd when I led off with a single by Jimmy Rollins. I then stole 2nd. I take a fastball on the outer half of the plate over Iwamuras head for a soft single to right and it scores Rollins game tied at 1. It remains 1-1 until the bottom of the 6th when I get a hanging slider that I hit for a walkoff with Utley. That was definetley the best game I have played so far.

In 6 innings the box score looked as follow:

TB 1 3 0
PH 2 4 0

# 1106 billyo @ 02/11/09 11:21 AM

Question for the guys who went to SD. Do we still have surprises in store when we get the retail version? Not specifics, just a general question.
Thanks

# 1107 Pared @ 02/11/09 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by JT30


	I thought Pared mentioned that he talked to the developers about the throw meter and how tapping the button or holding it down didnt make a difference. I sure dont see a difference... I would think if you tapped the throw button, it would result in a lob, but that isnt the case

Yes, this is something they are working on. You'll get the animation but not the throw speed. I got a complicated explanation why so I won't even try to pass it on. It made sense though.

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Originally Posted by billyo


	Question for the guys who went to SD. Do we still have surprises in store when we get the retail version? Not specifics, just a general question. Thanks

Yes, you get to play with 28 more teams. At least.

# 1108 NAFBUC @ 02/11/09 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	I was the Rays last night and took a no-hitter into the 7th inning. Score tied 0-0, before I lost in the bottom of the 7th. Ruiz led off and I walked him. Next up Hamels bunted Ruiz over to second so I had man on second with 1 out. J-Rol came up and laced one to right, Joyce is on his horse but can't catch up to it as its over his head, bounces to the wall, ball game over. I gave up one hit and it cost me the ball game Is it March yet?

Great game CB........what level did you play.

# 1109 countryboy @ 02/11/09 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by NAFBUC


	Great game CB........what level did you play.

Legend default sliders

GP On and used the pitching meter.

# 1110 ARMORALLL @ 02/11/09 12:08 PM

The home plate umpire still calls the strikezone to small! Please make it bigger!!!

# 1111 nemesis04 @ 02/11/09 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ARMORALLL


	The home plate umpire still calls the strikezone to small! Please make it bigger!!!

You have to remember you are only seeing one ump in the demo. Each ump that is at the plate is going to have his own interpretation of a ball and strike.

# 1112 LastActionHero @ 02/11/09 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Pared


	Yes, this is something they are working on. You'll get the animation but not the throw speed. I got a complicated explanation why so I won't even try to pass it on. It made sense though.

So are they working on it for 2010 of trying to figure it out and make it work in 09?

Throwing control like in MVP was the best thing ever so I'm really onto that subject!

# 1113 theaub @ 02/11/09 01:54 PM

I've just started to switch the controller every half inning so I can hit...I'm starting to get the hang of this a bit. At least I'm not swinging at circle changes in the dirt now

# 1114 hojusimpson @ 02/11/09 04:26 PM

theaub: Heh, what's great about the new pitcher/batter showdown is that in 09, we look even worse when we do occasionally go chasing! In 08, in retrospect, it seems like I'd swing on something that started and ended out of the zone. Here, when I go after one that just falls off the table, I curse but I'm grinning.

SoxFan01605: I admit, I'm probably overreacting to the one instance where it's occurred in 09. I agree with everyone that the selection of proper fielders seems to be better this time around.

Before firing off a PM, I'm going to play the heck out of the demo, switching sides and just spamming the dive. I want to be sure this wasn't a one-in-a-million glitch rather than what happened last year.

Thanks for taking the time to help me out!

# 1115 cinders @ 02/11/09 04:55 PM

I'm loving the L3 button to bring up the problems with the last hit. It's really forcing me to think before I swing. I think I'm placing my batting circle right over the pitch but I'm usually under/over or sometimes across the box! I'm also loving the commentary...I'm rather new to baseball so I'm still learning which pitches are best thrown in a given situation. When the commentators say things like..."I wonder if he's saving that slider for the kock-out", it helps me understand that you have to set up the slider usually, or to take advantage of the change-up you have to throw some faster pitches.

I only played 2K last year on my 360 and I'm so excited I'm back to the show!

# 1116 nemesis04 @ 02/11/09 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cinders


	I'm loving the L3 button to bring up the problems with the last hit. It's really forcing me to think before I swing. I think I'm placing my batting circle right over the pitch but I'm usually under/over or sometimes across the box! I'm also loving the commentary...I'm rather new to baseball so I'm still learning which pitches are best thrown in a given situation. When the commentators say things like..."I wonder if he's saving that slider for the kock-out", it helps me understand that you have to set up the slider usually, or to take advantage of the change-up you have to throw some faster pitches. I only played 2K last year on my 360 and I'm so excited I'm back to the show!

Welcome back!

The Show has great baseball etiquette when it plays out in front of you!

# 1117 ehh @ 02/11/09 05:06 PM

Finally got this SOB downloaded.

Outside of seeing some framerate/choppiness that's been discussed everything seems as good as advertised. As mentioned above, the hit/swing analyzer is a very nice touch that should help me a great deal.

# 1118 slickkill77 @ 02/11/09 05:41 PM

Finally got to see some other Sig animations. Chad Bradford, Price and Aybar are great. JP Howell is still not right though, but maybe you guys will have it in the full game

# 1119 ElroyJetson @ 02/11/09 06:47 PM

is it just me or does it seem like the the umpires call strikes almost all the time on checked swings , ive had 13 checked swings and 11 have been strikes called

# 1120 Russell_SCEA @ 02/11/09 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark IV


	Yeah, same thing for me, and the worst part is that, once AGAIN this year, if you look at the replays, 90% of the time it's CLEAR the check swing was not a strike but they call it anyway. I was hoping they would fix that this year but I guess not.

Me and one of the guys just played 5 straight games and it wasn't a problem in any of them, however we are playing the finished product and not the demo.

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