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Noob Guide to Hitting in MLB 09: The Show

07:01 PM - March 30, 2009 by RaychelSnr

This year, baseball fans have been greeted by a welcome change in MLB 09: The Show: an increased difficulty level while at the plate. Not only is there an entirely new difficulty level, Legend, but each other level, from Rookie to Hall of Fame, has been made more difficult. With that being said, I will attempt to shine a light on some base-level batting strategies that will help players get the most out of the offensive side of their game -- and hopefully increase their overall batting average in the process.

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# 21 Imnus @ 04/01/09 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by derekh8


	so the Batting Practice must be fore ps3 cant find it on ps2 ..

Sorry no batting practice on PS2.

# 22 LAWS77 @ 04/01/09 10:45 PM

great job with this. i think if everyone gives this a fair shake by sitting there and taking this whole thing in, it'll finally put to rest all the useless threads declaring this game as "broken."

very well done.

# 23 snydeman55 @ 04/21/09 11:27 PM

Here's my problem with the game this year: It's TOO hard. I'm 37 and I don't have perfect reflexes. I can't pick up an 85 mph slider vs a 92 mph fastball coming out of a pitcher's hand, because I DON'T play major league baseball and never have. With last year's version, things were pretty balanced for a guy like me. I won some, lost some, and did pretty well.

This year, more often than not I want to throw the controller through my TV. Needless to say, this is not entertaining. No matter how I adjust the sliders on ROOKIE level, I'm not hitting the ball. Even WHEN I catch the pitch in the middle of the plate, I get some ball hit right to a defender. Please don't even ask about homeruns...I'm not even sure what one looks like anymore.

No, wait, I see them all the time...from an AI opponent who jacks them out on me because no matter what I do my pitchers always have an inning where nothing I throw comes anywhere close to where I aim. For shiites and giggles I pushed up the sliders on control and consistency to the max, and you know what happened? Nothing. No change. I created a guy with maximum stats just to test things out...I mean, MAX in every stat. He still had the same control problems. (I use classic pitching, by the way. Slow old-timers and meters, well...)

Ok, so before anyone flames me...YES I know baseball can be like this. But every game? And I know the strategy of what a batter should do when he comes to the plate; I've grown UP on this sport.

I'm just starting to feel that nothing I change in the sliders will actually let a guy like me play the game anymore. A guy who doesn't have hours to spend in batting practice - I have a two year old and another on the way - and a guy who doesn't have the sharpest eyes or reflexes. A guy who just wants to sit back and play a good, fun game of baseball that ISN'T made by 2k sports.

Maybe I need to go back to last year's version...but man, this year's looks SO nice.

*sighs* Anyone else out there have any suggestions, besides advice on how a batter should bat in the big leagues?

'Cause I ain't in the big leagues.

For the record, I use:
Guess pitch off

Rookie hitting (Please, timing a ball and deciding if it's in the strike zone is challenging enough for me, though I did ok at veteran level last year)

Pitch speed all the way down, timing about 80% up. That worked GREAT for me last year.

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