Tips for MLB Games

[Vern Gagne 0]

For the life of me I suck at baseball games. People who know what the hell their doing please give me some tips.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Prevent guys from hitting the ball... and hit the ball yerself!

[Big McLargeHuge 0]

Depends on what game you're playing, really.

[treble 0]

I love baseball games. In Triple Play '99 I was well into August and my team's best hitter was Rey Ordonez who was still batting over .400.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Ok I will impart some wisdom.

 

For pitching... I find this method to be successful, considering I've struck out a good 15-25 guys a game (on medium), is that I always pitch the first two balls fastballs to the lower corner that is "cold" it will be displayed as blue, and if you're up in the pitching count like 2-0, then it usually work to throw a wicked curveball at the high corner (take your pick which). Works well.

 

As for the batting, just tilt your control stick up a little, and whack the hell out of the ball.

 

Fielding- I have no idea considering no one ever really hits well against me.

[Big McLargeHuge 0]

For pitching... I find this method to be successful, considering I've struck out a good 15-25 guys a game (on medium), is that I always pitch the first two balls fastballs to the lower corner that is "cold" it will be displayed as blue, and if you're up in the pitching count like 2-0, then it usually work to throw a wicked curveball at the high corner (take your pick which). Works well.

This is what I do in MVP baseball. The CPU almost never swings at the first two pitches (this also on the medium setting). Just try to hit the corners. Once you go up 0-2, you can usually get 'em to chase something out of the strike zone (like a high fastball, or low splitter, or a slider middle away).

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Yeah I have MVP Baseball 2003. I actually pitched a couple of perfect games (27 up.... 27 down.) and a lot 20-25 strikeout games as my created pitcher (no not perfect. Too expensive :-\

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I don't play baseball games all that often, but when I did I refused to just swing at every pitch, which is what many people I've played with over the years seem to do.

 

Oh, and don't put any white players out on the field if you select "Day game" from the options menu...

[Big McLargeHuge 0]

Yeah I have MVP Baseball 2003. I actually pitched a couple of perfect games (27 up.... 27 down.) and a lot 20-25 strikeout games as my created pitcher (no not perfect. Too expensive :-\

I pitched a few no-hitters as well. I also managed 27 ks in a game once against the As (as the Giants natch) with my Created pitcher. Wasn't perfect though. I allowed three hits, with one being intentional because I was at 26 ks and wanted that last one to top it all off.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Well... I can top that off.... 27 K's..... on a 82 pitch count (meaning I only pitched one ball.... everything else was a strike)

[Big McLargeHuge 0]

Wow. My CP had at least 110 pitches thrown by the last out. That last k was due to Eric Chavez not being able to lay off a high fastball at 2-2. I started out the game throwing 99 MPH heaters. By the 9th I was struggling to get it past 92 without losing too much control.

 

Outside of the homerun and broken bat cheats, are they any other hidden items in the game?

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

you mean Erik Kiss being the automatic homerun? Other than that I dunno. Oh I know how to solve your speed dilemma. Don't pitch 99's all the time. I usually pitch in the mid 90s in the beginning because hey I would still pitch mid 90s at the end instead of a drastic downswing.

[Big McLargeHuge 0]

you mean Erik Kiss being the automatic homerun? Other than that I dunno. Oh I know how to solve your speed dilemma. Don't pitch 99's all the time. I usually pitch in the mid 90s in the beginning because hey I would still pitch mid 90s at the end instead of a drastic downswing.

Yeah, but they were taking me deep into counts as well. I got worked to about 10 full counts. I was trying to top off at 97 at the least, but the entire roster started displaying unparalleled discipline. And we were playing at the Coliseum so the DH rule was in effect.

 

That's what I love about the game though. One touch pitching seems almost prehistoric now.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Hmm...never had that problem especially since I always pitched in the cold zones. So they usually either didn't swing at it or they just missed.

[Big McLargeHuge 0]

Lucky you. I've had sliders and fastballs thrown a foot off the plate, or at least reasonably out of their reach, and BAM!... bloop single over my second baseman's glove. That stuff kills me. The ball is nowhere near the plate and they still make contact. Todd Helton makes my job a nightmare all the time because of this.

 

I love it. Although I still can't hit a change-up. It's my kryptonite. I've spent entire at-bats whiffing on 'em. The pitch is evil. And it only works for me once in a blue moon.

 

Do you have problems getting pitches to break the way want them when creating a player? It took me hours once just to get my slider to stop breaking like a screwball.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Thanks for the tips.

 

As for the game. Probably the new EA MLB Game.