Digital Sportspage

Well this should sound familiar:

Last night before my opener of a 4 game series with the Reds, I put in the back of my mind the possibility of finding a disappointment in ESPN baseball. In particular, I hadn't seen any big late game comebacks after 21 games of my franchise. Certainly not a big deal ...

I agree. Even more info. would be nice. Also, I think you're right in regards to pitcher fatigue and how it relates to the ESPN sliders.

On a somewhat related topic, are there websites out there that you can go to and see what the MLB averages were for this type of stuff?

Examples:

1) average ...

Went up against Kip Wells tonight. Lost the game. He only went 6 2/3 against me, but I swear he saved his nastiest stuff for my big hitters. He was throwing average stuff until Bagwell and Kent show up at the plate, then WHAM!!!! - take this super-gyro, whirly-wind, 243 foot breaking curveball buddy ...

Parker wrote:Wow, I missed that. Could you do that in last year's game? If so, the rosters I was using last year, no one made an effort to edit batting order.

From my understanding, which I admit is limited at best, this was a new feature added for this year's title.

LD

Yeah, when you think about it, there are alot of factors to consider:

1) Strike Zone (2 options)
2) Pitch Speed (4 options)
3) Batting Style Preference (3 options)
4) Difficulty Level (4 options)
5) Sliders (a gazillion options)


Lots to experiment with. I love it.

Are you guys striking out with true aim?

I've been playing with the cursor for most of my time with the game, but figured I'd try true aim since that what it seems most of you prefer.

It seems like I get a nice variety of hit types, but contact seems a bit too easy for me, even on Legend ...

Playing as the Astros in the first year of my franchise is still going well. I am in the middle of my first series at Pittsburg now. Up until yesterday, I hadn't seen any real "spectacular" plays by any infielders. But that shortstop for the Pirates (forget his name, maybe Jack something) just made ...

Moto GP2 is the most fun Ive had on Live.
That game in its hey day was 10 hrs a day of Bsing,drinking and racing....


Wow. I wonder if we're brothers! ... That was exactly what I did. Ahhh, the fond memories of MotoGP and MotoGP2.

...and, I'm willing to bet if I started playing again, I would ...

I agree with Matthew's picks.

Motogp2 is somewhat underrated imo. I think it's a fantastically fun game, especially if you have live! capability.

If I could only pick 5:

1) MotoGP2
2) ESPN Football 2k4
3) ESPN Baseball 2k4
4) PGR2
5) Crimson Skies or Links2004

I posted this in another thread, but...

Playing a game yesterday, I tried taking my baserunner from 2nd to Home on a single to right field. The single was well hit, but my runner was rather slow, and I knew it was going to be very close. The rightfielder GUNNED the ball in, great throw, and made ...

I like it. As a matter of fact, I love it.

Playing a game yesterday, I tried taking my baserunner from 2nd to Home on a single to right field. The single was well hit, but my runner was rather slow, and I knew it was going to be very close. The rightfielder GUNNED the ball in, great throw, and ...

FatPitcher -

Thank you. As usual, Sega/VC/BlueShift does it the RIGHT way, not the wrong way.

This should (in practice) help my problem then. I will simply lower the power slider.

By the way, two things:

1 - How does the "power swing" actually work? What does it do exactly? My guess always was ...

Does anyone know if adjusting the Human Hitting Power slider will decrease the amount of dingers one can hit when using this mode and hitting the 'B' button?

It may sound like a dumb question, but I don't know exactly how hitting power is represented in the game. I always assumed it meant how far ...

pigpen -

Very educational. Thank you.

Scoop-

Maybe you are right. I guess if you assume that the power swing means "swinging harder" along with re-positioning the hands and such, then it would be near impossible to check. Hmmm.....

I wonder if the game penalizes you in other ways for choosing to go for a power swing... like maybe ...

Actually, I am enjoying your little sub-conversation Naples and Matthew. It is constructive and civil and educational, even though you slightly disagree with each other.

And, this is even more interesting, because ESPN adds something to the zone hitting it that you can swing more for contact or ...

Hey, thanks for the welcome.

You guys will come to know I am NOT a big EASports supporter... consequently, when they do something even remotely close to right, I will praise them up and down for at least moving in the right direction. I am hoping they did so with this one.

I am a hopelessly ...

Hey everyone. Well, I am brand new to the forums here, and I am extremely excited to have found this website. Sports are a pretty big part of my life (both real and video), so this site is much appreciated.

I wanted to offer some opposite views (of the original poster) if I may. I am a pretty big ...