Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher
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In my last ranked game I hit 3 line drives off the pitchers upper body that bounced to a fielder or landed near him and threw me out.
At least if he gets hit in the face he shouldn't be going to get the ball and throwing me out.
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@RetroGZY_XBL said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
In my last ranked game I hit 3 line drives off the pitchers upper body that bounced to a fielder or landed near him and threw me out.
At least if he gets hit in the face he shouldn't be going to get the ball and throwing me out.
Pitcher wall is real, they also need to make pitchers with bad fielding get out of the way of comebackers instead of have them make no look catches
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Pitchers are hit by liners or have behind the back catches almost every game in real life. Average exit velocity and launch angle make it a highly likely outcome, which is why we see it so often in both MLB and DD.
Just seems like this would be a likely response here.
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@Honor_The_Game44_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
Pitchers are hit by liners or have behind the back catches almost every game in real life. Average exit velocity and launch angle make it a highly likely outcome, which is why we see it so often in both MLB and DD.
Just seems like this would be a likely response here.
Pitchers in this game catch almost everything hit their way, there is zero difference between a common shild and a diamond shield when it comes to pitchers.
I see Dodger games everyday and I don’t see pitchers getting hit or catching a lot of comebackers in every game.
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@Honor_The_Game44_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
Pitchers are hit by liners or have behind the back catches almost every game in real life. Average exit velocity and launch angle make it a highly likely outcome, which is why we see it so often in both MLB and DD.
Just seems like this would be a likely response here.
This guy... lol. Ok.
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All I can add is that while it may not be great now it is much better than it used to be. Ah the days when pitchers were stuffed bean bags. Batted balls would hit them and just fall to their feet. You were out 100% of the time.
Now, at least with the ricochet ones you sometimes can turn it into a hit.
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I hit Randy Johnson dead center in his backside (and I do mean perfectly centered if you catch my drift) and it went right to 3B where I was thrown out immediately. He might not have shown it, but it had to have smarted. I bet he caught grief about it from his buddies afterwards ala Wreck It Ralph
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@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
I hit Randy Johnson dead center in his backside (and I do mean perfectly centered if you catch my drift) and it went right to 3B where I was thrown out immediately. He might not have shown it, but it had to have smarted. I bet he caught grief about it from his buddies afterwards ala Wreck It Ralph
Do you happen to be related to a certain bird that no longer exists and are you in the business of payback?
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@Honor_The_Game44_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
Pitchers are hit by liners or have behind the back catches almost every game in real life. Average exit velocity and launch angle make it a highly likely outcome, which is why we see it so often in both MLB and DD.
Just seems like this would be a likely response here.
Lol
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@Honor_The_Game44_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
Pitchers are hit by liners or have behind the back catches almost every game in real life. Average exit velocity and launch angle make it a highly likely outcome, which is why we see it so often in both MLB and DD.
Which baseball league are you watching, because it clearly isn't MLB. I have cranked 110 MPH line drives off of pitchers throwing hands and they have picked up the ball and thrown me out and stayed in the game.
In real life that pitcher not only would not be doing that, they would be riding in an ambulance to the hospital pondering what they would be doing now that their career is over.
I once hit a pitcher in the forehead so hard that it bounced all the way back to the catcher on the fly for a free out. He stayed in the game until being pinch hit for later. In real life he would be dead.
That is the other problem with pitching "defense". If you nail him, he either picks up the ball and you are out, or it bounces directly to a fielder, and you are always out 100% of the time.
I know that isn't what happens in real life, or it would be all over the internet as a "highlight". It happens at most, a couple of times a season, and the pitcher usually ends up on the DL. I have never seen it happen where the pitcher throws you out however.
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@Ericulous1_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
I hit Randy Johnson dead center in his backside (and I do mean perfectly centered if you catch my drift) and it went right to 3B where I was thrown out immediately. He might not have shown it, but it had to have smarted. I bet he caught grief about it from his buddies afterwards ala Wreck It Ralph
Do you happen to be related to a certain bird that no longer exists and are you in the business of payback?
What’s this gotta do with the poor pterodactyl? Just messing the wife blames it on bad acid but I tell her no way it wasn’t bad at all.
PS I said “Wreck it Ralph”, not ”UP” bahahaha
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@darkblue1876_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
@Honor_The_Game44_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
Pitchers are hit by liners or have behind the back catches almost every game in real life. Average exit velocity and launch angle make it a highly likely outcome, which is why we see it so often in both MLB and DD.
I once hit a pitcher in the forehead so hard that it bounced all the way back to the catcher on the fly for a free out. He stayed in the game until being pinch hit for later. In real life he would be dead.
Hahaha boy you got that right! I did the same to Al Leiter last year in the showdown with the same result. The best part was during the replay in slow motion watching his eyes perfectly follow the ball’s (despite his back being turned) trajectory both to and from his head haha. He totally would’ve been dead…
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@darkblue1876_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
@Honor_The_Game44_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
Pitchers are hit by liners or have behind the back catches almost every game in real life. Average exit velocity and launch angle make it a highly likely outcome, which is why we see it so often in both MLB and DD.
Which baseball league are you watching, because it clearly isn't MLB. I have cranked 110 MPH line drives off of pitchers throwing hands and they have picked up the ball and thrown me out and stayed in the game.
In real life that pitcher not only would not be doing that, they would be riding in an ambulance to the hospital pondering what they would be doing now that their career is over.
I once hit a pitcher in the forehead so hard that it bounced all the way back to the catcher on the fly for a free out. He stayed in the game until being pinch hit for later. In real life he would be dead.
That is the other problem with pitching "defense". If you nail him, he either picks up the ball and you are out, or it bounces directly to a fielder, and you are always out 100% of the time.
I know that isn't what happens in real life, or it would be all over the internet as a "highlight". It happens at most, a couple of times a season, and the pitcher usually ends up on the DL. I have never seen it happen where the pitcher throws you out however.
It was complete sarcasm. That’s why I put “Just seems like this would be a likely response here.” These forums are full of people defending odd quirks of the game, so I was trying to make a joke, but I obviously didn’t do a very good job.
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@Honor_The_Game44_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
@darkblue1876_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
@Honor_The_Game44_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
Pitchers are hit by liners or have behind the back catches almost every game in real life. Average exit velocity and launch angle make it a highly likely outcome, which is why we see it so often in both MLB and DD.
Which baseball league are you watching, because it clearly isn't MLB. I have cranked 110 MPH line drives off of pitchers throwing hands and they have picked up the ball and thrown me out and stayed in the game.
In real life that pitcher not only would not be doing that, they would be riding in an ambulance to the hospital pondering what they would be doing now that their career is over.
I once hit a pitcher in the forehead so hard that it bounced all the way back to the catcher on the fly for a free out. He stayed in the game until being pinch hit for later. In real life he would be dead.
That is the other problem with pitching "defense". If you nail him, he either picks up the ball and you are out, or it bounces directly to a fielder, and you are always out 100% of the time.
I know that isn't what happens in real life, or it would be all over the internet as a "highlight". It happens at most, a couple of times a season, and the pitcher usually ends up on the DL. I have never seen it happen where the pitcher throws you out however.
It was complete sarcasm. That’s why I put “Just seems like this would be a likely response here.” These forums are full of people defending odd quirks of the game, so I was trying to make a joke, but I obviously didn’t do a very good job.
Hey brother, I for one certainly caught it, which is why I added my story about Unit’s bruised stink star. Seemed relevant….at the time teehee. For what it’s worth you pulled it off the humor way better than I did/do
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@Honor_The_Game44_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
It was complete sarcasm. That’s why I put “Just seems like this would be a likely response here.” These forums are full of people defending odd quirks of the game, so I was trying to make a joke, but I obviously didn’t do a very good job.
Thank you for clarifying. Yes, there are too many people that defend this game regardless.
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@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
@Ericulous1_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
I hit Randy Johnson dead center in his backside (and I do mean perfectly centered if you catch my drift) and it went right to 3B where I was thrown out immediately. He might not have shown it, but it had to have smarted. I bet he caught grief about it from his buddies afterwards ala Wreck It Ralph
Do you happen to be related to a certain bird that no longer exists and are you in the business of payback?
What’s this gotta do with the poor pterodactyl? Just messing the wife blames it on bad acid but I tell her no way it wasn’t bad at all.
PS I said “Wreck it Ralph”, not ”UP” bahahaha
I just assumed that bird Randy Extinguished might have a had a cousin who sent you in for revenge- mob style. But I guess it’s probably like Fight Club….oops I mean baking class.
Ps- Bunny man would actually be a could hitman moniker.
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@Ericulous1_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
@Ericulous1_PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
I hit Randy Johnson dead center in his backside (and I do mean perfectly centered if you catch my drift) and it went right to 3B where I was thrown out immediately. He might not have shown it, but it had to have smarted. I bet he caught grief about it from his buddies afterwards ala Wreck It Ralph
Do you happen to be related to a certain bird that no longer exists and are you in the business of payback?
What’s this gotta do with the poor pterodactyl? Just messing the wife blames it on bad acid but I tell her no way it wasn’t bad at all.
PS I said “Wreck it Ralph”, not ”UP” bahahaha
I just assumed that bird Randy Extinguished might have a had a cousin who sent you in for revenge- mob style. But I guess it’s probably like Fight Club….oops I mean baking class.
Ps- Bunny man would actually be a could hitman moniker.
My gosh that flew over my head with such alacrity that it probably left a dent on the wall behind me. I get it now haha man I got a good laugh out of that
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This is one area that I agree with the complaint . Irl hard shots up the middle are rarely fielded by pitchers .
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They should add the Randy bird strike as a 1:1000 inning event w him as an Easter egg, kinda like Brady high giving air in Madden, but then PETA would probably complain.
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@RetroGZY_XBL said in Line drives need to stop hitting the pitcher:
They should add the Randy bird strike as a 1:1000 inning event w him as an Easter egg, kinda like Brady high giving air in Madden, but then PETA would probably complain.
Ooh I like this idea! Might be a fun moment sort of like “Duck Hunt” mixed with MLBTS!
