John Donaldson experience
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I have to say that I was definitely feeling myself being 4-0 in ranked and boy did that change.
I faced him in my 5th game on All-star and holy smokes, this pitcher is nasty. I ended up losing 3-2 but it was a good game outside of my opponents cheese tactics.
Any tips on facing him? It was a serious blur trying to touch the heater.
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I think he's the best pitcher not named Randy Johnson right now.
Personally, I always look for Sinkers inside/low vs lefties and watch out for sliders away. I rarely ever look for his slurve or 4 seamer. The Forkball can be tricky, as ppl will either throw it Alot, or try to get u chasing when they're going for the k.
The slurve is usually thrown as a ball, and rarely ever thrown 2,3 times in a row if u don't swing, and it's a ball.
As for right handed hitters, look for a steady mix of sliders inside/low, and even Sinkers Inside/low. And watch out for slurves/forkballs low.
A tip I use is set your anchor inside low, and set your pci low/away. If the pitch is not low and away, and he tries to beat u inside, release your thumb and it the pci will go back to down and in.
This way you have the entire part of the lower zone covered.
But these tips are usually reserved for HOF/Legend difficulty. However, it's still very effective on veteran/Allstar.
Oh, forgot to mention. If he throws the 103 mph fastball, and you're late, they will likely throw it more until u can hit it. But since 4 seamers are easy to read out of the hand, its easier to time. I've been late on slower pitches, and early on 10pmph fastballs bc my eyes light up when I see it, lol.
Typically, ppl have their tendencies, but I use the 4 seamer high or down and in, just to show my opponent the heater.
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These are amazing tips brother! Thank you for putting this all together. I will give it a go.
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BTW, I'm calling dibs on "The John Donaldson Experience" for a band name.
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@SchnauzerFace said in John Donaldson experience:
BTW, I'm calling dibs on "The John Donaldson Experience" for a band name.
I think Andy Dwyer already called it.
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@arvcpa said in John Donaldson experience:
@SchnauzerFace said in John Donaldson experience:
BTW, I'm calling dibs on "The John Donaldson Experience" for a band name.
I think Andy Dwyer already called it.
No fair -- he can't have Teddy Bear Suicide, Scarecrow Boat, Mouserat, AND The John Donaldson Experience. I'll let him have The Andy Andy Andys and Muscle Confusion, but there has to be a limit somewhere
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@SchnauzerFace said in John Donaldson experience:
No fair -- he can't have Teddy Bear Suicide, Scarecrow Boat, Mouserat, AND The John Donaldson Experience. I'll let him have The Andy Andy Andys and Muscle Confusion, but there has to be a limit somewhere
Fine. I'll take Rat Mouse.
