<![CDATA[Normal swing button and check swings]]>Recently, I've run into a new issue online and offline. It has to do with the normal swing button. There are several times when a pitch is coming my way and I definitively press the normal swing button...no arguments, it was fully pushed...no check swing attempt at all. When I press the normal swing button, the animation doesn't go through and its a check swing. I thought maybe my button was or is jammed but its not. I take very good care of my remotes. Have any of you run into this issue? Lastly, are check swings being called strikes more and more these days? Or is it just me not practicing enough? I literally see bats barely go anywhere on the check, ball is a ball but the Ump says i went around...strike. Talk to me my people. Whats going on?

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/topic/84237/normal-swing-button-and-check-swingsRSS for NodeSun, 02 Aug 2026 19:23:42 GMTThu, 30 Jul 2026 15:32:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Normal swing button and check swings on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:06:47 GMT]]>That's really unfortunate. I hope that SDS will see this tread and topic. We'd appreciate a formal response to see if there is anything they can do or if a stopgap measure exists to combat the issue. A normal swing input should always work no matter what...I will say though...its obviously very tender to the touch. I've had tons of moments when I barely touch the button and a full swing animation occurs. It should just be a check swing or no swing should happen. Am I right? Wild times...very frustrating when you're trying to win. Franchise or DD...makes no difference.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/774115https://forums.theshow.com/post/774115Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:06:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Normal swing button and check swings on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:43:06 GMT]]>Only SDS can give you a truly definitive answer. But, there has been considerable evidence that MLB 26 is plagued more than previous titles with code execution delays. Many customers have reported this with throws. They press the throw button and nothing happens, then they press it a second time and the fielder just stands there. Only on the third press does the throw happen and by then runners have advanced a base that isn't a natural play outcome.

Why?

Who really knows other than SDS and frankly I'm starting to think even they don't know, else they would have never let it happen in the first place!

My guess is that as SDS adds more and more layers of code the engine is getting jammed up, like gears that need a good alcohol cleaning to get the gum out.

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