@darkblue1876_PSN said in Realistic Baseball:
@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Realistic Baseball:
I've actually had some success swinging for Contact in online games. This is like a major no-no for The Show players, so you never see it happen. And thus, all you see is a game dominated by homers and strikeouts.
I am ok with not a ton of homers, I just don't like the unrealistic homers. I lost a game on Tony Gwynn hitting a 450 foot bomb once, and no doubt homers on pitches less than an inch off the ground are super rare in real life, but happen way too frequently for my liking online.
That said, I would prefer dealing with a home run contest then a string of cheesers. I am using contact swing based on the count, my success in recognizing where the ball will be going (not good enough at pitch recognition yet), and the batter.
This is where I'm at too. I'm not good online, I know I'm going to lose more than I win. I don't mind giving up HRs on bad pitches or just good pieces of hitting. I just get annoyed when you make a pitchers pitch (sinker, change, curve, splitter 6 inches below the zone, goes from strike to ball, etc) and the opponent just crushes it.