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@mjfc_363 said in I am one pathetic loser!:

I will never have what it takes to be an elite player! I’m simply not patient enough and for whatever reason I can’t square up the ball. I’ve put in thousands of hours at this game. What an embarrassment!!

Like anything else, you have to practice.
Go into Custom Practice.
3-0 count, work on hitting fastballs.
0-2 count, work on taking pitches outside the zone.
In RS, force yourself to literally take the first two pitches, for a few games - it will force you to learn to track the ball with the PCI without swinging and you'll get much better quickly at squaring it up. With no pressure to swing, you will learn quicker than you think how to line up the PCI. Give it a try.

Hitting in '20 is pretty close to hitting in high level or professional baseball. You have to scout your opponent and pick up their patterns, sit on pitches and zones and look for your pitch. You are not going to be able to clobber everything thrown at you. If you face someone throwing dots at the 4 corners, you're going to have a tough time. Great pitching still beats great hitting. My advice, is watch some YouTube instructional videos from top players who talk about their approach with the PCI. It can help a lot. Go into Custom Practice, choose a tough lefty or righty and then set a 3-0 count (fastballs) or an 0-2 count (off speed/out of the zone) and practice and then practice some more. The best thing you can do first, is stop swinging at balls. Force your opponent to throw strikes, it can help a lot. Take pitches, your opponent will get more aggressive in the strike zone if you're patient.

@Johnny_Coletrain said in Homerun replays:

It takes long enough to play a RS game as it is. You watch it, I plunk the next guy. I never watch mine. I saw it go out when I hit it. I suck and lose most games anyway. Also frustrating when someone wants to watch every [censored] cut scene too.

If someone replays a [censored] HR at Shippett or Laughing Mountain etc, after the replay I will pause the game and go get myself something to drink or eat for 3mins afterwards.

@MINISTRO787 said in Homerun replays:

tox·ic

/ˈtäksik/

adjective

poisonous.

"the dumping of toxic waste"

Similar:

poisonous

venomous

virulent

noxious

dangerous

destructive

harmful

unsafe

malignant

injurious

pestilential

pernicious

environmentally unfriendly

fatal

deadly

lethal

mortal

death-dealing

baneful

I have no idea who the first person was to reference another gamer as "toxic" but I can't help but to laugh every time I see this used in this forum by grown men.

What ever happened to just saying someone was being an A$$???

Thank you!

The catch phrases used in this game by top guys on YT etc to me all sounds the same.

"Lets goooo, You love to see it, You hate to see it, Toxic, Throwin dots, XXX hits tanks!
Lets goooo, Toxic, perfect perfect, lets go baby"

over
and
over

@Liljayne300 said in Pitching is the #1 issue this year!:

The hitting is fine. I would even say hitting is good besides the BS line outs on a perfect perfect. Fielding is also not bad besides the outfielders taking too long to throw the ball. But pitching takes the cake as the buggiest glaring issue. It should NOT happen that repeated “Good” timed change ups and curves are 95% hangers. This needs to be addressed! Pitching is half the game it can’t be this broken and random

The hardest hit ball in MLB in 2019 was a Stanton ground ball into a double play. Perfect contact, and high exit velo, is not a guaranteed hit in real life, and is translated into the game. This has been stated 1000x

Greg Maddux? especially Prestige
95/96 fastball
69/70 curve