Waiting To Fly | A Baltimore Orioles Chise

[Justo]

Great updates. Leadoff triple with Jonesy to lead off the inning. Thats always nice in extras. And nice standings update too man. This is one of my fav franchises to read.

Still going strong Justo. Keep up the good updates.

thnx guys.. but yea the lead off triple was pretty nice cuz he's been in a slump lately.

 

[Justo]

ill play some games tonight back to SDTV again , hopefully i get HDTV for my b-day. but any thoughts on the trade?

 

[Macken]

good luck against the mariners

 

[Justo]

dam, i had a no hitter through 7.1 innings and the next batter hits a ball to left center and they give me the centerfielder to control when it should have been the leftfielder. i didn't switch in time and the ball dropped

EDIT: im so disappointed right now, the game went into extras and you guys know what happens then. Cla Meredith comes in for his debut and what happens? Walk-off Homerun. ill update when i wake up tomorrow :smh: i can't hit to save my life i think i was held to like 4 hits. it's not even the losing that pisses me off cuz i know the team i picked sucks but it's the fact i can't even get any hits. it makes me not even wanna play. i hate to say it but if things don't turn around soon i might quit... i don't know what to do im not gonna lie to you guys i play on Veteran so it's not like i can bump down the difficulty or anythin

 

[mfbmike]

:damn:

 

[Justo]

thats tough.....who would you use if you started a new one

i don't know if i could start a new one. i've been a die hard orioles fan since i was born, i went to a Red Sox vs. Orioles game for my first game when i was 2 years old lol. it's a little late to start a new one anyway. i got a NCAA10, Madden10 and NBA 2K10 comin out that i could do i chise with. so idk yet. depends on what happens when i play tonight.

:damn:

i know man it pisses me off. i don't wanna quit but if im not gonna be motivated to play then what's the use?

Uehara seems to get no run support

aw i know. that's the only reason he's still in the majors at 0-6. he doesn't pitch bad, it's just he gets no run support

 

[Justo]

just thought of something, do you guys think my guys attributes are dropping because of me losing causing them to gradually get worse and worse?

 

[mfbmike]

Well, I know one of the main differences between rookie and veteran is contact with the ball. In rookie, all you have to worry about is timing. Contact (aiming for the ball) is taken care of automatically essentially.

Who cares what difficulty level you play on as long as you're enjoying the game and games are still competitive for you. Once you start winning too easily or are blowing out teams left and right, bump it back up to veteran imo.

 

[Justo]

yea i don't know if im aiming for contact or not... when im batting i just use guess pitch for a slider or curveball cuz i can never hit them. i don't touch the left stick... am i supposed to be using the left stick?

 

[Justo]

Uehara Loses No-Hitter In The 7th Inning

The Mariners Celebrated After Russell Branyan Hit The Walk-Off Dinger

Orioles Pitching
Koji Uehara 8.0IP | 1H | 0R | 0ER | 6K's | 2.39 ERA
Dennis Sarfate 1.2IP | 1H | 0R | 0ER | 2K's | 3.50 ERA
Danys Baez 2.0IP | 0H | 0R | 0ER | 0K's | 3.37 ERA
Cla Meredith L, (0-2) | 0.1IP | 1H | 1R | 1ER | 0K's | 2.97 ERA

Mariners Pitching
Erik Bedard 8.0IP | 2H | 0R | 0ER | 6K's | 3.42 ERA
Roy Corcoran 4.0IP | 1H | 0R | 0ER | 2K's | 2.73 ERA
Miguel Batista W, (1-3) | 1.0IP | 0H | 0R | 0ER | 0K's | 3.14 ERA

Orioles Batting
Brian Roberts (0-5) SO
Adam Jones (0-5) 3 SO
Nick Markakis (2-5) SO
Melvin Mora (0-4)
Aubrey Huff (0-3) HBP, BB
Ty Wigginton (1-5) SO
Luke Scott (0-4)
Matt Wieters (0-4)
Cesar Izturis (0-4) 2 SO

Mariners Batting
Yuniesky Betancourt (0-4) SO
Mike Sweeney (1-5) SO
Adrian Beltre (0-5) SO
Russell Branyan (1-5) HR (7), RBI (29), SO
Jose Lopez (1-4) 2B (16)
Ken Griffey Jr. (0-4)
Franklin Gutierrez (0-2) SO
Endy Chavez Pinch Hit For Gutierrez In 9th (0-2)
Kenji Johjima (0-2) BB
Rob Johnson (0-1)
Wladimir Balentien (0-3) BB, 3 SO

(16-36)​

 

[mfbmike]

yea i don't know if im aiming for contact or not... when im batting i just use guess pitch for a slider or curveball cuz i can never hit them. i don't touch the left stick... am i supposed to be using the left stick?

If you are using guess pitch, then you should definitely aim with the left stick to the location that you guessed correctly. Imo, it's best to guess fastballs because they are usually in the strike zone.

Take into consideration what arm the pitcher is throwing from against you.

Learn to identify pitches. You know sliders are more than likely coming into your hands if he's a RHP throwing against your left handed hitter, etc etc. Curveballs more than likely will break low.

One of the hardest pitches to read in this game is the high fastball. Gets me to either strikeout or pop a lazy fly ball into foul territory. :irked:

 

[kyhadley]

yo, pm me with what you want in your layout

 

[Justo]

Damn, those are the losses that hurt the most. They're tense and fun to play, but those make the BP go up. Keep it up though, the O's have some studs waiting to break. Hopefully, you can keep this going and get to play with some of them.


You gotta remember, the O's aren't that good to start with, and play in the hardest division. Maybe you should sim a few games so that you can keep things moving and move the level down, so that at least it's more competitive. You should do what makes it enjoyable for you. Like I said before my edit, it's going to be interesting to see what the O's may be like in a couple of years, if you can keep things going.

If you are using guess pitch, then you should definitely aim with the left stick to the location that you guessed correctly. Imo, it's best to guess fastballs because they are usually in the strike zone.

Take into consideration what arm the pitcher is throwing from against you.

Learn to identify pitches. You know sliders are more than likely coming into your hands if he's a RHP throwing against your left handed hitter, etc etc. Curveballs more than likely will break low.

One of the hardest pitches to read in this game is the high fastball. Gets me to either strikeout or pop a lazy fly ball into foul territory. :irked:

Here's a tip one of my friends gave me. Guess high fastball, at whatever frequency you feel comfortable, and if it's locked in location and pitch, you kinda have to read it, because like mfbmike said, the high heat is tough to read. But if it's just location, probably about 90% of the time, it's going to be pretty close to right down the middle of the plate. It's not going to guarantee hits, but should get some decent results. I used to almost never guess up, but now it's more integrated into my guessing, and it helps some.

The hardest thing in this game to do is to read the pitches. I'm always screwed if I see a changeup, which seems like a fastball. Your PCI (Plate Coverage Indicator) has to be in a specific spot for your swing to be effective. Think of it as your batter's eyes. Basically this comes into effect if you play on a certain game level/mode (all star, rookie, legend, etc.). The harder the mode, the more effective the PCI is. Try playing on an easier game mode with the same sliders and see if that works for you.

thanks a lot guys ill start trying all that stuff. when i first got the game i used to guess high fastball all the time (that was in the beginning of the season when i was winning games) but then it seemed like i would do it all the time and the pitchers would rarely throw it there. That was when i started guessing curveball, slider etc.... in different places which was more recently and i've been losing so that obviously isn't working.

yea //.franchise i have the same problem with changeups lol. i will never get a good hit off of a changeup. and i play on Veteran which is the second easiest besides rookie and i don't want to go down to rookie because i think it will be too easy and i would feel like a complete fucking loser playing on rookie lol

 

[Justo]

gonna play a game tonight and post my new layout made by kyhadley and it's straight :jizz:

 

[kyhadley]

I can't wait lol

 

[Justo]

 

[Justo]

dam no comments? i prolly won't have an update tonight cuz im fuckin tired as shit for some reason

 

[Macken]

nice shutout and layout

 

[kyhadley]

I guess this means I'm following now.

 

[Rylo]

Damn the new layout is nice. Good job KY and nice shutout Justo.