What I Learned About Batting

[TheHusbandGamer]

(1)You have to hold your controller lightly in your hands, be loose on the controller.


(2) You cannot press for hits, you have to be patient and wait on the best balls to come to you. Take the 1st or 2nd pitch for each batter if possible. Once the pitcher gets frustrated, he'll start throwing meatballs. (This is the main reason why I suck in hitting).


(3) Remember the L3 (PCI) is just a flick motion aiming at the incoming ball, that's all it is. It is not to chase the ball around the quadrants. Just flick it towards the ball direction.


I've been on a slight losing streak with my Reds Franchise because I am not following these rules lol.


Hope this helps any other struggling hitters out there.

[Caulfield]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheHusbandGamer

(2) You cannot press for hits, you have to be patient and wait on the best balls to come to you. Take the 1st or 2nd pitch for each batter if possible. Once the pitcher gets frustrated, he'll start throwing meatballs.

see if this works with quick counts On

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[coach422001]

Pass some of this on to Chris Davis for us

[Drty_Windshield]

Here's another batting pro tip: hit 'em where they aint

[TheHusbandGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by coach422001

Pass some of this on to Chris Davis for us

Lol dude is like 0-55 with a fat contract! Makes more than the entire team combined I heard. Anyways, I'm hitting better than him though.

[Jaysguy44]

It's good to see casuals learning how to play baseball the proper way [emoji16]

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[BlueSkies77]

It’s a tough balance between being patient and trigger happy. Because being patient can get you walks, being selective. But then it’s hard for me to pull the trigger on a meat ball.

I suck at hitting but I try to have the mindset of looking for a meat ball first and foremost and being disciplined enough to lay off if the ball seems to be traveling away away from the strike zone. So if the pitcher is good and can paint the corners then I’ll probably be behind the count pretty quick. If he’s missing the corners then I’ll be ahead in the count and meatballs might be coming my way, or a walk.

It gets difficult however when it come to having to protect the plate when down 2 strikes. It’s very difficult to lay off the curve balls and sliders that start in the zone and end off of the zone.

It’s also very frustrating when you want to be patient and take the first pitch, and it is a meat ball down the middle. Because then it becomes a friggen mind game. It’s tough feeling dumb for letting a meat ball go by, and then trying to stay patient and lay off the next pitch. So then I end up swinging at something outside of the zone or worse, deciding to be further selective and letting another meat ball go by.

Even more

[coach422001]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlueSkies77

It’s a tough balance between being patient and trigger happy. Because being patient can get you walks, being selective. But then it’s hard for me to pull the trigger on a meat ball. I suck at hitting but I try to have the mindset of looking for a meat ball first and foremost and being disciplined enough to lay off if the ball seems to be traveling away away from the strike zone. So if the pitcher is good and can paint the corners then I’ll probably be behind the count pretty quick. If he’s missing the corners then I’ll be ahead in the count and meatballs might be coming my way, or a walk. It gets difficult however when it come to having to protect the plate when down 2 strikes. It’s very difficult to lay off the curve balls and sliders that start in the zone and end off of the zone. It’s also very frustrating when you want to be patient and take the first pitch, and it is a meat ball down the middle. Because then it becomes a friggen mind game. It’s tough feeling dumb for letting a meat ball go by, and then trying to stay patient and lay off the next pitch. So then I end up swinging at something outside of the zone or worse, deciding to be further selective and letting another meat ball go by. Even more

You've basically also described real life batting against good pitching.