Comments on All Your Base Are Belong To Us: The Kip Lange Homepage: Pitching in MLB '08: The Show

Just wanted to say that from my experience with th...

2008-03-26T11:05:00.000-04:00

Just wanted to say that from my experience with the game, Toly is 100% right on the confidence factor.

I believe that the release point is related to the...

2008-03-25T23:08:00.000-04:00

I believe that the release point is related to the confidence of your pitcher. It gets bigger as you start dominating in a game (pitcher gains confidence), but if you start getting roughed up on the mound (pitcher loses confidence), then it will get smaller or just disappear.

Oh, one last thing. If you swing and miss a pitch,...

2008-03-18T10:04:00.000-04:00

Oh, one last thing. If you swing and miss a pitch, on the next pitch, hit L3 quickly (click in the left analog stick). It will show you whether you were early, late, how your position was, etc., on the last pitch (you need to hold it down).

By the way -- guessing the pitches also helps you ...

2008-03-18T09:50:00.000-04:00

By the way -- guessing the pitches also helps you work the pitch count higher. Much fewer 3-pitch outs.

No problem. The lack of instructions on pitching i...

2008-03-18T09:41:00.000-04:00

No problem. The lack of instructions on pitching in the manual is unforgivable.

Yep, I can help you a little with hitting, although I'm still working on it myself. What you need to do to start hitting well is to guess the pitches. Hold down the R2 button, then use the L stick up, down, left, or right to spot where you think the pitch is coming. Next (you can skip this but you shouldn't), at the same time, hit the button corresponding to the pitch you think he's going to throw.

If you guess right on direction, you will see the area you selected flash red right before the pitcher releases. If you don't see the red, it means you guessed wrong. If you lock onto the correct pitch you guessed, but the wrong location, the whole outside of the strike zone will flash red, but not one of the directions.

If you guess *both* right -- and this is where you can really get a good hit or a home run -- the whole box will flash red, AND the location will flash red. That means you're locked in and you should most likely go for the pitch.

If you have a Dualshock 3 like me, you will also get a constant vibration if you guess right on both pitch and location. Unfortunately, the Dualshock 3 isn't released until April 15th in the U.S. (I bought mine for about $25 extra off of Amazon, from someone who was selling the Japanese controllers, which are the *exact* same model that you'll be able to buy in America on the 15th). The rumble REALLY helps in this game, and in all games, so I'd say definitely get the Dualshock 3 when it's released -- you won't be disappointed, it has an amazing battery life and still has Sixaxis built in if you like that.

Basically, what I do is guess pitch and location. Usually I sit on a fastball. If I guess the right pitch but the wrong direction, I'll try to push the left stick in the direction I think the pitch is coming (if I predicted a low fastball, and I lock in on the pitch, but don't get the direction, I move the cursor up a little and pray for a high fastball).

Hope this helps some. Hitting is hard in this game, which I think is a good thing (in MLB 2k8 it's way too easy to hit home runs, although they may have fixed this).

If this confuses you after you try it for a while, post another comment and I'll try to explain again.

Good luck, and happy I was able to help!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I just got a P...

2008-03-17T23:14:00.000-04:00

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I just got a PS3 and haven't played anything other than rock band with my kids, and we downloaded the show demo, and got very frustrated with pitching - now we can at least throw the ball over the plate. Got any tips for hitting?