Isn't this unfair?

[TiltMyTouch]

This usually happens when I approach the ERA wall, but none of my pitchers are under 1.00 ERA currently, and Lester entered the game with a 1.64 ERA.

But basically, the AI scores about 3 consecutive runs, and I realize the AI is starting to go on one of those retarded heat streaks. So, I start pitching miles away from the pitch zone, and THEY KEEP HITTING ON ME!

Basically, I'm throwing pitches like I'm intentionally walking every batter, and it's like they're managing to hit off 2B and HRs off them. No matter what, when the AI goes on this run, you CANNOT stop them.

Last season, it was the Orioles who did this against me. In my series against them towards the end of the season, they scored 21 runs against me over 3 games- 16 of them came in the 1st inning.

In my current game, Lester has given up 6 runs in the 1st inning, and there's only one out.

Does this happen to anyone else at all? If so, what do you do when this happens? Does quitting the game and coming back to it a couple hours later work? Do you have to substitute a reliever in for the AI to stop cheating?

And if this doesn't happen to anyone else, what am I doing wrong? I'm pretty much pitching for intentional walks that are IMPOSSIBLE TO HIT and they're still slamming 2B/HRs against me, and I'm just baffled.

In addition to not being anywhere close to the ERA wall with any of my pitchers, this year no matter how well I pitch, the measly 1 or 2 hits I give up in the game are a HR. It's retarded, I've given up HRs in probably 95% of the season so far. As a result, this has been one of my worst pitching seasons so far, with NONE of my pitchers under a 1.00 ERA.

It's like the AI is forcing me to not enter the top ERA leaderboards.

[94civic]

This usually happens when I approach the ERA wall, but none of my pitchers are under 1.00 ERA currently, and Lester entered the game with a 1.64 ERA.

But basically, the AI scores about 3 consecutive runs, and I realize the AI is starting to go on one of those retarded heat streaks. So, I start pitching miles away from the pitch zone, and THEY KEEP HITTING ON ME!

Basically, I'm throwing pitches like I'm intentionally walking every batter, and it's like they're managing to hit off 2B and HRs off them. No matter what, when the AI goes on this run, you CANNOT stop them.

Last season, it was the Orioles who did this against me. In my series against them towards the end of the season, they scored 21 runs against me over 3 games- 16 of them came in the 1st inning.

In my current game, Lester has given up 6 runs in the 1st inning, and there's only one out.

Does this happen to anyone else at all? If so, what do you do when this happens? Does quitting the game and coming back to it a couple hours later work? Do you have to substitute a reliever in for the AI to stop cheating?

And if this doesn't happen to anyone else, what am I doing wrong? I'm pretty much pitching for intentional walks that are IMPOSSIBLE TO HIT and they're still slamming 2B/HRs against me, and I'm just baffled.

In addition to not being anywhere close to the ERA wall with any of my pitchers, this year no matter how well I pitch, the measly 1 or 2 hits I give up in the game are a HR. It's retarded, I've given up HRs in probably 95% of the season so far. As a result, this has been one of my worst pitching seasons so far, with NONE of my pitchers under a 1.00 ERA.

It's like the AI is forcing me to not enter the top ERA leaderboards.

the exact same thing is happening to me. everytime i get close to having a low era or a high spot on the era leader board i get smashed by whoever i'm playing next. my dan herren was killing it with a .5 era for 12 or so games then all of a sudden the AI goes off everytime he pitches he now has my only 2 losses and an era of over 2.0 it really pisses me off to say the least.

[TiltMyTouch]

the exact same thing is happening to me. everytime i get close to having a low era or a high spot on the era leader board i get smashed by whoever i'm playing next. my dan herren was killing it with a .5 era for 12 or so games then all of a sudden the AI goes off everytime he pitches he now has my only 2 losses and an era of over 2.0 it really pisses me off to say the least.

And honestly, the inconsistency of the AI's pitching is frustrating. Somehow, all these pitchers in the top ERA leaderboards have ERA's between 0.80 and 1.50, yet whenever you play them, you light them up for 10 runs and they immediately drop out of the leaderboards. The fact that these pitchers are able to maintain that incredibly low ERA before you play them creates such an unfair mark you have to meet to enter the ERA leaderboards.

Seriously, in real life, there is no way so many pitchers are gonna have an under 2.00 ERA.

[94civic]

And honestly, the inconsistency of the AI's pitching is frustrating. Somehow, all these pitchers in the top ERA leaderboards have ERA's between 0.80 and 1.50, yet whenever you play them, you light them up for 10 runs and they immediately drop out of the leaderboards. The fact that these pitchers are able to maintain that incredibly low ERA before you play them creates such an unfair mark you have to meet to enter the ERA leaderboards.

Seriously, in real life, there is no way so many pitchers are gonna have an under 2.00 ERA.

omg yes i agree roy oswalt was on top of the leader board and then the 3rd game i played philly he was pitching i hit him up for 10 runs in 3 innings and he was done. dropped of the board also. i love how when i'm playing a normal pitcher with nothing he always manages to make me struggle til like the 7th or 8th inning then i get the runs. but give me a platinum pitcher to hit against and normally i can light him up. so very inconsistent. i'm waiting for my platinum greinke to hit the wall. he is currently 10-0 with a 1.2 era it was at .800 until i got hit up for 6 runs in one of my last starts.

[saskjaysfan]

Totally agree with you guys. Just coming into the last 15 games of the season. My Halladay/Hamels where 1/2 in era, which was epic. Then, their last two starts each gave up at least 6 runs in 5 innings or less. My other pitchers (verlander, grienke, wainwright) who aren't in the running for era continue as usual.

This game has some funky checks and balances. This is similar to when you go on a big winning streak you invariably run into a game where nothing you hit leaves the infield and the other team (usually the orioles for me) tears you a new one.

[Dante_Coldheart]

And honestly, the inconsistency of the AI's pitching is frustrating. Somehow, all these pitchers in the top ERA leaderboards have ERA's between 0.80 and 1.50, yet whenever you play them, you light them up for 10 runs and they immediately drop out of the leaderboards. The fact that these pitchers are able to maintain that incredibly low ERA before you play them creates such an unfair mark you have to meet to enter the ERA leaderboards.

Seriously, in real life, there is no way so many pitchers are gonna have an under 2.00 ERA.
Yes I agree, there's never gonna be that many pitchers in real life with a sub 2.00 era, but then again how many hitters are gonna bat over .400 in real life either? It's not a simulation game at all, its an arcade game and you gotta treat it like one or you're gonna get worked up and stressed out a lot.

[saskjaysfan]

Yes I agree, there's never gonna be that many pitchers in real life with a sub 2.00 era, but then again how many hitters are gonna bat over .400 in real life either? It's not a simulation game at all, its an arcade game and you gotta treat it like one or you're gonna get worked up and stressed out a lot.

I think they should give achievements for breaking real life records like 5000k or something for the hr record and something similar for the the longest hitting streak.

[TheMicrowave]

That never happens to me...

[zigzzagz]

I faced a psycho AI swing like that for almost 20 games when I first started this season. I did discover that you can settle it down by letting it play itself for an inn two.

As for the record boards. All my SP's come in around 2.50-3.50 except my spec. L6 Lester who's stayed in around the 1.60's which should be good enough for about 7th yet his name never makes the board. Others in my bullpen make the K board and the W board as my normal Halladay tops them them out....... But oh no, not their bloody precious ERA board. Lol
Even if you earn that merit they'll not give it to you.

[zigzzagz]

Actually it's better that this game isn't identicle to the bigs. I couldn't bear waiting such great long periods for very short bursts of exciting action.

On the other hand can you imagine if MLB was like this game?? If you worked it out from the screen into real life I swear some of those pitchers sliders would be breaking a full 8 - 10 feet!! Just last game against TO and I swear a couple of Camps balls made an almost 90deg turn. Lol

[94civic]

Just a little things that make you go hmmmmmm. Today I checked one of my phones I don't use often this has my better team on it. Well I finished my 20th game and my Wainwright he has an era of 1.28 with 4 wins and no losses. I look to see if he is on the era list. Wow nope the top era is. 038 w.Rodriguez from Huston. Funny thing is he's not on any other pitchers listings. Not even the wins list. How the hell can you have the lowest era and not be on any other list. Shm at this

[dalethompson]

All I can say is that it's baseball, whether it's on an iphone or ipad and using AI or not. Baseball teams, over 162 games, go on hot and cold streaks, score 21 runs one game and then only score 1 the next game, have pitchers with an ERA of 1.25 get lit up for 8 runs. It happens, don't let it ruin your fun with this game. I just played the full 2011 season with San Francisco (original line-up as well, no other players added) and I just won the Com2us World Series over the Anaheim Angels. I finished with 90 wins, had a couple of winning streaks like 7 or 8 games but also had losing streaks of 6-7 games too. It's baseball, it happens over a season, just stick with it :)

[TiltMyTouch]

Just a little things that make you go hmmmmmm. Today I checked one of my phones I don't use often this has my better team on it. Well I finished my 20th game and my Wainwright he has an era of 1.28 with 4 wins and no losses. I look to see if he is on the era list. Wow nope the top era is. 038 w.Rodriguez from Huston. Funny thing is he's not on any other pitchers listings. Not even the wins list. How the hell can you have the lowest era and not be on any other list. Shm at this

Yeah, the value of ERA in this game is ridiculous.

All I can say is that it's baseball, whether it's on an iphone or ipad and using AI or not. Baseball teams, over 162 games, go on hot and cold streaks, score 21 runs one game and then only score 1 the next game, have pitchers with an ERA of 1.25 get lit up for 8 runs. It happens, don't let it ruin your fun with this game. I just played the full 2011 season with San Francisco (original line-up as well, no other players added) and I just won the Com2us World Series over the Anaheim Angels. I finished with 90 wins, had a couple of winning streaks like 7 or 8 games but also had losing streaks of 6-7 games too. It's baseball, it happens over a season, just stick with it :)

That's not our main complaint. I mean, in a game where you can go on 70+ game winning streaks, I'm pretty sure we're well adjusted to a more arcade-y baseball game.

But the fact that the ERA is inconsistent with the other stats is ridiculous. And you say that pitchers with low ERA's do occasionally get lit up. Well, I just find it ridiculous that these pitchers never get lit up until you play them yourself and score 10 runs against them. The fact that the AI pitchers are able to maintain a ridiculously low ERA for, well, forever until you play them, really bugs me.

Basically, what I'm saying is, the difficulty level for getting a leaderboard-worthy ERA in this game is MUCH higher than pretty much every other stat. And unlike other stats, ERA is pretty much the only stat where the AI is able to FORCE you to not go on the leaderboards by setting up games where the AI can hit HRs off intentional walks.

[Orange3Black]

I still want to see the AI hit a homerun off've an intentional walk pitch. Wouldn't the pitch have to been like 3 feet outside? How do you even animate that?

[94civic]

I still want to see the AI hit a homerun off've an intentional walk pitch. Wouldn't the pitch have to been like 3 feet outside? How do you even animate that?

i would guess it's the same as what happens when you pitch one low and out of the zone. they swing and you see the end of the bat kind of spark then the black and the cracking sound. you know the ball never touched the bat.

[TiltMyTouch]

i would guess it's the same as what happens when you pitch one low and out of the zone. they swing and you see the end of the bat kind of spark then the black and the cracking sound. you know the ball never touched the bat.

This. Obviously I'm exaggerating a bit; if the batter really were able to hit balls that were a car's length outside the strike zone, I would delete the game instantly.

But there's definitely times where my I've intentionally pitched a good 3 balls distance away from the strike zone, and the AI has hit on them over and over and over again until they've scored a good 6 or so runs.

[TiltMyTouch]

Not surprisingly, my most consistent pitcher of all time has just cracked the top ERA leaderboards. My Hero Haren is sporting a 1.38 ERA and is 8th on the ERA leaderboards. If the game permits, time to get him under 1.00 ERA!

In addition, my Wainwright is on the very near outside looking in, with a 1.51 ERA.