If you hit more up or back in the hitters box, does it increase or decrease your chances of hitting a homerun? Or is it all where on the bat you hit it?
I try to stay back in the box if a pitcher is slowing down, and have hit more homers that way.
I also think you can hit more homers if you jerk back while swinging - if you hit it in the right spot.
Mostly talking outta my ass though.
I hit up in the box, less curve and it makes me believe I can hit with more velocity. That is just my bullshit wish though.
I think everyone has their own personal style when it comes to pitchers and batters. For me, I'll begin moving my batter ieither up-down and left right quickly as the pitch is thrown then I'll swing. Of course it's alot easier to hit homers with a guy like Darryl Evans, he can mash the ball on a check swing.
I usually hit up in the box, but will move back in the box with 2 strikes or if I'm swinging at bad pitches. Being backs helps me lay off the bad pitches and I can sometimes tell if a drop pitch will actually drops before I swing
I generally stay up in the box--it's that much shorter a distance to get ti out of the park.
I also like Gantry's trick--I think he calls it the slide. In mid swing--slide your batter down--it adds a bit of extra power.
I bat up in the box, less time for breaking balls to well ... break. Also I find it helpful to "dive out over the plate" by moving the batter from middle of the box all the way to to the plate in mid-swing, maybe it's just me but I get a lot more homers that way.
Quote from: vgp100 on 12/31/03, 08:39:00 AM
I also like Gantry's trick--I think he calls it the slide. In mid swing--slide your batter down--it adds a bit of extra power.
The Retreat (http://dee-nee.com/rbi/glossary.shtml#RETREAT).
Well done beefy, it is called the retreat...
We all bat at the top of the box and typically retreat in mid-pitch. When a pitcher gets very slow some stay at the top and don't retreat. It's virtually impossible for me to bat at the bottom of the box....
It's impossible to bat at the bottom. You just foul everything off.
I stay at the top of the box 95% of the time and the other 5% use The Retreat just to fuck with my opponent.
I bat at the top almost all the time...the only exception is when I've been swinging at bad pitches. Also, I only use the "Retreat" with a couple players (Man Perm and JClark). JC seems to benefit the most from it.
The retreat is definately not a gimmick. I works. However, I have found that some players the retreat doesn't work for, Chet Lemon to name one. IMO, if you retreat with Lemon he blows. THat is why I normally sub him out. But for 90% of the hitters, the retreat does work. It would be impossible to retreat in curve pitch. Or very very hard.
Why has no one mentioned "The Tettleton" in a while. I use that technique 90% of the time. Am I the only one? How can I teach it to my fantasy RBI'ers?
Vit, with Lemon, I leave him in and use the Tettleton stance. For some reason, it gives him special powers.
Seriously, it works. Also try it on Dwight Evans and Bergman.
VGP! That is amazing. We were typing a Tettleton message at the exact same time. Dee-Nee!
That is amazing.
I also think it's more amazing that we agree on something.
I usually use the term Oquendo for this stance. Is this acceptable??? When i feel like using it Ill call TIME and usually the opponent allows me to get it set up. I only use it when im in a slump at the plate. which happens quite often around here due to our curve pitching and our severe case of itchy trigger thumb.
No that is not the same thing. Calling time to do an Oquendo is obviously busch league. The Tettleton is done by a player with finesse with no stoppage of action needed.
I actually call it the "cocked bat".
As in "I'm going to cock my bat now"
It just sounds funnier.
I wonder what would happen if I cocked it with Dick Schofield.
"If you thought Dick could hit, wait till you see him cocked"
"Wait for Dick to cock it"
Tettleton for me is pretty rare (once a game) and almost exclusively with righties...
Curve I use it a lot, mostly because I can't hit anything and the tettleton gives you more time to react...
I only use the Tettleton (only acceptable name) when I'm up a bunch and wanna talk more shit or if I'm down a bunch and I'm very desperate.
I too use the Tettleton more with a big lead, just pisses everyone off. Always fun...
It's an extra kick in the nuts. I always pair it with the line, "Yeah, I don't even need a full swing to kick your ass."
Do you guys find that some players benefit more than others from the Tettleton? For instance, I think Terence McPendleton hits a lot better with this technique. Also, pausing the game to set it up is definitely busch league, but I do admire any reference to Jose Oquendo.
always front of the box--and inside-out the ball 90% of the time. big time triples.
favorite RBI hitter of all-time, no question, Rock Raines. inside-park hr every game. but since he is on the NL stars, I suppose that is a cheap choice.
he is also my "favorite guy to carry crack onto the playing field" but then again my choices in that category were limited.
I'm sure Hernandez and Leonard have indulged on the field before, though it isn't committed in print....
Seddrah, who is that girl?
She looks like a star in a porn I saw that gave a blowjob.
I think it's Fiona Apple (hence the "apple" at the beginning of the filename).
back to the post subject though..... I find that it doesnt matter where i hit in the box. I will pop out or line drive off the wall with anyone with power. and if the guy doesnt have good power i will get it back to the pitcher if i am lucky.
If my opponent is up then i found that it still doesnt matter where they stand. billy hatcher from the back of the box.... GONE... Billy hatcher from up in the box.... GONE. It doesnt matter.
I used to consider myself one of the better curve style pitchers this game has ever seen.... (GoReds may not admit it but i have... well had an S pitch that is second-to-none) but when RBI starts letting my opponent steal my signals and letting everyone including, billy hatcher, to use anabolic steroids i think its time for a new game.... BASEBALL STARS RULES
I'm picturing Briznock giving up a homer to Tommy Herr, then tearing his shirt open, staring up, and yelling, "Why do you hate me?! WHY??!?"
Im not good. At all. Neither is GoReds. The only reason he beats me is because the programmers thought itd be funny to make sure that if a nintendo controller read my thumb prints then it would cheat me..... This isnt for RBI only .... Every Game
NINTENDO SUCKS
I love that Briznock is beating this into the ground.
Quote from: vgp100 on 01/05/04, 12:57:12 PM
I actually call it the "cocked bat".
As in "I'm going to cock my bat now"
It just sounds funnier.
That dude was funny
We call it a cock around here, too. Whenever Riley can't cock his bat in time, I like to say that he "couldn't get his cock in." It's true.
Quote from: ultimate7 on 12/31/03, 08:36:22 AM
I usually hit up in the box, but will move back in the box with 2 strikes or if I'm swinging at bad pitches. Being backs helps me lay off the bad pitches and I can sometimes tell if a drop pitch will actually drops before I swing
I think next time I play I'm going to stay towards the back of the box
Quote from: fknmclane on 01/05/04, 03:57:17 PM
I only use the Tettleton (only acceptable name)
fuck off dude...I'll call it what I want
Quote from: vgp100 on 01/05/04, 01:05:55 PM
I wonder what would happen if I cocked it with Dick Schofield.
Pics?
Quote from: BDawk on 06/04/09, 03:09:55 PM
Quote from: fknmclane on 01/05/04, 03:57:17 PM
I only use the Tettleton (only acceptable name)
fuck off dude...I'll call it what I want
WOW!
Any one use the Podsednik "walk up"? I know some people retreat.
i sometimes walk up - typically a faster guy who i want to hit the ball on the ground with.
Quote from: ultimate7 on 06/05/09, 11:38:15 AM
Any one use the Podsednik "walk up"? I know some people retreat.
I usually start to the far left side for righthanded hitters (or the far right side for lefthanded hitters) and move towards the plate as the pitch approaches.
I cannot do the walk up, never can get the timing right.