Catching base stealers

[ultimate7]

Against STL first inning, stuck out Coleman, walked Ozzie, Ozzie took off on the first pitch.

[Attezzobal]

Bump (because I wasn't around during this thread's conception)...

The way I play (And OctoFranco) I (we) steal on literally every pitch with literally every player in the game, therefore it was pretty easy to make the transition to down+A after reading the FAQ...It also makes games a bit longer, I guess it's just a pattern we got into (plus, we're both really good at run downs, on both sides...Granted, not against each other any more) and now we do Down+A any time a pitch is thrown even when the player is breaking towards 3rd or home...

[Nails]

The way I play (And OctoFranco) I (we) steal on literally every pitch with literally every player in the game

You should surprise him and pick him off one of these days.

[ultimate7]

Nails, I was thinking the same thing

[Gantry]

Nothing more satisfying than a pickoff...   Just demoralizing to your opponent...

[Attezzobal]

We get late breaks unless it's with 140+'s, so it's very, very tough to pick each other off, sometimes it results in a rundown, but if either of us have Vince or Ozzie or what-not, we usually pussy out and just throw to second and let them go back...

[JoeDirt]

but if either of us have Vince or Ozzie or what-not, we usually pussy out and just throw to second and let them go back...

Is this a result of a misplay or is it more of an unwritten rule between the two of you?

[Attezzobal]

A little bit of both...I tend to play with the Cards much much more than Octo, and he tends to do his best to not get in a run down with Vince, like I said, we're both very good at run downs but when it comes to Vince I can usually win a rundown about 90%+ of the time, so he'll just throw to the next base and let me go back without a play on him...

Button fakes suck, and are tough to pull off online.

[JoeDirt]

Yeah, I suppose nobody here would be surprised to know that I like the button-fake tactic.  You know, since I am a cheater and all.

[Attezzobal]

For what it's worth, you and Octo (at least based from when I played a few games against you online) play a very, very similar game, so that doesn't surprise me at all...

Nothing wrong with a button fake, I guess I'm just far too ancy during run downs and such and fall for it too often (although lately I've been getting better)

[Gantry]

Button fake is quality....