Whats the best baseball game for the consoles? Is there anything other than EA?
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http://kotaku.com/baseball-video-games-dont-decide-whos-left-only-who-899699321
I thought this was pretty interesting. Is it true that a lefty hasn't played shortstop in a major league game in over a century?
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
yeah the throwing angles are fucked up. thats why theres no lefty catchers with a few exceptions
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 25 July 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link
not quite the right thread but . . . it is a belief of mine, based on no evidence, that 70 years of having the outfield camera on the left-field side of center -- such that pitches move from left to right on your television screen -- have significantly overstated the advantage that left-handed pitchers have against left-handed hitters. *of course* it looks impossible when randy johnson is releasing the ball from off the screen.
several MLB parks now show a straight-on view, which i salute
thanks to the crappiness of the minors (this is a new ballpark, too), we now have examples of the opposite view -- a righty against a righty from the right-field side. i'm not exactly sure it bolsters my theory, but it's fuckin weird to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f6622W-xmY
ps there is *no* good reason there are no lefty catchers mayor j
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 July 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
The best reason I've heard (and I still don't quite buy it) is that anybody who throws left-handed and has a strong enough arm to play catcher gets turned into a pitcher right away
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 20 July 2017 03:54 (six years ago) link
Anecdotal obviously but as L/L, dreaded facing LHPs (in part because it was less common) and loved facing same-handed hitters (especially with a curve).
Bought a left-handed catcher's mitt around 11/12 and occasionally caught until high school. Don't recall having any trouble, but it was only Little League/Senior League/Koufax.
In a tournament, once threw a complete game then caught one immediately afterward. Today's players ain't shit (kidding).
― Andy K, Thursday, 20 July 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link