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  • Ace2734
    Rookie
    • Aug 2015
    • 437

    #1

    Players throwing their bat after strikeouts

    I never really care too much about animations, but this one seems out of place. You don't ever really see a player throw their bat away from them after a strikeout. If they ever do it, it's when they're in the dugout.

    I imagine inserting an animation into a game is no easy task, so not sure why they went with this one. Wondering if anyone else notices and/or cares.

    Cheers.
  • KBLover
    Hall Of Fame
    • Aug 2009
    • 12172

    #2
    Re: Players throwing their bat after strikeouts

    It's not the most realistic, but I like the show of emotion.

    Maybe next year they can do a cut away to the player doing it in the dugout.
    "Some people call it butterflies, but to him, it probably feels like pterodactyls in his stomach." --Plesac in MLB18

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    • JoseJoseph9119
      Rookie
      • Mar 2018
      • 179

      #3
      Re: Players throwing their bat after strikeouts

      The animation is over the top but the real problem is that none of the animations are programmed based on the in-game situation.

      Throwing your bat in the bottom of the 9th in a game in September while down a run with a runner on 3rd vs your division rival? Cool.

      Throwing your bat in the top of the 4th in an interleague game in May with the bases empty and your team up 2-0? Not cool.

      Same goes for the spin move fist pump after a strikeout when you've already given up 3 HRs in the inning. They need to add the "screaming profanities into your glove" animation for that one

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      • El_MaYiMbE
        MVP
        • Mar 2003
        • 1427

        #4
        Re: Players throwing their bat after strikeouts

        Originally posted by JoseJoseph9119
        The animation is over the top but the real problem is that none of the animations are programmed based on the in-game situation.

        Throwing your bat in the bottom of the 9th in a game in September while down a run with a runner on 3rd vs your division rival? Cool.

        Throwing your bat in the top of the 4th in an interleague game in May with the bases empty and your team up 2-0? Not cool.

        Same goes for the spin move fist pump after a strikeout when you've already given up 3 HRs in the inning. They need to add the "screaming profanities into your glove" animation for that one
        This x10000000

        Also, there needs to be some sort of player temperament/personality trait which can be assigned to the players.

        There are players who show too much emotion (Carlos Gomez) and players who rarely show any emotion (Aaron Judge).

        This should be woven into the player profiles and be coupled with in-game situations.

        Similar personality traits should exist for managers too.

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        • kaptainkarl76
          Rookie
          • Mar 2010
          • 336

          #5
          Re: Players throwing their bat after strikeouts

          All of the above plus when the pitcher lobs the ball to the manager and walks off the mound..

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          • KBLover
            Hall Of Fame
            • Aug 2009
            • 12172

            #6
            Re: Players throwing their bat after strikeouts

            Originally posted by kaptainkarl76
            All of the above plus when the pitcher lobs the ball to the manager and walks off the mound..

            Now that you mention that, there was always certain guys on my team who did that.

            For example, fictional pitcher Loren Rassmussen does this often on my squad, but no one else does. It's always and only him.

            I wonder if there's some determining it. If it was just pure randomness, what's the odds of this happening??
            "Some people call it butterflies, but to him, it probably feels like pterodactyls in his stomach." --Plesac in MLB18

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            • BigOrangeVol4Life
              Pro
              • Dec 2013
              • 766

              #7
              Re: Players throwing their bat after strikeouts

              We need the occasional animation showing the batter going ape crap crazy in the dugout swinging his bat at a Gatorade cooler

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              • TripleCrown
                MVP
                • Jan 2013
                • 1229

                #8
                Re: Players throwing their bat after strikeouts

                I like they introduced player emotion but most of the time it’s over the top.

                Hate to always see the same exagerated emotion after a 2 outs single nobody on bases.

                Same with strikeouts as you said. Some are spot on though. I want to see more different emotion animations in the future but more realistic ones.

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                • Bobhead
                  Pro
                  • Mar 2011
                  • 4926

                  #9
                  Re: Players throwing their bat after strikeouts

                  Originally posted by El_MaYiMbE
                  This x10000000

                  Also, there needs to be some sort of player temperament/personality trait which can be assigned to the players.

                  There are players who show too much emotion (Carlos Gomez) and players who rarely show any emotion (Aaron Judge).

                  This should be woven into the player profiles and be coupled with in-game situations.

                  Similar personality traits should exist for managers too.
                  If I remember correctly, the MLB Police Association has nixed the idea of a player-personality system. Not sure if they're still against it, they may have changed their minds over the last 10 years.

                  Regardless, I agree with all of you. The overreactions in this game always feel so out of place, and they are kind of grating.

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