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April 21, 2009

Some RTTS Guidelines

Selecting a position – In MLB 08 playing 3B was a good choice if you preferred batting more than fielding because you would have less fielding opportunities than you would if you played outfield. MLB 09 allows you to limit the amount of fielding so choose a position you prefer to play. For your secondary position, it’s recommended that you choose either IF or OF. This can help increase your chances of getting into a game.

Base Running and Fielding – MLB 09 The Show offers options to turn off the RTTS baserunning and fielding. This will allow your games to play out more quickly which will also allow you to play more games in less time. From my experience, limiting the amount of base running and fielding opportunities is highly recommended. Let’s calculate how many games one would need to play per day in order to have a 20 season career: Let’s say you play 10 games a day. There are 162 games in a season. Divide 162 by 10 and you get 16.2. It takes 16.2 days to finish a season if you average 10 games a day. Divide 365 by 16.2 and you get 22 seasons. So, you may need to average 10 games a day in order to reach a 20 season career. In MLB 08 this did not seem to be attainable unless a you simulated a portion of your games. With the new base running and fielding options in MLB 09 having a 20 season career seems to be a bit more attainable.

Training points - Since there aren’t any deadlines during spring training don’t spend any training points during this period. When the season starts be sure to use your training points on attributes that have not been updated within three weeks. When an attribute is not updated after four weeks it begins to decline. Try to have batting attribute points between left and right balanced. Right attributes should be a priority, though, because you will likely face more right-handed pitchers than left-handed pitchers during the course of a season. All batting (contact and power) and durability points should take priority over base running and fielding points. Maintaining your bunting attributes should be a low priority but you should still try to update your bunting attributes before the four week deadline. It might be a good idea to let ‘Drag Bunting’ attributes take precedence over ‘Bunting Drills’ because the ‘Drag Bunting’ attribute also has speed as a secondary attribute. Give ‘Base Running Drills’ priority over ‘Sprints’ because ‘Base Running Drills’ include speed and base running attritues which are also the same attributes for ‘Sprints’. So, you’ll be able to update ‘sprints’ at the same time you update ‘Base Running Drills’.

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Making MLB 09 movies with your own video editor

March 31, 2009

Earlier, I showed how to make MLB 09 The Show movies with Moyea FLV Editor Lite Beta. If you want to do more to your movies convert them to avi file format with Pazera free FLV to AVI converter. This will allow you to edit your movies in a video editor of your choice such as Adobe Premiere Pro.

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How to copy statistics from MLB 09 to your website

March 13, 2009

Now that MLB 09 The Show offers video replays and pictures, gamers can now build dynamic team pages with screen shots and videos…and maybe now even statistics.

I learned that not only can you take pictures of your favorite plays in MLB 09 but you can also use this feature to take pictures of any of the menus, statistics, or box scores in MLB 09 The Show.

In MLB 07 and MLB 08, I manually copied my RTTS stats by hand and then entered them into HTML format. There may have been a less tedious way to do this but I was not aware of it.

With MLB 09′s new features, I may have found a better way to compile and display stats online by using an Optical Character Recognition service:

1. To take a picture in MLB 09, just hit the PS button and then go over to the picture sub-menu. There will be an option to capture the screen. Choose this and then then, hit the “X” button. You have now saved a screen capture.

2. Copy the image to your PC and use Microsoft Paint or any other image editor to invert the colors. Also, crop the area you want to capture.

Batting .167? Good thing I have a 3 year contract with the Giants.

3. Go to http://www.onlineocr.net, upload the image and then convert it to another format such as HTML or text format.

Now you have data to work with to publish to your team pages:

YEAR G AB AVG h r 2b 3b hr rbi 2010 12 34 .206 7 0 0 0 0 0 2009 115 406 .167 68 26 5 0 0 32

Final Output:

YEAR	G	AB	AVG	H	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI
2010	12	34	.206	7	0	0	0	0	0
2009	115	406	.167	68	26	5	0	0	32

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10 useful MLB 09 The Show hitting tips

March 10, 2009

If you have played the new MLB 09 The Show baseball simulation on Legend mode you probably already know how difficult it is to hit. Looking on some popular forums I have found some hitting tips that may be helpful:

1. Move stick up in the zone - Before the pitch, move the left stick directly up in the zone. If the pitch is up, you only need to make slight modifications. If the pitch is out of your zone, bring the left stick down quickly into the zone.

When the left stick is in the neutral position there’s a tendency to chase pitches. But, when you keep the stick up in the zone (before the pitch) you should be able to adjust to all areas.

Try this in batting practice. Look for pitches up in the zone and move the left stick down when the pitches are below your zone. Keep practicing until you master it!

2. Ahead in the count - When ahead in the count, never swing if you are required to move the left stick. Look for middle-in pitches when you are ahead in the count. If you don’t get your pitch, don’t swing.

3. Scheduled starting pitchers – Look at the scheduled starting pitchers that you will be facing in the next game and take some batting practice against that pitcher. This may help you get a better read on the starting pitcher before heading into the real game. In batting practice mode, MLB 09 allows you to face pitchers from all levels including AAA and AA .

4. Have a plan at the plate - Focus in on one part of the zone and recognize the pitch. Learning which pitches NOT to swing at is just as important.

If the pitch is low and away, don’t swing at it. Wait for a better pitch. Read and react to pitches.

5. Don’t be predictable – The CPU seems to learn your tendencies. If you guess low all of the time, you’ll likely end up seeing more stuff high in the zone. The pitcher may start aiming at the sides of the strike zone. If you see a pattern with this, start guessing the sides as well.

6. Wiggle the stick - One suggestion is wiggling the left stick around before the pitch. Move the stick in a clockwise motion or just randomly move the cursor around the screen. This can act as sort of a trigger to help with timing and location.

Most players may agree that it’s difficult to use the left stick if you just leave it in the neutral position and then try to yank it, at the last moment, in the right zone.

7. Be patient – Remember, the pitcher needs three strikes to get you out. Don’t panic when there’s two strikes in the count. In legend mode, you need to be discipline, otherwise the CPU will take advantage of you.

8. Strike to pitch ratio – Take a look at the pitcher’s strike to pitch ratio. If you find that you are facing a pitcher that hardly gives up walks, be a little more aggressive and look for strikes.

9. Know your hot zone - Take note of your hot zones and the pitchers best pitches. Look for pitches in your cold zone and avoid chasing pitches near your hot zone because the pitcher might be nibbling hoping that you chase out of the strike zone. Make the pitcher throw strikes to you.

10. Read strategy guide – Be sure to read the in-game strategy guide. This guide states that the CPU will usually throws a mistake pitch at least once every at bat. There are about 3 to 4 pitches during an average at bat so you might get lucky if you are looking in the right place looking for the right pitch.

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How to make MLB 09 The Show Movies

March 5, 2009

One of the new features added to MLB 09 The Show is the ability to record and store your replays to your PS3 hard drive. This also provides the ability to record the same play multiple times from different camera angles. Here’s how to combine all replays into one and add music to create a movie:

Step 1: Using Riva FLV Encoder

Replays from MLB 09 The Show are stored in MP4 format. Riva FLV Encoder can be used to convert from MP4 to FLV.

I used GSpot to determine the recommended display size: 640 x 368. In Riva FLV Encoder change the Movie Size to 640 x 368 and the Frame rate to 29.97. Uncheck the “Enable Audio” check box. Click Encode.

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Step 2: Moyea FLV Editor Lite Beta

Use Moyea FLV Editor Lite Beta to edit, combine, and add music to your FLV files. The Moyea FLV Editor is very straight forward. You just import your FLV files, add them to the time line, trim the video length, and add an MP3 file. That’s it. Your FLV file is ready!

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