How do you stop balk pitching? I'm new to this (still learning baseball) and it shows me red and blue boxes at times when I pitch. When I pitch, the umpire makes the runners advance a base. How do I pitch to not make this happen? How do you stop balk pitching? I'm new to this (still learning baseball) and it shows me red and blue boxes at times when I pitch. When I pitch, the umpire makes the runners advance a base. How... » Read More How do you stop balk pitching? I'm new to this (still learning baseball) and it shows me red and blue boxes at times when I pitch. When I pitch, the umpire makes the runners advance a base. How do I pitch to not make this happen? « Show Less
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I am not versed enough on that aspect of the game to provide an answer. In real terms, once a pitcher puts his foot on the pitching rubber, he either has to throw the ball to the catcher in an uninterrupted manner, or, if there are runners on base, has to step off the rubber in order to throw the ball to any base. He cannot "deceive the baserunner". No quick pitches to the plate, has to stop in the set position for 1 sec before throwing the ball to the catcher when there are runners. A balk is usually called when there are baserunners. When the bases are empty, I believe a ball is called when a pitcher violates these rules. I suggest you google "balk rule in baseball" for a much more accurate description. I am not versed enough on that aspect of the game to provide an answer. In real terms, once a pitcher puts his foot on the pitching rubber, he either has to throw the ball to the catcher in an uninterrupted manner, or, if there are runners on base, has to step off the rubber in order to throw the ball to any base. He cannot "deceive the baserunner". No quick pitches to the plate, has to stop in the set position for 1 sec before throwing the ball to the catcher when there are runners. A balk is usually called when there are baserunners. When the bases are empty, I believe a ball is... » Read More I am not versed enough on that aspect of the game to provide an answer. In real terms, once a pitcher puts his foot on the pitching rubber, he either has to throw the ball to the catcher in an uninterrupted manner, or, if there are runners on base, has to step off the rubber in order to throw the ball to any base. He cannot "deceive the baserunner". No quick pitches to the plate, has to stop in the set position for 1 sec before throwing the ball to the catcher when there are runners. A balk is usually called when there are baserunners. When the bases are empty, I believe a ball is called when a pitcher violates these rules. I suggest you google "balk rule in baseball" for a much more accurate description. « Show Less
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The red and blue boxes show you where the hitters best and worst hitting zones are and therefore where to best pitch him in order to get him out. Each batter hittings zones are diffferent or similar depending on their hitting abilities. Hope that helps a little.
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It sounds like you should go into "Pitching" settings and check out your options there. You should be able to turn "Balk" off.
256604
You can adjust the speed and frequency of the balls firing out. But when you set it up it doesn´t change itself during the play. Also the direction is still the same at this model.
1107075
Dear Danny E,There are two wheels in the hole in the inside on the front.Take your line and insert it into the hole!If it kicks it out reinsert from the opposite direction.You will be able to tell when it grabs your line !Enjoy it
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it is only supposed to be used with small (ping pong) size soft baseballs (but I have hand pitched some baseballs to my son in there and it is fine but you should not let the real baseball hit the poles). Ours has not fallen down and we set it up in January. It is fine for our purposes but it is not really sturdy. We had to use bungie cords to open the hole to get it the right height for the pitching machine but it works. It was the batting cage that we could afford.
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yes, it advance automatically.If someone played it and advanced accidentally you can go back to the correcto position easily. just follow instructions of the manual included.
58381
Hi! I cut the bases off and that makes it a lot easier and more comfortable for me. Also, I only ever put it on my thumb because I use them to count money. I am able to spread them and pop my thumb in! Thinking back to when they had bases, I would think you could just roll them up to the tip then roll them on to your finger. Like a condom. (I hope the reference doesn't offend anyone!)
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I would not use to block balls since the object is for the ball to be bounced back to the thrower. It would just nail the catcher from behind.
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You may need to flip the leads on one of the baluns. They really can cancel each other out.
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You can. It's a smaller strike zone area. The pitcher will really have to concentrate on hitting his spots or you will be chasing lots of balls down.
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I bought this game and also don't understand how to move around the board. I figure you go clockwise after starting the game but how do you know where or when you can switch to the other ring or path?
1675482
There's a slight click when you turn them to the open or closed setting. It seems like it's gotten just slightly harder to open them as I use them more. But that could just be the result of holding with one hand and trying to open with the other (non-dominant) hand, without putting the pitcher down first.Instead of turning, you can also fairly easily lift the lid out, move it to the open position and then put the lid back in. That's usually what I do now.
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There is no way to stop the movement. I guess if there was some way to keep the ball from moving you could. I am not that impressed with it at all. The glare from the light will blind you and there is really no way to stop that glare. So if you are walking by the house you can see that bright light.
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Yes you can. If you hit the start button, you will see the statistics of the pitcher and his pitch count. Also, there is an energy bar that can be displayed when choosing the pitch type
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I don't quite know why it does that, but it does it to me as well. I actually have turned that quirk into a feature, though. I use that behavior to target different areas of the plate for my son to learn to hit. I start by targeting the right outside edge of the plate and over the next 3-4 pitches it moves to the left across the plate. I tried to tighten the bolts down, but there is no way to stop the behavior short of trying to duct tape the top portion into place to keep it from moving.
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No. Umpires, in New York, check every bat and all equipment before everyone of our game. If there is anything questionable they would say something. I see alot of the CF-5's being used by the other teams that we play against,and i alway ask if they like it, not one player has a bad word to say about it. Gotta love the bat !!!
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Some boards have colors dictating where to put the marbles/pegs to start the game. Red on red - blue on blue - etc. If you read the instructions on playing the game it tells you that the object is to move all of your marbles/pegs to the opposite side of the board from where you started. Your opponent will be vacating this area and his object is to move all of his marbles/pegs to the area you are vacating. First one to place all of his marbles/pegs in the opposite triangle is the winner,
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It's a good sized box (23 in high x 11-1/2 wide and 4 " deep) but fairly light weight. There's no real assembly, the baseballs sit on the base, the red pole that holds the baseball for hitting, goes in the center hole. I suspect the bat has a place on the stand too, but I could never figure out where, so it's just leaning against whatever is nearby. I would have Amazon ship it directly to your other place...if you need it gift wrapped, they do that as well. Usually I'm shipping to someone that I'm comfortable asking someone else in the house, besides the person getting the gift, to wrap it when it comes! It's a good sized box (23 in high x 11-1/2 wide and 4 " deep) but fairly light weight. There's no real assembly, the baseballs sit on the base, the red pole that holds the baseball for hitting, goes in the center hole. I suspect the bat has a place on the stand too, but I could never figure out where, so it's just leaning against whatever is nearby. I would have Amazon ship it directly to your other place...if you need it gift wrapped, they do that as well. Usually I'm shipping to someone that I'm comfortable asking someone else in the house, besides the person getting the gift, to... » Read More It's a good sized box (23 in high x 11-1/2 wide and 4 " deep) but fairly light weight. There's no real assembly, the baseballs sit on the base, the red pole that holds the baseball for hitting, goes in the center hole. I suspect the bat has a place on the stand too, but I could never figure out where, so it's just leaning against whatever is nearby. I would have Amazon ship it directly to your other place...if you need it gift wrapped, they do that as well. Usually I'm shipping to someone that I'm comfortable asking someone else in the house, besides the person getting the gift, to wrap it when it comes! « Show Less