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Comment on Macgregor 79P Leather Practice Baseball (One Dozen) by BaseballSLC9

BaseballSLC9 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:21:51 +0000

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Awesome Baseballs!, January 23, 2011

This review is from: Macgregor 79P Leather Practice Baseball (One Dozen) (Sports)

Another coach on my sons baseball team bought three dozen of these baseballs. They are real leather and have a nice feel to them. The ball is durable and the team likes to practice with them. My son likes to pitch with these baseballs they are the best baseball for about $2 a ball.

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Comment on Macgregor 79P Leather Practice Baseball (One Dozen) by St. Timmy

St. Timmy — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:48:46 +0000

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Great value, November 16, 2009

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These balls are a great value. High quality for practice hitting, pitching and fielding. Why pay more for practice balls? And don't waste your money on cheap, vinyl covered balls. You will regret it.

I'll be ordering more, when the balls wear out.

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Comment on NBA 2K10 by Christian A. Orton

Christian A. Orton — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:30:28 +0000

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

Ho hum, October 8, 2009

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This review is from: NBA 2K10 (Video Game)

I played the heck out of NBA 2k9, so I was excited about NBA 2k10, especially because of the My Player mode.

However, the one thing that ruins sports games for me is the bread and butter play...you know, the play you can use to score every time? Well, NBA 2k10 suffers from the same thing (ironically) that's plagued the Live series for years, dominating point guards. Even on Hall of Fame difficultly, I can take Jason Kidd and score 60 against the Lakers. I've adjusted sliders, but to no avail in fixing the issue. What I usually do is start on the wing drive toward the top of the key, do a quick hesitation and then blow by the defender and down the lane for an easy lay-up...it works every time.

And when I get tired of that, it's really easy to exploit the AI defense. Just keep passing around the 3 pt line until a guy goes down low for an easy lay-up. It's that simple. I'm serious on this too, and I'll say it again, sliders don't fix anything. The AI defense is really poor. It's unplayable for me. It's not fun to dominate this easily.

There are some framerate issues, particularly in post play, but I haven't noticed it enough to piss me off or anything. Supposedly they're worse on the 360 version.

Outside of the poor defensive AI, the other big complaint I have is that the action is kinda choppy, not fluid at all. Passes are great, but ball-handling and driving the lane animations are unnatural. I played the demo for Live 10 and it's much more fluid, so I may try it, though I suspect it's not outstanding either.

The graphics remain good, but not great. The players don't really look much like themselves, especially Dirk. They're really shiny, and move awkwardly in the cutscenes. It's annoying.

Players miss the easiest lay-ups around the basket. Blocks from behind are uncanny. If the AI breaks free and heads down court for the easy lay-up, you can turbo your PG and catch him almost then attempt a block as the opponent is performing the lay-up and block it almost every time. It's unfair. I wish you could turn them off.

I'm really, really disappointed. I'm struggling to point out what's really good about this game. I can't think of any part I've really enjoyed. Hopefully a patch will address a number of these issues. It's just too easy.

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Comment on NBA 2K10 by Erik in OC

Erik in OC — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:58:36 +0000

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Too much attention to presentation, not nearly enough attention on gameplay, October 6, 2009

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This review is from: NBA 2K10 (Video Game)

2K and Live b-ball hasn't been a contest in the last few years, as 2K has always been the one to buy. I was really hyped up for this year's version, especially after the amazing trailers.

Unfortunately, 2K Sports released an unfinished game full of glitches to meet the deadline. I will only list some of the glitches I've had happen: player moving backwards 8-10 feet, like a teleportation; getting a traveling violation after a scored basket; the inbounder running backwards in place until you get a 5 second violation; made dunks not counting count and everyone keeps playing; the game clock freezing at the end of a quarter; graphics displays, like the current conference standings, taking up the screen so you can't see (while the ball is in play); delays in the crowd noise reactions to plays. A lot of the glitches will be fixed with downloadable patches, but I'm reviewing the game as it is now.

For the positives, the graphics are much improved over 2K9. Online, there is less lag than there was before. The pre-game rituals, such as Lebron's chalk clap and Sasha pumping up Kobe are nice, but I looked at those the first few games and always skip it now. What really matters is gameplay and I wish more time was spent on that. Some of the things that need attention: defenders standing like drones around the rim, while a PG blows by for an uncontested layup, even with help defense bar maxed out; players having their stamina drained 2 trips up the court and then having to sit for an entire quarter; the ridiculous low post game and automatic skyhooks; guys missing uncontested lay-ups too often; players going into automatic post up, for no reason.

The "My Player" feature is pretty fun building up your character. If you played team-up online, you are familiar with the grading system. There are major gripes here, as well. My teammates also play very stupid defense, constantly leaving everyone, including superstars, wide open. When you are playing as a team in the regular game, you can switch and "babysit" your defenders, but you will be frustrated with the stupid play in this mode. There are also frustrating glitches in this mode like the graphic blocking the screen so you can't see for about 15 seconds and the way too frequent backcourt and out of bounds violations, when there is no defensive pressure. I watch a lot of games and I see a backcourt violation maybe once every 10 games but it happens usually 3 or more times here, again, with no defensive pressure.

If you need your annual NBA fix, with updated rosters, this is still ahead of Live (and I have played Live 10 for a few hours). If you're only a casual player, and just want a fun game regardless of whether rosters are current, stick with 2K9, at least until they fix the major bugs.

UPDATE 11/9: I'm finished with this game until a patch comes out. Supposedly, one is coming out this week, but judging from the 360 patch feedback, it's severely lacking and causes more issues. It's been over a month since release and it's unacceptable.

Here is what pushed me over the edge: In My Player mode, I was in the first round of the playoffs as the #2 seed, with Golden State. The Mavs shot 70-80% EVERY game, the vast majority of which were perimeter shots with a defender in their face. I managed to take it to game 6 somehow, but in the last game, my teammates would take it up the court, dribble out the clock, and shoot a 3 with 1 second on the shot clock. I would set a screen, move around frantically, call for the ball, ANYTHING, but they just stood there dribbling (we were down on the scoreboard and this was infuriating). Still somehow, I made it close by working for high percentage shots. With 10 seconds it was tied, Dirk hit a contested 20 footer with 5 seconds left. I drove to the basket and was fouled making 2 free throws to tie it with 2 seconds. On the next inbound, Jason Terry tosses up another 20 footer with a defender in his face and of course makes it. I wasn't surprised because Dirk and Terry hit literally 90% for the series. That was it. 2K, fix your broken game. I've always bought 2K games on release day but I learned a lesson here. I will never do that again and after this experience, I may never even buy a 2K game again.

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Comment on PlayStation Move Professional Sports Kit for Sport Champions by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:18:26 +0000

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Poor Compatibility, Poor Quality, February 11, 2011

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I'll keep this simple:

1) The Construction is not strong, easy to bend or break

2) The ping pong paddle (most important and fun attachment) will not ORIENTATE properly with the paddle the on-screen avatar is holding. When you hold the motion controller in the paddle attachment, you must hold it so the flat surface of the paddle faces up/down (vertically) which is NOT how you hold a paddle if you were playing in REAL life. If you try to hold the paddle the proper way (flat surface facing left/right horizontally) you will see the on-screen avatar's wrist jerk around backwards and it will not be held properly in the game. This is a major failure not on the motion controller's part but on the part of the company who makes these attachments (CTA Digital)

3)The instructions that come inside the package are extremely vague; leaving you to try and figure out how everything fits properly, especially relating to the bow and string. They provide 2 extra cirular strings for the bow in the package but don't explain what they're for (one is smaller than the other).

4)The disc golf attachment (supposed to be 2nd best of the lot) is only able to ORIENTATE for RIGHTIES! Lefties cannot hold the disc attachment with the motion controller inside. Trust me, it WILL NOT feel right.

5) The sword and shield are very cheesy and do not give the player a sense of real sword fighting. The shield is WAY too small.

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