@hedger: It should be more or less fixed - it depends on the width of the ball, the type of shot, the direction of the shot, etc.
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To everyone, who's played or is playing update 21 - if there's anything small-ish you guys can think of that needs to be fixed, please let me know now? I have about 2 hours in which I can make changes.
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@hedger: Did you set your batting method to Power? You can do that in the Gameplay Options menu.