For some strange reason though, the farther away the camera is from the player, the worse they look. I shall use base running as an example. When a player is running from first base to second, he appears to be completely upright, detracting from the overall feel of realism in the game. I don't know many people who can run that quickly with their backs straight. In the brief close-ups when a batter comes to the plate, the player is exposed to some excellent motion capture and skin detail.
Some players do in fact look like their real life counterparts.
You wouldn't know it from a distance, though. One excellent feature that the game boasts is its varied and complex CPU-controlled camera effects. When a player hits a homerun, the camera quickly changes to behind the ball, or deep into the outfield for maximum effect. When the player fouls a ball, it instantly rewinds several seconds to show the player fouling it from a top-down perspective. This gives the game a much more cinematic feel, and compliments exciting actions in the game.