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thehef · 08-30-2006, 06:28 PM

I do historical simming and I don't actually play out many games until the post-season. Right now I'm in 1960 and have noticed that when trailing in the 7th or 8th inning the AI mgr will NOT typically pinch-hit for a good pitcher if he's pitching well. This seems pretty unrealistic, even for that era. (Who WOULDN'T pinch-hit for your pitcher in the 8th when you're down 3-1?)

I know that there are individual team strategy settings that affect how quick to PULL starting pitchers, how often to pinch-hit "in general" and that in the overall era settings you can adjust how the AI handles these same things, but these are not specific (and least they're not 'labeled' to apply) to pinch-hitting for PITCHERS. So before I started jacking around with these settings, I was wondering if anybody knows of any particular settings that will somewhat correct this without over-affecting other things...

Thanks in advance.

08-30-2006, 06:28 PM	#1
thehef Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,382	AI settings question - pinch-hitting for pitchers I do historical simming and I don't actually play out many games until the post-season. Right now I'm in 1960 and have noticed that when trailing in the 7th or 8th inning the AI mgr will NOT typically pinch-hit for a good pitcher if he's pitching well. This seems pretty unrealistic, even for that era. (Who WOULDN'T pinch-hit for your pitcher in the 8th when you're down 3-1?) I know that there are individual team strategy settings that affect how quick to PULL starting pitchers, how often to pinch-hit "in general" and that in the overall era settings you can adjust how the AI handles these same things, but these are not specific (and least they're not 'labeled' to apply) to pinch-hitting for PITCHERS. So before I started jacking around with these settings, I was wondering if anybody knows of any particular settings that will somewhat correct this without over-affecting other things... Thanks in advance.