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Old 07-07-2009, 01:16 PM   #10
Dr. Wu
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: San Francisco
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Originally Posted by SteveP View Post
I let the AI manage my team during games. I have, in many hundreds of games, never seen evidence that my AI manager ever visited the mound. I conclude from this that the mound visit button is a useless appendage to the game control screen, as is the "hit batter" button. It's part of the eye candy.
A pitcher really will hit the batter if you push the hit batter button, though. It's not like it has no effect; it's just a poor strategy in game mechanics terms. And eye candy has its place, too. We could play OOTP on spreadsheets, but that wouldn't be nearly as much fun.
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