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MD:
Yeah, I get that. I also know that the game keeps trying to lead off a slow-footed catcher with below-average OBP. I'm hoping that one of these years, the AI is really, really sharp so you have to knock your brains out to beat it over a long season. It's not there yet.
I also know that every major computer game franchise from Civ to EA Sports codes cheats/shortcuts/breaks for the machine into the programming because computers still aren't as good as people at responding to the complicated, big-picture situation that games simulate ... so people who study the game are better than the AI.
Having seen such shortcuts in dozens of games over the years, and having played OOTP for far longer than my sig would indicate (I changed computers and forgot my login that dated back to OOTP 4 or 5, so I started over), I'm convinced that there's a switch in the software that says, in essence, "Hey, it's the playoffs, so time to change the odds in the computer's favor."
For the posters who keep treating those of us with suspicions as morons, yes, we get that sometimes the better team loses (I'm a Reds fan from way back, and there's no way we should have swept the A's in '87. None.).
But that doesn't prove the computer isn't "cheating" any more than the fact that the computer wins an inordinate number of upsets proves the computer is "cheating."
But experiences like reading Desperation in Denver and watching things like Bob Gibson fall apart series after series strongly suggests to me there's a problem, and it's motivating me to quit on the solo game.
I'm sorry for stating an honest opinion besides "I love this game," which is also true, but there you have it. I love the game enough to want to play it, a lot, but I feel cheated when I see the playoffs stacked against me.
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