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Originally Posted by attackemu
Dude, showing WAR wouldn't "show the probability of the behind the scenes calculations," whatever that tortured sentence means. It certainly doesn't take the mystery and strategy out of it. It's just a stat like any other. It'd be a reflection of what already happened in the game...
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Exactly. And it would help you decide whether to put player A or player B into today's lineup, or who to tap as your pinch hitter in the bottom of the 9th. In real life, managers faced with a situation try to use whatever player might be best for that situation. Stats help real life managers make that decision and they can also help OOTP players make that decision.
In Cleveland, where I live, former Indians manager Mike Hargrove was well known for playing the stats game. He relied on lefty-righty and other statistically-based matchups to such an extent that he would sometimes bring in one pitcher to face one single batter.
It sometimes drove Indians fans crazy.
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Originally Posted by attackemu
Why do we want WAR in the game? Why do you want RBI and Wins in the game? Just another way to evaluate our players. If you feel like knowing how many bases your player steal, or what their ERA is, tells you too much, then I guess you should just play that Random Number game of yours.
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For me, stats and the study of same are part of the fun of baseball. I play OOTP because it lets me fantasize about being a big-league manager. Evaluating players is what big-league managers spend a lot of time doing, and new ways to evaluate increases the fun [for me]. I sometimes print out stat reports and study them when I can't actually play OOTP. They fascinate me.
I became interested in VORP after reading about it on this forum. Now, I'm really looking forward to the addition of WAR to this game.
I think the addition of new stats to OOTP will do a lot more to make it a better
baseball game than some of the other features that have been requested.