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Originally Posted by __JR__
I think that maybe a problem here is assuming that the runners are going with the pitch.
Sure, in real life, that happens every time with a full count and two outs for forced runners.
But perhaps the game doesn't take that into account ?? i.e. it's not assumed that the runners are moving with the pitch just because the count is full with two outs, you would have to manually select "run and hit" to make that happen.
In that case, it's hardly unheard of for a runner from second to be thrown out at home.
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Just to clarify a couple of things:
1. The runners were, indeed, running with the pitch according to the PbP and it has been my experience that runners in OOTP will always do this on their own if there is a full count and two outs.
2. The play occurred in the middle of the game (5th inning or so) and while I don't remember for sure, it is highly unlikely that the outfield would have been playing in.
3. I was initially simply frustrated at what I believed to be an unrealistic situation occurring in the game and I posted to vent and perhaps gain some perspective from other OOTP players. From reading other people's comments and thinking about it more on my own, I have come to the conclusion that a fast runner being thrown out trying to score from second in a full count, two out situation would be an extremely rare, though not entirely impossible, situation in real life. So we can look at this as a quirk that adds to the realism of the game, or a cause for concern that perhaps the game is not properly simulating the interaction between baserunning speed and outfield arms, or however you want to phrase it. If no one else reports this sort of thing happening, then it's not a big deal. If it's happening once or twice a season, we may have a problem.