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Originally Posted by sandman2575
Thanks for the tip -- I'll try that. Right now, SPs are routinely going 8+ innings. I'd like to tone that done to something a little more realistic (for 2013 that is) --
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No problem. With that setting I find starters most likely to leave either at the end of the 7th or some time during but many also go out during the 6th. You'll still see guys go into the 8th on occasion but they are usually higher stamina guys who haven't let many runs across.
For example a game between Baltimore and Kansas City sees Baltimore shutting KC out 9-0. Top of the 8th the O's starter is still in and gets the first out then surrenders a walk and a hit so the manager takes him out and the reliever strands the runners. Even in that situation some might complain the relever came out which highlights another problem: There are as many definitions of "good strategy" as there are fans of baseball. In every sport you get people second guessing coaches and their strategies but not like baseball. In baseball there's nothing but time so every instant of every play of every game gets debated forever.
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