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Originally Posted by Eugene Church
They are other areas where the AI doesn't make smart moves... I have seen it pinch hit with a far worse hitter just because the pitcher is a lefty and the hitter is a lefty, even when the hitter hits lefties better than righties... I have seen the game pinch hit for Ty Cobb because he had to face a left-hander in the late inning... his sub would be a right-handed batter, but a .250 career hitter.
The only work-around for the last problem is to play out your games and make your own substitutions.
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That does seem pretty silly. I can't speak to v13 or v14 yet, but in v12, the decision on whether to pinch-hit or not for the pitcher seem questionable... And, just the other day I saw in a World Series game, top of the ninth and trailing by a two runs, John Roseboro leads off with a hit down the line and tries to stretch it from a double to a triple and gets thrown out. Sure, players do dumb things. But some of these baserunning decisions - and their frequency - seem like real headscratchers. Hopefully this has been improved a bit in v14.
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Originally Posted by BusterKing
Yes, OOTP needs some work for the playoff settings if at all possible. After 162 games, it seems rather important that it gets that right imo.
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Absolutely. And if OOTP could implement some realistic playoff scheduling, that would add the realism by introducing the challenges & benefits of days off, extra rest days, etc.