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Originally Posted by pstrickert
The PbP differentiates between ground ball base hits, line drive base hits, and non-line drive (or softer) base hits. The type of hit is factored into the outcome of the play (as far as I can tell). To the best of my ability, I've tried to ensure that the PbP description "fits" the category it belongs to (though, granted, some of the PbP expressions may still be ambiguous).
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And you do a fantastic job. However, I would tend to agree with one thing that's been brought up here: the PbP messages for errors tend to be fairly vague. It's usually something like, "[player] is over to field it... but he botched it! That'll be an error." There's one specific one that I tend to see, where a player "throws the ball into the outfield!" on a throw to second base, and it sometimes results in an extra base for the runner, and sometimes just has him safe at second.
I rationalize it in my head based on the outcome: if the runners don't advance, it pulled the guy off the bag, or the center fielder was right there to back it up. Stuff like that. It's not a huge deal to me, but it is an area of the PbP that I feel could use some work.