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mak_nas · 07-31-2015, 11:31 AM

i feel i must be missing something. i've got about 400 hours into OOTP16, i typically manage games one-pitch, and i cannot steal a base for the life of me.

i have a team that has 4 players with 80 (on the 20-80 scale) stealing ratings. all of them have stolen 30 bases in the regular season, almost all of which i sim in the background these days. but when it comes to the playoffs i manage each game.

i've been trying to run on a team whose catcher is a 50 arm and pitchers with hold ratings in the 35-50 region.

i am zero for my last nine attempts.

it goes deeper than this, though. i have experienced a frustrating inability to steal bases with any consistency for season after season. players that clearly succeed 80% of the time or better when under AI can't take a bag better than a third of the time with me at the controls.

so what am i doing wrong?

07-31-2015, 11:31 AM	#1
mak_nas Bat Boy Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1	stealing bases -- how does it work? i feel i must be missing something. i've got about 400 hours into OOTP16, i typically manage games one-pitch, and i cannot steal a base for the life of me. i have a team that has 4 players with 80 (on the 20-80 scale) stealing ratings. all of them have stolen 30 bases in the regular season, almost all of which i sim in the background these days. but when it comes to the playoffs i manage each game. i've been trying to run on a team whose catcher is a 50 arm and pitchers with hold ratings in the 35-50 region. i am zero for my last nine attempts. it goes deeper than this, though. i have experienced a frustrating inability to steal bases with any consistency for season after season. players that clearly succeed 80% of the time or better when under AI can't take a bag better than a third of the time with me at the controls. so what am i doing wrong?