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actionjackson · 04-02-2016, 08:05 PM

...To give us more control over rosters and lineups in historical exhibition mode? I ask because I usually tinker a bit with the rosters, but doing so results in strange happenings with the lineups. For example, 1) 1998 Braves - sometimes I'll go to the start page and the rotation is Maddux, Smoltz, Millwood, Neagle with Cy Young winner Tom Glavine in the bullpen. Other times it doesn't do this and Neagle is in the bullpen with Glavine in the rotation. 2) Every time I go to the rosters and go immediately to "Play Ball!" and push "Play" it will start Tony Graffanino at SS over Walt Weiss which doesn't begin to make sense especially if you bring ratings into it. 3) If I bring up Greg Colbrunn (great bat to have off the bench), he will start at 1B instead of Andres Galarraga, with Klesko in LF. Again...Does not make sense. 4) If I drop LF Damon Hollins from the 25-man roster because it doesn't make any sense at all to have him on the roster, Klesko becomes a 1B, and starts in place of Galarraga, while Curtis Pride starts in LF. Not even in a drunken stupor would Bobby Cox start Curtis Pride over Andres Galarraga all things being equal (I have injuries off).

I also did some roster massaging with the 1954 Yankees in order to bring up Johnny Sain and Tom A Gorman for bullpen help. I believe I sent down Bobby W Brown and Jerry Coleman. Suddenly Bob Cerv was starting in CF over you know who...Yeah...The Mick. Casey Stengel may have been "colourful" but I don't think he would ever do this.

1975 Reds, I did some roster massaging (don't recall what but it involved sending down position players in order to get up bullpen pieces) and suddenly Dan Driessen was starting at 3B over Pete Rose. I know Sparky loved to keep his relievers guessing, but I don't think he would've done this for one second.

I love, love, love this new feature, but as these examples show it needs some tweaking. The problem is the rosters will always need to be tweaked because somebody (or more than one somebody) will be on the 25-man that shouldn't be there, and somebody (or again more than one somebody) will be on the Reserve Roster who should be on the 25-man. Once the tinkering is done funny things begin to happen to the lineups, although sometimes roster tinkering is not required for funny things to happen with the lineup as the Graffanino/Weiss example above shows. I know you love this feature too...It just needs a little help, as is to be expected because it is so new.

Thank you very much for it. I wasn't sure I would use it when it was announced, and then when I got the game, I built a 64-team NCAA basketball style tournament with it which has been a blast so far.

04-02-2016, 08:05 PM	#1
actionjackson Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 6,179	Markus, would it be possible... ...To give us more control over rosters and lineups in historical exhibition mode? I ask because I usually tinker a bit with the rosters, but doing so results in strange happenings with the lineups. For example, 1) 1998 Braves - sometimes I'll go to the start page and the rotation is Maddux, Smoltz, Millwood, Neagle with Cy Young winner Tom Glavine in the bullpen. Other times it doesn't do this and Neagle is in the bullpen with Glavine in the rotation. 2) Every time I go to the rosters and go immediately to "Play Ball!" and push "Play" it will start Tony Graffanino at SS over Walt Weiss which doesn't begin to make sense especially if you bring ratings into it. 3) If I bring up Greg Colbrunn (great bat to have off the bench), he will start at 1B instead of Andres Galarraga, with Klesko in LF. Again...Does not make sense. 4) If I drop LF Damon Hollins from the 25-man roster because it doesn't make any sense at all to have him on the roster, Klesko becomes a 1B, and starts in place of Galarraga, while Curtis Pride starts in LF. Not even in a drunken stupor would Bobby Cox start Curtis Pride over Andres Galarraga all things being equal (I have injuries off). I also did some roster massaging with the 1954 Yankees in order to bring up Johnny Sain and Tom A Gorman for bullpen help. I believe I sent down Bobby W Brown and Jerry Coleman. Suddenly Bob Cerv was starting in CF over you know who...Yeah...The Mick. Casey Stengel may have been "colourful" but I don't think he would ever do this. 1975 Reds, I did some roster massaging (don't recall what but it involved sending down position players in order to get up bullpen pieces) and suddenly Dan Driessen was starting at 3B over Pete Rose. I know Sparky loved to keep his relievers guessing, but I don't think he would've done this for one second. I love, love, love this new feature, but as these examples show it needs some tweaking. The problem is the rosters will always need to be tweaked because somebody (or more than one somebody) will be on the 25-man that shouldn't be there, and somebody (or again more than one somebody) will be on the Reserve Roster who should be on the 25-man. Once the tinkering is done funny things begin to happen to the lineups, although sometimes roster tinkering is not required for funny things to happen with the lineup as the Graffanino/Weiss example above shows. I know you love this feature too...It just needs a little help, as is to be expected because it is so new. Thank you very much for it. I wasn't sure I would use it when it was announced, and then when I got the game, I built a 64-team NCAA basketball style tournament with it which has been a blast so far. Last edited by actionjackson; 04-02-2016 at 08:08 PM.