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Originally Posted by joefromchicago
That seems like the simplest and best solution to me. And I don't think it would be necessary to extend the limit beyond eight. By the time pitching staffs expanded to nine or more pitchers, teams were already employing relief specialists and they were gradually adopting true rotations.
I don't know how difficult it would be to expand the rotation limit. Unfortunately, one reason I think the developers might hesitate to do that would be their fear of the OOTP community's reaction to such a change. I can imagine people on these boards saying: "Eight-man rotations? You gotta' be kidding me! That's so unrealistic. Who has ever done that?" And the answer would be: "Nobody has ever done that. But as long as OOTP is stuck with this rotation-based model of pitching staffs, that's the best way to model pitcher usage in the pre-reliever era."
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I really hope this thread catches the eye of Markus. You have some wonderful ideas here.