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Originally Posted by Bluenoser
The problem with this theory is it just doesn't happen. When you're in an elimination game, everyone is available.
It's easy to say he's the game 7 starter, except there is no game 7 until you win game 6.
Watch the real WS - when a team is trailing 3-2 in games, the team that is trailing does not have their game 7 starter already named before game 6 is decided.
In the above scenario, irl, there is no way you would know who's starting game 7 of the WS when game 6 isn't over. No manager is going to say Pitcher A is the game 7 starter when he hasn't won game 6 yet. They may have an idea who they want to start, they may even have someone penciled in, but it's never a sure thing.
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What are you talking about? If you only have one starter who will be rested enough, assuming he doesn't pitch in game 6, then he's the game 7 starter. He should be the last pitcher off the bench in game 6. If you have more than one pitcher rested enough for game 7 then they are both available until one has been used, then the other one becomes the last pitcher off the bench. This isn't rocket science and this is exactly the kind of thinking managers and front offices would be doing.
As for your "they don't have the pitcher named" comment, I refuse to believe that you are that naive. That is just something they say to the media so they can keep their intentions in game six "close to the vest". I mean if they name the only lefty on their staff as the game 7 starter then the other team can game plan for not having to worry about facing a lefty reliever in game 6. Obviously the team in question is quite aware of who they expect to pitch game 7 unless they have more than one option. However, in OOTP, the AI usually only has one or two pitchers on the entire staff that would be rested enough to start. These would be the two pitchers who started games three and four. Therefore, once one of them is used in game six the other one becomes the game seven starter by default.