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Originally Posted by StratMan

Unfortunately, when playing out games yourself and using run & hit, only the steal rating matters as there is no penalty for run & hit. A 20/80 run with a 65/80 steal rating can steal a good 50 bases a year at an 80% clip as long as you are patient and only run & hit on 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-0, 3-1 or 3-2 counts since there are 0 pitch outs.

I really hope this gets addressed in the next version. There needs to be at least some penalty with run & hit and several more steal settings, such as:



Green Light: (should be default)

Hitter can steal but is not directed and hitter has discretion to swing. This is essentially allowing computer control over stealing for this pitch or one-pitch AB.

Run & Hit: Runner always go (with some % penalty, steeper for slower runners, hitter may swing.

Red Light: No steal attempt

Steal - Hitter Take

Hitter attempts to get jump and hitter takes - currently in game

Steal - Hitter Discretion

Hitter attempts to get jump and hitter can swing. Currently we can't steal with 2 strikes becauses hitter will watch strike 3. At the very least, allow a hitter to swing on steal with 2 strikes!

You should submit this as a post in the suggestions thread for OOTP 22.