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Originally Posted by professor ape
It’s an interesting comment. I constantly remind myself that while the core game is a great baseball simulator, PT is a card game which runs on top of a baseball structure.
Regarding the lefty cheese specifically, my problem with it is that it is only effective because most of us don’t have the time or inclination to micromanage our rosters and lineups to counter the strategy (which is not too difficult to do if you catch that you have such games coming up). The game did a good job of countering the similar dynamic with Openers by allowing us to set default vL and vR lineups when the opponent uses an opener. I’d like it if there was a way for the game to allow us to also set up default lineups if we are in a “cheese” game. The logic may be trickier.
One final point for now is that ai believe that while there are a few who have the time and drive to work this to their benefit on a regular basis, I think that most people who have “cheese” teams are sacrificing performance on the road to gain the advantage at home. They will almost certainly have better home records than on the road which creates a confirmation bias. In the end, most “cheese” teams end up average at best.
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No cheese lefty teams take full home field advantage and neutral away advantage, That's why it works. Unless the away team is full righty advantage, which is extremely rare. Cheese teams do not sacrifice performance on the road unless the home field advantage is anti-lefty. Most are definitely not. Lefty cheese is a valid tactic please don't pretend otherwise. It's bad news for lazy people (like me).