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Originally Posted by Pelican
Two things.
First, my practice has been to sometimes take the first pitch when the pitcher has a lousy control rating (likely to throw ball one), and the batter has a lousy eye (likely to swing at ball one). That can and should frequently result in ball one. Then, in one-pitch mode, I would allow the batter to swing, figuring that his prospects of getting on base with a 1-0 count had improved. And yes, I also figured this would make the opposing starter throw more pitches and get tired out sooner..
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FWIW, as far as I know, the game doesn't actually know if it's a 1-0, 0-1, 2-1, or 3-0 count. If you have Joe Smith come up against Dan James and hit Take Pitch twice and end up 2-0 then hit Swing Away, you'll get the exact same results as if you hit Take Pitch twice and end up 0-2 then hit Swing Away.