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Originally Posted by md40022
Let's be totally honest here..... do mound visits have any affect in real life?
There's no concrete answer for that. I don't see how you could statistically say that a little "rah rah" speech and pat on the butt makes a pitcher more likely to get the next guy out.
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Is that what you think happens durng a mound visit? That kind of mound visit exists especially for a rookie or someone suddenly wild or rushing his delivery.
A similar but more important visit comes when the pitcher has thrown 25-30 pitches in an inning or is approaching his pitch limit for the gane. The coach (or catcher, in bygone days) gets the pitcher a breather and finds out how much gas is left in the tank (or if he's hurt).
The coach might tell the pitcher he's tipping pitches or being too predictable, needs to throw a certain pitch more, or pitch faster or slower, or remind him about a scouting report for a particular situation. He might suggest an intentional walk or want to discuss the idea with the pitcher.
In almost every game it seems there's a mound visit followed immediately by a strikeout or groundout or popup to end an inning.
Finally, I use them a lot in OOTP and am with the "anecdotal evidence" folks. As Yogi said, 50% of the time it works 100% of the time
