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bigd51 · 07-18-2023, 11:15 PM

I've seen many common scenarios from both teams:

I too have seen enough times to notice a trend where pitchers will load the bases w/ 0 outs only to end the inning exactly in the way you described; striking out the next two batters followed by a fielding out.

Too much 2-out magic. I can't tell you how much action and scoring I'm seeing happening w/ 2 outs; a lot of times w/ no one on base.

Way too many 1-inning meltdowns, especially in innings 3-5. Someone posted another thread the other day talking about 4th inning meltdowns and I'm seeing it too often myself. The most egregious example I've seen yet happened the other day...

Max Fried was my starting pitcher and had struck out 7 batters through the first 3 innings. He started the 4th inning by striking out his 8th batter of the game. 8 Ks in 3.1 innings now. All of a sudden, the wheels fell off, the car caught flames, then was smashed by a meteor.

He hit the next batter, walked the next 2, threw a wild pitch that scored the runner on third, then gave up a 3-run HR. 4 runs scored. Then a single, a double, another single that drove home 2 more runs, then capped it off by giving up a 2-run HR. An 8-run meltdown directly following his 8th K in 3.1 innings.

I've also been experiencing this weird thing where the majority of games I play w/ both teams having identical or close to the same number of runs and hits (and sometimes even errors)

Doesn't matter who's playing or pitching. Doesn't matter if I give full control of game decisions to my coaches or keep full control of all decisions for myself or however I play out the game. And that's not even counting the other numerous times I've had to CTRL+ALT+DEL exit the game due to meltdowns in the 3rd/4th/5th because it happens so often.

Some screenshots from just the last few days of playing games:

Identical game through 6 innings

6-run, 4th inning meltdown + identical hits/runs

7-run, 5th inning meltdown + near comeback and close to same hits/runs

8-run, 9th inning meltdown + comeback win w/ close to same hits/runs (very next game)

7-run, 9th inning meltdown + close to same hits/runs/errors

(3-game series against the Pirates)

8-run, 3rd inning meltdown + rare blowout win (game 1)

5-run, 8th-inning meltdown + near comeback and close to same hits/runs (game 2)

5-run, 8th-inning meltdown + near comeback (game 3)

07-18-2023, 11:15 PM	#3
bigd51 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 277	I've seen many common scenarios from both teams: I too have seen enough times to notice a trend where pitchers will load the bases w/ 0 outs only to end the inning exactly in the way you described; striking out the next two batters followed by a fielding out. Too much 2-out magic. I can't tell you how much action and scoring I'm seeing happening w/ 2 outs; a lot of times w/ no one on base. Way too many 1-inning meltdowns, especially in innings 3-5. Someone posted another thread the other day talking about 4th inning meltdowns and I'm seeing it too often myself. The most egregious example I've seen yet happened the other day... Max Fried was my starting pitcher and had struck out 7 batters through the first 3 innings. He started the 4th inning by striking out his 8th batter of the game. 8 Ks in 3.1 innings now. All of a sudden, the wheels fell off, the car caught flames, then was smashed by a meteor. He hit the next batter, walked the next 2, threw a wild pitch that scored the runner on third, then gave up a 3-run HR. 4 runs scored. Then a single, a double, another single that drove home 2 more runs, then capped it off by giving up a 2-run HR. An 8-run meltdown directly following his 8th K in 3.1 innings. I've also been experiencing this weird thing where the majority of games I play w/ both teams having identical or close to the same number of runs and hits (and sometimes even errors) Doesn't matter who's playing or pitching. Doesn't matter if I give full control of game decisions to my coaches or keep full control of all decisions for myself or however I play out the game. And that's not even counting the other numerous times I've had to CTRL+ALT+DEL exit the game due to meltdowns in the 3rd/4th/5th because it happens so often. Some screenshots from just the last few days of playing games: Identical game through 6 innings 6-run, 4th inning meltdown + identical hits/runs 7-run, 5th inning meltdown + near comeback and close to same hits/runs 8-run, 9th inning meltdown + comeback win w/ close to same hits/runs (very next game) 7-run, 9th inning meltdown + close to same hits/runs/errors (3-game series against the Pirates) 8-run, 3rd inning meltdown + rare blowout win (game 1) 5-run, 8th-inning meltdown + near comeback and close to same hits/runs (game 2) 5-run, 8th-inning meltdown + near comeback (game 3) Last edited by bigd51; 07-18-2023 at 11:21 PM.