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Falcon52 · 07-11-2004, 03:55 PM

I've seen this happen a few times, and the pinch hitter isn't much, if at all, better than the guy he replaces.

It would be like this: Power hitting lefty up to bat. I bring in a lefty. He brings in a pinch hitter who is batting .185 on the season, but just happens to have a 50 contact vs. lefties, as opposed to the slugger he pulled who only has a 48 contact vs. lefties. Forget the fact that the power hitter has a 80 power vs. both hands.

IMO, the AI logic still needs some work. I've seen some pretty weird looking lineups as well. Stuff where they'll have the league leader in homers batting 8th, just because his average is hovering around .260, but have a guy with zero power (maybe 8 or so homers over a full season) batting cleanup because he's a .300 hitter. I'm sure this kind of thing happens ONCE in a while in real life, but I'm sure if you look at all 30 major league teams' batting lineups, it'd be quite rare to find that.

07-11-2004, 03:55 PM	#6
Falcon52 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 615	I've seen this happen a few times, and the pinch hitter isn't much, if at all, better than the guy he replaces. It would be like this: Power hitting lefty up to bat. I bring in a lefty. He brings in a pinch hitter who is batting .185 on the season, but just happens to have a 50 contact vs. lefties, as opposed to the slugger he pulled who only has a 48 contact vs. lefties. Forget the fact that the power hitter has a 80 power vs. both hands. IMO, the AI logic still needs some work. I've seen some pretty weird looking lineups as well. Stuff where they'll have the league leader in homers batting 8th, just because his average is hovering around .260, but have a guy with zero power (maybe 8 or so homers over a full season) batting cleanup because he's a .300 hitter. I'm sure this kind of thing happens ONCE in a while in real life, but I'm sure if you look at all 30 major league teams' batting lineups, it'd be quite rare to find that. __________________ "D-FENCE! D-FENCE!"