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Originally Posted by rink23
Baserunning is certainly the biggest bugaboo currently in the game, at least in how I play.
It's become basically a station to station game, runners already on base advance one base on a single, two bases on a double, etc.
You rarely have anyone score from first on a double or second from a single.
I've seen it even when a player appears to have a distinct advantage on the outfielder in terms of speed/baserunning to defensive ability/arm.
Even discounting the animation, it's frustrating when you 75 rated baserunner holds at third when the outfielder's arm is a 45 and there are two outs.
What's even more frustrating, is you're not given an option to send the runner and he holds on his own.
Even though I got burned on that the other day, had a 75 baserunner on third. Fly ball almost to the warning track in the left-field corner.
The left fielder, Harrison Bader, whose arm rating is 55, made the catch.
I sent the runner and was gunned down at the plate.
Again, don't trust the animation.
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I wonder if there are strategy settings or other settings at work here in what you are seeing. Because some of the things you describe here- runners scoring from second on singles and scoring from first on doubles, I see all the time in my fictional league. (In fact, just last night my Denver Brewers won game 1 of the world series when a runner on second scored on a ground ball single up the middle, with NO outs. That's just one play, but I see that sort of thing all the time.)