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Eugene Church · 06-30-2008, 12:39 AM

I'll report the DL situation, Bottom of the Sixth.

Thanks for posting it.

You are right about the "magnificent" story. He struck out 19, but gave up 14 hits. Not too magnificent.

This is inherent in the system when you write in the dark and use a "fill in the blank" text system. Occasionally this happens. In real life a pitcher would not give up 14 hits and strike out 19. It just doesn't make sense. A manager wouldn't leave him in that long, if he gave up 14 hits. But the only solution is to remove the adjectives like "sensational, fantastic, magnificent" etc. This would make the shutout stories a little too bland IMO.

We just have to live with "egg on our faces" sometimes... at least in OOTPB.

I have tried to tone down the categories where things like this can happen. Rookie of the Year is one I toned down and removed the "great" adjectives.

06-30-2008, 12:39 AM	#95
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,095 Blog Entries: 1	I'll report the DL situation, Bottom of the Sixth. Thanks for posting it. You are right about the "magnificent" story. He struck out 19, but gave up 14 hits. Not too magnificent. This is inherent in the system when you write in the dark and use a "fill in the blank" text system. Occasionally this happens. In real life a pitcher would not give up 14 hits and strike out 19. It just doesn't make sense. A manager wouldn't leave him in that long, if he gave up 14 hits. But the only solution is to remove the adjectives like "sensational, fantastic, magnificent" etc. This would make the shutout stories a little too bland IMO. We just have to live with "egg on our faces" sometimes... at least in OOTPB. I have tried to tone down the categories where things like this can happen. Rookie of the Year is one I toned down and removed the "great" adjectives. Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-30-2008 at 12:50 AM.