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Originally Posted by Sweed
Except the manual says they did 
Posting options for a player to do in a manual that have no effect? Yeah, that is something good developers do not do. If found out how will that go for their reputation? Simply not worth the risk especially in a niche market, with intelligent users, like OOTP. |
The warm up feature makes the game harder for the human player. If he doesn't have a RP ready he has to stick with the current one (maybe tired maybe with reduced performance) or put in a new one not warmed up (maybe with reduced performance). So it DOES have an effect but only if the human player screws up.
Now whether its imprecision or a carefully worded statement has yet to be determined, but the manual only says "try" regarding calming a pitcher down. There are flavor of the game elements present. For example,you've stated that except for base runner action, only pushing selecting "swing" for the batter will end the play.