Unexplained Injury

Ben Music · 11-22-2002, 08:30 AM

I have an unexplained injury in one of my on-line leagues.

Prior to the last sim I was in a late run for the division title, 2 games out of first place. I download my the league zip this morning and see to my pleasant surprise that I won the division in a single game playoff. I check my roster and see that my star player (.290 40 HR 120 RBI) is out for 5 weeks! Dismayed, I check his career history to see when he went down. There is no mention of any injury. I check my team injury report, nada. I check the league's, no mention. Very strange! I noticed that he did play in the final game of the regular season, playing the entire game (no mention of injury), but did not play at all in the single game play-off.

Is this a glitch that anyone else has ever seen? If it's he been incorrectly flagged with an injury, is there any way to make him un-injured, as weare going into the play-ofsf and he is critical to my team's post season success?

Thanks for any help!

Scott Vibert · 11-22-2002, 09:01 AM

Yes I've seen it before. I generally just take it as an undocumented off field injury. In this case it seems to have occurred after the last game of the season. (Both with an email received and without)

Is there a way to change it sure... but you and your commish (and probably your opponent) will have to discuss that, the commish would have to edit the player to make him not injured.

If you are the commish, I'd suggest you really talk about this with your opponent and probably the rest of the league, because nothing will ingender more distrust then a commissioner for some unknown reason editing his own team (especially to heal a star player for the playoffs).

wyatttracts · 11-22-2002, 09:02 AM

This is not meant to be a joke.

Often times a player can have an injury that did not take place in a game. For example, I lost Babe Ruth one time for a couple of games due to a bar room brawl!

Usually though, you will recieve an email from either your player or your team physician.

I have heard of other goofy injuries that had nothing to do with them being injured in a game. Double check your team email to see if anything is mentioned

Ben Music · 11-22-2002, 09:20 AM

ScottVib: I'm not the commish, thank God! That would be a terrible situation to deal with. Come to think of it though, my opponent is one of the commishes (we have three!).

wyatttracts: I forgot all about the email. I did check it, but nothing is in there either, not from the player or the physician.

I'm sure sure how to deal with this. I'll probably just have to take it like a man and deal with it!

badfish · 11-22-2002, 10:26 AM

I have seen this, and sometimes the injury will appear in the Player History after placing the player on the Injured Reserve.

AngelinOF · 11-22-2002, 10:30 PM

I know there was a small bug with OOTP3 that when a player was hurt on the final play of the game, then there was no mention of the injury. So perhaps this is the case, I would usually see it with pitchers who pitched a complete game, they would be hurt on their final pitch and the game would go into the game ending coments, ignoring the injury, so perhaps this also causes the game engine to also ignore it.

If the league has game logs turned on, check to see if perhaps the player recorded the final out of the game.

Nuk · 11-24-2002, 03:49 PM

The same thing happened to me in the FLB - it was my left-handed starter who after 3 years of 6+ ERA, was turning it around, he was 8-9 with a 3.86 ERA (good for 4th overall in our batter-friendly league) - had just won pitcher of the month in August.

Then I download the league file - and see he's out for his career with a ruptured disk in his back.

These things happen - it's unfortunate it didn't get noted in the game files. I was upset for a bit over it. But there was no dirty play (great commish). So, I wrote up a nice article about how his wife asked him to move a piano, and moved on.

My team still stinks though...

11-22-2002, 08:30 AM	#1
Ben Music Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 432	Unexplained Injury I have an unexplained injury in one of my on-line leagues. Prior to the last sim I was in a late run for the division title, 2 games out of first place. I download my the league zip this morning and see to my pleasant surprise that I won the division in a single game playoff. I check my roster and see that my star player (.290 40 HR 120 RBI) is out for 5 weeks! Dismayed, I check his career history to see when he went down. There is no mention of any injury. I check my team injury report, nada. I check the league's, no mention. Very strange! I noticed that he did play in the final game of the regular season, playing the entire game (no mention of injury), but did not play at all in the single game play-off. Is this a glitch that anyone else has ever seen? If it's he been incorrectly flagged with an injury, is there any way to make him un-injured, as weare going into the play-ofsf and he is critical to my team's post season success? Thanks for any help! __________________

11-22-2002, 09:01 AM	#2
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,267	Yes I've seen it before. I generally just take it as an undocumented off field injury. In this case it seems to have occurred after the last game of the season. (Both with an email received and without) Is there a way to change it sure... but you and your commish (and probably your opponent) will have to discuss that, the commish would have to edit the player to make him not injured. If you are the commish, I'd suggest you really talk about this with your opponent and probably the rest of the league, because nothing will ingender more distrust then a commissioner for some unknown reason editing his own team (especially to heal a star player for the playoffs). Last edited by Scott Vibert; 11-22-2002 at 09:07 AM.

11-22-2002, 09:02 AM	#3
wyatttracts Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 93	No Joke!!! This is not meant to be a joke. Often times a player can have an injury that did not take place in a game. For example, I lost Babe Ruth one time for a couple of games due to a bar room brawl! Usually though, you will recieve an email from either your player or your team physician. I have heard of other goofy injuries that had nothing to do with them being injured in a game. Double check your team email to see if anything is mentioned

11-22-2002, 09:20 AM	#4
Ben Music Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 432	ScottVib: I'm not the commish, thank God! That would be a terrible situation to deal with. Come to think of it though, my opponent is one of the commishes (we have three!). wyatttracts: I forgot all about the email. I did check it, but nothing is in there either, not from the player or the physician. I'm sure sure how to deal with this. I'll probably just have to take it like a man and deal with it! __________________

11-22-2002, 10:26 AM	#5
badfish Bat Boy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 14	I have seen this, and sometimes the injury will appear in the Player History after placing the player on the Injured Reserve.

11-22-2002, 10:30 PM	#6
AngelinOF All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,353	I know there was a small bug with OOTP3 that when a player was hurt on the final play of the game, then there was no mention of the injury. So perhaps this is the case, I would usually see it with pitchers who pitched a complete game, they would be hurt on their final pitch and the game would go into the game ending coments, ignoring the injury, so perhaps this also causes the game engine to also ignore it. If the league has game logs turned on, check to see if perhaps the player recorded the final out of the game.

11-24-2002, 03:49 PM	#7
Nuk Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 215	The same thing happened to me in the FLB - it was my left-handed starter who after 3 years of 6+ ERA, was turning it around, he was 8-9 with a 3.86 ERA (good for 4th overall in our batter-friendly league) - had just won pitcher of the month in August. Then I download the league file - and see he's out for his career with a ruptured disk in his back. These things happen - it's unfortunate it didn't get noted in the game files. I was upset for a bit over it. But there was no dirty play (great commish). So, I wrote up a nice article about how his wife asked him to move a piano, and moved on. My team still stinks though...