Spring training

Hrbek14 · 07-10-2008, 04:21 PM

If I turn spring training off, will all players start out the new season with rust or will everyone be OK? I'd rather just skip it if possible.

Solonor · 07-10-2008, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Hrbek14

If I turn spring training off, will all players start out the new season with rust or will everyone be OK? I'd rather just skip it if possible.

They will start out with rust. Don't know if the rust is worth worrying about, though. I don't know that anyone has ever done a study comparing exactly the same guy's performance with spring training and without.

renojedi · 07-10-2008, 06:45 PM

Speaking of spring training, is there a way to start the season earlier in the MLB 2008 game? By the time the game starts there is only a couple of days of spring training. I know you can push back the start of the season but it would just be easier to start the game in FEB or something. Not just for rust but I know that when a guy plays out of position, he learns it faster in spring training than the actual season.

1998 Yankees · 07-10-2008, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by renojedi

Speaking of spring training, is there a way to start the season earlier in the MLB 2008 game? By the time the game starts there is only a couple of days of spring training. I know you can push back the start of the season but it would just be easier to start the game in FEB or something. Not just for rust but I know that when a guy plays out of position, he learns it faster in spring training than the actual season.

I noticed that too. However, with a quickstart saved game, which is what the MLB 2008 game is, you cannot change the date with which it was saved. I actually had to create a template from it in order to start the game in 2001 like I wanted to (also with fictional players), a task made easier by copying parks.dat from the quickstart to my new game.

07-10-2008, 04:21 PM	#1
Hrbek14 Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 54	Spring training If I turn spring training off, will all players start out the new season with rust or will everyone be OK? I'd rather just skip it if possible.

07-10-2008, 06:45 PM	#3
renojedi Major Leagues Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 493	Speaking of spring training, is there a way to start the season earlier in the MLB 2008 game? By the time the game starts there is only a couple of days of spring training. I know you can push back the start of the season but it would just be easier to start the game in FEB or something. Not just for rust but I know that when a guy plays out of position, he learns it faster in spring training than the actual season.