Fake Wild Pitch

mgoetze · 06-20-2013, 04:52 PM

Just saw this in today's Brewers-Astros game and immediately decided that I need this strategy in OOTP 15: The fake wild pitch! The pitcher intentionally throws the ball over the catcher's head. The runner at 3rd goes for home. The catcher immediately turns around, catches the ball on the rebound, and the runner is stranded between 3rd and home.

RchW · 06-20-2013, 06:16 PM

Wow that would be awesome to see. Why is it not on the highlights on mlb.com?

mgoetze · 06-20-2013, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Wow that would be awesome to see. Why is it not on the highlights on mlb.com?

The game just finished, maybe it will take a moment to get there. Was in the 7th inning IIRC.

tomwolf2008 · 06-29-2013, 02:18 PM

Except...it's not an usual thing it is? and if a team intentionally tried it I would bet most of time it wouldn't work

Cryomaniac · 06-29-2013, 02:46 PM

And if it was intentional then they could probably call it a balk.

bwburke94 · 06-29-2013, 04:09 PM

Not a balk.

Painmantle · 06-29-2013, 04:26 PM

Lets face it, it wasn't a "fake Wild Pitch" It was an Intentional wild Pitch, I'd be willing to bet he was charged with a WP in the scorebook. If it was in actuality a "Fake" Wild Pitch then it would most certainly be called for a Balk.

Gil Thorp · 06-29-2013, 05:51 PM

Yeah, let's add this right away. Right after I have a way to prevent my catcher from throwing the ball away when the AI steals second base with men on first and third and two outs in the bottom of the 9th of a tie game. I lost a game this way last night.

06-20-2013, 04:52 PM	#1
mgoetze Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 205	Fake Wild Pitch Just saw this in today's Brewers-Astros game and immediately decided that I need this strategy in OOTP 15: The fake wild pitch! The pitcher intentionally throws the ball over the catcher's head. The runner at 3rd goes for home. The catcher immediately turns around, catches the ball on the rebound, and the runner is stranded between 3rd and home.

06-20-2013, 06:16 PM	#2
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Wow that would be awesome to see. Why is it not on the highlights on mlb.com? __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

06-29-2013, 02:46 PM	#5
Cryomaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hucknall, Notts, UK Posts: 4,902	And if it was intentional then they could probably call it a balk. __________________

06-29-2013, 04:26 PM	#7
Painmantle Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Greenfield ,IN Posts: 3,053	Lets face it, it wasn't a "fake Wild Pitch" It was an Intentional wild Pitch, I'd be willing to bet he was charged with a WP in the scorebook. If it was in actuality a "Fake" Wild Pitch then it would most certainly be called for a Balk. __________________ “As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.” -Babe Ruth “Ruth made a grave mistake when he gave up pitching. Working once a week, he might have lasted a long time and become a great star.”-Tris Speaker My Dynasties The Beantown Bambino

06-29-2013, 02:18 PM	#4
tomwolf2008 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 359	Except...it's not an usual thing it is? and if a team intentionally tried it I would bet most of time it wouldn't work

06-29-2013, 04:09 PM	#6
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,522	Not a balk.

06-29-2013, 05:51 PM	#8
Gil Thorp Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Milford Posts: 349	Yeah, let's add this right away. Right after I have a way to prevent my catcher from throwing the ball away when the AI steals second base with men on first and third and two outs in the bottom of the 9th of a tie game. I lost a game this way last night.