Squeeze Play bug

mtw · 07-11-2005, 12:08 PM

I'm sure this comes up extremely rarely--1st time I've seen it in the years I've played OOTP.

Playing out the game against the AI, the AI has runners on 1st and 3rd with 1 out. Runner on 1st has 78 speed and 78 steal. I pitch out. The runner on 1st isn't going...

but the AI tries a squeeze play and...

gets a terrific bunt down the third base line.

Luckily, this was a meaningless regular season game, but I'd be pretty PO'd if this happened in the playoffs. A pitchout should result in a missed (or bat pulled back) bunt.

Y0DA55 · 07-11-2005, 12:50 PM

Depends on how far out the pitchout was. If I was the batter in that situation, the ball would have to be thrown in the dugout for me not to try to bunt that. If it's anywhere in the vicinity, I would do my best to get the bunt down as I can't leave my teammate running home in that situation.

But yeah, he could have missed, but I doubt he would have pulled back.

Ragnar · 07-13-2005, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Y0DA55

Depends on how far out the pitchout was. If I was the batter in that situation, the ball would have to be thrown in the dugout for me not to try to bunt that.

Unless you were a righty batter and the guy on 3rd was fast. He'd probably make it anyway.

07-11-2005, 12:08 PM	#1
mtw All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 653	Squeeze Play bug I'm sure this comes up extremely rarely--1st time I've seen it in the years I've played OOTP. Playing out the game against the AI, the AI has runners on 1st and 3rd with 1 out. Runner on 1st has 78 speed and 78 steal. I pitch out. The runner on 1st isn't going... but the AI tries a squeeze play and... gets a terrific bunt down the third base line. Luckily, this was a meaningless regular season game, but I'd be pretty PO'd if this happened in the playoffs. A pitchout should result in a missed (or bat pulled back) bunt. __________________ Over-Zealous Apologist

07-11-2005, 12:50 PM	#2
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the middle of the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Posts: 1,771	Depends on how far out the pitchout was. If I was the batter in that situation, the ball would have to be thrown in the dugout for me not to try to bunt that. If it's anywhere in the vicinity, I would do my best to get the bunt down as I can't leave my teammate running home in that situation. But yeah, he could have missed, but I doubt he would have pulled back. __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try!