For BernieH and would appreciate veteran feedback as well!!

[qksilver69]

Agree that having a SW bat R or L is too much micro-managine & will have almost zero impact.

That said, Tee I'm not sure if you read Dean's post above, but he's right on the mark & this is the solution that Bernie has committed to implementing & needs to be implemented. There should be 4 lineup options: vs RH, vs LH, vs reverse RH, vs reverse LH, and then we get a lot more realistic managerial choices.

And I disagree 100% with the reverse matchups not being done in real MLB. I grew up on the Orioles in the 70s & 80s and Earl Weaver used to do this a lot. LaRussa does this with RPs all the time. And certain pitchers have pitches like a screwball or change that are particularly effective against the opposite hitter and all managers know this from scouting reports & often adjust accordingly.

[ANDREWLEVITAN]

Thanks for the great comments to this post. I actually do understand baseball quite well, having intermittently followed it closely for many decades, and I think the last writer makes some excellent points. That said, THIS IS NOT BASEBALL!! I hate to bust everyone's fantasy balloons, but if every "player" was assigned a number instead of a name, nothing would change but the fantasy would be gone, and so too would many of the people playing the game. What we would then be left with is a fascinating array of statisitcal variables which could be utilized by a combination of skill and luck to win "games" played by a computer following a complex set of rules that have nothing to do with athletic ability as in real life but have everything to do with manipulating numbers to maximize the probabilities for success....Sorry if that sounds cynical but it is what I believe and it is what makes the game so much fun, minus the fantasy aspect.