what does HAL do if you leave a lineup spot empty?

[JEFFFESPERMAN]

I've never been brave/crazy enough to try it, so I thought I would pick the brain of others who might have. For example, what if I place the leftfielder in the #7 slot and don't assign a player? Will HAL pick the "best" player with a LF rating and slip him into that position in the batting order, or will HAL take it upon himself to insert a leftfielder and then re-sort the entire lineup to his liking?

[elpasopesos]

I would like to find out

[packleader]

With some really bad teams, I have occasionally left spots open to HAL's interpretation. He usually makes choices that I would not have made, but with no worse results than I had been having. Most likely, he'll pick a player who has that positon rated as his primary and reorder your lineup also. Go for it, it's just a game. :D

[Great Unwashed]

My experience is that HAL chooses the best offensive player that can fill the open position, regardless of defensive ability. I seem to remember Bernie saying something about reprograming HAL somewhat to consider defense, but I'm not sure if this was ever done.

[the splinter]

I believe he leads you to the showers so you can grab the soap for him. :lol: