#HR reading......

[DAVIDCONNORS]

Is the split reading to the left of the # symbol resolved first, or does it go straight to the BPHR rating?

Also, why are the 1969 season cards different from the 1969 cards used in the Back to the 70's season?

[HUDAMAN]

I can answer the first one.... the split is not resolved, the BP HR roll happens anytime your original role resulted in a #.

[HUDAMAN]

Unless I'm misinterpreting the question, this is actually very common (although I'm sure you mean the right of the #, not the left.) Guys will have a # on a split roll of HR 1-10 fly(lf)B 11-20 for example. In that case, the split is ignored, the result is a BP HR roll, the dice are rolled only to determine whether the result is a HR or not. The split is ignored, so you only roll once for park effect.

[DAVIDCONNORS]

Sorry guys.......Yes, I meant a split reading to the RIGHT of the # symbol.

[LMBombers]

Anything to the right of a # symbol or a > symbol is meaningless. It doesn't matter if it is a hit or an out to the right of these symbols. You simply go to that stadium's BP singles or BP Home Run ratings and roll the 20 sided die.

[///Matthew]

If those split ratings aren't used, then why are they there? For the board game?


Does anyone else think SOM serverely overrates the effect ballparks have on players? A .300 hitter is a .300 hitter no matter where he plays. Didn't Brett hit .390 playing in Royals Staduim?

Pete Rose hit between .300 and .330 whether he was in Crosley, 3 Rivers, Vet, Olympic Park, etc.

How many right handed sluggers did the Red Sox get with the perfect Fenway swing who were gonna hit 50 HRs a year? How many actually did?

According to SOM if a Padres was able to hit .300 in Petco he could hit .400 somewhere else.

Pitchers and hitters adjust to their environment and the baseball gods take care of the rest.

[CHARLESBELL]

Split readings are there for players who choose not to use the ballpark settings. You have that option in the board and computer games, but TSN always uses the ballpark settings.

As far as the validity of the ballpark effects, SOM uses them to balance the game so that when replays are done you'll get the most realistic results (ie, results matching the players real life numbers). The effects are not based on the park itself, but how players hit in the park for any given season. That's why the numbers change every year - most parks don't change, but what happens in them do.

There is no way that player numbers will match real life (except by accident) in TSN since we only play 12 teams that are semi-all star teams, do not play schedules that match what really happened, and allow players to exceed real life atbats and innings pitched. The ballparlk settings just offer us another interesting aspect of the game we have to consider in putting our teams together.

[Stoney18]

Well said Charlie.