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I would really appreciate it if some of the "vets" could give me and in depth description of the symbol # on the pitchers card.I am new and playing in Standard Leagues and am not sure if I completely understand the symbols use.

Example: #11 - HR 1-16
fly(lf)B 17-20

Example: # 3-HOMERUN

Example :# 2-fly(rf)

I'm just a rookie too, but the # symbol means the homerun is ballpark dependent. If an 11 is rolled for that homerun there will be an additional roll of a 20 sided die. Let's say you have a right handed batter up and the right handed HR rating for the park is 1-6. You need a roll of anywhere from 1-6 in order to get a homerun out of that 11. Otherwise it is just a long out.

This is important to plan around if you have a tough park to hit HR's in. You are going to want your own guys to have HR's that are not ballpark dependent. Incidentally, the < sign means the same thing for singles. You have an additional roll that needs to come out within the singles rating for the park or else it turns into a line-out.

Obviously we don't roll anything ourselves, but the less ball park effect your hitters have the more singles and HR's they will get compared to identical batters who have #'s and <'s.

If there's a # sign at the beginning it is considered to be a ballpark homerun. You would check the ballpark figures to see it is a homerun. Everything after the # sign can be ignored.

The results after the # sign are for basic play. In SOM Online Advanced play is used so you can ignore everything after the # sign.

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It is high,it is long but is it gone?

if there is a #, you ignore everything after that. It doesn't matter what is there. Just do a roll vs the ballpark homerun rating to see if it is a Hr (or single if the hitter is W powered) or a fly out.

All card related questions can be answered in the help link from your account home page...

Related FAQ topics:
# How to read a hitter's card
# How to read a pitcher's card