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I have two starting players returning in the second game of tonight's series. How can I insert them into the second game of a series?

They need to be in your starting lineup for game 1 of the series. HAL will follow your depth chart for backups for game 1, then it goes back to your normal starting lineup.

Thanks mush . . . by the way. . . do peeps refer to the Strato computer as HAL?

Yes HAL is the computer manager in honor of Hal Richman, creator of SOM.

However, you have to eat that first game if you have a much weaker hitting bench player batting in the regular's spot in the lineup. If I normally bat my catcher third, I have to bat a much weaker hitter backup third, for the first game, in order to have my starter batting third for the rest of the series?

That's quite a penalty.

Sometimes you get lucky. Lets say one of your starters is injured for 1 more game going into a 3 game series. Your opponent might be projected to start a LHP in the first game and a RHP in the 2nd and 3rd games. You can adjust your lineup vs LHP the way you want without your starter while keeping your lineup vs RHP normal.

It doesn't always work that way but it is nice when it does. 8-)

I didn't know that the SOM computer was named after its inventor. I assumed the HAL reference was to HAL 9000, the supercomputer in 2001: A Space Odyssey that eventually goes crazy and takes complete control over humans.

[quote:3262439b83="lafayette1"]However, you have to eat that first game if you have a much weaker hitting bench player batting in the regular's spot in the lineup. If I normally bat my catcher third, I have to bat a much weaker hitter backup third, for the first game, in order to have my starter batting third for the rest of the series?

That's quite a penalty.[/quote:3262439b83]

HAL brings into the game who you designate as the 1st or if needed 2nd back-up during the game in which the starting player is injured.

Subsequent games, HAL will insert your back-up but will adjust the line-up(s) until your regular returns.

Leave your line-up as is, HAL will adjust the line-up game 1 and drop the weaker hitter down in the line-up and then when your starter returns, HAL goes with your original line-up assuming everyone is healthy.

Hal Richman the man is a genius an American hero! The computer named after Hal Richman can be a real jerk.......sometimes. Kind of like a family member who sometimes treats you right, and sometimes screws you over.

Or the computer in Terminator that one day just decides to take over.