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Can someone please let me know if this explanation makes sense?

OK, I'm playing at Shea. BPHR of 1-12 for lefties and 1-3 for righties.

Now say that Nevin (R) is up. If a # is next to an out on his card, a subsequent 1-20 roll is done. In order for Nevin to get a HR, the roll has to be from 3-20, right? Which is easy, isn't it?

Now say that Durazo (L) is up. Same situation. Since he's a lefty, he has to get a 12-20 on the roll for it to be a HR. Which is harder, right?

Am I understanding the process right? If not, I would love for someone to break it down for me.

thanks.

You got it backwards, its the BP number or LOWER not higher. So for a RH hitter like Nevin is Shea, to hit a BP HR (the #) it would need a 1, 2, or 3 on a roll of 20, which is really hard. Shea is a park that favors lefties in this case.

Great, that makes sense, and to confirm, the REVERSE is true for singles?

judging from this, the number rolled has to be equal or HIGHER not lower. Is that true?

> -- Ballpark singles rating. An additional roll determines whether there is a single or a lineout. The probability varies by ballpark and whether the hitter is lefthanded or righthanded. The original result listed is ignored -- in effect, the result will be determined by "rolling against" the ballpark's singles rating (a random number from 1-20). If the number rolled is equal to or higher than the ballpark's rating for a left- or righthanded hitter, it is a single.

I was a bit confused on this aswell there is another post (question about cards) apparently the singles roll being higher is a type-o.

That's right...a 12 Ballpark rating for singles or homeruns means a 1-12 roll of a 20-sided dice is a single or homerun. The single and homerun rule is the same.
Also, it's worth noting that you should always completely disregard the results that are next to the < and # symbols on your player card. Those results are only for the face-to-face card game when you're not playing super advanced rules. A "#" means a ballpark HR situation, no matter what the result after the number says. The same is true for the "<" meaning a ballpark single situation on all occasions.

If I remember right there was another thread on this from the old boards. The TSN web page had the explanations wrong. I have never went back and checked to see if the TSN site instructions have been corrected. But here is the straight story.

Regardless of whether you are talking about HR or singles it works the same. The rating is what you have to roll/draw in order to get what you want from the hitters point of view. I say draw because in the original board game there were 20 cards numbered 1 through 20.

So a rating of 1-12 means simply you get this result if the number generated is between 1 and 12 inclusive. Do not make it any more complicated than that and you will have no trouble understanding. Ignore the confusing instructions you have been reading.