The Oakland Approach

[honestiago1]

And will hereby cloister myself until I can roll the aforementioned "crits."

(with apologies to St. Willy and Senor Smoke)

[1crazycanuk]

What is this about...picking teams? I haven't played 80s yet but will try it soon. Also, how do you know whether someone is in their "good" year or "bad" year? Wouldn't it take until the end of the season to figure that out???

[YountFan]

[quote:701ae9efe3="1crazycanuk"]What is this about...picking teams? I haven't played 80s yet but will try it soon. Also, how do you know whether someone is in their "good" year or "bad" year? Wouldn't it take until the end of the season to figure that out???[/quote:701ae9efe3]

Figurering it out is whatmaskes this game fun. Things are a gamble. If you study you can figure it out before the season ends, or at least narrow it down

[1crazycanuk]

Ok thanks. I wouldn't know where to begin, studying. I am up for the challenge though...rather soon too.

[Ducky]

Injuries are the biggest indicator. Learn how to read the player cards. When a hitter is injured, check how he was injured and if the pitcher was right handed or left handed. Look at each of the five years and find the injury. In some cases, you may be able to determine the exact year based on the injury, in others you may be able to narrow it down to a year or two. Once you have it narrowed down, look at things such as triples, how the hitter is performing against right hand and left handed pitching etc.

As for the pitchers, what I have learned, and someone can correct me if I am wrong, pitchers are injured only against the opposing team's DH. Again, look at the injury and which side of the plate the batter is hitting from to help determine the injury. On the pitchers card against left handed batters it would be under 3 and 12, against right hand batters it is 6 and 12(this is the part I am always unsure of for some reason)

For example, if the DH is Ron Kittle and your pitcher is injured, the result of Ron Kittle's at-bat, let's say a strikeout, will be on the pitcher card under column 6 roll 12. On some pitchers the strikeout may only be on 1 of the 5 years or maybe two. This definitely helps identify the card.

[Jablowmi]

Actually, a pitcher will be injured when the roll is 6-12 (6-6-6) against a LH or RH DH. You can then narrow down the card or cards you may have by the result (i.e., if a LH DH grounds out, then you can check the pitcher's card at 6-12 against LH for ground outs). If it is a no-DH league, the pitcher is injured on his own hitting card (can't determine the year of injury).

[Ducky]

[quote:b01f5ba48a="Jablowmi"]Actually, a pitcher will be injured when the roll is 6-12 (6-6-6) against a LH or RH DH. You can then narrow down the card or cards you may have by the result (i.e., if a LH DH grounds out, then you can check the pitcher's card at 6-12 against LH for ground outs). If it is a no-DH league, the pitcher is injured on his own hitting card (can't determine the year of injury).[/quote:b01f5ba48a]

Thanks for the clarification. I knew what I was trying to say, but I blew it.

Mike

[Larryrickenbacker]

Howdy,

Would the OP's pitching strategy work in the 70s league? By that I mean spending like $6 mil for 5 SP and maybe $12 for a bullpen? Sounds unlikely to me..

[voovits]

The 80s game has a handful of .75 guys who have one decent season on their card.
The .75 guys in the 70s game are almost all garbage. It would be a LOT harder to pull off.