Tips for the Newbies: Back to the 80's Edition

[gutter huggers]

Thanks for that. I never understood how pitcher's got injured. Or the Devil's roll. That give's the DH card. Still don't. Good advice, thank you.

[bmullarkey]

This was a helpful thread, but I have a couple of pitching questions:

Would a 3 day rest pitcher benefit from an extra day rest? If you are constantly pitching them every 4th start I was wondering if there was a negative to that.

If a pitcher can start or relieve, do you have to give them a certain number of games rest after a start (even for a relief appearance) and can they start a game after making a relief appearance the game before?

I am trying to figure out the pitching side of things, and it seems that my lowest payroll pitchers are pitching more innings than my higher payroll guys, obviously making my bull pen look pretty bad. Is there some helpful tips on getting the most out of your bull pen?

Thanks for the helpful tips!

[masjes]

I just wanted to say thank you all for the helpful posts. I played the game as a youngster in the seventies and eighties ...as a kid on the board game. I am really loving this format presently 78-52 after 130 best in my league but the competition is awesome... really enjoying my first team. :D

[Mister Ed]

[quote:11aca45924="ddeakin"]Posting some info from YountFan that I did not know....

[quote:11aca45924="YountFan"]. A two can only be rolled one way whereas 7 can be rolled 7 different ways (ie 7 chances).
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a 7 only has six chances out of 36

[Outta Leftfield]

[quote:ec19a5b2da="Mister Ed"][quote:ec19a5b2da="ddeakin"]Posting some info from YountFan that I did not know....

[quote:ec19a5b2da="YountFan"]. A two can only be rolled one way whereas 7 can be rolled 7 different ways (ie 7 chances).
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a 7 only has six chances out of 36[/quote:ec19a5b2da]

Subtract one from any number up to 7 and you have the number of chances. That is, a 7 has six chances, a 6 has five chances...and a two has one chance. When you go to 8 and above, it's a one step decline in chances the further you go toward 12. That is, and 8 has 5 chances, a 9 has 4 chances, a 10 has 3 chances, an 11 has 2 chances, and a 12 has 1 chance.

Another way to think if it is that the closer you are to 7 (which can be a 6-1, 5-2, 4-3, 3-4, 2-5, or 1-6), the better the chance that the number can be rolled. You can only get a 2 by 1-1 and a 12 by 6-6, so they have the least chance of being rolled.

From a practical standpoint, the more hits a card has toward the middle of the three columns, the more explosive the offense on the card, esp if some of those hits are HR. With practice you can get a good feel for the power of the card by simply looking where the hits, walks and HR fall. Given park effects and the often considerable year-by-year variations in offense in leagues that might throw off the stats, this can be an important way of evaluating hitters and pitchers.

[coyote303]

Another surefire way to determine a year in some cases is a homerun by a player who hits few of them. For example, in the 70s game I picked up a good backup catcher cut by another manager, Andy Etchebarren, when I noted he hit a HR from a side that limited his cards to his two best years.