Random starting pitcher?

[tcochran]

Kenny Rogers had originally been in my starting rotation on a 2006 team, but he made his last start in game 31. I replaced him in the 4-man rotation after that, keeping him on the roster as the #5 starter.

Last night, exactly 100 games later, HAL decided to let Rogers start again. There were no injuries. no change in the rotation listings, nothing. Rogers gave up 4 runs in 5 innings and we lost 7-6.

What would cause HAL to throw a game like that?

[george barnard]

Normalization.

[elpasopesos]

Hal is punishing you for being too clever. You could avoid that by manually setting all your games started.

[apolivka]

Did you play a long extra innings game sometime before Rogers' start? Maybe one of your starters got put into a game in relief?

[tcochran]

[quote:ae4d4ed746="apolivka"]Did you play a long extra innings game sometime before Rogers' start? Maybe one of your starters got put into a game in relief?[/quote:ae4d4ed746]

Nope, I looked at the 10 games prior to that one. No extra innings games and no starters used as relievers.

[chasenally]

Maybe his concert tour was over and he made it back to the team and Hal put him in there after Kenny beat him in a card game. You guys just don't think of the obvious do you. :roll:

[tcochran]

[quote:9aa677ad35="chasenally"]Maybe his concert tour was over and he made it back to the team and Hal put him in there after Kenny beat him in a card game. You guys just don't think of the obvious do you. :roll:[/quote:9aa677ad35]

I just wish he knew when to fold 'em!