ATG new card teasers (new for Wed. 9/14)

[The Last Druid]

I believe that Pedro's lifetime adjusted era+ is the best ever for a starter. That is an argument for him being the best pitcher ever, aside from the longevity factor.

All things considered though I'd take Walter Johnson. He's Pedro's great-granddaddy.

[Paul_Long71]

thanks Dukie and Petro, stats help....I was feeling on an island here.

[bernieh]

Enjoy today's teasers! These cards will be among the first batch of new ATG cards, which drops this [b:287aa37175]Thursday, September 15.[/b:287aa37175]

I'm working on a post detailing how we're handling players who have both hitter cards and pitcher cards in the same set, as Babe Ruth will. You'll see that momentarily.

[size=16:287aa37175][b:287aa37175]Hitters[/b:287aa37175][/size:287aa37175]

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[img:287aa37175]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/tony_perez_1970.gif[/img:287aa37175]

[size=16:287aa37175][b:287aa37175]Pitchers[/b:287aa37175][/size:287aa37175]

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[img:287aa37175]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/frank_tanana_1976.gif[/img:287aa37175]

[img:287aa37175]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/rollie_fingers_1981.gif[/img:287aa37175]

Last handful of teasers tomorrow!

[Mr Baseball World]

21 so far with more to come...............fits into underpromise and overdeliver..........nice...... :D

[bernieh]

(Edit: I've reconsidered this and will no longer be following this plan)

[color=#999999:7ce1e92982]Ok, this is how we're going to be handling the special case where a player (e.g. Babe Ruth) has one or more hitter cards (1921, 1927) and one or more pitcher cards (1916, to be added on Thursday) in the same player set.

[b:7ce1e92982]The player's hitter card(s) and pitcher card(s) will be available as 2 separate players, meaning Babe Ruth (or Double Duty Radcliffe, etc.) may exist in a league as a hitter (1927), and separately as a pitcher (1916), even on the same team.[/b:7ce1e92982]

So if you want to use The Babe's 1927 hitter card and 1916 pitcher card on your team at the same time, you can, but you'll have to pay for him twice (though Ruth the Pitcher would bat for himself as a generic 8NL-hitting pitcher in a non-DH league). If his two incarnations are on separate teams, then they can face each other.

This situation is necessary because ATG 6 normally gives you exclusive access to a player's other years when you own him - one at a time, of course, and if you are willing to pay the free agent drop penalty each time you switch years. This is especially a problem in a high- or unlimited-cap league, where the drop penalty is trivialized or a non-factor, so that if you own Babe Ruth, you could switch to his hitter card on days his pitcher card wasn't pitching. Even though for regular-cap leagues the drop penalty does discourage this exploit, there would be cases where it could still be an unnatural advantage, and we need to address that.

What doesn't change is that if you draft Babe Ruth's 1921 hitter card, you still have exclusive access to switch to his 1927 hitter card if it makes sense to you. You just won't have access to switch him to his 1916 pitcher card. Conversely, if you draft his 1916 pitcher card, that's the only card you have access to.[/color:7ce1e92982]

[paige91]

It will be very strange to see a box score with the same player in the lineup twice. Realism takes a back seat to practicality.

[Measured Mayhem]

[quote:35587607fe="paige91"]It will be very strange to see a box score with the same player in the lineup twice. Realism takes a back seat to practicality.[/quote:35587607fe]

Yah because having Walter Johnson face Albert Pujols is already so realistic :roll:

[drfreeze49]

[quote:85977eb1aa="paige91"]It will be very strange to see a box score with the same player in the lineup twice. Realism takes a back seat to practicality.[/quote:85977eb1aa]

I agree...I would [b:85977eb1aa]like to see[/b:85977eb1aa] after waivers...once a [b:85977eb1aa](multi) player[/b:85977eb1aa] is selected the others are[b:85977eb1aa] locked out[/b:85977eb1aa] for the season........but hey thats me

[PotKettleBlack]

So, in theory, Ruth could bat twice in a lineup, once as the 1B and once as the pitcher. In fact, you could have a Ruth to Ruth double play (line out max with a runner on first and the pitcher as the fielder.)

[WeatherNut]

....one of these seasons Ruth will set the record for games played in one season = 203.

41 = Pitcher
162 = Fielder/DH

:wink:

WN