more dumb Hal baseball

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danielz

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more dumb Hal baseball

PostSun May 12, 2013 12:47 am

Down by 4 in the 9th
1st 2 men reach
Pesky flys out to right
Dumb Hal decides that runner on 2nd should tag up and try to advance to 3rd
He's out of course.
Hal is a dope.
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Re: more dumb Hal baseball

PostSun May 12, 2013 9:15 am

I've seen that more times than I would like. Sometimes it works for you and sometimes against. Still, it would be good for HAL to understand that in the 9th inning, there is a huge difference between the potential tying runner and the runner who could get you within two runs.
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Re: more dumb Hal baseball

PostSun May 12, 2013 9:29 am

Who is the RF?
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Re: more dumb Hal baseball

PostSun May 12, 2013 11:51 am

And what is your team running setting?
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Re: more dumb Hal baseball

PostSun May 12, 2013 4:12 pm

Nellie Fox was the runner on 2nd
George Selkirk was in RF
Base running set at normal

Even if safe chance was 1-19, I don't want him going in that situation.
If he was the tying run, that would be different.
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Re: more dumb Hal baseball

PostSun May 12, 2013 11:14 pm

But virtually any baseball player if he had 95% odds of being safe would go. Most would go with lesser odds.
I would say if you are not wanting to challenge in such situations your philosophy is very conservative with respect to baserunning and you should set your settings accordingly.
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Re: more dumb Hal baseball

PostMon May 13, 2013 1:14 am

Valen wrote: Most would go with lesser odds.


Not down by 4 runs.
Every manager in baseball would go up to that player and say, "What the heck are you doing"?

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