Does HAL not have a brain?

Bottom of the 7th, down 3-2, man on first with one out. John Cerutti is brought in to pitch to Darrel Porter who doesn’t hit lefties well at all. HAL counters with pinch-hitter Mickey Hatcher who grounds into a double play to end the inning.

Now is where the fun starts. Instead of just inserting backup C Jim Sundberg in for Hatcher, HAL decides to leave Hatcher in the game in RF, move starting RF Larry Parrish to 3B, and in order to get Sundberg into the lineup, HE REMOVES THE LEAGUE’S LEADING HITTER, WADE BOGGS! (This is game 112, and Boggs is batting .382 at the time.)

On what planet does this make any sense? A 4-year-old wouldn’t have come up with this. What complete nonsense!

Bottom of the 7th, down 3-2, man on first with one out. John Cerutti is brought in to pitch to Darrel Porter who doesn’t hit lefties well at all. HAL counters with pinch-hitter Mickey Hatcher who grounds into a double play to end the inning.

Now is where the fun starts. Instead of just inserting backup C Jim Sundberg in for Hatcher, HAL decides to leave Hatcher in the game in RF, move starting RF Larry Parrish to 3B, and in order to get Sundberg into the lineup, HE REMOVES THE LEAGUE’S LEADING HITTER, WADE BOGGS! (This is game 112, and Boggs is batting .382 at the time.)

On what planet does this make any sense? A 4-year-old wouldn’t have come up with this. What complete nonsense!

last night in game 121 HAL did it again. In the bottom of the 7th he's removed Sundberg for PH Dave Collins, but when the inning ended he left Collins in the game in RF, and pulled RF Larry Parrish to get C Darrel Porter in the lineup.

It seems as if HAL is programmed to keep PH in the game at all costs. Have any of you noticed this? Is there a way in the team settings to turn it off that I'm missing?

I wrote the game company about this problem a couple of years ago with similar examples, but, got no response.

List Boggs, Parish , Sundberg and someone else? as defensive replacements

Short of setting your complete lineup as do not PH for both L/R, I know of no way to prevent this. If a no-DH team it will still happen with the PH for pitcher and weird double switches that make no logical since. The Double switches that should be made never are.

Often I have to dump subs that Hal makes weird double switches with.

With the 2012 set I had a no-DH team with Altuve and Cano platooning. Both lead off, frequently HAL would PH for the pitcher with Cano when a RH relief came in for a LH starter, never once did Cano go to second and the pitcher go into Altuve's spot (even though Altuve had hit in the same inning also).

retraction... infield was in flyballB becomes single

out field was in flyballB becomes single

He does have courage and a heart though.

hal, hal, hal, you're killing me. my team is in a horrible funk. 8 straight losses, the last 4 I've led in the 9th only to allow a dinger. in the last game I lead off the 10th with 2 walks. the next batter is my A level bunting catcher. he always sacrifices with no one out. what does hal do? a failed double steal, then the survivor gets picked off. that would be 2 baserunners looking for jobs on my virtual franchise. unfortunately we can't fire hal. I picture him like al davis in his track suit, watching from his suite all the madness he concocts.

Unfortunately we can't fire HAL. I picture him like Al Davis in his track suit, watching from his suite all the madness he concocts.

Now THAT'S an image I won't be able to shake!