You need to watch more Reds games.

They should add instant replay. I swear the umpires cost my teams a dozen wins per season.

Rename Whatif.. To WTFif..

Quote: Originally posted by a_ersberg on 6/02/2010

Quote: Originally posted by schedule1 on 6/02/2010and yeah, what relief pitcher bug?

In correspondence with a mentor, I've asked why my bullpen was getting their ***** absolutely pounded each and every outing ( despite a neutral field, solid defense, good coaching, and a decent bullpen ). He said something along the lines of no matter how good your pen is, the game has never been kind to relievers and that they've never fixed the bug.

So, I figured this thread would be a good place to toss it out.

Hmmm . . . I believe he was referring to me. Please point out where in this message I blamed a bug for relief pitching woes:


Well I took a close look at your squad. The starting pitching is fine, more than fine. It is very good. Your bullpen is solid but not spectacular. That said, I have had success with less talent than you have here.

I know this isn't the answer you are looking for but I suspect that this is closest to the truth. Right now, it is too early to draw any hard conclusions from the data. You have only played 23 games so far and most of your bullpen guys have less than 10 innings.

I know firsthand how frustrating it is to have your bullpen implode when you start the season. I have two teams in particular whose bullpen guys (regardless of their ratings) always seem to start off terribly but eventually bounce back. However, even some of the best bullpen guys can have bad seasons. In fact, two of the finest relievers I have ever had (Mays World) occasionally just have terrible seasons. No rhyme or reason.

That said, I also think some of the problem could be that guys like Middlebrook, Johnson, and, to a certain extent, Tavarez and Donovan do not have great control so they may be more prone to a poor start although they are good enough to bounce back. I am fully confident that Fitzgerald and Walton are very good RPs.

I hate to say it but you just need to be a little more patient with these guys. RPs are notoriously volatile.

That explanation looks spot on to me.
I looked at the team and figured that I would see a lousy bullpen coach or a crappy defense, but that is not the case.

Quote: Originally posted by mlhutch on 6/03/2010
Hmmm . . . I believe he was referring to me. Please point out where in this message I blamed a bug for relief pitching woes:

No, not you.

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Interesting.

He asked me a few mentoring questions too but I do not remember talking bull pen, so I hope I didnt give you the wrong impression.

Correctly reflect Rule 5 eligibilities (if you sign at 18 its 5 years not 4)

Quote: Originally posted by gman981981 on 6/03/2010Correctly reflect Rule 5 eligibilities (if you sign at 18 its 5 years not 4)

I think they've said they plan to keep it in its current, simplified setup because some people have enough trouble as it is protecting their players.

I'm usually against dumbing down the game, but in this case I have to agree with them. The owners who would end up losing players are usually the ones who need all the help they can get.

I'd like if there were some way to save trade chats as unread.

There are times when I've logged on to check my score before bed or on my way out the door to find an unexpected trade chat. Of course, I can never resist reading them, but then I often forget about it once I've woken up the next day or gotten a free moment after I've gotten to work.

Quote: Originally posted by travisg on 6/04/2010I'd like if there were some way to save trade chats as unread.

There are times when I've logged on to check my score before bed or on my way out the door to find an unexpected trade chat. Of course, I can never resist reading them, but then I often forget about it once I've woken up the next day or gotten a free moment after I've gotten to work.

Love this idea, this happens to me A LOT!

On the roster management screen, when you've got some promotions in queue, it would be nice to see somewhere on the screen how much a player's salary will increase with the promotion, and be able to preview what your new player payroll would be. That way you can look at the new payroll and compare it to your budget so that you can decide if you actually want to make the promotion before you click *submit*

This is two years in a row I've had my *** up against budget and I'm afraid to make any promotions when rosters expand because I don't know if I'll have enough remaining salary to promote minor leaguers at the end of the season.

On the player awards page, put a number next to each award for the amount of times they have won that award. For instance if they have 3 MVPs the first would say (1), the second would say (2) and the third would say (3). Or you could have the last time they won that award have the total next to it.

I dont know if this is a me issue and I am doing something wrong or if its a logic issue but I have troubles getting the SIM to switch a players position mid game.

So lets say I start my back up SS at 3B in the game, my SS goes down with injury or ejection and instead of moving my 3B to SS and inserting the normal starting 3B into the game I end up with my back up still at 3B and some random OF in at SS.

Am I the only one having this issue?