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tysok · 06-01-2009, 12:43 PM

Even though OOTP doesn't try to simulate any mental aspects, it does take into account other hitters and situations that are going on around him...

He could be getting "pitched around" more in the 6th slot. If you don't have a solid 7 hitter, and your 4-5 guys are doing well they may be pitching around your powerful 6 hitter... why deal with him? If he's being pitched around he'd have more trouble getting a solid hit (theoretically).

I've seen plenty of quirks like that in lineups in OOTP. I had a guy who couldn't hit for anything in the number 2 spot, leadoff he'd be good, or 7-9 he'd do well. He would have been a great number 2, but would never hit there. Another guy had no business hitting 5th, but because of injuries in April he was the best to put there for a while... and earned hitting 5th the rest of that year. The next year he was hitting as I would have expected and he fell back to the 7th spot.

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tysok Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,924 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9x in 5 posts	Even though OOTP doesn't try to simulate any mental aspects, it does take into account other hitters and situations that are going on around him... He could be getting "pitched around" more in the 6th slot. If you don't have a solid 7 hitter, and your 4-5 guys are doing well they may be pitching around your powerful 6 hitter... why deal with him? If he's being pitched around he'd have more trouble getting a solid hit (theoretically). I've seen plenty of quirks like that in lineups in OOTP. I had a guy who couldn't hit for anything in the number 2 spot, leadoff he'd be good, or 7-9 he'd do well. He would have been a great number 2, but would never hit there. Another guy had no business hitting 5th, but because of injuries in April he was the best to put there for a while... and earned hitting 5th the rest of that year. The next year he was hitting as I would have expected and he fell back to the 7th spot. __________________ I don't know about you, but as for me, the question has already been answered: Should we be here? Yes! Jack Buck, September 17, 2001 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. I firmly believe that any man's finest hour... is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. (Vince Lombardi) I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. (George S. Patton)