All-Star Game

[AnotherAlias]

Originally posted by rcbuss
Maybe this issue is already known, but I could swear that stats accumulated in the ASG counted in players' regular season stats.

Yeah, many moons ago when I played my first All-Star game, I was confused by the stats that seemed to be added on to their regular season stats, too. It only took a few minutes to realize that the All-Star game stats were NOT really added to regular season stats. Just looking at the stats in subsequent games after the mid-season classic, told me the truth.

[rogmax11]

Just so we're clear here: I dont care about the AS game either; what I really enjoy enjoy ( and think others do, too, judging from responses in the dynasty threads ) is voting on a selection of things such as HOF membership, award winners, and, yes, All-Star candidates. Shoot, I wouldnt mind having the option to select all-league players by position, and it would be even more fun to have final say-so over nominations from OOTP.

This is all just immersion candy, something to increase the fun factor without carping about 3D graphics or FPS perspectives, and something that doesnt require a massive rewrite of code--it is little more than a trivial add-on suggestion. Absolutely no disrespect for the wonderful and harried creators of this game was used in the making of this post. YMMV.

[UD411Flyer]

Originally posted by Gastric ReFlux
Has a player ever been injured in an OOTP All Star Game? I don't think I've ever seen that, and it could be kind of cool to have as something the user could turn on/off whether or not the All Star uses the fatigue/injury code.

Rocco Baldelli was ejected in the top1st(1st batter as well) after arguing strikes in our all-star game.

[BaseballMan]

I actually use to enjoy the all-star game back when they actually played for pride of the League. But now days its nothing more than a midseason vacation.
But i do agree it would be cool to have a better system of picking all-stars and hall of famers too.

O cant use the hall of fame selection from the game because guys like Maz & Ozzie Smith probably wouldnt have much of chance.

I think it would be better if the game had the 5 yr waiting period and actually made a choice on the hall of famer instead of just putting a player in cause they hit 500 home runs or 3,000 hits.
Yeah again its no biggie cause you can do it manually but i like
watching the seasons and let the game do all the work. Id rather just watch and see who becomes a all-star or hall of famer but the game just needs a little touch up there. But it can wait till more important things are taken care of.

[MizzouRah]

Originally posted by birdsofprey02
All-star voting!

I would LOVE to see this!


Todd

[ctorg]

Originally posted by Gastric ReFlux
Has a player ever been injured in an OOTP All Star Game? I don't think I've ever seen that, and it could be kind of cool to have as something the user could turn on/off whether or not the All Star uses the fatigue/injury code.

If a player were injured during an ASG, it would not carry over to league play. The way the game is set up now, nothing that happens in the ASG carries over, not even pitcher fatigue. It is treated as a day off.

[Gastric ReFlux]

Originally posted by UD411Flyer
Rocco Baldelli was ejected in the top1st(1st batter as well) after arguing strikes in our all-star game.

That's not an injury though.

Again, has anyone ever seen an injury in an All Star Game?

To me, it's fine if OOTP is coded not to have injuries in the exhibition game (because I think it would be great if real-life worked that way and the players would be sure to give it their all), but I also feel that there are some of us who would like the game to have a potential story like this one:

The Collision at Home Plate

He would say later that he never would have been able to look his father in the eye if he hadn’t run the catcher over. Pete Rose made a reputation for himself as the ultimate baseball warrior out of this one famous play at home plate.

It was July 14, 1970, and baseball’s greatest players were gathered in brand new Riverfront Stadium (opened just two weeks earlier) for the All-Star game. The contest had moved into the bottom of the twelfth inning with the teams deadlocked at 4 runs. The NL half of the inning began innocently enough – Joe Torre grounding out to Brooks Robinson, and Roberto Clemente bouncing out to Sandy Alomar. Enter Rose, a man who never gave away an at-bat, and who promptly singled to center field off Clyde Wright.

The forgettable Billy Graberkewitz kept the inning going with a single, Rose moving to second. Next up was Cub Jim Hickman. As Hickman worked the count, Rose eyed the outfielders and edged off second, anxious to score on any safe hit. When Hickman sliced a line single to center, Rose was on his way, charging around third and aiming for the winning run.

Center Fielder Amos Otis charged the ball and got off a strong (but errant) throw to home. Ray Fosse, the promising young Cleveland backstop, moved up the third base line to take the throw. Rose thought about going in head first but quickly realized Fosse and his shin guards would make a dent in his skull. With a few awkward strides of re-adjustment, Rose buried his left shoulder into Fosse. More than 51,000 fans, a national television audience, baseball legends Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, saw Fosse hurdle backwards, head over heels, while Rose tagged home with the winning run. Charlie Hustle had scored a dramatic winning tally in front of his home crowd, giving his National League team the victory.

His manager, Sparky Anderson, in his first season as a big league skipper, called it a good, hard, clean play. Fosse agreed that the play was clean and held no animosity toward the Reds star. Though some players wondered why he would risk such a chance in a mid-season exhibition game, Rose responded the only way he knew how: “I play to win. Period.”

The aftermath of the play proved fateful for Fosse. Though he played regularly the rest of the 1970 season (he didn’t miss any of the first few games after the All-Star break, while Rose missed three games due to the collision), in the Spring of 1971 it was found that he had a separated shoulder. His production at the plate was never the same.

Rose skillfully used the incident to propagate his myth and reputation. He told reporters that his father had taught him to play hard and he knew no other way to play.

“I just want to get to that plate as quickly as I can. Besides, nobody told me they changed it to girls’ softball between third and home.”