Manage mode players

[tessl]

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I was playing a MoM game today and I had made a 2nd mound visit in the bottom of the 9th meaning I am forced to replace my pitcher. Now I had one of my setup relievers warming up while my closer was stretching. But the game would not allow me to sub in either of these two pitchers, nor would it allow me to sub in any other pitcher (other non-warmed up relievers and/or starters) but it would also not allow me to exit the bullpen. I had no other choice to abandon the game. Now I did sim the game as a win since I had a 4 run lead at the time this all happened. But it sucks because a few of my players had really good games and of course their stats for the game were lost. Has anyone seen this before where the game would not allow you to put in any pitchers even though you were going to have to replace the pitcher because of doing two mound visits? I had done two mound visits before knowing in most cases I am going to need to swap pitchers. grrrrrrrr

Had the pitcher faced 3 or more batters before you tried to pull him from the game?

[My993C2]

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Had the pitcher faced 3 or more batters before you tried to pull him from the game?

If memory serves me correct, it was a pitcher who started the 9th inning (I cannot remember if he pitched in the 8th inning) and yes this pitcher did not face three batters in the 9th. But I thought the new rule only applied to pitchers subbed in once an inning starts, and does not apply to pitchers who start an inning? But perhaps I don't know everything I should know about the rule. Either way, I consider it a bug that the game would not allow me to continue on with the existing pitcher who started the inning. Now I always knew from previous years that the 2nd mound visit would force me to remove the pitcher, but one thing I have done since that game was to just avoid the 2nd mound visit.

[bullpen45]

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Is it possible that the defensive alignement option is broken is MOM ?
Even when I try to use a straight up alignement my fielders use an extreme shift.
(I'm on manual setting)

[tessl]

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If memory serves me correct, it was a pitcher who started the 9th inning (I cannot remember if he pitched in the 8th inning) and yes this pitcher did not face three batters in the 9th. But I thought the new rule only applied to pitchers subbed in once an inning starts, and does not apply to pitchers who start an inning? But perhaps I don't know everything I should know about the rule. Either way, I consider it a bug that the game would not allow me to continue on with the existing pitcher who started the inning. Now I always knew from previous years that the 2nd mound visit would force me to remove the pitcher, but one thing I have done since that game was to just avoid the 2nd mound visit.

I read your post again and that is a bug although your pitcher does have to face 3 batters. Apparently they forgot to change the second mound visit.

You might want to submit a bug report on that. You shouldn't have gotten stuck in the bullpen. You should have been denied a second mound visit until your pitcher faced 3 batters. One way around that is by going to the new pitcher with one out remaining in the inning. If he records the final out of an inning then you can removed him whenever you want in the next inning.

[Hammerhunker]

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Is it possible that the defensive alignment option is broken is MOM ?
Even when I try to use a straight up alignment my fielders use an extreme shift.
(I'm on manual setting)

Thank you! Yes! The bugs I recreate is having alignments set at the beginning of the game, but then later when you adjust the alignment for the new situation that has occurred, it will revert back without letting the new one take hold. I really only noticed this because I was playing with the pressbox camera and could see it. Realistically, you're in blissful ignorance not in pressbox, you can't see it, so you assume the change was made.

One other occurrence that really chaps me is the first baseman holding the runner when there is no runner on first. There is no way to get it to change.

I'm still trying to rule out that it isn't me before I submit it as a potential bug.

[tessl]

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Is it possible that the defensive alignement option is broken is MOM ?
Even when I try to use a straight up alignement my fielders use an extreme shift.
(I'm on manual setting)

Change it from always to batter. You can change it for one batter.

I do the same thing - don't like extreme shift or deep outfield.

[Hammerhunker]

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Change it from always to batter. You can change it for one batter.

I do the same thing - don't like extreme shift or deep outfield.

For the first baseman covering with no runner, doing this still kept him on the bag.

[tessl]

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For the first baseman covering with no runner, doing this still kept him on the bag.

Can't comment on that because I haven't seen the first baseman cover with no runner. I seem to remember trying to get the first baseman to play behind the runner and now being allowed to do that.

For infield/outfield shifts and outfield depth you can change it for an individual batter if you change from always to batter.

[forme95]

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These constant 24 - 36 pitch innings are just irritating. I can see them happening here and there, but every other inning is just insane.

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[JHodges57]

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These constant 24 - 36 pitch innings are just irritating. I can see them happening here and there, but every other inning is just insane.

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It's even worse when no batters actually get on base.

[forme95]

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Instead of increasing stamina, I wondered if it wouldn't be better to move control and consistently to 6 instead.

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[forme95]

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How do you guys play your franchise? Do you sim all MLB games then play your game or play your game and just advance to the next day?

I've been simming all the days MLB games then going in to play my game. I like seeing the ticket at the bottom scroll through around the league games.

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[KnightTemplar]

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How do you guys play your franchise? Do you sim all MLB games then play your game or play your game and just advance to the next day?

I've been simming all the days MLB games then going in to play my game. I like seeing the ticket at the bottom scroll through around the league games.

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I sim as I want to see the scores on the outfield walls.

[JHodges57]

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How do you guys play your franchise? Do you sim all MLB games then play your game or play your game and just advance to the next day?

I've been simming all the days MLB games then going in to play my game. I like seeing the ticket at the bottom scroll through around the league games.

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When I go to play my games it sims all the other game automatically. I see scores from other games during my game. Since I control 2 teams, I start the game from the day's league schedule. I don't know how it works if you start from the "play next game" option.

[forme95]

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I guess I should have mentioned that I play 30 team control. I control/manage the Indians and let the CPU auto every other team. I just adjust lineups and reverse dumb trades, and make sure the CPU calls up correct actions when they IR a player. So it doesn't complete other games until you advance the day. So during the play game, it has no tocker at the bottom or out of town score boards.

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