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  • smokinjoe069
    Rookie
    • Feb 2007
    • 76
    #1

    Balks on or off?

    Hello all, I have a question about balks. I see that the default setting is off. I remember a post from the early days of the show that explained why it was beneficial to not have the setting on. I am asking the following questions

    1. why this is recommended to be left off.
    2,. Does anyone play offline franchise with it in on?
    3- if so how many times per game is it called? I suspect that is a part of the reason for it being off.

    I’m currently 67 games into my Yankees Franchise and I’m having a great time with the settings and sliders that I use despite the pitching being too easy on veteran and too hard on all star. I decided to turn balks on for a test. I’m 3 innings into my first game at the Mets and I’ve been called for a balk already

    I’m very interested in reading the opinions of the community on this topic.
    And yes I tried to use the search feature but i wasn’t allowed to access it for some reason.
    Thanks in advance for any information that you can provide that is helpful for me to use.
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    • reyes the roof
      Hall Of Fame
      • Mar 2009
      • 11526
      #2
      Re: Balks on or off?

      I turn them off, I’m way to impatient when I get frustrated. If I get stuck in an at bat where the batter is fouling everything off I start firing pitches in as quickly as I can, I don’t have the patience to come to a complete stop before I throw my pitch

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        • bcruise
          Hall Of Fame
          • Mar 2004
          • 23274
          #3
          Re: Balks on or off?

          CPU will never get called for it - it isn't programmed to. That is reason enough for me to not use it.

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            • jcar0725
              "ADAPT OR DIE"
              • Aug 2010
              • 3819
              #4
              Re: Balks on or off?

              Off. For both reasons above ^^

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                • bkrich83
                  Has Been
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 71577
                  #5
                  Balks on or off?

                  Originally posted by bcruise
                  CPU will never get called for it - it isn't programmed to. That is reason enough for me to not use it.


                  Was the CPU ever called for balks? Even in previous generations versions? For some reason I thought they were but I just played a bunch of OOTP and maybe was thinking of that.


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                    • countryboy
                      Growing pains
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 52728
                      #6
                      Re: Balks on or off?

                      Originally posted by bkrich83
                      Was the CPU ever called for balks? Even in previous generations versions? For some reason I thought they were but I just played a bunch of OOTP and maybe was thinking of that.


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                      I don’t recall the CPU ever being called for a balk in the Show


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                        • bkrich83
                          Has Been
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 71577
                          #7
                          Re: Balks on or off?

                          Originally posted by countryboy
                          I don’t recall the CPU ever being called for a balk in the Show


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                          You’re probably right. It probably happened in an OOTP game, or I just am imagining things.
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                            • bcruise
                              Hall Of Fame
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 23274
                              #8
                              Re: Balks on or off?

                              Originally posted by bkrich83
                              You’re probably right. It probably happened in an OOTP game, or I just am imagining things.
                              If you ever played High Heat, you could be thinking of that. It's the only game I know of where it was possible for the CPU to balk - by random (very small by default) chance on a pickoff. It's in the tune file.

                              MVP had them when you threw to an unoccupied base with runner(s) on, but similar to The Show's balks the CPU could never commit that.

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                                • bkrich83
                                  Has Been
                                  • Jul 2002
                                  • 71577
                                  #9
                                  Re: Balks on or off?

                                  Originally posted by bcruise
                                  If you ever played High Heat, you could be thinking of that. It's the only game I know of where it was possible for the CPU to balk - by random (very small by default) chance on a pickoff. It's in the tune file.

                                  MVP had them when you threw to an unoccupied base with runner(s) on, but similar to The Show's balks the CPU could never commit that.
                                  I think you're right. I played a ton of HH back in the day.
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