You aren't going to believe this...I still don't. Ok, I make the playoffs with the Cubs playing the Braves. My pitching has carried me all year. I lead the league in ERA by far even pitching most of the season on legend with strike zone, pitching aid, and vibration all turned off. I went back even and reduced OF range across the board to make pitching more difficult and I've dropped down to All-sar level because of that; but I still pitch well..ok..
Game 1- Prior pitching..the Braves hit screaming line drives off of him..every hitter. I bring in Zambrano in relief in the 3rd..same thing...Braves score 11 runs on 18 hits in the first 4 innings..Both guys with sub 3 ERA's all of a sudden can't get anyone out. What';s worse is I can tell it's all scripted, I have no control over it. IDuring the whole season I played I could barely throw a ball out of the strike zone if I tried. Now all of a sudden..even the slightest touch of the direction pad and it's a ball duringthe first four innings. I also commit 3 errors on auto field and have two plays were the fielder inexplicably throws to the wrong base when I should get an out somewhere. The rest of the game...no problem throwing strikes and getting outs..only 1 more run scored; but I obviously lose.
Game 2- OK I figure Game 1 is one of those fluke things. I've got Clement going who lead the league in ERA much of the season. Forget that. First 7 hitters get screaming hits. Six runs score. AGain any touch of the directional pad results in a ball. The rest of the way I give up only 1 run and just a few hits...So bring on the offense to get back into it..Right? Sure..everything I hit hard the opposing fielder barely has to move..They play me perfectly including positioning Andrew Jones on the left center field warning track to easily catch a Todd Walker linee drive without moving an inch..I kid you not. I manage 3 hits in the game. 2 of them with two outs in the 9th.
I am both amused and furious. Has anyone ever heard of anything like this. I played all of my games during the season. Nothing remotely close to this ever happened. It was so scripted. The only thing I can figure is they wrote some kind of postseason AI logic to keep anyone from winning it all in their first season( I guess to keep people playing) and screwed it up OR they wanted to build some kind of a "curse of the Cubs" into the game and overdid it. Unbelievable.
Game 1- Prior pitching..the Braves hit screaming line drives off of him..every hitter. I bring in Zambrano in relief in the 3rd..same thing...Braves score 11 runs on 18 hits in the first 4 innings..Both guys with sub 3 ERA's all of a sudden can't get anyone out. What';s worse is I can tell it's all scripted, I have no control over it. IDuring the whole season I played I could barely throw a ball out of the strike zone if I tried. Now all of a sudden..even the slightest touch of the direction pad and it's a ball duringthe first four innings. I also commit 3 errors on auto field and have two plays were the fielder inexplicably throws to the wrong base when I should get an out somewhere. The rest of the game...no problem throwing strikes and getting outs..only 1 more run scored; but I obviously lose.
Game 2- OK I figure Game 1 is one of those fluke things. I've got Clement going who lead the league in ERA much of the season. Forget that. First 7 hitters get screaming hits. Six runs score. AGain any touch of the directional pad results in a ball. The rest of the way I give up only 1 run and just a few hits...So bring on the offense to get back into it..Right? Sure..everything I hit hard the opposing fielder barely has to move..They play me perfectly including positioning Andrew Jones on the left center field warning track to easily catch a Todd Walker linee drive without moving an inch..I kid you not. I manage 3 hits in the game. 2 of them with two outs in the 9th.
I am both amused and furious. Has anyone ever heard of anything like this. I played all of my games during the season. Nothing remotely close to this ever happened. It was so scripted. The only thing I can figure is they wrote some kind of postseason AI logic to keep anyone from winning it all in their first season( I guess to keep people playing) and screwed it up OR they wanted to build some kind of a "curse of the Cubs" into the game and overdid it. Unbelievable.
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