I started my Orioles franchise tonight (which of course will be promptly started over when I get a chance to update my rosters around Opening Day). I am playing Cleveland, and Lopez is rolling along. I am up 1-0 in the bottom of the 7th, then it happens. The SMARTEST A.I. play I believe I have ever seen in baseball.
Man on third, Vizquel at the plate. They attempt the suicide squeeze (which in itself is a great A.I. play with Vizquel at the plate). But then, Vizquel bunts too close to my pitcher. I figure I have the runner coming home dead to rights. I throw the ball home (not paying attention to the runner display) and get ready to celebrate. Well, as Gil sits at home with no one to tag, I finally realize what happened. When the runner saw the bunt go towards the pitcher, he turned around and went back to third!
So, it was just the runner seeing the pitcher pick up the ball, right? WRONG! The runner turned after the ball hit the ground, about 1 second before the pitcher picked up the ball. The CPU realized he got a bad jump and put down a bad bunt, and cancelled the squeeze.
I loved High Heat for this type of stuff. Now, I must say, World Series Baseball rocks A.I. socks.
Man on third, Vizquel at the plate. They attempt the suicide squeeze (which in itself is a great A.I. play with Vizquel at the plate). But then, Vizquel bunts too close to my pitcher. I figure I have the runner coming home dead to rights. I throw the ball home (not paying attention to the runner display) and get ready to celebrate. Well, as Gil sits at home with no one to tag, I finally realize what happened. When the runner saw the bunt go towards the pitcher, he turned around and went back to third!
So, it was just the runner seeing the pitcher pick up the ball, right? WRONG! The runner turned after the ball hit the ground, about 1 second before the pitcher picked up the ball. The CPU realized he got a bad jump and put down a bad bunt, and cancelled the squeeze.
I loved High Heat for this type of stuff. Now, I must say, World Series Baseball rocks A.I. socks.
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