[Alistair]

I'm a big advocate for playing each game through from start to finish. Baseball is a quirky sport where you have to expect the unexpected, but tonight was the first time I shut off the PS3 without saving a franchise game because I was being totally hosed.

1) First inning, Houston hits an easy fly ball to left. Ethier is under it, positioned perfectly and the ball just drops for no reason. Runner eventually scores, but I keep playing. It's happened before and it won't be the last time it happens either.

2) Middle innings, a ground ball goes straight at shortstop who SIDESTEPS for no reason and the ball trickles past him for a single.

3) Shortly after that a deep fly ball is hit towards Kemp in center who does exactly what Ethier did in the first. He was there waiting for the ball and lunged away at the last second for two runners to score on the play.

4) The final straw was when batting, down by four runs in the 7th and my pinch hitter Carroll hits a line drive off the left field wall. Barajas, who was at first, doesn't make the turn around second for some reason (despite my button direction telling him to do so). Before I know it, Carroll is next to him at second and the inning ends on a dumb out at third.

I know fielders don't always make routine catches, but shouldn't they be hit with an error if they don't? In this case, the batter was credited with hits and my pitching staff copped earned runs, which leads me to believe it was a bug/glitch of some sort and not simply a case of a fielder making a mistake.

I thought long and hard for a couple of innings before deciding to flick the switch. I've never quit a game for any reason before and I feel dirty doing so, but a little less dirty than I would have felt losing a game because of some buggy AI.

Thoughts? Anyone been in a similar situation?