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Nunyer · 08-30-2013, 06:31 PM

In my fictional league, using one-pitch mode, I see a lot of players swinging at 3-0... which traditionally should be an automatic take. Typically this is when I will take the first pitch, and then follow that up with "swing away". Then the one-pitch mode kicks in and whatever else happens in that AB plays out... But why oh why do they ever swing at 3-0? Is my "swing away" order at the 1-0 or 0-1 count overriding baseball common sense later in the count?

This doesn't happen at EVERY 3-0 count... but it is a hair-puller whenever I see it. Has anybody else experienced this? If so, is there a way to mitigate it from happening?

EDIT: Just for the record, it seems that the CPU teams swing away at a similar rate on 3-0 counts as well... so it's not that I'm trying to frame this as the game giving me the shaft.

08-30-2013, 06:31 PM	#1
Nunyer All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Baseball Ned Flanders stares into your soul... Posts: 594	Players swinging on 3-0 counts: managing in one pitch mode In my fictional league, using one-pitch mode, I see a lot of players swinging at 3-0... which traditionally should be an automatic take. Typically this is when I will take the first pitch, and then follow that up with "swing away". Then the one-pitch mode kicks in and whatever else happens in that AB plays out... But why oh why do they ever swing at 3-0? Is my "swing away" order at the 1-0 or 0-1 count overriding baseball common sense later in the count? This doesn't happen at EVERY 3-0 count... but it is a hair-puller whenever I see it. Has anybody else experienced this? If so, is there a way to mitigate it from happening? EDIT: Just for the record, it seems that the CPU teams swing away at a similar rate on 3-0 counts as well... so it's not that I'm trying to frame this as the game giving me the shaft. Last edited by Nunyer; 08-30-2013 at 06:40 PM.