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Originally Posted by OldFatGuy
But if, as it seems, the game characterizes a run as earned or unearned when scored, it is impossible for it to be done correctly. There is no need to reproduce it, as it's impossible.
Example: Leadoff batter gets a triple. Next batter hits a comebacker to the pitcher, who looks the runner back at third, then throws the ball 5 feet over the first baseman's head. Batter safe, runner scores.
There is no way possible to determine if that is an earned run or an unearned run until more of the inning gets played. If the next two batters strike out, it is an unearned run. If a batter later in the inning gets a base hit, the run is earned. There are other possibilities as well.
As long as the game insists on characterizing it as earned or unearned at the moment it is scored, then it will never be 100% correct. It can't be.
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This doesn't stop people campaigning for it to be changed though. If the game does indeed work like that (and I personally believe it does) then it would probably require a rewrite of the whole stats storing part of the database to work correctly. Is that possible? Of course, but it's not something that can be fixed overnight. It's probably something to aim for in OOTP 12 at best.