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The AI is just that. It's a computer that recognizes hard numbers (ratings in this case) over names. It is up to us to fix the rosters and lineups. Historical Exhibition mode does allow us to do that.
If you get to the manager screen with the Game Options in the left column, you can put yourself in control of both teams by clicking "Set All to Human" and then manually make the lineups however you like. Then when you start the game, you can put the settings back on "Set All to Computer AI" so that it makes all the decisions during the game.
It might be a little more micro-managing than some people want, but it's the best way and it isn't really much more work. Drag-and-click and push START GAME. Easy enough. If you don't feel like simulating the whole game (but I do), you can jump ahead to whatever inning you like or jump all the way to the end of the game.
I get annoyed by the way the AI jumbles the lineups. There is a logic to the way the AI sets the lineups up. They're certainly not BAD lineups. But teams like the 1927 Yankees and the 1976 Reds, for example, had very set batting orders that they were famous for and I don't feel like a simulation is accurate if those lineups are out of order.
But it's still a good thing that OOTP gives us the opportunity to tweak, experiment with and try to improve upon those lineups — if we want to.
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