Too many double headers, ruining the game...

[NY Swallows]

I started the season in mid may. I am now in early July and am getting 2 or 3 double headers per week. For example a 7 game series in 3 days against the dodgers. I guess AI is trying to make up the games lost.
Help its ruining my pitching staff and the game in general! Make it stop! Is there a way too turn it off or go back in time to the start of the season and makeup the games from April to May, without starting over?

[thehef]

Originally Posted by NY Swallows

I started the season in mid may. I am now in early July and am getting 2 or 3 double headers per week. For example a 7 game series in 3 days against the dodgers. I guess AI is trying to make up the games lost.
Help its ruining my pitching staff and the game in general! Make it stop! Is there a way too turn it off or go back in time to the start of the season and makeup the games from April to May, without starting over?

Without knowing more details about your game, it's hard to say. Are you using "as played" schedules or "as scheduled" schedules? Are you allowing rainouts?

At any rate, a 7-game series in three days would be extreme, as it would require a triple-header. But lots of doubleheaders, in general, is not uncommon, historically. "Back in the day" both scheduled doubleheaders and those added to make up for rainouts were common. Consider:

- the '41 Cards played 8 DH's in Sept
- the '44 Tigers played 6 in Sept
- the '45 Tigers played 9 in Sept
- the '45 Senators played 16 over last month and a half
- the '50 Phils played 3 over the last six days, and Dodgers had 4 of 'em (this, along with injuries and calls to the military decimated Philly's staff for the World Series)
- the '55 Yanks played 3 over the last 5 days, before heading to the WS
- the '66 Dodgers had to use their two aces in a DH on the final day of the regular season, before heading to the WS
- the '67 Tigers played DH's on the final two days of the season

I only looked at pennant contenders' schedules at the end of the season, but you get the idea... And I don't know how many of these were scheduled vs make-ups...

[Azagoth]

The 1916 Giants had 12 DH's in September, with nine of them played during their 26 game winning streak.