Power Pros Forum

Thanks, man. Been playing since 2011, so it's "only" been 4 years. Still fun, and sometimes I can't help but feel an article writing itself in my head.

Has anyone done a season where they turned off condition changes and just made everyone normal condition the whole time?

I realize that since the computer doesn't manage player-conditions well, that winds up being a big advantage to me. Facing blue and purple opposing pitchers. Managing my own player-conditions is part of the fun, but maybe I'll eliminate that next time.

If you turn off conditions, does that eliminate the gray "resting" condition for pitchers?
I'm thinking I'd be able to go with a normal 5-man rotation, but if there's no gray condition, then you really never have to worry about overusing a pitcher. You could select 1 starter and use him every start?

If anyone's tried this, please let me know what you liked and disliked about it. Thanks

Today I let the computer play my game via fast mode. Tim Lincecum was pitching. In a standard 9-inning game, Lincecum threw a complete game shutout with 20 strikeouts. That's right - in a game with only 18 outs, Lincecum struck out 20!

I guess that means he had (at least) two strikeouts that were wild pitches and the batter made it to first? It's unusual for that to happen once, let alone twice. Moreover, I've never seen a wild pitch on a strikeout before. Guess this is something else that only happens when the computer is playing both sides; another is hit batsmen. I've never seen a hit batsman when I am playing the game, but stats do show that batters get hit.

Um...there are 27 outs in a game...

LOL.
Also, when you forget how many outs they are.
And,
RKO!!!!!!!!

OMG! I am such an idiot! And I'm the one that helps my kids with their times tables!!!

An exciting end to my 1st season with my current team, the Las Vegas Show. From opening day after the dream draft, the Show was in a race with the Angels, who held 1st place in the AL West from August until the Show took a 1 game lead with 2 games to go in the season. Those two games pitted The Show against the Amgels. After losing game 1, the teams had identical records and had an even split in the season-long rivalry (I think we each won 9 and lost 9, but I forget exactly).

Anyway, the Angels and their starter, Zach Duke, took the last game in a game with 3 lead changes, and took the AL West crown. Fortunately, The Show took the Wild Card and do not have to face the Angels for at least several games.

I've been enjoying playing with "turns" instead of playing every game all the way through. Anyone else enjoying that?

I don't like to totally skip games because my graybar players strikeout a lot and lose power and contact points. So instead, I put my gray bars in the lineup one right after the other and set my "turns" to switch from fast play to normal when the 1st player comes up.

I can do it with relief pitchers, too - to an extent. I lost my gray are as middle-relievers and set the "turns" to pause when the 1st one comes in - I think the computer always picks the 1st one 1st, but I'm not sure.

Anyway, obviously the "turns" idea has been around since, at least, 2008. How many of you use it?

Hit my 1st inside-the-park homerun yesterday. Jose Reyes playing in golden apples stadium; split the center and right fielders. I don't know if I consider it a "true" inside-the-Parker, though - I wouldn't have made it if the OF had not the cut off man. The extra time for the through to get to 3rd is what allowed me to make it home.

Anyone else hit an inside the park home run? I've been using panpaka park as my home field and expected to get a few, but nothing so far.

I believe I've hit a fair few at Panpaka Park, yeah. Maybe one or two at the Golden Apples Stadium as well.

I believe I did when I first got the game in Citzen's Bank Park. I was as the Phillies and my player had a B Speed. Same way you did. Believe I did it with Jose Reyes in an exhibition, but I don't remember well.

I had kike Hernandez hit an inside the Parker in Dodger Stadium against KCR. It spilt the left field gap.

Fondest memory of this was a Success player, with tough runner, who split the gap at golden apples stadium and crushed the catcher to seal the deal. So exciting.

This happened today

One grounder by the Mets, two fielder mistakes. En route to a 10-1 loss with my expansion mode challenge team.