Frozen Stiffer -> RE: More on In-Game Managing Styles (1/31/2007 3:19:55 AM)
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I know, live and breathe exactly what you're saying, KG. I've got this fictional association that I started as a 2004 thing way back with PSB 2005. My team just finished its 100th game of the 2008 season, so it's been going strong for about 4 and 2/3rd seasons. The best part is, I've managed each and every game my team has played, and I could not agree with you more on how it sort of 'changes' how you play. There are times when my pitcher makes a stupid pitch or there's an unfavorable result and I hear myself saying "You got yourself into it, you get yourself out of it"; I won't pull them. I'll make them EARN their way by WORKING to get out of the inning. I rarely pull my pitchers early, even when they get slammed in the beginning of a game, usually because a little voice in the back of my head is saying "Yes, but if you leave them in, each out will lower that suddenly swollen ERA". Managing games almost REQUIRES you to micromanage the details. I bunt more often than I would have thought, I use pinch runners, pinch hitters, defensive replacements- everything. However, I too am a sucker for the stats. I will leave that pitcher in who's thrown 169 pitches just because it's the top of the 9th and if he gets these three outs and they don't score, he'll take the league for complete games. Still, there's nothing like really living and enjoying each game- you really get "close" to your players and you begin to get a feel for them that just doesn't materialize when you sim in batches. For example, I have this one player who's hits well overall, but when there's runners in scoring position, when it's CLUTCH-TIME, he chokes. I find myself muttering, "typical..." as if it was almost EXPECTED of that player! You get attached to them, really. There's one guy, a pitcher that I nicknamed him "456", beause he's strong in the 1st-3rd innings and the 7th-9th, but he goes soft during the 4th, 5th and 6th. You wouldn't know that from simming. On intentional walks? Never touched the stuff. That rots your brain, man. Just say NO. So to answer your question, I woud say: "If you are, then so am I." =o/ Hmmm... not much of an answer, was it...
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