You really need to know the Master game rules- I had forgotten about the steal allowance chart. Also there are all the Knick knacks- wild pitch ratings, passed ball ratings, catcher throw rating, pitcher move to first. If you have never played the Master Game I could see missing a lot of the nuances!

I figured out the first bracketed number before the starter code number grade that replaces the letter grade is in fact the pitcher’s speed as a base runner. If there is no number in brackets, the pitcher’s base running speed is average and assumed to be 11. Average as 11 also applies to hitters as base runners.

We let Alpharetta know.

@TSBL I’ll add it to the list.

Thanks,
Jeremy

Thank you! Hope yours was as well.

i agree t its simple logic

Hi all,
If you haven’t already voted in the Pitching Grade Challenge 8 yet, you still have a few more days!

Here is the link: https://www.apbablog.com/pitching-grade-challenge/cast-your-ballot-in-the-pitching-grade-challenge-8

good luck!

Tom

The MG Micromanagers aren’t available for autoplay. I believe that is why the Micromanager Challenge mode isn’t functioning as well.

I would be interested in the replay side is trade tool.

Anytime something wonky like that happens, I just chalk it up to being a weird play.
In this case, perhaps the pitch was in the dirt and rolled about 10-15 feet from Grandal, the Catcher.
Rogers, the runner on third, assumed he could score.
He guessed wrong… as Grandal retrieved the ball and got back to the plate in time to make the tag on a close play.

This is kind of what I’m planning to do with some minor adjustments to the lineups. My question is how do I set up the games? As new games? I have been following the continuous regular season games as per the 1972 schedule but now that is done so just asking to ensure I can set up the playoff games correctly. Thanks

thanks ,

So I just set up a game and experimented with this a bit.
As has always been the case, the reliever appears to need two things to get the first-batter upgrade:

He must have a reliever * asterisk on his pitching grade (pitchers rated as starters-only don’t get upgraded). He must face a batter hitting from the same side (ie. lefty-on-lefty or righty-on-righty).
But you probably already knew that.

Also… the upgrade does NOT appear to happen if the half-inning hasn’t begun yet. I tried making a change between innings. All the criteria was there, but the reliever did not get an upgrade for the first batter of the inning.

But as long as the half-inning has started (ie. a batter has reached base or made an out), the upgrade now appears to work EVEN IF there are none out. I believe that may be different from in the past. The GO Support people may have recently tweaked the game engine on that.

@RandySteinman I think it was around December 2 last year

It seems the players are there but sometimes the initial lineup shows a substitute player. I found that the as played guy is there on the team and I just put him
In the lineup.