My neat neighbor friend who is a former baseball scout and current metrics geek thinks he has solved the issue of 50-50 card baseball games. The problem with past 50-50 games is that a Bud Harrelson type of no-power hitter can face a gopher ball pitcher like Bert Blyleven and hit many more homers than he should ever hit, even if being pitched batting practice balls.
In players like Harrelson, on his card in the spot for a possible homer, he has a negative number, meaning that his offensive card for a long ball is 0, plus if the dice roll indicates to consult the Pitcher's card, the negative amount is applied here.
In other words, if Harrelson has a -15 on his Long Ball Card, when the dice roll indicates to consult the pitcher's card, the first 15 numbers on his card that fall in the Long Ball surrendered area become standard fly ball can-of-corn outs or possibly a single that finds a hole between fielders.
This same approach is applied to batters that walk so little that they have a negative number under walks. If a batter has a -10 on his BB, then the first 10 BB on the pitcher's card become standard ground balls or pop outs depending on the pitcher.
For a player like Nellie Fox, he would have a -X on his strikeouts, which meant that the first X Strikeouts on the Pitcher's card would become either a ground out or a soft base hit with no runner advancement.
The same goes for Pitchers. They can have negative numbers that apply to the batter's card. A 1990 Dennis Eckersley card might have a -20 under his Long Ball surrendered, meaning the first 20 numbers on any batter's Long Ball spot would revert to standard fly balls or balls that drop in for a hit.
Additionally, each pitcher has a LG adjustment that applies to all LG on a batter's card. It can be a plus or minus number that represents the number of feet to add or subtract from the long hit ball.
Does this sound understandable to you guys? I am not a great writer, so it could be my attempt at explaining it. When he showed it to me, it made sense.
In players like Harrelson, on his card in the spot for a possible homer, he has a negative number, meaning that his offensive card for a long ball is 0, plus if the dice roll indicates to consult the Pitcher's card, the negative amount is applied here.
In other words, if Harrelson has a -15 on his Long Ball Card, when the dice roll indicates to consult the pitcher's card, the first 15 numbers on his card that fall in the Long Ball surrendered area become standard fly ball can-of-corn outs or possibly a single that finds a hole between fielders.
This same approach is applied to batters that walk so little that they have a negative number under walks. If a batter has a -10 on his BB, then the first 10 BB on the pitcher's card become standard ground balls or pop outs depending on the pitcher.
For a player like Nellie Fox, he would have a -X on his strikeouts, which meant that the first X Strikeouts on the Pitcher's card would become either a ground out or a soft base hit with no runner advancement.
The same goes for Pitchers. They can have negative numbers that apply to the batter's card. A 1990 Dennis Eckersley card might have a -20 under his Long Ball surrendered, meaning the first 20 numbers on any batter's Long Ball spot would revert to standard fly balls or balls that drop in for a hit.
Additionally, each pitcher has a LG adjustment that applies to all LG on a batter's card. It can be a plus or minus number that represents the number of feet to add or subtract from the long hit ball.
Does this sound understandable to you guys? I am not a great writer, so it could be my attempt at explaining it. When he showed it to me, it made sense.
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