Saving Your Picthers

[fightonusc]

im still stuck in the anything goes version my friends... 1-0 games, the homeruns and moments are that much sweeter... shit gets crasy my friends

maybe someday, i too will learn the dark side of RBI and become a stright pitch player

I have no idea what he just said. Nothing.

[RedBarron]

im still stuck in the anything goes version my friends... 1-0 games, the homeruns and moments are that much sweeter... shit gets crasy my friends

maybe someday, i too will learn the dark side of RBI and become a stright pitch player

I have no idea what he just said. Nothing.

something like


hey man, I'm alive
I'm taking each day a night at a time
I'm feeling like a monday but someday
I'll be saturday night

[BeeJay]

Bon Jovi has provided the soundtrack to my life.

[fightonusc]

"Once more around, pal. Sounds like pops and buzzes from here."

[RedBarron]

Frank Sinatra: "You are black, and I am white
Life's an Eskimo Pie, let's.. take a bite!
That was groovy thinkin'
Lincoln, when you set them freeeeeee...

We all know
Cats are the same
Maine to Mexico.
Good. Bad.
Guys and chicks!"

Stevie Wonder: "I am dark, and you are light."

Frank Sinatra: "You are blind as a bat, and I have sight!
Side by side, you are my amigo,
Negro, let's not fiiiiiiiight!"

Stevie Wonder: "Ebony, ivory
Living in perfect harmony."

Frank Sinatra: "Salt and pepper,
Sammy and Dean
Stevie and me are peachy keen!"

Stevie Wonder: "You are white."

Frank Sinatra: "You are black - and who cares!"

Who cares, baby!

[BeeJay]

I said, that's my bread and butter, man!

What gives, cue ball? I'm looking at you, I'm thinking: fourteen in the side pocket!

[RedBarron]

i got chunks bigger than you in my stool!

[OctoFranco]

 I'm curious as to the popularity of starting a game with a relief pitcher.  I never, ever do it in regular NES play, but Attezzobal almost always does.  This can be a good thing because you can afford to get an extra inning or two out of him if he's doing strong, but can also backfire badly when he starts to lose his stuff but stays in the game because he's due up to hit next inning.  What normally happens is that he gives up a handful of runs, and then is pinch hit for with someone who crowns the irony with a weak ground out.

My typical strategy is to throw all regular-speed pitches unless in a jam, and to throw a lot of first pitch strikes on the corner.  That way the ball is put in play early, keeping pitch count down.  Attezzobal knows this, however, and in our games he takes a lot of pitches to waste pitchcount.  A dangerous strategy because I start to go for the strikeout after I see this (and get it 40% of the time), but it can succeed in knocking out the starter very early every now and then, leaving me all but crippled.  But ideally my starter goes 7, and depending on the score, a different reliever will go in.  That is, if either team has a sizeable lead over the other, I put in the less-good of the two (usually Schiraldi for me) to finish out the game, and only use the better closer (correspondingly Stanley) in close games or the final game of a series.  The new pitcher is good at confounding the batters who haven't seen him at all the entire series.  It's also nice to have a pitcher whose slowballs actually drop, which can be really good for the clutch strikeout.  Unorthodox, I know, but it gets results.

[JoeDirt]

I'm curious as to the popularity of starting a game with a relief pitcher. I never, ever do it in regular NES play, but Attezzobal almost always does. This can be a good thing because you can afford to get an extra inning or two out of him if he's doing strong, but can also backfire badly when he starts to lose his stuff but stays in the game because he's due up to hit next inning.

I am against this.  I strongly feel that in ATG, one's offense should never dictate when one's pitcher gets pulled. 

My typical strategy is to throw all regular-speed pitches unless in a jam, and to throw a lot of first pitch strikes on the corner.

This is affectionately known as cheating around these parts. 

That way the ball is put in play early, keeping pitch count down. Attezzobal knows this, however, and in our games he takes a lot of pitches to waste pitchcount.

You and Attezobal are the Princess Brides of RBI Baseball...so Attezzobal can clearly not swing at the pitch in front of him...  My only question is, which of you is Buttercup?  I suppose the other is a ROUS.

The new pitcher is good at confounding the batters who haven't seen him at all the entire series. It's also nice to have a pitcher whose slowballs actually drop, which can be really good for the clutch strikeout. Unorthodox, I know, but it gets results.

This is so great.  I love the thinking that goes into serious RBI strategy!  One point, though--you and Attezz should be strictly playing 2 SP at this point.  He does have a tourney to win, you know...