Baseball Newbies Campus

[Sharkn20]

Cool. Where in England? I'm there till May-June.

Living in London, working in Dartford I am going to move on by April close to my hospital!

Where abouts are you living??

[Spear]

Living in London, working in Dartford I am going to move on by April close to my hospital!

Where abouts are you living??

Lucky you, living in the south!

I'm up north in Leeds. My wife is a medical student and finishing this June. We're both Canadian so we are going back home after her graduation.

I take it that you're working for the NHS!

[Sharkn20]

Lucky you, living in the south!

I'm up north in Leeds. My wife is a medical student and finishing this June. We're both Canadian so we are going back home after her graduation.

I take it that you're working for the NHS!

Oh man, it should be really cold!!

Yes I am working in the nhs, I have here all the opportunities that I'd never have in Spain. I guess in Canada you also could have a great future!! :)

[Spear]

Oh man, it should be really cold!!

Yes I am working in the nhs, I have here all the opportunities that I'd never have in Spain. I guess in Canada you also could have a great future!! :)

Congrats on the opportunity! NHS is a good organization to be apart of.

While you're getting to know baseball, you might want to think about learning hockey too. There's a new game coming out in May which means possibly a new league on SGN!

There's a pro hockey league in the UK too. http://www.eliteleague.co.uk/

[Sharkn20]

Any way to set your pitchers as a relievers? ? Instead of the crappy grandpas??? Haha

Is it normal that your pitchers have energy only for 2 games per week? ? Or is it because I am playing in a Rookie League? ? :)

[Lintyfresh85]

Is Shark joining? Oh that's awesome!

[Sharkn20]

Is Shark joining? Oh that's awesome!

Oh man! Glad to see you around!! :) How the life is going??

[Spear]

Any way to set your pitchers as a relievers? ? Instead of the crappy grandpas??? Haha

Is it normal that your pitchers have energy only for 2 games per week? ? Or is it because I am playing in a Rookie League? ? :)

When viewing a player's profile, you can go to actions and change player's position and then change from SP to either RP or CL (closer - pitches in the last inning of the game to protect your lead).

Usually your SP's will pitch every 5 games and have a stamina rating of above 5.

[Carlos]

Any way to set your pitchers as a relievers? ? Instead of the crappy grandpas??? Haha

Is it normal that your pitchers have energy only for 2 games per week? ? Or is it because I am playing in a Rookie League? ? :)

To add to what spear said.

In baseball's past starting pitchers pitched more frequently and for more innings each game.

As the game changed, more roles became defined as a bullpen (this is what you call the collection of relievers on your team) was established as a part of the game. Previously relievers were ineffective starters. Guys that only pitched when the starter tired but not expected to perform effectively.

As the roles became more defined, the effectiveness of those relievers increased. It has grown to the point that relievers have specialized roles and starters now throw less innings (mostly to preserve their health but that's another topic).

Because those specialized roles became important in winning and losing, teams started to assign those positions to particular players.

Now we have closers who close out tight games and pick up saves -if they enter a game with a lead of 3 or less, or if the tying run is on-deck (on-deck meaning he comes up to bat after the current batter) or pitches 3 effective innings; set-up men who come in to hold a lead (a hold is exactly like a save except the reliever did not finish the game) and pitch before the closer comes in; and other roles like a left-handed specialist (left hander who only pitches to left handed batters), long reliever (usually pitches several innings in relief of a starter that was not effective and is pulled early from the game), and middle reliever (comes in before the set up relievers and closer or to keep a game close as they tend to be better pitchers than the long reliever).

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[Sharkn20]

Wow amazing deep explanation! Thanks!!

[Matt]

Not often Carlos goes deep like that either.

[Carlos]

Not often Carlos goes deep like that either.

Have you ever tried just providing a tip? It's met with lots of satisfaction and the urgency for more is amazing.

[Sharkn20]

Have you ever tried just providing a tip? It's met with lots of satisfaction and the urgency for more is amazing.

The players that goes to the batting zone are the same players that will defend when your pitcher is throwing the rock, true?? Can I set for batting any other player who is not going to play defense?

[BradZ]

The players that goes to the batting zone are the same players that will defend when your pitcher is throwing the rock, true?? Can I set for batting any other player who is not going to play defense?

As long as the league settings allow for a Designated Hitter (DH), yes. The DH bats in place of the pitcher in leagues where the DH is used (in Major League Baseball the American League employs the DH while the National League does not, meaning that National League games will feature pitchers in the batting order).

All other fielders (C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF) would make up the rest of the batting order.

[Sharkn20]

As long as the league settings allow for a Designated Hitter (DH), yes. The DH bats in place of the pitcher in leagues where the DH is used (in Major League Baseball the American League employs the DH while the National League does not, meaning that National League games will feature pitchers in the batting order).

Ummm, thanks Bradz, it means that in some cases you have to choose between a good batter or a good defender... Damn