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Platoon Duty
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:12 pm
by athkatla
I have carried out a Forum Search for anything on this, but it came up with zero matches. Regarding pitchers, just what is Platoon Duty?
RE: Platoon Duty
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:29 pm
by Dazooz2
Pitchers don't platoon, position players do. Say you have 2 third basemen with comparable fielding ability. One hits the heck out of right handed pitching, the other hits better against lefties. A manager will "platoon" these players so one starts against righties and the other against lefties. They don't play every game, but share the position depending on the situation.
RE: Platoon Duty
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:58 pm
by athkatla
Ok thanks for that, funny thing is though, I've seen platoon duty mentioned several times for some of my pitchers.
RE: Platoon Duty
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:40 pm
by Amaroq
In what context? I can't remember seeing this in the game for pitchers... which screen is it on?
RE: Platoon Duty
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:10 am
by athkatla
Hmmm, I think maybe I'm getting confused with a scouting line from OOTP 6.5, as I own and play that game too. [:)] The reason I switched to Puresim is that I found OOTP to be a little too complex for me, and Puresim looks that little bit easier, especially without the waivers and other complicated stuff included in the game.