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Post by truebrewcrew on Sept 1, 2014 4:37:13 GMT -6
I don't see where infielder arm ratings are used in game. Why do they have arm ratings if they aren't used?
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Post by James on Sept 1, 2014 21:33:35 GMT -6
At one time relay throws were considered from the infielders. Upon testing though, it was decided that the extra time calculating another modifier didn't have a significant impact on game play. So relays were not used. Just to illustrate, say the outfielders AR is 8 and the infielder making the relay throws AR was 5. How the relay would have worked is to add both fielders AR's and divide by 2, then round up. ie. 8 + 5/2 rounded up = 7. Spending the time to do that to change the AR rating by 1 was not deemed worthwhile. Seldom would an AR be changed by more than 3. With the small % of throws that would have an impact, the calculation of the infield relay was dropped.
The infielders still have a AR rating though because an infielder can play in the outfield in an emergency situation. Then his AR would be used as if her were an outfielder. Hope that explains it.
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