I think I was muddling the issue by mentioning who he faced in real
life. It isn't really relevant (and I knew it didn't affect the
sim)... I guess I was just mentioning it to illustrate my point that
real-life teams' lineups are weaker overall than Scoresheet teams'
lineups are.

We're really comparing apples and oranges. You're noting (correctly,
of course) that regardless of whether he shutout the Phillies or the
Padres in real life, either was equally likely to net him a shutout in
Scoresheet. My point was just that he's less likely to throw a
shutout in Scoresheet than he is to throw a shutout in real life.

- Derek


On Jul 8, 2009, at 2:32 PM, kwarrenca wrote:

> you wrote:
>
> "So Joe Pitcher pitched 8 innings IRL and only gave up one run while
> striking out 9 and walking 1. That's great. But if he was facing the
> Nationals IRL, and facing a lineup of hot hitters in Scoresheet, he's
> not necessarily going to get the same results."
>
> "if Joe Pitcher performed in Scoresheet the same as he did against a
> weak-hitting real-life team, wouldn't that just mean the sim was
> broken in the other direction?"
>
>
> You seem to be inferring that the quality of a pitcher's major
> league opposition has something to do with how he will do in his
> Scoresheet game. I think people should understand that this is not
> the case.
>
> Joe Pitcher will pitch against an average Scoresheet team exactly as
> he did against a weak-hitting real-life team.
>
> It's totally irrelevant who Lincecum pitched his real life shutout
> against. He could have pitched a shutout against a bunch of minor
> league call-ups in PETCO Park or he could have pitched a shutout
> against the Phillies in Citizen Bank Park. His Scoresheet
> performance will be the same in either circumstance.
>
> The simulator is not even aware of who Lincecum faced in real life.
> The quality of his major league opposition plays no role whatsoever
> in what he can be expected to do in Scoresheet.
>
> "He is equally likely to pitch a shutout against the toughest lineup
> in your Scoresheet league", regardless of whom he shutout in real
> life.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In scoresheet-talk@yahoogroups.com, Derek Hiemforth <derek@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> So you're telling me that if Tim Lincecum pitches a shutout against
>> the Nationals, then he's equally likely to pitch a shutout against
>> the
>> toughest lineup in my Scoresheet BL league? And if that's not what
>> you're telling me, then you misunderstood my post.
>>
>> - Derek
>>
>>
>> On Jul 8, 2009, at 10:32 AM, kwarrenca wrote:
>>
>>> Who a pitcher faced in real life and the park they pitched in is
>>> totally irrelevant.
>>>
>>> The simulator treats a game in PETCO Park against the Nationals
>>> exactly the same as it treats a game against the Phillies in
>>> Citizens Bank Park.
>>>
>>> Your post indicates that you believe that the simulator takes into
>>> account the quality of competition a pitcher had in real life. It
>>> doesn't.
>>
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