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#72279	03/26/2020 7:56:19 am	Nov 1st, 2044	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9600 Haverhill Halflings III.1	For 2B and SS they are given a fielding penalty. Weird I know, but that is how Steve implemented it. I'm not 100% sure on Catchers, but I suspect its a penalty on catching base stealers.
#72283	03/26/2020 12:13:59 pm	Nov 1st, 2044	Ignore
michaeltodd2 Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 325 Paradise Valley Cubs II.2	A penalty, yes, but how much of a penalty? Updated Thursday, March 26 2020 @ 12:16:41 pm PDT
#72285	03/26/2020 1:55:06 pm	Nov 1st, 2044	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9600 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Only Steve knows the exact number.
#72309	03/27/2020 11:14:16 am	Nov 4th, 2044	Ignore
michaeltodd2 Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 325 Paradise Valley Cubs II.2	Again, I don't understand why something like this needs to be secretive. Does Steve have a team?
#72323	03/27/2020 9:17:05 pm	Jan 15th, 2045	Ignore
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 626 Denver Broncos IV.4	Yes, he does have a team. The owner of Ferrari we assume drives a Ferrari. The designer of this game has discussed with us that BB should NOT be a mathematical equation, so none of us will ever understand everything. 😉 There are occasional hints from him written on the forum, so feel free to ask, but expect ambiguity or silence.
#72328	03/27/2020 11:11:54 pm	Jan 15th, 2045	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9600 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Steve has never given us any numbers in the engine. The stuff posted in the forums is just stuff that we figured out (and may be inaccurate). That's a big part of any sports sim (or sim in general). Not very fun if you know everything that is happening under the hood.
#72358	03/28/2020 5:26:57 pm	Jan 15th, 2045	Ignore
michaeltodd2 Joined: 02/20/2018 Posts: 325 Paradise Valley Cubs II.2	I have limited experience playing sports management games, but in the others i play the rules don't seem so...opaque as Broken Bat does. This penalty for left handed infielders is a good example. Something like that should be common knowledge in my opinion.
#72373	03/29/2020 9:59:45 am	Jan 15th, 2045	Ignore
Jerbeetwo Joined: 06/30/2019 Posts: 327 Tyler Goldendoodles IV.3	I would not consider using a left handed C, 2B, SS, or 3B. It doesn’t work well in real life and shouldn’t work well in a sim game. I don’t need to know the penalty but very glad there is one.
#78054	10/19/2020 5:21:08 pm	Aug 4th, 2047	Ignore
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 400 Charleston Hawks II.1	per what Rock said above, 2b & SS have the mysterious penalty...also 3b does, i noticed one teams lineup had a lefty at 3B and there was a small red x alongside the player's name...when the cursor is hovered over the red x there is a brief note about left handed infielder penalty applying
#78055	10/19/2020 5:36:20 pm	Aug 4th, 2047	Ignore
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9600 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I think its more superstition than anything else. But Baseball players (and managers) are notoriously superstitious. The "reasons" a lefty can't play those positions are super exaggerated (especially at Catcher). Still there aren't many in real life, so the game is reasonably trying to emulate that fact. Here is a lefty playing the 3B. As you can see it far from impossible (or even difficult).

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