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Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date	Function

#17971	04/20/2015 4:43:26 am
FreddyTheEye Joined: 11/11/2014 Posts: 625 Inactive	Opinions please? Would you rather your player have 10 fielding and 16 range or 16 fielding and 10 range? Thanks!

#17973	04/20/2015 5:15:35 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5201 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Depends somewhat on the position. Range is probably preferred everywhere but catcher. Maybe corner infield. Updated Monday, April 20 2015 @ 5:30:42 am PDT

#17976	04/20/2015 7:09:34 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9601 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Like Seca said. Range is calculated as a team to determine if the ball gets into a hole when a batter hits the ball. This means you can make up for bad range in one position, with good range in others. However certain positions are weighted. Here is a total WAG at how weightings might work: Code: C, P: 0.1 1B, 3B: 0.3 LF, RF: 0.5 2B: 0.8 SS, CF: 1 I can guarantee that those numbers are wrong, but you can get the idea of general importance based on position. Fielding is important for 3B, but less so for 1B. Still, I would probably want more fielding than range at 1B. Really I don't stress too much over defense at 1B as they don't get too many plays (unless throw/catch errors depend on fielding). Updated Monday, April 20 2015 @ 7:10:57 am PDT

#18447	04/30/2015 7:13:59 pm
Hardcastle Joined: 11/03/2014 Posts: 25 Inactive	A 16 fielding 10 range would work for a third baseman.

#18730	05/07/2015 12:33:37 am
crackit Joined: 05/15/2013 Posts: 315 Anchorage Lawless IV.4	http://brokenbat.org/rules#strategy Read the section on setting up your defense C: throws RH R, needs arm 1B: LH 2B: RH, fielding range and a bit of arm 3B: RH, fielding arm and a bit of range SS: RH, fielding range and arm CF: best fielding OF plus range and arm LF: range and a bit of arm RF: arm and a bit of range DH:doesn't field

#18734	05/07/2015 5:32:51 am
ambauer88 Joined: 02/09/2015 Posts: 53 Inactive	Interesting, I'd argue that CF needs to be the rangiest outfielder, but I can't argue against CF needing to be the best fielder of the bunch. Hm..

#18746	05/07/2015 1:12:16 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9601 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I'm not sure what your arguing against... that's the same thing as it says in the manual. Updated Thursday, May 7 2015 @ 1:13:08 pm PDT

#18832	05/10/2015 7:14:11 am
ambauer88 Joined: 02/09/2015 Posts: 53 Inactive	Think I misread that with LF saying Range plus Arm. For some reason that connected in my head as "range most important here!"