Just wondering, because naturally it occurs to me with no outs, a man on first and Rondell White on second, not a hit and run play on - in the 7th game of the playoffs. After the White was picked off, I went on to score 3 runs - would have been 4 if the player who was wiped from the basepaths hadn't been, the last out came with a man on third who with two outs probably would have scored on the grounder to 2nd. So when I go on to lose by two runs...

It bugs me to lose a playoff series like this -its the sort of thing that cheapens the validity of the game. I know - its not just one play that decides a series, but its symbolic of many of the little events in the game play that while trying to include them to be realistic to all options, actually make things less realistic I feel - mostly on the basepaths with men scoring from second too easily with two outs, players moving up a base too often as every time a guy comes home the throw goes home and the hitter takes second, runners (particularly slow ones) coming home on infield ground outs.

In real baseball, if a guy got picked off second in game 7 of the playoffs - it would be for a reason, I'd see it for myself, and I could live with it. In a simulated game, things like that which you cannot guard against (I can't tell the runner to stay close to second, I can't order my OFs to not throw home if it allows another runner to get into scoring position, I can't order my team to throw home on a infield grounder) shouldn't come into play so randomly or so often.