Relievers who start need to have 10 BFA or be fully rested (if their MAX is below 10) in order to start READY. The ROBOT will never start an non-READY pitcher as many of you have sadly found.

A TIRED pitcher, as Mulholland surely was, is suseptible to injury and will not pitch as effectivley as he normally does---but that does not mean he will be BOMBED automatically because the game has reduced his effectiveness---if that were the case your bottom of the rotation starters would never have a great game and your ACE would never get bombed---this is a SIM---something we often forget when we are on the other end of some bad SIM-luck.

Using a TIRED pitcher is something which is the prerogative of the HOME manager. It is often done in real life---usaully in a tight pennant race---anyone remember Gene Mauch going to a two man rotation in 1964?---or in the playoffs---but it carries with it RISKS---just as it does in real life.

Mike Bravard (PB)