I noticed Sparky will occasionally pull the trigger on a double steal ... even if one of the 2 basestealers is set at "0" for stealing bases.

Has anyone else run into this? Any insight on the history of this issue (and if WIS already knows about it)?

I would hope that if you set a player to "0" on stealing bases that it would apply to *ALL* conditions of basestealing.

What is your hit and run setting?

"never" doesn't mean never. I set a lot of runners to 0 for steals and those with a number of RL atempts will occasionally attempt a steal.

I had this happen before and actually sent in a ticket about a month ago. They said that it was an error and that they would take care of it. It hasn't happened to me again, so I thought all was good. I would let them know if it again.

I've had guys set at "0" and had them get caught stealing. When I asked about it, I was told that it was the equivalent of getting picked off base.

Still skeptical.

Quote: Originally Posted By boogerlips on 11/11/2009What is your hit and run setting

My H&R setting was at "5" this time around. You would think that if a botched H&R somehow triggered an event that involved just a Double Steal ... that the flavor text describing the scenario would describe it as such.

I think the best bet is to submit a ticked (as mentioned above). Interesting to see that other people are running into this as well.

Thank you to all for your replies.

Failed hit and runs generally manifest in the box score as stolen base attempts... Which makes sense; even in real life it can sometimes be difficult to ascertain for certain whether an apparent stolen base attempt was simply that or a botched hit and run. I'm thinking if the guy's SB setting was at 0 and the team hit and run was on 5 that it was in fact the H&R option... You generally don't see a lot of double steals unless both guys have at least a 4 and a good number of RL steals.

and on the other hand I've often times had players like R.Henderson and W.Wilson at the top of the line-up, steal set at 5, very rarely attempt the double steal 3,4 times a season at most

My point exactly. And it's good, because no matter how good the guys are double steals rarely work. Stealing 3rd rarely works...

I keep my hit and run setting at '0' for all teams and I've never seen a double steal attempt in a box score. Probably not a coincidence.