Do Not Steal - help

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Do Not Steal - help

PostFri Feb 25, 2022 1:28 pm

I need help understanding how Do Not Steal works. I have Rusty Staub on one team. He is set to Do Not Steal. The guy behind him in my lineup is set to Do Not Hit&Run. Rusty hits a single in the 6th inning of a game tied 2-2. He then proceeds to steal but is caught stealing.

Did HAL override my 'Do Not Steal' suggestion because we were tied in the 6th and a "D" stealing player was a better opportunity than my next hitter?
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Re: Do Not Steal - help

PostFri Feb 25, 2022 2:42 pm

I'll copy this topic to the General Strategy forum. That will double your chances of getting an answer.
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Re: Do Not Steal - help

PostFri Feb 25, 2022 8:51 pm

The batter behind Staub could have tried to bunt and missed the pitch also--both bunt and hit and run missed pitches will override "do not steal" settings.
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Re: Do Not Steal - help

PostSat Feb 26, 2022 12:01 am

Unless I'm mistaken, missed pitches on a bunt result in a 2-strike count and then a strikeout if it happens twice. Don't think there's a way to get caught stealing off the bunt chart.

Only possibility I can think of to explain OP is some kind of rare play?
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Re: Do Not Steal - help

PostSat Feb 26, 2022 1:40 am

Maybe I was thinking of a 1-2 on a suicide squeeze play--but that doesn't make too much sense here, unless a runner was on third.
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Re: Do Not Steal - help

PostSat Feb 26, 2022 3:26 pm

Review of the wikipedia help page indicates this unexpected result might be caused by a minor bug.
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Re: Do Not Steal - help

PostThu Nov 24, 2022 1:15 pm

On one team I had the Steal setting for the team on Conservative, Cecil Cooper a B13 runner set to Do Not Steal, and his one steal attempt of the season was an out trying to steal home against a decent catcher. I looked back at that one in the play-by-play and couldn't figure out an explanation for HAL on that one.
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Re: Do Not Steal - help

PostThu Nov 24, 2022 5:01 pm

red823 wrote:On one team I had the Steal setting for the team on Conservative, Cecil Cooper a B13 runner set to Do Not Steal, and his one steal attempt of the season was an out trying to steal home against a decent catcher. I looked back at that one in the play-by-play and couldn't figure out an explanation for HAL on that one.

If you're out trying to steal home, it's (99.9% of the time) because of a botched squeeze play where the batter misses the pitch.

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