Magic show on the Bases

[drew]

This is from a game recap in the Mogul Enthusiast League from September 30th, NYN at HOU:
BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH
Homer Bush singled to right.
Scott Rolen pinch hit for Ben Godshalk.
Scott Rolen reached first on a fielding error by the second baseman.
Luis Castillo grounded to first.
Cam Neumann singled to left, scoring a run.
Gabriel Do came in to pitch for the TV Police Show.
Luis Castillo stole third.
Mark Booker popped up to the catcher.
Gabriel Do threw a wild pitch - a run scored.
Sandy Wentworth hit an infield single to short.
Lyle Mouton singled to right, scoring a run.
Mike Mahoney struck out.
3 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, and 2 left on base.
At the end of the seventh, Houston leads 8 to 0.

Spot the error, then look below for the answer




















Luis Castillo just grounded out, how did he get on second and steal third when Do came in to pitch? Being the last game of the season, it was my favorite game to start my top prospect and see him go 7 shutout innings, but this magic appearance on the basepaths is a flat out bug.

[Troko]

A search for the word "choice" in a season's worth of recap files (BB2K2 demo 4.18) did not find any occurances. Could Luis Castillo have grounded into a fielder's choice? Did the box score for that game credit the run to Luis Castillo instead of Scott Rolen or Homer Bush?

[James Grove]

I think the key is that the groundout was a fielders choice, where Homer Bush gets the force out at 3rd base, and Castillo makes it to 1st safely.


BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH
Homer Bush singled to right.
Scott Rolen pinch hit for Ben Godshalk.
Scott Rolen reached first on a fielding error by the second baseman.
Luis Castillo grounded to first. <==Fielders Choice; Homer Bush is out; men at 1st and 2nd
Cam Neumann singled to left, scoring a run. <== Scott Rolen scores, men at 1st and 2nd
Gabriel Do came in to pitch for the TV Police Show.
Luis Castillo stole third. <== men at 1st and 3rd
Mark Booker popped up to the catcher.
Gabriel Do threw a wild pitch - a run scored. <==Luis Castillio scores; man at 2nd?
Sandy Wentworth hit an infield single to short. <==men at 1st and 2nd?
Lyle Mouton singled to right, scoring a run. <==Cam Neumann scores; men at 1st and 2nd?
Mike Mahoney struck out.
3 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, and 2 left on base.
At the end of the seventh, Houston leads 8 to 0.

Spot the error, then look below for the answer

[drew]

These box scores are really confusing. If it says grounded to first, you don't know whether they advance the runners or ground into a fielder's choice. This together with that sacrifice bunt to the catcher case means that we should have much clearer box scores. Even you, James were not sure about which bases were occupied after the wild pitch.

[James Grove]

Yes, the boxscores can be confusing.

I imagine it comes from the fact that Baseball Mogul was not intended to be a pitch-by-pitch management simulation. When first created, all that really mattered was the outcome of the game, not what happened to get you there.

We have beefing up the play-by-play on our "Nice to have" list. But it's currently behind several other things that are more critical to the gameplay.

Cheers,
James