Lineup Overview
DMB displays all of the information you need to choose starting
pitchers and starting lineups. One screen shows all of your active
pitchers, with key ratings, statistics, and fatigue information.
Another shows all of your active batters, again with key ratings
and statistics. You can easily access the full statistical and
ratings display for a player. And you can look at the same
information for your opponent so you can tailor your choices to his
strengths and weaknesses.
NOTE: If you are using the DMB computer manager, it
will automatically choose the starting pitchers and lineups for
teams that it handles. You can look at all of this information for
a computer-managed team, but you cannot make any changes to the
lineup.
Before the game starts, DMB displays summary information about
your pitchers and a menu of commands for choosing a starting
pitcher. You choose starting pitchers for both teams before
selecting starting lineups, because it is important to know whether
the opposing pitcher is right- or left-handed when choosing
starting lineups. The home team is displayed first, because
baseball rules require the home team to name its starting pitcher
first, but you can select your players in any order.
The list of players on the roster always starts with the status
(under the "S" column) and name of each player. Some of the status
codes can occur only as a result of things that happen during a
game:
For in-depth information on lineups, see Overview of Lineup Selection in the
Lineups topic. You can learn more about the player status codes in
the Player Status Codes
topic.
Next, we'll look at the process for
selecting a starting
pitcher.
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