BLB Cup Games

It is really down outside of the beer cup which is strange because the beer cup is the most competition and the least amount of credits.

I am getting ready to buy some credits and I plan to play a ton of cups next season on Cooperstown (and maybe on Texas depending on how my SWT 7's do) but I would encourage the managers with strong teams to try this.

I know there are a lot of problems with playing both a cup and exhibition game the same time but here is what I learned playing in my last two beer cups on Texas (6-1 cup record, one title):

The cup games are played as non-tactic games. Seriously, the only tactics affected are the pitching tactics. So, if you can set up for your opponent (especially if they don't consistently change) you will have the advantage.

Second, if you have a strong enough team, you can still win your exhibition games because those play regular. So defend your exhibition opponent with your Advanced Tactics.

So let’s say you are playing “Boxing Legends” in the exhibition and “Conn. TNE” in the cup game. You would look to defend what Conn. TNE is doing at the beginning of the game. Say he hits long, defends normal, you would hit long/defend long in a hitters park; hit small, defend long in a pitchers park. Seriously, it's about that easy for the cup game (provided your team is strong)

Next, you could not worry about axis boxing legends, as they would go normal/normal in the first two innings and switch hit small in inning three. Well, just defend normal = (inning = 0) and defend small (inning = 2). Can't guarantee a win vs. wish but this should give you an idea of how to set up.

Thirdly, the pitching is where we at the SIN have gained an advantage. I can't take credit for the idea as it was Mr. Bama (former manager of the Carpet City Canes) as he won just about every tournament when he managed. He would always use more pitchers than everyone else and it does make a difference.

Here's how:

First mistake many make is the thought that you need your second pitcher to have the most stamina… this is only partially correct; you need your SP and your B1 pitcher to have the most stamina. The game is going to pitch the B1 reliever in one or both of your games 7 innings. It's a glitch, it isn't really happening. That is the mistake everyone is making. Set your SP to be pulled after 1, 10, 20 pitches.

Set your relievers to be pulled after 40 pitches.

This will allow for up to 4 pitchers but no more. If you have a lot of pitchers (or all your arms are dead, which happened to me) set the relievers to be pulled after 20 and expect 6/7 pitchers to pitch… although the result varies.

I am not the king of the cups by any means but this is how I was able to not only go 6-1 in two cups (and defeated Conn. TNE – who has about 8 of them on Texas – in the finals) but also go 3-4 in the TLT III tournament at the same time.

Hope this helps you guys out.

Also... How to use one pitcher:

Can I ask you a question… how do you get your squad to use only one pitcher? I've never seen that in cup play?

I just asked if you could be more specific.

I was wondering if you meant that you actually set up for only one pitcher or that you had it set up for a certain time during the game that never got reached (i.e. pull starter during a specific inning).

I have played a couple of cup games and the least amount of pitchers I ever used (when I also played exhibition games) was 2. However, you played an entire beer cup and only had one pitcher pitch for both your cup games and exhibition games. It's unheard of and I was wondering what you did?

Anything you can remember would be helpful and appreciated.

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I set it up not to pull him. I signed up for the beer cup first and I was under the impression it would be played first. The exhibition game after was for training purposes only. Win or lose, I don’t care. I only want to train. I do swap exhibition games, so I don’t train everyday. Since I had a full schedule, I did not want to use 3 pitchers in one day so I used him all up. Hope this helps out.