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Even last year when this was discovered, it was noticed that during a 2x period one could earn enough points to go from the approx. 1/3 bar to gain the attribute increase, primarily by spamming the desired pitch.

The bug is that you'd get to 1/3 of, say, 37, then get increased to, say 3/4, then instead of cresting you'd find yourself increasing to 1/3 again.

@svpaladin_MLBTS said in Baserunning tips:

The only one I can think of would be to set up a double steal - guy on first steals second, then just as catcher starts springing up to throw to second, start your steal.

Other than that, I think taking home on a passed ball counts as "stealing" home. Haven't had a single passed ball or wild pitch on beginner level to test this theory out with despite having dozens of triples and advancing to third enough times.

The only problem is how do you get the guy on first to steal second when you only have control of your player? Trust me, I thought of that way. I tried a couple of different tactics that had been used successfully by others in either of the previous two years, but they didn't pan out because they relied on either a bug or glitch that doesn't seam to exist in this years version.

You might have to turn off fielding assist.

@Hellsteeth30_XBL said in Bad pitching situation simulation:

My arm has to be in a cast before they take me off usually or I have to give up a run or two.

And a lot of MLB starters as well.

Though up 3 at the start of the 9th is a save situation. Up 4 at start of 9th is not.
Ergo, "Manager" thought it was perfect time for the closer.

Especially since in the WS, the rotation is top 3 only (so your character will get games 4 and 7 as well as the game 1 he was pulled from)

So energy management (want to let you recover enough pitches for your game 4 start) + closer chomping at the bit (this is why you pay them, after all) + save situation = hook.

So I chose the "None" option and that seems to have eliminated the celebration from being used, but now none of the celebrations work.