I use 1983 now, because I used to use 1978, I liked the calm pace of play - not too much offense, but realized there was not enough action on bases and that I wanted just a few more homers.
1984-5 are great if you want a balanced offensive context - power, basestealing (am I the only one who misses the 1980s base stealing era?) - but it is not a crazy steroids context.
Still, I find 1983 gives me a middle of the road - more base stealing than nearly any non-1980s season, but less than most of the others, more HRs than the 1960s and 70s, but fewer than the mid-80s and way fewer than the steroid late-90s. I also liked 1990 for the same reason.
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