[dankrzyz]

I agree that decline is first seen or most drastic in particular categories or characteristics. Example: SP doesn't have the endurance and pitch speed later in his career, but continues to be effective. I think we could all think of a few examples like this. I think that it sometimes comes out in previous versions of OOTP, but I wonder if that's just a coincidence. Is there some sort of method, if even mild?

But does this carry over into what I call "personality" attributes - like team loyalty, wants to play for winner, etc? It's quite common for a player to be loyal to his team through his career, but then get a big bump into "wants to play for winner" as his career winds down.