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3. We learn the names and are sent to the Baseball Encyclopedia and other books to learn more about the deadball era players.
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This is #1 for me. I spend half my time simming and playing the game, the other half googling various players to read more about them. I love what this part of the game has done to my baseball knowledge.
I was just talking to my dad today about how I'm currently in 1910 and "Big Ed" Walsh has a career 1.87 era so far. (real life was 1.82) Just talking about various players I never about facinates me.