[Comedian2004]

While I am a big Tiger fan, I never build my team that way. I lose all Tiger royalty when I play the game. I want the best team from all the players that are available.

I have trade set on HARD and during the season, the only way I was able to make a decent trade was when I traded away a good player that I could spare. Actually, it was Osteen and ended up getting a Larry Biitner. Also, at the same time, I took over the team on opening day.

My team, while being great, is not in the class of the 27 Yankees. What I did was sim from 1901 to 1975, I then released all players and had a draft. My 1st 5 picks were my starting pitchers, then I built up my starting offense and then went back to picking the bullpen. I ended up with an awesome staff, but my offense was not that good. In fact, I was a lousy team when I resigned 20 games into the season. The AI then made some trades (Cya Seaver) and turned the team into a .500 team. They stayed that way until 78 and then I took over the team again. Most of the original staff was still there, but there were some changes on offense.

With 60 games left, I am battling for the division (currently lead by 1 game), but injuries have played a major role in limiting my team from dominating.

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So what I did was to have the computer take over my team and make it a better team. You can do the reverse. You could resign and let the AI take over and watch how your team will go downhill. It may take a year or two, but it will happen. So, you sim until your team has dropped from it's super status to a regular team again and then take over the team again.