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Originally Posted by SittingDuck

Some good comments here, so I am glad I dragged this back out into the light of day. It will also be good for some of the total newbs around here.

Well, a few points. What I seek is a league where historical greats have a decent, but not absolute chance of reproducing their careers. A semi-historical run, if you will. I don't like or want historical replay. I like that with recalc off Carlton might be a toad. This is what makes the whole draft/trade thing great. I watched Morgan turn out to be horrible, and somehow I got a thrill out of that (maybe its the ESPN thing). I like this possibility.

At the same time, I want the players to have a better than even chance of being around their historical performance, so that the guys who dive really are huge gambles. When you trade some serious talent for a star and he bombs, the feeling is a mixture of disappointment mixed with satisfaction that nothing is a sure thing. The problem with recalc is that the bomb trajectory that Morgan was on would be steered back to historical accuracy. And that's the bummer. Generally, I have no issue with recalc off but it is just for the endurance issue. I suppose I can edit it for the big starters should I desire to do so, but that also leaves a hole in that what about the lesser pitchers? So it half-covers it, should I decide to go that route.

As to near-certain reproduction of careers, I can assure you that this isn't always the case. I just saw the Mick hack a .253/12/68 season in 582 ABs in '63!!! It was the inaugural season so generally the historic team. NY shelved him against LHP at the end of the year (AI team) and did he get pissed off! I was loving those stats, just for the historical variance. Again, I have player development @ 133, so that enables such a seasonal slide. But of course, in the next season his ratings are big again because recalc forgets the season just completed in ootp and uses historical data only. Oh well. But Mantle was by far an aberration of what the greats did that year. Most produced fairly well.

I don't see playing historical with possible variance as being completely non-fictional. Some guys think historical means replay. It does not in OOTP and there are shades of 'historical accuracy' that can be delivered. I seek a shadowed world of historicals here. And as in case of the Mick, scary things can exist in the shadows.

It's a homerun!
He hits the nail right on the head!
Bingo!
This is me to a T! This is what I want as well.