[Charlie Hough]

Neutralized stats are ideal. The only problem is that the neutralized databases that the modders have developed go beyond simply neutralizing for ballpark factors. They also fill in missing seasons for players who missed seasons in real life. And I don't know if OOTP also incorporates any of their other database features, but they allow players to debut based on their minor league debut dates and not their major league debut dates. Their databases also include Negro league and foreign players that never played in MLB.

Again, I don't know exactly which features are included and which are not, but I'm not willing to give up that much historical accuracy in exchange for park neutralized stats. I don't want seasons filled in or anything else modified. Besides, the park factors should be coded to handle this on their own anyway. So if you move Biggio and Bagwell to Wrigley Field, then their performance should be adjusted by the ballpark factors. We shouldn't need a modified database to make this work.

And, on a final note, I agree that it's not about one person's philosophy. And it shouldn't be about two people's philosophy either. I should not be forced to use database values developed based on how two particular people choose to play OOTP. Markus should provide proper support for reasonable and realistic draft values for BOTH real and neutralized stats.