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Oh and I dipped into the manual a little. Whilst it might shed some light on specific issues now and then it's hardly a good read. I'll just use it for ref. if I get seriously stuck with anything.
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True. Don't overlook the search feature, though. It works pretty well.
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I understood the explaination of what the magic number is. I'm just saying it seems superfluous.
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slugga is right - the magic number is meaningful only in September.
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And its top of the ninth...Tampax are leading 3-2...2 out, 2 on base, and its 2/2 the offering...Butler swings, the hit, hard and long...and it's going up..up...it's out of here...Butler brings home 3 for the Yankees and the crowd are going CRAZY. (and some mad Welsh dude is laughing insanely to himself in an empty room)
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And some calm, sedate American dude who happens to be a fan of the read deal, smiles.
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One would think my miserable twat of an owner might smile after a 12 win streak putting us back into contention. But NO he's "upset". I've come to the conclusion he is in serious need of Prozac in general and Lithium when the Yankees are in a slump. Yep - someone needs to go buy this guy a few hookers asap.
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You sure are providing one essential ingredient to enjoying this game: imagination.
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Coming to a t.v. screen near you: the new series When Good Trades Go Bad.
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Bah, you've got to give a trade time to evaluate it properly. I recently had something similar happen to me but in reverse: I traded an SP who I thought was over the hill for an up and coming prospect. The SP spent the next season and a half spanking my rear-end (figuratively and virtually, not literally) while my prospect languished in AAA. Well, guess what. The SP had a CEI (career-ending injury), but not in a game against me which would have been exquisite, and the prospect is now my everyday CF (batting .260 but steals bases like candy). Not every trade works out, of course, but you need to look at them in the long-term to judge them properly.
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Meanwhile I am being bombarded by News items telling me how all my minor league teams are getting regularly slaughtered.
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I have often thought over the years whether this means anything. Is it something to be concerned about, I wonder? Does it mean either my prospects stink, or they will not develop as well because they are playing on losing teams? I don't know, but one thing I am fairly sure of: If you are playing with ghost players, I don't think minor league team record means much at all and is basically random and neutral in effect. That's how I play, so I don't worry about it.