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Originally Posted by ootpyeahyouknowme
It leads me to believe OOTP fixes it beforehand. I added the likes of Boegarts, Wong, Kershaw, Stanton, Sale, Oscar Taveras, Kimbrel, and other 4 and 5 star players. Nearly every spot on the roster was 4-5 stars.
I finished 3rd in runs scored and 1st in runs against, yet finished 4th and missed the playoffs. I think it's because OOTP had me punched in for 4th anyway, and so had to unnaturally jack up what the Phillies did.
The Phillies won 92 games with basically a hodgepodge of 1 star and 3 star players.
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I guess the best way to prove your theory would be to replay the year in question. Go to Commissioner mode. Strip down every team in the NL East to bums and utility players. Make the Mets a team of all stars. If the Mets still finish 4th then you may have something.
IRL I have played ball my whole life. I have been on very talented teams that went nowhere. I have also been on teams that had no business winning but when the dust settled we were the last one's standing. It's part of what makes baseball great. I think because each game is broken down in to so many slower observable pieces that we think we can analyze it to the point where it is a known science. I enjoy the stats aspect to baseball, hence why I play OOTP. All the same, look at all the new stats used to analyze players. A lot of people worship the stat God but the fact is you need talent, training, luck, mental fortitude, team cohesion, professionalism and a little bit of something no one has ever figured out in order to have a great team. If it is so easy to predict who is better then who then why don't they crown the World Series winner in April. Did you have the Red Sox down as champs this year? Not many did.
For myself, when I first started playing OOTP I too thought I could see certain patterns that appeared to be programming related fixes. From changing strategies to reading posts on this site I learned that many of these 'fixes' were myths.
In the end, I think you have to ask why you play the game. Is it possible what you say is true? Yes it is. I see that you joined just this December but say you have been playing for years. There is nothing wrong with this. I played for many years before posting or reading on this site but if you are just stirring up crap then beat it. If you truly believe the fix is in then why continue to play?