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Old 02-19-2016, 12:53 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by frangipard View Post
My reaction on reading this was to shout "Holy ****ing **** crackers."


Just so I'm not overreacting here.

1) Does this mean that if I start, say, a Pittsburgh Pirates franchise in 1985, and I will have a 20 year old Barry Bonds on the roster of my Class A Prince William affiliate, with appropriate potential ratings befitting a 1984 first-round pick, and that the game will sim out his career? That he might flame out/suffer a career-ending injury/ etc. etc.

2) What about "never-weres?" If start a 1992 Yankees franchise, is there a possible future in which Brien Taylor becomes a superstar?



3) So what about real leagues? If I take over the Mariners in 2009, can I draft Mike Trout out of high school?

Brien Taylor....No matter how many years go by, that name still fills me with a sense of dreadful longing for what could have been.

From K's to crack. Sad stuff.

Ex-New York Yankees prospect Brien Taylor sentenced to prison
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