[slic1149]

I play with recalc on, I enjoy 50s through 90s baseball and almost always start my career with a team from one of those decades. In addition I always start with free agency and arbitration. In the case of the fifties, sixties, and early 70s I extend both by two years. This allows plenty of player churn while keeping the salaries at an acceptable level and there are still players who will play their entire career with the same team.

In my case I always play a 25 year career and manage and general manage my team. This allows me to set the overall strategy, handle roster moves, and set lineups and pitching staffs. Then I let my bench coach manage. I give him control to improvise and leave him alone if he is winning. I play out about 10 regular season games a season, and any playoffs. I sim day to day using the tick mark and leave email as my home screen during a play session to handle anything that comes up.

Based on this pretty broad definition of the way I play. Usually, I will take one player and manage his career. In my current league I took over the 54 Indians and built the franchise around Roger Maris instead of trading him. I like picking out specific players and trying to get them through trade. The kicker is I don't play with players from other eras. It is my universe, but it is still based on the reality of the times.