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Originally Posted by MghFond
Anyone else ever run into this situation?
I am a new player of this fine game and enjoying it a lot. Right now I am managing the 1967 Detroit Tigers in what is a replay of one of the tightest pennant races in American League history. The Red Sox won the real season.
It is now the halfway point in the season and I've got the Tigers in first place by 1/2 game and I get a message from the team owner.
He states he is very pleased with how the team has played and how I have managed them to first place but that he is unhappy with my lack of effort to trade for a Cy Young Award winner????
Mickey Lolich, one of the Tiger pitchers, is leading the league in wins so far and I've got other solid starters in Earl Wilson and Denny McLain with fine records.
He closed with saying if I don't acquire a Cy Young Award winner pitcher I could well be fired before season end.
I have no idea how I am supposed to fulfill that awful demand. In fact how do I even know if I do push thru some big trade the pitcher I get will be a Cy Young Award winner?
It all seems pretty ridiculous.
Anyone else deal with this sort of thing?
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Don't look at the individual owner goals as ultimatums. Basically, the idea is that the AI thinks you need another pitcher. The actual writing that you read is just window dressing on the real goal. In the Cy Young scenario the idea is to improve your staff.
As long as you exceed winning expectations and/or you are more profitable than expected then you can expect a lot of leeway from the owner.