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Originally Posted by drksd4848
OK, so what can I do to neutralize the playing field?
I've shut off just about every dynamic option I possibly could, plus, when I imported the historical 88 Sox last night for a third time, I checked Neutralized stats, with ratings based on peak seasons and they got steam-rolled again. I've also tried it without neutralized stats and they still get clobbered.
Any ideas on what options I should check/uncheck? I've been using the 2016 default MLB template...
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You might try using the 1986 Red Sox instead of the 1988 version instead. The 1988 and 1990 Red Sox won the AL's "Tallest Midget" contest by taking the AL East, but they weren't actually particularly good.
At some point, I don't think you can neutralize away the fact that Mike Greenwell should only ever have a glove in case of extreme emergency, Ellis Burks was never quite as good a defensive CF as I and my fellow Red Sox fans remember, neither MIFer were above-average defensively, Todd Benzinger was a pathetic 1B option, and Rich Gedman was run into the ground before the 1988 season ever started. The fork sticking out of Jim Rice's back at that point might have caused some distractions as well.