[NoOne]

you don't need to... if oyu have it set to "Keep all" for the things you want, you are golden. full backup would only be for a brand new backup directory -- e.g. you rename the old backup directory to be archived for whatever reason...at that point or anythign similar in nature you need to use the full backup to recreate a new backup directory of the league's name.

you don't even need to do a "full backup" the first time - it will do that anyway because it's never backed anythign up. it keeps track of changed or accessed files and those are the only things copied over to the backu directory -- since all is new, all is copied, then flagged as old/saved.

you may just be seeing some template files or something. open it up see if it;s just variables liek "%playername hits X homeruns today in %score with %awayteam"... that stuff is all hardcoded and the variables fill with data from the game - it's all a template that could be visible to us as individual txt files, or possible hidden, i've never looked into it enough.

test: load a backup to anew saved game directory... is the history there? want to make sure even more? sim out X years (1 beyond how long you keep info, if all, then just go out # of years you will feel safe - maybe 5-10ish.)

now make a new backup with this throw-away history long enough for you to feel confident it is keeping everythign you want. restore that - verify history is there.

*keep using different names as you restore backups - never touch the original backup except for loading the first throw-away league you will use. it won't screw up the backup that way... if unsure, the first time back in your original Saved game (not a backup or restored game), use the full backup option the first time back.