[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Hasta la vista pelota

I may be thinking of another game, but I believe player deaths were at one time in OOTP, but someone complained about it and they took it out. Or maybe that was in-game deaths and not old-age deaths.

Anyway, this discussion reminds me of the often-told story that goes something like this (I've heard many variations.):

A young sportswriter in the 1950s asked an old-timer what he thought a great hitter like Ty Cobb would hit against "modern" players. After all, he hit something like .367 for his career while playing mostly in the dead-ball era.

"Oh, Cobb would hit about .280, .290 today," the old-timer said.

"What, a great hitter like Cobb would hit only .290 today?"

"Well, you must remember, Mr. Cobb is currently 65 years old."

We all have to remember that real players are officially in this game now. To have the game predict their dates of death would be macabre indeed.

Great story about Cobb.