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Short seasons
I am one of those fools that has to play out all of his team's games in order to enjoy myself. At the same time, I feel player development and the development of a league history are the best part of OOTP. I could never fully enjoy player development or the history aspect of this game to its fullest while playing out every game of a 162 game schedule. I just didn't have the time. So I decided to experiment with playing a shortened season. I went all out too. I started a twelve team league with a 62 game schedule. My league (fictional) started in 1900 and I am proud to say I am halfway through 1907 at this time. All the things I thought I would hate about playing shortened seasons (no 20 game winners, no 100 rbi guys, etc etc.) quickly disappeared. It took maybe 3 seasons for me to assimilate myself to the new stat levels. Now there is nothing better than checking the career leaders. I love watching players work their way to the Hall. I have had 2 guys get 75 rbi's in a season, a feat that I find amazing. I set each team so they have 4 man rotations. This gives each starter basically 15 to 16 starts a game. In the first year of this league I had a guy go 15-1. He has done nothing since. Oh well I ramble on. I just wonder if anyone else plays short seasons?
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