[IatricSB]

BigTrain,

I agree with you 100%. The whole DIPS thing has left a bad taste for me and from what I've seen has not worked all that great with historical leagues. I find it odd that OOTP jumped on the DIPS bandwagon given that its such a relatively new idea (compared to other sabermatric stats).

I'm regretting the decision to move Boys of Summer to OOTP6. I would love to be able to use the OOTP5 engine in v6, but that's not possible. The conversion was done in a way to try to adjust a pitchers ratings to fit better into the DIPS system. So you end up with players rated based on one system while trying to play using another system (in addition to the fact that some fields like Avoiding Hits are no longer there).

I've read all the arguments both ways and tried to have an open mind to it. In fact, I enjoyed DIPS when I first used it. But the longer I used it, the less I liked the results in historical leagues.