A slow but steady pace helps make the universe feel more real to me. I play "GM plus" in the sense that I control line-ups and rotations, but I let my coaches handle in-game management. I let most games play out in the real-time mode in the background while I'm doing other things. I write a "season preview" and "season recap" article for each team in my sub-league (just 6 currently, 12 teams total) and I write brief recaps for each of my team's series. I started my current game in March 2013 and am currently midway through my third season.
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"Sometimes, this is like going to a grocery store. You’ve got a list until you get to the check-out stand. And then you start reading People magazine, and all this other [stuff] ends up in the basket."
-Sandy Alderson on the MLB offseason
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