[Stanley Kuppchaser]

I don't repeat any of my players on my teams. Even Willie Mays was added to that stricture this year. If I feel I want to "trade" a player to one of the other teams, I make sure he's gone from the other roster before I acquire him. If it's a guy I pull, I jettison the other first. I have to admit, since my prime focus it get guys I like, I don't even take much notice whether they're an SE or whatever. I look at the name and the ratings. It wasn't until after I bought him that realized I had a Ralph Kiner that so many others have. What my Ralph Kiner has that they don't is memories. Memories of a Ron Hunt or Ray Charles on Kiner's Korner, holding the toy car model they were given for appearing. What I wouldn't give for one of those Dodge Dart 1/24 scale beauties!



I realize he became famous for his malapropisms as he got older, but he was a wonderful story teller in the early days with Bob Murphy and Lindsay Nelson. What a great crew! I still listen to old time baseball radio on the internet and they still sound terrific.



I have to admit that sometimes sentiment gets in the way of an upgrade. I had a chance to replace Kiner with a '21 Babe Ruth, but just couldn't get myself to do it. Ah well, maybe the Bambino will someday end up on one of my other teams.



The thing that keeps my interest up is my narrow focus on OL. I will admit that if not for that, I'd be playing FHM 6. PT success just doesn't seem important to me. In the seasons I've made the playoffs, I just let the team run. I don't bother with changing the rotation or lineups because I don't care that much about it. Besides, OOTP's strategy system makes it seem like you're only offering the AI suggestions, which seem often to be ignored. Now, put me in against another OL team...