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Originally Posted by Orcin
The thing that kills stats only for me is that it is not realistic.
In real life, GMs have stats and scouts. Sometimes, they say opposite things. Part of the skill is sorting that contrary information and weighing which one is right.
Eliminating one source of information is like playing a PGA event without walking the course or knowing the pin placements. No one would do it.
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I'm way late on this discussion, but my two cents anyway...
The middle statement above seems to get to the heart of why some people I've talked to do not like stats only. Basically, you have to act as both the scout AND the GM when you play stats only. Some people love both those roles - if so, I think stats only is for you. If you just want to make baseball business decisions, then it is not for you. If you mostly want to just decide whether to send the runner on a 2-1 pitch, then stats only is not for you. You have to want to be a scout. Some people find that extremely tedious. I can totally understand that.
That said, I love it and play all my solo endeavors stats only and encourage others to give it a try.