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darkwhite · 07-03-2015, 06:38 PM

Hello all and thank you for your replies. Over the last days I read the manual and almost everything on "How Baseball Works".
Thank you battists for that link. I noticed that I do know more of baseball than I had thought. Also I am still new to the game, I at least know the basics it seems. Still, a long way to go.

I started with a fictional league. I must have missed some checkbox because the game started with asking me to draft a team. I struggled more than managed to do so with help of the AI.

Nevertheless it was a valuable lesson. It made me notice that I do not know the relevant attributes needed to play a certain position. E.g. does a Shortstop need a high arms rating? Or is a high error attribute more important for 2B than for 3B (or vice versa)?
How can I learn that?

I searched youtube for some baseball games as well. I mostly found compilations and best-ofs but not many full games to watch. I understand that there is no live-stream (at least no free one) to watch some MLB games. But is there by chance a website offering historic games e.g. from last season or from a couple of months ago?

07-03-2015, 06:38 PM	#10
darkwhite Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 4	Hello all and thank you for your replies. Over the last days I read the manual and almost everything on "How Baseball Works". Thank you battists for that link. I noticed that I do know more of baseball than I had thought. Also I am still new to the game, I at least know the basics it seems. Still, a long way to go. I started with a fictional league. I must have missed some checkbox because the game started with asking me to draft a team. I struggled more than managed to do so with help of the AI. Nevertheless it was a valuable lesson. It made me notice that I do not know the relevant attributes needed to play a certain position. E.g. does a Shortstop need a high arms rating? Or is a high error attribute more important for 2B than for 3B (or vice versa)? How can I learn that? I searched youtube for some baseball games as well. I mostly found compilations and best-ofs but not many full games to watch. I understand that there is no live-stream (at least no free one) to watch some MLB games. But is there by chance a website offering historic games e.g. from last season or from a couple of months ago? Last edited by darkwhite; 07-04-2015 at 03:58 AM.