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Originally Posted by sharknut
so maybe some of these additions can get me over the hump at some point
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Here's hoping!
This season I added 5 new players, the most in for-ages.
99OVR Barry Bonds to DH against RHP (he's been awful so far - his BA just now reaching the .190s - his BABIP had been below .200 for the whole season to this month, so just really bad luck I guess). I pulled Barry, which meant I could pretty cheaply finish the MadBum Giants mission, all the cards I needed surprisingly available in the AH. SE MadBum is now my 5th starter.
Also finished the White Sox collection, and SE Walsh goes into the 2-spot on my rotation. SE Appling comes in to play 3B against LHP and back-up 2B and 3B against RHP.
I pulled 97OVR Gagne the same morning I pulled Bonds which tickled me not only because I've never pulled 2 historical diamonds that close together but also because of the gentleman's agreement that Bonds and Gagne had (favoring Bonds, imo). Gagne is no use to me but he did enable me to finish the LoDuca Dodgers mission. LoDuca is my catcher vs LHP, and plays against RHP when SE Scioscia is tired, so about every 4th game. I'm still contemplating playing LoDuca every 3rd game against RHP.
Mike LaValliere had a pretty good run, playing as my backup catcher and late inning defensive replacement from 2030-2099.
SE Hornsby and SE Wright have moved to reserves, making me a bit weaker vs LHP but we're still holding our own there.
I'm 2 cards away from completing 2 other mission sets and am also working on a couple other individual missions. Accumulating PP and grinding tournaments.