[webrian]

I am currently all the way down in a BRONZE league (I hate to even admit this) and, with a team consisting of 19 Historical Perfect cards (100s) and 7 Historical Diamond cards, I am *barely* treading water at 46-42, 1.5 games back of the leader.

I think this puts to bed any notion that greater cards always win. I should not be struggling like this in a BRONZE league with those cards. I've spent around $1000 USD on cards the past month. I can't win 90 games in a BRONZE league.

I did try to "theme" my team. I populated it 75 to 80 percent with players from the late 1800s and early 1900s. I called them the AfterDark Deadballers. I tried my best to lean mostly toward All-Time Legend cards, thinking that would give me the lift. Nothing.

My current chemistry rating is 16.47 percent. A couple of months ago, I had a team of 66 percent chemistry. It consisted mostly of St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals players. I had to scrap the team because it always finished below .500.

I also check out other teams. As far as I can tell, unless someone has filled their roster with Mission cards, they're struggling to compete.

The chemistry algorithm just does not work. It needs to be taken apart and put back together again. And there most definitely needs to be more leeway for creativity.