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Originally Posted by Mariner and Giants Fan
I have been playing a historical league that I started in 1946. I let the computer do everything while I check the results. This is how I play DMB and most computer sports games I have. I don't have the time to micro manage these games as I spend too much of my free time playing World of Warcraft  .
Anyway I noticed that Hank Aaron has been playin for the Cardinals since 1960 and the computer put him at second base! What the heck? To be fair he was playing right field until the end of the current season but still!! He also only has 365 homeruns for his career which started in 1953!! He started with Milwaukee in 1953 and was traded to St. Louis in 1959. He has been injured a few seasons but still this is too far off reality to please this baseball historian. I hope that the AI in version 9 is better than this.
I also looked at how Sandy Koufax did and OMG!! He played about 7 years and had 55 wins before suffering a career ending injury. Again the historical computer AI is found wanting. Yes I know Koufax did retire early in 1966 but he had many effective years.
This is why I favor Diamond Mind Baseball over this truly wonderful game. This game is awesome for the fictional universe, but when it comes to histrical replays it ain't even close. I wish we could get DMB like results with the OOTP manager  |
The next version is supposed to improve the AI's playing players out of position. We'll see. Are you playing with recalc on?
Incidentally, in Koufax's first seven years in the majors, he won 54 games.