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Originally Posted by Spritze
Have to re-disagree with the disagreement postulated by the excellent Mr. Steve P.
I also tested this using Versions 5,6,7 and 8 and found the same challenges as Mr. Dwight.
Re-installing won't fix it. Only recalc will.
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Then maybe this is one item where the game works better on a Mac than on a PC.
I certainly urge people to run their own tests and check their comfort level about the results they get.
I do think your explanation using the example of Clemente is reasonably apt. With recalc on, Clemente may have a couple of bad seasons, but you know he's going to perform in the future. With recalc off, you can't know for sure that this will happen: he may have the potential but it never pays off. For my money, I think that makes playing the game more like being in the shoes of an owner, GM or manager of the day. If seeing a Clemente or a McCovey or a Cepeda have a bad career is too painful to contemplate, then you have to use recalc.
Having said that, I will stick to my overall assessment that having recalc off does not produce a lot of historically distorted results -- and I don't think it explains what the OP describes IMHO. But that's about all I can contribute. I hope the original poster finds a satisfactory solution.