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first off, I second/third/fourth (whatever we're up to) the ideas of expanded minor leagues (i.e. rookie ball), personal catchers (the perfect way to sneak rest for a star C without worrying about the AI), improved AI for the lineups when a substitute is starting (I love andy fox as much as anyone, but that doesn't mean I want him batting third when he gets in the game), and most importantly, SERVICE TIME, instead of just years in which he appeared in the majors. As it is currently constituted, there is NO incentive to calling up a hot prospect in September. In fact, it's a decidedly bad decision, regardless of how much you might need the guy (case in point: I have marshall macdougal ready to replace cesar izturis and his .214 career BA, I'm one game out of the playoffs, but I can't justify calling him up because he already has two seasons of big league eligiblity wasted on a combined 45 ABs)
Last suggestion - improved control while managing the games. It's frustrating when I have Joey Thurston on 1st in a tight game with a good contact hitter at the plate. I don't send him because I don't want to run myself out of the inning, but the count gets to 3-1, I know the pitcher has to come over the plate, but I can't do anything about it. Then the guy smacks one into the gap, but thurston only gets to 3rd, Shawn Green strikes out, and there goes any chance I had of winning
(The fact that Green has a combined .240 average in the last three seasons I've played is an entirely separate matter.)
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