I was going back through the blogs posted on the OOTP forums and I have to say the one posted today probably has me the most excited about the game.
hxxp://www.ootpbaseball.net/clubhouse.php?view=news&gid=26&id=1304
Here's a quote from it:
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In the end, everyone from Bill James to Baseball Prospectus seems to come to the conclusion the players peak at about age 27 (give or take a year), with pitchers maybe a year later. But, of course, it's more complex than that. Baseball skills don't develop or erode at the same pace. Walks are an "old player skill," for example, while triples a "young player skill." Previous versions of the game, however, had every skill rising and falling in a standard umbrella pattern. OOTPv2007 is different. For the first time, it is modeling each skill as a separate component.
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Granted, I don't expect perfect aging, but this is a
HUGE step forward for the OOTP series.