I drafted a team knowing like everybody else that pitching is key - however also knowing the pitching is fickle and almost random at times from year to year.
So I felt that I would concentrate of good young-ish fielder/batters and my pitching would be a bunch of good old guys that had a track record and down the road I would slowly augment with younger players as I found thing .
WELL - one thing I did not take into account and something Strat-o-matic players don't have to deal with is how fast an older player recoups his lost energy.
DANG! If you have a 5 man rotation with a bunch of 35-39 year old's you better have a 6 man rotation instead.
AND, if you have a bullpen that is really nice but are all in the 35's you better be careful as it takes those old guys extra time to get that energy back.
NOW - you take a old rotation that all of a sudden is getting tired by the 6th inning and combine that with a bullpen that has 6 guys that are taking an extra day or two to get back to full energy AND you toss in a couple extra inning ballgames while playing 17 days in a row.
You got a problem LOL
Lesson learned and I'm scrambling for fresh arms. OH - let's not forget Hudson injures himself in the 2nd inning with a tired bullpen.
sigh!
So I felt that I would concentrate of good young-ish fielder/batters and my pitching would be a bunch of good old guys that had a track record and down the road I would slowly augment with younger players as I found thing .
WELL - one thing I did not take into account and something Strat-o-matic players don't have to deal with is how fast an older player recoups his lost energy.
DANG! If you have a 5 man rotation with a bunch of 35-39 year old's you better have a 6 man rotation instead.
AND, if you have a bullpen that is really nice but are all in the 35's you better be careful as it takes those old guys extra time to get that energy back.
NOW - you take a old rotation that all of a sudden is getting tired by the 6th inning and combine that with a bullpen that has 6 guys that are taking an extra day or two to get back to full energy AND you toss in a couple extra inning ballgames while playing 17 days in a row.
You got a problem LOL
Lesson learned and I'm scrambling for fresh arms. OH - let's not forget Hudson injures himself in the 2nd inning with a tired bullpen.
sigh!
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