[chrishthomas]

I play all 162 games...it's definitely a challenge to find time to do it (staying interested isn't an issue). However, I use season mode, rather than franchise. I am only interested in playing the games, not doing all the management and budgeting. I typically only play one season with a given team, but I believe season mode will actually let you continue into the off-season and subsequent seasons just like franchise.

For me, I'm having an issue right now about what to do with my current season. I didn't buy The Show '12. My first season of '11, I played as the White Sox, and lost game 7 of the World Series. Put the game aside for a few months, and started a season with the Rockies sometime during the winter. By the time '12 came out, I was into June or July and didn't want to trash that season. So, I played it out, and won game 7 of the World Series with a walk off homer in the bottom of the 14th.

Got restless back in February, and pulled '11 out again, thinking I had no intention of getting '13. Just made it to the All-Star break with the Nationals. Then lo and behold, my daughter got me '13 for my birthday. I played a couple of games on Saturday to get a feel for it and really loved it...but, I feel like I need to finish out this final season of '11.