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Hey all, I need some help. I'm a new player with lots of problems! I already have 4 guys injured. Is there something i'm doing wrong. I don't really look at the cards when I set my lineup. What should i'm be paying attention to? Any help would be appreciated. Happy new Year!![b:f83ec31cf7][/b:f83ec31cf7]

You may have some players with high injury chances...but it coudl be just be bad luck, I have had 4 injured at one time and all had injuries on 2. Luck does play into this game even with your best laid plans

You have to look at the cards. It's the key to the game. I bumped a "Tips for Newbies" thread. It should be near the top of the 80s forum. It has lots of good info.

Most likely your not doing anything wrong unless you aren't gitn-on reading those injury results and narrowing down what year player you have. Read the link that sphillip bumped for you...

Here in the 80's we sort of hope for an injury...and the earlier in the season the better.

tell us how your players got injured (by groundout etc... and versus a Left-hander or RH...and for how long and we might be able to give you a tip or two)

to be clear-the occurrence of injuries does not mean you are doing anything wrong. It is, in fact, a "good thing." Most managers want to see a bunch of injuries in early games.

On each card (with few exceptions) there is a roll against lefties and righties which says "+injury." Some cards have this on a roll of 2 or 12. Some on 3 or 11. And some on 4 and 10.

Cards with 163 games played usualy have no injuries. There is a Rice card and a Ripken card like this (maybe more). Generally speaking, most cards have injuries on 2 or 12 making it relatively rare to get an injury. Guys like Tettleton and Eric Davis, who are injury prone, have an injury occur on more frequently rolled numbers.

If a player has 680 ABs plus BB he cant be injured for more than one game. If a player has 600 ABs plus BB he cant be injured for more than three games. If a player has less than 600 ABs plus BB he still cant be injured for more than fifteen game (but he can still be injured for as little as 0 extra games).

By reviewing if the handedness of the pitcher that the injured player was facing, the type of play the injury occurred on and the number of days of the injury you can narrow down the card you have. Line out is a very popular injury so Line out of 3 days is usually not very informative, but Ground out for 7 days, for example, will usually tell you exactly who you have.

Another way to tell that you have a really good card is that you get a lot of offers for someone who was just injured.

I have had as many as 4 injuries in a game. It is random based on rolls.