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After considering the way my team has been performing lately, it occurs to me that the best thing about Strato is that managers can't be fired. Anyone else ever have this thought? 8)

Good point - never thought of it! My favorite thing about Strat is waking up the morning after a league fills. I'm sure others have a pattern when looking at a new team, but I first look at the waiver order page which shows the $ left and my waiver position. Depending on the position, I'll look to the free agent list (if I have a top 5-6 position) or straight to my team. When I have a top position, I like to know who I'm going to add before I get to my actual team. Then, I quickly scan the pitchers b/c I never get any that I want and then move to the hitters. Nothing better in Strat for me.

A close second is the waiver frenzy.

Oh, I also like the 1st series foulout injury against a RHP for Oscar Gamble and a groundout injury against a LHP for Kal Daniels.

they cannot be fired because the own the team. you could fire yourself i guess if things were really going bad

I installed Jack Frost as manager of my Ice Cube team that has started 6-21. I am the GM so maybe I can fire him! :twisted:

...you can certainly fire the players. There can be a certain satisfaction when you dump a high priced slugger with a BA of .161 or a fire-balling SP with an ERA of 7.69. But then there's always that lingering uncertainty that you've dumped them too soon. Often, you never find out, but once I was beaten in the semi-finals by two different pitchers who I had dumped earlier in the season. Ouch! This led to a very quick exit by my team from the playoffs. :( :oops:

On the other hand, it's hard to beat picking up a player discarded by another manager and watching him put in an MVP-level performance for your team. My most successful team ever in terms of regular season wins had ten players on it who were discarded by other teams. :D

So, while it can be fun to fire players whose performance is frustrating, I think it's good, most of the time, to put a lid on your emotions and wait till you have some reasonable evidence that the player's in a bad year. The newbie managers who dump a great hitter after 30 bad at bats often, I think, have a tendency to live to regret it.

There is a certain satisfaction to telling a slumping player (...in the words of THE Donald) "Your Fired"!!

OuttaLeftfield, I couldn't agree with you more. I am tempted to get rid of Madlock RIGHT now but I won't cuz I don't want to regret it. I don't get it...he doesn't HAVE a bad card as far as I know. And Clemens...it doesn't matter what team I have him on...he still sucks and I may never draft him again. He's got a few more games to buck up or his @$$ is gone. This game pisses me off...but it is fun.

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cute

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As a matter of fact... I do believe that YF was once relieved of duties from his team and Glenn Braggs had to take over as interim manager in a league I was in. It was very amusing.