It's never wise to tempt the Strato Gods although you didn't have to rest Ernie as he couldn't get hurt anyway. Keep us informed on your first playoff. The Gods may yet have something tricky up their sleeve waiting on you. :lol:
Maxie the inimitable DrJeff had 2 catchers go down for 15 games at the end of a season once in ATG 1 but I've not heard of it in ATG2.