austinmdavidson wrote:chris.sied@yahoo.com wrote:I suspect it would totally blow up the game engine, but why should taking the cheapest Musial card lock up all the superior ones?
You're saying you'd like to see multiple cards from the same player allowed in a single league? In a high cap league every team fielding a different Ruth card and/or a different Bonds card? Could even roster 2 or 3 of the same player in one outfield. Can't think of why this would be better than the status quo but it's definitely...something.
Why not? At it's heart, this game is numbers on a card that represent probabilities. Its our emotional attachment to the cards and players that make this a question. If I can put together an outfield of a 1920s Ruth, a 1950s Mantle and a 2000s bonds, then the only difference in the quality of the outfield I have assembled between that and three Ruth cards are the names at the top of the card.
If strat was unable to use players names because of licensing and so the cards were all fake names or just a simple card serial number, would we be having the same discussion? A..lets say...Trae Bluth card from 1927 and a Ray Truth card from 1923 wouldn't be the "same person" and of course we could play them together.
What is the distinguishing factor between cards? Is is the name, or is it the numbers on the card?
told you this might be controversial.