I'm thrilled about the new update. Now I can flounder around for 5000-6000 games and a couple hundred bucks, running around to different websites for stupid fielding pcts., finally getting a somewhat decent team, and getting knocked off in the Divisional series (as usual). They should have up priced and up defensed deadball hitters, up priced cookies and let it go at that. This is turning into more expense and aggravation than it's worth. But of course I'll be plunking my money down because I'm hooked and they know that, this is a money grabbing scam, and I think these guys also shot JFK.

Remember, guys, fielding grades were assigned based on the fielder's fielding percentage normalized to the historical average.

You'll be safe relying on the fielding grades.

Will owners try all kinds of strategies to "bring down" or "improve" defense? Sure. But there are pros and cons to these strategies.

Stick to the fielding grades and you'll receive what you pay for.

tzentmeyer: To be completely clear, you're saying a C- fielder is a C- fielder regardless of whether he played in 2004 or 1904, and both would be affected the same by a particular pitcher-hitter combo, correct?

he is saying that the pitcher-hitter combo provides the era

you add on top of that the ballpark, and you got something