How is it possible that a team starts at 43-14 and then goes 6-19? Can't blame it on injuries or bad transactions since there were no injuries or transactions.

I'm relatively new so I would be interested in the stories of your most notorious collapses. Also some insight into how these things happen would be appreciated. Almost makes a person think there is some "catch up mode" to keep people interested.

It just happens. Your team is probably not as good as 43-14 and probably not as bad as 6-19. It's probably closer to 43-14.

I recently had a team that went on an 11 game losing streak at the beginning of the season, but managed to get hot towards the end and made the playoffs with 93 wins.

Bad matchups, uncomplimentary ballparks and team slumps can all gang up on you at once.

and sometimes you run into a team thats resting its players all at the same time and you put up 20 runs/game and then fatigue catches up with you.

i've had an open league team win 20 games in a row..but they were a .500 team all season long and missed the playoffs..

Got a champs league team goin that started 42-18, and has gone 12-22 since. Quality competition makes for a wider luck deviation I would think...

I had a team that started out 18-39, which shocked me since I thought it was a pretty good team. Eventually I climbed back to .500 and then a few games over, before ending up at 79-83. That disappointed me a bit, since I would have considered it a moral victory to finish .500.

There was no WW in that league, and at no point did I have fatigue problems or start scrubs. I could never figure out what changed after those first 57 games.

....whenever a team of mine goes on a tear, I chalk it up to brilliant managing....whenever we tank, I blame the "stupid system"!!!!

i can't tell you what it is, but i can tell you what it's not. it is not a "catch up mode".

I'm currently 71-69 in a league which included a 12 game losing streak. I would have went 6-6 on those or even 5-7 I'd be there for the wild card. We are all victims of the sim gods sometimes.

Quote: Originally Posted By grizzly_one on 11/03/2009The "catch up mode" cheat codes are the very best. But not even all the HOFers have them

It's true.... I've been waiting for mine for some time now......don't know what the holdup is.....