Correlation Between Liking This Game and Rarely Playing It
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One discovery I think I've made this year is this: The people who defend The Show and seem to like it more overall do not play the game as much as people who feel the opposite. Sure, they might get the game every year, as they tend to be casual video game players and The Show is all they play... but that doesn't mean they play the game a lot. My one friend I play with most has a job, wife and daughter which keeps him busy and he only gets a game in every so often. Of course, when screwy things happen, I call it out (both ways). He is very quick to tell me how he buys the game every year and that I'm wrong and all sorts of that nonsense, without actually backing it up. He likes to think everything good that happens to him in the game is because of how skilled he is and is completely unaware / in denial of RNG, game scripting and comeback logic. Although, after two 9 inning games, where he accumulated 2-3 hits total (and spent most of the games hitting the ball directly to my fielders) he might be agreeing with me a little bit more now, though he'd never admit it.
And then I think to myself. If I take an extended absence from The Show and come back, the first 3 games back always seem to play a lot better. It's because I've greatly decreased my sample size and when I do that, what I'm playing has the appearance of a much better baseball game. I'm no longer seeing the patterns/flaws that come into play the more ranked seasons games I participate in. It's kind of a sad revelation, but it's easier to enjoy The Show a lot more, the less you play it.
