I agree with you completely. Especially with the lefty specialist idea. If I am playing a home game and it is a tight game, I may have to go to a lefty to get a particular guy out and then go back to a righty, but in the away games, the robot does not have the a.i. to come up with those scenarios, thus allowing the home team to come away victorious when, had the away manager been managing, they never would have gotten the opportunity to win the game.

By the way, I have a question. Does it make a difference if you play the game online or offline? When I used to play completely online I found I had a much wider variety of plays pop up than when I setup my lineup, disconnect, then play the game. Maybe it's just that the new game has lesser plays or maybe it's just my imagination, but I seem to go through the same play (same exact wording and all) about 2 or 3 times a game. Anyone else get that?