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#16537	03/24/2015 5:39:40 am
Jayman Joined: 01/22/2015 Posts: 89 Inactive	So I dig your efforts on making the scouting reports in the future tense so as not to mislead people on what they should expect this season. However, it makes it funny in older players who won't improve much more. For Example: Scouting Report: He can have a major league fastball. He can have a major league slider. He will have the stamina to be a starting pitcher. He has very good overall potential. He is probably too old to improve much more. Shouldn't the tense reflect the present in this case? Which may change the scouting report entirely I guess. Just pointing it out, don't really think it's a big deal as at that point the ratings tell the story more than the report. Just a suggestion on making it more realistic. And I'm not an IT guy so I have no idea how difficult or easy it would be.

#16543	03/24/2015 6:24:52 am
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	I like it, Jayman. I'll offer up a few, umm, I'll call them PASTs-Pitchers Aging Skills Ticklers: His fastball used to have life. His curve had some curve to it back in the day. He had stamina without popping blue pills.

#16566	03/24/2015 11:27:52 am
Yuri84 Joined: 10/14/2014 Posts: 639 Apple Valley Raccoons IV.4	Haha, had a good laugh reading Mike's suggestions. Here's one of my own as well: His control is now completely out of control. Applies to most of my pitching staff.

#16600	03/24/2015 6:32:45 pm
buffmckagan Joined: 12/22/2013 Posts: 651 Scranton Bears Legends	I also think it would be neat to have like failed potential cited too. "He could have been a prolific hitter, but he wasn't."

#16603	03/24/2015 7:32:40 pm
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals III.2	How about He was prolific slugger, but now he can't hit a double or He was quick, but now, he lost his speedy whip. Ok, now seriously, here's what would be better and serious: He was a prolific slugger and he was quick.