Casey Stengel The 1957 replay has commenced and Week One is in the books. It's pretty much what you would expect for the first 4-5 game of the seasons. Some bad teams got off to a hot start, some good teams are struggling, there are a handful of players hitting over .500, another handful over .400, and Ted Williams is hitting .143 (2-for-14). All of these things have a way of leveling off as the week's pass, although I suppose Teddy Ballgame is probably a little eager to get the season moving along so he can get his hits. I am pretty pleased with the start of the season. I keep a copy of the BBR box score open on my second monitor so that I can see what pinch-hitters, relievers, or defensive adjustments were used that day. I am not trying to exactly mimic that real-life game, but I do use those elements as suggestions, maybe even strong suggestions, but it's really just a way to observe and adapt to lineup tendencies that teams deploy. While Week One was a relat...