lowSKY64 is a Strat-O-Matic convert like myself. His comments could well have been mine, expect that Joe says it better.

Although like Daniel E. I'm sure that couldn't go back to a game without pitch by pitch, DMB's pbp is the reason that I play and play this great game and just never get tired of it. I started playing some 1934 this morning and after a few plays into the first inning of a game between the Cubs and Cards, I sat back in my chair thinking - Wow!