in a cards and dice 1970 league (a bit of a hybrid between Basic Game and Master Game) I am wondering the same thing. Only problem in this league is if opponent rolls power numbers - you can’t stop that. Still, I am strongly thinking of starting Brooks at 3B iso Ron Santo… Obviously for the 3B-6.
Stealing is automatic in the basic game. I personally love it, but some do not. The master game due to be added to GO in the future does not have auto stealing and it is up to the player.
@TSBL It’s a great little house rule. Easy to do. Makes for a strategic decision. The home manager can only re-roll his own dice roll, though. (Otherwise he could simply negate a three-run homer by the visiting team.) Not sure the rule does enough to swing the home team to a 54% advantage on a game like APBA, but it sure can’t hurt.