Here's a thought.  For those who like the disease concept but think the losses are a little extreme.  Could you make the upper limit to losses configurable rather than hard coded at 28%?

<t> I am experiencing this same issue after applying the 1.20 patch.<br/>
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This seems to only affect newly created leagues and I have only<br/>
created historical. Tried creating 1903 start 3 times and 1904 once.<br/>
After running from 1 - 2 months I always get hung with Brooklyn<br ...

<t> Made sure I tried the new Beta before reporting this.<br/>
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When a player moves to a new team the Batting statistics on the Team page are reflected<br/>
properly in the Almanac. Stats for time on each team are properly reported.<br/>
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However, defensive stats are "lost" on the ...

<t> The reboot has always worked for me. However this morning it looks like<br/>
simply exiting the game and restarting the game resets the problem.<br/>
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So I Enabled Speech Engine then loaded Game. I immediately notice<br/>
that I have lost the "Bat Sound" when selecting items from the ...

<t> Same problem here - times when there is no ambient sound after the anthem. <br/>
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It has been caused whenever I make some change to the game. When I<br/>
clicked on the Enable Speech Engine this occurred. When I loaded a<br/>
facepack it occurred. When I loaded and assigned some logos ...

<t> Regarding redded-out upgrade boxes.<br/>
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Signifies that you are unable to build this upgrade. For one of your provinces this would be because you lacked some of the requirements for building (ex. not enough Labor). For Protectorates you should see all the update boxes redded-out as you ...