What the hell, Billy Beane consults on a video game?

The source I found this on seems to think it could be good due to the developer (Blue Castle Games). If nothing else it could provide another competitor to the OOTP/Baseball Mogul world. Still a real development team and an actual license makes it a pretty attactive option for fantasy GMs of the world.

I can't wait for Geoff Baker's winter articles on his team!

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Winter articles?

You mean late-season-but-still-in-season posts?

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by Faux on Oct 11, 2008 5:59 AM PDT reply actions

Only a real man would consult on a video game.

The road to hell is paved with Mariners.

by .Taylor on Oct 11, 2008 10:21 AM PDT reply actions

Statistics are ruining baseball video games!

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 11, 2008 11:00 AM PDT reply actions

This sounds amazing.

by seattlesundevil on Oct 11, 2008 2:08 PM PDT reply actions

Where might I pre-order this

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by Corco on Oct 11, 2008 2:45 PM PDT reply actions

In my defense on formatting issues

it was like 3am and I did try to put enough words in it to make the limit. Didn’t know about the chain thing but I should’ve used tinyurl.

You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.

by bluemax on Oct 11, 2008 2:48 PM PDT reply actions

Holy crap this looks amazing

Baseball Mogul is about to be dethroned.

Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on Oct 11, 2008 2:55 PM PDT reply actions

I take it you havent played OOTP 9 yet then?

by Slica on Oct 11, 2008 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I can't find a working torrent

But I’ve heard Inside the Park is really good too

Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on Oct 11, 2008 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions

You could download the demo on the site...BEFORE YOU SCOFF...

The demo is the full game, just with a time limit. Either after 10 days or during your 2nd offseason (whichever comes first) it will stop you from continuing. From there you can either buy it or forget about it. If you buy it, everything you did during the demo can be continued and is saved, etc.

Really deep game. Apparently you can continue a franchise forever, and you can start a regular league, an entirely fake league (including making your own logos and jerseys), or do a historic league starting from practically anywhere since 1900.

Keeps track of records better than anything I have seen, too.

by Slica on Oct 12, 2008 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions