Much to the chagrin of man pitters, the most specific task is to extend Jake Lamb to an extension before the end of the 2021 season. As one would expect, virtual Ken Kendrick has some career goals for me. Included in the dialog in the top right is a friendly hint that if one is new to the game, there is a helpful tutorial to check out. I decided I needed no protection from Ken Kendrick and anointed myself Mike Hazen’s boss and also took over in the dugout. For those not working their way up the ranks, there is also a tick box that can be checked to prevent the owner from firing the player. That last is for those who want to “prove” to simulated front offices that they have the chops to run a big league franchise by performing well in the minors. If one chooses to be a mere mortal, then they still have the choice whether or not to serve as GM, Manager, GM and Manager of a team, or to start off unemployed. Or one can choose to play without the almighty deific power. You can choose to play in Commissioner Mode, which allows all sorts of control over the game, including allowing the player to make hard-and-fast team and player edits. You also have a few more choices available to you. Once you select which league you wish to participate in, you get to see the teams associated. I don’t think I know enough about Czech baseball to dive into simulating their league just yet. Satisfied I was in the right place, I launched a new game. This is what one expects when loading up a baseball simulator. Looking at the opening screen, I felt instantly at ease. ![]() Having six Hall of Famers on a team will do that.) (Spoiler alert: The 1927 Yankees stand up well against essentially everyone thrown at them. Want to see how Murderers’ Row stacks up against modern teams of “tiny” players being large by 1927 standards? You can do that. That simulation Jim is running, pitting each historical Diamondbacks team against each other in a bracket tournament, that’s what this allows. The second alternative mode allows you to create a series or tournament populated by historical teams. The first, is to allow players of OOTP 20 to import their saves from that title. This allows for two very important alternative modes of play. The bottom option of showing more modes of play is critical. ![]() You have your typical choices, including the option of participating in online competition with other baseball simulation devotees. When you launch OOTP 21, things seem pretty normal. But once you start to mess about under the hood, there simply is no real comparison. This is not to say that others, especially Baseball Mogul and Strat-o-Matic aren’t fine simulators as well. For anyone looking for a baseball simulator, the people at OOTP Development have once again raised the bar, setting the gold standard. It is better still than any previous version. For those who just want the BLUF (bottom line up front), this version of the game does not disappoint. I was fortunate enough to receive a copy and decided I would take it for a test drive and then report on my findings. Last Friday, Out of the Park Developments released the 21st version of their massively popular baseball simulator, Out of the Park Baseball.
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