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In article <1992May14....@muddcs.claremont.edu> kar...@jarthur.claremont.edu (Kurt*z* S. Araki) writes:
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>Does anyone know of REAL good Baseball simulators?
>I'd like to know of one that can play whole seasons, create teams,
>keeps running stats... injuries would even be a bonus...
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>But, does anyone have any strong suggestions? Thank you

	This seems to be a FAQ.  Maybe we should include this in FAQL...

	There are a lot of baseball simulators out there, and I have seen
quite a few myself.  And most of the baseball games do what you want it
to do.  Here is a short list.

	1.  Earl Weaver Baseball II:  I had Earl Weaver I for Mac and I
loved it so much, I got II when I upgraded to an IBM.  Frankly I liked
I better.  EWBII has everything EWBI had, i.e. stats, seasons, real teams.
With EWBII, you can create your own league, team, etc.  Injuries happen.
EWBII, however, is rather weak in graphics department.  The movements are
rather jerky.  My EWBII also has a bug.  The enter key freezes in the 
middle of a game, and since I only use keyboard, I can't play anymore.
EWBII supports keyboard and joystick.

	2.  Tony LaRussa's Ultimate Baseball:  Very similar to EWBII, but
smoother graphics.  From what I hear, it depends on the stats more heavily
than EWBII.  Haven't seen the difference myself.  Ultimate also has more
options in the league menu, i.e. you can make up the schedule yourself,
the length of the season, and you can just watch the computer play out
the day's games or the season's games.  Joystick and keyboard supported, but
I recommend joystick since it's almost impossible to move your fielders
with keyboard.  Also, in Ultimate, you have to control your own fielders
while in EWBII, the computer moves the fielders for you, but you get to
throw.  They both have play/manage and manage only modes.

	3.  Microleague Baseball.  The granddaddy of 'em all.  Not much
of graphics, but is heavily stat dependent.  I haven't seen the new version
so I don't know how much graphics they put in, but I don't see the need for
it, if they keep that old format of stat playing.

	4.  Hard Ball III:  Just saw it the other day.  It's just like
Hard Ball I and II, but you get to create your teams, etc, etc.  An added
bonus is Al Michael's doing the play-by-play.  Frankly, I prefer Chris
Berman.  8^)  Not as heavily stat dependent as the others, but it does
affect the individual players hitting/pitching abilities.  I would recommend
a joystick.

	5.  Bo Jackson Baseball:  Haven't seen this one.

	These are the major baseball games out there for PC.  I recommend
Tony LaRussa, but Microleague will be my pick, if you don't care for the
action department.

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>-KSA


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