BM 2009 Review

CatKnight wrote in his recent excellent post...

"Hard to imagine PBP holding interest over 162 games: I'm sure Rongar would disagree"

To a certain extent, I would agree, if we're talking about the "General Manager" and "Manager" modes in the "Play-by-Play" menu...however, I was drawn to this game by the ability to "throw" each pitch, to "swing" each bat, myself in the 3rd option that PBP offers... the "Player" ("Pitch-by-pitch") mode.

Right now, I'm playing, on average, two games per day in this mode - it used to be four, daily, but I lack the stamina, now - playing in this mode is somewhat draining, physically, as well as time-consuming (30-45 minutes per game) - so that, in theory, I could complete one team's season, in a couple of months of real time.

In fact, I've never played an entire season in this mode -most of the teams that I'm operating in "player" mode right now - the '78 Blue Jays; the '86 Expos; the '99 Devil Rays; the all-Canadian team, the "Canajun Ehs"; when started simwise, simply suck, so sooner or later, I have to come to that team's aid by taking total control of its hitting and pitching

I do sim a lot (the "Brooklyn Knights" franchise), but, again, in theory, I can play the entire season of each of the six teams of that franchise(almost 1,000 games including play-offs, in all), in far less time than it takes me to play one game in "Player" mode

So, simming, for me, is merely an agreeable appetizer for the meat-and-potatoes of BM - playing in PBP "Player" mode