Next Generation of Baseball Mogul

[HoustonGM]

No big deal, I suppose, but foul outs vary a great deal by ball park, they aren't all credited to the catcher, and it's possible for a runner to advance in some cases. I suppose any of the "fair ball" popouts or flyouts could actually be foul outs.

The amount of foul territory does affect the stadium's effect on batting average (in game).

[brandonk]

Angels lost a game a few years back when Mo Vaughn caught a foul ball over his shoulder, a good distance away from his normal fielding position. Runner on third tagged and Mo made a horrible throw.

[Lex Logan]

The amount of foul territory does affect the stadium's effect on batting average (in game).

Right, it's just not reflected in the graphics, and as the Mo Vaughn case illustrates, there's a strategic difference between a long foul that might ought to be ignored and a fair fly ball that, of course, must be caught.

[Dutch Grimsley]

Couldn't all these nuances be depicted efficiently enough with text, rather than dramatic improvements to the graphics?

It would open the door for a new thing to mod: announcers.

It would be a great day when an F8 presented as follows: "[Player] hits a can of corn to center, and [CF] fields it cleanly"

[guidi2009]

Couldn't all these nuances be depicted efficiently enough with text, rather than dramatic improvements to the graphics?

It would open the door for a new thing to mod: announcers.

It would be a great day when an F8 presented as follows: "[Player] hits a can of corn to center, and [CF] fields it cleanly"

My point is its 2009 we can have both and will, I just hope Clay is the one to do it. MLB Front Office Manager attempted it but is getting horrible reviews, I'm thinking about getting it just to see it. This type of game is the Baseball simulation game of the future and games like Mogul and ootp will be obsolete once it comes out.

[Dutch Grimsley]

Well, the way I see it, it's 2009 and capitalism has reached such an advanced stage that perhaps there is room for both in today's market. I'm a young guy, but nevertheless, I like the lack of graphics. I play Halo, etc on my XBOX (even MLB2K, which sucks) but I play BBM when I'm looking to relax. In addition, the reason I bought the game in the first place was the price, which I can only imagine going up with the graphics, at least with graphics that would illustrate a game as colorfully as a well written script for the play by play. Instead of animating a hundred different ways for a fielder to make an error, the CPU could just interchange things like, "Murphy loses the ball in the sun," or, "The throw's offline...and Murphy can't make the scoop," or, "Murphy boots it!" (though to be fair, he's looked better at 1st).