OOTP Baseball is the next in the series of baseball management simulations from Sports Interactive, the sports management development specialists.

OOTP Baseball is a great game that lets you do almost anything a real life general manager can do to guide a team to glory. Create your own fictional baseball universe. Use real-world historical teams and players. Replay the entire history of baseball. Compete with other human players in an online league.

Set your line-ups. Replace that aging veteran with a rookie from your minor leagues. Put your injured starter on the disabled list and scour the waiver wire for someone to fill that roster spot. Put that disgruntled star heading for free agency on the trade block, and see what shakes out. Send your scouts to comb the upcoming amateur draft pool, or get a closer look at that free agent pitcher from Japan.

But it does not end in the front office! OOTP 9 lets you call every play from the dugout, you have total control over your team on the diamond. The most realistic baseball simulation engine on the market handles all the games of your virtual baseball world. You can even save your most exciting games as replays and share them with your friends or the thriving OOTP community!

Start a league with 2008 major league rosters and real players down to the rookie leagues. Create your own fictional baseball universe. Use real-world historical teams and players. Replay the entire history of baseball, from 1871 to 2007. Replay any historical year with stunning statistical accuracy. Compete with other human players in an online league.

No baseball simulation on the planet offers you this much flexibility and this much fun. Ideal for major league, historical, fictional, and online fans alike no game does it better, or even comes close.

Here are some key features of "OOTP Baseball":

· Manage your own baseball franchise.
· Start a career with 2008 major league rosters including full minor leagues, fictional leagues, any league in the history of baseball (1871 - 2007) or any combination you want.
· Guide your team into the infinite future, the game features the most realistic player development & aging engine ever.
· The most realistic and accurate baseball simulation engine available.
· Ball animations and game replay feature.
· Keeps thousands of stats per player, team and league.
· Draft amateurs, sign free agents, negotiate extensions, work out trades or even fire your hitting coach when your team is batting .240.
· Customizable financial system and league rules, i.e. waivers, 40-man rosters, trade deadline, age and foreigner restrictions.
· Scouting and coaching staff at your disposal.
· Complete scouting reports for every player.
· Endless possibilities with historical and fictional leagues.
· Create or join an online league.
· Creates fictional player photos utilizing the FaceGen engine.
· Generates a complete website of your baseball league, including stunningly detailed history sections.
· Slick intuitive interface, featuring 3 different skins.
· Simply the best baseball management game ever!

Requirements:

· Minimum: PowerPC G4 1GHz or Intel Core Duo 1.8Ghz; 256MB RAM; An active internet connection is required to start the game.
· Recommended: PowerPC G5 2GHz or Intel Core Duo 2GHz; 1GB RAM; 1024x768 32Bit display; 1GB HD Space.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Contains just one fix, that will help the Mac/Linux licensing system to stop reporting license failures when portable modems are added to / removed from the computer.