# I'm looking for a baseball game (computer)! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-baseball-game-computer/60724 "2001-04-04T02:27:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-baseball-game-computer/60724/21 "2001-04-13T20:19:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > It’s a little buggy right now, but the first patch should be out by the end of the month. > > Gee, _that_ sounds familiar. :rolleyes: Remember the original **High Heat** and all the problems it had? Remember the patch that was supposed to fix those problems? Sure, it fixed _some_ problems but it also gave my copy new ones! After all that, I won’t bother with the game anymore. As I’ve said before, **Microsoft Baseball 2001** is better than the original **High Heat** and works just fine on my system. \*\* Well, I got **OOTP** to work (guess I just needed to reboot). This rocks! A fun sim and very quick-paced. And detailed, too. Well worth the bucks. GREAT idea! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-baseball-game-computer/60724/22 "2001-04-16T16:00:54Z")
Looks like the AI needs a little work. I’ve had two incidents where I’d be simulating a season and get kicked out of the game back to my desktop. After a while, I realized that the first time was becuase the game being simmed had no starting pitcher for one team. That was easy to fix. The second time was on the last day of the season, after several tries, I finally made both teams human-controlled and was able to move on. Still don’t know why that one couldn’t be simmed with the AI. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-baseball-game-computer/60724/23 "2001-04-16T16:11:17Z")
I had that problem to, that the game would crash if I didn’t have the starting pitcher for either of the teams. But, as you said, easily fixed. The thing that was tough to get used to for me was the actual changing of the starting pitcher. On the lineup screen, I kept dragging the pitcher I wanted over to the ninth lineup slot. When I do this, however, no pitcher appears in the pitcher slot above the lineup. Then, when I go to begin the game - crash. So what I have learned to do is to drag the name to the pitcher slot, and then the #9 slot is filled in automatically. Other than that, no complaints. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-baseball-game-computer/60724/24 "2001-04-19T23:48:41Z")
For those of you who have OOTP, I have two questions: 1. Can you customize your own league? If I don’t want to keep track of thirty rosters spread over six divisions, can I simply have a sixteen (or fewer) team league with only two divisions? 2. If the answer to #1 is yes, can you add teams several seasons down the line (ala expansion)? Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-baseball-game-computer/60724/25 "2001-04-20T14:51:47Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Can you customize your own league? If I don’t want to keep track of thirty rosters spread over six divisions, can I simply have a sixteen (or fewer) team league with only two divisions? Yes, it’s possible to have two 16-team single division leagues. In fact, I’ve started a career with the 1915 season to see how Babe Ruth does as a pitcher. > [@](#): > > 1. If the answer to #1 is yes, can you add teams several seasons down the line (ala expansion)? I don’t know if this is possible. I have seen discussions about expansion teams on the OOTPMB; you might want to try there. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-baseball-game-computer/60724/26 "2001-04-20T15:30:14Z")
Mine’s still running great, only I have a dilemma. I just bought a new PC, and I want to port the OOTP on the old PC to the new one. No problem, you say? Well, the setup program is 10MB, so I could conceivably email it to myself and pick it up on the other side. However, even if I did so, I’m in the middle of a season (well, 13 games’ worth). Anyone know how I can save a season and then export it to the new PC? I’ve already emailed OOTP’s tech support, so we’ll just have to see. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-baseball-game-computer/60724/27 "2001-04-20T15:50:36Z")
Depending on your ISP, 10 Meg is probably too large to email to yourself. For example, AOL’s limit is about 3 Meg. I’d recommend getting [AxMan](http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10096-100-3660986.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-1.3660986), which can not only zip the entire OOTP3 folder–including your saved season–but will also divide the resulting zip into smaller, more manageble parts. I often download something via the T1 line here at work, use AxMan to split up the huge file into AOL’s maximum 3 Meg, then email to my AOL address. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-baseball-game-computer/60724/28 "2001-04-21T00:46:08Z")
Thanks, **Jeff**. You’ve been a big help! I visited the link you provided, and downloaded the program - but when I launched it, a message box said it was corrupted and that I should reinstall it. I re-downloaded the thing a few more times, with the same result. I then did a Google search on AxMan and went to the program’s home page and tried downloading from there, too. No go. Then I clicked to show all of the possible download sites and tried each site that Cnet had deemed to be very reliable. Each site (!) returned a “Cannot display” message! Dang. I’ll try again tomorrow. Looks like that’s what I need, though. Thank you again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-baseball-game-computer/60724.md?page=1)