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Great fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game if you like baseball strategy and the finer points of the game. If you're looking for a game where you play each and every pitch of each game, this is not for you. This is more for players that want to manage a team over a season or more. If you're interested in stats, growing talent in a farm club, managing contracts and finances, competing in the day to day operation of a major league baseball franchise; this game is for you!!

great game better than season ticket baseball 2003

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is the sim out there. you can read newspaper updates, see league standings, look at the standings and see who leads your league in average, homers ect. The bad things about this game is that there aren't any graphics, no sound and all of the players are made up. but when the game comes around, you run the show. you get to choose between sending the runner to second to have your clean up hitter knock him in or you could swing away and have your number 3 hitter hit. you have to have the smarts of joe torrie and the perfect team like the yankees to win. when you say I can make a better manager, know's your chance.

Better than Baseball Mogul

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This sim has everything I was looking for in a game. The thing I enjoyed the most was the in-game managing. A game takes between 10 and 15 minutes and you get to make all of the bench decisions. This feature and the speed of the games let you bench manage a season without wasting a good year of your life. While I would like to see improvements to the minor league system I was very happy with this game. I look forward to Season Ticket Baseball 2003 or Out of the Park 4 which the game is based on.

Simply- The Grand Slam!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Don't be fooled by all the Baseball Mogul propoganda- this is simply the finest baseball management sim available. STB does things that Baseball Mogul only dreams about doing- intelligent trade AI, in-depth news, realistic stats, the ability to import historical teams from an Excel database, a player Hall of Fame, customizable stadiums, player editor, actual team coaches, scouts and minor league managers THAT actually affect the development of prospects... and a whole lot more.

This is the GRAND SLAM of baseball management sims- period.

Better than APBA or Baseball Mogul

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

good text driven game. solid computer intelligence. Career stats, drafts, free agents. The whole speal. Worth the $... I understand 2003 is coming soon. Not sure what the enhancements are except for a block trading feature.

A Mostly Failed Attempt To Copy Baseball Mogul

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: January 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The cover of this box looks like you are buying the sequel Baseball Mogul -- a game originally published by WizardWorks over three years ago. Don't be fooled because this is an entirely different game. Baseball Mogul is an accurate baseball simulation with all the real players and very smart computer AI. By contrast, Season Ticket Baseball is a buggier version of the same concept.

The HTML output is a nice feature if you want to run leagues but it too can be tricky to get it working right. And the engine for generating new minor leaguers each year clearly needs much more work. If you are really interested in league play you should visit baseballmogul.com and play head-to-head against other real human players.

Its really nice to see people copying Baseball Mogul and since I don't know how to program I must say this is a good effort. But if you have a choice buy Baseball Mogul instead.

The best Baseball GM Sim I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: November 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

First, be aware that this is not a baseball sim like High Heat or MLB 2001. In fact, this game has no graphics, music, or sound whatsoever.

So what is it then? Simply put, this is a no-frills, text-driven, numbers-crunching game that allows you play General Manager: drafting players, signing free agents, and making trades as you attempt to build your team into a contender.

The depth and amount of control you're afforded is outstanding. Thanks to a handy (free) baseball database that you can download from the Internet, you're given access every MLB player and team from 1901 to 2000. Want to manage the 1927 Yankees? A few mouse clicks and you can do just that. Want to see if you can turn around the hapless '62 Mets? Presto. The entire 1962 major league setup is recreated for you, Marv Throneberry and all.

You can choose to sim through whole seasons or play individual games. If you decide to "play" rather than sim, you'll be treated to a text-driven, Strat-o-matic style game with no bells and whistles. Individual box scores of all games (whether played or simmed) can be printed out or exported to HTML.

Want more? In addition to box scores, news articles are auto-generated that can be read and exported to HTML ("Pedro Martinez Throws 2 Hitter" "Sammy Sosa Named Player of the Week"). Additionally, MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year awards are given out after every season. There's even a Hall of Fame!

Seasons can be played in repeat or career mode. In repeat mode, the players always stay the same. In career mode, players age; their abilities fade and they retire. Young players will blossom and develop over time. Best of all, this is the first game I've seen that remembers all statistics for every season you play. Click on a player's stats and you'll see his career numbers broken down season by season, team by team, just like on the back of a baseball card.

The statistical accuracy for this game is the best I've seen since Tony LaRussa Baseball 2. It's not perfect: big name stars sometimes underperform while other lesser known players occasionally overperform. But for the most part the stats are remarkably accurate.

Note that this game, unlike Tony LaRussa 2, does not allow you to edit player names and statistics directly. However, Season Ticket Baseball does ship with a third party (unsupported) player editor that allows you to do just that.

I could go on and on about how great the GM features are. You get to make trades, sign free agents, release players or send them packing to the minors, draft prospects, and even sign coaches. Thanks to the intelligent computer AI, wheeling and dealing is very realistic and often challenging.

So with all that's good, is there anything bad? Well, for one thing, if you buy this game, make sure you download the latest patch. Reportedly, out-of-the-box this game crashes a lot. However, since I installed the patch right away, I've had no problems.

Lastly, (and this is MOST IMPORTANT) the in-game text is often small, faint, and very hard to see. Remember, this game is totally text-driven so there are no graphics to tell you what's going on. If you have eyesight problems you may have difficulties playing this game. Make sure your monitor is at least 17 or 19 inches for the best results.

Overall, however, this is a great baseball simulation and I highly recommend it.

Game kicks (...)!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: November 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The previous reviews say it all really, but it is nice to see a game that relies on depth and gameplay instead of graphics.

Are you happy now?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: September 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm addicted. My marriage is in shambles. My kids hate me. I don't think my dog's been outside for a week. But I can put together four #1 starters, an airtight 'pen, a god closer, a lineup full of all-stars, 105+ wins a season, perennial world champions, a payroll under 60 mil, and a large profit to blow on next year's free agents. So there.

Lots of wonkish fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: August 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you're a stats junkie--a "wonk", so to speak--then you want this game. Forget arcade-like baseball games and their cartoonish home runs and ridiculous "extras", like taunting batters, strutting after scoring a run, etc., Season Ticket is just plain baseball. Controlling the financial end of a team is loads of fun, as is trying to arrange trades with the surprisingly astute computer-controlled teams. Just like real baseball, your team will have streaks and slumps, your players will outperform their estimated abilities or fail to meet their potentials, errors will be made on the field and in the front office, and careers will be made and ended.
The only drawbacks are these: 1. The play-by-play is not exactly fresh and stimulating. 2. There are some grammatical errors and misspellings in the text-based play-by-play, which annoys people who are picky about that stuff(like me). 3. If you don't like the way the computer plays, you can take over other teams (i.e., cheat) and make them do what you want (e.g., arrange a trade the computer wouldn't approve, etc.). 4. There is some kind of glitch that leads to uncanny coincidences sometimes. For instance, I lost a game because the opposing (computer) team hit 9 consecutive doubles off my pitchers. I have never heard of or seen this happening in 22 years of watching "real" baseball. Other "coincidental" misfortunes can get to be irksome, too, like a string of injuries to your best players, etc. 5. Not being able to aim the pitches or swing the bats yourself, like you would in an arcade game, can get frustrating. Your team will lose 8 or 9 games in a row, and there's nothing you can do but grin and bear it. You can't snap the team out of a slump. Of course, that's just like a real general manager.
The fun of running a team, either to the top or into the ground, more than balances out the drawbacks in Season Ticket Baseball. Furthermore, having a sense of playing the game within the larger context of a long-term, true-to-life league is far more fulfilling than the artificiality of any arcade title. There are no 10 homer games, no 200 RBI seasons. Players will be re-signed or traded based on their long-term, accurate stats, which mirror those a real player might be expected to put up. They'll retire and maybe make the Hall of Fame. Then, it's time to scout the new rookies...
All in all, it's a great game to buy, and more than a little fun to play.

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