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I actually played a similar physical game to SOM. That way I can, for example, purchase one of the seasons my Yankees had a championship near-miss and try to do one better than the real life managers did. The company also has rosters from most of the seasons in American baseball history. Of course, another big plus is that SOM has updated rosters every year. Thus SOM has been able to address my issues with (a) and (b) above. That way I do not need to worry about outplaying the AI or the AI doing dumb things (especially on defense). I also enjoy games where I manage rather than actually control the athletes on the field. I can just roll the dices and hope it lands on a K in my pitcher's card or at least one of the "out" results. That way I don't have to worry about locating pitches, what kind of pitch to use, and so on. Now that I have played it for several years now, what I like best about SOM is that the game often takes care of batter-pitcher matchups with one dice roll. I also liked that the company was based in Long Island, where I grew up and still visit a few times a year. I had been hearing good things about Strat-O-Matic Baseball. So as long as I didn't give up home runs, I usually won my games. I usually threw fastballs all the way and let the batters hit them.ī) The AI for many of those games left a bit to be desired. My biggest gripes with baseball video games were:Ī) I never had the patience to pitch the ball well. I have always been fine with playing single games or a tournament/eliminator style season such as Tecmo's Bad News Baseball for the NES. However, I have never played through a 100+ game season. I have played many baseball games for the NES and Super NES.