Out of the Park Baseball [Mac]

  
            License: Demo $19.99
            OS: Mac OS X,Mac OS X 10.5,Mac OS X 10.4
            Requirements: 512 mb ram, 800 mb hdd, 1 ghz cpu, 1024x768 display
            Publisher: OOTP Developments
            Homepage: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com
          

out of the park baseball 12 is an award-winning baseball simulation that gamespot called “the best baseball management sim out there”. ootp offers unparalleled flexibility in creating your own baseball world. play solo with a baseball world of your own creation: make a simple, 8-team league, play a typical major league game with 2011 rosters, create a historical league with real players from any year between 1871 and 2010 or build an enormous world with baseball leagues in multiple countries. for the ultimate challenge, join an online league and test your mettle against other human players!

ootp 12 is the closest most people can get to being the general manager of a real baseball team. handle gm tasks like drafts, trades, scouting, waivers, team finances and personnel. negotiate player contracts. or, dive into the more hands-on management and set your team’s lineups, pitching staffs, and in-game strategy. you can oversee your league at a high level, or play out each game, managing pitch by pitch.

players in ootp are rated across multiple skills, and include individual personalities and custom faces created with facegen technology. ootp players progress realistically over time. try to build a team through the draft, or try to sign big free agents to put you over the top! ootp also has a powerful news engine that generates personal messages and news articles. behind all of this is an incredibly powerful statistical engine that tracks an enormous number of statistics for each player in your world. want to know how your star hitter is doing against righties with runners in scoring position? no problem!

ootp 12 also has a vibrant and helpful user community, and an active one that creates a vast number of user customizations that you can use to further improve your gaming experience, including special roster sets, logos, player images, and more.

ootp offers a fully-functional 10-day demo. give it a try!