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Baseball Mogul! - Episode 2 – Making Moves for the 2006 Devil Rays!

2/25/2018

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by Richard A. Rowell, Write W.A.V.E. Media Staff
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In the premiere episode of Baseball Mogul, I found my old Baseball Mogul 2006 installer and decided to play it! Right away, I remembered why I played this game so much: building and managing a team in this game is FUN! The players actually have really specific desires and personalities. As you'll see, the trades and moves are actually pretty realistic.

Also, when you make a really stupid trade offer the opposing GM's say some pretty hilarious stuff. The other teams will also make you trade offers, many of which are stupid, but some that you actually consider.

So, last time, pitcher Casey Fossum told me he wanted to go be with his friend Nick Bierbrodt and join him in the bonds of... fraternal brotherhood? ANYWAY, he wanted to go to the Rangers to be with his BFF.

He'd get his wish!


Making Moves: Starting Rotation and Bullpen

Casey got his wish. I decided to start remaking the team by sending Casey Fossum, pitcher Steve Parris, reliever Jack Cressend, outfielder Darnell McDonald, and infielder Nick Green to the Rangers for young catcher Taylor Teagarden and infielder Joaquin Arias.

Teagarden's career never really panned out in real life, but Arias has been useful here and there. I'm gonna miss none of those guys. It frees up roster space and some payroll. Brown is already paid for. Yes, this is a salary dump, but we get a fair return on talent.

The next move I made looks strange on the surface, trading away two of my starting pitchers, along with a minor leaguer. Denny Neagle and Jimmy Haynes leave the MLB team, along with a spare part in Dicky Gonzalez for... a 19-year old... FELIX HERNANDEZ!

Obviously, I'm going to be careful with Felix, but he was in the Majors in 2005, so he can be part of this rotation.

My rotation going into the season looked to be Kevin Brown, a young Scott Kazmir, Felix, Mark Hendrickson, and Rob Bell. I also have Jason Hammel waiting in the wings.

Currently, the bullpen included Dan Miceli at closer, Shinjo Mori, Mark Guthrie, Travis Harper, Jesus Colome, and Carlos Reyes. It's an OK group. I feel like Guthrie, who was aging and becoming fairly ineffective by this point, was the weak link. So I was looking to replace him.


Making Moves: Lineup and Bench

The lineup needs some work. Carl Crawford, Julio Lugo, Jorge Cantu, Aubrey Huff, Ty Wigginton, Charles Johnson, Johnny Gomes, Rocco Baldelli, and Travis Lee seem fine. But the bench has two catchers in Toby Hall and Mitch Melusky. Outfielders are Tom Goodwin (washed up at this point) and Damon Hollins. Luis Rivas is a decent infielder, though. I feel like Lee, Johnson, and Goodwin are the places I can upgrade.

No one wanted Lee or Johnson straight up or together for any useful pieces. But Goodwin... Those three together could get me a really old Tom Glavine! As much as I love Tommy, that's not a good move for me.

So I went and got Ryan Howard.

It really only cost me Wes Bankston, a good first base prospect, who was a ways away from the majors, Travis Lee, who was on his way out, and Sean Burroughs, who while rated well, was going to be on his way out too – the game said he wanted money. Infielder Greg Norton and catcher Shawn Riggans were throwins.

Howard is cheap until before the 2018 season, and hopefully by then I can afford him. I shed Lee's $2 million plus salary, too. Norton was making $400K plus or so too. I may miss Bankston, but Howard is power now. Burroughs may have been too high a price, but for Howard, I can risk it, especially with BJ Upton on the way up. I also have Joaquin Arias.

Charles Johnson was shipped off to Seattle for reliever JJ Putz. It took a young infielder named Fernando Cortez to get the job done, along with Al Martin, who was just rotting in AAA anyway. Putz will give me a good young arm for the pen and Johnson was making about $2 million when I have plenty of catchers. Putz can replace the aging Mark Guthrie. I'm happy with Mitch Melusky and Toby Hall as my catchers. I have Teagarden waiting in the wings and several other catchers who are decent in the minors.


Ready to GO!


Now that the Devil Rays are looking sort of like a field-able team that's now a lot cheaper. We shall see how we do in the first half of the season, and if we have to shed salary when we're losing, we'll do that. But let's see what talent we really have here now!


Catch the next episode when we play some GAMES!


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Baseball Mogul! - Episode 1: From the 2006 Season? Rebuilding the Tampa Bay DEVIL RAYS!

2/24/2018

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by Richard Rowell, Write W.A.V.E. Media Staff
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So I was in desperate need of a new baseball game. They don't really make good ones for the PC anymore, and it's a pain to get any of my old ones to work on Windows 10. I got sick of Out of the Park Baseball. I no longer own a gaming console at this writing, and there really aren't any good baseball games to play online. So, I said, screw it. I wanted to find my old Baseball Mogul game.

AND I FOUND IT!

Baseball Mogul 2006!

To say I was happy is an UNDERSTATEMENT. Yes, that is from like 11 years ago. BUT I DON'T CARE!

So of course, I picked the crappiest team to manage: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays. DEVIL RAYS!

And, yes, they would change their name soon after to just the Rays. But... DEVIL RAYS!

I hate myself.

I picked the Manager difficulty, which is one level below Mogul, the hardest difficulty. I don't hate myself that much. My Mogul name in this franchise is "The Man" because this team is going to answer to THE MAN! OK, that's not very creative, but whatever, I'm having fun.

So, being on the Manager difficulty means that even though my payroll is $48 million, my budget is only $24 million. OK, I do hate myself...

I also chose Simulation mode in the options. I prefer the more historical simulation myself. But without simulation mode, the game is pretty wacky. So, I want things to be pretty much like real life. It's a bit more predictable if you know the players well, which I do.


First Roster Move

So, obviously, the Rays would need some help. They would lose 101 games in 2006, and only win 61. We need some better players. So, my first move, since I had a little cash to play with - $3.28 million. My first move was to sign starting pitcher Kevin Brown for $2.1 million.

Yes, he was 41. But, I needed a decent starting pitcher, and there will be plenty more moves. The good news is that the Rays will have a lot of good players coming up through the farm system. So, a valuable veteran presence would help.

Also, there's something awesome about Baseball Mogul that no other game has. The players have personalities and have really specific demands. Like with pitcher Casey Fossum, who the game tells me wants to be traded to the Rangers so he can be with Nick Bierbrodt. HOW CUTE!

But really, players have FRIENDS in Baseball Mogul and they get bonuses for having their friends around and being happy. I love that about this game.

And Casey Fossum would actually get his wish.

Find out what happens to Casey and the rest of the Rays – erm, DEVIL RAYS – in the next episode of BASEBALL MOGUL!

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Memories of Playing Hardball 6 for the PC

10/28/2016

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by  R.A. Rowell; Co-Owner of Intent-sive Nature & the Brand Shamans network
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The first baseball game that I ever owned was a little Accolade "gem" called Hardball 6. The Hardball series was well documented as being one of the premier baseball video game franchises. Well, Hardball 6 was not quite up to many critics' standards, and today, I see its many flaws, but at the time, to a relatively new fan of the sport... I loved it.

Really, I was just thrilled to pitch with my favorite baseball player of all time, Pedro Martinez. I also loved having another of my favorite players, Nomar Garciaparra of my hometown Red Sox in my lineup. Beyond that, though, I wasn't nearly the hardcore Red Sox fan that I would later become. My Red Sox teams looked very different than what the rosters that came with the game offered.

Hardball 6 was released in 1998, but I didn't purchase the game until 1999, the year I truly got into baseball after watching Pedro Martinez strike out three in a row to start the All-Star Game at Fenway, and two punch-outs in his second inning. I was so blown away by his dominance that I started to watch every game he pitched. It wasn't long after that I fell in love with the game itself, and thus, leading to the purchase of this game.

I also soon purchased Microsoft Baseball 2000, but that and its sequel, Microsoft Baseball 2001, are another matter altogether. My dedication to Hardball 6 greatly overshadowed pretty much every other baseball game I had, though. I'm pretty sure that before EA released the MVP Baseball series, I never played any other baseball game nearly as much as Hardball 6.
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