Tales From the OOTP Multi-Verse: Bo Jackson and What Could Have Been
Out of the Park Baseball provides a wonderful “What if?” laboratory for all kinds of experiments, from “What if free agency existed in Babe Ruth’s day?” to “What if baseball started expanding sooner...
View ArticleNational League Walks Off With Win in Simulated All-Star Game
The American League and National League rosters are set for the 2015 All-Star Game to be played on July 14 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The pundits have weighed in with their thoughts,...
View ArticleChris Calciano: Translating Real World Scouting Into the Digital One
Chris Calciano, an area scout for the Boston Red Sox since 2007, remembers it well: “I took a college catcher with a big arm and absolutely no bat in the back of the top 10 rounds and converted him to...
View ArticleZach Binkley Readies a New Generation For Jobs in Baseball With Data and...
Want to use OOTP in your class or after-school club, or know a teacher who would like to use it? We’re happy to provide free copies of OOTP for use in K-12 and higher education settings. Please get in...
View ArticleOOTP 16 Predicts New York Yankees to Top Houston Astros in AL Wild Card Game
The 2015 Major League Baseball playoffs have arrived, and the first stop involves the American League and National League Wild Card play-in games. We simmed tonight’s game between the host New York...
View ArticleOOTP 16 Predicts Chicago Cubs to Dominate Pittsburgh Pirates in NL Wild Card...
Our “sim the games ahead of time” series for the 2015 Major League Baseball playoffs continues with the second Wild Card game. See our post about the Yankees-Astros game to learn how we set it up,...
View ArticleOOTP 16 Picks Toronto, KC to Emerge Victorious in ALDS Playoff Round
The Houston Astros’ 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night punched their ticket to an American League Division Series against reigning AL champs the Kansas City Royals. Meanwhile, the...
View ArticleOOTP 16 Picks St. Louis, LA to Advance to NLCS
The Chicago Cubs were seeking the first step toward ending a 100-year-plus championship drought. The Pittsburgh Pirates were hoping to win their first playoff game since 1992, after two Wild Card...
View ArticleTales From the OOTP Multi-Verse: What if the 2015 Trading Deadline Deals...
While everyone is enjoying the playoffs (we’ve given our predictions for the two AL and two NL Division Series, and will do so for both League Championship Series and the World Series), we thought we’d...
View ArticleOOTP 16 Gives a Very Slight Edge to Toronto in ALCS
The Toronto Blue Jays are in the American League Championship Series for the first time since 1993, thanks to a Game 5 ALDS victory over the Texas Rangers that featured one of the wildest innings in...
View ArticleOOTP 16 Picks Chicago Cubs to Beat New York Mets in NLCS, Advance to World...
This year’s National League Championship Series features two teams that are on the rise again after several down years. The Chicago Cubs haven’t been in the playoffs since 2008 and famously haven’t...
View ArticleOOTP 16 Picks Kansas City to Win a Likely Six- or Seven-Game World Series
Yes, OOTP 16 is just $9.99 (75% off!) and MLB Manager is a mere 99 cents through Nov. 4, as part of our annual World Series special. Not only that, but you could win a $100 MLB.com Shop gift...
View ArticleThe OOTP Roster Team: The 24/7, 365 Days a Year Job
Each annual version of Out of the Park Baseball and MLB Manager brings with it a roster update that’s accurate as of Opening Day, and in the case of OOTP, that includes all Major League Baseball teams...
View ArticleRoad to Release #3: The 2016 Season, According to OOTP 17
It is the most magical time of year. The leaves are returning to their homes. The days are getting longer. The NCAA Tournament, at least by the time this has been published, will be in full swing. And,...
View ArticleWalking a fine line: GMing the San Diego Padres
The ability to call the shots on and off the field for any Major League Baseball team is a huge part of the appeal of Out of the Park Baseball 18, so T.J. Lauerman, OOTP’s Baseball Community Manager,...
View ArticleTales from the OOTP Multiverse: A different path for the 2017 MLB playoffs
Major League Baseball’s playoff history is full of thrilling comebacks and crushing defeats. Unheralded players have risen to the occasion and become heroes and great players have stumbled and revealed...
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