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SEASON OPTIONS
• Difficulty:
Set the level of difficulty (AAA, MLB, All-Star).
• Innings:
Set the length of games to be from1to 9 innings.
• Season Length:
Play15, 29, 81, or all162 games.
• Playoff Length:
(1-1-1, 1-1-3, 3-3-5, 5-7-7) The
postseason consists of three rounds: Semis, League
Championship Series (LCS), and the World Series
®
.
A 1-1-1 format is a single game in each round; 5-7-7 is
the Major League format, the first round is best of five
(the first team to win three games advances); and the
LCS and World Series are best of seven.
• DH Rule:
Turn On to have designated hitters bat for the
pitchers. Turn Off to have pitchers bat for themselves.
In MLB rules, the DH is used when games are played in
American League parks, but never in National
League™ parks.
• Errors:
Add the human element by allowing errors, and
track error stats.
• Injuries:
Dealing with injuries over the course of a season
will test your managerial talents.
• Player Fatigue:
Allow pitchers to get tired, placing more
importance on how you use your bullpen.
• Relief Pitchers:
With this option, pitchers who enter the
game without warming up first will have poor control,
speed, and ball movement.
• Draft:
Delete all team rosters and conduct a full-scale,
expansion-style draft to restock each roster with 15
position players and 10 pitchers. Created players are
excluded from the draft, though they may be added to
rosters later.
• Pitching View:
Select a view from behind the pitcher.
• Batting View:
Select one of various views from the
catcher’s perspective.
SPECIAL FEATURES
CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGES
Select this option from the Main Menu and put yourself right
into the middle of some of the most thrilling moments of the
2002 season, including:
• Derek Lowe’s No-Hitter:
Take over for Derek and try to
complete the final three innings of his historic no-hitter.
• Shawn Green’s Total Base Explosion:
Try to tie or
break Shawn Green’s record of19 total bases in
a single game.
• 2002 All-Star Game:
Try to score in the bottom of the
11th inning to avoid the infamous tie game.
NOMAR SAYS
Championship Challenges allow you to earn special
points you can use to upgrade the skills of a player
created using the Create/Train Player feature.
THE
INSIDE PITCH
ALL-STAR GAME
Midway through each full season you play,
Inside Pitch
hosts an All-Star Game featuring the most popular players
with the best stats from that particular season. The game
appears automatically on your season schedule and cannot
be customized.
ALL-STAR ROSTERS
AL All-Stars and NL All-Stars are two teams available from
the Team Select screen and feature the 2002 All-Stars. These
rosters cannot be changed.
To play with the All-Stars
1. From the Main Menu, select Single Game.
2. Select NL and AL All-Stars, and then press
A
.
3. The default stadium is All-Star 2003, a special edition
of Comiskey Park (site of the 2003 All-Star Game).
Follow the usual steps to set up a Single Game.
