When you play Baseball Manager (vets call it BBM) you join a fantasy baseball community that has a love for the game and a passion for playing the only fantasy baseball game that offers a 162 game season with lefty-righty matchups and realistic game results.
What are you waiting for? Join a league. See you on the field.
Tim Neely says
In my opinion, the reasons why BBM is the best fantasy baseball game is that it combines all of the following characteristics
1. BBM is a daily game not a weekly game.
2. BBM simulates a game each day in a manner that comes extremely close to how a real game is played and scored. It avoids point per category and that type of non-realistic scoring.
3. BBM requires very close attention by the owner/manager, and that attention is similar to what a real manager does (lineups, roster, etc.) As such, it satisfies the desire to manage a real team.
4. The budget aspect of BBM is truly unique. Each team has a budget and obtains/pays for players according to their auction market set values. This is probably as close to reality as possible.
5. No other game offers all of this.
Of course, improvements are always possible, but this is not the setting for those suggestions according to the instructions for this board.
bruno says
From the days of 1200 baud modems dialing into Prodigy, I've enjoyed the banter on the Diamond Club. I can follow the news in other leagues if I choose - sometimes find some good FA tips that way - and the discussions in the Bar and Grill are lively, and sometimes just silly (occasionally both!)
I also like that the DC is open to anyone who cares to register. So even if you're not enrolled in a league, you can still stop by and check things out over here.
bruno says
I've played ESPN and CBS Sports roti and head-to-head leagues before. They have their own attraction, but neither had daily results andnor results that mirror real MLB games.
I'm playing 2 AL keeper leagues right now. I enjoy them because of the ability to (try to) create a team nucleus of 7-10 players and add the other pieces each season. Spring training becomes a time for wheeling and dealing, and the draft is a strategic game of trying to guess what the other 9 teams will do, and which players might be available in the draft.
I've been playing BBM since 1992. I like seeing the daily boscore (at least when I win), searching the free agent pool for relievers who have some long relief gems hidden within their otherwise awful ERA, some scrappy bench players who are LHP specialist....it's all part of the game.
Over the years I've played countless Ultimate, Lighning and Express leagues. I definitely suggest new players try out a free lightning league or a full-season express league before trying out Ultimate. Express is slightly less complicated than ultimate, an easier transition from roti to BBM. (As an aside, I think adding long/short relief rankings and playoffs would make express even more attractive).
Jason says
To me it is the "hands on" and involvment of it all. I love the fact that have the opportunity to control (somewhat) what happens. I realize that there are some things in BBM that we can't control, but definitely more so than the other games out there.
I also have enjoyed the opportunity for interaction with other players that the DC provides. The camaraderie that exists here doesnt seem to exist in other fantasy games and consequently has actually for several years now, been a big part of my life that I look forward to every day.
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Mr. Slugger at 02:34 PM on 22 Jul 2009
I echo the sentiments of Jason. The BBM game has brought people into my life... Read More