| With the baseball season in full swing,
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| | location to reflect the changing course
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| it's time to remember how geeks and
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| | of the ball. The Fly Ball Cursor
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| technology have transformed the game of
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| | introduced real fly balls and pop-ups to
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| baseball. Over the past three decades,
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| | computer baseball games, eliminating the
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| the internet, medical advances, and the
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| | last segment of the sport that had never
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| globalization media have fundamentally
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| | been simulated accurately. Second, ''La
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| transformed how fans consume baseball and
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| | Russa'' allowed users to conduct drafts
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| how ballplayers play America's pastime.
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| | and set up their own leagues, all with
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| Below is a survey of some of the ways
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| | access to the game's comprehensive player
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| technology has effected baseball, and
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| | statistics. Third, ''La Russa'' was the
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| some ideas on how some new technologies
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| | first baseball game to offer accurate
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| will continue to affect
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| | stats for each individual pitcher against
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| baseball.Baseball, Technology, and Fans1.
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| | each individual hitter, data that actual
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| Video GamesFrom the beginning, video
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| | managers use extensively in the dugout.
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| games have attempted to replicate
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| | In contrast to many sports celebrities
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| baseball. In 1971, Don Daglow at Pomona
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| | who merely lent their names to games,
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| College wrote ''Baseball.'' During the
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| | Tony La Russa spent extensive sessions
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| early 1980s, Atari and Mattel also
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| | over a period of years working to make
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| released baseball video games. In 1983,
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| | the game's artificial intelligence as
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| Mattel released Intellivision ''World
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| | accurate as possible.The quality of
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| Series Baseball.'' For the first time,
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| | baseball games has continued to develop
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| players of ''World Series Baseball''
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| | since ''La Russa.'' The development of
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| could use multiple camera angles to show
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| | EA's ''MVP Baseball'', Sony's ''MLB The
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| the action. A gamer could see the batter
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| | Show'', Out of the Park Developments'
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| from a modified "center field" camera,
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| | text-based simulation ''Out of the Park
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| see baserunners in corner insets, and
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| | Baseball'', and the and growth of gaming
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| view defensive plays from a camera behind
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| | systems (from Genesis to XBox360) has
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| home plate. ''World Series Baseball''
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| | transformed the depth and reality of
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| also integrated fly balls into their
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| | baseball games. Even players themselves
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| interface.In 1988, baseball video games
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| | admit to using them prepare for games.
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| made another jump, when Electronic Arts
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| | According to an FHM article written by
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| (EA) released ''Earl Weaver Baseball'',
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| | 2004 AL Cy Young Winner Johan Santana
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| which added an actual baseball manager
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| | (April 2006 pg. 113), "I can see the
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| provided run by artificial intelligence.
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| | hitting zones of each player and
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| The important of ''Earl Weaver Baseball''
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| | statistically where he doesn't like the
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| was acknowledged by Computer Gaming World
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| | ball. I can also get a feel for when he
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| in 1996 when it named ''Earl Weaver
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| | will swing at fastballs and when he may
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| Baseball'' 25th on its list of the Best
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| | not expect a change-up. I wouldn't say
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| 150 Games of All Time. This was the
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| | that I would pitch to a guy in a
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| second highest ranking for any sports
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| | real-life game the same way, but it gives
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| game in that 1981-1996 period behind FPS
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| | you ideas of how to approach certain
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| Sports Football.Nintendo also hit a
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| | hitters."2. Internet Fantasy BaseballHate
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| homerun, in 1988 when it released ''RBI
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| | it (girlfriends, wives) or love it
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| Baseball.'' RBI was the first video game
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| | (practically every baseball fan), fantasy
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| to be licensed through the Major League
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| | baseball has become as popular as the
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| Baseball Players Association. The game
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| | sport itself. Once regulated to stat
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| contained authentic major league players
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| | junkies who painfully calculated and
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| and rosters, and not surprisingly was a
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| | managed everything on their own, the
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| huge hit with players.Twenty years after
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| | expansion of the internet has allowed
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| the first baseball video game, ''Tony La
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| | millions of fans to participate in
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| Russa Baseball'' appeared on shelves
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| | leagues with friends and other fans
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| across the country. The game made
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| | throughout the country. This couldn't
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| significant advancements in baseball game
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| | possibly affect the actual sport itself
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| play. First, ''La Russa'' included a
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| | right? Wrong. Fantasy Baseball has a
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| circular Fly Ball Cursor that appeared
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| | huge impact on fan interest. Did your
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| where the ball was going to land, and
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| | team throw in the towel mid-season, or
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| grew or diminished in size based on the
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| | currently in an unwatchable rebuilding
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| height of the ball. If the wind was
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| | year?
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| blowing the cursor would move its
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