Ball Five Baseball 1990-1999

The 1990s: Ripken, Griffey and the great home run chase.

Kirby Puckett and Jack Morris win the 1991 World Series in one of the greatest Fall Classics ever. Joe Carter’s walk-off homer wins it for Toronto in 1993. Tony Gwynn hits .394, and the 1994 Expos look like a juggernaut before the strike. Cal Ripken passes Lou Gehrig. Greg Maddux and the Braves dominate, Ken Griffey Jr. does it all, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa chase Maris in 1998, and the Yankees win 114 games.

Now you manage them, every team and every season from 1990 to 1999, played at-bat by at-bat.

What’s in the game

• Player cards built from each player’s real season stats, with lefty/righty splits on every hitter and pitcher
• Cards that flip like the ones you got in the mail, with real stats on the back
• Fielding checks based on each fielder’s range and errors
• Pitcher warm-up tosses set his form for the day, and fatigue colors tell you when he’s tiring
• Momentum: a pitcher can get in a groove or get rattled
• Steals, pickoffs, hit-and-runs, bunts, intentional walks and pitchouts. You make the calls.
• “At the wall” plays: robbed home runs, balls off the wall, and wind-blown homers
• Real schedules, standings, season stats, box scores and play-by-play

Microsoft Excel only, not a board game. Works in Windows or Mac Excel. Download right after checkout, set up and ready to play.

Bonus: comes with the 1985–86 English First Division season of 5 Minute Soccer, free.