Ball Five Baseball 1950-1959

The 1950s: baseball’s golden age.

New York rules the game. Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” wins the 1951 pennant. Willie Mays makes The Catch in the 1954 World Series. The Brooklyn Dodgers finally beat the Yankees in 1955, and Don Larsen throws a perfect game in the 1956 Series. Mickey Mantle wins the Triple Crown, Hank Aaron’s Braves win it all in 1957, and Ted Williams hits .388 at age 38. Then the Dodgers and Giants head west.

Now you manage them, every team and every season from 1950 to 1959, 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.