Ball Five Baseball 1960-1969

The 1960s: Maris, Koufax and the Miracle Mets.

Bill Mazeroski’s walk-off homer wins the 1960 World Series. Roger Maris chases Ruth and hits 61 in 1961. Maury Wills steals 104 bases. Sandy Koufax becomes unhittable. Frank Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski win Triple Crowns, and Yaz leads the “Impossible Dream” Red Sox. In 1968, the Year of the Pitcher, Bob Gibson posts a 1.12 ERA and Denny McLain wins 31. Then the 1969 Miracle Mets shock the world.

Now you manage them, every team and every season from 1960 to 1969, 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.