WELCOME TO BASEBALL MOGUL 2002!
In Baseball Mogul, you assume the role
of both General Manager and Manager for a professional baseball team of your
choice. You start on Opening Day 2001 with complete rosters (and minor league
prospects) for a big league team.
In your role as Manager, you set the starting defense, batting order and pitching
rotation for your team. You choose who stays in the big leagues, who gets sent
down to the minors, and who gets released altogether. As General Manager, you
craft complex trades and sign multi-million dollar players, competing with artificially
intelligent player agents and general managers. You also get to control all
the finances of your team, from setting the price of a ticket to allocating
funds to your farm system, scouts and medical staff.
PLAYING THE GAME
To start a game of Baseball Mogul,
click the 'Start a New Game' button in the Baseball Mogul startup screen. This
will bring up the New Game Dialog. For more information about the advanced new
game features in Baseball Mogul 2002, check the Advanced
Options section.
1. Set up your game with the New Game Dialog
Select difficulty level: Fan is easiest, Coach
is moderately challenging, Manager is tough, and Mogul is extremely difficult.
Select your city and entire your team name at the top. Then, add your name.
This will be the name shown if you reach the Mogul Hall of Fame.
Hit 'Play', and the first season schedule will set up.
2. Make changes to your team through the menus
You can control lineups, bullpen, trades, free agents, scouting reports, and
budgets through a series of menus.
Team Menu
The Team menu lets you alter your lineup, pitching roster, defensive roster, as well as viewing other teams' lineups.
Players Menu
The Players menu lets you search for specific players, scout and sign free agents, propose trades with other teams
and check any new inductees to the Player Hall of Fame.
Budget Menu
The Budget menu allows you to control your expenses and revenue. The Tickets Dialog lets you choose what price
to charge for tickets, and the Broadcast Dialog sets what broadcast rights you'd prefer for your team. The Expenses
dialog lets you set your scouting, farm system and medical expenses, and see how you rank among the other teams.
3. Once you've prepared your team, you can play a game, or a series of games with the 'Play' option. This allows you to run a day, week, a month, half a season, or even a whole season of games in just minutes.
Play Menu (one
day / one week / one month / half season / entire season)
4. Check results of games through the News Screens
Each of the news screens gives different information about your team and others
in both leagues.
News Menu
The Headlines screen
gives you highlights from selected games in a newspaper style format.
The Standings screen provides information that relates
to the scope of the entire team. On this screen you can watch your team rise
and fall through the course of a season.
The Leaders screen lets you know how your players
are measuring up individually against all other players. Click on any player
name to see his or her scouting report. Click on the header buttons to change
the leader lists shown.
The Finances screen is a particularly important screen,
as Mogul requires you to remain economically viable while working your way toward
the championship games. Compare your financial information to other teams here.
Click on the silver tab buttons to change the data displayed in each column.
5. Readjust your team through the menus, and play another game, set of games,
or entire season.
6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 as much as you want. You can play your game into the next century, and beyond.