Escapist Magazine asks: why doesn't anyone play baseball video games anymore? Heck, people still just talk about RBI Baseball. Why do current games kind of suck?

Baseball has eight players acting independently on every defensive play, and as many as four base runners functioning with only minimal support from a human. Sure, programmers can give us increasing levels of control over these in-game players, but the learning curve skyrockets. The only other option is to put most control over these players' actions in the hands of AI, which ultimately takes away from the player the bulk of the responsibility for any single game's outcome. And no matter what kind of game you're talking about, that's a formula for disaster.

It's a shame too, because we always buy baseball video games, thinking they're going to be cool, and we end up just admiring how good a job they did rendering the stadiums, and then we never play the games themselves.

Peanuts And Cracker Jack [Escapist Magazine]

It's fun to watch modern-day players try to get around the glitches that existed in the original game.

If the "mini pitcher" glitch appears, pitcher is required to press "b" button to get rid of glitch. In the event that there are no base runners (and thus, removal of glitch by pressing "b" will not work), pitcher is required to throw an "a" ball and batter is required to foul it off, removing glitch. If there are two strikes when glitch occurs, then game resumes after foul ball. If there is zero or one strike when game resumes, then pitcher is required to throw the next pitch for a ball. If at anytime the rules in place for the "mini Pitcher" glitch forces the pitcher to walk the batter, the rules will be void (with the exception of the required foul ball to eliminate glitch).

Frankly, if you live in the Columbus area, you have absolutely no excuse not to go to this.

Ohio National RBI Tournament [Official Site]