Comments on: Baseball Boss: If You Don’t Love Baseball Yet, You Will Now

By: ed a

ed a — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:12:21 +0000

Looks very cool. I’ll try it, kinda looks like my game: Smallball baseball
http://www.smallball.com

By: Fairweather Zealot » Blog Archive » We’re not athletes … we’re drunk guys with balls

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:37:09 +0000

[...] Baseball Boss - interesting app if you’re a baseball fan [...]

By: OnkelSchark

OnkelSchark — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:14:23 +0000

Apparently they thought it would be a great idea to launch, but first delete all beta accounts without warning.

No Email, no notice on the site. Nothing.

Tried logging in today and got: “Attention BETA TESTERS! All Beta accounts have been removed. Please sign up again for a permanent Baseball Boss account.”

Really too bad, it really was fun. I won’t be back though. Sorry.

By: Infotron » Blog Archive » Sequoia Capital Gets Serious About Fantasy

Infotron » Blog Archive » Sequoia Capital Gets Serious About Fantasy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:41:08 +0000

[...] Boss, which uses the same underlying engine as Duels, beta launched last week. Users create baseball teams based on real MLB players (they have a licensing deal in place with [...]

By: Game Tycoon»Blog Archive » Articles of Interest

Game Tycoon»Blog Archive » Articles of Interest — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:19:44 +0000

[...] popular — web game) have taken their simple, asynchronous multiplayer design philosophy and applied it to baseball. The new game is called Baseball Boss. It’s in closed beta, so I haven’t had the chance [...]

By: TMo

TMo — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:09:28 +0000

Steve: How about free bj’s during the seventh inning stretch? Or coupons for booze in the Cracker Jack boxes. Those damn things haven’t had good prizes since 1988.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:02:52 +0000

All this did was reinforce why I don’t like baseball…apart from the players being payed millions to do steroids, and rob children of their dreams by suing little leauge teams, and whine about how hard it is to play Baseball for 2 hours, stadium food is absurdly over-priced, and there’s always some drunk, painted-fat-asshole screaming the same 40 year old heckles, the over-all game is just boring. Even the video games are boring.

Baseball is dying. MLB should put themselves to sleep with dignity, or start making it worth the excursion to the ball park.

By: Ernie Camacho

Ernie Camacho — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:00:27 +0000

Not original at all. I’ve been playing a very similar game called Barnstorming at thetoolsofignorance.com for over a year. It isn’t as pretty, but I think it is deeper and easier (and faster). If you are a stat geek, you will probably prefer Barnstorming.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:39:19 +0000

Make a version that does the samething for Ice Hockey and I’m in!

By: Kunal

Kunal — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:43:42 +0000

Very innovative! Love the concept.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:41:33 +0000

Flow of the game sucks, and they force you to buy their “challenge coins” - at least it duels you can stumble your way through the game without them and some luck

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:25:49 +0000

“So here’s the thing - I’m not a huge baseball fan, but I spent hours yesterday “testing” the game and talking to the company.”

aka:
“So I spent the entire day playing games and talking to my internet friends.”

By: 紅眼編碼員 » Blog Archive » Baseball Boss

紅眼編碼員 » Blog Archive » Baseball Boss — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:11:47 +0000

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By: Vivek

Vivek — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:34:14 +0000

cool!

By: hawaii

hawaii — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:24:14 +0000

Sounds pretty cool

By: bronco92

bronco92 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:35:14 +0000

To answer the “how do they make money” questions… the way I see it:

1) Micro-transactions model. Members pay small amounts of money for in game utilities (e.g. new cards, player attribute boosts etc.) If they can get millions of users spending small amounts of money this will quickly add up.

2) Advertising. In-game sponsorships of tournaments/leagues.

By: rbk

rbk — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:31:20 +0000

These types of niche social sites offer more value than what FB offers and it is only a matter of time before Niches Social networks will be bigger than all these generic social networks that offer 1 value, connecting you with others. /yawn

- I am not a baseball fan or apart of FB, but I would guess a FB person whose passion is baseball will slowly migrate to this type of baseball social network that offers more than a superpoke.

Serious folks, Facebook? Really?

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Baseball Boss：野球が大好きじゃなくても大好きになるゲーム

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Baseball Boss：野球が大好きじゃなくても大好きになるゲーム — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:29:44 +0000

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By: Scott Mueller

Scott Mueller — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:48:24 +0000

Ahh, sorry just read the next sentence of the first paragraph that I had skipped over.

By: Scott Mueller

Scott Mueller — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:47:45 +0000

How do we get one of these 1000 beta accounts?

By: Sam Purtill

Sam Purtill — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:38:50 +0000

Best UI and product I’ve played with in 2008, very well executed. Can see myself spending lots of time on this site.

By: gresh

gresh — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:33:15 +0000

@16: No, real men love football.

“In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy’s defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! “I hope I’ll be safe at home!”

R.I.P. Mr. Carlin, R.I.P.

By: Sean Hackbarth

Sean Hackbarth — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:30:19 +0000

I enjoyed my first few games. It brings back the memories of cracking open baseball card packs hoping for a a Ken Griffey, Jr. The gameplay is easy. The roster building takes a little getting used to but I managed. I wish they had updated rosters. There have been a few important moves since 2007. Dontrell Willis is a Tiger now, not a Marlin. More people need to join so I don’t have to wait too long for challenges to be accepted or denied. So far it looks promising and I’m sure I’ll be back later tonight to see how my team did.

By: Stephen Glauser

Stephen Glauser — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:16:31 +0000

I’ve never been much of a ball fan, but it looks like I will have all kinds of fun with this. Thanks for the account!

By: Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:12:17 +0000

Lucky dog, you have Justin Duchsherer on your team.

Hopefully, this will help educate scruffy foreigners on the world’s greatest game. Soccer is a nice game for girls, but real men love baseball.

Go A’s!