Bush League Baseball

Eight teams. None of them are good, and one of them is good in a way you are going to resent. Nine innings of REAL BASEBALL: force plays, double plays, tag-ups, the infield fly, extra innings, the whole apparatus, played by people who cannot be trusted with any of it. All 106 players have a name, a face, a number, and ONE THING WRONG WITH THEM. It is printed on their card, the booth brings it up when it happens, and it will change how you manage the inning.

That is the game.EIGHT BALLPARKS, IN 3DEvery game is played in real-time 3D, with bobblehead ballplayers who have their own faces, stances and walk-ups, and every park plays its own way. THE PALACE has a royal box and triple decks. THE SANDLOT has a dog in the weeds and no fence in left. MUNICIPAL FIELD has a 40-foot wall. COW PASTURE has a cow that moves between innings. GLASSWORKS has a factory window in right that stays broken once you break it.

THE MOSH PIT has a light tower that has been out since spring. THE SPEEDWAY has a dust devil, and HARBOR PARK has a seagull on the dock. Crowds with signs and opinions, a band, a seventh-inning stretch, and a mascot for every club, from Sir Barks at The Palace to one for the club you found.CHUCK BASEBALL IS IN THE BOOTHEvery call is voiced.…