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Simulating … err …ruining the Phillies: Part 1

Our Daniel Walsh simulated the Phillies in a variety of experiments in the game Out of the Park Baseball. Each day this week, Walsh chronicles his simulations.

For most, sports video games offer the chance to create the player they wish they could be and live out a career full of tense, adrenaline-riddled moments and clutch plays.

It’s fair to say that the Out of the Park Baseball series offers a different kind of tension. A management simulator, the game allows players to be a manager, general manager or commissioner for baseball teams in the major leagues, minor leagues or a few international and American independent leagues.