Baseball is based on history, both good and bad. In many ways, the sport traces itself along the arc of American society. Out of the Park Baseball 20’s newest Perfect Team card collection is a unique set, comprising players whose career overlap at the point of one player retiring as a new one debuts. Starting in 1890 with the debut of Kid Nichols and ending in 2019 with the retirement of Brian McCann, it’s a wonderful way to look across the spectrum of our favorite sport!
The latest episode of This Week in Perfect Team featured host Kris Jardine showing off all the new content. You can catch up on the episode archived on our YouTube channel. Be sure to tune in to a very special edition of This Week In Perfect Team on Thursday January 23 at 9 PM ET at Twitch.tv/ootpdevelopments for a Call to the Hall, celebrating the newest inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Special guests include Paul Sporer from FanGraphs!
Out of the Park Baseball 20 is now just $19.99! With the entire history of baseball at your fingertips, plenty of offseason moves to make for your current favorite team, and an amazing Perfect Team universe pulsing with new competitions every day, now is a great time to jump into it. You can get it directly from the OOTP website, from Steam, or from Origin.
Here is this week’s card pack:
The Generations Collection
- Diamond Historical Legend – Peak Brian McCann (C; 90 OVR)
- Gold Historical Legend – Peak Benito Santiago (C; 88 OVR)
- Gold Historical Legend – Peak Tony Perez (1B; 89 OVR)
- Diamond Historical Legend – Peak Billy Pierce (LHP SP, 99 OVR)
- Diamond Historical Legend – Peak Joe Cronin (SS, 97 OVR)
- Diamond Historical Legend – Peak Babe Adams (RHP SP, 98 OVR)
- Perfect Historical Legend – Peak Kid Nichols (RHP SP, 100 OVR)
The OOTP Now Podcast: Travis Sawchik from 538.com and The MVP Machine
Every Tuesday brings a new episode of OOTP Now, the popular podcast produced by the Out of the Park Developments crew. This week, host Rich Grisham chatted with 538.com writer and co-author of The MVP Machine Travis Sawchik about his great book and all the controversies swirling around the MLB offseason!
The Kevin Kennedy Show: Gamesmanship, Cheating, and the Fallout
Every Thursday brings a new episode of The Kevin Kennedy Show, brought to you by Out of the Park Baseball. Rich Grisham talks baseball with MLB player, manager, and announcer Kevin Kennedy, and no topic is off limits! This past week, Kevin and Rich discussed Kevin’s take on the issues rocking baseball this January.
Don’t forget that Franchise Hockey Manager 6 – the best-reviewed and best-selling version of the hockey strategy series ever made – is available now! If you love Out of the Park Baseball, Franchise Hockey Manager is the perfect game for you too.
Are you thinking about making the leap from MLB The Show to Out of the Park Baseball? Make sure to read our featured article.
If you’re a true die-hard baseball fan, one video game simulation just isn’t enough. As someone who plays MLB The Show year after year and marvels at how consistently great the series continues to be, I’ve still found myself wondering from time to time: what else is out there? Maybe it’s born out of some fatigue at looking at The Show’s familiar presentation and incremental improvements over such a long period of time. Maybe I was just really excited about baseball season finally starting after a long winter. But whatever the reason, I was anxious to see what other baseball video games had to offer.
