What's New in Version 8?

All new, dark themed, high-contrast user interface.

Major improvements to the layout of the play ball page that result in less space wasted, and more information available. For example, you can view the matchup pane and the lineups pane at the same time; you can configure the size of the play by play window; you can choose to show/hide additional information for each player in the matchup pane; and you can choose to show/hide the lineup pane.

Brand new player popup that contains more information, including a variety of split stats. The new popup also makes it much easier to compare a player's real-life and replay stats.

Added a new scoring plays tab to the boxscore view. This tab shows the play by play for all scoring plays in a game. The scoring plays are organized by half-inning.

Users can now fast play during a game to a specific game event (e.g. End of this half inning, End of this inning, Top of the 7th, Top of the 8th, Top of the 9th). More events will be added in future updates.

Games are automatically saved after each play. This means that if your machine suddenly runs out of power, your operating system decides to reboot to install an update, or you experience a crash, your game will ready and waiting for you when you start back up.

It is now possible to undo the last play during the game. This is great for when you forget to defend against the bunt when the opponent's pitcher is up, or when you accidentally enter the wrong dice when manually rolling the dice.

It is now possible to reset a game that has been saved but you want to start it over.

Added a brand new lineup history report. This report shows the lineup used by a team for every game in a replay.

Added a brand new win/loss grid report that shows every teams record against every other team.

Lots of updates to the game play by play, including a variety of calls that trigger of the overall ability of a player, how the player is doing so far in the replay, and how the player is doing so far in the game.

Created a brand new team popup that is available during a game. You can access this popup by clicking on a team name in the linescore. The popup contains the current standings for each team's division, as well as the top players on the team.

Brand new schedule generator that does a better job of generating more realistic schedules. In addition, schedule templates are now supported that allow generic schedules to be created and imported. Several templates are included that can be used for organization structures that are not supported by the schedule generator.

Hitting streaks are now tracked by the game and integrated into the play by play, leaderboard, browse player page, and the boxscore.

Batting average with runners in scoring position is now tracked by the game and integrated into the leaderboard, player popup, browse player page, and boxscore.

Batting average with the bases loaded, and grand slams are now tracked by the game and integrated into the leader board, browse player page, player popup.

Grounded into double plays is now tracked by the game and integrated into the leader board, boxscore, and browse player page.

The playoff page now allows for a different number of series to be played in each round. This makes it possible to have playoff byes and makes it easy to include wild card rounds.

Added quick access to the standings and win/loss grid from the playoff page.

Added a quick access to the schedule from the playoff page, making it easier to jump between building a playoff and playing the games.

The number of games in a playoff series is now a property of the round not an individual series. This makes it easier to build a playoff round.

Improved the timing of the sound events, player flashing, and play by play.

A new option has been added to export schedules with as played lineups -- all in a simplified format. The export file can easily be edited in Excel and imported back into the game. This makes it much easier to edit as played lineups, or create your own as played lineups.

It is now possible to pinch hit or pinch run with a pitcher.

The expanded state of library groups is now saved so that it persists even after you shutdown the game.

Improvements were made to the computer manager's handling of the starting rotation.

Position played has been added to a player's daily log.

Importing players from another library allows you to specify what team you want the players to be placed on, instead of always putting the players on the free agent team.

Created all new default team logos.

New modified Lahman database that contains splits through 2018.

Major updates to the season overview page that is easier to view, and includes more information (e.g., current MVP/Cy Young voting and current/longest hitting streaks) and more player pictures.

When manually entering pitchers, it is now possible to specify either IP or BF for each pitcher.

Improved the logic used for trade importing and trade execution.

Updated the team details import file.

Seamheads ballpark import feature now does a better job of picking a park image based on the year.

Updated formatting of reports that make reports easier to read.

Various bug fixes.