<s>
3D	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
is	O
a	O
sports	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Crystal	O
Dynamics	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Mindscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
1996	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
CNN	B-Architecture
sportscaster	O
Van	O
Earl	O
Wright	O
as	O
the	O
announcer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
animations	O
were	O
created	O
using	O
a	O
new	O
animation	O
process	O
called	O
Real	O
Motion	O
Control	O
,	O
which	O
involved	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
typically	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
smooth	O
polygonal	O
models	O
and	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
methodology	O
combined	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
most	O
realistic-looking	O
baseball	O
players	O
in	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
date	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
though	O
as	O
good	O
or	O
better	O
than	O
most	O
baseball	O
games	O
,	O
falls	O
short	O
of	O
the	O
leading	O
competitors	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
World	O
Series	O
Baseball	O
II	O
and	O
Triple	O
Play	O
97	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
Hugh	O
Sterbakov	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
praised	O
the	O
realism	O
and	O
the	O
voice	O
of	O
Van	O
Earl	O
Wright	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
absences	O
of	O
Major	B-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
teams	O
or	O
logos	O
,	O
that	O
players	O
can	O
only	O
take	O
the	O
field	O
in	O
four	O
"	O
imaginary	O
"	O
ballparks	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
lacks	O
all-star	O
,	O
home	O
run	O
derby	O
,	O
and	O
playoff	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
