<s>
Baseball	B-Application
(	O
released	O
as	O
Major	B-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
,	O
Super	B-Application
Challenge	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
,	O
and	O
World	O
Championship	O
Baseball	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
sport	O
video	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
Mattel	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
in	O
1980	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
best-selling	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
history	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
1	O
million	O
copies	O
sold	O
,	O
Baseball	B-Application
put	O
players	O
in	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
nine-man	O
baseball	B-Application
team	O
competing	O
in	O
a	O
standard	O
nine-inning	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
first	O
released	O
,	O
Mattel	O
obtained	O
a	O
license	O
from	O
Major	B-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
,	O
although	O
the	O
only	O
trademarked	O
item	O
used	O
is	O
the	O
MLB	O
logo	O
on	O
the	O
box	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
consists	O
of	O
nine	O
innings	O
on	O
a	O
simplified	O
baseball	B-Application
diamond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
the	O
two	O
teams	O
represented	O
in	O
Baseball	B-Application
are	O
basically	O
the	O
same	O
,	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
simulation	O
is	O
remarkable	O
for	O
its	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
wide	O
array	O
of	O
baseball	B-Application
strategy	O
includes	O
Double	O
plays	O
,	O
triple	B-Architecture
plays	I-Architecture
,	O
rundowns	O
,	O
and	O
intentional	O
walks	O
are	O
all	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
titled	O
World	O
Championship	O
Baseball	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sears	O
sold	O
it	O
without	O
the	O
MLB	O
license	O
for	O
its	O
private-label	O
Super	B-Operating_System
Video	I-Operating_System
Arcade	I-Operating_System
console	O
,	O
and	O
Mattel	O
's	O
M	O
Network	O
produced	O
an	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
conversion	O
called	O
Super	B-Application
Challenge	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Mattel	B-Operating_System
Electronics	I-Operating_System
ceased	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
system	O
and	O
its	O
assets	O
were	O
sold	O
to	O
INTV	B-Operating_System
Corporation	I-Operating_System
,	O
Major	B-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
Big	O
League	O
Baseball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Application
Lives	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
compilation	O
and	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Room	I-Device
service	O
as	O
Baseball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baseball	B-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Video	O
magazine	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
inclusion	O
of	O
moveable	O
fielders	O
and	O
"	O
flashy	O
"	O
baserunning	O
techniques	O
like	O
the	O
suicide	O
squeeze	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Criticism	O
was	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
somewhat	O
simplistic	O
pitching	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
"	O
all	O
batted	O
balls	O
are	O
grounders	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
overall	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"blow[ing]	O
away	O
"	O
all	O
other	O
contemporary	O
baseball	B-Application
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
