<s>
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
is	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
(	O
1987	O
)	O
designed	O
by	O
Don	O
Daglow	O
and	O
Eddie	O
Dombrower	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
artificial	I-Application
intelligence	I-Application
for	O
the	O
computer	O
manager	O
was	O
provided	O
by	O
Baseball	B-Application
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
member	O
Earl	O
Weaver	O
,	O
then	O
manager	O
of	O
the	O
Baltimore	O
Orioles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EWB	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
hit	O
,	O
and	O
along	O
with	O
John	B-Device
Madden	I-Device
Football	I-Device
helped	O
pave	O
the	O
way	O
for	O
the	O
EA	O
Sports	O
brand	O
,	O
which	O
launched	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
planned	O
but	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daglow	O
and	O
Dombrower	O
had	O
previously	O
teamed	O
together	O
to	O
create	O
Intellivision	B-Application
World	I-Application
Series	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
at	O
Mattel	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
use	O
multiple	O
camera	O
angles	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
console	O
sports	O
sim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daglow	O
and	O
Dombrower	O
interviewed	O
Weaver	O
in	O
his	O
hotel	O
room	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
meetings	O
over	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
months	O
during	O
the	O
1985	O
season	O
for	O
managerial	O
AI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
he	O
loved	O
talking	O
baseball	B-Application
strategy	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
was	O
having	O
a	O
great	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EWB	O
included	O
many	O
features	O
that	O
subsequently	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
most	O
or	O
all	O
computer	O
baseball	B-Application
sims	O
through	O
the	O
present	O
day	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1971	O
,	O
Daglow	O
had	O
written	O
the	O
first-ever	O
computer	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
,	O
Baseball	B-Application
,	O
and	O
included	O
this	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
ran	O
only	O
on	O
a	O
room-sized	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
,	O
however	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
never	O
offered	O
for	O
sale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroLeague	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
(	O
1984	O
)	O
also	O
had	O
single	O
pitch	O
at	O
bats	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
switch	O
to	O
a	O
single-pitch	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
featured	O
voice	O
synthesis	O
,	O
a	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
sports	O
computer	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
had	O
some	O
voice	O
synthesis	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
but	O
less	O
than	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
of	O
lower	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
n't	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
announcer	O
in	O
a	O
home	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
though	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
distinction	O
went	O
to	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
Intellivision	B-Application
World	I-Application
Series	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
not	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
as	O
MicroLeague	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
also	O
had	O
this	O
feature	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
time	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
manager	O
had	O
worked	O
with	O
game	O
designers	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
managerial	O
strategy	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
for	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
leaving	O
EA	O
,	O
Daglow	O
would	O
later	O
lead	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
Tony	B-Application
La	I-Application
Russa	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
series	O
,	O
working	O
with	O
Tony	O
La	O
Russa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
issued	O
annual	O
baseball	B-Application
statistics	O
disks	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
rosters	O
and	O
stats	O
of	O
the	O
major	B-Application
league	I-Application
players	O
until	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
time	O
third-party	O
publishers	O
issued	O
baseball	B-Application
statistics	O
disks	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
All-Time	O
Great	O
Teams	O
and	O
1987	O
Major	B-Application
League	I-Application
disks	O
from	O
Patrick	O
Mondout	O
in	O
late	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Featured	O
the	O
MLBPA	O
license	O
and	O
feature	O
actual	O
major	B-Application
league	I-Application
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
option	O
had	O
been	O
pulled	O
from	O
Daglow	O
and	O
Dombrower	O
's	O
1983	O
Intellivision	B-Application
World	I-Application
Series	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
at	O
the	O
last	O
minute	O
by	O
Mattel	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
save	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pitcher/batter	O
interface	O
was	O
top-down	O
in	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
,	O
and	O
foreshortened	O
in	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
no	O
trade	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
so	O
all	O
trades	O
were	O
made	O
manually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
II	O
(	O
EWB2	O
)	O
was	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
classic	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
many	O
advances	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
first	O
full	O
3D	O
camera	O
that	O
would	O
render	O
a	O
television-style	O
viewing	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
EWB2	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
STATS	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
that	O
would	O
play	O
back	O
real	O
baseball	B-Application
games	O
using	O
the	O
EWB	O
II	O
display	O
engine	O
and	O
live	O
scoring	O
information	O
from	O
each	O
ballpark	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
finished	O
or	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Dombrower	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
EWB2	O
called	O
I	O
Got	O
It	O
Baseball	B-Application
as	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
though	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
gamer	O
can	O
only	O
manage	O
,	O
not	O
participate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
managerial	O
AI	B-Application
still	O
remains	O
,	O
though	O
now	O
called	O
"	O
The	O
Skipper	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
intact	O
are	O
the	O
physics	O
engine	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
the	O
fully	O
developed	O
team	O
,	O
player	O
,	O
and	O
ballpark	O
editors	O
;	O
stat	O
accumulation	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
now-commonplace	O
"	O
QuickPlay	O
"	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
was	O
very	O
successful	O
for	O
EA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
named	O
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
its	O
game	O
of	O
year	O
for	O
1987	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
1989	O
it	O
named	O
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
to	O
its	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
for	O
games	O
readers	O
rated	O
highly	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
8.82	O
out	O
of	O
12	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
reviewers	O
Hartley	O
and	O
Patricia	O
Lesser	O
complimented	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
their	O
"	O
The	O
Role	O
of	O
Computers	O
"	O
column	O
in	O
Dragon	O
#126	O
(	O
1987	O
)	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
finest	O
computer	O
simulation	O
for	O
baseball	B-Application
we	O
’ve	O
ever	O
seen	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
impressive	O
beyond	O
belief	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
later	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
version	O
in	O
1988	O
in	O
Dragon	O
#132	O
,	O
giving	O
it	O
5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
also	O
praised	O
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
,	O
stating	O
"	O
it	O
is	O
,	O
without	O
question	O
,	O
the	O
closest	O
we	O
have	O
to	O
the	O
ideal	O
computer	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
are	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
fan	O
,	O
you	O
will	O
want	O
this	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Siggins	O
reviewed	O
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
for	O
Games	O
International	O
magazine	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
5	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
is	O
an	O
excellent	O
game	O
offering	O
much	O
,	O
much	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
stats	O
based	O
replay	O
and	O
should	O
be	O
a	O
required	O
purchase	O
for	O
baseball	B-Application
fans.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
named	O
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
the	O
25th	O
Best	O
Game	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
was	O
named	O
to	O
the	O
Computer	O
Game	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
by	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
GameSpy	O
.	O
</s>
