<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
2001	I-Application
is	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
made	O
for	O
the	O
2000	O
Major	O
League	O
Baseball	B-Application
season	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
earlier	O
games	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
3D	I-Application
1998	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
2001	I-Application
uses	O
the	O
Baseball	B-Application
Mogul	I-Application
engine	O
,	O
which	O
requires	O
players	O
to	O
act	O
as	O
general	O
manager	O
of	O
an	O
MLB	O
franchise	O
,	O
forcing	O
players	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
realistic	O
payroll	O
constraints	O
and	O
city-related	O
issues	O
along	O
the	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
2001	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aaron	O
Curtiss	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Knight	O
Ridder	O
,	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
simplicity	O
but	O
considered	O
it	O
inferior	O
to	O
Sammy	B-Application
Sosa	I-Application
High	I-Application
Heat	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
2001	I-Application
.	O
</s>
