"*ABOUT THE AUTHOR"
" "
"THIS GAME WAS WRITTEN AND COPYRIGHTED"
"BY HARRY H. HOLLINGSWORTH,"
"692 S. SHERATON DR., "
"AKRON, OHIO 44319"
"PHONE: (330) 644-2421"
"MR. HOLLINGSWORTH IS A RETIRED ECONOMIST"
"STATISTICIAN WHO IS A LIFE"
"LONG BASEBALL FAN.  SINCE HIS"
"RETIREMENT, IN ADDITION TO THIS GAME,"
"HE HAS PUBLISHED THE MATHEMATICAL"
"RATINGS OF COLLEGE AND NFL FOOTBALL"
"TEAMS WHICH HAVE BEEN RUN BY SEVERAL"
"NEWSPAPERS.  HE HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A"
"COMPUTER STUDY ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM"
"BASEBALL TEAMS, WHICH HAS BEEN IN"
"SEVERAL PAPERS AND IN HIS BOOK,"
"THE BEST AND WORST BASEBALL TEAMS OF"
"ALL TIME - FROM THE '16 A'S TO THE"
"'27 YANKS TO THE PRESENT,"
"PUBLISHED BY SPI BOOKS, NEW YORK CITY."
"*THE PURPOSES OF THIS BASEBALL GAME"
" "
"1 TO VERY ACCURATELY SIMULATE THE GREAT"
"AMERICAN PAST TIME WHILE RESPONDING TO"
"YOUR SKILL AS A MANAGER."
 " "
"2 IN PLAYING THE GAME WITH A VOICE"
"SYNTHESIZER, TO MAKE IT SOUND AS IF YOU"
"ARE LISTENING TO A GAME BEING BROADCAST"
"ON RADIO."
" "
"3 TO MAKE PEOPLE USING THE GAME AWARE OF"
"THE GREAT TEAMS AND PLAYERS THAT HAVE"
"PLAYED THIS GAME THROUGH THE YEARS."
" "
"4 TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY A GAME IN"
"ABOUT 15 MINUTES SO PLAYERS MAY PLAY A"
"TOURNAMENT OR  AN ENTIRE SCHEDULE OF"
"GAMES IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME."
"*ABOUT THE SYSTEM"
" "
"TO USE THE WORLD SERIES BASEBALL GAME"
"TYPE THE WORD 'MENU', THEN HIT ENTER."
"THIS SHOWS THE OPTIONS." FOR EXAMPLE,"
"IF YOU PRESS 'G', THE GAME WILL START. "
" "
"THE SCREEN OPTIONS"
" "
"IF YOU HAVE A MONOCHROME MONITOR,"
"OR HAVE TROUBLE WITH YOUR SCREEN READER"
"TRY THE 'S' OPTION TO ADJUST YOUR SCREEN."
"*PICKING THE TEAMS"
" "
"IF YOU WANT TO PLAY A REGULAR GAME,"
"YOUR FIRST CHOICE SHOULD BE TYPING 'P'"
"TO PICK THE VISITING AND HOME TEAMS."
"YOU PICK FROM A LIST OF OVER 140 TEAMS."
"INCLUDING OVER 80 PENNANT-WINNING"
"TEAMS, AND THE TOP TEAMS FROM THE "
"NON PENNANT WINNERS. FOLLOWED BY"
"28 RECENT TEAMS, SOME SPECIAL TEAMS,"
"AND  THEN THE TEAMS THAT YOU CREATED,"
"YOURSELF."
"*HOW THE GAME BEGINS"
" "
"WHEN THE GAME STARTS, YOU ARE ASKED IF"
"YOU WANT TO USE ONE OF THE STARTING"
"OPTIONS.  THESE ARE: "
"1. TO USE THE DESIGNATED HITTER."
"2. TO TURN OFF THE MUSIC AND SIREN."
 "USUALLY, THE ONLY OPTION YOU WILL USE"
"IS TO USE THE DESIGNATED HITTER."
"TO USE IT, TYPE THE LETTER 'D'."
"YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND AND TOGGLE THE"
"OPTIONS ON OR OFF."
"WHEN YOU ARE DONE, TYPE 'N' AND THE"
"GAME WILL GO ON."
"YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT TO USE"
"THE TEAMS THAT WERE PICKED OR WERE USED"
"IN THE LAST GAME, IF YOU DO NOT USE THE"
"'P' OPTION. IF YOU DO,"
 "TYPE 'Y' AND THE GAME WILL BEGIN."
" "
"THIS FEATURE MAKES IT EASY TO PICK YOUR"
"TEAMS. OTHERWISE,  YOU WOULD HAVE TO"
"KNOW THE VISITING AND HOME TEAM CODES."
"(THE CODES ARE THE FILE NAMES OF THE "
"TEAMS ON THE DISK)."
" "
"  YOU WILL THEN PICK THE PITCHERS"
"FOR THE VISITING AND HOME TEAMS, WHICH"
"YOU CHOOSE BY TYPING A NUMBER FROM 1 TO"
"7 AND HITTING ENTER."
"PITCHER 1 HAS THE BEST E R A OF THE "
"5 STARTING PITCHERS, FOLLOWED BY 2"
"RELIEF PITCHERS."
"YOU CAN TYPE 8 TO ADD YOUR OWN PITCHER."
"YOU CAN ALSO TYPE C AFTER THE NUMBER TO"
"CHANGE THE PITCHER'S BATTING AVERAGE." 
"*THE LINE UPS OF THE TEAMS "
" "
"YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WOULD"
"LIKE TO SEE THE LINE UPS OF THE TEAMS." 
"IF YOU WOULD, "
"TYPE THE LETTER 'Y'."
"IF YOU LOOK AT THE LINE UP, YOU CAN FIND"
"OUT WHO IS ON THE TEAMS, AND THEIR "
"BATTING ORDER.  OR YOU CAN CHANGE THE"
"LINE UP BY SWITCHING    PLAYERS. "
"THEY MAY BE TWO IN THE STARTING LINE UP,"
"OR A STARTER AND A SUBSTITUTE."
"FOR EXAMPLE, TYPE 1, 10 TO REPLACE THE"
"LEAD OFF BATTER WITH THE FIRST SUB."
" "
"THEN YOU WILL HEAR A DESCRIPTION OF THE"
"HOME TEAM'S BALL PARK."
"THEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WILL PLAY"
"AND THE GAME WILL BEGIN."
"*THE MANAGER'S OPTIONS"
" "
"YOU ACT AS THE MANAGERS, AND AFTER EVERY"
"PLAY YOU MAY CHANGE THE TEAMS TO"
"IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE.  YOU CAN"
"REPLACE A PLAYER OR CALL FOR A BUNT OR"
"SACRIFICE, WALK A BATTER PURPOSELY, HAVE"
"A RUNNER STEAL, OR HAVE THE LINEUP READ"
"TO YOU STARTING WITH THE CURRENT BATTER."
"YOU CAN FIND OUT THE INNING, HOW MANY"
"MEN ARE OUT AND ON BASE.  YOU CAN MOVE"
"YOUR INFIELD IN FOR A PLAY AT THE PLATE."
"OR YOU CAN SQUEEZE A MAN FROM THIRD."
"YOU CAN FIND OUT WHO IS UP AND HIS"
"STATISTICS OR WHO IS PITCHING AND HIS"
"STATISTICS."
"YOU TYPE IN A 1 OR 2 LETTER CODE,"
"FOR EXAMPLE 'B' FOR BUNT, OR 'SC' FOR"
"SCORE. TYPE 'HELP' FOR THE OPTIONS LIST."
" "
"IF YOU CHANGE A PLAYER, THE AVAILABLE"
"BATTERS OR PITCHERS WILL BE DISPLAYED,"
"AND YOU CAN CHANGE AS MANY AS YOU WANT."
"*AVAILABLE TEAMS"
" "
"THE TEAMS ARE IN A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST"
"FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM.  YOU CAN LOOK AT"
"THE TEAMS BY PRESSING 'P' FROM THE MENU"
"OR PRESSING 'P' WHEN ASKED AT THE"
"BEGINNING OF THE GAME TO FIND OUT WHICH"
"TEAMS YOU WANT TO USE."
"YOU CAN REVIEW ALL THE TEAMS AVAILABLE"
"ONE AT A TIME, OR FROM"
"ONLY THE TOP 50 TEAMS."
"YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT ONE TEAM,"
"OR LOOK FOR A SPECIFIC PLAYER."
"WHEN YOU PICK THE TWO TEAMS, THEY WILL"
"AUTOMATICALLY BE THE OPPONENTS IN THE"
"GAME."
" "
"IN A GAME, YOU CAN ADD TEMPORARY PLAYERS"
"TO A TEAM WHEN CHANGING A PITCHER OR"
"FIELDER. YOU CAN TYPE IN THE PLAYER'S"
"NAME, POSITION AND STATS BUT THIS PLAYER"
"WILL NOT EXIST AFTER THE GAME ENDS."
"*CREATE NEW TEAMS"
" "
"IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A"
"PERMANENT TEAM TYPE 'C' FROM THE MENU."
"YOU WILL HAVE TO TYPE IN THE NAME,"
"POSITION, BATTING AVERAGE AND NUMBER OF"
" HOME RUNS HIT BY THE 13 BATTERS AND THE"
"NAME AND E R A FOR THE 7 PITCHERS.  THE"
"PITCHER'S RECORD, TEAM MANAGER, PARK"
"NAME, AND DESCRIPTION ARE NOT NECESSARY"
"BUT ADD TO THE GAME."
" "
"YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE ONE OF THE FURNISHED"
"TEAMS."
"*TOP 50 TEAMS IDENTIFIED"
" "
"IN THE TEAMS LIST, THE 50 BEST OF ALL"
"TIME ARE INDICATED. THIS IS ACCORDING TO"
"A STUDY MADE BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS GAME."
"THUS, THE '27 NEW YORK YANKEES HAVE"
"'NUMBER 1 TEAM OF ALL TIME' BELOW"
"THEIR NAME INDICATING THAT THEY WERE THE"
"BEST TEAM OF ALL TIME. SOME OF THE"
"TOP 50 TEAMS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS"
"GAME BECAUSE THEY WERE MADE UP OF THE"
"SAME PLAYERS IN LARGE PART AS ONE OF THE"
"TEAMS WE SUPPLIED.  THUS WE INCLUDE THE"
"'27 AND '39 YANKEES BUT NOT THE '32 '36"
"'37 '38 '41 AND '42 YANKEE TEAMS WHICH"
"ALSO WERE AMONG THE 50 BEST."
"*ALL TOP 50 TEAMS LISTED"
" "
"YOU CAN FIND OUT THE TOP 50 BASEBALL"
"TEAMS OF ALL TIME BY TYPING 'T' FROM THE"
"MENU.  THE LIST WILL TELL YOU WHICH"
"TEAMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GAME."
"*RUNNING A TOURNAMENT"
" "
"YOU CAN GET HELP IN RUNNING A SINGLE OR"
"DOUBLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT OF TEAMS"
"BY TYPING 'D' FROM THE MENU."
" "
"THIS PROGRAM PERMITS YOU TO SET UP AND"
"KEEP TRACK OF TOURNAMENTS OF THE 85"
"PENNANT-WINNING TEAMS SUPPLIED WITH THIS"
"GAME. IF YOU WANT TO INVOLVE ALL OF  "
"THEM IN YOUR TOURNAMENT, THE BEST WAY IS"
"TO DIVIDE THE TEAMS INTO 8 'FLIGHTS',"
"EACH WITH 8 TEAMS AND THEN PLAY GAMES"
"TO DETERMINE THE WINNER."
" "
"THIS PROGRAM PERMITS YOU TO SPECIFY WHAT"
"TEAMS ARE PLAYING IN THE TOURNAMENT. IT"
"PERMITS YOU TO KEEP TRACK OF WINNERS"
"AND LOSERS FOR USE LATER IN THE"
"TOURNAMENT.  THIS SHOULD BE HELPFUL TO"
"THE SIGHT-IMPAIRED."
"*DETERMINING LENTH OF AN INJURY"
" "
"IF YOU ARE PLAYING A SCHEDULE OF GAMES "
"OR A TOURNAMENT, AND A PLAYER IS"
"INJURED, YOU CAN DETERMINE HOW LONG "
"THE PLAYER WILL BE OUT USING THIS "
"OPTION.  JUST PRESS 'J'."
"*BASEBALL INFORMATION MENU"
" "
"TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BASEBALL AND"
"THE WORLD SERIES HIT ENTER FROM THE GAME"
"MENU TO GET THE INFORMATION MENU."
"*HISTORY OF BASEBALL"
" "
"YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF"
"BASEBALL DATING BACK SEVERAL HUNDRED"
"YEARS TO ENGLAND.  TYPE 'H' FROM THE"
"MENU.  "
" "
"YOU FIND OUT THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD"
"SERIES BY TYPING 'W' FROM THE MENU."

"*BASEBALL RULES"
" "
"YOU CAN READ A SUMMARY OF THE RULES OF"
" BASEBALL BY TYPING 'X'."
" "
"*PLAYERS IN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME"
" "
"FIND THE PLAYERS IN THE HALL OF FAME"
"BY TYPING 'F' FROM THE MENU."
"MOST OF THESE PLAYERS ARE ON TEAMS"
"SUPPLIED WITH THE GAME."
"FOR EXAMPLE TO FIND WHAT TEAMS BABE RUTH"
"IS ON, TYPE 'P' FROM THE MENU."
"*BASEBALL QUIZ"
" "
"THIS IS A QUIZ WITH OVER 1000 QUESTIONS."
"YOU SPECIFY HOW MANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT"
"AND IT GRADES YOU ON HOW WELL YOU KNOW"
"BASEBALL FACTS. TO PLAY IT TYPE 'Q'."
"*LEADERS BY YEAR"
" "
"YOU CAN FIND THE LEADERS BY YEAR OF "     
"IMPORTANT RECORDS SUCH AS HITTING, "
"HOMERS, R B I,"
"AND E R A.  IT ALSO SHOWS MVP,"
"AND CY YOUNG WINNERS. "
"TYPE 'L' FROM THE MENU."
"*HITS IMPLIED BY A BATTING AVERAGE "
" "
"ANOTHER PROGRAM TELLS YOU THE"
"IMPLICATIONS OF A SPECIFIED BATTING"
"AVERAGE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF HITS "
" A PLAYER SHOULD GET "
"IN DIFFERENT GAMES."
"THIS CAN BE FOUND BY TYPING 'B' FROM"
"THE MENU."
"*BASEBALL NEWS"
" "
"ALL ISSUES OF THE WORLD SERIES BASEBALL"
"NEWS CAN BE READ BY TYPING 'N' FROM THE"
"MENU.  YOU CAN READ THE ISSUES STRAIGHT"
"THROUGH OR ONLY THE ARTICLES YOU CHOOSE"
"FROM A TABLE OF CONTENTS."
"*DESIGNATED HITTER OPTION"
" "
"AS ALREADY EXPLAINED, YOU CAN SPECIFY"
"THAT YOU WANT TO USE THE DESIGNATED"
"HITTER OPTION AT THE START OF THE GAME."
"THE DH HAS BEEN USED IN THE AMERICAN"
"LEAGUE SINCE 1975. IF YOU CALL FOR THE"
"DESIGNATED HITTER, THE FIRST SUBSTITUTE"
"PLAYER WILL BAT IN THE NINTH POSITION"
"INSTEAD OF THE PITCHER."
"*HOW THE BASEBALL GAME WORKS"
" "
"YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN HOW THE GAME"
"WORKS.  THE FREQUENCY OF HITTING DEPENDS"
"ON THE BATTING AVERAGE AND THE EARNED"
"RUN AVERAGE. THE HIGHER THE BATTING"
"AVERAGE AND THE HIGHER THE PITCHER'S"
"E R A THE HIGHER THE CHANCE OF THE"
"BATTER GETTING A HIT. "
" "
"IN REPORTING OUTS TO YOU THE COMPUTER"
"WILL GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS OF THE"
"DEFENSIVE PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THE PLAY."
"THESE ARE THE NUMBERS TRADITIONALLY USED"
"BY BASEBALL SCORERS AND ARE:"
"1 - PITCHER, 2 - CATCHER,"
"3 - FIRST BASEMAN, 4 - SECOND BASEMAN,"
"5 - THIRD BASEMAN, 6 - SHORT STOP,"
"7 - LEFT FIELDER, 8 - CENTER FIELDER,"
"AND 9 - RIGHT FIELDER."
" "
"A PITCHER MAY HAVE A GOOD, BAD OR"
"AVERAGE DAY.  THUS, EVEN THOUGH HIS"
"E R A IS REPORTED TO BE 4.00, WHICH IS"
"AVERAGE, THE COMPUTER MAY MAKE HIS E R A"
"MUCH HIGHER OR LOWER.  IF IT IS"
"APPARENTLY HIGHER, YOU SHOULD REPLACE"
"HIM.  ANY PITCHER, NO MATTER HOW GOOD,"
"CAN LOSE HIS STUFF DURING THE GAME. "
"BEFORE EVERY INNING, THERE IS A 5 PER"
"CENT CHANCE THAT THE PITCHER'S E R A"
"WILL DOUBLE. WHEN YOUR OPPONENTS START"
"TO HIT THE BALL HARD, YOU MAY WANT TO"
"REPLACE THE PITCHER.  THE GAME WILL"
"CONTINUE TO REPORT THE PITCHER'S E R A"
"OF RECORD EVEN IF HIS EFFECTIVE E R A"
"IS MUCH HIGHER.  "
"*PLAY AGAINST THE COMPUTER "
" "
"YOU CAN PLAY A SECOND VERSION OF THE"
"GAME BY TYPING 'Y' FROM THE MENU."
"IN THIS GAME, THE BEST TEAM OF ALL TIME"
"THE '27 NEW YORK YANKEES, IS THE HOME"
"TEAM AND YOU SELECT THE VISITING TEAM. "
"IN THIS VERSION, YOU MATCH YOUR SKILLS"
"AGAINST THE COMPUTER WHICH MAKES ALL OF"
"THE DECISIONS FOR THE YANKEES. FURTHER"
"INSTRUCTIONS ARE PROVIDED IN THE GAME."
"*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS"
" "
"OUR APPRECIATION IS EXPRESSED TO THE"
"MANY USERS OF THE GAME WHO HAVE MADE" 
"SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THIS GAME"
"AND INFORMATION SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY THE"
"FOLLOWING. ALL ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED"
"LIKE THE AUTHOR, EXCEPT MR.  RANNEY."
" "
"ALAN AND MICHELLE CLIVE,"
"SILVER SPRING, MD."
"RICHARD DE STENO, SHORT HILLS, NJ."
"GARY PETERSON, SANTA CRUZ, CA."
"RALPH RANNEY, QUINCY, FL."
"ROBERT MC CLAIN, PHILADELPHIA, PA."
"LARRY VELLA, ALLEN PARK, MI."
"PHILIP VLASAK, FORDS, NJ."
" "
"ESPECIAL THANKS GO TO MR. VLASAK FOR THE"
"GREAT DEAL OF PROGRAMMING WORK HE DID IN"
"THE LAST TWO UPDATES OF THE GAME AND"
"SYSTEM."
" "
"MANY THANKS ARE DUE ALSO TO MY SON,"
"HOWARD, WHO HELPED ME LOOK UP PLAYER"
"STATISTICS AND OTHER DATA."
" "
"WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HELP GIVEN US BY"
"THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN"
"COOPERSTOWN, NY, AND TO THE SOCIETY FOR"
"AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH (SABR) IN"
"COLLECTING DATA FOR THE GAME AND SYSTEM."
"*END"
 
