Sega Genesis - Its A Whole New Ball Game - Tommy Lasorda

[BalooRJ]

Now this is a baseball game. And agreed, aside from the also excellent Joe Montana Football, the rest of the first-gen sports games like Buster Douglas Boxing and Pat Riley Basketball were just shit. But better games in those categories came a few years later on the Genesis. PLAY BALL!

[mast3rmind25]

That baseball game was one of the funnest baseball games ever played. That and RBI '93 I used to play on Sega Channel.

[JohnButtonful]

Ain't over till it's over.

[Xinn2000]

My mom once accidentally stole this from Dufferin Game Room, we lived so far away from it that we never returned it or payed for it.

[brandonrules108]

i liked this game

[protennis365]

U should do a commentary on ur video, it would be a very nice if u did one even with a friend,

[Wehategod]

Tommy is the Greatest.

[LAdoyerslife]

BUNT!

hahaha

[felixagnes87]

Played this with my brothers back in the day. He's definitely the sexiest man on the planet.

[Sabocalypse]

lmao he's just pressing a b c randomly

[GUEROMEXICANO831]

Is Kurt Bevacqua on this game by any chance? lol

[BakingPizza]

LOL "Bases loaded Tommy what do we do?" "Bunt" wtf.. hahahaha This game was so awesome.

[ThePerfectTrip]

actually, I decided to try Tommy's strategy and I got two or 3 runs. the computer pitcher kept throwing to first instead and usually if you point the bat more towards the 3rd basemen..they won't have a chance to get the out at first!

[ThePerfectTrip]

baseman*

[METROSEXUALITY1977]

wow Lasorda traded Pedro Martinez for Delino Deshields? WTF???

[33Dannyb]

God bless the late 80's/early 90's.

[Stratman2534]

I remember this game. I got it along with my Genesis system back in 1990. It was a cool game. I agree with the Pat Riley basketball game. I remember seeing the picture of it on the back of my genesis box and it had that close up of the dude dunking, but when you played the game it sucked.

[SuperAdventures]

Can't believe its almost 20 years since the release of the Genesis in the U.S (August 1989) and this oldie-but-goodie. With Spring in the air and the baseball season having started I feel like playing TLB all of a sudden.

Surprised to see so many people remember it, considering it was THE first-ever baseball game on Genesis. Other first-gen sports games, like "Pat Riley Basketball" (BLECH!) have DEFINITELY not stood the test of time.....I think that one was a turd even back in '90.

[ineedapizza]

Excellent!

[devils950003]

I always hijacked my uncle's Genesis to play this game after school. Couldn't get enough.

[SC4Tradition]

all crap. the game console and this wannabe baseball manager all crap! Thank goodness for XBOX 360 and Mike Soccia now

[b7160]

Won two World Series titles; managed the gold medal winning US Olympic baseball team in 2000; won 1599 games as a manager.

You're an idiot who obviously knows nothing about baseball.

[calcioazzurri05]

lasorda was sciocia's manager

[cLaRkDamn]

FAG

[thatdudecozz89]

go somewhere. You need a reality check, LITTLE BOY...Respect your elders

[milkmanv1]

Still my favorite Genesis ballgame, I played way too much of this. I still know the music by heart.

[supersayianpeter10]

i like the third inning theme

[askdad123]

hah i used to play this all the time at my friends house, and sometimes we even play it now a day.

[airraideagle]

This commercial was probably out in early 1990, even though TLB came out in September 1989.

The reason I think the commercial is from '90 and not '89 is because they show Pat Riley Basketball which didn't come out until well into 1990.

[figment1988]

i agree. another thing was that they simply titled it basketball (probably because sega was in the progress of getting Pat Riley to endorse the US version of Super Real Basketball)

[BDOUG23]

Back when it came out it was the best baseball game out there. Looks like crap NOW but 19 years ago it was WOW...LOL

[VictorGolfCharles]

I wish to get Super League (the Japanese equivalent of Tommy Lasorda Baseball) for my Mega Drive on my birthday or Christmas. I gave my copy of T.L.B.B. to my brother, razputin2.

[BDOUG23]

I believe I still have that around someplace

[VictorGolfCharles]

EDIT: It came in the Monday before last.

PUREIBARU!! BATA AUTO!!

[lebronjames2323]

best sega game ever!

[gohlkus]

I loved this game! I used to stay up all night in middle school playing this game at my friend's house. I probably still have the codes I wrote down for every game in a playoff season with Seattle... Grush, Iason, and the rest. Awesome. (Good commercial, too.)

[Tech170]

Same here! This was the game that got the most play on my Sega Genesis. I used to play the whole season in one day. Man this game was addictive! LOL!

[Koolkitties]

While I'm pretty sure that game was bad, that is a great commercial.

[Grooveraider]

It really wasn't bad at all. I still have my copy :)

[SuperAdventures]

Don't think that has to do with anything, just a 2nd attempt by Sega to try to force it's 1st-gen sports CRAP down our throats. Weren't these titles originally released at a low price, like $20-$30 or something???

[Grooveraider]

They weren't forcing the 1st gen sports crap on us as you say. I believe Japan Mega Drive only had two baseball games in the year 1989. The second one being a modem baseball game which was released exclusively for Japan.

[airraideagle]

Yeah, the modem game was called Tel-Tel Stadium or Tel-Tel Baseball

or Tel-Tel Baseball Stadium

(depending on what you read).

In EGM it was called TeleGenesis Baseball. The graphics were worse than TLB, but I guess that was needed if it was to work with a modem / over the phone lines.

[SuperAdventures]

I've been an avid Tommy Lasorda Baseball player (yes you read that correctly) since 2001, despite having played the game back in the early '90's. I like it's simplicity (and hate it's difficult controls). Yes, Sega did indeed repackage it's (mediocre) Japanese sports titles for the U.S with player endorsements and not very much else. Hilarious. Did these titles even sell well???

[CRVKHZ]

Must have. I think most of them were re-released as "Sega Classics."

[Grooveraider]

Yes they were...

[Grooveraider]

I enjoyed TLB at the time of its U.S. release in '89. Before that, I was an avid Bases Loaded player on the 8-bit NES. But then the Neo Geo came out and released Baseball Stars Professional. Then came Baseball Stars 2 -- I was hooked. Nowadays, companies make craploads of Baseball games I could give a rat's ass. The classics were the best !

[Tech170]

Couldn't agree with you more!

[Grooveraider]

I guess Sega was trying to convey Mr. Lasorda was "INTO THE GAME". Truth is, the Sega baseball game itself wasn't designed for Tommy Lasorda nor the Dodgers for that matter. It was a straight endoresment of an early Sega Mega Drive baseball game titled "Super League". Sega brought the game over to America and slapped Mr. Lasorda onto the cover. The same went on for Pat Riley ( former coach of the L.A. Lakers ) Basketball and Arnold Palmer Golf.

[LouMusic]

Why is Lasorda sitting so close to the television?