Steinbrenner wannabes, this one's for you. Baseball Mogul focuses on the financial aspects of owning a major-league team. You start off setting prices for tickets, concessions, and broadcast rights, and even negotiating player salaries. Then you can play a few games and see how the prices you set affect revenue and attendance. The results of the game are shown either as text files of commentary or as box scores.

Baseball Mogul offers excellent in-depth help and scouting reports. But it involves minimal strategy, and no decisions can be made during the games. We were disappointed by its confusing bull-pen management: With only one closer and one setup man, there were too few players active to reflect real-life major-league baseball. And for some unknown reason, our lineups changed immediately before the game started. Still, Baseball Mogul provides a fun insight into managing the finances of a major-league baseball team.