I have to second stewartcbaker, being not in baseball completely made this game impossible to me to understand. A pity, it seemed humorous, and the puzzle seemed original.
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Thanks for dropping a note! I accepted the risk the subject matter might leave people stuck. That's part of why I entered something like this into Petite Mort, where I wouldn't have wasted too much effort if I wasn't able to connect with non-baseball fans, and people hopefully wouldn't feel too ripped off if they felt stranded.
It feels like putting my thumb on the scale to say more about what I was trying to do, so that will go in a (brief) post-mortem. Which I hope will be interesting whether or not people understand baseball.
Also, I've figured a way maybe not to throw everything at the player at once, for a quick post-comp release. It probably won't fix everything, but it's something I want to do as an exercise, because often my intros throw too much at the player too quickly, and I don't pace things well enough.