Books 2008
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Description
Books can be read by your player during Free Time in My Life mode, and can be purchased in the Shop. Your player's Culture rating determines whether he'll be able to read a given book. Reading generally has these results:
- I couldn't understand it: your player is unable to comprehend the book, you'll probably only get a small Culture boost.
- I read a little bit further or I breezed through the book: your player is able to understand what he's reading, and will be able to get a little experience out of it.
- I read all of (this book). I threw (this book) away: same as above, but your player has read through the entire book, and discards it. Not to worry though, if you see the same book in the store later, you can re-read it, as if it were a new book.
Pitchers
- Baseball Comic Book, G, Control
- Bgr. Pitching, E-F, Control and Stamina
- Int. Pitching, D, Control and Stamina
- Adv. Pitching, B, Top Speed, Control and Stamina
- Baseball Biography, B, Top Speed, Control and Stamina
- NOTE: Although the Biography costs more, its boosts are weaker than those you receive from Adv. Pitching
- Breaking Ball, D, All breaking pitches
Pitch Guides
These seem to often be mistaken for books, which they are not. You cannot read these. Rather, these enable you to learn pitches that you do not currently throw. These are only usable if you have one in your bag for either Spring Training or AAA Practice. In most cases, you can learn a new pitch in one practice, though some take two. The store will always carry at least one guide pertaining to pitches you do not currently throw, and these vary in price.
Fielders
- Baseball Comic Book, G, Power,
- Bgr. Fielding, F?, Fielding and Error Res.,
- Bgr. Batting, F>, Trajectory, Power, Contact
- Bgr. Baserunning, F?, Run Spd
- Int. Fielding can be read with a C (haven't tried lower) and it raises Fld and E Res
- Int. Batting can be read with a C (haven't tried lower) and it raises Contact and Power
- Int. Baserunning, D-C?, Run Spd, Base Running, Stealing
- Adv. Baserunning
- Adv. Fielding - boosts FLD, E RES, and ARM STR
- Adv. Fielding cannot be read with a C
- Adv. Batting - boosts TRJ, PWR, CON
- Adv. Batting cannot be read with a C
- Baseball Biography - combines Adv. FLD and BAT (boosts all 6 stats)
Other Books
Romance, Adventure, and Mystery novels - haven't seen any benefit other than increasing your culture rating,(and Romance gives HUGE style boost if you have a lot of stlye items equipped), if it isn't already maxed out.
