MLB Dugout Heroes is a free to play baseball MMO by Gamescampus. Officially licenced by the MLB, the game puts you in control of your own team for a "season," playing games against the computer or against other players online.
MLB Dugout Heroes also features an item shop to help players master the game and make it to the top of the leagues before the end of the season.
MLB Dugout Heroes offers a basic batting and pitching tutorial for the newcomers, accessible at any time via the main menu. There are two tutorials: Batting and Pitching.
Batting in MLB Dugout Heroes is simple: control your bat's position (marked by a green shape in the center of the screen) by using your mouse or keyboard. Aim it within the hit zone (a square marked on the corners in the center of the screen), and click or press "S" to take a swing. Like real baseball, it takes a little while to learn to predict the ball's trajectory and when to swing, but you'll soon get the feel for it.
Pitching, on the other hand, also looks from the batter's perspective. You must select one of the many styles of pitch available to you (starting with a fourseam, slider, curveball, and changeup), aim the pitch within or on the edge of the hit zone, and then click the mouse twice - once for power (hold to get max power), and once for accuracy. Pitching takes a little more art than batting, in that the idea is to get the batter to strike out - which means you need to throw pitches that aren't right in the sweet spot of the hit zone. This, too, takes finesse, and a little baseball knowledge to boot.
That's it! You're ready to go, according to the game, and can step into your first practice game against the computer. What the tutorials fail to mention, however, is how to manage running to bases, stealing bases, and throwing balls from outfield to try and get players out, all of which are managed with the WASD keys. Your first practice game, you may not even notice that you're in control of these things - and when you do, you might be scrambling to figure it out.