I should point out that part of this might be because of the maximum 50mb install. I appreciate small installation sizes as much as the next guy, but when this interferes with gameplay, we should at least be given larger options. Even with Direct3D support enabled, this game looks pretty bad. I'd go so far as to say that this is the worst use of 3D accelerated technology that I've ever seen. Players are flat and bland, displaying the vague features of their real-life counterparts on figures that lack any real depth.
Animations are similarly crude.
Instead of walking or turning around, players typically rotate in place, with their legs never moving. The stadium art is absolutely atrocious and completely unappealing. Yes, it's that ugly. There isn't a single stadium in the game that affords a contest even the slightest semblance of a baseball atmosphere. And while I can usually forgive the lack of graphic polish, this is a serious problem here when so much of the character and charm of the Major League game is derived from the ballparks.