Even if you're just mildly interested in Baseball, but enjoy management sims, I would still recommend this game.
Personally, I started playing the free version of OOTP5 simply because I love management sims... then from there OOTP got me interested in Baseball as a whole. I never knew much about Baseball, so I avoided comitting to buying any of the new versions. But, I couldn't avoid OOTP any longer, and I had to buy (actually, anxiously pre-order) OOTPX, and I love it.
As for crashing, I can't say I've ever experienced a crash with OOTPX.