I created a survey for my latest book project – a history of baseball tabletop games! This is a collaboration with several co-authors who are subject matter experts. The book will focus on the baseball tabletop simulations published over the last century and include reviews, interviews, images and ratings from various sources. https://forms.gle/cFFJqoFngnnNxyue8 Please consider … Read more
I am honored and humbled to be recognized, along with my co-author John Racanelli, as one of the winners of the 2025 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award for our book, “Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds.” I’d like to offer a heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to our effort! Special … Read more
Introducing – Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games & Electronic Handhelds available now at Amazon for $29.99 (paperback) and $9.99 (Kindle) Celebrating 50 years of our pixelated National Pastime, this compendium documents the pertinent details for baseball video games and electronic handheld games released in the last half-century and follows the evolution of the … Read more
The SeasonTool utility was created by Daniel Guenther in the late-1990’s to facilitate the creation of season disks for Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 for the IBM PC (EWB). SeasonTool relies on CSV files derived from the Lahman baseball database. However, modern Lahman releases (including SABR Lahman 2025) differ significantly from the Lahman 5.1 schema that … Read more
Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1910 Win Shares Leaders Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S Identify the 1910 Philadelphia Phillies leaders in total Win Shares based on the Hardball Retrospective “Original” rosters. Each player is listed as a member of … Read more
Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1910 Win Shares Leaders Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S Identify the 1910 Philadelphia Athletics leaders in total Win Shares based on the Hardball Retrospective “Original” rosters. Each player is listed as a member of … Read more
I created a Facebook group, “Old Computer Baseball Simulations”, as a place to gather people who enjoy our National Pastime from a managerial and front office perspective – primarily games that are no longer actively supported by the publisher, designer or programmer. I would like to encourage the sharing of user-created season disks. In order … Read more
Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1910 Win Shares Leaders Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S Identify the 1910 New York Highlanders leaders in total Win Shares based on the Hardball Retrospective “Original” rosters. Each player is listed as a member … Read more
Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1910 Win Shares Leaders Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S Identify the 1910 Washington Nationals leaders in total Win Shares based on the Hardball Retrospective “Original” rosters. Each player is listed as a member of … Read more
Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1910 Win Shares Leaders Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S Identify the 1910 Brooklyn Superbas leaders in total Win Shares based on the Hardball Retrospective “Original” rosters. Each player is listed as a member of … Read more
Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1910 Win Shares Leaders Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S Identify the 1910 Detroit Tigers leaders in total Win Shares based on the Hardball Retrospective “Original” rosters. Each player is listed as a member of … Read more
Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1910 Win Shares Leaders Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S Identify the 1910 Cleveland Naps leaders in total Win Shares based on the Hardball Retrospective “Original” rosters. Each player is listed as a member of … Read more