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“Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds” honored with the 2025 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award

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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

Earl Weaver Baseball – tutorial – create/edit teams

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I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Earl Weaver Baseball. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: Earl Weaver Baseball was developed by Mirage Graphics and published by Electronic Arts in 1987 for the Amiga and IBM PC personal computers. An enhanced version (1.5) was later released solely for … Read more

SSI Computer Baseball – tutorial – create/edit teams

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I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in SSI Computer Baseball. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: SSI Computer Baseball was released in 1981 for the Apple ][ and was later ported to the popular personal computers of the 1980’s: Commodore 64 (1983), IBM PC (1983), Atari 8-bit computers … Read more

MicroLeague Baseball – tutorial – create/edit teams with the GM/Owner Disk (Commodore 64)

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I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in MicroLeague Baseball. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: MicroLeague Baseball was released in 1984 for the Commodore 64, Apple ][, IBM PC and Atari 8-bit computers. The Amiga and Atari ST computers received ports of the game in 1987. I’m utilizing … Read more

Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games & Electronic Handhelds

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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

Derek’s Podcast & Livestream Appearances, Interviews and Related Content

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The following page includes material such as podcasts, interviews and other content related to my ongoing Retro Computer Baseball Game Review series along with my article Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser. Podcasts, Interviews and Videos Box Scores From the Basement – The “Box Score” guys are joined by the co-chair of the … Read more

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – MicroLeague Baseball II – III – IV

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This is the tenth entry in a series focusing on computer baseball simulations to supplement the chapter “Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser” from my Hardball Retroactive book along with the corresponding post at Baseball Analytics. The series focuses on baseball simulations – games in which the primary emphasis is on managerial strategy … Read more

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Earl Weaver Baseball

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Earl Weaver Baseball front cover

This is the eighth entry in a series focusing on computer baseball simulations to supplement the chapter “Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser” from my Hardball Retroactive book along with the corresponding post at Baseball Analytics. The series focuses on baseball simulations – games in which the primary emphasis is on managerial strategy … Read more

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – MicroLeague Baseball

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This is the third entry in a series focusing on computer baseball simulations to supplement the chapter “Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser” from my Hardball Retroactive book along with the corresponding post at Baseball Analytics. The series focuses on baseball simulations – games in which the primary emphasis is on managerial strategy … Read more

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – SSI Computer Baseball

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This is the first entry in a series focusing on computer baseball simulations to supplement the chapter “Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser” from my Hardball Retroactive book along with the corresponding post at Baseball Analytics. The series will focus on baseball simulations – games in which the primary emphasis is on managerial … Read more