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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

A Saturday Night Baseball Chinwag with Authors Derek Bain and John Racanelli

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Here’s a 3+ hour discussion on the Beatles Eternally YouTube channel about our book, “Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds”. We talked about a wide variety of baseball sims, console, handheld, arcade and card & dice baseball games along with the designers, programmers, managers and broadcasters involved with the development of … Read more

APBA Major League Players Baseball – tutorial – create/edit teams

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I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in APBA Major League Players Baseball. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: APBA Major League Players Baseball was developed by Miller Associates and published by Random House in 1985 for the IBM PC personal computer and 1986 for the Apple ][. I’m … Read more

Full Count Baseball – tutorial – create/edit teams

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Full Count Baseball front cover

I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Full Count Baseball. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: Full Count Baseball was released in 1984 for the IBM PC. The Commodore 64 edition was released in 1986, followed by the Apple ][ version in 1987. Subsequent editions (through version 6.x) … Read more

Computer Statis Pro Baseball – tutorial – create/edit teams

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I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Computer Statis Pro Baseball. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: Computer Statis Pro Baseball was released in 1983 for the Apple ][ and TRS-80 personal computers. The Commodore 64 edition was released in 1984. I’m utilizing the Commodore 64 version in … 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

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Baseball Fanatic

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This is the twenty-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 focuses on baseball simulations – games in which the primary emphasis is on managerial strategy … Read more

Survey for my book project – “History of Baseball Video Games”

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I created a survey for my latest book project – a history of baseball video games! This will encompass console, computer and arcade baseball games spanning more than 5 decades. I’m planning to include reviews, interviews, screenshots, box art and ratings from various sources. https://forms.gle/MfQp46x5BKVS2pJz5 Please consider filling out this survey – I’m looking for … Read more