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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

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

Twitch Livestreams and YouTube Playthroughs of Baseball Video Games

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World Series; The Season

I will be live-streaming baseball video games on Twitch and uploading the content to my YouTube channel. Follow my HardballRetro account on both platforms! The initial focus will be on the classic computer baseball simulations that I have reviewed here, but I will also play current games (arcade, console and computer). The walkthroughs will generally … Read more