arcadegaming – Hardball Retro https://www.tuatarasoftware.com dedicated to the enrichment of casual and serious enthusiasts in all aspects of professional baseball Mon, 07 Apr 2025 22:13:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.10 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-hardball_retro_icon-1-32x32.jpg arcadegaming – Hardball Retro https://www.tuatarasoftware.com 32 32 “Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds” honored with the 2025 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/04/03/hardball-retros-compendium-of-baseball-video-games-and-electronic-handhelds-honored-with-the-2025-sporting-news-sabr-baseball-research-award/ https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/04/03/hardball-retros-compendium-of-baseball-video-games-and-electronic-handhelds-honored-with-the-2025-sporting-news-sabr-baseball-research-award/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:25:38 +0000 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/?p=20672 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 thanks to Mark Wendling for nominating our book for the award, Nate Edwards for his contributions on the Japanese baseball video game chapter, and the game designers / programmers who graciously responded to our interview requests: Don Daglow, Eddie Dombrower, Lance Haffner, Mark Lesser, Tom Tippett and Glen Wolfram.

I also would like to congratulate Steve Steinberg, Lyle Spatz and Mitchell Nathanson for their award-winning books!

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“The 2025 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Awards, which honor outstanding research projects completed during the preceding calendar year that have significantly expanded our knowledge or understanding of baseball, have been awarded to:

Steve Steinberg and Lyle Spatz, Mike Donlin: A Rough and Rowdy Life from New York Baseball Idol to Stage and Screen (University of Nebraska Press)

Mitchell Nathanson, Under Jackie’s Shadow: Voices of Black Minor Leagues Baseball Left Behind (University of Nebraska Press)

Derek Bain and John Racanelli, Hardball Retro’s Compendium of
Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds (Self-published)”

Source: SABR – 2025 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award winners announced

2025 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award winners announced

]]> https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/04/03/hardball-retros-compendium-of-baseball-video-games-and-electronic-handhelds-honored-with-the-2025-sporting-news-sabr-baseball-research-award/feed/ 0 A Saturday Night Baseball Chinwag with Authors Derek Bain and John Racanelli https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/03/23/a-saturday-night-baseball-chinwag-with-authors-derek-bain-and-john-racanelli/ https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/03/23/a-saturday-night-baseball-chinwag-with-authors-derek-bain-and-john-racanelli/#respond Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:32:43 +0000 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/?p=20600 Read more]]> 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 those gems!

Many thanks to Beatles Eternally for organizing our chat and my co-author John Racanelli for joining us on short notice!

Check out the video here:

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