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
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
I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create custom libraries or season disks in Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 for the IBM PC using Daniel Guenther’s SeasonTool utility. You can download SeasonTool from the Files section of my Facebook group, Old Computer Baseball Simulations. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: Earl Weaver Baseball was … 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 … Read more
I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Tony La Russa Baseball 3. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: Tony La Russa Baseball 3 was developed by Stormfront Studios and published in 1995 by Stormfront Studios for the IBM PC personal computer, the third of four titles in the … Read more
I created a tutorial to discuss how to conduct a solo draft in Old Time Baseball. You can also execute drafts with multiple human participants using these methods – I elected the solo option with the computer general manager configured to draft the remaining teams for the sake of simplicity. Here’s a rundown of the … Read more
I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Tony La Russa Baseball II. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: Tony La Russa Baseball II was developed by Stormfront Studios and published in 1993 by Strategic Simulations Incorporated for the IBM PC personal computer, the second of four titles in … Read more
I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Tony La Russa’s Ultimate Baseball. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: Tony La Russa’s Ultimate Baseball was developed by Beyond Software and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1991 for the Commodore 64 and IBM PC personal computers. I’m utilizing the … Read more
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
Co-authors Derek Bain and John Racanelli discussed their recently released book, Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds at the January 2025 virtual meeting for the SABR Games & Simulations Committee. Derek Bain is the author of five baseball books and co-chair of the SABR Games and Simulations Committee. John Racanelli is the membership director for the … Read more
