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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

Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – tutorial – conducting a solo draft

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I created a tutorial to discuss how to conduct a solo draft in Diamond Mind Baseball 12. 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 … Read more

Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 – tutorial – create/edit teams

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I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Front Page Sports Baseball ’94. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 was developed by Dynamix and published in 1994 by Sierra for the IBM PC personal computer. Please note that while the tutorial utilizes Front Page … Read more

Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 – tutorial – conducting a solo draft

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I created a tutorial to discuss how to conduct a solo draft in Front Page Sports Baseball ’94. 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 … 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

Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – tutorial – create/edit teams

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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

Old Time Baseball – tutorial – conducting a solo draft

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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

APBA Baseball for Windows – tutorial – conducting a solo draft

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I created a tutorial to discuss how to conduct a solo draft in APBA Baseball for Windows. 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 … Read more

Pro League Baseball ’94 – tutorial – create/edit teams

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I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Pro League Baseball ’94. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: Pro League Baseball ’94 was developed and published by Micro Sports Incorporated in 1994 for the IBM PC personal computer, the second in a series of three Pro League Baseball games … Read more

Full Count Baseball 6 – tutorial – create/edit teams

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I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Full Count Baseball 6. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: Full Count Baseball 6 was released in 1994 for the IBM PC. Visit www.lhgames.net to access Jason Leonard’s conversions of the Lance Haffner games to run on modern-day (Windows, Mac and … Read more