Tom Tippett – Hardball Retro https://www.tuatarasoftware.com dedicated to the enrichment of casual and serious enthusiasts in all aspects of professional baseball Sat, 09 Aug 2025 17:52:06 +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 Tom Tippett – Hardball Retro https://www.tuatarasoftware.com 32 32 Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – tutorial – create/edit teams https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/08/09/diamond-mind-baseball-12-tutorial-create-edit-teams/ https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/08/09/diamond-mind-baseball-12-tutorial-create-edit-teams/#respond Sat, 09 Aug 2025 17:52:02 +0000 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/?p=21052 Read more]]> I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Diamond Mind Baseball 12.

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

  • Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – Game Disk
  • optional, but recommended: Diamond Mind Baseball – Season Disk(s)

Diamond Mind Baseball was developed by Tom Tippett and debuted in 1987 as Pursue the Pennant PC Baseball. Versions 1 through 5 were released through 1994 under the PTP license, then the game was rebranded as Diamond Mind Baseball for all subsequent editions. Please note that while the tutorial utilizes Diamond Mind Baseball 12, you can perform the same (or similar) steps in prior versions.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Diamond Mind Baseball:

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pursue the Pennant – Diamond Mind Baseball

]]> https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/08/09/diamond-mind-baseball-12-tutorial-create-edit-teams/feed/ 0 Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – tutorial – conducting a solo draft https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/04/01/diamond-mind-baseball-12-tutorial-conducting-a-solo-draft/ https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/04/01/diamond-mind-baseball-12-tutorial-conducting-a-solo-draft/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:27:25 +0000 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/?p=20657 Read more]]> 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 the requirements:

  • Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – Game
  • optional, but recommended: Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – Season Disk(s)

Diamond Mind Baseball was developed by Tom Tippett (original title: Pursue the Pennant). The first edition was published for the IBM PC personal computer in 1987.

I divided the tutorial into two sections: the Draft (copying the All-Time Greats league, releasing players into the free agent pool, conducting the draft), Simulate Season (review manager profiles for each team, simulate an entire season, reviewing the final standings, league leaders and team-by-team rundown).

View the tutorial videos here:

Part 1 – Draft

Part 2 – Manager Profiles, Simulate Season, Final Standings, Statistical Review

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pursue the Pennant – Diamond Mind Baseball

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