The World Baseball Classic features ballplayers from various geographical regions competing in a tournament which culminates in bragging rights for the winning team and the country that they represent. I devised a slight twist on this theme back in 2017 to retroactively create a computer-based simulation of the best baseball players in the World based … Read more
promotional video for Hardball Retroactive. Derek Bain (author) music – “Recovery” by Regression (Zack Seif) https://regressionmusic.bandcamp.com https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Derek_Bain_Hardball_Retroactive?id=gVFjDwAAQBAJ “Hardball Retroactive” chapter summary: “General Manager Scorecard” and the “Worst Trades” chapters evaluates the front office acumen of MLB executives since 1950. “Taking the Extra Base” examines the art of base running on an individual and team basis. … Read more
Upon the conclusion of the 2017 World Baseball Classic (the fourth iteration of the tournament which began in 2006), I started to wonder how the rosters would have looked in previous years. Using stricter rules for roster construction (basing all rosters on birthplace alone, 20-year periods between tournaments and additional stipulations outlined in the Methodology … Read more
