Our guest speaker is Robert Gamble, designer of Pitcher’s Count Baseball. Robert is an ocean ecosystem modeler and gamer. Combining skills learned in both areas of interest resulted in Pitcher’s Count Baseball.
Our guest speaker is Chris Davis, designer of Inside Pitch Baseball (2007) and the newest iteration, Inside Pitch Advanced. The Idaho native has published more than a dozen tabletop games encompassing the major professional sports along with golf, tennis and drag racing since he started Inside Sports Games two decades ago.
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Our guest speakers are Rick Schostek (COO) and Sullivan Beck (CTO) of Ball Park Baseball. The original version of Ball Park Baseball was developed by Dr. Charles Sidman and published in 1971, with version 3 released in 2025.
Our guest speaker is Brian Davis, Ph.D., the creator of FastScore Baseball, a contributor to Replay and APBA, and a designer of tools for various baseball games, but most of the time develops new biotechnology for cancer research and gene therapy. He has contributed to SABR publications and currently enjoys songwriting, disc golf, kayaking, and hiking.
Our guest speaker is Steven “Doc” LeShay, Ph.D., game inventor (SherCo Grand Slam Baseball Game), author, retired university professor and Naval Air Reserve Commander. His diverse background and experiences along with a passion for writing, softball, inventing and playing tabletop board games infuse a unique perspective to his work.
This webpage is run by The Games and Simulations Research Committee of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR). The Games and Simulations Research Committee was formed in 2010 to explore how various simulation games work, what statistics are generated, and how organized baseball might benefit from strategies and tactics used in such games. The SABR Games and Simulations Committee focuses on the relationship between these entertainments and the sport they are based on—how they mirror baseball, how they effectively further our understanding of how the sport actually works, and how they influence our appreciation of its players, teams, and organizations. This blog, we hope, will provide a forum for explorations and interactions in these matters.
We will be generating content documenting baseball gaming in all forms and fashions, including tabletop, fantasy, computer and video/mobile games. If you are interested in contributing an article on a game or your gaming experience, please see our submissions form.
I have been a Canadian all my life, lived in Southern Ontario for over 40 years and lived in Northern British Columbia for the past 12 with my wife, three dogs and two kids. The kids have sorta moved out so now I have time for me not having to cart them every where for their sports. I was very active in their sports, coaching, managing, sitting on board of directors, and including being president of one of the organizations. In my spare time, I do my job at the college, teaching business courses utilizing my CPA and my MBA. I actually use simulations in my teaching. I joined SABR in 2019 and thoroughly enjoy the group, although because of where I am being active in a chapter is not possible. Growing up in Canada I have hockey in my blood and have been playing in a simulated hockey league for over 25 years and have been playing in baseball ones for 5 years. I currently am doing some research on a simulation regarding the best franchise ever.
A lifelong resident of central New Jersey, I enjoy spending quality time with my wife and three children. In my professional life I’ve worked for three local healthcare systems as a server and network administrator over the last 30 years. My hobbies include baseball, statistics, computers and video games along with freshwater fishing. I have authored five books and contributed articles to Seamheads, Fangraphs and my site, Baseball Analytics. Follow my HardballRetro channels on Twitch for live-streaming of classic and current baseball video games and view the resulting playthrough videos on YouTube!
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I was born in Cuba and grateful to be in the United States since 1971, the entire time in New Jersey with a brief stop in Florida. I’ve been a baseball fan since1974, I was originally a New York Mets fan, but in 1989 I discovered Fantasy Baseball which forced me to be more of an overall baseball fan, not just a fan of one team. Although I’ve enjoyed Fantasy Baseball, my first love has always been Simulation Baseball games. APBA was my introduction to the hobby and is still the game I play, but I appreciate all baseball simulation games, both cards and dice and computer versions. I wanted to parlay the fun of Fantasy Baseball auctions into the realm of Simulation baseball, so I created Baseball Sim Auctions where you can participate in a salary cap auction and bid on historical baseball seasons to create the ultimate team. I recently retired, so my days are consumed with the baseball sim hobby, reading, exercising and spending time with my wife!
Baseball Sim Auctions Website: https://baseballsimauctions.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCPRgxsV1fF1N0bkcDvTqkg
I am an Information Technology professional living in southern New Jersey. I enjoy reading historical baseball books, hiking, playing video games, qrp amateur radio, and listening to old time broadcasts. More at: https://www.worksthecount.com
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