We would like to offer the opportunity to participate in a Baseball Sim Auction league during the off-season. Committee member Andy Palomino is the commissioner / auctioneer and the brains behind Baseball Sim Auctions.
Please visit our Fantasy Leagues page and scroll down to the Baseball Sim Auction Leagues section for more information!
Check out the video from the auction for “League 1” which involved five participants (Andy Palomino, Ed Hebscher, Steve Andrusko, Mark Wendling and Derek Bain) selecting players from the following historical team rosters:
1930 Chicago Cubs, 1977 Philadelphia Phillies, 1985 New York Yankees, 1992 Toronto Blue Jays and 2002 Anaheim Angels
The following video will show the process for determining the winner of the Sim Auction for “League 1” conducted involving the players from the 1930 Cubs, 1977 Phillies, 1985 Yankees, 1992 Blue Jays and 2002 Angels. The results of entire seasons were simulated using APBA Baseball For Windows 5.75. Each season counts as one game, the team that wins 4 seasons, wins the Sim Auction World Series.
League 2 featured six participants (Andy Palomino, Scott Courlander, Pallas Gutierrez, Cavan Fosnes, Michael Danes and Teddy Willard) involving players from the following historical team rosters: 1953 Dodgers, 1969 Mets, 1995 Braves, 1996 Indians, 2016 Angels, 2019 Twins. Here is the League 2 auction video:
The exciting League 2 season simulation replays required 10 iterations to determine the winner!
Baseball Sim Auction – League 3 featured four participants (Andy Palomino, Steve Andrusko, Jason Hendricks and Anthony Spencer) involving players from the following historical team rosters: 1972 Athletics, 1974 Dodgers, 1985 Yankees, 1990 Reds.
Here is the League 3 auction video:
Andy Palomino, Derek Bain, Mark Wendling, Teddy Willard and Steve Andrusko took part in Baseball Sim Auction – League 4 with players from the following historical team rosters: 1963 Dodgers, 1977 Twins, 1984 Tigers, 1985 Cardinals and 2018 Orioles.
Here is the League 4 auction video:
The Sim World Series for League 4 was fiercely competed and took seven seasons for the champions to be crowned! Here’s the video:
Anthony Spencer, Michael Danes, Cavan Fosnes, Steve Andrusko and Mark Wendling took part in Baseball Sim Auction – League 5 with players from the following historical team rosters: 1910 A’s, 1920 Browns, 1964 Cubs, 1973 Pirates, 1997 Dodgers. Several epic bidding wars erupted in the early rounds as the records for the highest bid for a batter and pitcher were shattered!
Here is the League 5 auction video:
The Sim World Series champion for League 5 claimed the trophy after seven seasons! Here’s the video:
Teddy Willard, Jason Hendricks, Anthony Spencer, Steve Andrusko and Derek Bain took part in Baseball Sim Auction – League 6 with players from the following historical team rosters:
1935 Cardinals, 1954 White Sox, 1962 Reds, 1970 Red Sox, 1972 Indians.
Here is the League 6 auction video:
The Sim World Series champion for League 6 secured the trophy after five seasons! Here’s the video:
Interested in participating in a Baseball Sim Auction? Please contact us as we are looking to schedule additional leagues during the off-season!
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. Co-chair of the SABR Games and Simulations Committee (https://sabrbaseballgaming.com) since August 2022.
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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My Books:
“Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds”,published in September 2024 with co-author John Racanelli, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.
“Hardball Architects – Volume 1 (American League Teams)”,published in July 2020, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.
“Hardball Architects – Volume 2 (National League Teams)”,published in April 2022, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.
“Hardball Architects” examines the trades, free agent acquisitions, draft picks and other transactions for the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, divided into a 2-volume set (American League and National League). All key moves are scrutinized for every team and Sabermetric principles are applied to the roster construction throughout the lifetime of the organization to encapsulate the hits and misses by front office executives.
“Hardball Retroactive”,published in June 2018, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. A cross-section of essays that I penned for Seamheads.com along with my Baseball Analytics blog spanning nearly a decade touching on subjects including "Taking the Extra Base", "General Manager Scorecard", "Worst Trades", "BABIP By Location" and "Baseball Birthplaces and the Retro World Baseball Classic". Rediscover your favorite hardball arcade and simulations in "Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser" or take a deep dive into every franchise's minor league successes and failures in relation to their major league operations in "Minors vs. Majors".
“Hardball Retrospective” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.Supplemental Statistics, Charts and Graphs along with a discussion forum are offered at TuataraSoftware.com. In Hardball Retrospective, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original teams. Using a variety of advanced statistics and methods, I generated revised standings for each season based entirely on the performance of each team’s “original” players. I discuss every team’s “original” players and seasons at length along with organizational performance with respect to the Amateur Draft (or First-Year Player Draft), amateur free agent signings and other methods of player acquisition. Season standings, WAR and Win Shares totals for the “original” teams are compared against the real-time or “actual” team results to assess each franchise’s scouting, development and general management skills.
Don Daglow (Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball, Earl Weaver Baseball, Tony LaRussa Baseball) contributed the foreword for Hardball Retrospective. The foreword and preview of my book are accessible here.
“Hardball Retrospective - Addendum 2014 to 2016”supplements my research for Hardball Retrospective, providing retroactive standings based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Win Shares (WS) for each "original" team over the past three seasons (2014-2016). Team totals from 2010 - 2013 are included for reference purposes. “Addendum” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.
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