Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – APBA Baseball
This is the thirteenth entry in a series focusing on computer baseball simulations to supplement the chapter “Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser” from my Hardball Retroactive book along with the corresponding post at Baseball Analytics. The series focuses on baseball simulations – games in which the primary emphasis is on managerial strategy […]
2024 SABR G&S Baseball Sim Auction Leagues
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 […]
The Mid-West Baseball League
The Mid-West Baseball League (MWBL) stands as a preeminent Fantasy APBA/BBW 5.75 Baseball League, consisting of 28 franchises that manage intricately structured rosters of 38 to 40 Major League players and 10 to 12 Minor League prospects. This league has earned renown for its unique gameplay rules and steadfast commitment to nurturing burgeoning minor league […]
SABR G&S Baseball Sim Auction Leagues
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 […]
SABR 51 All-Time Greatest Teams Tournament – What team was really the best?
During the SABR 51 convention one of the events that took place was a 64 team tournament of all time greatest teams using Dynasty League Baseball as the simulation engine. During that tournament Olin Simpson did a masterful managerial job in leading his 2006 Detroit Tigers over my 1954 Cleveland Indians. The contest was fun […]
Tabletop Baseball Takes Over the Hall of Fame with APBA Tournament in Cooperstown
What’s better than bringing your Baseball Hall of Fame heroes to life with a statistically accurate tabletop sports game? Bringing them to life inside the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The APBA community and the broader tabletop sports game community achieved a milestone on April 1, 2023 — the same day George Plimpton’s famous […]
Baseball Sim Auctions
In the long overdue 2nd edition of Talkin’ Baseball Games, I sat down with Andy Palomino to discuss his fascinating project, Baseball Sim Auctions. Enjoy it!
Pedro and the Splendid Splinter!
When selecting teams for Baseball Sim Auctions you want to incorporate great teams or great individuals seasons. For this auction we’ve chosen the 1941 Red Sox and the 1999 Red Sox. The teams themselves were not dominant, although they were good teams (the 1941 team won 84 games and the 1999 team won 94 games), […]
Going once…going twice…sold!
What would happen if you applied the dynamics of a Fantasy Baseball auction to a baseball simulation game like APBA? Let’s say you took the players from 4 historical teams and made them all free agents and you held an auction to create 4 new teams. Let’s assume all the “General Managers” at the auction […]
Hello!
A short time ago, committee chair Derek Bain asked me if I’d like to contribute to this group. In responding with an enthusiastic, “absolutely”, I wondered if I had anything to offer—other than the occasional update on the stats from my replays. To begin, a little about me. A resident of New London, NH, I’m […]
