baseball-history
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1987 Baseball Replay: Opening Day (April 6)
NOTE: The “game engine” involved in this 1987 replay is Strat-O-Matic, the computer version, using super-advanced features (with the notable exception of the closer rule, which I have never used and never plan to). We begin with the actual Opening Day rosters, lineups, and starting rotations “as played.” Certain changes to lineups and pitching rotations… Continue reading
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Gone But Not Forgotten: Two Solid Ballplayers
Requiescat in pace to Ed Ott and U.L. Washington, two ballplayers from the era just prior to mine, both of whom died yesterday. I had the privilege of learning a bit about both of them when I first started playing Strat-O-Matic in the late Eighties, because my dad had a number of the card sets… Continue reading
About Me
I write about what I find beautiful, interesting, or noble, particularly with respect to literature, music, and sport. I tend to fall in love a lot, not just with people, but with books, records, athletic achievements, etc., and if I’m in love I tend to want to tell the world about it. Hence this site. I’m not much into new analytics, conventional wisdom, or thralldom to presumptive expertise. Love is my motive force.