I dunno. No one cares what I think, and I sure won't change anything by complaining. But I haven't been to an MLB game since they started tinkering with all this kind of thing during the Covid panic. I guess I might still go; I'd like to finish visiting all the teams in their home parks with my dad. Minor league baseball is fun, but it's hard not to feel like the game I loved is too much changed.
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Baseball and Maps
To that end then I've made a couple maps. They're not complete and I put them together myself, so if you spot any errors I'd be grateful for corrections. Both maps are still works in progress.
Fictional Baseball – FIB Update 5
The season has begun! Ran through the first week of games, April 1 through April 7. I've considered going day by day with the interesting things from each game, but I think that would take far, far too long to get through multiple seasons. So I'm going to take it a week at a time … Continue reading Fictional Baseball – FIB Update 5
Fictional Baseball – FIB Update 4
Spring Training is over! The predicted top and bottom teams are on, but the middle of the pack has shifted a bit. Turns out, I was right, the pre-season predictions reset. But before we look at the new predictions, let's take a look at the originals. And here's the revised predictions after the end of … Continue reading Fictional Baseball – FIB Update 4
Fictional Baseball – FIB Update 3
One more week of Spring Training down, one more week to go (but only a handful of games per team). I think the preseason predictions will reset after the end of Spring Training, but I'm not sure. Spring standings are pretty close to the first prediction with Manchester BC doing a bit better and Lyon … Continue reading Fictional Baseball – FIB Update 3
Fictional Baseball – FIB Update 2
Another week of games, some things change, some stay the same. Paris is still at the bottom, but most of the rest of the teams are pretty close together. Hopefully this bodes well for a competitive season. Elmar Busz is still raking like mad, but Andreucci has missed most of the past week with his … Continue reading Fictional Baseball – FIB Update 2
Fictional Baseball – FIB Update 1
I ran the sim through a week of spring training and the teams have played games through March 3, 1920. It's not precisely following the predictions, but the Paris clubs do bracket the rest from the top and bottom of the standings. I don't expect the offense to be high-powered since the historical strategy and … Continue reading Fictional Baseball – FIB Update 1
Fictional Baseball
A few months back, when it looked like the MLB season might not happen at all, I decided to buy a copy of Out of the Park 21 (OOTP21) so I could have some fun with simulating seasons in lieu of a real season. (Frankly, one would be hard-pressed to argue that we ended up … Continue reading Fictional Baseball
Stathead Start-up
The fine folks over at Baseball-Reference have, or "had" now I guess, a feature called the Play Index. You could use it to do all sorts of fun and interesting queries; complicated too. (Who had the most walks, barring intentional ones, as a rookie in a road playoff game?) It was a good feature, and … Continue reading Stathead Start-up
The Greatest Hitter of All-Time
Lots of folks have a dog in this fight. Bonds jacked more homers than anyone else. Ruth was a monster from both the mound and the batter's box. Williams got on base nearly half the times he stepped to the plate. Rose made more trips to first than anyone else. Cobb had a better batting … Continue reading The Greatest Hitter of All-Time
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