1971: Giants Replay, Game 10

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Chris S.

Final from Candlestick Park:

In Progress, Revised Revision to the Revision

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Chris S.

1971: Giants Replay, Game 9

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Chris S.

Final from Candlestick Park:

2-game sweep of the Astros thanks to a 3-run homer by George Foster.

Next up: the Cubs come to Candlestick Park for a 4-game series.

Stay tuned!

1971: Giants Replay, Game 8

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Chris S.

Final from Candlestick Park:

Steve Stone gives up 2 runs on 3 hits as the Giants defeat the Astros.

There’s no 1971 Steve Stone card, so I have to make do with a 1972 Topps card.

In Progress, Revised Revision

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Chris S.

I’m having so much fun playing Net Results Soccer that I’ve decided to make it my primary soccer sim, and Soccer Blast my secondary. The top three soccer replays listed are played with Net Results, the last one played with Soccer Blast. Final Score and The Beautiful Game are being semi-permanently shelved.

The tables now reflect the priority that I place in playing these replays. Baseball, soccer, and auto racing are my top played games. I haven’t touched football in almost 3 years, and have yet to start basketball or hockey.

Baseball season sims (1917, 1921, 1971) are all Ball Park Baseball, short projects are played with History Maker Baseball (D’Acquisto ’74) and Inside Pitch (Gooden ’85).

Racing sims are all Red White & Blue Racing.

Football (Broncos ’67) is split between Inside Blitz and Second Season. The Harbaugh ’90 project is played with Second Season.

Basketball (Warriors ’67) will be played with Inside the Paint.

Hockey will be played with Inside the Crease (Leafs ’67) and Hockey Blast (2014 quarter finals).

Stay tuned!

In Progress, Revised

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Chris S.

I’ve cut back on projects by picking the full season replays that I plan to actually play in the next 3 months or so. This eliminated a few long dormant items on my list, allowing me to focus on what I’m already playing, and also allows me to narrow the choices on what else to play.

I’ve also separated the ‘short’ projects (less than a season, individual pitcher seasons, playoff runs) into their own list.

And of course there’s stuff like the heavyweight boxing tournament in Title Bout II and the Facebook Friends Wrestling Federation in Face to the Mat which are more like casual pick-up games that don’t require a schedule.

I hope to finally tally a game in both hockey and basketball fairly soon.

Stay tuned!

Another Side Project?

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Chris S.

But aren’t they all?

Inspired by Mike Yastrzemski’s visit to Fenway Park, and his reunion with this grandpa, Carl, I think I may do a 1967 Red Sox replay.

I have so many 1967 sets to choose from, after all. ~~But it’ll probably be Ball Park Baseball~~. On second thought, I think I’ll use one of the other game systems, but I’m not sure which one yet.

I wanna see if I can get Yaz to win the Triple Crown.

Stay tuned!

Gooden ’85

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Chris S.

BallScore still refuses to play nice with this replay.

I replayed the first two games and they were not compiled correctly, both games treated as the first game of the replay. The Mets (and Gooden) won one and lost one, yet the box scores showed the Mets and Gooden as 0-1 and 1-0 in each.

The records should have show 1-1 for both in the second game.

I’m not sure what I should do at this point. Abandon this replay? Is there something I’m missing in the settings for this one?

I know the program is still working correctly, the last game I played for the 1971 Giants replay was the 7th game, and the Giants have a 5-2 record.

Very frustrating.