Category Archives: Payoff Pitch Baseball

’21 to ’48

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I haven’t touched my 1921 Giants replay in a while, and I recently found out that a new printed set of cards for that season will be coming out from Sideline Strategy.  I have the DIY PDF version.

So I’m putting that replay officially on hold and restarting the 1948 Giants replay.

That 1948 replay was to be hand scored and use fast action cards (FACs) instead of dice.  I’ve since decided to forego hand scoring because of my arthritis, and perhaps do a combination of FACs and dice.

I’ll have it all sorted out this week.  And I’ll go back to the 1921 season once the new cards come out.

Stay tuned!

New Year, New In Progress Chart

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Sure, let’s add the 1947 49ers replay, and put the 1967 Warriors replay back on the schedule.

Stay tuned!

Dice vs. Cards

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I think I found a possible reason why I can’t seem to wrap my head around Inside the Paint and Inside the Crease basketball and hockey games.  And it’s dumb.

Both of those games use a fast action card (FAC) system as opposed to dice.  I like rolling dice more than flipping cards.

This may be why I’ve found Glory Days Boxing more fun to play, for me, than Title Bout II, which also uses a FAC system.

And I was able to grasp the basics of SSG basketball because of it’s dice roll mechanic similar to Payoff Pitch Baseball.  I’ve tried using the FACs for Payoff Pitch, but always find myself reverting back to using dice.

I was never a big Statis Pro Baseball gamer because of the cards.

I did pull out Statis Pro Basketball this morning, and may try to play a game to see if this reasoning holds water or not.

Stay tuned!

In Progress, Revision to the Revised Revision of the Revision

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The main change is putting the 1967 Warriors on hold, along with the 1988 Mets (revisited) replay.  I anticipate playing a soccer game with PSV soon, and hopefully starting basketball and hockey in the coming weeks.

Stay tuned!

In Progress, Revised Revision to the Revision

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In Progress

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I have decided that these will be the projects that I will focus on for the time being.

Stay tuned!

1909: On Hold

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I came up with the rosters for the Deadball 1909 league, but then decided not to build it further for now, since I still have:

  • 1967 SF Giants season replay
  • 1917 MLB replay
  • 1921 NY Giants replay
  • 1967 Denver Broncos replay
  • 1958 NFL replay
  • 1979 Winston Cup replay
  • 2016 SCRAM season
  • 2016 SCRAM trucks season

on top of the Deadball 2018 SFBAL season.

That’s a lot of stuff. That list doesn’t even include the mini-replays (John D’Acquisto rookie season, Doc Gooden Cy Young season, various Giant-Dodgers replays, MLB Postseason replays, etc.).

And then there’s the occasional golf tournament, wrestling event and boxing match.

And the non-sports table top games.

So little time.

The Deadball 1909 season may or may not ever materialize.  At least not in the near future.

Stay tuned!

1987: Opening Day

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2 games on my desktop:

Game 1:

Final from Candlestick Park:

Despite a strong outing by Mike Krukow, the Giants drop the home opener to the Padres.

Game 2:

Final from Shea Stadium:

The Mets pound the Pirates, with late back-to-back home runs by Mex and the Kid, for an Opening Day win.

I’ll probably play a couple of games from the 1967 Giants replay next.

Stay tuned!

1987: Opening Day

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This year’s Opening Day commemorative games will be from 1987.

I just got the 1987 season set for Payoff Pitch Baseball, so I’m going to break it in with not one, but two Opening Day games from that season.

April 6th, 1987: Padres @ Giants (Show vs. Krukow)

April 7th, 1987: Pirates @ Mets (Patterson vs. Ojeda)

I’m also going to use the Fast Action Cards instead of dice.

Stay tuned!