Tag Archives: 1977

Major Baseball Replay Change

Posted on by

Since I’ve switched over to  Digital Diamond Baseball as my score card, and it’s now possible to simulate (computer plays both sides) any given game, I’ve decided to change the format of how I run my replays as follows.

I will now play the opening game of any given series and simulate the rest of the games in the series.  This equates to me playing roughly 1/3rd of a season’s worth of games for a single team, or about 56 games.

For example, in a four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds from July 21-July 23, I will play out the July 21st game and the computer will simulate the remaining 3 games, including the Sunday doubleheader.

This may give me time to actually finish some of these replays that I’ve started years ago, and start/finish ones that I had planned.

For now I’ll try this schedule with:

  • 1969 Seattle Pilots season replay
  • 1971 San Francisco Giants season replay
  • 1977 San Francisco Giants season replay

If they work out I’ll add other baseball replays as well.

I’m not sure how I’m going to move forward with the 1921 NY Giants and the 1917 MLB replays, neither are available in Digital Diamond Baseball.

Stay tuned!

1977: Duane Kuiper’s Home Run Game

Posted on by

40 years ago, this happened:

I replayed this game tonight, using Payoff Pitch Baseball, the only system where I have the 1977 season.

August 29, 1977: White Sox @ Indians, Cleveland Stadium

Final from Cleveland Stadium:

It didn’t quite turn out the same way, no home run by Duane Kuiper, but still a win for Rick Waits and the Indians.

I rerolled Kuiper’s first at-bat about 50 times, just to see if I could get the right combo (4 on 2d6 from the pitcher’s card, followed by 1-3 on d100 from the batter’s card) but it never rolled that way.

Ah well.

Congratulations on the 40th anniversary of the one career home run, Duane Kuiper.  That’s one more than I’ll ever hit in my lifetime.

1977: How about that?

Posted on by

On a whim, I ordered the 1st season of “This Week in Baseball” from Amazon.com.  It covers the period of May 31st to September 20th, 1977.

I’m open to suggestions on any possible replay project for that season.  I had planned to replay Steve Carlton’s 2nd Cy Young season, or perhaps the NL and AL postseason.

I’ll watch a few episodes before I decide.

Stay tuned!