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Deadball: SFBAL
I remembered that the league that I created had a team (Napa Vinters) who plays their home games at the fictional Bill Buckner Field @ Silverado. Buckner is from the area, born in Vallejo and graduated from Napa High School.
I think I’ll revisit that league sometime this week.
Suffice to say that this fictional team will be wearing a memorial patch on their uniforms.
Rest in Peace, Bill Buckner.
Ball Park Baseball Changes
I missed the initial announcements by about a week, but apparently there are plans in the works for a revamping of the look and feel of the cards and dice version of the game, in addition to a COMPUTER version of the game.
What’s most impressive to me is the news that the computer version will run on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS and Android.
ANDROID.
AS IN I CAN PLAY ON MY FREAKING PHONE.
Or at the very least, my iPad via iOS.
The thing is, as exciting as this is, I may still opt to play the cards and dice version.
At least all of my older season cards will still be playable with the new stuff. And thy’re going to release sets with ALL players per team, which is an issue when you play full season replays with current BPB sets.
Sadly, since I was a week late on this news, I missed out on being a tester for either the new format or the computer version of the game. Ah well.
Stay tuned!
1971 Pitcher Replays
1971 Giants Replay
I mentioned it elsewhere (Facebook) that I decided to abandon the Box Seat Baseball replay and just play this one with Ball Park Baseball, which I’m more familiar with, and I had the season cards for this one as well.
Box Seat Baseball is a solid game, it just seems like there’s even more chart flipping that I would do with BP Baseball.
Let’s see how long it takes me to do THIS replay.
Stay tuned!
1971: Giants Replay, Game 1
Gah!
Getting there…
My second attempt at playing the Opening Day game of the Giants 1971 season using Box Seat Baseball seems to be going smoother than the first one.
I found myself making so many mistakes that I couldn’t justify that first play through as a legitimate game.
And I’m leaning toward not wiping the current game because I think I’ve made fewer mistakes in game play, the flow of which I’m getting used to.
I’ll probably end up replaying this one, though, once I feel that I have a more solid grasp of all the rules.
Dice AND flip cards. What a concept.
Through 4-1/2 innings the Giants are up 4-1 on the Padres. I’ll finish the game up later.
Stay tuned!
Plodding Through
My brother was right about the rules for Box Seat Baseball: they’re a bit much to get through after one read-through.
Plus I’m distracted by the arrival of other games (sport and non-sport), and I’m trying to fit in a round of golf as suggested by another friend on Facebook.
Hopefully all this will clear by the beginning of next week.
Stay tuned!
Postponement
I think I figured out why I’m not too interested in playing the 1939 Giants replay.
It’s too close to the 1917 MLB replay.
At least in my mind.
So, I’m going to suspend the 1939 season replay, and start another replay in a year that’s near and dear to me.
That’s the 1971 San Francisco Giants team card from Topps.
1971 was the year I remember going to a baseball game for the first time. This may or may not be true.
1971 was the year a rookie by the name of Chris Speier started playing for the Giants.
1971 was the year the Giants lost the NLCS to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
I’m also going to switch games from Ball Park Baseball to Box Seat Baseball. That game as been collecting dust for about 5 years now (along with way too many other sports games) and I think it’s high time I finally learned how to play it.
Stay tuned!