Final from Candlestick Park:
Willie McCovey wins it with a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 9th, off of Don Drysdale.
Tag Archives: Baseball
1987: Opening Day
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!
Night Before
1987: Opening Day
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!
1967: Giants Replay: Game 80
1967: Giants Replay, Game 79
The hero for the Mets: Jerry Grote and his go-ahead home run in the bottom of the 8th inning.
1974: John D’Acquisto, Game 8
1974: John D’Acquisto, Game 7
May 8, 1974
Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY
Final from Shea Stadium:
Complete game shutout for John D’Acquisto, with home runs by Bobby Bonds and Garry Maddox.
D’Acquisto: win, record now 4-2 (actual result: loss, record: 2-3)
Next game: May 13, 1974: John D’Acquisto vs. Don Gullett @ Riverfront Stadium
Stay tuned!
Mail Call
Two items from PLAAY.com in the mail:
- History Maker Baseball 5.0 rule book and game book: updated rules/charts and stuff, good prompt to get me back into this game
- Red White & Blue Racin’ 2018 SCRAM season set: currently running the 2016 season, may get the 2017 season before starting this one
How many racing series can I concurrently run before going nuts? I’m doing 3 so far.
And perhaps I should also revisit the Bay Area Baseball League, while I’m at it.
Stay tuned!
