I started with the Avalon Hill Baseball Game, but found no one to Play it with me (I am from Germany), but then Earl Weaver Baseball appeared on PC and I simmed the Orioles. This game has given me the most joy without any doubt. Who else has been playing that long or longer? JUST maybe someday baseball would be played on it, with records kept and Hey choice of ballparks, players running, hitting and fielding. In the 70s I thought "Wow this computer stuff is going to be something, thinking maybe. īeen playing one sim or another ever since. Something special about "rolling those dice" and each year wondering what the individual cards would look like. This was the start of my love of simming. BA, Singles Doubles Triples, HRs, Runs scored, Rbi's At Bats, BA ![]() Kept records in a special notebook by hand. I had the Reds, he had the Giants and my brother the Dodgers. My Dad said Sunday he wanted to play that afternoon. ![]() Unfortunately the same day Kennedy was killed. I was like Ralphie in Xmas story waiting for his decoder pin to come in the mail. One sided cards at the time, no lefty/righty splits. Think it came with 6 teams of your choice. "Watch players come alive on your tabletop" etc. ![]() There was always an ad for Stratomatic Baseball. It was the week Kennedy was assassinated That is why I remember this so vividly.My Dad and myself always read "Baseball Digest".
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