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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · 1d

meeting reminder - Tuesday, October 21 @ 8p EST/ 5p PST

Our guest speaker, Keith Avallone, launched PLAAY Games in 1999. History Maker Baseball offers a narrative approach to the game rather than numerical.
plaay.com/history-make...

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#SABR

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · 9d

Our December 2025 meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 9 @ 8p EST/5p PST.

Guest speaker: Steven “Doc” LeShay, Ph.D., game inventor (SherCo Grand Slam Baseball Game), author, retired university professor, Naval Air Reserve Commander.

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · 29d

Our November 2025 meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18 @ 8 pm EST / 5 pm PST.

Guest speaker: Richard Dombrovski, developer of Dombrov Baseball Sim, a desktop app based on the original Sports Illustrated Baseball board game.

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Aug 27

meeting video: Steve Shaw discussed his tabletop game, High Leverage Baseball, including design choices, optional rules for fatigue, injuries, ballpark factors and rare plays!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iogV...

G&S Event Archive:
sabrbaseballgaming.com/events/

Upcoming events:
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SABR Virtual: Steve Shaw, High Leverage Baseball

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Aug 11

Meeting reminder - Tuesday, August 26 @ 8p EST / 5p PST.

Our guest speaker is Steve Shaw, the creator of High Leverage Baseball, a tabletop simulation game that blends statistical accuracy with fast-paced gameplay.

Register in advance:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

sabrbaseballgaming.com #SABR

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Jul 9

meeting video - Dean Patino discussed the evolution of the Baseball Classics: Legends on the Diamond tabletop game over the past four decades, the differences between the Classic and Crossfire editions, along the GM Suite and other offerings on their website.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-GD...
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SABR Virtual: Dean Patino, Baseball Classics: Legends on the Diamond

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Jul 5

Our October 2025 meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 21 @ 8p EST/5p PST.

Guest speaker Keith Avallone launched PLAAY Games in 1999. History Maker Baseball offers a narrative approach to the game rather than numerical.

Register in advance for this meeting:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Jun 24

Reminder - our July 2025 meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 8 @ 8 pm EST / 5 pm PST.

Our guest speaker is Dean Patino, founder of the Baseball Classics Legends on the Diamond (www.baseballclassics.com).

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us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SABR #tabletopgaming

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Jun 13

Here's the link to our meeting with Kenneth and Roswell Miller. They discussed the development of the #APBA computer games and various add-ons while sharing stories about the technology and recording process for the Broadcast Blast game with Ernie Harwell.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sZp...
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SABR Virtual: Kenneth and Roswell Miller, "APBA Baseball / Broadcast Blast"

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · May 30

meeting reminder - Thursday, June 12 @ 7p EST/4p PST. Please note earlier start time!

Guest speakers: Kenneth Miller & Roswell Miller, designers of APBA Major League Players Baseball and the
APBA Baseball for Windows / Broadcast Blast series.

Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SABR #APBA

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · May 27

Our August 2025 meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 26 @ 8p EST / 5p PST.

Guest speaker: Steve Shaw, creator of High Leverage Baseball, a tabletop simulation game blending statistical accuracy with fast-paced gameplay. tabletoplegends.store

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · May 20

new article - "The 1970s Decade Sim Auction: Go Big Or Go Home!" by Andy Palomino

sabrbaseballgaming.com/2025/05/19/t...

#simulation #APBA #BaseballForWindows #BaseballSimAuctions #auction #SABR

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · May 9

Here is the link to our meeting with Steve Etzel. Steve discussed the card & dice baseball games that he designed as a teenager along with a deep dive into the process of analyzing, reverse-engineering and creating player cards for vintage tabletop baseball sims.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNf8...

SABR Virtual: Steve Etzel, "Reverse Engineering Baseball Simulation Games"

YouTube video by SABRvideos

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Apr 30

Reminder: Our May 2025 meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 8 @ 8 pm EST / 5 pm PST.

Guest speaker Steve Etzel analyzes tabletop baseball sims and builds spreadsheets to create player cards for sims no longer on the market.

Register in advance for this meeting:

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Apr 25

Here's the link to our meeting with Nate Edwards. Nate's presentation includes the evolution of baseball video games in Japan and a demonstration of Professional Baseball Series 2024 by Konami along with a Q&A session.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do_D...
@30-30.club 30-30.club

SABR Virtual: Nate Edwards, Baseball Games and Simulations

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Apr 25

Our July 2025 meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 8 @ 8p EST / 5p PST. Guest speaker: Dean Patino, founder of Baseball Classics Legends on the Diamond, bringing immersive MLB board game experiences to fans around the world.

Register in advance for this meeting:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Apr 15

Due to technical issues, we rescheduled our meeting with Nate Edwards for Thursday, April 24th @ 8p EST / 5p PST. Nate will discuss the evolution of foreign baseball video games. Check out Nate's blog and YouTube channel
@30-30.club

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SABR

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Apr 5

Our June 2025 meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 12 @ 7p EST/4p PST. Guest speakers: Kenneth Miller and Roswell Miller, designers of APBA Major League Players Baseball and APBA Baseball for Windows / Broadcast Blast series.

Register in advance for this meeting:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Apr 4

We are over the moon that our co-chair Derek Bain and member John Racanelli were authors of one of the three books that received the 2025 Sporting News-SABR Research Award for their book. The brainstorm happened at SABR 51 - Chicago. Congrats!!! #SABR #SportingNews
sabr.org/latest/2025-...

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Mar 24

meeting reminder - our April 2025 meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 10 @ 8 pm EST / 5 pm PST.
Our guest speaker is Nate Edwards, a writer whose passion is baseball video games new & old, foreign & domestic.
@30-30.club

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Feb 28

meeting reminder - Tuesday, March 11 @ 6p EST/3p PST.

Our guest speaker is Lenny Melnick, a Fantasy Sports Hall of Famer with 5 decades of experience and co-host of ‘Lady and The Legend’. lennymelnickfantasysports.com

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Feb 27

Here's the link to our meeting with Mike Cieslinski, designer of Dynasty League Baseball Powered by Pursue the Pennant. Mike demonstrated the online version, discussed the board game & answered all of our questions!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8A2...
#DynastyLeagueBaseball #PursueThePennant #simulation

SABR Virtual: Mike Cieslinski, Dynasty League Baseball

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Feb 11

meeting reminder - February 26 @ 8p EST/5p PST
guest speaker: Mike Cieslinski, designer of Dynasty League Baseball Powered by Pursue the Pennant. www.dynastyleaguebaseball.com/Main.aspx
Register in advance for this meeting: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SABR #DynastyLeagueBaseball #simulation

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Feb 7

new article - "How to Easily Address Outliers in Strat-O-Matic Baseball" by Steve Shaw sabrbaseballgaming.com/2025/02/06/h...
#Stratomatic #tabletopgaming #baseball #SABR

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SABR Baseball Games & Simulations Committee @sabrbballgaming.bsky.social · Jan 14

Our May 2025 meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 8 @ 8p EST/5p PST.
Guest speaker Steve Etzel analyzes tabletop baseball sims and builds spreadsheets to create player cards for sims that are no longer on the market.
Register in advance for this meeting: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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