You can probably guess I don’t buy into the burn out theory very well. It was not uncommon for me to play backyard baseball all day out in the hot sun and then have a Little League game or practice at night and then come home from that and play one of the indoor versions of these games. We would usually still be playing when my dad got home from work at 3pm.
I would gather up 6-10 neighborhood kids every weekday during the Summer starting at 9am. This was your classic sandlot game using 2-4 backyards instead of a sandlot. Unfortunately, it’s extinct like the dinosaur as well. Game 12: Backyard Baseball – The dinosaur of baseball games. Tony LaRussa even mentions that Earl Weave Baseball inspired it. Tony LaRussa Baseball came out in the 1991-1993 range and was a worse statistical/replay version of Earl Weaver Baseball, but a better graphical version of it. It didn’t have any graphics, so it was 100% simulation, which I loved. APBA baseball was a computer version of the above mentioned board game. This game single handedly led me into the IT world that I still work in today. It used real players, kept stats, had the real stadiums and allowed you to play out or simulate a MLB baseball season. Earl Weaver Baseball was the predecessor of the modern day game console or PC baseball game. Games 9, 10 and 11: Earl Weaver Baseball, APBA Baseball and Tony LaRussa Baseball – These were all computer baseball games that I started playing in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Each play started by either yourself or the person you were playing against throwing a ball off a step, fireplace, wall or door. Any error resulted in the baserunner being safe and then there were certain areas designated for singles, doubles, triples and HR’s. The rules were very similar to baseball by yourself. If playing with a buddy, it would be a competitive game between us. If playing by myself, I would use MLB lineups and keep stats. The outdoor step version was better with two people. The fireplace/wall/door version was better by yourself. Both games could be played with one person or two. Games 7 and 8: Baseball off the step or fireplace or wall or door – Same game, but one was inside and one was outside. These were designed for MLB season replays, so they were right up my alley. Games 5 and 6: Strat-O-Matic and APBA Baseball – These were commercial board type baseball games that were on the market then and that are still sold now.
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