Dan's Diamond Mind Baseball Blog

Rebirth

2009-12-19T00:59:00.001-07:00

Guys, I'm starting up a new blog soon. More coming soon.

2008-08-17T23:54:00.003-06:00

This blog is dead. I doubt I will update it again in the future. I will keep it online for as long as possible, mostly to preserve the huge list of links on the side.I may begin a new blog in the near future. If I do so, I will post the new address to this blog. Any new blog would be geared more toward life in general, though I anticipate there will be several baseball related posts.For those who

Not dead yet

2008-06-04T16:58:00.003-06:00

My apologies for not posting in nearly a month. School has taken its toll, as did the recent business drama over at Diamond Mind. I should get back to posting regularly again soon, though I might not post in the same style I had been in the past.My project has fallen behind schedule, and will likely continue to do so until around the middle of June. But I'll still be here, and I'll try to post as

Posting Hiatus Continued

2008-05-09T00:05:00.002-06:00

I've still been playing games each day, but there hasn't been enough time to post. We had a few friends from Taiwan over this evening, and we're going up tomorrow afternoon to my parents' house in Salt Lake City tomorrow for the weekend. As such, I doubt I'll get in any post until Sunday evening, at the earliest. Sorry again for this! Real life, unfortunately, takes priority over online life. And

Sorry for lack of update

2008-05-07T22:36:00.002-06:00

Sorry for not updating yesterday and today. As my schoolwork load has increased, everything extra has temporarily gone on hold. Hopefully I'll be able to update tomorrow, though I'm not making any promises.

May 5th, 2008 Wenzhou at Suzhou

2008-05-05T23:26:00.001-06:00

It's a bit late now, so my writeups weren't especially good. My apologies.May 5th, 2008 Wenzhou Merchants at Suzhou Artisans SUZHOU – Suzhou blew an excellent chance to take sole possession of first place in the Southeastern League today, as last place Wenzhou surprised everybody with a 10-inning win. Down 3-1 in their half of the 8th, Wenzhou began to strike back. Babe Hermans’

May 4th, 2008 Harbin at Beijing

2008-05-05T00:04:00.001-06:00

May 4th, 2008 Harbin Icecaps at Beijing Mets BEIJING – Seventh place Harbin feasted on Beijing pitching this afternoon, defeating the hometown Mets 11-3 in a laughter. At the beginning, the odds appeared in Beijing’s favor. Harbin started Ben McDonald, who had been unimpressive in his pervious three starts. Beijing, meanwhile, started Milt Pappas on the spot (due to Dizzy Dean’s

Team Review: Taiyuan Kylin

2008-05-03T21:40:00.003-06:00

I'm finally back with another team review! I thought I'd have these done by now, but, as it stands, I'm not even halfway through. It's harder than you think to write this sort of thing up for 32 teams.Once again, in the interest of time, I have chosen to make this process quicker by not linking to the players on Baseball Reference, Japan Baseball Daily or other stat sites. I'm trying to cut this

Standings

2008-05-03T21:23:00.002-06:00

Here are text files for the league standings thus far:Northeastern LeagueNorthwestern LeagueSoutheastern LeagueSouthwestern League

May 3rd, 2008 Luoyang at Wuhan

2008-05-03T21:10:00.001-06:00

May 3rd, 2008 Luoyang White Horse at Wuhan Turtles WUHAN – A tight pitchers duel exploded in the final innings, as both teams combined for seven runs in the 8th and 9th. The visiting White Horse held on to win, 6-5, bringing them within 2 ½ games of first place. Originally, the story of the afternoon was a pitching duel between Luoyang’s Robin Roberts and Wuhan’s Bob Rush. Neither pitcher was

May 2nd, 2008: Taibei at Guangzhou

2008-05-03T09:35:00.002-06:00

Sorry for not posting this last night. It was a long night. At least the Jazz won! May 2nd, 2008 Taibei Brother Elephants at Guangzhou Fire GUANGZHOU – Taibei won its fifth straight game, bursting suddenly into first place in the Southwestern League, by defeating Guangzhou on the road, 2-1. The game was marked by god pitching on both sides. Taibei starter John Donaldson went seven

May 1st, 2008 Urumqi at Lanzhou

2008-05-01T22:07:00.002-06:00

A friend of my wife's is visiting tonight, so this will be a shorter post. Enjoy!May 1st, 2008 Urumqi Flying Tigers at Lanzhou Refiners LANZHOU – After a huge six-run first inning outburst, Lanzhou held on to beat the visiting Flying Tigers by a 11-8 score. Good pitching was in short supply this afternoon. Both teams used a combined total of 10 pitchers, gave up 26 hits in all, including

April 30th, 2008: Guangzhou at Chengdu

2008-04-30T19:37:00.000-06:00

April 30th, 2008 Guangzhou Fire at Chengdu Spice CHENGDU – The Fire won their fourth straight contest today, beating Chengdu, 4-3, on an Edgar Martinez single in the top of the 9th inning. The late Guangzhou rally knocked Spice starter Jim Bunning out of the box. Bunning threw 8.1 strong innings, giving up only 4 runs. Alas, those bases on balls, the plague of all pitchers, came to haunt

April 29th, 2008: Nanjing at Shanghai

2008-04-29T17:34:00.002-06:00

Honestly, I wish the time wouldn't fly by so quickly. I can't believe April's almost over. I've got a German independent study class to finish by July, and school just started again. At least baseball still feels slow in April.This was a day of injuries in my league. Has anybody else noticed a rather large number of injuries with the setting on "random"? Seems that every time I turn around

April 28th, 2008: Shanghai at Suzhou

2008-04-28T23:01:00.000-06:00

April 28th, 2008 Shanghai Red Sox at Suzhou Artisans SUZHOU – The Artisans kept themselves right in the thick of the early pennant race this afternoon, defeating the Shanghai Red Sox 11-1. Starter Kevin Millwood was the star for the Artisans. He went the distance against a good Shanghai lineup, limiting them to a single run on five hits and winning his first game of the season. Millwood

That Boring Game of Baseball

2008-04-28T17:11:00.003-06:00

While trying to find a few articles to help my younger brother understand the current economic recession, I ran across this post at the Freakonomics blog. The post is another argument about how boring baseball has become, the sort of thing you always read about in the spring. I've found similar articles in newspapers from the 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s and earlier, even one in a 1903 Sporting

April 27th, 2008: Nishinomiya at Tokyo

2008-04-27T21:30:00.001-06:00

Here's today's game. Enjoy!April 27th, 2008 Nishinomiya Tigers at Tokyo Giants TOKYO – After 13 innings, 23 runs, 32 hits, 8 home runs and a good five hours of mayhem, Tokyo outlasted Nishinomiya, 12-11. The initial Randy Johnson – Minoru Murayama pitching duel didn’t last very long. By the time Randy Johnson was yanked in the third inning, he had given up six runs, and the Tigers were

April 26th 2008: Lanzhou at Jinan

2008-04-27T08:11:00.001-06:00

Here's yesterday's action, summarized really quickly.April 26th, 2008 Lanzhou Refiners at Jinan Leopards JINAN – With a seven run outburst in the bottom of the 7th inning, the hometown Leopards overcame a four run deficit to overwhelm Lanzhou. And, for insurance, Jinan added three runs in the bottom of the 8th, putting the game out of reach for once and for all, winning 10-6 in definitive

One day delay

2008-04-27T00:49:00.002-06:00

This will be the first of what may be a number of slight update delays. We spent the majority of the day having lunch, shopping, and playing UNO with a few friends. After they left (around 8 PM), I let my wife use our desktop to watch a Taiwanese music program on YouTube, and sat down to watch the Jazz - Rockets game and play some baseball.I got in three APBA basic games before the 4th quarter,

Random comments

2008-04-25T15:42:00.003-06:00

Simulation bickeringOne thing I've learned is that people who enjoy games like Diamond Mind, APBA, Replay, Strat-O-Matic and so on tend to become extremely defensive of their favorite game. For example, I can remember reading APBA Journal articles years ago about how lefty-righty splits, a Strat-O-Matic specialty even then, didn't really add much to the realism of the simulation. You can see

April 25th, 2008: Luoyang at Zhengzhou --NO HITTER--

2008-04-25T15:32:00.002-06:00

I had a feeling we were going to see a no-hitter pretty soon. Red Ruffing never threw one in real life, but he accomplished the feat against some of the most intense competition anywhere.April 25th, 2008 Luoyang at Zhengzhou ZHENGZHOU – White Horse pitcher Charles Herbert “Red” Ruffing shocked first place Zhengzhou this afternoon, twirling a no-hitter in front of a packed, hostile house.

April 24th, 2008: Fuzhou at Chengdu

2008-04-24T19:01:00.001-06:00

April 24th, 2008 Fuzhou Whales at Chengdu Spice CHENGDU – With a five run bulge in the bottom of the 7th inning, the Spice burst out of the shackles of the Southwestern League cellar, defeating Fuzhou 6-5. Chengdu’s offensive explosion in the bottom of the 7th inning came after a single, a pair of walks, and a big grand slam home run by Leon Durham, knocking Fuzhou starter Wes Ferrell out

April 23rd, 2008: Taiyuan at Lanzhou

2008-04-23T23:46:00.002-06:00

April 23rd, 2008 Taiyuan Kylin at Lanzhou Refiners LANZHOU – After eleven innings of battling, the visiting Kylin defeated the Refiners, 5-2. The big blow came on Robin Ventura’s shot in the top of the eleventh inning, taking advantage of two free passes by Lanzhou reliever Orval Overall. Ventura’s home run, his first of the season, erased an exciting comeback by Lanzhou in the bottom of

April 22nd, 2008: Lhasa at Xianggang

2008-04-22T22:56:00.002-06:00

April 22nd, 2008 Lhasa at Xianggang XIANGGANG – The Lhasa Monks tightened their hold on the Southwestern League lead, exploding for 5 runs in the top of the ninth to defeat the cellar-dwelling Reds. Reds pitcher Dobson did a good job of holding back the Monks offensive attack, giving up only five hits in eight innings of work. He left with his team down 4-3, but that didn’t last long.

Team Review: Luoyang White Horse

2008-04-22T14:17:00.004-06:00

For some reason, I can't get Blogspot's picture uploading program to work right now. Sorry!I don't have any work or finals today (the last one is Modern Chinese Literature, tomorrow morning at the ungodly hour of 7 AM), so I figured I'd take the chance to stick up another team preview or two. Then again, now that the season is underway, I guess it counts as a team review instead. All semantics

April 21st, 2008: Shenyang at Tianjin

2008-04-21T22:31:00.001-06:00

This is going to be quick. The Jazz won tonight, so I'm happy. My final went well this morning. I should have a bigger post tomorrow, assuming my German Independent Study class doesn't devour me alive.April 21st, 2008 Shenyang Defenders at Tianjin Lions TIANJIN – Shenyang starter Jack McDowell earned his first win today, shutting out Tianjin on three hits in a complete game performance.

April 20th, 2008: Zhengzhou at Xi'an

2008-04-20T22:06:00.003-06:00

Here's another game of the day, hot off the presses. I have a big Japanese Political Science final at 7AM tomorrow, which is going to be the last difficult final I have. Next semester starts a week from tomorrow, though. It never lets up!April 20th, 2008 Zhengzhou Dragons at Xi’an Wild Geese XI’AN – In an incredibly exciting see-saw battle, the Wild Geese would up on top in the end, defeating

April 19th, 2008: Shenyang at Seoul Doubleheader

2008-04-19T23:15:00.005-06:00

The Jazz won their first playoff game tonight, I took a Japanese history final, and I'm pretty pleased with myself. Here's a doubleheader! April 19th, 2008 Shenyang Defenders at Seoul Blue Dragons (doubleheader) SEOUL – The Defenders and Blue Dragons split a remarkable doubleheader today. The first game lasted 14 innings, including two dramatic late comebacks, before Seoul’s victory. In the

April 18th, 2008: Xianggang at Yunnan

2008-04-18T23:04:00.001-06:00

I only got about three hours of sleep last night. I had to get up early this morning for my Economic Growth test, and then had to do a 10 minute presentation, in Chinese, on Chinese-Japanese relations. But at least that's all done with. I'm sure tired, though, and I've got a Japanese history final tomorrow. Anyway, this isn't the best writeup in the world. Sorry! April 18th, 2008 Xianggang Reds

April 17th, 2008: Nanjing at Shanghai

2008-04-17T14:48:00.002-06:00

This is going to be a relatively short post. Finals week begins tomorrow with an Economics test and a big Chinese presentation. I'll post scores from around the league, but no descriptions. My apologies. If all works out well, I should be able to set up a website, complete with boxscores of all games, in the near future. April 17th, 2008 Nanjing Monarchs at Shanghai Red Sox SHANGHAI – Even

April 16th, 2008: Beijing Red Dragons at Tokyo

2008-04-16T14:40:00.003-06:00

Today's game of the day features two teams that have already been previewed. Enjoy!April 16th, 2008 Beijing Red Dragons at Tokyo Giants TOKYO – For the second straight day, the vaunted Tokyo offense failed to show up, as the Red Dragons outpaced the Giants, 8-5. Beijing’s starting pitcher, Steve Rogers, went into the 9th inning despite giving up 4 runs on 8 hits, two of them home runs. Rogers

April 15th, 2008: Wenzhou at Hangzhou

2008-04-15T15:14:00.003-06:00

Today's post is a little bit shorter and has fewer pictures, since I still have a bit of homework to do. All comments are welcome, as always. I'm still trying to set up a free website to host all boxscores and statistics. April 15th, 2008 Wenzhou Merchants at Hangzhou Eagles HANGZHOU -- Opening day at West Lake Stadium turned out to be a doozy, as the game was not settled until Tony Fernandez’

April 14th, 2008: Zhengzhou at Luoyang

2008-04-14T22:35:00.006-06:00

I haven't previewed either of these teams yet -- my apologies. This was the only game of the day. Enjoy, and there is more to come, especially as school winds down this week.April 14th, 2008 Zhengzhou Dragons at Luoyang White Horse LUOYANG – In front of a rabid full crowd indoors at White Horse Stadium, Luoyang began the 2008 season with a bang, on a 9th inning walk-off home run by pinch hitter

Team Preview: Lanzhou Refiners

2008-04-12T12:27:00.009-06:00

Thanks once again to all my loyal readers! Every time I post a new team profile, I get about 20 more hits. It's pretty neat to see that others are enjoying this season as much as I am. Opening day's only two days away!Many of you receive the IS / DMB newsletters. There is a comment in yesterday's about unrealistic results with deadball era players. It was something about how unrealistic it is to

Team Preview: Jinan Leopards

2008-04-10T22:53:00.008-06:00

Okay, let's get another team preview done, for the first time in about two weeks. This week I'll cover the Jinan LeopardsStadiumMy imagination always gets rolling when I take a look at the hitter friendly layout of the Baker Bowl. I mean, it's only 280 down the right field line, with that big tin can fence out there. Seems like the perfect park for a country setting, which is why I let the Jinan

Mid-week Notes

2008-04-09T22:26:00.002-06:00

Every time I think I'm out of the water, something drags me back in. I've been working on my final packet for my Chinese class, putting the final touches on a history paper, trying to speed through an Independent Study German class and so on. Sometimes it feels like it never ends.Presentation on Japanese BaseballThis week in my Japanese history class each student has done a short presentation on

Sunday update

2008-04-06T15:32:00.002-06:00

Now that my Econ 432 paper is done, I can write a little bit.First of all, thanks to all those who read my blog over the weekend. Special thanks to Ted Roethke for his comment. I'm aware of IS' new deals with baseballlibrary.com and Baseball Prospectus. I think it's a step in the right direction for the hobby as a whole, but I'm not sure if it's enough. I'm also not entirely convinced that

Latest News

2008-04-05T00:10:00.004-06:00

My Latest NewsIt's been a pretty relaxing Friday. The semester's almost finished (about time!), and my homework load is slowly diminishing. I went through a run-through of a big presentation on Chinese - Japanese relations earlier today, 10 minutes long in Chinese. Hey, it's hard enough to study that stuff in English, let alone a foreign language -- try teaching it to natives in their language

May 5th, 1908: Detroit at St. Louis (AL)

2008-04-04T17:09:00.002-06:00

This was a fun game to play!May 5th, 1908 ST LOUIS – A frenzied crowd of faithful Browns fans gave Jack Powell a loud, long ovation as he stepped into the batter’s box in the bottom of the eighth inning this afternoon. The occasion was not a perfect game, nor a legendary strike-out feat, but rather the impressive efforts of one man to lead his team to victory over the champion Tigers. Jack

May 4th, 1908: Detroit at St. Louis (AL)

2008-04-03T20:24:00.002-06:00

Hope you're ready for another 1908 game! I'll see about updating another team profile tonight, but I'm not making any promises. As you might have guessed, I've been pretty busy lately. I'll try my hardest, though, to keep the updates coming!May 4th, 1908 ST LOUIS—As expected, the American League champion Tigers made short work of the Brownies today, winning 4-0 in quick fashion. St. Louis only

April 25th, 1908: Boston (AL) at Washington

2008-04-02T23:13:00.005-06:00

Here's the last game of this series.April 25th, 1908 WASHINGTON – The local Nationals got a 6 run lead, played hard for 7 innings, then became complacent and blew it to the visiting Red Sox. The Red Sox reminded Washington that baseball games are still played in 9 innings, not 7, even when played on wet grounds. The chief embarrassment came during the Red Sox’ 3 run 9th inning. With two outs

April 24th, 1908: Boston (AL) at Washington

2008-04-02T20:20:00.002-06:00

I technically played this game last night, but didn't have enough time to complete this writeup.April 24th, 1908 WASHINGTON—Cy Young, the veteran with over 400 lifetime wins to his credit, made short work of the Nationals this afternoon. Washington mustered but a single tally on all of three hits, as Young’s one-two punch of curve and fastball fooled everybody in the park. Washington starter

It's been a long weekend

2008-04-01T22:12:00.002-06:00

Well, so much for having a big update over the weekend! I've been busier than ever before. I spent all day yesterday in class, and all day today doing little homework tasks. I'm still on pace to graduate in August, though it's going to take a pretty gutsy effort to get there. But don't worry -- I'll keep playing DMB, and keep updating this blog.Speaking of DMB, I've decided to make a slight

Dan Szymborski's DMB Playing Time Tool

2008-03-28T17:46:00.001-06:00

I won't be using this for my replay (too many starts for too many players), but for those of you who create seasons, take a look at this tool.

April 23rd, 1908: Boston (AL) at Washington

2008-03-28T17:07:00.007-06:00

I just got done revising my Japanese History research paper, and decided to reward myself with another 1908 Co-op game. By the way, for fans of 1908, I recommend you sit back and read this account of a 1908 APBA replay. JIMSCE sure wrote up a nice, readable replay, even though it is almost 2000 posts.April 23rd, 1908 WASHINGTON – Fred Burchell is synonymous with clutch pitching. With the

Team Preview: Tokyo Giants

2008-03-27T22:49:00.005-06:00

I had a heck of a day today. The UPS guy came with my new Strat-O-Matic game the other afternoon, but nobody was home. Like a fool, I called up UPS and arranged to pick the game up at their warehouse. Of course, I have no car, which meant I had to rely on Utah's awful bus system, walk 20 blocks, then walk 20 blocks back while carrying a big package. It wasn't much fun, but I've got the game now,

April 22, 1908 Boston (AL) at Washington

2008-03-27T18:45:00.004-06:00

Here's another game from the 1908 Co-op season.April 22nd, 1908 WASHINGTON – Nationals pitcher Charlie Smith made short work of the visiting Red Sox, striking out five en route to a 4-0 victory. Boston scarcely put up a fight, collecting a mere five hits in the contest. Washington, on the other hand, won the game on eight hits total, including three from right fielder Otis Clymer. In the

Quick post

2008-03-26T22:36:00.006-06:00

Just a quick post to let you know that I'm still around. It's really been a long day. I didn't get home until 8:30, and then it was two straight hours of Chinese essay writing.For your viewing pleasure, here are a few old APBA advertisements from the Sporting News to counterbalance the 1969 Strat ad I had up the other week:This first one comes from a 1951 Sporting News issue. That's right, it's

Team Preview: Tianjin Lions

2008-03-25T16:54:00.009-06:00

Okay, I'm back in the saddle again. I'm happy I woke up at 4 AM to catch the Red Sox - A's game from Tokyo. It left me pretty groggy all day, but it was well worth the sacrifice. I had to leave for my Econ 432 class right after Manny Ramirez hit his 10th inning double, but, other than that, I was able to watch every pitch. Even though this is officially the shortest winter in the history of Major

April 17th, 1908: Boston (NL) at Brooklyn

2008-03-25T06:38:00.006-06:00

I'm back after a two day blogging hiatus. Hopefully I'll be able to post regularly this week, though I can't make any promises. We'll see how things work out.As I write this, I'm watching the Red Sox - A's opening day game from Japan. There's nothing better during the early morning than a game on TV and a little bit of Diamond Mind! Anyway, that's my excuse for writing such a short entry.April

Boxscores

2008-03-22T13:24:00.006-06:00

If you thought posting on Yuku was bad, just try to post a boxscore on Blogspot. I'm going to keep opening Angelfire and Geocities accounts and uploading textfiles until I come up with a better solution. For some reason, fr33webhosting.com doesn't work with Internet Explorer. I'll never figure that one out. Anyone have any ideas?

April 16th, 1908: Boston (NL) at Brooklyn

2008-03-22T12:23:00.007-06:00

It's been a nice, lazy Saturday thus far. I'm transferring my VHS copy of the '84 Cubs pennant-clinching game at Pittsburgh onto DVD, and I figured I'd play a quick 1908 Co-op game. Hopefully you can view the text file this time. I'm not sure what was wrong with the last one. I'm still searching for a good, reliable server to store these text files.April 16th, 1908

Team Preview: Shenyang Defenders

2008-03-21T21:39:00.005-06:00

Most of you probably follow the newspapers, and probably already know about all the protests in Tibet, as well as the wave of violence that has spread through China. It will be interesting to see what effect this has on Saturday's elections in Taiwan. Honestly, after doing a big research paper on cross-strait relations last semester, I hope that KMT candidate Ma Ying-chiu (馬英九) wins. If not, and

April 14th, 1908: Boston (NL) at Brooklyn

2008-03-21T20:00:00.015-06:00

I've chosen to play a few games for the 1908 DMB Co-op League that Sposfan set up. In-between watching college basketball and reading Taiwanese newspapers, I fit in a game this afternoon. I wrote up a quick blurb and attached the boxscore below, along with a few pictures. Hope you enjoy!April 14th, 1908 BROOKLYN – Through poor defense and absent-minded play, the

Team Preview: Seoul Blue Dragons

2008-03-20T21:43:00.008-06:00

Well, it looks like BYU's basketball team just didn't pull it off tonight. It's been 17 years since BYU's won a single NCAA tournament game. I watched the end of the game in the basement of the student center on campus. I was surprised -- there were only 50 or so people there, and most of them seemed to be extremely casual fans. You didn't hear a peep out of them until a basket was made. Sure

Team Preview: Nishinomiya Tigers

2008-03-19T13:32:00.009-06:00

Man, I'm on a roll! Thanks to all who have visited so far. Eventually I'll get back to schedule creation, and, before you know it, I'll be able to start playing games. Still, doing preliminary research on these players is almost more fun than actually playing the games. It reminds me of the days I'd spend organizing APBA tournaments as a kid. Sometimes it was more fun to get the teams out and

Team Preview: Harbin Icecaps

2008-03-18T18:20:00.010-06:00

Blogging was made for days like today. After a day of working on my research paper on Chinese - Japanese relations (written in Chinese), I'm ready for a few minutes of pure baseball.First and foremost, allow me to engage in some blatant advertising. For those who don't know, you can order a new copy of Strat-O-Matic baseball, complete with the 2005 season cards, from Toys R' Us online for $10.

Team Preview: Beijing Red Dragons

2008-03-17T21:09:00.007-06:00

Well, well, well, looks like I finally got a blog post in during the week! That's not to say that my homework has somehow diminished. Rather, I've just managed my time a little bit better today. Hope I can keep it up!Team number two is the Beijing Red Dragons.StadiumYou're not seeing things, sports fans. Yes, I'm using ugly, cookie-cutter type dome stadiums in my replay. I figure that gives

Team Preview: Beijing Mets

2008-03-16T21:37:00.008-06:00

This is the first of what ought to be a series of 30 entries, each dealing with a single team in my upcoming replay. I'm doing this for two reasons: first, because I still have to buy myself some time to input the schedule, and second, because this offers a pretty good idea of what to expect. Hopefully this is easy to read -- I don't know much about HTML, unfortunately.The first team is the

Quick note, more to come

2008-03-15T21:35:00.003-06:00

Just a quick note to let you know I'm still alive. My schoolwork is going pretty well -- I should have some time to make a bigger, more detailed post tomorrow.If you've been following the hype about the recent MLB exhibition game in Beijing, well, don't believe too much of it. Sure, the fact that the stadium sold out is a plus, but there were only about 12,000 fans there. From the videos I've

My Org Setup

2008-03-07T22:21:00.015-07:00

It's not late enough to go to bed yet, but too late to do any homework. Thus, here's my second blog entry for the evening.The best part about any simulation (or role playing game) is using your imagination to set things up. I've heard that it's more fun to set up a Dungeons & Dragons dungeon than actually play through one; likewise, it's sometimes more fun to set up a fantasy league than actually

Eras

2008-03-07T21:20:00.002-07:00

I'm back, after a week and a half of homework. Let's get down to business.What Era to use?Due to the way this disk is constructed, the era setting can change a season dramatically. Use a big hitting era, such as 1930 or 1994, and the batting averages will be off the roof. Use a pitching era, such as 1966 or 1968, and see a lot of 1-0 and 2-1 complete games. Indeed, due to the nature of Diamond

1980 Topps

2008-02-28T08:58:00.004-07:00

My apologies for waiting so long to post. It's been a crazy week, capped off by a 20 page paper on "the pre-industrial origins of Japanese nationalism." As interesting as I find the theories of Ernest Gellner, Benedict Anderson and Anthony Smith, I won't bore you with the details. Let's just say that I'm happy to get that paper finished with.Anyway, since I'm at school right now, this post won't

Schedule and League Setup

2008-02-24T12:05:00.005-07:00

After completing some homework, spending time chatting with my wife, and sifting through EBay auctions promising to help me earn $70K/year online, I'm ready for another post.My league setup is quite simple. I'm creating two leagues, with two divisions each, 8 teams per division. As I am obsessed with China, most of the fictional teams will be located in Chinese cities. I'll write more about the

So what's this all about?

2008-02-23T12:57:00.004-07:00

To begin, let me explain what my Diamond Mind project is, and why I'm doing it. Hopefully I won't bore anybody. I'm going to assume you already know some basic things about baseball history.My latest Diamond Mind project is a pure fantasy league, including the best players in Major Leauge Baseball History, as well as the best in the old Negro leagues and in Japan. Although such a league has no

Initium

2008-02-23T12:14:00.003-07:00

Welcome to my blog. Despite years of experience on the internet as a teenager, this is my first blog ever. Please be patient as I get the hang of things.I created this blog chiefly to publish information about my various Diamond Mind Baseball replay projects, including both results and my thoughts. Having seen and enjoyed various replay websites over the years, I finally decided to create one of