Scott Needle and I replayed the 2013 World Series between the Cardinals and Red Sox using three different simulations: Strat-O-Matic Super Advanced (Games One and Two), Payoff Pitch (Games Three and Four) and Season Ticket (Games Five through Seven). This was a fun chance to see the differences in the three games in close proximity, and they were all enjoyable.
World Series Time Machine: 1934
The 1934 baseball season saw Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run (a club of which he would be the sole member for nearly 40 years; the man who would be next, Henry Aaron, was born this very year), Carl Hubbell whiff Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons and Cronin in succession at the All-Star Game, and Joe DiMaggio signed by the Yankees from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. In the Fall Classic, the American League Champion Detroit Tigers (101-53) face off (again) against the National League Champion Saint Louis Cardinals (95-58) . . .
2025 College World Series replay - Day 4
Day 4 of the tournament brings another elimination game, a matchup of the two-best all-around shortstops in college baseball, and an absolutely preposterous dash of immortality as Monday dawns over Charles Schwab Field . . .
2025 CFL Co-Op Replay: Week 1, EDM at BC
In a contest that didn’t seem as close as the final score indicated, the Lions pulled clear after half time behind the running of James Butler and then withstood a fourth-quarter Edmonton rally. The first quarter saw a fair bit of ball movement, but neither side could crack the end zone; the Elks got into position for two FGs behind a 54-yard throw from Ford to Dunbar on their first possession, and a 36-yard kickoff return by Smith midway through the quarter. BC got one three-pointer of their own after a short kickoff and a 24-yard strike from Rourke to Jackson.
2025 College World Series replay - Day 3
Day 3 of the tournament means that, for the first time, someone will go home, while someone else will win their second straight game and lock up a place in the final two in their half of the field. Lots to play for, then, on a Sunday in Omaha . . .
World Series Time Machine: 1978
The 1978 baseball season became famous for the AL East playoff race between the Yankees and Red Sox and the resulting one-game playoff (the first in the AL since 1948), but there was a lot else going on: Pete Rose collected his 3000th hit and posted a 44-game hitting streak, Willie McCovey his 500th home run, and Gaylord Perry his 3000th strikeout; Ron Guidry (18 Ks in a game by an AL lefty) and J.R. Richard (303 Ks in a season by an NL righty) set strikeout marks; and Lyman Bostock was lost tragically just as he became a superstar. In the Fall Classic, the American League Champion New York Yankees (100-63) face off (again) against the National League Champion Los Angeles Dodgers (95-67) . . .
2025 College World Series replay - Day 2
The first Saturday of the College World Series showcases the opening contests from the lower half of the bracket, featuring the next chapter of Murray State's Cinderella story and a marquee matchup between two of the top three teams in the country according to the Diamond Sports Ranking . . .
1981-82 NHL Co-Op Replay: NYR at TOR (10-24-81)
24 October 1981: The home-standing Maple Leafs, playing without injured leading scorer Rick Vaive, took a 3-1 lead midway through the second period and then somehow survived a shocking lack of discipline over the final twenty minutes to hold on and defeat the Rangers. The Leafs scored first, five minutes into the game, when Börje Salming slapped one home on the power play just 17 seconds after Barry Beck was sent to the box. The Rangers answered with their own PP marker just three minutes later, Ron Duguay cashing in just before Jim Benning’s minor infraction expired. A first period that was largely played in the neutral zone (13 total SOG) saw one more highlight - Terry Martin jamming a rebound of Darryl Sittler’s shot underneath Steve Weeks halfway through the period to send Toronto to the dressing rooms with a 2-1 lead.
2025 College World Series replay - Day 1
For the 75th time, the best teams in college baseball converge on Omaha, Nebraska to wrestle for Division I supremacy in a double-elimination tournament that is part sporting event and part festival of baseball. Representatives of the Sun Belt (Coastal Carolina), Big 12 (Arizona), ACC (Louisville), Big Ten (UCLA), Missouri Valley (Murray State) and Southeastern Conferences (Arkansas, LSU) along with one Independent (Oregon State) qualified for the 2025 MCWS through Regional and Super Regional tournaments that brought them to The Greatest Show on Dirt as one of eight teams with a chance to claim a National Championship. Play gets underway with two games in the top half of the bracket on Friday, 13 June . . .
1981-82 NHL Co-Op Replay: BOS at MTL (10-24-81)
21 October 1981: With defensive stalwarts Ray Bourque and Steve Kasper out of the lineup due to injury, the Bruins were likely to find it hard going to handle the Canadiens in front of their home crowd. After the two teams spent the first five minutes exchanging the puck in the neutral zone with shots hard to come by, the game looked as if it would be played at Boston's pace. But Larry Robinson found Mark Napier in the slot for a goal at 7:19 and the ice began to tilt in Montreal's direction. Boston probably would have take a one-goal deficit at the intermission, but Bob Gainey rifled one home from left circle with just over a minute left in the period to double the MTL lead.
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