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08/23/2025

"The pitch...swung on and missed, a PERFECT GAME! On the scoreboard in right field, it is 9:46pm in the city of the Angels, Los Angeles, California. And a crowd of 29, 139, just sitting in to see the only pitcher in baseball history to hurl four no-hit, no-run games. He has done it four straight years and now he capped it on his fourth no-hitter, he made it a perfect game. And Sandy Koufax, whose name will always remind you of strikeouts, did it with a flourish. He struck out the last six consecutive batters." -Vin Scully calls Sandy Koufax's perfect game, September 9, 1965.

Yes, tabletop sim denizens, we can also call our games as if our very lives depended on it. And with Eighties Baseball, you can call 'em like you see 'em, in your minds eye. Available only from pocolpress.com. All the teams of the 1980s, numerous historic seasons, and all 20th Century World Series teams can be purchased. Will you be channelling your inner Vin Scully?

08/07/2025

"Branca throws. There's a long drive. It's gonna be I believe...The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! Bobby Thomson hits one into the lower deck of the left field stands! And they're going crazy! They're going crazy! Oooooh!" -Russ Hodges announcing the pennant-winning home run for the New York Giants defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers in a playoff, October 3, 1951.

Do you find yourself announcing your tabletop action? Many of us do, sharing their passion with Hodges watching the real thing. But, it's your games, your dice, your words. Have some fun. With Eighties Baseball, you can do just that. This nostalgia-dripping baseball simulation comes with your pick of any of the 1980s campaigns or 1886, 1908, 1917, 1927, 1934, 1937 Negro Leagues, 1941, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1961, and 1965 seasons. Also available are all of the real life World Series teams from 1903-1999. In other words, the entire 20th century of baseball's Fall Classic, sold by decades.

There's no cards to cut. Each ballclub and their players' ratings are printed on one side of a sheet of paper. Go ahead. Make your own baseball history. Summon your inner Russ Hodges.

Highly affordable, Eighties Baseball is sold exclusively from the www.pocolpress.com website.

07/23/2025

"Branca throws. There's a long drive. It's gonna be I believe...The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! Bobby Thomson hits one into the lower deck of the left field stands! And they're going crazy! They're going crazy! Oooooh!" -Russ Hodges announcing the pennant-winning home run for the New York Giants defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers in a playoff, October 3, 1951.

Do you find yourself announcing your tabletop action? Many of us do, sharing their passion with Hodges watching the real thing. But, it's your games, your dice, your words. Have some fun. With Eighties Baseball, you can do just that. This baseball simulation comes with your pick of any of the 1980s campaigns or 1886, 1908, 1917, 1927, 1934, 1937 Negro Leagues, 1941, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1961, and 1965 seasons. Also available are all of the real life World Series teams from 1903-1999. In other words, the entire 20th century of baseball's Fall Classic, sold by decades.

There's no cards to cut. Each ballclub and their players' ratings are printed on one side of a sheet of paper. Go ahead. Make your own baseball history. Summon your inner Russ Hodges.

Highly affordable, Eighties Baseball is sold exclusively from the www.pocolpress.com website.

07/16/2025

What's going on at Eighties Baseball, you say? Well, for starters, it's selling all around the country. The game now features every World Series team in the 20th century, sold by decades.

Eighties Baseball also has available all of the seasons of the 1980s plus 1886, 1908, 1917, 1927, 1934, 1937 Negro Leagues, 1941, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1961, and 1965. For more information, watch this space or contact the gamer on Facebook Messenger.

06/20/2025

What if someone replayed the entire season of the worst team in MLB history; the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (20-134)? Now they have! Spiders on Strat is a book documenting their entire season of games with Strat-O-Matic. Authored by Peter Goldstein, a former English professor in Pennsylvania, the book also features statistics, photos of the players, and passionate textual recaps. Available from Amazon and www.pocolpress.com

06/12/2025

From 1903-1999, Major League Baseball's World Series captured the imagination of fans, eager to crown a champion for that season's contests. Each fan's rooting interest either won, lost, or didn't participate in the festivities, mostly the latter. But now, from your own tabletop, you can re-create any of these World Series. Eighties Baseball is a sports simulation that offers all of that century's World Series teams, sold by decade. Go ahead, pick the year, fill out the lineup and pitching rotations, and roll a ballgame. For maximum effect, replay one game a day to heighten the suspense. The World Series is your oyster now. Eighties Baseball is available exclusively from www.pocolpress.com

06/05/2025

On this date in 1913, "the grandest figure baseball has ever known" passed away. "Chris Von der Ahe and the St. Louis Browns" is the only full-length biography of Von der Ahe, a baseball impresario like no other. Nominated for the Seymour Medal for the best baseball history or biography. Available at Amazon and Pocol Press.

05/29/2025

Eighties Baseball is pleased to announce that the 1990-1999 World Series team set is now available. Thus, every World Series team from 1903-1999 is now available, sold by decades. Create your own baseball history by replaying every World Series in a particular decade. Then, post your results on the Eighties Baseball page.

05/19/2025

Harsh weather prevented my attendance at last weekend's Digital-to-Dice Con in Preston, CT. However, Pocol Press soldiers on with new baseball (Spiders on Strat, Baseball Stats and Stories) and war stories (Speaking of War: Quotations on Conflict) books. Our game, Eighties Baseball, a tabletop simulation, is selling all around the country and features all of teams in the 1980s and every World Series team from 1903-1989, sold by decades.

05/15/2025

What if the 1986 World Series were replayed using Eighties Baseball? Brian Haferkamp of Clark & Addison Gaming, did just that...

Follow this 1986 World Series Replay using the game, Eighties Baseball, designed by J Thomas Hetrick. Check out the game here: https://pocolpress.com/getBook...

05/08/2025

Check out the Eighties Baseball replay of the 1986 World Series currently in progress on the Clark and Addison Gaming YouTube channel...