Logging my games - the plan, along with a 1973 update through Sunday, April 22nd

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 I've done a pretty terrible job of keeping up with my 1973 Payoff Pitch Baseball replay. I posted the introduction and the Opening Day game, and since then I've played 154 more games and not posted once.

No big deal - it's just a hobby after all, but it is one that I spend a lot of time on. So, instead of trying to do a big writeup for each game, I'm going to start doing a brief recap of whatever games I play each day on here, along with weekly standings and league leaders.

I play the games with cards and dice unless otherwise noted, but I use Digital Diamond Baseball (available on Steam) to record the games as I play them and keep track of all the statistics. The Board Game Companion is easy to use while playing or when entering games afterwards, and I recommend it over similar solutions like BallStat/BallScore or IScore.

This will cover whatever I'm playing. Right now, I've got the 1973 POP baseball replay along with a 1960 Strat-O-Matic baseball replay, both in April. The Strat replay is mostly on hold, but I'm cruising along and about to play the games of April 23, 1973 in Payoff Pitch on this fine autumn Saturday.

Current standings and league leaders for 1973 below.























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