Over at @HOVG: Wisdom and Links!

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The latest Wisdom and Links went up on Hall of Very Good yesterday, so check it out.

This coming week: Bizarre Baseball Culture and Breaking OOTP

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Next week, you can expect a new Bizarre Baseball Culture and a new Breaking OOTP. Apologies for the light schedule lately. As I said, the off-season will mainly be about quality, not quantity.

 

Over at @HOVG, I finally say goodbye to the 2015 season.

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Over at Hall of Very Good, I finally say goodbye to the 2015 MLB Season. Oh, sure, it ended over a week ago now, but SAYING GOODBYE TO A BASEBALL SEASON IS AN EMOTIONAL THING, DANG NABBIT!

Oh, and there are also links!

The Offseason at The Baseball Continuum: Bizarre Baseball Culture, Breaking OOTP, WBC, Features, Blogathon?

With the postseason over (ironically, the World Series MVP, Salvador Perez, didn’t actually win the Mr. October of any games in the World Series, he was just consistently good), it’s now time to go over what will be going on here at the Baseball Continuum during the offseason.  For the most part, it will be stuff I’ve been meaning to do, but which I have been unable to do so due to lack of time, other commitments, or simply because I forgot. In general, there might not be as many posts during the offseason, but the posts that will happen will on average be of a higher quality and longer length.

  • By the end of the week, you can expect a new Bizarre Baseball Culture, which will be a weird “Ultimate Sports Force” comic involving the early-aughts Cleveland Indians.
  • The new Breaking OOTP, long in development, will be Mario characters vs. Backyard Baseball characters. It should be out by the end of next week, unless I get so sucked into Fallout 4 that I just jump straight into doing a Bizarre Baseball Culture on it’s apparently surprisingly-high level of baseball elements.
  • Lookbacks at old Rochester Red Wings programs.
  • I’ll have my first World Baseball Classic roster projection for Team USA (and, later, Team Dominican). Of course, it’s a long while before the 2017 tournament so it likely will end up being vastly different, but that’s part of the fun, I guess. Expect these within the coming weeks, certainly before the end of November. You can also expect WBC News Updates when applicable.
  • There will be both Famous For Something Else installments (with one today!) and a new feature, Somebody Related To Somebody Famous For Something Else. Those features are basically what you’d think they are.
  • There will, of course, continue to be “Wisdom and Links” at Hall of Very Good.
  • You can expect some SABR-related stuff as well, such as “first references” in Sporting News and such.
  • During the Winter Meetings, if time allows, I’ll do the “Winter Meetings Tweets Of The Day” again.
  • And, of course, you never know what else might pop-up. I’m considering, for example, possibly doing a “Blogathon”, in the tradition of Michael Clair’s old “Old Time Family Baseball” blogathons that he did for charity. I’ll let you all know a bit about that later, maybe.

So stay tuned!

Over at @HOVG: the Best of Grantland

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Over at Hall of Very Good, this week’s installment is a collection of the best articles from the dearly departed Grantland. Sleep well, sweet prince.

Over at @HOVG, the Wisdom and Links World Series preview!

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Now at Hall of Very Good, the latest Wisdom and Links looks at the World Series in every way except what actually matters. Check it out.

Coming in future weeks: Breaking OOTP, Red Wings programs, Bizarre Baseball Culture, etc.

As the postseason slowly starts to wind down, here’s a preview of what can be expected in the coming weeks:

  • The Return of “Breaking OOTP”, beginning with MARIO vs. BACKYARD BASEBALL.
  • The return of the lookback at Rochester Red Wings programs, including the early 90s, a program from the 1970s, and so on.
  • BIZARRE BASEBALL CULTURE finally returns, with one of the Ultimate Sports Force comics.
  • The long-awaited and oft-delayed return of the Baseball Continuum Continuucast
  • When Fallout 4 comes out, I’ll have a rundown of baseball elements in it, as post-apocalyptic Fenway will be a location in the game.
  • World Baseball Classic updates/projections.
  • And my votes for the IBWAA awards will be revealed.

 

So keep an eye out!

Over at @HOVG: Wisdom and Links looks at the Theme Songs of Postseason Teams

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Over at the Hall of Very Good, the latest Wisdom and Links looks at the theme songs of the 2015 postseason teams, and also has links!

Check it out!

SATURDAY: BREAKING OOTP brings MARIO to the MARINERS

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On Saturday at 1:30 PM Eastern, a new BREAKING OOTP will go up.

What is it about this week?

Well, put simply, it is a simulation of a world where the Nintendo-owned Seattle Mariners were able to use Nintendo characters in their lineup, each given attributes derived from the Mario baseball games.

While it doesn’t break OOTP, it certainly is fun. So make sure to read it when it goes up!

Over at @HOVG: A new Wisdom and Links!

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Over at Hall of Very Good, we have a new “Wisdom and Links” up! It includes a section of links to Yogi Berra tributes. Check it out.