APBA Football Club Podcast Network Geoff Giordano

APBA Hall of Famer Joe "MakoJo" Sweeney (Class of 2005) is one of the earliest inductees into the gameco's tight-knit club of honorees His editors, viewers and utilities for #APBABaseball and #APBAFootball are legend. Joe finished 4-6 in our 10-game Ed Zack Memorial tournament on April 6-7, 2024, at the  @baseballhall .

We conducted this interview right at the entrance to the exhibits because the playoffs were going on in the learning center and we had to choose the lesser of two evils in terms of background sound. I might attempt to filter the background noise on this later, but for now let this suffice.

MakoJo site (archived):
https://web.archive.org/web/20210126045052/http://www.makojo.com/

APBA Hall of Fame:
http://apbagames.com/hall-of-fame

Sample Between the Lines forum string praising MakoJo:
https://forums.delphiforums.com/apbabtl/messages?msg=64542.1

Joe Sweeney's BtL profile:
https://profiles.delphiforums.com/makojo1



Video version: https://youtu.be/S31A5WsQciE

Sports Info Solutions is one of the foremost players in the game of big data and how it informs not only the game on the field of play but on the tabletop. Mark Simon, content lead for SIS, is a former newspaperman, ESPN staffer and one-time Strat-O-Matic player who run the SIS baseball podcast. Mark shares with us some of the intricate workings of acquiring big-league sports data and the critical job of the SIS video scouts – not a few of whom have gone on to careers with major league teams like the Rays, Orioles and Twins. It is the keen eyes of the SIS video scouts that glean reams of advanced playing data from broadcast after broadcast. PT Games recently signed an agreement to use SIS data to inform its PC-based football game — and Mark shares his work with SOM on a recent MLB article simulation project, as well as his gaming history with Strat, MicroLeague and Diamond Mind. Mark is also a huge fan of Keith Hernandez and strongly supports Keith's entry into the  @baseballhall .

Sports Info Solutions:
https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/

SIS/Strat Simulation "Reimagining The 2022 Yankees & Giants as Average Defensive Teams":
https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2023/02/08/reimagining-the-2022-yankees-giants-as-average-defensive-teams/

SIS baseball podcast:
https://pod.link/1461705002

SIS football podcast Off the Charts:
https://pod.link/1039074748

#tabletopsports #fantasybaseball #keithhernandez



Video version: https://youtu.be/NRKZAX7rFJE

Dan Prizzon and Alan Lipman are bringing back an #APBABaseball tournament to Toronto, where more than 30 years ago a tournament supported heavily by radio legend Bob McCown. Set for May 11, the tournament will be held in one of the community rooms at Alan's condo in the city center. Rules and other particulars remain TBD, so sign up to their event page on Facebook and stay tuned!

1st Annual Toronto APBA Baseball Classic page on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/382191204256678

We can personally vouch for the beauty of Toronto and urge anyone who hasn't been to plan a longer visit.



Video version: https://youtu.be/fUMadZQDB0E



#APBAbaseball #toronto #apbafootballclub #tabletopsports

Mike VanDerGoore is the successor to the founders of one of the longest-running #tabletopfootball tournaments: The MDOR Strat-O-Matic Football league based in Bloomington, Illinois.



Mike shares the MDOR's founding, history, methods and future. Renowned SOM Footballer Mike Kane has dutifully kept the tournament's records for 25 years.



MDOR is named for late tournament founders/directors Ron Dickinson and Ron Brammer — otherwise known as Mad Dog and Oregon Ron. The annual MDOR event traces its lineage back to the Lyman Bostock tournament that ran from the 1970s to circa 2000.

Watch action from the 2018 MDOR tournament:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBvZeICbRFI6Og66l4DNmppvsTTHtOYJ-

Mike Kane talks SOM Football with Darin Hayes Pigskin Dispatch:
https://pigskindispatch.com/home/Football-Fun-Facts/Football-Hobbies-and-Games/Strat-o-matic-Football

YouTube version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccf18yu0v4U

A gaming conversation with Paul Schulzetenberg, creator of the New Mexico gaming event MananaCon as well a comparison of 50 American football games on  @boardgamegeek .

Read Paul's Top 50 football game list:
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/203491/gridiron-your-table-comparison-50-american-footbal

Learn about Paul's MananaCon event in New Mexico:
https://www.mananacon.com/



YouTube version:

https://youtu.be/dK3sQbjf1Fo

Grant Fines, creator of 49 Sports Games, traces his game design history back to creating playing cards for Gayle Sayers and Franco Harris. Now, he offers a handful of thoughtfully designed stats-based games including his On the Turf and Quick Decks football — the former a play-by-play game that takes about an hour per game. Grant discusses his game design philosophy and methodology — right down to the reasons behind his choice of dice.

The 2022 NFL season for On the Turf Football is available for preorder now:

https://www.49sportsgames.com/products/49-on-the-turf-football-standard-game