Week 1 Summary (04/15/1957

Week 1 Summary (04/15/1957 - 04/21/1957)

Casey Stengel

The 1957 replay has commenced and Week One is in the books. It's pretty much what you would expect for the first 4-5 game of the seasons. Some bad teams got off to a hot start, some good teams are struggling, there are a handful of players hitting over .500, another handful over .400, and Ted Williams is hitting .143 (2-for-14). All of these things have a way of leveling off as the week's pass, although I suppose Teddy Ballgame is probably a little eager to get the season moving along so he can get his hits.

I am pretty pleased with the start of the season. I keep a copy of the BBR box score open on my second monitor so that I can see what pinch-hitters, relievers, or defensive adjustments were used that day. I am not trying to exactly mimic that real-life game, but I do use those elements as suggestions, maybe even strong suggestions, but it's really just a way to observe and adapt to lineup tendencies that teams deploy.

While Week One was a relatively normal week I suppose, eleven shutouts were definitely not normal. This will sort itself out too, but it was a bit of a surprise. There were a couple of blowouts along the way, but most of the games were relatively close.

1957 New York Yankees

I am behind on steal attempts and sacrifices already, but it's early and I have been here before so I am not particularly worried. I did intentionally walk three batters in Week One, which is about three more than I walked in all of 1930, 1949, and 1901. It's just an anathema to me, but I intend to stick with this and get in my IBB's in this replay.

The ATMgr tool is working well and the new stadium backdrops all look good. ATMgr does seem to have trouble pulling up the new stadium backdrop as I go from game to game. It's easily resolvable, I am sure I did something wrong in the set-up, but if is the worst problem I have then I am in pretty good shape.

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1957 Team-by-Team Recap

Background This replay was completed using BBW 5.75 and a 1957-3R season disk. Actual gameplay started in mid-June 2020 and completed in mid-January 2021, so seven months to complete the regular season. There were probably 2-3 months of set-up and pre-season work time put in before gameplay started, but I haven’t actually played the World Series yet, so I am not quite done. If you want to just round it off and say it took me a year to complete, that is fine with me. The 1957 disk and cards are actually a 3R set or a third revision. I do like the revised sets. Every player is carded (or disked), the cards include the Master Game symbols, and the offensive, defensive, and pitching numbers have been adjusted according to the current algorithms. The changes are not drastic, but I do think they even out some of the rough edges, especially in the area of pitching grades. I previously completed a replay using the 1949-R disk previously and was pleased with the outcome just as I wa...

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