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1982 - Baseball Clip - Hall of Fame Simulation - The Greatest Baseball Game Never Played
Announcers
- Jack Buck
- Lindsey Nelson
This is an unusual piece — not a real game at all, but a 1982 broadcast of a computer-simulated contest called The Greatest Baseball Game Never Played.
The premise: Apple Computer and The Sporting News simulated a game between the greatest players in American League history and the greatest in National League history, using custom software (built on an Apple III) that let two managers set lineups, call for substitutions, and choose in-game strategy, with the algorithm determining outcomes. Fans voted on the rosters via Sporting News ballots earlier in…
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