A blog analyzing Major League Baseball through the lens of Astrology
Welcome to Astrology Baseball, a project where I arrange MLB players into teams based on their astrological signs, and then pit those teams against each other in mock fantasy seasons.
Capricorn vs Cancer on MLB The Show 22
The third Astrology Baseball simulation video that I’ve posted on MLB The Show 22 is especially relevant, because the calendar just turned to Cancer Season. This game features the Crabs taking on one of their fellow Cardinal signs, the Capricorn Goats.
Pisces vs. Virgo on MLB The Show 22
In order to keep the content flowing during my ongoing Spring hiatus, I’m re-posting Astrology Baseball simulation videos on MLB The Show 22 from my YouTube channel. This one features the Pisces Fish against the Virgo Flowers, from way back in the first week of the season!
Taurus vs. Scorpio on MLB The Show 22
For the last three weeks, I’ve been posting simulation videos of Fantasy Astrology Baseball League games on MLB The Show 22. This Opening Day tilt features the Taurus Bulls and the Scorpio Scorpions!
1974 Fantasy Astrology Recap
With all the attention I’ve paid to the five-year period between 1975 and 1979, it’s tough to think about moving backwards to the next half decade. But the reverse chronological march through time must continue, so here’s how the Fantasy Astrology Baseball League shook out in 1974.
Fantasy Astrology Basketball?
I’ve been seeing a lot of commercials for the NBA Conference Finals lately, where the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat engaged in a thrilling Game 7 two nights ago. Naturally, all this talk of basketball got me thinking whether I could apply the principles of Fantasy Astrology to the NBA in the same way that I do for the MLB.
Five Year Recap 1975 to 1979 Part 2
Last time, I began a five year recap into the period between 1975 and 1979. Rather than try to jam all the analysis into a single post, I decided to split it up into two parts. So what follows are the signs from the second half of the karmic wheel, from Libra to Pisces.
FABL Depth Charts Gemini Season
I only allow myself to tinker with the lineups in my Fantasy Astrology Baseball League once per week. But when the zodiac wheel turns to a different sign – such as when Taurus gave way to Gemini this past Saturday 5/21 – I’ll go a step further, and add new players to the lineups from the free agent pool.
Five Year Recap 1975 to 1979 Part 1
1975 is the end of a half-decade period, when going reverse-chronologically. So here’s a look at players who appeared in their sign’s starting lineups (including rotation and bullpen) for that whole five-year stretch.
1975 Fantasy Astrology Recap
I’ve finally put together all 12 Astrology rosters on my copy of MLB The Show 2022 and started simulating a season! But I wanted to post one more year in my reverse chronological trip through FABL history, just so we can end with a nice round fifth year. (Remember, going in reverse order, 1979 to 1975 constitutes a five-year span.)
Legends of MLB The Show 2022
The first time I saw a baseball video game include a group of famous retired players was All-Star Baseball 2001 for the Nintendo 64’s Cooperstown Legends. MLB The Show 2022 has continued this tradition, with not one, but THREE different historical lineups, plus a plethora of “legendary” players available in the free agent pool.
1976 Fantasy Astrology Recap
I was concerned going into 1976 that that loss of two teams (the Blue Jays and the Mariners) would reduce the player pool enough that it would be difficult to build out 12 fantasy astrology lineups. But not only were there no changes to the playoff entrants due to positional eligibility shenanigans, but the top four scoring teams all played in different divisions!
MLB The Show 22 Astrology Uniforms Part 2
The latest roster update for MLB The Show 2022 has dropped (still no Robinson Cano or Ken Giles to be found), and yet I haven’t made any progress in putting together my updated Fantasy Astrology custom teams. But in the meantime, I can still present a video detailing my custom uniforms for signs in the second half of the zodiac wheel.
1977 Fantasy Astrology Recap
Last time, I remarked that 1978 would probably be the last reverse-chronological season in a while, as I focus my attention on the player movement extravaganza involved in constructing the rosters to go with the uniforms I already made. But it turns out that 1977 serves as a much better stopping point, as it marks an important expansion milestone.
MLB The Show 22 Astrology Uniforms, Part 1
Before I bought my copy of MLB The Show 2022, I did some research on how to transfer over the saved custom astrology teams that I built in MLB The Show 2021. Long story short, I couldn’t figure out how to do that, so the next best option was to upload all of my created logos to the online logo vault. That way the most labor-intensive part of re-making the uniforms would already be done.
1978 Fantasy Astrology Recap
As much as it pains me to halt the march of reverse chronological progress, I might have to take a break from my trip through Fantasy Astrology Baseball League after 1978. Most of my Astrology Baseball bandwidth for the foreseeable future will be taken up with building rosters in MLB The Show 2022, so that I can accurately simulate a full Fantasy Astrology season.
MLB The Show 22: Missing from Rosters
The first thing I do whenever I open up a new baseball video game is go through the rosters with a fine-toothed comb. I was surprised to find a fair amount of players (about 80 in total) who were removed from the game’s player pool from last year’s installment to this year’s. And there are a handful of difference makers that their signs will definitely miss.
1979 Fantasy Astrology Recap
Not even the start of the real life 2022 season can curb the progress of my reverse-chronological trip through Fantasy Astrology Baseball League history. So as the first season of a historic new collective bargaining agreement begins, here’s the beginning of a brand new decade: the 1970s!
Opening Day Roster Report
If you’ll recall some of the idiosyncrasies of my Fantasy Astrology Baseball League, I have made it a personal rule to set the lineups only once a week. That limitation keeps me from obsessing over every single pitching matchup and nagging injury for all 12 signs. Here are some notes I took while putting together the lineups for opening day.
All-Time Since 1980: Air Division
I’ve saved the Air Division for last in my All-Time Since 1980 project because the top-scoring Air sign finishes behind the leaders of all the other divisions. (Water has the top sign, Fire the runner-up, and Water the number three.) It also helps that Air is the division of the lowest-scoring sign – two out of the bottom three, in fact.
MLB Power Hour 2022
Here’s a special treat, just in time for Opening Day: my brand new MLB Power Hour! While this video doesn’t have anything to do with Astrology, it’s a fun journey through the history of all 30 teams in the National and American Leagues.