More Output From SP1

4/2/2025: Branching off from the “M” in B A S E B A L L 150 [dOt] C O M, this page will eventually become (hopefully) the main page for sp1works.com. SP1=Seaporter1, and this typist is the 1 (one) in Seaporter1. “We” are me, myself, and I, so taking that into consideration, site visitors can find a ready explanation for extended gaps between postings on my three domains and perceived neglect. Believe me, between conducting all business connected with the Open Baseball League (OBL) — replaying 150 seasons worth of MLB history with franchises that had to be constructed on an entirely new basis (from scratch, in other words), maintaining all stats and doing all computations all along the way — while engaged in other deep-research writing projects and computer-aided music composition (TEKTONA, my virtual band), I’ve consistently been — and continue to be — a busy guy. No complaints, just an FYI with a smile.

Maybe you’re familiar with my baseball history project and the associated web pages, and you might even have spent time checking out my Tektona MP3s that can be played or downloaded (all for free) whenever you get the urge to hear some “indie” retro-rock: Retro-Rock (+) MP3s available here. But there’s more output that is to be made available for those who enjoy reading in general and/or a serious pursuit of important theological/religious and political/worldview truths. I’ve written two officially-published works (both from BookLocker, 2024; thank you, BL!), and you can find the combo deal here: https://booklocker.com/books/13564.html and https://booklocker.com/books/13417.html (or search by ISBN at most popular bookseller sites: 9781958892985 and 9781958892510; author = Steve Rauen.

I say, “officially-published” works because they’re the only books that I’ve written (to date) that can be held in your hands, short of printing out copies of the PDF manuscripts yourself. But the fact is that I have written other book-length works that may be of interest to non-fiction readers (when discussing religious and political topics, I have very little patience for fiction; give me the truth). The older (PDF) works are mentioned in this context because, upon recent self-critical review, I think some do have merit, and I plan on bringing them out to the public via Portable Document Files on sp1works.com in the near future. That’s the plan, anyway: baseball research documents, MP3 music files, and one opinionated-person’s written offerings in serious subject areas are all on the way (God willing, that is). —SR, 4/2/2025