Updated Pitchers’ Hitting Card modification

For those looking for an updated “Pitcher’s Hitting Card”, this is what our league is using.  It’s not much different than last year’s but we do respect APBA placement of the 12 so we did a switcheroo with the 26 and the 61. 

This certainly isn’t meant to be an official or canon PHC or anything.  No doubt, there are many versions of this modification out there.  I just thought I’d pass on what we’re using. 

I hope that’s helpful to someone.

[Update]  I thought maybe it might be helpful to add a bit about the Pitchers’ Hitter Card for anyone who isn’t familiar with it…what it is and how it’s used.

Our league uses the PHC for any pitcher who had less than 10 at-bats in real life.  If they had 10 at-bats or more, they use their own card. 

The purpose is two-fold from my perspective.  One, it gives those typical American League pitchers’ cards  a little more oomph.  Those pitchers have never batted (at least in that year) so they usually get the typical 7-8-9 card.  Hardly seems fair compared to the average NL pitcher. 

On the other hand, it prevents those Monster Cards (yeah, you know what I’m talking about) from getting an upper hand.  Those relief pitcher that come to bat two or three times and get one hit and as a result get a card that Babe Ruth would be jealous. 

Again, these are just our league’s rules.  Other league’s rules may vary.

And for something totally unrelated:  A Google News search for “APBA leagues” brought up this rather unusual result:  the Andhra Pradesh Basketball Association, a basketball league in Vijayawada, India. Apparently, they’re holding a tournament now.

Go figure,  usually the APBA searches I run into are the American Power Boat Association.