In the 25th episode of Double Take: An APBA Gaming Podcast Kevin and I had the pleasure of speaking with Stray Corrado, APBA Baseball for Windows (BBW) player, manager and commissioner extraordinaire. It was a great conversation about his APBA origins, professional career, and love of APBA gaming. We had…
In episode 24, Double Take: An APBA Gaming Podcast interviewed the creator of the famous “Steve’s APBA Card Computer,” Steve Stein. The Webers spoke with Stein on a variety of topics, including the APBA Card Computer, Transcontinental Baseball League play, the All American APBA GO League, and the future of…
“Spittin’ Bill” Doak pitched 16 professional seasons, mostly for the St. Louis Cardinals, and won 169 career games. The right-hander led the NL in ERA in 1914 (1.72) and 1921 (2.59). Doak’s main pitch was the spitball, which was banned in 1920. However, Doak was one of 17 pitchers permitted…
It seems appropriate during the Easter holiday to look at one of the more overlooked Negro league stars to play in the MLB, Luke Easter. Bill James rates Easter as the second-best first baseman in Negro leagues history, only behind Buck Leonard. After playing for the Homestead Grays in the…
Happy Dick Seitz Day! Like many people around the world, my brother Kevin and I have been home a lot lately. A global pandemic and self-quarantining can do that…and bring about moments of reflection (and more time for APBA gaming.) Since October 2019 we’ve been recording our Double Take podcast…
This afternoon in an APBA Go match up, 1951 Don Newcombe no-hit the 1961 Yankees, 6-0.
Baseball game changers can be defined in many ways. Some will change the game on the field and some off. In the case of Andrew “Rube” Foster, it was more about what he did off the field. After making his name as a professional pitcher, winning 44 games in a…
Special guest Tom Nelshoppen appears on the latest episode of the Double Take Podcast with Kirk and Kevin Weber. Lots of great APBA baseball talk! Please have a listen to Episode 21 now.
In November 2011 Editor-in-Chief Thomas Nelshoppen published “Card Analysis: Quick and dirty way to estimate what a card will hit” on the APBA Blog. It’s a great read that provides a simple way to interpret an APBA baseball card for its hitting capabilities. Here’s some of what Tom wrote: In…
Thanks for reading the first ever Game Changers column! I appreciate you giving it a try…and Thomas Nelshoppen for providing me with the opportunity to contribute. I’m really looking forward to writing and thinking about baseball and APBA via this blog. As we move forward, I hope to shed light…