Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m sneaking in this 1930 Freddie Lindstrom card (courtesy of Pastor Rich) today because I want to include him in my Terribles vs Monsters poll for thirdabsemen. He deserves a chance to play for the big boys. His card is one of favorites from the 1930…
After a short break for league drafts, I’m back at it again with the Terribles vs Monsters polling. This time we’re voting for the Monsters’ shortstop. More info on my project here, by the way. In this poll, we have two 1980s shortstops sandwiched between a deadball era Hall of…
Mel M sends in this rather odd card. It’s Mike Ryba from the 1936 St. Louis Cardinals. It’s unusual in that Ryba is rated at both pitcher and catcher. He’s rated as a D1Y pitcher and a Catcher-5. Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E…
Mel M sent me this 1936 Hal Finney card for Terrible Tuesday. I looked up his stats with Pittsburgh Pirates and did a double take. I’ll let you ponder them for a second or two… Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA…
After two days with little sleep, the Illowa APBA League’s Draft weekend is over. In that time, the IAL postseason was played, we had our annual league meeting, we conducted our 2014 rookie draft and lastly, we started the 2014 season with each team playing their first 30 games of…
After many years, my friend Chuck Lucas has finished his 1959 AL replay! I posted a teaser about this on Facebook and the big question was “Did the Sox win it all”? Well, the answer is a resounding ‘Yes’! With three 20-game winners, the White Sox won it by an…
This week’s Terrible Card comes from the 1966 reprint set. It’s Johnny Herrnstein who I mentioned in an article last year when I began my ‘66 NL replay. Herrnstein batted 48 times and managed 8 singles for a .178 batting average with three walks. He drove home two runs and…
Well with a lot of work and some frustration, the Boys of Summer APBA Online League is almost there! We’ve finished our draft yesterday. I won’t rehash our issues with the APBA Online drafting mechanism. You can read about it here. I will say that our managers in this league…
Admittedly 1972 wasn’t Rollie Fingers’ highest pitcher’s grade but he did something right at the plate. Maybe a couple things. Fingers’ accomplishment is amazing in that he got in 20 plate appearances solely as a reliever in 1972. That he batted .316 with a homer is that much more exciting. …
Tomorrow will be an “APBA” day. First, I’m going to my buddy Brando’s house to play some dice APBA. More than likely, I’ll help him with his 1930 replay. Brando tells me he’s through August in the AL/NL effort. I thought about us playing some of my own 1966 NL…