I posted this 1966 Roberto “Bobby” Pena card a few days ago on The APBA Blog Facebook page. Why? In my ‘66 NL replay where I’m using actual lineups, his Cubs have taken to starting him at shortstop in mid-April. Not only that, they have led him off once or…
Last week, I posted 1994 Jeff Bagwell on Monday. This week’s entry was probably Bagwell’s competitor for best hitting card for that year, Matt Williams. I can tell you it’s a tough call. The funny thing is, both these players were on the same team in our Illowa APBA League. …
For those who were following my stat keeping series, this is an addendum to Part III. I mentioned that I wasn’t able to bring in team names in my Excel pivot tables for my leaderboards. I worked with it a bit more and Eureka!. The trick is to enable Classic…
In my last article in this stat keeping series, I’m going to tie up some loose ends, give out some handy tips and hints on how I make stat keeping that much easier and answer a couple questions that have come my way in the last couple days. Plan ahead…
It almost seems a sin to post a card like this. Pastor Rich, please forgive me. :) The Cincinnati Reds brought rookie Johnny Bench up in the month of August of 1967. They didn’t just try him out here and there. They gave him a full tryout. He started all…
Last week, I started an article series about how I’m keeping my 1966 NL replay stats using Excel. I started with a post on my how my individual team spreadsheets. Part II of the series looked at my Master spreadsheet which uses the data from those team spreadsheets to make…
I’ve said it before… monster cards have a tendency to come from seasons that were shortened because of labor disputes. This 1994 Jeff Bagwell card suggested by Pastor Rich, is one such case. Despite playing in just 110 games, Bagwell reached the century mark in both runs (104) and rbis…
This past year, some APBA fans expressed some mild displeasure at the way power numbers were doled out for a couple hitters in the 2012 baseball set. Specifically, I’m talking about those players who hit a fair amount of homeruns but didn’t receive a single one on their card. Starlin…
A couple days ago, I started to take a look at how I do my stats for my replays. In my first article, I began with the team spreadsheet and how I set those up for each team. From here we’ll take a look at my Master spreadsheet. The Master…
I thought I’d give you a little glimpse into how I’m keeping track of stats for my 1966 NL replay. I know not everybody uses MS Excel for statkeeping. Some use BallStat and others do it by hand. BBW players don’t even have to worry about stat keeping. They’re the…