Wednesday night, my buddy John Brandeberry picked me up for another night of APBA at his house. I had brought my 1966 NL cards thinking we would play a couple games from my replay. We did that and more. We got a whole days worth in. We replayed the day…
I’m only a week and a half into my 1966 replay and I’ve already noticed a mistake. It’s not a huge mistake and nothing I’ll lose sleep over but I had to come up with a solution for it. To put it simply, pitcher Billy Hoeft appeared in a game…
While NL infielder Darrel Chaney wasn’t much of a hitter for his whole career (.217 lifetime average), he didn’t do himself any favors in last season in 1979. That year he hit .162 with a pathetic .205 slugging percentage. I will give Chaney credit for staying around for eleven years. …
This odd Monster Card comes to us from Rich Ozz Selg who shared it on Facebook. It’s Sparky Lyle’s card from 1981 (is it me or did a lot of strange cards come from that season set?). His pitching skills had started to deteriorate by then but apparently his base…
For those replayers who use actual lineups and rotations, I’ve found if you do enough research, there are answers out there for some of the questions that may puzzle us. Such is the case of St Louis Cardinals’ George Kernek. First baseman Kernek is an XC in my 1966 set…
My setup with APBA booklet, dice, cards, a little caffeine and BaseballReference.com up on the laptop I finally got my 1966 replay off the ground again tonight. Just two games but it’s a good start. In Game, I see that Willie McCovey hasn’t forgotten he’s on a hot streak. He…
Rod Caborn sends us a big update on his fascinating 1883 NL replay. He’s finished it! Here’s his great recap which includes standings and leaderboards: Boston Beaneaters win 1883 National League replay Win final six games of season edge Providence Grays Boston pitcher-OF Jim Whitney…
For those interested in online APBA play, there was information in the latest APBA newsletter that would be of interest: The first ever APBA Online Tournament came to a conclusion today. There were 11 teams, playing 50 games each, using the 1951 season. The tournament was close until the end…
With my vacation over, I’ve been turning my eye towards my 1966 replay lately. After playing a week or two early this spring, work got busy so it was put on hiatus. Now with more time, I’m thinking of picking it back up again. Two nights ago, I spent some…
I’m going back to Monster Cards of the Relatively Unknown this week. It’s Gene Ellis “Mickey” Klutts of the 1981 Oakland As. Klutts had a banner year in ‘81… for 48 plate appearances. In that time, he cranked out five homeruns and hit .370. As you can see, he started…