I ran across this 1973 Barry Foote card on Facebook. Bruce Pratt posted it. He had just purchased the new 1973 season and is loving Foote’s fantastic albeit limited, card for the Expos. Foote was a late season call-up for the Expos and made the most of his time. He…
Drysdale still made it into the top ten of current ERA leaders Today, I probably played my strangest game in my 1966 NL replay so far. It was an April 24th matchup between the Dodgers and the Cubs. The Northsiders were trying to even the series in Chicago after getting…
For APBA Football fans, this is the weekend! Carefully organized by the APBA Football Club’s Geoff Giordano, the APBA Football Tournament in Canton, Ohio (yes, the Pro Football Hall of Fame) is under way. APBA Football fans can get updates on the APBA Football Club’s Facebook page or read up…
I consider replaying one APBA season a pretty good feat. Well, how about 17 seasons? Yes, Rod Caborn has completed a total of seventeen replays in addition, by the way, to managing a team in the OAPBA League. We recently covered his latest replay, the deadball season of 1883. Not…
Geoff Giordano from the APBA Football Club does a thorough job in his “Reveal and Review” of the new revised APBA basic Football Game that just came out. Football fans should definitely check out the video he posted on YouTube. Geoff’s review is pretty positive though he does have…
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…