Bill Bergen may not have been the worst hitter in pro baseball history. A cursory look at his stats might tell you a different story. Bergen played for eleven years in the National League (1901-1911) and had a career batting average of .170. Only once in 1903, he managed to…
When I read Jim’s email about the Odon APBA League, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they were based only a few hours away from me. From Odon, Indiana, Jim says he’s a Purdue grad so I immediately had a Big Ten bond with him (Go Illini!). Anyway, the…
With the APBA-Between the Lines disk chats going on, I’ve been looking forward to next year’s season more and more. Indeed, my Thunderchickens look to improve in the pitching department with four Bs and two Cs in the rotation and two Bs in the pen (assuming Chris Perez is one,…
Our resident deadball expert Scott Fennessy who writes Scott’s Olde Tyme Baseball Update column, suggested this card. It’s Cincinnati outfielder Cy Seymour of 1905. Seymour’s career is somewhat interesting. For his 16-year career he was a decent offensive threat who hit .303. For six years straight, he hit .300…
Lots of individual chats going on at APBA-Between the Lines tonight as some people have gotten their 2012 Baseball disks and are sharing pertinent info. Pitching grades, fielding ratings, and certain offensive numbers. Here are the two most helpful threads: Link Link Remember, be patient and courteous. Just let APBA…
This is a followup to my article about playing APBA by email or playing remotely. A couple readers came up with some good hints that might be helpful for those who want to get the most out of playing APBA remotely. Specifically, how to roll virtual ‘dice’ so that your…
I wrote recently that the Illowa APBA League Hall of Fame ballot came out and we were going to submit our ballot at the recent league weekend. Well, the results are in. This year, Ken Griffey Jr. and Pedro Martinez were voted in unanimously and Carlos Delgado eked in with…
I got an email from reader Chris D about how leagues get their games played when they can’t play face-to-face: I play the game solitaire but interested in league play. how does play by email league work? First of of all, back in MY day, we didn’t have email. We…
Keith Shetter… err, Matt Herges Does anyone remember watching Joey Laker play Major League Baseball? How about Sonny Pearl? Or (heh) Lancaster St. James? Me neither. That’s because they’re not real ballplayers. However, the casual fan wouldn’t know better had they been browsing the cards of the 1990s. Rob emailed…
On the front page of apbagames.com: According to the APBA Game Company website, the 2012 Baseball season disk is now shipping.