Don’t look at the hitting numbers this week; it’s the pitcher’s grade I’m focusing on this time. With Dennis Eckersley’s groundbreaking 1990 performance, he not only got the rare A&B pitching grade from APBA but also the ZZ control rating. Eck gave up only five earned runs in 73 1/3…
Continuing our recent flurry of replay re-caps, Craig Small wrote me an sent in a summary of his All-Time Greats APBA Golf Tournament. He’s also going to expand on that and is asking for input from readers. -Tom by Craig Small Hello, everyone. I just wrapped up my inaugural All-Time…
Yesterday I posted some stats from Mike Bunch’s 1962 full season replay. Mike wrote back with a follow-up including some background on his 1960s project and what happened in the ensuing World Series between the Yankees and the Giants. Here is his summary. -Tom by Mike Bunch This is my…
It’s looking like Replay Week at The APBA Blog. First we had a great writeup from Scott Fennessy on his 1901 APBA replay (plus a World Series followup). Now we’re turning the clocks ahead 61 years and taking a look at 1962. Mike Bunch, our commissioner of the Illowa APBA…
A couple days ago, I posted a detailed summary Scott Fennessy wrote up about his 1901 replay. If you haven’t read it, I encourage you to do so (here is the link). Not only is it a great read but there is some good discussion going on in the comments…
The APBA Company has announced the tentative release date of APBA Baseball 5.75: The release version of APBA Baseball for Windows 5.75 is now being reviewed. Assuming no issues, the CD will be sent to a commercial duplicator to prepare the CDs on Monday, August 6. It will take six…
…for my buddy Don Smith. :-)
Geoff Schmitt contacted me to let us know about his Golf Tournament he’s doing using APBA Golf for Windows. This is a first and I’m intrigued… Golf for Windows. Here is the relevant data from Geoff: League Name Geoff’s Golf Tournaments Contact Person Geoff Schmitt Sport Golf # of teams…
Pat Perry is an interesting case study. Definitely put his 1988 APBA card in the “all or nothing” category. A reliever for his whole career, Perry pitched 47 games out of the pen for the Cubs and the Reds in 1988. For the year, he managed to get one hit. …
Trying out a new meme…