Note: I’ve heard a lot of talk lately about Ballstat/Ballscore statkeeping software. So much so that I asked Jeff Papas to do a review of the software for The APBA Blog. He graciously agreed. -Tom There’s been a good bit of talk on this blog recently about statistics and how…
I just spent a few minutes clicking away at the new APBA Co. website. I think it still needs work but I think the basic structure is there for APBA to include content now. At least, now the contact information is correct and references to the old office are gone. …
Francis Rose announced that the rules for the 2012 Convention Tournament have now been posted. You can see them at the Convention website. Nothing too dramatically different. First of all, you’re not limited as far as team selection: “Any STOCK team from a complete season card set issued by APBA…
Thanks to reader Jeff Papas for this week’s Monster Card. And what a Monster card it is! You like 2s?? 1916 Limb McKenry’s got 2s for you. All the way out to 61. Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP…
The Great APBA Fan Survey is finally online! There are 42 questions but most of them are multiple choice or yes/no with a few short answer mixed in. I just took the survey myself and it only took me about 5-10 minutes. I posted about this a week or so…
I’ve changed the way that my name appears on The APBA Blog. It will no longer show up as The Baseball Zealot. Instead you’ll see my full name, Thomas Nelshoppen. I’m letting everyone know just so you know it’s the same person. The nom de plume “The Baseball Zealot” came…
There was a thread on our league’s internal mailing list that got me thinking about this. Something about Miguel Cabrera’s current glovework at third base during spring training. That got us on who in the history of APBA has gotten the dreaded 3B-2 rating. Our list is incomplete. Hell, it…
Chalk up another one for my buddy, Chuck. He pointed me to a 1966 Baseball Digest article about Koufax and Marichal I might be interested in because of my replay. But that not the coolest part. Turns out that the Baseball Digests are all online for our perusal. So for…
This week’s Monster Card is the “Man of Steal” himself, Rickey Henderson. Dom Provisiero should appreciate this choice. 1990 is not the year Rickey Henderson broke the all-time steals record (you could probably tell that from the APBA card). But one could make an argument that 1990 was one of…
As I’m getting along in my 1966 replay (ok, I’m not THAT far), I thought I’d start entering in statistics. Mostly so I can get the process in place. I’ll probably do a longer article about that process later but there were a couple broader questions that came up as…