Like I said earlier, I was cleaning my office this weekend. Every time I do that, I find things. I ran across my Twin City Thunderchickens team mascot, Chuck the Chicken. I think I wrote about him in an article I did about league mascots a while back. Poor Chuck…
Some of best things are found when cleaning your office. I had this week’s Monster Card chosen already chosen when I ran across this baby when doing some spring cleaning Sunday afternoon. The other one will have to wait till next week. Enter 1989 Cris Carpenter of the St Louis…
On his new APBA Football website Oguard’s Replays, Greg Barath has a new tool called a QB Completion Calculator. Greg says: “With that being said, it’s still fun trying to “guess” the production of a QB’s card whether it’s for an upcoming league draft or a solitaire replay. Attached is…
I’ve had a lot of people ask about this so I finally looked into it. By popular demand, here is Steve Guthrie’s new web site where he has links to his NCAA Baseball cards made for APBA. Steve made NCAA card sets for the years 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010. …
Me being schooled by fellow IAL member Chuck Lucas circa 1982 I have been chatting with Brian Cavanaugh from the Bridesburg Boys and Girls League over Facebook recently and the topic got on to how we originally got turned on the game of APBA. Here’s the story I told Brian:…
New York Giants pitcher Al Corwin didn’t have an incredible 1953 campaign on the mound with his 4.98 ERA. However, he did manage to get a few hits at the plate. As a result, the spot starter got a pretty tasty card. For his one double, one triple and two…
Playing my first two series of my 1966 NL replay while watching University of Illinois squash West Virginia 14-3 on Gametracker. Sundays can’t get much better than that.
This tip might be a shot in the dark but I thought it was useful for my 1966 replay. For those of you who are doing replays of past MLB seasons and strictly follow its schedule, you more than likely have a copy of that year’s schedule. However, people like…
Greg Barath has just started up a new web site dedicated to displaying the results of his many APBA football replays. A Jets fan, Barath has done replays spanning the 60s, 70s, 80s, and the 00s. You can view Oguard62’s Replays here. Stop by and say howdy.
I’m just about to begin my 1966 NL replay so I thought I’d describe my framework and plans in the form of a FAQ. I’m doing this just as much for myself as I am for everybody else. Having it written down is kind of contract I’m making with myself. …