A few days ago, we discussed pitching fatigue modifications in the basic game. That prompted John H to write in about a slightly different topic relating to pitchers’ use. Here are his thoughts: Perhaps this might be a subject to explore; Starters, unrated as relievers, being used in relief.…
I’ve been pleased to correspond lately with Robert S who just got back into APBA. He’s a reporter from the Denver area and is enjoying playing the basic game with his 8-year old daughter (seems to me there are two trends lately, more NEW APBA players and more YOUNG players…
Jack Beckman writes in recommending a program called iScore to help keep stats. “I am replaying the 1984 AL season, using the Master charts. I am scoring with a program called iScore Baseball on my iPad (also available for iPhone and Android devices). In addition to making scoring easy, it…
I’ve been finally getting around to getting prepped for my 1966 NL replay. I’ve always said that part of the fun of the journey is getting there so just sitting down and rolling the dice without a plan is not my style and quite honestly, less fun for me. Getting…
This week’s Monster Card is Ellis Kinder of the 1953 Boston Red Sox. The card you see is of the reprint set. His selection is somewhat significant as he is the first teammate of an existing Monster Card selection. Ted Williams of 1953 was already chosen a few weeks back. …
Steve Stein informs us that the Transcontinental Baseball League draft is now official. KC firstbaseman Eric Hosmer was the very first pick in the draft. You can see the results at the TBL website. The first five players picked in the TBL draft were: Eric Hosmer Freddie Freeman Mike Trout…
I connected up with Nick Braccia who is one of the organizers of this year’s APBA Convention scheduled for July 20-22, 2012. He graciously answered a few questions about the event. The APBA Blog: How did the idea for the 2012 convention come about? What APBA fans are the driving…
The Illowa APBA League ballot results are in for the 2011 awards and there weren’t too many surprises. Nor should there have been. Moline Upperdeckers firstbaseman Joey Votto took the MVP award unanimously. Votto led the IAL in homeruns (52), runs scored (137), slugging (.691) and OBP (.429) and came…
Yesterday, we heard from OAPBA. Today, the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association (RCMBA) chimes in with their 2012 draft results. John Briggs emails me with the details: “Our 15 team league held it’s annual rookie/free agent draft on Feb 4 (Sat). Those available are first time carded players and veterans…
Jason Giambi from 2011 maybe not be a Monster Card but he does excel in one category. The interesting thing is you may have to look closely to spot it. At first glance, it looks like part-time player Giambi just has a 1-1-0-0-0. But count the second column 1s. He…