I had a few moments of down time last night so I took a look at my 2012 Illowa team, the Twin City Thunderchickens. Ugh, Tyler Colvin has a horrendous card. Don’t get me wrong, he should. He batted .150 for the year. But it’s beyond me how the Cubs…
This is the last in a series of four articles. Check out the other 2011 By the Numbers posts. I’ve been having fun writing these articles breaking down the 2011 set. While I don’t have the cards in my hand yet, I feel I have a sense of what to…
This is the third post in a series. If you haven’t, check out the first two. Today, I’d thought I’d break down the fielding in the 2011 set. For each position, I listed the best rated fielders as well as gave the numbers for each fielding rating. Best of the…
A couple days ago, I started a 2011: By the Numbers series by talking about the hitters. Today, I’ll look at the pitchers from the 2011 baseball set. In the entire list of players from the 2011 data disk, 662 players were listed as Pitcher as their primary position. Best…
The Monster Card Monday for this week belongs to George Brett’s famous .390 hitting card he received for his 1980 card. Brett’s story for his run for .400 in ‘80 is quite interesting. He actually started out relatively slow for the year. In April, he only hit a miserable .259. …
It’s time for my annual run down of the 2011 baseball season set. I call it “By the Numbers”. Today, I’ll start with hitting. Overall, I’ve found that there weren’t many players with “monster” numbers with either positive or negative stats. Things were pretty tempered. That’s not necessarily a bad…
Mike, our commissioner in the IAL, just got the 2011 baseball disk. He couldn’t resist the opportunity of having a little fun and trolling the rest of the managers over email: “I have the disk. I predict that Tedd will have a really bad year!!!!!!” “The “12” is on 66.”…
The 2011 Transcontinental Baseball League season has really come down to the wire. The drama included everything from brother rivalry and a tie series. It looks like a one-game playoff may be in order, says Steve Stein. The Williams Division has ended in an 87-75 tie between Glenn Taylor’s Wakefield…
Stray Corrado sent us an update on the BBW-based Mid-West Baseball League and includes some information on a new retro league called the Mid-West Winter League. League Name Mid-West Baseball League League Website http://www.straybaseball.com/mwbl Contact Person Stray Corrado Sport Baseball # of teams 28 Year of inception 1997 Basic/Master/Computer/ Combination…
On Between the Lines forum, Steve Radtke has uploaded an Excel spreadsheet populated with info gleaned from the BTL chat the other night. Fielding ratings, pitchers’ grades and some hitting numbers of a few notables. It’s attached to this forum post. There are a few of you out there who…